Letter from B. F. Barnes, Acting Secretary to the President, to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
This item is a letter regarding the case of Mr. D. W. Ross. Also included are letters from A. P. Davis to W. Scott Smith and from Charles Walcott to E. A. Hitchcock.
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SUBJECT: Charges against Mr. D. W. Ross.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
December 13, 1904.
The Honorable
Secretary of the Interior.
Sir:
The letter of Senator W. B. Heyburn to the Pres-
ident of the United States, dated December 6, together with
the statement of S. H. Hays and accompanying papers, contain-
ing charges against Mr. D. W. Ross, have been received and
examined. Apparently the charges against Mr. Ross are as
follows:
1.
That he was financially interested in the
Twin Falls project prior to his appointment in the Reclama-
tion Service.
This is the first intimation of financial connection
with this project by Mr. Ross. It is not stated to what
extent he was interested, though it is made clear that he
held none of the stock. Whether the connection was actually
improper or illegal does not appear, and the charge may be
based upon an 'assumption that Mr. Ross should receive
compensation for the surveys he made, such expense not being
adequately provided for by State funds, and being a necessary
preliminary to the engagement of capital to build the project.
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