Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
KELSEY AND THE
CITY COUNCIL.
THE SESSION A LIVELY ONE.
Lasted -Four ITours Engineer Kelsey
Instructed TO submit - Further
statement.

For upwards ~ four hour last night
the members of the city Council. sitting
aH committee uf the whole. talked
over the proposition 10 remove city
Engineer D. G.. Kelsey from office, and
the conclusion reached was that Mr.
Kelsey should submit a full and CONE
plete statement of his accounts from
October glat isgs 10 April iat 1897. 90
the Council by Thursday. August 18th.
Councilman Romncy presided. and NE
Ger Deputy city Recorder ia Sloan
had read the majority and minority roe
ports ot the special committee on iu-
voHtirntl0n. the chairman expressed the
hope that the members would refrain
from indulging in personalities. and
cautioned 40 against exhibiting feel-
INKS W ucfimonN The charge against
MI Kelsey be- said. was 20 serious one.
and tho members should b. governed
hy % -pisit % fairuDrH and iustlcU.
Howe moved that the majority report
be- recommended To- the Council for
adoption. ana Robertson moved the
substitution ~ he minority report
Arguments were then proceeded with
and lasted -Four hours by Chairman
tomncyH watch. FCrnHtrom was the
nrHt To- receive recognition from the
chair tie agreed with the chair TINT
the matter under consideration was "a
most serious one and T. had been pend-
INK Tor long time. ne had become
convinced that the Council had 90 either
allow % man 10 do Just ua be- pleased,
or else there should b. separation
between that Individual and the city
Council. Fcrnstrom then read the rec
port from the city engineers report
and concluded hy saying 90 was false
Boz some respects. misleading boo others
ana not worth the paper 10 was written
ON.
BUCKLE TO THE RESCUE.
Buckle objected to personalities. The
gentleman from the Third had mo- right
tu make such allegations against o. city
officer unless Dc was prepared to prove
them Therefore Mr Chairman"
continued buckle. ~ object 60 this man
"a Will use that expression iu d'fsrunce
TO your wishes, Mr Chairman using
the words fnlsehuod and misleading
10 I were 90 come right out and HlN
what ! actually think ~ that man
tpoinung ut FcrnHtrum), l would say
that liar
Here followed mix up" between
the chair, FcrnstrOm and CulllHtUr end
Ing with another udm0nitiun from the
| NlNHlAlNh NlltNi NOT 20 WV NNllNN'l
language. Continuing. Fcrnstrum
saidi
~ do wish the finance committee
would give uH some llHht upon the mat
ter. ! have ln my pocket u charge ~
| 49, Tor work done By the plumbing In
/ rpectur. and you can gn 90 any cstuh-
| ilaiimpnt in tho city and get IL done for
| engineer I can't When I ilnd "a
/ man that viii keep this Council and
/ committee IN the dark Tor months 1
/ think that man should Dc removed from
office"
Culllatcr believed In harmony. Al
nnimus against the engineer should De
diapullud. The committee had not the
right To- go outside the majority or
minority reports Assertions didn't
! count Tor anything. Did not believe the
city engineer had done anything wrong,
| The engineer ought 20 be- permitted to
speak for himself He should De
given "a fair trial and "a chance 60 dis
prove the charges
KELSEY TAKES THE FLOOR.
Mr. kelsey was then Invited 20 take
| thH nuur which Doe aid, tie read fruu
| hlH report and answered numerous
! questions prupuundod tu him. Cullis-
| trr then presented the following auuHtl-
] tutg.
Whereas. The charges In the ma-
| lurlty report against tho city engineer
/ Doe relation Co dycvlNlnE this Council
| by making fictitious and deceptive nee
| ports have not been sustained, there
/ fore. ba 10
"i,esolycd. That the city engineer
| b0 and be - hereby cNoncratcd and Zee
] lieytd from raid charges, aud, Doe 10 FUR
| thor
"Bcs1lycd, That the city engineer be-
! and De- w hereby instructed tu proceed
.l..N ..H o
| supply nc AN expense not Go exceed $500
suld work Co be- completed within s,S
"Now. Mr.. Precedent" said Cunstcr
/ 81 think we should Judge this man
l fairly. When wc take these charger
| up we nud they can't Doe sustained. II
| would be- disgrace 20 this udmiuistra'
ton 60 discharge this man. lie had d
! right To charge thuau accounts up To- tn
other departments. The other depart
! munts do H. then why not take then
up for the same thlugi There are no
two charges against the city Tor th'
special and regular work done, lie hu
been accused of making "a fictitious re
| port The charges have not been HuH
tHiucd. The report ou the Wntgr supply
| ought 90 be- completed. We have ul
/ ready expended 5000 Let's get tho Co.
port and then see where the enrlnvr
has exceeded his authority II win hl
| tmp enough then for Council 90 act
We should settle the question. Thou
| Investigations are Coatlns the cit,
money, 1 think the charges the nlmHi
cHt ! ever heard off, and 90 think tina
there are men here wanting Co dis
charge man on them. IT'S disgrace
ul."
Howe very much regretted havlni
been made % member uf the apccia
| Investigation committee, ie ana mo-
want tu be- ON the committee. but mas
much az the president uf the Council
had Insisted that ho should serve 10
considered IL his duty 90 do 900 ana q
report what he had discovered 10 th
Council. Ho denied an personal feel
! luEs in the matter and said his attitude
towards Mr.. kelsey was the result %
conviction lie believed Mr. kelsey
report 90 the Council was untrue an.
fictitious The engineer had drawn Dill
credits from the city auditor ON ac
| count OF work done for other depart
mrnH ana expended thgm ON othc
work not explained in his report. tl
| had also. as chairman ut the speCin
committee. asked MT Kelsey Tor az
ltrmzpl report OF the expenditures %
! his department but the engineer To-
fused Go furnish the committee with u
claiming hu had not the ilWr ana wa
| about 90 leave the city ON e vacation,
CulllFtUr coutoudcd that the eNpcndi
] frIT. Hf fnU fHrHNlIa alluded fR bN HOW