The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-24
ONLY ONE SIDE HEARD
ANOTHER SESSION CALLED FOR
TONIGHT.
MI. Kelsey Wanted to Present His
Version of the Matter Privately,
But the Committee Decided
Against Him-Southeast Benchers
Make Kick About Water Supply

O'Clock it was decided to meet again
tonight at o'clock to further consider
the case. During the meeting last night
it developed that City Engineer Kelsey
had asked that he be permitted to pre-
sent his side of the case privately.
He didn't want the Culner-Jennings
people to hear what he had to say or
to have any chance to deny his asser-
/ tions while they were warm In pur-
suance of this request Chairman Cal
lister had invited George F. Culmer to
be present, but the city engineer was
/ conspicuouSly absent. Mr.. Gunner pre-
sented his side of the matter at some
length.
/ Kelsey Too Technical.
He declared that it would be impossi-
| BILE for any fail mortal to come up to
the demands made by Mr.. Kelsey and
the board of public works. Mr.. Culmer
sad ne i.Su cone ali in his power to
satisfy those in immediate supervision
of his contract and been unable to sat
/ isfy them. AS a last resort he had
/ appealed to the council to pay him the
| balance due on the work, amounting to
| about So 600
! After Mr.. Culnler had finished the
committee discussed the case informal
ly- 1t was then that Mr.. Kelsey's pro-
position for separate session came out.
Weller wanted to know whether or not
Kelsey had been invited to the meet
ing. Callister replied that he had not
and then Weller charged the chairman
with neSlecting his duty.
Had a Hot Exchange.
A hot exchange between the council
men followed. 1t drifted off into argu-
ment as to which of them had attended
the most meetings of the committee,
but they finally got back to the origi-
nal bone Of contention. Both Weller and
Fernstrom thought it would be ex-
tremely unfair to allow Kelsey to say
what he pleased before the committee
with no one to contradict him. They
said 1t would be like trying a law suit
with one of the litigants ruled out
Wallace sided with Callister, giving
it as his judgment that ii was the pro-
per thing to hear both sides separately.
Finally FernstTom made motion that
an adjournment be taken until Satur-
day night and that both Kelsey and
Culmer be invited to be present. Wal
lace amended so as to fix tonight as the
time for the meeting.
1t was agreed that Mr.. Culmer should
be present and that he should be given
an opportunity to reply TO Kelsey if
he so desired. The committee then adj
journed. Nearly all of the other council
committees had quorums and did more
Irrigation Committees Session.
The committee on irrigation held
session and listened to the complaint
Of a delegation from the southeast
bench. 1t was composed of John r.
Smith. James McGhie, w. C. a. Smoot
and George Crismon. Superintendent
Sawyer of the Mountain Ice company
was also present The farmers COM
planned that. acting under late deci-
sion of the supreme court, the city en-
gineer had put in a weir in Parley's
that shut them out of water alto
gether.
By the terms of the decision the
Mountain Ice company was declared the !
owner of two-thirds of the Parley's |
water between Nov. Is and March l. |
The company runs it into ponds for |
natural ice purposes. The other third |
goes into the surplus ditch and benefits |
those who live along the line of the !
Pleasant View ditch.
In making his division the city engi- |
neer. according to the complainants. |
overlooked the fact that they are en- !
titled to 171a per cent of Parley's water. |
After they had aid their case before i
the committee a motion instructing the !
watermaster to see that they had pro- !
per relief at once was unanimously |
passed.
dOWcrOIJ IuTned Down.
Nephi Howcroft appeared before the |
committee on improvements to push |
his request for permission to bore for !
natural gas on nearly every street in |
side the city limits. He was informed |
that the city attorney had been con-
suited in regard to the matter and it |
was his opinion that the council had |
no authority to grant Howcroft's re-
quest.
= The municipal laws committee took
up the offer made by the attorneys of
j. III. Griffin TO compromise his suit
against the city on payment of 50, 1893. H.
1t was decided to reject the compromise
and fight the case through all the
courts of the state if necessary
The street committee heard an argu-
ment from o. r. Young in regard to the
proposed change of the grade of Main
street from First North to Currant
street. Mr. Young was against the pro
posed change. but the committee de-
ciced to hold TO its original report.
Offer to Buy Land.
The public grounds committee took
up the offer of Nettie Weimer to pur-
chase triangular strip of land near
Warm Springs for $3.50. 1t was decided
that the property was worth $500 and
sale at the latter figure will be recon-
The waterworks committee after
talking together for few minutes.
came to the conclusion to meet in the
superintendent's office this
afternoon TO consider applica tions for
rebates for vacancies. The session will
begin at 2 o'clock.
Chairman Morris of the joint COM
mittee on streets and improvements.
which has the union depot franchise
under consideration has decided to call
a meeting of the organization for Mon
lay night in the council chamber.