The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-27
Council Again Discusses the City
Engineer.
oVERDRAFT ON WEIRs
CALLIsTER TAKES FALL OUT OF
OFFICIAL.
Says Mr.. Kelsey Exceeded His Auth
GRITTY When He Went Over His
Special Allowance In Putting In
the Weirs- Council Will Look AT
ter the City's Part Of Utah Lake

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It's a cold night when the council
can't stir up some kind of an argument
over the affairs of the city engineers
office Last night wasn't near cold
enough to keep down such a debate.
The trouble came when a letter was
read from Auditor Swan by way of re-
ply to the councils order directing him
to report whether or not other depart
ments besides the city engineers had
exceeded special appropriations.
Mr.. Swan wrote that he had notified
Mr.. Kelsey before the last council
meeting that unless he asked for a
special appropriation to- cover. the ex-
cess over his allowance for the PalIley's
canyon weirs, he would have to rspor.
the overdraft to the council. The aud
itor added that he had taken this ac-
ton In all overdraft cases, and cited
overdrafts by the waterworks de-
partment and the public grounds COM
mittee in support of his statement.
Reused Robertson's Ire.
The communication reused Robert
sons ire. He declared that the auditor
had not notified the council when the
irrigation department oVerdreW. to; the
extent of nearly $500 in one instance,
and nearly $500 in another The MEM
Der from the Fifth walled that every
one seemed to be against the engineer,
and that the Democratic majority was
in league to overthrow that official.
Callister then proceeded to take
fall out of Mr.. Kelsey 1.-The auditor is
perfectly right in making this report,
said he. "N1r. Kelsey exceeded his au-
thority when he spent more money on
those weirs than the council author
lied. l don't see any sense in making
appropriations of special amounts if
heads of departments are going to
go ahead and spend whatever sums
they please
Defense of Buckle.
In replying, Robertson took occasion
to defend Buckle on the charge that
the latter had sneaked Mr.. Kelsey's
overdraft bills through the council He
said that since the charge was made
by Fernstrom he had investigated it
and found that it had about as much
foundation as the statements that usu-
ally emanate from Fernstrom.
This brought Fernstrom to his feet.
The auditor informed me- he said
that after he had refused to audit I
these overdraft accounts, Mr. Buckle |!
took them away and had them allowed
BY the council. Those bills are in the |
auditors office now, and they have not
been audited yet
FINALLY motion was made that the /
communication of the auditor be re-
eeiyed and filed. 1t was adopted. and |
10 the question was temporarily dis
posed of.
z Jordan & Salt Lake Canal.
There was yet more talk on an ap-
oarently very simple matter in which
Mr. Kelsey was at least indirectly in
crested. This was a report from the +
committee, to which had /
,een referred a communication from
he engineer. stating that the city was
lot getting it's share of water from
he Jordan and Salt Lake canal.
The committee reported that Mr..
Selsey's statement was not correct. /
md recommended that the matter be
It once taken up by that committee.
With the mayor associated Wallace
ipal laws be added, and the amend
nent was accepted.
~ Robertson Was Sarcastic.
Robertson couldn't let his opportu-
1ty go by. He proceeded to make
ONE sarcastic remarks expressive OF
is establishment that the irrigation
ommittee was at last able to agree
nth the engineer. He said Mr.. Kelsey
ad called the councils attention to the
uestion number of times before. and
!. should have been attended to six
1onths ago.
Twin Buckle made a speech along the j
anne line, and when the question was
ut it was carried as amended by
unanimous vote