Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22
Failure to Report on Special Water
Investigations the Cause,
COUNCILS LIVELY DEBATE.
Weller Introduced the Resolution -
Vote stood sis 90 Iigbt-
Other Matters.

Believing that Il was the avowod In
tcntlon of Engineer Kelsey TO disregard
the wishes OF the members ~ the city
Council with respect 60 making report
IN his water supply Investigations.
Councilman Weller. al last nights
meeting ~ the city nolons. introduced q
resolution 10 remove him from office.
The resolution failed OF passage by a
vote OF clEht To- six.
The question came up upon the re- .oipt
Of the following communication from
the engineer.
In the matter ~ your instructions
REGARDING the water supply investiga-
lions, l heE leave TO report that ! could
mot complete the work Within the time
dcsiEnatcd IN the Instructions. and 4
t.speeuuily ash Tor further time Al
other work OF the department IL Hur-
pended, ~ FAR a. practicable. and am
dcvoung my entire time 10 the work.
THAT part NJ the Wport pertaining To
the MIL Crock lnvestigntlons will be-
completed within week and submitted
al the next meeting of the city Council.
The report covering the Big Cotton
on December 18th"
RESOLUTION TO REMOVE.
After the communication had been
read, Robertson moved u be- received and
fllcd. which carried. Weller thcrcupon
offered the following resolution:
Whereas. the city Council on divers
occasions has repeatedly requested and
ordered y. G, Kelsey city engineer. Co
make hia report 90 them on the work
of making surveys, maps, drawings
and other data 10 Increase the water
supply u this city ana.
whereas. said city engineer has will
fully and Intentionally failed and neg.
lociod 70 comply with the fald requests
and orders 81 this Council. now.
Therefore be II resolved By the city
Council ~ Salt Lake city that +. 9.
Kelsey, city engineer or salt Lake city,
b, and he N hereby DISCHARGED from the
service OF said city and FROM HIS posi-
ton as city engineer u salt Lake city.
speaking Of the resolution Weller said
II was clear IN him that the engineer did
not Intend ,o mako any report at oil.
II was time the Council took action In
the matter. lie believed that tho mem
hera owed u to themselves aud thelf
constiiucnta to drop Mfr. Kelsey alto
gcthor.
Buckle said that people on the other
Side Of the fence To him politically had
told him that certain mcmhCra " the
Council ought TO be- mohbed because OF
their fght on the engineer. Mr., Kelsey
was not present 10 defend himself, but
had cent IN communication over his
own signature, which ought 20 suffice
until II could be shown that MIR. Kelsey
had not kept his promise,
Callistor believed that the engineer
had been guilty Of dlsobeying the
Wishes Of the Council In the past, but
for one he was willing 10 overlook nll
and give Mr.. Kelsey chance to make
q report,
siddoy<.y was willing TO walt another
week or two. He had felt hurt az the
manner IN which Mr., Kelsey ignored The
Council. but no one could say he had
fought the engineer,
Fornatrom said tho engineer ought TO
have been removed six months agn,
Morris aald the repeated promises or
the engineer To submit a report to the
Council and his failure to do 80 had
caused him 10 lose confidence An tho
man lie was willing. however. Go give
him another chance,
Patrick denied that any nght had
been made on the engineer by the Dam
ocratlc mombors Of the Council. Mr.
Kelsey. he was sure. was not response
bile FOR an ne had been charged Win,
Some OF his shortcomings should be
charged mp TO his advisers, out ~
charity Weller ought 20 Withdraw MS
resolution and give the onglneer an
other chance,
l,obertaou. with much warmth. said.
Mr.. Kelsey did not need any charity
from the gentleman who had Just