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 TO Sight
Oiher Matters.

Relieving that Il was the avowod In
tcntion Of Engineer Kelsey TO disregard
the wishes OF the members OF tho city
Council with respect 20 making "a report
IN his water supply Investigations.
Councilman Weller. at last niFhr-
meeting ~ the city HolonT. introduced u
resolution TO remove him from office
Tho resolution failed Of passage by a
vote OF olght TO six.
The question came up upon the rc soipt
of the following communication from
the engineer.
In the matter ~ your instructions
isgardlng the water supply invostlga-
lions, l beE leave TO report that could
not complete The work within the time
dcFiEnatcd IN the Instructions. and I
respectfully ask FOR further time. All
other work OF the department IL suF-
PENDED, ~ Ear NJ practicable. and am
dcvoting my entire time To- the work.
THAT part ~ the report pertaining To
the MN Creek lnveatlRntiona viii be
completed within u week and submitted
nj the next meeting of the City Council.
The report covering the Big Cotton.
wood Investigations will be- submitted
on December 18th"
RESOLUTION TO REMOVE.
After the communication had been
read. i,ohe rtsnu moved u BE- received ana
nlcd. which carried. Weller thrreupon
offered the following resolutions
Whereas. the city Council ON divers
occasions has repeatedly requested and
ordered y. q. Kelsey. city engineer TO
make his report 60 them on the work
Of making surveys, maps, drawings
and other data 10 increase tho water
supply Of this city and.
Whereas. said city engineer has will
fully and Intentionally failed and neg.
i'ctod 10 comply with the fald requests
and orders ~ this Council. now.
Therefore be ID resolved by the city
Council of Salt Lake city. that y. g.
Kelsey, city engineer Of Salt Lake city,
b, and he IL hereby DISCHARGED from the
service OF said city and FROM his post
tion a. city engineer Of salt Lake city.
speaking Of the resolution Weller said
II was clear to him that the engineer did
not intend tn make any report az nll.
II was tim" the Council took action In
the matter. lie believed that tho mem
hera owed II 10 Themselves and theif
COMPLIMENTS to drop Mr.. Kelsey alto
gethor.
buckle said that people on the other
side Of the fence 10 him politically had
told him that certain mcmbCrH " the
Council ought 20 BE- mohbed because 81
their nght on the engineer Mr., kelsey
was not present 10 defend himself, but
had cont IN q communication over his
own signature. which ought 90 suffice
until II could be shown that MIR. kolaey
had not kept his promise.
cnllistcr believed that the engineer
had been guilty OF dlsoheylnr the
wishes OF the Council In the past, but
for one he was willing 10 overlook ull
ana give Mt Kelsey chance TO make
a report.
siddoG<.y was willing TO walt another
week or two. He had felt hurt at The
manner In which Mr.. Kelsey ignored the
Council. but no one could say he had
fought the engineer.
Fornstrom said the engineer ought TO
have been removed six months ngp.
Morris aal1 the repeated promises or
the engineer to submit a report to the
Council and his failure TO de- 80 had
caused him 60 lose confidence IN the
man. lie was willing. however, Co give
him another .hancc,
Patrick denied that any nght had
been made on the engineer by the Dam
notatlc mombora ~ tho Council, Mr..
Kelsey, no was sure, was not response
bile FOR an he had been charged Win.
Some OF his shortcomings should be
charged mp 10 his advisers out ~
charity Weller ought Go Withdraw MS
resolution and give the engineer an
other chance,
l,obertaon. with much warmth, nnld,
Mr.. Kelsey did not need any charity
from the gentleman who had Just