The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-01
.OOOLY BACKS DOWN
Board of Public Works Yields
to City Engineer.
.PLACATING THE0FFICIAL
PROMISES MADE TO THE MAYOR
FOR HARMONY KEPT.

City Engineer Kelsey, typifying the
lion and the board of public works, the
| lamb. laid down together last evening and
at the hour of parting there was every
indication that both would repeat the
demonstration without fear of the con-
| sequences. The engineer and the board
had previously agreed TO bury their diff
| ferences; that is the engineer had laid
down the proposition that he was mighty
| tired of the boards actions IN overruling
him on engineering questions and all mon
Key business must stop. The board saw
the point and yielded.
The boards meeting last evening was
emphasized by the presence of Chairman
JOhn Il. DO0ly, who has 0een east helping
the Utah delegation at the Philadelphia.
convention keep split UP so that o. J.
Salisbury would be chosen national COM
mitteeman from this state for the distri-
| button of federal patronage to the Repub-
/ leans As usual the chairman had his
] own way in ali things. Frequently he
would outline the kind of motion that he
| wanted carried and would then ask some
his. the chairmans, notion.
I There was not much of even a routine
nature done at last nights meeting of the
| board The apparent effort of the MEM
bers was to make peace with Engineer
| Kelsey The effort was successful, but
every thing apparently had to be done to
| MS Satisfaction.
Dooly's Change of Front.
John z. Dooly the principal power be-
! mind the board of public works, the man
| OF great influence with the mayor and
| the Republican members of the CITY coun-
| ell and the energetic director of the COM
/ pany which is surety on the bonds of con-
| tractors, came to q. realization of the wis
| dom of smoothing down the friction be-
| tween the engineer, himself and the
board
This squaring process was accomplished
Friday afternoon at conference between
the engineer, the chairman and Mayor
| Thompson, called by the. latter for
! the purpose of promoting harmony be-
tween the warning factions Despite the
denials of Mr.. Dooly and the mayor, it
is a fact that the boards chairman had
the riot act read to him in a manner that
he will remember for long time.
At the meeting last evening the promise
made by Chairman Dooly on the previ-
Gus occasion to promote harmony between
the board and Engineer Kelsey was re-
deemed. Every act was of acquiescence
in the recommendations of the engineer.
As a steering committee of one Chair
man Dooly was a pronounced success.
Young's Resignation Accepted.
lust as he had promised to do. Chair
man DoolY saw 20 it that Don Carlos
YOungs resignation as inspector of the
contractors work on the distributing
reservoir at the head of First South
street was accepted. The accusation
against the inspector was that he re-
fused to let the cement mortar be mixed
in the manner prescribed in the con-
tract and specification, but wanted mis-
own way about ii, which he considered
preferable.
After the board had voted to accept
Young'S resignation Engineer Kelsey
arose to remark that ne thought it very
unfair that the board had let Inspector
Young's communication about the
If of in
soection of cement work go in the
minute record in the way it did since
the communication contained statements
which were untrue.
Could Not Muzzle Kelsey.
In the interest of harmony, Chairman
Do0l@ ruled that Mr.. Kelsey was out of
order but the engineer would not have
il that way. He had his say.
You can write out your reply," said
the chairman TO Engineer Kelsey, land
it will go in the record.
Mr.. Young's communication is be-
meath my notice to reply to it in the way
you suggest answered the city engineer.
4 have said what L wanted to say and
that is all. was his parting shot
The members hurried to adopt a motion
to put the engineers remarks in the
record, that is such part as was taken
to be reply to YOungS communication
Mr.. Kelsey made no objection to this pro-
cedure-
OuSdI1SIdCbOTy 1uSp6cClOn.
The board discussed at length the mat
ter of providing inspectors for contract
work now in progress, with the result
that il was decided TO appoint only when
the city council allows the employment of
inspectors. The discussion was brought
up by reading a letter from the CITY
engineer stating that on several different
occasions lately no inspector was watch
ing the work done by Contractor Giauoue
on the East First South street sewer and
generally the inspection of the work had
been very unsatisfactory until w II. II
Stafford had been detailed 10 look after
II.
Routine Business.
Contractor Giauoue sent in a letter
stating that he had been delayed in his !
work through no fault of his and he
would hold the city responsible Tor any
loss on his contract in consequence.
In reply the engineer said it was not I
true that the contractor had been DELAYED /
and he would not suffer any loss on this I
account.
The board decided to join the engineer
in all notices sent to contractors on mat
ters relating to their work.
Ii was resolved to order gate valves /
from local foundrieS for the reservoir. ID !
had been intended TO get hydraulic valves 4
from the east, but there would not be !
time to get them here before the work is I
valves would answer the pur- /
pose.
After adjournment the members and /
the engineer held short harmony talk /
and after explanations were exchanged !
On the matter of diSagreements of the /
past all went home in good humor
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In Salt Palace theatre tonight at
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