The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-04
The MAYOR IS
Up AGAINST It
City Officials Involved i'm a
Terrible Row.
EZRA MAY GO FORTH
WITH 4 BIG CLUB
Will He Fire Kelsey, Hines or
DOOly?

Mayor Thompson has troubles OF his
own at the opening of the new century.
He is said TO be in doubt whether hc
should remove from office CRY Engi-
neer Kelsey. The board of public works
or Superintendent of Waterworks
Frank /. Hines. or clean out the entire
lot and start in fresh. The continued
wrangling and rag-cheWing between
the city engineer and the board of pub
lie works is very distastcful to Mayor
Thompson and is dcmorahzing his en-
tire administration
IL is said that the mayor realizes
that when the conditions have become
So rank that even his own personal and
party organ is forced to- make expos
ures and call for a. change that IL Is
I time for heroic action on his part. The
mayor said yesterday that he would
take no action in the matter until he
had given it careful thought. He is
/ not in sympathy with the effort to shift
the blame for The shortage of water
upon superintendent Hines, and seems
+ rather inclined To side with the board
of public works in its controversy with
/ the city engineer.
Stands by the Board.
Il think" said Mayor Thompson.
| that the board is made up of good
business men. If I had not thought
50 1 would not have appointed them.
They are men who have made successes
of their own business, and it seems to
me that they are good men to have
| looking after d branch of the city $
business"
Chairman DOoly was not inclined yes
| Jerday to discuss the difficulty that has
arisen between mis- board and Mr.. KEEL
sey- He pointed 20 the revised stat
Utes of the state, sections 2S3-2S6, as
defining the powers and duties of the
board, and thought that should settle
I the controversy.
When we were boys at school said
/ Mr. DoOiy, I'VE had d problem like this
when an irresistible force comes in
contact with an immOyabe body, what
/ IS the result That is the problem TO
/ be solved i'm this case between the
/ board and M. elsey."
The presider~ of the board said this
IS though he enjoyed il, but he did not
state 0hetiTt he.sr Kelsey WAS the inn
movable object. 1t was very evident
/ from his manner though that he in
| tends TO fight j. out with Mr.. Kelsey on
I this line. He referred TO the strong en-
/ dOrsement that Inspector Mcdonald
/ has. and 10 the fact that he had work
/ ed under Mr.. Kelsey before
/ Members Were Loaded.
! 1t developed yesterday that AFT The
/ council meeting Wednesday night there
/ came very near beiHs AN explosion.
/ Councilman Ferustrom, b. is said, had
/ i'm his pocket a. resolution calling for
/ the removal of Engineer Kelsey. He
/ was watching for the right opportunity
/ 10 spring this resolution, but concluded
! 20 wait. A. the same time Councilman
] - Ia. Il -.r-.a- f. l. -
/ calling for the removal of Chairman
/ DOOly of the board of public works.
! This was 10 he an offset tD The Fern
| zfrom resolution Had these resoIu-
I tinnS got before the council there would
1 nave been fireworks As 10 is the hch-
/ has just been postponed and viii come
/ up at the meeting Of the council or
! Tuesday evening
Fight Grows Warm.
The fight between Chairman DUoIy
/ and Engineer Kelsey is becoming hot
4 ter each day, and before it's final set
! Element il promises 10 drag in many OF
/ the city officials and others who are on
{ the outside. On the one side is Kelsey,
/ backed by Colonel LaunJn: ON the
other is Mr.. DO0Iy. backed by Mayor
/ Thompson. 1T Will be decidedly inter
| es-ing to note how the partisans of the
! one side or the other viii lin. up III
/ this fight. II is expected that the cri-
/ sis will be reached i'm the council meet
! ing on Tuesday evening next
The Empty Reservoir.
The condition Of emptiness that pre-
/ walls at 5ho City'S new $4,000 rc~rr-
/ yOir has pTeCipitated another WranEIe
/ among members and supporters Of the
! administration. who are anxious lo
( shift the responsibility for 50 expensive
/ a bluuder. This Improvement. it Will
y needed last summer that the tax
payers. under threat Of higher taxes.
/ were bulidOzed into voting Il $2J0.go1
bond issue Having spent $50 900 for
the reservoir. the administration is try
ing to find out what shall be done with
Il. Colonel LanDan intimates that the
absence of wafer in the reservoir DEM
OnSrTaICs the Incompetence of SupeTiu-
tendeHt Hines The latter declares that
the reservoir is empty because the city
owns no water with which 10 lil it, He
says that had his recommendations
been followed out this state of affairs
would not now exist He referred 90
the building OF a pumping station and
stand pipe at the Liberty park wells,
This plant, he says could have been put
in in thirty days and at cost Of $4,000
and this would have utilized the best
water that the city has.
It is not easy to foreteII a this time
what viii be the outcome Of all This
wrangling and effort 90 shift respOnsi-
bility from one TO another of the de-
partments of the city administration,
/ There are those who are convinced tina,
Engineer Kelsey viii be made the scdp0
goat. In fact il is stated that Mayor
Thompson has under consideration O.
/ p. Brooks. the well known mining en-
/ gineeT. as Mr. KelSeys successor
Should Mr. Kelsey win out in the fight
a new board Of public works would be
the natural sequel