The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-01
kEGlER is THE LOSER
Council Committee Recommends
Abolition Of His Office in Pub
lie Works Department

The decaDitation Of Fred r. Keglec
- clerk of the board of public works
was % effect recommended by the lpu-
Qicipal laws committee of the citv
council last evening as the result of
the investigation into the friction ex-
lsiing between The board and City en-
sineer I. G.. Kelsey. When the COM
mittee reports 90 The connect Mondav
evening IT VIII urge. If the present in
tention ia carried ont. that the board
conform with the law bv having the
Ncputy city recorder act as clerk. as
mas been done in times past. thus do
ing away Wits the expense 0f the pres
cnt incumbent.
The present friction Is due to Clerk
lNeeier and City Engineer Kelsey dis
9sIeeing as TO the policy Of the board
81 matters pertaining to improvements.
MATTERS finally reached that stage
Wnere the clerk thought he could no
longer remain on the board with the
city engineer. and resigned by sending
the following letter 90 the board which
was not accepted:
Salt Lake City. June DO. 1909
70 the Honorable Chairman and Mem
ners OF the Board Of Public works
salt Lake CITY
GcrtlCmcn-Dwing to views held 10y
myself on matters pertaining to the iur-
izdiction of this board being diametric-
any opposed 90 those expressed by Mr.
tain my position as its clerk therefore
tender to your honorable body my res
lgnation as such. to take effect any time
between now and the 30th inst.
Generally speaking. 10 is ms pleasure
TO thank the members OF this board for
their uniform Kindness and courtesy. i
am. very respectfully.
FIRED IT, KELLER.
The members of the municipal laws
committee who saw the letter last
nieht, expressed the sentiment that
they could hardly blame the city en-
Eineer for remaining away from the
hoard meetings after the board refused
10 accept the resignation uf the clerk.
The discussions brought out the fact
that the council. the board of public
works and the city engineer are con-
SANITY violating the ordinances regu-
lating the board and breaking it's own
rules and contracts when Dc comes 10
ordering improvements and extra work.
bl not conforming to the law. IT was
also shown that there is no provision
ln the law for regular clerk ~ the
board The excuse given isl that. for
some unknown reason. years ago
resolution was passed 10y the council
permitting the employment Of clerk.
Who was 10 attend the few clerical
duties or the office and spend the re-
Wainder of his time I'm the field q an
Inspector. 10 was also shown that dep
uty or assistant inspectors do not make
daily reports To the board of public
works sometimes reports being made
] Mt once month. and then only by
the chief Inspector
So heated di1 the discussion become
last evening during the committee
meeting that The question of veracity
was raised between City Recorder Jo-
Feph O. Nystrom and Clerk Eeglcr
and between Clerk Kegler and city
Engineer Kelsey. The climax of the
whole proceedings came when Spencer
CiaWson. chairman of the board of
public works. made the assertion that
81 is the intention of the city engineer
Z" create and maintain dia-ord in the
BOARD until he secures the removal Of
CLERK Ee~lc~
The engineer replied that ne had ten
cercd his resignation 20 the mayor. but
that The latter had not as yet ac-
Ceptcd IT,