Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-01
If KEGLER GOES
THEN KELSEY WINS
City Council Apparently ADJUST
irg its Sails According to the
Engineers Compass
WHOLE TROUBLE AIRED AGAIN.
Chairman ClawsOn of the Board of
Public Works lntimates that Kelsey
Must Either Rule or Ruin.

fTouN an lHulcullOnS the council com
mlttee on municipal laws will recon.
mend to the council on next Monday
night that the office OF clerk Of the
board Of pablo works be abolished and
that the provision for a clerk for the
board, as contained in the ordinance
creating the board, be followed out.
The ordinance provides that the deputy
city recorder shall act as clerk of the
board, but the council some years ago
decided that It would be advisable TO
have a special clerk for the board so
that he could also act as an inspector
of Improvements, and, by resolution
created the office of clerk and inspcc-
Tor of the board After investigating
the troubles which exist between City
Engineer Kelsey and Clerk Fred H.
keelci ,ast night the committee prac-
tically decided Ia abolish the office and
revert TO the old system provided for
in the ordinance. The report of the
committee, II adopted by the council
means that Mr.. Kegler win lose his
position.
ABOUT THAT LETTER.
City Engineer Kelsey, Clerk Keger
and Chairman Claws0n, OF the board OF
ing before the committee. The first
matter for Clerk kegler to explain was
SIS to the receipt of a letter from the
city recorder notifying the board that
certain work had been ordered by the
council and for the board To notify the
contractor to proceed with the work
at once. The city recorders letter
books show that the letter was written
by him on June ~ and Mr.. Nystrom
stated positively on last wednesday
night that he took the letter to the Of
Ace OF the board and left II on Mr.
Keglers desk the latter being out OF
the Office at that time, Clerk Kegler
declares that Mr., Nystrom did not leave
the letter with him on that date and
that the first time the board knew that
the work had been ordered was on Aug.
Is when the estimate was submitted.
The board then refused to approve the
estimate. claiming that II did not order
The work done,
SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
Several members Of the committee
stated that 1t was certainly negligence
on The part Of the clerk II the city re-
corders letter was lost because he
should have been in his Office attending
to his duties IL was also stated that
Il was very strange that the board did
not know that the work had been or
dered when It's own inspector had been
inspecting the work all the time. Mr..
Keger stated that the Inspector did not
report to the board but once a month
and that the board did not know until
his report was filed what inspecting he
had been doing, Mr.. Kelsey took Is
sue with Mr.. Kegler on that point and
stated that the inspector does report
every two or three days. The members
of the committee were of the opinion
that, If the board did not keep a closer
watch on itsinspectors than as stated
by the clerk, it was certainly very
loose method of transacting the bus-
ness Of the office.
KEGLER's KICK.
City Engineer Kelsey stated that the
board WAS very harmonious In its work
until Clerk Kegler submitted his in
sulting resignation and the board re-
fused to accept IT, He produced copy
OF the resignation and stated that after
the board refused TO accept It. he quit
attending ite meetings The resignation
follows In full
Salt Lake city. June 49, 1908
To the Honorable Chairman and Mem
beers of the Board of Public Works,
A7afN Lame WY
Gentlemen-OwinR to Views held by
myself on matters pertaining to the jur-
isdlction of this board being dametric-
ally opposed to those expressed by Mr.
Kelsey, cannot consistently longer re-
tain my position as It's clerk there
fore tender to your honorable body my
resignation as such, to take effect any
time between now and the 3Oth inst
Generally speaking, 1t is my pleasure
to thank the members of this board for
their uniform Kindness and courtesy. |
am very respectfully
FRED r, KEGLER.
DIDN'T BLAME KELSEY.
Several members OF the board after
reading the resignation, stated that
they did not blame MIR. Kelsey for not
attending the board meetings, They
failed to see what right the clerk had
TO interfere with the work Of the board