Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-31
CITY Council Thus Disposes of the
Kelsey Clawson-Kegler
Controversy.
WAS A COMPLETE wHlTEwASH.
rcrustrom Bitterly Opposes the Prop.
osition but is Defeated--"The
Guilty PARTIES

After luDy ulNtntib"sAhb nav '>S''Ns-
Clawson -Kegler charges and counter
charges in the committee Of the whole
and reporting upon the same. the city
council last evening refused to adopt
the committees report and then white
washed the whole affair by voting to
expunge all record Of the matter from
,be minutes. The first report OF the
committee of the whole was in regard
10 the charges made by Chairman
clawson that the city council had sold
asphaltum to p. j. Moran at a loss OF
$500. The report on the matter was to
the Eject that the charges We're unjust
and untrue in every particular.
When the report was read Daveler
moved to expunge the entire matter In
reference TO the chargs from the min
utes. Fernstrom bitterly opposed
whltewashing the matter In any such
manner. When a vote was taken the
motion was clearly carried but Fern
strom asked for rollcall so he could
zee who the guilty parties are" The
rollcall resulted In the motion being
carried by vote Of IL to 3, Black,
Fernstrom and Il. II. Davis voting in
the negative. In regard to the charges
made that the bid of Kennedy a. Co.
for sewer extensions was changed or
substituted while In the hands or the
board of public works, the committee of
the whole reported that the charges
were untrue and that no change or sub
stItuton had been made In the bid. The
report exonerated the board and Clerk
,Kegler. but all matters In relation to
that trouble were ordered expunged
from the minutes by vote of ~ to 2.
In regard TO the charges filed by Clerk
kegler against City Engineer Kelsey,
which were found to be without found
alton by the committee OF the whole,
the council also expunged all reference
TO them from the minutes. Thus the
records Of the council were cleared of
the trouble between the city engineer
and the board Of public works.
BONDS OF THE OFFICIALS.
A communication was received from
City Recorder Nystrom submitting the
bonds OF the new city officials. except
Ing that Of Auditor-elect Felt. which
has not been filed yet, all OF which were
approved by the council.
As evidence OF the friendly feeling
which exists between Mayor-elect Nor
rs and his opponent in the recent cleo
ton, Frank Knox, the latter IN one of
the sureties on the new mayors bond
The other surety Is j, G. Lynch, who
is closely allied with Mayor Thompson
in business and political matters, The
amount OF the bond Is $1,000.
The surettes on the bond OF Fisher 8.
Harris, city treasurer-e elect, for $780,
co., are as follows: Anthem II. Lund,
$4,000; John Henry Smith, $4,000: Will
liam II. Smart, $4,000; James Chapman,
$4,000; Joseph Nelson. $4,000, D. p.
Miller $4,000; Joseph Geoghegan. $751;
900, NJ. II. Walker. $4,000: Thomas
Weir, $4,000; II. @. Mcmillan, $4,000
The Utah Savings and Trust conf
pany is the surety on the bond OF
Charles c. Dey, city attorney-elect,
and the United States Fidelity and
Guaranty company on the bond OF John
:, Critchlow, city recorder-elect. Each
bond is for 1000
each. The councllmen and their sure
ties are as follows:
First ward, Thomas HOLIDAY, theh
United States Fidelity and Guarantee
company; Frank j. Hewlett, Or
son II. Hewlett and Thomas A.
Tellefsen' l.. d. Martin, Joseph
r. MacKnlght and Frank l.. Hines;
Second ward, Joseph w. Preece, Ed
ward d. Jenkins and j. ". Eldredge,
Jr', Lorin j, Wood, ]. ". Eldredge, Jr,
and Edward f. Jenkins; George d.
Dean, j, Y. Eldredge, Jr., and Edward
T. jenkins; Third ward. Arthur r.
Barnes, Richard p Morris and Ell A.
ROLAND F. $. Fernstrom, Richard p
norris and John Halverson Edward H.
Davis, Heber II. and Thomas s. Davis;
Fourth ward, Rulon s. Wells, Melvin
~ Wells and George r. Odell e. A.
unsrlehstein, c. IL. Brink and Il, o.
howard w. j. Tuddenham, Charles
Read and John II. Woodmansee; Fifth
nnard, A, j, Davis, p. $. Condie and o.
= Hogan I. r. Black ]. w. Houston
a1d W. II. Bentz: G. M. Neuhausen,
Moert Fisher and j. ID. Wood.
RoccA RESIGNS"
considerable merriment was caused
ine reading OF the resignation of
louis Rocca, as chief janitor of the City
nu county building, to take effect on
Sau. 1904 1t has been five or six
Ears since Mr.. Rocca served the city
~ mat capacity so his communication
was received and filed.
PERKINS SALARY.
p Ihe dispute as TO the salary of p. o.
aassrNlns, formerly clerk of the board
~ puoDc works, was settled by the
e,Iuleil appropriating $50 to pay the
lam, provided the suit against the city
or dismissed at Mr.. Perkins cost. The
tHuesllon over the salary arose at the
os .e FORMER Clerk Whitaker held over
v wHl nc appointment Of Clerk Perkins.
mmmllaker claimed that he was not le-
s sSiy removed from Office and the coun-
M paid him for his services FOR the
nan month in question, but refused
MA pay Perkins claim for the same
p ,D, which he served. A suit was
t os by Mr. Perkins but the mat
VET Will now be settled.
NYsTRoMs DEPUTIES.
AMY MY recorder Nystrom submitted the
monuments Of ID. M. Bernhisel and
cro., L. Emery as deputies 20 serve as
se v,Ss OF the city court The clerks are
living IN that capacity az the pres