Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-12
SAY KELSEY LEFT
NAMES OFF LIST
p,0Osrty owners Make Serious
charges Against Former
City Engineer.
PROTESTED AGAINST SEWER
-, and City Attorney Conspired
..,u,,, Pctition--work stopped
And List to be Reehecked'

were made by several prop
OhSss ..rs last night before the en-
si, ING committee that Louis G Rel
en''. s,rr,erly city engineer has iett
fe'' - names OF protestants on the
go ',,,,on against sewer extension NO.
l ~ '.s,ch defeated them. The property
- opposed this sewer extension 4
owl .. ,rev aid not care to pay Sz'-o
vs'1 rnesr foot for it when similar ex
W - have been let for halt tne
tehsi''s ,nc extension Is located III wy
rrlee' .tern mart OF the city ana VIII
souu' ,ne neighborhOod OF $l'o'VVu'
cosl ..ar,ne the proteslants, the com
AIel 1000 10 resclnd the acton OF a
nii'e and check the lists over
week ego anu
again h,ndroas OF names at
lh 81 the hnsl petition prctestlns
tsel7v ~ sewer which was sent 70
asaAs' ,rbo was then city engineer.
heN,' .,,srtv owners claim that tncli
Jh. ~ ,arrled $4,000 OF the 16VOO rect
l'Vee-ls,,od hv the extension Wnich was
lell .s ~, in excess Of the two-thifds.
IVY ~ ne statute. required to defeat
hAeu W George q. CLANCY, VINO
the e1', -. engineer. was present, ana
Is NV 4, understood that he had moth
sen se a, with the checking up OF ths
ing .,snts He intimated that ne
Vsv-t raj Kelsey had left names OH
hheT ~" md aid not care 70 get mixed
IN In the affair s,.o,..s,a,
nnr5nr the argument a discussion
puii,s ~ the duties Of the city en-
Hlyse . civ Atty. Harper J. Dinniny
1870 in an opinion some time ago
"a, IL the property owners names dli
10 on,sor On the petition as they did
~ ~ county recorders books that
~ ~. ~ ,yere IA be stricken of the list.
nv 4 what Kelsey did and he defeat
"a ~ nropertv owners By cutting on
sSeW feet which was represented by
putestants.
DUMMY REVERSED.
patrick J. Daly, assistant city attor-
,,v was present last night and he
,syer-sd Dlnniny He declared that be-
ssuse the names we're not Identical On
M nstition with the names on the
csuniv recorders books, that the city
s.rnser had no right 10 strike the
rsmes on. Before he has a right TO do
nal he has to prove that they do not
avn the property which they represent
n the petition
ne lists will be checked up again
snd a report on the matter brought
is,oye the council Meanwhile there
m b. no work done on the sew.
which has been Jet by contract.
Tae property owners in sewer eX-
tensions No. lie. No. lS2 and No. iS5
NMnol have 10 pay interest on the inn
purtnsnt foI the last year and half
M engineering committee decided to
recommend TO the council 10 abate the
interest up until Nov. !, 1909, because
us uuperty owners had no benefit
iftn be extension on account Of the
Intervening sewer being out OF COM
mission
FRANCHISE REVOKED.
The old franchise OF the Salt Lake
Suburban Railroad company which
expired In 1903 was revoked last night
BY the municipal laws committee. The
ftfsei supervisor was requested to no
to The company and ordered them 10
remove the poles on Second East stree.
o Ninth South street Immediately.
The public grounds committee au-
ihonSed the city recorder 70 advertise
20 sale at public auction the city land
north state street above First North
nei and all the city property on
Vest Canyon road.