Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11
ANOTHER FIGHT
AGAINST KELSEY
McMiIIan's Board OF Works Is
After Kelsey, Who Likes
The Mayor.
ENGINEER is INCOMPETENT
such L. tie Charge. Witch Is Denied
May Take Squabblc 90
10 BransfOrd

city Engineer Louis g. KELSEY WAS
accused of utter incompetency by the
board OF public works last night and
the services OF another engineer Will
he enlisted 90 change Kelseys plans
for the North Temple street aqueduct.
Cnder the present plans. the board de-
o,ares hYt the aqueduct viii be %
uo service and viii have 20 be aband-
oned. This was decided Monday ar
teruoon when the members Of the board
went over the project which is now
under construction The aqucduct VIII
cos; about SiS,o0o and tho board thinks
tina; tho plans ought 10 be changed he-
fore BE- is too late.
Tho fatal mistake made by Kelsey
the board says. is in drawing the plans
so that The mouth OF the aqueduct is
three feet below the bottom OF the Jor-
dan river into which 10 empties II Is
held bv the board that during high
water in the spring tho squcduct VII
Am up 10 sixth West street and that
the pressure win Doe So heavy that the
pipe would not empty itself
The contractors also blame Kelsey for
tho mistake and say that the aqucduct
under tho plans Us not feasible u Is
proposed 90 cut the aqucduct or an
! Ninth Wcst street and allow the water
I 90 Cow into the river from that point
! There are mo- residences below that
I Point She board says. and the water
/ could Do carried off in tho old Cuy
creek channel This channel could be
I dledced and tho sides built up $50 that
I 70 would serve as well As the aqueduci.
] IL is also contended by tho contractors
/ that the aqueduct ought to be raised
| two feet under the Rio Grsnde tracks
! The slope rs too abrupt IL Is said, from
| Firth 20 sixth West streets
KELSEY DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Kelsey was present and said that Pc
knew al what point the aQueduet
would empty into The Jordan river AND
that il would be- all right TIE denied
that there were any serious mistakes
! in the plans
The meeting was called last nirht tn
I discuss the plans 81 the aaucduct and
/ Cuy Engineer Kelsey and the contract
ors Davis & Heuser, we're hntihcd ~
be- present W. j. Halloran opened
the controversy when he said 70 kcl-
sew.
There seems To- be belief among
the members Of the board that this
matter viii not be success some
members Of this board differ With NJ
Kelsey IN the matter. and believe T.
would be mistake TO continue the
work and run the conduit into the
river ! believe that We should get TIE
services ~ the finest engineer I'm the
State N Utah 10 30 into this matter
81 49,. zone all over This work 30 said
Chairman Mcmillan. and ] believe II
will D. q very great failure saw
Z enough 10 know that 10 is q hercc prop
osition There may he something in tho
canal proposition. but % Is not advisable
10 continue 20 the river
Lou BITES HIS LIPS
Kelsey biz his ups and twisted bis
| moustache almosr ont by the roots. Hr
declared that tho plans were an RICH
and intmated that the contractors
/ wanted the plans changed because uu-
/ der the present specification they would
lose money kelsey says he viii stand
by the plans he has drawn aud fight tlF
/ board 10 the last ditch. II r. probable
| that the matter viii he carried before
Mayor Bransford From an appear
ances 10 is the opening of another chap
ter in the fight between the board ami
the city engineer
r. J. Moran's claim for 100000 for TO
| pairing tho leaks for tho outlet grnrr
/ pipe came up last night bot ras laih
over indefinitely. Tms bin Wlll bc taken
up later by the mayor with tho council
and the board associated. and Some ac-
ton win Dc taken on H.
FOUR CONTRACTS LET
The board lei four contracts last night
ON public Improvements ln each case
the low est bidder received thc CONTRACT
and one bid ON q Weir in ParlcN.a cam
Won was declared 90 be excessive and
was rejected.
Iouis 4 Gcisler was awarded tho
contract for the building RI Ere station
No s. Eighth West and Eighth south
streets &c cost ~ s-.ss5. cts tn-
ginoer T. e. Kelsey has never seen me
plaus and specifications, as they were
drawn bv Councilman T. n Martin.
Other bids Tor this work were Hla0
a Ienler. so924 D. a.. Grggs, s. 'oot
| " p. Holley. f32-2
sewer extension 222 in the rhIUl
ward ON which the city eneInocr bad
! placed an estimate ~ $500. woe
awarded 60 J ID Haulev for Sssf 24.
! with other bids as follows. morrill, q.
= Johnson. te6t7. strange 4 Mcclure
S6eil.92.
Tho contract for curb and gutter os-
tension so it. on Mcclellan avenue
between First South and Second snutl
street,. uas awarded % II. q Gnkersou
.t 1859 as against tho rItr en-
3 aIneers estimate NJ N.S21.22 Other
Bids we're: q n Uanley flsai1,. NJ .-
Kav q Road N19312
/ %. %. Gilkerson also received fhn
- / tract for curb and gutter extension p I
M. on Dunbar avenue. between m
soutn and Second South streets m"
p A. eef 90 THE cif" engineers esiIII az f
was 81 l2A2l other BIDS or on. ''i
were. o. % Henley tf1sf5. M,ha
Read. 5000 so