The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-27
THE MACkAY DAM
AND ENGINEERS
The Three Members of the Con-
sulting Board Have Been
Named.
MACKAY PEOPLE CONFIDENT
IN THEIR CASE AS SHOWN
Governor Brady Quoted as Say.
ing He Will See the Dam
Is Safe.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
MACKAY, Idaho, Aug. 26.-The
board of engineers to examine and re
port upon the stability of the Mackay
dam has, at last, been selected In q
manner agreeable to the citizens OF
Mackay. through whose Jealous efforts
the unsafe conditions of the dam were
exposed, and who made q strenuous
fight to force the Idaho state land board
to thoroughly investigate the structure
In an honest and impartial manner.
II will be remembered that the citi-
zens of Mackay brought so much pres
sure to bear, through publicity Of the
facts in The Tribune. that the board
yielded to their demands in the matter
OF the appointment of the engineers
one by the citizens committee of
Mackay, one by the land board, and
the third selected by these two. The
committee named Mr., j. II. Quinton,
of Los Angeles. and was on Tuesday
informed that the state land board
Mr.. Dan Martin, the present engineer
of the state Of Idaho. On Wednesday
the committee received a wire from MI
Quinton stating that he and Mr. Martin
had agreed upon Mr.. Wylie of Boise,
as the third member of the board, and
that they would journey to Mackay the
fore part of next week and begin their
investigation of the work, which Mr..
Lippincot, the engineer employed by
the citizens committee of Mackay, at
their own expense, so thoroughly con-
demned
The delegation of the citizens com
mlttee, who spent three days last week
on trip to Pocatello, to see the gov
ernor upon his invitation, returned home
without having had the desired confer
the dam, no further steps were taken.
The following interview with the gov"
ernor has appeared in several Idaho
daily papers since their return:
There has been a great deal of dis
eussion about the insecurity Of the
Mackay dam: l do not feel that the pub
lie fully understands that proposition.
the contract for this dam was made be-
fore assumed the duties OF chief execu-
tive. but that does not relieve me OF
to II that the dam is properly construct
ed or else it will not be completed,
do not propose to be responsible for the
lives OF my fellow citizens and their
homes and their crops without assuming
the responsibility in the matter that
should be placed upon me, and / have
decided TO visit Mackay next week in
response to the invitation from the citi-
Zens' committee. and we will then and
there determine upon a plan which / be-
lieve will be entirely satisfactory to
everybody"
Anxious for Results.
The citizens here are very anxious
to see the investigation through with,
as the steps taken to secure future
safety of their lives and property have
temporary depressing effect upon their
business and feel that the quicker the
board of examining engineers report
and the sooner the state land board
does its plain duty in the matter, the
sooner will staple and bealthful bust
ness conditions return to them. All be-
iieye that there can be put one opinion
rendered by this board-one that will
coincide with their engineer, J. B. Lip
pincott, for Mr.. Martin, the states rep
resentatlye, was with Mr.. Lippincott
during his Investigations, and ex-
pressed himself as sharing Mr.. Lippin-
colt IS opinion in the main, when they
were discussing the dam after return
ing from the structure. To add to the
confidence of the people along this line,
is the statement of Idaho Falls parties,