Show BLOSSOM RESIGNS RESIGNS' 1 FROM POSITION AS t CITY'S E ENGINEER Reported J John hn Duder His As Assistant Assistant As- As and Others Will Follow Suit of ot D. D H H. Blossom R RESIGNATION city engineer of ot Salt Lake wa was written yesterday esterday and will be filed with the tho city recorder for tor transmission to the city olty commission today It It Is to taI take taie e effect April 1 after which t time Mr Blossom 1 ID 10 to take take- a position as engineer with a reclamation and Irrigation Irrl- Irrl gation m company In Idaho It Is reported that the resignations of ot John Dudor Duder assistant city engineer L. L F. F office engineer and two or three chief employees directly under these men are arc to folIo follow that of ot Mr rr B Blossom osso in Mr Blossom was t appointed to tho the position of or city engineer shortly after liter tho the commission form torm of ot government was Inaugurated As to who wI will take Mr Blossoms Blossom's place In the tho engineering department nothing nothing- is definitely definite known cnown However it Is said to be p possible pos pos- s- s sible that George Georgo Snow formerly city cn engineer ma may be selected d He Ho was the choice of or tho the commissioner of ot streets head of or the engineering department department de de- de- de nt nt t the time Mr Blossom Blosson was as asI decided upon I No reason Is hr given In Mr lr fr Blossoms Blossom's f resignation for twitting quitting tinS tinS' the city's Ice cc but those who know lenow conditions at attribute attribute it- it tribute It directly to friction existing between his department and the street department over Inspection of or of public Improvement work ork r Nearly a year ago tho the friction 1 led ledo pd d to o an open contest In the commission In n which the commissioner of or streets backed the supervisor o of or streets in his contention th that t Inspection should re remain remain remain re- re main In his department and the commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of ot parks backed the engi engi- neer The Tho fight resulted In passage atan of at an ordinance placing the inspection un under er supervision of or the supervisor of or streets e ts More Ilore recently the engineer presented A annual r nor th hat t Inspection 1 p n cUo-n b bo be tak taken n t-r t from the street t tand and placed in tho the engineering depart depart- ment This was smothered Still sun later the ho cn engineer took a trip through Idaho Idabo Oregon and Washington and returned with data to show sho- that In other cities 9 ho tho Inspection work was In tho engineering engineering engi engi- department He Ho again too too the he matter up with tho the commission but lo lost loet t out In his effort to bring I about p go L |