Show WATER SUPPLY SURVEYS COMMITTEE AG AIN FAVORS continuing THE WORK diehl allen alien imd find patric Patri cS k vota veto on one side and fernstrom on the other the city council committee on waterworks Water works hold held a meeting last night behind closed doors the matter under consideration being the report of 0 this the committee as made to the council at it its last meeting and laid over for or one week meek this report recommended that tho the surveys of tho the city engineer for the ile purpose of 0 securing additional water supply be continued city engineer kelsey was avas called in and questioned by tho the members of ill tho comm committee attee especially councilman fernstrom conce concerning filing certain details ot of information in his possession the engineer n g stood to 0 the cross questioning iv lindor in well i and d informed fo r the members that lits jila reason for not wishing to disclose the information was the fact th that a st h he L did not deem it expedient tor for tho the gers eral public to become acquainted with nith the details of 0 his investigation mv mr kelsey was then excused and the committee spent nearly an hour in considering the matter mailer councilman diehl took the around th thattie atthe date data being secured by sir air nosey kelsey was of great importance to the city and urged that the engineer should be to proceed with alth the work until unell it was completed fernstrom Fern took an exactly opposite view 0 of f the matter and c contended 0 1 tended that tile the city y was not financially y able to increase tho the water supply oa as contemplated anil and that it would be a waste of 0 money to proceed further lie ile accordingly favored LL a complete cessation ot of the work allen alien and patrick how exer coincided with the view expressed by mr ale diehl and the tour four gentlemen frent lemen decided to submit a report at the th next meeting of 0 the council recommending its as in the report under that the city Eng engineer theer be instructed to complete tit alie work fernstrom Ferna announced ills intention ot of submitting a minority report in which lie he will recommend that the work be stopped in its present uncompleted condition it Is ig believed chitti th atthe the majority report will nill bc ba adopted as considerable money has already been expended by the city engineer in conformity with the th instructions of the committee and 2000 additional will complete the work which otherwise would be almost a total loss the committee on public grounds met N w till ith state fish and game warden sharp and discussed the matter of 0 donating two lots in ili the southwest corner ot of liberty park to the state to be used as aa rl a fish hatchery hat chers no ho action was waa taken in the matter |