| Show I i THE CITY ENGINEERS RESIGNATION The resignation of City Engineer F C Kolsey will be deplored by his friends while a few of his enemies will exult over it and in the thoughts of candid and unwosea men meiu 111 ue conflicting emotions These Inst will say he is a most sterling honest man and most competent engineer but they will add that ho is absolutely rigid in his convictions and would rather lose the honors and emoluments of any of f < flee no matter how high than yield jany point after he had demonstrated tp himself that the point was right Very few will doubt either Ills motives mo-tives or his ability but a good many will recognize that in a place of trust he would submit to no compromise and that In dealing with brother oftt cers they would all have to be as gifted and as broad us he or there would be clashngs His rigid ways are seen 51114 his curt refusal to accept the vacation vaca-tion freely granted him and the salary which has been his due since his Illness ill-ness came upon him lie would die at the stake rather than even seem to compromise a principle I prin-ciple and would wrong his family rather than Jo take what is honestly This T-his through the vote of men whom lie holds as enemies 1 He has performed much splendid work for the city we believe that It was through his efforts that the title Of a large part of the water of Utah lake owned by the city was saved he has performed vast amounts of labor for the city for which he has never been paid he had a vast pride in tryIng try-Ing to perfect a perfect water system for this city and worked incessantly to accomplish his purpose and goes out of office embittered and with a feeling that he has been shamefully and continually wronged But he has carried himself high and his worst enemies en-emies will admit his faithfulness and his Very great professional ability I |
