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Show mrjsi oo KM ENGINEER WAS NOT mMlA OFFERED SUFFICIENT SALARY Bui Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 17. Thc EEA wel1 intended efforts or President E.T IRl ' P. Ripley of thc Santa Fe system to settle the controversy between the mayor nd city council over the appointment ap-pointment of a city engineer probably, will fail. R. B. Ball or San Francisco, the man selected by the railway magnate from the engineer corpB of his i all-road all-road to fill thc office, did not think that. $2,500 a year was sufficient aal-ar.f7 aal-ar.f7 Nelther'did flavor E. J. Bdc-seke, Bdc-seke, who offered to donate to Ball his salary of ?C00 to make up tho def-feronce def-feronce between the Ralary offered and $3,000, which Ball thought -tt was worth, but thc latter refused to allow the sacrifice on the part of (he mayor. may-or. Ball returned to San Francisco last night after announcing thnt he would notify thc council Thursday of his flpflnlnn |