Show CONTRACTOR BOWMAN SUES SALT LAKE CITY AND COUNTY TO RECOVER 860000 Damages Alleged to Have Been Sustained Sus-tained by the Cancelling of the Contract For Erecting the City and County Building Trial Begins Be-gins Tomorrow The suit of J H Bowman against Salt Lake City and county Is set for trial tomorrow The case has been long pending the trial having been time and again postponed I promises to be along a-long drawnout and interesting trial inasmuch a there will be in great measure a reopening of the old scandals so familiar to the public in connection with the city and county building Mr Bowman was the contractor who agreed for a sum near the 500000 mark to erect the Joint city and county building He was under heavy bonds for the performance of the contract Times became hard and it Is alleged that in the midst of the depression money due on estimates was withheld with-held when most needed and a spirit shown other than was conducive to helping out the contractor Then the I contract was annulled by the city and county and the plans changed together with making the building fireproof a thing that was not provided In the original plans The county has appropriated 500 expenses for the architect Mr Proud foot to come on from the east and foot testify in behalf of the county The suit is brought for money alleged to be due on estimates and for damages I I sustained in depriving the plaintiff of the contract amounting in all to about I 60000 It Is said that some racy developments de-velopments trial will be brought out at the j p i |