| Show TO ENJOIN 0 FFIGIALS Taxpayers Object to Work Under Superintendent Caine t WATER PIPE EXTENSION I SHOULD BE DONE BY BOADOF PUBLIC WORKS V V WORS 5 Ijucton Suit Filed By W A NeI den John B Dooly and IL R WalkerWork wm Cost 5000 More If Done Dy the Superintendent Superinten-dent of Waterworks 4 w A Nelden John E Dooly and M H Walker as citizens and taxpayers of he city brought injunction proceedIngs Ings In the district court yesterday against Mayor Clark the city council Superintendent of Watewohks Caine and City Engineer Kelsey to restrain them from proceeding with certain public Improvements in the manner proposed by the officials The grounds of the suit are that the work now being done ca be accom wore at greatly lessened cost to the city if done under the supervision ot the board of public works It should be explained that work done by the board of public works may be done under contract while If done under the superintendent su-perintendent of waterworks it must be by days work Two cause of action are specified in thecomplalnt In the first It is alleged I that the city council on April 20 01 V dere the constructon of 12 feet of pie bridge at an approximate cost of 1800 across the Jordan river at Ninth North street and that disregarding the provisions pro-visions of the statutes of Utah making It the duty of the board of public works to contract for and superintend the construction of such bridge have Instructed In-structed the city engineer to construct It by purchasing material and employing ing labQr by days work This system of doing the work will acccirding to the complaint cost the city 300 more than if the W01lt were done under the supervIsion super-vIsion of the board of public works In the second cause of action it is al legeel that the city council on April 11 ordered the construction of 3400 feet 11 I 16inch wooden pipe connecting Parleys Par-leys canyon conduit wih the water system of the city also the construction I of 4500 feet of thirtyinch wooden pipe in City Creek canyon also the taking Ul of 3000 feet of castron pipe and relaying re-laying It in connection with the new thirtyinch wooden pipe and also the layIng of 10001 feet of new castron pipe in the city all of this work to be done at an estimated cost of 33000 It states that this work Is being done by authorIty of the city council under the direction of John T Caine superintendent superintend-ent of waterworks I should be done says the complaint under the direction of a competent engineer and this 11 Caine is not but Is utterly incompetent to do the work properly Aslt is now being done the work trill cost from 1000 to 5000 more than if done under the supervision of the board of public works I The complaint prays that the cay council and mayor be enjoined from allowing al-lowing the work on the bridge or the pipe lines to go on except under the direction di-rection of the board of public works Owing to the absence of Judge Hues in Ogden the temporary restraining order or-der asked for was not obtained yesterday yester-day but It will be applied for on Monday Mon-day Stephens Smith arc attorneys for the plaintiffs |
