| Show THE WATERWORKS MATTER Interesting Development Respecting It Anticipated TonigliV j Interesting developments arc lookdd for Th Chc CityCouncil toiright over the waterworks eane The publ5 > hel reports re-ports of the comprpmise between the city and the watervorks company prOduced pro-duced no little excitement in Ogden yesterday The backers of the com promlao movement are determined to force the matter through If possible but It nov appears that they will meet I with decjdcd opposition Councilman Can who Is known to be opposed tb the proposition expected home from the East today aird Councilman Bin mett has declared hlmsoIC opposed to a Compromise and these with Jones and Brown and possibly Powers will lead the light against the proposition It will require six votes to carry It through and unless the compromisers secure the vote of Powers the deal will fall through If It docs not the city will be enjoined In their action One of the Councilmen who Is opposed to the deal stated emphatically tfiat injunction In-junction proceedings would be resorted to Pie said that the court would probably prob-ably exact a heavy bond but that if It could not be procured the city would be cited Into court to show cause why it should take th6 proposed action The figures given In The Tribune yesterday morninjjjire very nearly correct cor-rect except that the bonds are ten year 5 per cent bonds ami In all probability prob-ability could not be redeemed without the Interest being paid up In full The amount proposed to be given by the city to the waterworks company is given as 15000 this including the 59000 suit filed In Salt Lake Satin day The decision of Judge Ililes appears to be a bono contention In the case Judge lilies hold that the contract between the city and John H Bothwcll t was void and gave the city Judgment for 5200000 This matter Is now pending on a motion for a > new tvjal preliminary prelimi-nary to an appeal Should the Supreme Su-preme court sustain the decision of Judge lilies declaring the contract void the bonds will hardly be worth the paper upon which they are written On the other hand if the decision of Judge lilies is overruled and the contract con-tract held valId the bonds wll be worth par value which In ten years will amount both principal and Interest Inter-est to 600000 It Is understood that It I was the Intention for the city to guarantee guar-antee the principal and Interest these bonds pay the water company a bonus of 15000 and the tax for water rentals now due amounting to about 535000 and assume control of the system A Child Poisoned An efghleenmonths child named Tlv ennore residing in the southern part of the city died yesterday morning asa as-a result of a dose of carbolic acid The child secured the poison in some manner man-ner unknown S A Brick Famine There Is a famine in building material mate-rial In Ogdcn particularly brick Operations Op-erations so far UH brick work is concerned con-cerned are nearly suspended on several sev-eral big buildings now in course of erection T S Brevities Byron F Ott was in Ogden yesterday yester-day S S James PeLt came up from Salt Lake yesterday S |
