Show ciTy AGA IN ENJO NED hi Fresh Complications in the i7 Utah Lake Problem FARMER PEAY MAKES A MOVE s I Judgo Booth Yesterday Issued a Temporary ch Tem-porary Injunction Against Salt Bloct Lako City nnd the Cnnal Companies I I Preventing Them from Putting I Planks in tho Jordan to Impound Water in Utah Xakc Tho Power Company Was Previously Enjoined LA1i l from Taking Out tho Planks 1 1I I TRIBUNE SPECIAL h t Provo Dee 3 Judge Booth today Issued I r is-sued an injunction against Salt Lake City the Utah and Salt Lake Canal II Iij f company tho South Jordan CanalS Canal-S company the North Jordan Canal company I 1 com-pany and the East Jordan Canal com Jan upon the application of George T Peay of Provo Mr Pony in his petition for the Injunction In-junction sets forth that he is the owner COi t of 725 acres of land adjoining the nd I shores of Utah lake the surface ort or-t thl J which is only a few feet above the t water or the said lake in Its I normal leC and natural condition I Is also alleged t i al-leged that by tho defendants placing Iht planks and other artificial obstructions 4 d In what Is known as tho upper dam In h1 the Jordan river which Is the lakes only outlet the water will be raised to OS C Buch a height that the plaintiffs homo nnd land will be Hooded to such an extent ex-tent as to cause great damage to plain Ul tlfts property COMPROMISE POINT The agreement entered Into by all tZs the owners o land bordering on Utah lake and the different canal companies nnd others taking water from the lake through the Jordan river and by which I y C whit is 1 now known as compromise point was established for the purpose of regulating the How of water both In ak high and lowwater seasons Is Inserted In full In the complaint MBS ribbx PLANKS ORDERED REMOVED The Injunction issued orders that the ve3 Defendants remove all planks and other rn2 12 obstructions which they have placed In th rbitttli the lower dam excepting the uprights plI a and refrain from placing further obstructions a ob-structions or in any way Interfering I vith the free flow of the stream I ae t through the said damn S dam-n Is further ordered that defendants t arrl remove all plank and other obstructions I obstruc-tions In what is known as the upper I faccj rsa dam In the Jordan river down to within S with-in twentytwo Inches of the sill of said dam and to refrain from placing anymore any-more obstructions there tTft Defendants are cited to appear in the Fourth District court December 22nd at 10 oclock to show cause why the Injunction should not be made perpetual P ERIE per-petual Mr Pcay gave bonds In 2500 ST I la believed here by many that the alt Lake Water and Electrical Power nt company Is behind Pay In this matter eg mat-ter C kn er HL CITY ATTORNEY STEPHENSS = VIEW I City Attorney Stephens when seen 6 b I last evening dldnotcaretoJdlKcuss 7 1 HuH further than by saying It was a4 I 1 part and parcel of the litigation that 1 the city would have to meet and he rs p had little doubt but the power company o S com-pany had something to do with l I crrr do not see however he flald 0 how c the Utah county farmer can possibly X be In danger as he claims It Is questionable i ques-tionable whether the water will even t wl D1i I reach compromise point I It does F J tho lake vlll have to rise beyond all precedent The only way I lake it In ro r which the commissioners can be enJoined r c91mlssloners L5 Joined Is to show that their acts are unreasonable I Farmer Pcay has not J 1J 1 been Injured In the years gone by when thc water was kept up to compromise RS com-promise point I take it from all the yll7rS cvidencn that I can get that his property 1 1 prop-erty will be In no danger this year tgt The situation is getting decidedly o I mixed Th6 Power company Is enjoined S by the Third District court from taking 31c C out the planks and hc city and the canal companies are now enjoined by the Fourth District court from putting thorn In If both orders are to be respected rAm re-spected It leaves a nice point for some lawyer to figure out as to what bet be-t comes of the planks |