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Show I MANY SUITS MAY I YET BE INVOLVED I Examiner Taking Evidence in the Smelter Smoke ( asp. Now Pending. TWO THOUSAND SUITS MAY BE RESULT jji live Hundred Plaintiffs and Knur Defendants in United Slates Court. rjjT 0n9 of the most Interesting develop- mmts of wnt date In the smelter jimnk j j-f 3 1 the rnnvquint damago question?, la :;j ihe taking of testimony of the plaintiffs liij In the Injunction cane of James Godfrey tjij v the American Smelting ami rteflnlnK mi compsaiy, ths United state smelter, the jf.i Vtah Con. imnpany and the Bingham '-J 'opper and G-dd company, which rnm- jht DOM iIk COOIMinlM operating the smelter I It! Interests In I tah. Is Taking Testimony. if Then are 500 complaint In this case, nje S'd th testimony now hetns; secured for i'l 'he puipos of determining whether or no! on Injunction will lie. is helnp taken !''! N '-"wi'. the examiner appointed jijil for that purpose by Judge Marshall of the I'nited States court. Mr I.evvla has Ul i'lroady stnrted on his stupendous task, j i, I commune I np Inst Monday Question of Damages. ill That the above case has every promise H I B.nd earmark of belne a typical JarndiCS lis'I v Jarndlce can hardly tie doubted when IP?! the probabilities of this testimony-taking jtf j'rocess are considered. W hile the present wJ : lm is to determine definitely the pro- MB prlety of Injunction proceedings, It Is not HH thought unlikely that tin Question of tffj i.imiiRcs w'M eventuall) uiir Into the Iffm )roccedlnn8 as well. Two Thousand Law Suits. fffl Should the question of damages be con- Un Fldered. the delay preceding a Until de- Bl termination of the matter would extend H over sevesstl yearn. Bach of the wo plnln- HH tlffa, as far as damages ure concerned. h who claim Injury, will have a separate Um cause of action against the smelters, their Xfl ..I uses of nction i.sllnsr upon their own Itfl particular proof and facts With &0O plaln- M tiffs and four defendants Involved, there u)m looms upon the horizon two thousand sep- HJ9 arate law suits agalnM the smelters. Will Take Years to Determine. R5 Undoubtedly to determine these numer- Jwj ous suits many vmrB will he required, fl n't l US rxnmlner will necessarily require several (Tl years for completion. Each defendant it-B r. tnpany Is etnltled to at least one st- ffj torney attending upon these exnmina t ns, and as none of the attorneys on It M afford to pu e no nil their other business KM In order to be present each day. contlnu- K.'S ancCS are bound to follow, and the time 'I of examining; witnesses will conform as ij near as possible to the convenience of all jr concerned. Even If all the art! plaintiffs ! '. ;,r- exnmlneJ. th- defendant smrlter com- 1 -t panics will naturally r-ouire testimony P from source more favorable to them than i.fc the plaintiffs' will be. Difference as to Damage. hi So the smelter smoke question does not ;;f give much promi-.- of Immediate aettle-$P aettle-$P ment. There is i dlffereno of opinion os rt.f to the extent of damage done the farmers Hjli hv the smelter smoke. That the injuries wk have been exaggerated In many Instances. Vg la generally conceded, but that some dam-La dam-La afte has b--en done Is llk'-wis.- granted Some Maintain Average Crops. ' It it rii thai man) of the farmers liv ing wl'hln the damaged are;i arc and alt have been maintaining average I'tnh j 11 crops, while in some spots Uk- I ucerene. M potato and fruit crops have been ruined Ur The tet crops, aside from the Injurious . I (!y whose- ravages have been felt all over t the State, have been as K"oil within the i emoke zone as any outside of that zone Attorneys in the Case. i The attorneys for the plaintiffs ara J j Rawlins and W 11 Klnc for the "-J "-J pi j fendants the attirii'i-8 art- us follows: 1 .l idge John A. Street for the Bingham 'opwr and ("Jold Mining company. Judge Kj Andrew Kowat for the I'lilt.-d States Smelting company. Sutherland, Van Cott (jffc Allison for the I tah Consolidated: tl DlXOn. Ellis. Ellis Sr Schnlder for the B . American Smelting and Refining com- IS' pan jr. |
