Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-09 | Page 10 | May Avoid Suit Against Street Railway Company

MAY AVOID SUIT AGAINST STREET RAILWAY COMPANY Tho Utah Light and Railway company deluged the street committee of the city council, at Us mooting Thursday night, with ovldenco to the effect that tho mo-torman mo-torman who struck a street flushcr at Second East and Second South streets, the afternoon of September IS. was not to blame, but that tho driver of the sprinkling cart was negligent in not looking look-ing and listening for tho car before starting start-ing across the street As a result, tho matter was rcferVd to the city attorney, who will oxamlno witnesses of tho .accident, both for and against the city. Tho street railway company, com-pany, through its claims attorney. Emmet Em-met M. Bagley, and assistant attorney, George H. Smith, said that if tho motor-man motor-man Is shown to have been to blame it will pay. the bill for repairing the cart, amounting to $115, but if not, tho city may proceed with its threatened suit to collect. It was also shown by these attorneys that tho bill for damages to a street flushcr, flush-cr, struck by a street car on Main street last summer, has been fully paid by the railway company. It was reported that a balance of $150 on this bill still was due the city.