Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-21 | Page 12 | City Will Not Pay Nester's Claim

CIT! WILL HOT PAY MFS CLAIM Wants $25,000 Because, Re Asserts. As-serts. Ris Ice Ponds Were Ruined. L. S. Nester, who wants the city to pay j him the modest Utile sum of $2,, 000 for I depositing flit sediment and vegetable growth In tho Dig ditoh, thereby rendering render-ing the water unlit for making le. will bo turned down by the Claims committee of the Cit" Counrll. Nestor, who is an ownor In tho Big dltoh himself, romplaliis that the wafu-from wafu-from Utah lako. which In pormlttod to How through tho ditch from April to October of caoh year, ha;; ruined his Ico pond'. through depositing idlt and vegetable vegeta-ble growth in tho ditch, but he is willing to khiG and mako up if the city will hand i him a chock for $r.000 and promise to be good la the futup. ' The mat I'M' was referred to City Attorney Attor-ney Dlnlnny some linio ago. and ho has I rendered an opinion lo tho committee in j whlfh h- says that If any ololm cxlfts It . Is ngalnnt the Ulg ditch, Instead of the j city.