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Show FIGHT IS STILL 01 I OEOffl MM Lewis Charges That Ecclcs Is Discriminating Against His " Famous Resort. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Aug. 1. Charging that the officials of-ficials of tho Ogden Rapid Transit, company com-pany are actuated by malice, spite and Ill-will towards John S. Lewis when they refuse to allow the cars of the company to stop at the Lewis resort In Ogden canyon, forty-two campers at tho resort, Including John S. Uewis. Bishop James Wotherspoon and other well-known Ogden Og-den citizens filed an action In tho district dis-trict court this afternoon asking the court to compel the company to recognize recog-nize the camp as a regular slopping place. After reciting the history of the canyon can-yon line, the differences which resulted between John S. Lewis and the traction company when a right-of-way was demanded de-manded over his property for tho extension exten-sion of the line and later tho awarding of a judgment against the company In favor of Mr. Lewis, which the officials of the railway regarded as excessive, the complaint takes up the matter of fares charged on the canyon line and the discrimination dis-crimination shown against the Lewis camners. The plaintiffs say that the railway company has a monopoly of all traffic in the canyon except by private conveyance, convey-ance, owing to the narrowness of the mountain gorge, and that ihc company avails itself of this advantage to fix an excessive rate over ihis particular lino. Objection Is made to paying 15 cents from tho city to a point a mile below the Lewis resort or a point three-fourths of a mile above the resort, when the passenger pas-senger Is then compelled to walk the balance of the distance to his summer camp. According to the complaint, 6 cents is a reasonable rate to ho charged to the Lewis resort. The income from this particular line is 30 per cent on the investment, according accord-ing to ono allegation. The plaintiffs ask the court to require the officials of the company to produce Its books and records, rec-ords, showing the cost of maintenance and the Income derived .from the canyon can-yon line, and from these records have the court fix a reasonable passenger rate. The complaint closes with the prayer that In case the alleged abuses cannot be remedied in any other way, that the court appoint a receiver lo take chargo of the canyon line and run It under un-der the direction of the court. The suit against the Rapid Transit company Is but another chapter in Ihe action started by J. D. Skcens some tlmo ago to compel the company to stop its cars at the Lewis resort. Judge J. A. Howell handed down a decision adverse to the traction company and ordered that the cars be stopped at the camp. An appeal ap-peal from this decision Is now pending in the supremo court. |