Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-29 | Page 11 | Ogden Votes on Power Issue as Foes Fight to Block Plan

I Ogden Votes ores on Power owes Issue As Foes Fight to Block Plan an OGDEN OGDEN OGDEN-Ogden Ogden residents balloted on the municipal power question for the se second ond time in two months Thursday while plant plan opponents sought to block the program calling for issuance of in revenue bonds to aid construction of a owned city-owned f t plant as a PW A project Election judges said the morning mornIng morning morn morn- ing vote ote was much heavier than that cast in August when a proposal proposal proposal pro pro- calling for construction of ofa ofa ofa a plant without P F W A aid was rejected Suits were filed late Thursday Inthe in inthe inthe the federal court at Salt Lake City by the Utah Power and Light company com corn pany and at Ogden by Benjamin L. L Neff Frank W. W Mathews and WilLiam William William Wil Wil- liam Ludden attacking validity o othe of the procedure The suits if successful will bathe bar ba barthe barthe the city from proceeding further with the m municipal power project no matter what the outcome of th the power poll it was explained Six alleged grounds of invalid procedure are lIst listed d in the nearly identical suits as a basis for an injunction injunction injunction in in- junction against the city City officials would not comment comment comment com com- ment other than to point out that tha there is now in the tho supreme court an action filed by municipal l power power powe opponents opponents' seeking to force an election elec elec- tion on the very issue being decided at the polls Thursday