Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-11-20 | Page 2 | Was Water Firm to Blame for Fire?

fl WAS As WATER fiRM TO TOI I I BLAME IE FOR FIRE D t S SAN FRANCISCO Nov 20 In In an effort to collect for losses sustained in inthe inthe the fire re that followed the earthquake of l. l April 1006 1906 preliminary steps have ha been tak taken n in a a. suit to be filed in the fedl fed fed- a i Aral dr circuit u t. t court against the Spring Sprin Valley Water company by Harry Harry HarryS S. S Ripley to whom a number of claims y have been assigned assi ed It is claimed that y losses running into the millions are united with the plaintiff The Tho suit uit isto is isto to be based upon allegations that the h company's plant was poorly con can was not provided provide with gates tates and passes whereby crippled sections 3 mi might ht be cut out and that the tho mains t. t were laid on an insecure foundation