Show N NI I s HT Of CIT Pollution of Water I Is Charged in Suit Filed in the District Court Want Horses Removed Suit to restrain the Cardiff Mining fining company and the tile Boston Development company from endangering endangering endangering en en- the water supply of Salt Lake City by the use of horses on the roads In Big Cottonwood canyon was filed In the Third district court today Tho The complaint is signed by W. W H H. Shearman head bead of ot the water department Tho The city charges In its complaint that tho the use of horses on the canyon road has caused and is causing pollution pollution tion of the city's water supply A temporary tern tern- writ to restrain the tho companies from rom using h Horses until the tho case ase Is ill finally Anally decided by the courts Is ask asked d for by the city W. W H. H Bramel special attorney for forthe forthe forthe the city In water cases cases drafted dratted the time complaint While the temporary re restraining restraining restraining re- re straining order was not issued today by the court it is understood that the attorneys In the case have agreed that the writ is to be Issued early Inthe Inthe in inthe the week Health Endangered For cause ause of ot action the city alleges that It owns a portion BI if the water Is Issuing Issuing issuing Is- Is suing from Big Cottonwood canyon which water Is used for culinary and drinking purposes by the people of ot the city and further that tho the water also is used for flushing tho the streets sprinkling sprinkling sprinkling ling the lawns etc ete Fully 40 per cent of the water consumed by the people of the city comes from Big Cottonwood Cotton canyon according to the complaint A Further the time city alleges that the the Cardiff Mining company Is using between be bo- bo tween twenty-five twenty and thirty four four- horse teams to haul oro ore In tho the canyon anyon and that tho the Boston Development compan company com corn pany pan operating the Maxfield mine is using jive five to r-horle r teams for tor the tho same sarno purpose These teams the the city alleges alleles travel along a road adjacent to tb creek and that by reason of the heavy dust arising during the tho hours of ot traffic the stream has become and the health of ot the city residents endangered Horse Camp Cited The Tho city also charges that a II horse camp maintained near the tho south fork of ot the canyon contaminates the tho stream The drainage from this camp amp flows into the creek reek it is alleged and this is said to be one of ot the most serious causes of the pollution of ot the water In substantiating Its Us charges the time city avers that the road In the canyon is in proper shape so that the ore haulIng haulIng haulIng haul- haul Ing can be done with motor trucks and that this means of ot transportation Is not only practicable but feasible and that despite this fact the companies have refused to use motor trucks and continue to pollute the waters of ot the stream by the use of ot horses No mention Is made in the complaint of ot the agreement entered into by the two mining companies the city and the county whereby the city and the tho county agreed to put the road in the thc canyon in th the proper shapo shape for the use of ot tractors if It the mining companies would discontinue the tho use of ot horses For a time tho the mining companies used tho the tractors but time the plan was abandoned and horses once again put Into use It was when tho the city learned of ot this action by the mining companies companies com corn panics that law department was Instructed in instructed instructed In- In to take legal action in the matter if It the use of ot horses could not be prohibited in an any other m manner |