Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-03-06 | Page 2 | Drainage Work Held up by Court Order

DRAINAGE WORK ORK I HElD UP Dr BY COURT Fur Company Given Writ Against City and County on Canals in North Point Area Suit to restrain Salt Lake Cit City from constructing th the main and literal lateral drainage canals now being dug In drainage district No 2 2 known as North Point was filed Inthe in inthe inthe the district court Thursday by the Jordan Fur and Reclamation company company com corn pany against the city and the board I of ot city commissioners An alternative writ requiring the city to show cause why an Injunction Injunction injunction tion stopping the work now in progress should not Issue was Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued by Judge M. M L. L Ritchie and made returnable at 11 o'clock Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day morning The city attorney succeeded In having the hearing on this writ continued until 10 o'clock I Saturday morning to give the city time to answer the suit 1 The city is building a main canal and two laterals one of ot which is isto isto to be carried ur der the tile Jordan river by The plaintiff company claims it owns acres of ot land band In Salt Lake and Davis is counties which Is now watered by bywaters bywaters bywaters waters o of the Jordan and that If It the city Is permitted to construct the canals waters o of the Jordan i I will be diverted from plaintiffs plaintiff's lands bands causing serious damage to these lands The city will contend that the canals will not divert any water to which the land in question Is en entitled entitled entitled en- en I titled or that would damage the theland theland theland land i in question