Show Two Big Damage Suits May Be Filed Fied Soon Question as to the Legal Liability of the O 0 S L R R It for the Death of Wm B 13 Preston Jr and Solon Barber of Logan may be beI I 4 Tested in Courts Court Can the Oregon Short Line Lin Railroad company be lucid hold heJl responsible for or tho death of ot B D Preston Jr Tr and amid Solon Barber of o Logan L This Is time the question which IH Is now nob be being being ing considered by b lawyers both In Salt Sal Lake Lako and nd Logan If I an affirmative an nn answer answer Is returned It I Is II probable that a IL heavy hon damage suit will 11 bo ho planted by bytho 1 bythe the tho of at tho the two to men whoso whose tra lra tragic gic gle death deth recently shocked tho whole holo holos state s ta tc The Tho Th liability of time the Oregon Short Line Lino hinges upon a n rather peculiar question that Is whether or 01 not Bear Ir river can cn bo be b justly just called caled a I stream or 01 ora ora a I water highway which tho the railroad IB 18 I bound to keep clear of or obstructions and to the lie sate safe passage of wn tel craft CIO 0 Tho accident to the tho gasoline launch which resulted In the tho death of at Mr 11 Preston nail Sir Mr i Barber Harbol was vali duo dime to the tho presence of a n piece of o submerged piling a n part of time tho old railroad bridge for tor formerly or merly constructed by b the tho th Oregon Short line lino lne time the now no bridge was built tho tuG old wooden pillars wore veto WO emit cut off of at the lh level lovel of oe tho the and left Ile there therl When tho time periods of ot high water arrived time tho projecting piling was WIS of oe course Invisible This was the tho to condition when hon tho the gasoline launch run ran under the bridge and was capsized by b coming in contact with lh ono otie of oe tho the Invisible pillars Logan Igan people claim caim that Lot for years car tho the river has hM been a A navigable stream In Insofar soar oror ns as 11 tho lie presence of ot pleasure and Ind fishing boats boate could make mako It so 10 and Ind that It was tho duty dut of at tho the railroad com corn company pany In II building Its Is bridges to safe safeguard sue safeguard guard tho th stream The Tho railroad view will wi Ill probably be that It was Will not hound bound to exercise supervision over oer the time stream and that In building Its now mica bridge ana amid sawing down tho the old piling It vas IS en eli entirely tire within Its rights The likelihood Is also mso that when hien the old bridge was w s destroyed It was wan Wil done do no during tho the period of oe low water that the thc projecting of or wood warn In plain view tho the railroads claim chUrn being boing that It was IS not Its duty to tho time rise and Ind fall all tal of ot tho the stream Time Tho question Is I an nn Interesting ono volve aside from tm tho the damage suits It may ma lila In Involve |