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Show SEATTLE FIGHTS CAR UNE SUITS Split Likely to Develop in City Council Over "fraction Status SEATTLE, Wash . Tb. 12. The1 city of Seattle will fight to the limit i cults brought by taxpayers seeking Injunctions In-junctions against further operation Of ! the municipal street railway, return iof the property to thi.- Fuget Sound I Traction. Light fit Power company ann to restrain the el:v from making further fur-ther payments on the $ 1 .',,000.000 Utll-. Utll-. lty bond Issue by which the purchase I of the symem was effected, according to members of the city council today Formal notification gf the suits will bo made by the city prosecutor at a meeting of tho council Monday when, II la v r , -1 n a o ur.1 It will Hnvolnn In hat body, a minority of the members .coring repudiation1 of the street car purchase contract, it was said. The first suit, brought by E, K. Rhodes, taxpayer, seeks to restrain the lty from ojieratlnu the streei car ss-tem ss-tem and demands return of tho system sys-tem and cancellation of the $16,000,-000 $16,000,-000 bond Issue. The second suit, filed bv fourteen citizens, resulted In a temporary tem-porary restraining order by the superior super-ior court, enjoining the city from making mak-ing further payments of interest on the bond until accumulated indebtedness, including wages of employes, is paid. The council Is expected to outline its course definitely at Mondiy's session. |