Show CITY MAY CANCEL attorney general M A breeden ren tiered an opinion to governor cutler yesterday that salt lake olty baa the right to cancel its contract to furnish water to the state prison at any time after af ter giving the prison authorities sufficient notice to enable them to secure a water supply elsewhere to shut the water off without giving a reasonable time major breaden holds would be illegal and could be prevented by injunction proceedings if it can be shown the opinion holds that tho state prison cannot secure a water supply elsewhere except at great expense a suit in con dem nation would lie and the courts could be called upon to fix a reason abble compensation for the same A few weeks ago the city council notified the prison authorities that it would cancel it contract within sixty days the contract provides that tho prison shall pay the city a year for its water but the city authorities contend that the prison has been using an inordinate 9 mount of water |