The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-27

ster supply: that IN truth ana In f.rt
~ osnsr sources Of water supply
ron which the ssid city OF Tacnsns
eso.a nave obtained an abundant Supply
~ pure waaer, without the purchase Of
any part Or portion Of ,he said 49,
system % owned and sosd to ara r1.Sn,,r
the said Tacoma Light and Water
sota pany, and that oil Of their representa-
uons IN shas regard we're false and known
y tnsm TO - false when made. and vers
% Maoe Tor the purpose Of deceivlnr and
sna 1 - nus pi.lnslr; that in sruih
watsr system % cold b. tie ssId
Tacoma Light and Water COMPANY 20
tn,s piaintsn on July !, 1850. uas Of the
saine OF VII, e3h37 and no more and va
% Known 10 oe Of such value by the said
lseoma Light and Water Company when
y 20 soid the Same 90 this plalntif; that
tnis piaintif vas induced by such fraucu-
lent representations hsresnbsfors ,st ou,.
70 ynrcncss the same. and that the plain
III sould not have purchased the SAID
water plant had IL known the truth and
Pad Is not been deceived By such false
hoods. rnisrspresentatson and deceit: that
the entire value Of the said water plant so
purchased on the nrst day Of July, 1898.
from the Tacoma Light and Water Com
pany depended upon the sources Of sup
Ply: that without al abundant supply OF
pure fresh water the whole system becans
ana was valueless; that the said plant was
tnen and 10 now Of no other or greater value
Than t5Iz, 1851, and that the said Taeoms
Light and Water Company well knew that
fact when IL so sold the said plant To ths
city Of Tacoma
That on July /. 1883. being induced
tnereto oy The false represen tatton so
made BY the said Tacoma Light and Water
Company. by Theodore Hosmsr, its presi-
dent; 6y George u. Sellers, its agent: By
~ n
Wright. one OF its stockholders, and BY
Is othe, agents, servants, attorneys and
employees, and fully relying upon said
representation In ali particulars. the city
oil Tacoma, this plaintiff, purchased Of
and from the Tacoma Light and Water
company ali of its water works. electric
iigne plant ana ali of It's sources Of water
supply, riparian rights and rights-of.wav,
lands, lots, personal property and fran
cnises then owned by it. - aforesaid, that
the said property vas divided into two
distinct systems, so-wit the water
sys.em and the electric light
p,an.' that tne electric light
such purchase only Of the value Of f177.-
6o3.t3: and that the said water system, IN
Guiding all of the water works and all of
the sources of water supply, riparian rights
and rights-of-way, lands, lots, personal
property and franchises. except the eiec-
iKnb pknHt blA tHS lana upon winch
IL was situated. was then of the value of
So. 936 81 and of no greater value; that by
reason of the false and fraudulent repre-
sentation so made by the sad Tacoma
Light and Water Company and by It's said
officers. stockholders, agents, servants,
employees and attorneys, this plaintiff on
July l, 1858. purchased the above described
electric plant and water system. including
the sources Of water supply. riparian rights
and rights-of-wav, lands, lots, personal
property and franchises and paid TO the
said Tacoma Light and Water Company
therefor the sum OF 81. $50 COO"
II will be seen that every point made by
the PosrtsrELLIsKscER has been sus-
tanned by the wonderful hindsight Of the
city of Tacoma Whether its experiences
will be worth 81. 600 600 remains TO be seen.
However, taxpayers did not cast the de-
Gliding vots. and the miserable purchase
was contaminated by less than 100 votes.
II the Posr-isrxLITeEscEs had had .
week longer in which to open the eyes Of
the taxpayers. the purchase would have
been defeated Leaving out the non-tax-
paying. transient element, il may be said
that q sufficient vote was cast by men
whose business affairs placed their better
judgment 1T the mercy of the water Doodle
influences to have polled the decisive
votea