San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-02
H. J. FARRELL SAYS THERE IS
A CONSPIRACY TO WRECK
THE COMPANY.
The West End Lake, He Says, Is In
An Unsafe Condition, And
Should The Dam Break 1t
Would Result In DeStruc-
ton And Loss 0fLife, =,

Suit has been filed in the Thirty
seventh District court, wherein III. J.
farrell applies for the appointment
of a receiver of the West End Town
| company. He says he believes and
is informed that the company has an
Indebtedness of $4,000, and is in i'm
minent danger of insolvency. The
board of directors of the company, he
| says, consists of f. II. Baldwin, w.
P. Anderson, NJ. Freeborn, Geo. w.
Russ and petitioner, II. j. FARRELL He
says that part of the Indebtedness is
represented by a mortgage to Joseph
G. Woodruff for $4,000, which is Sc
cured by deed Of trust or mortgage
on the real estate of the company.
The state and county taxes ON the
property which aggregate $1,5S5, have
not been paid, petitioner AYERS, and
suit for foreclosure of tax liens has
been instituted. The city taxes amount
to $2,4S9,9S, and petitioner believes
that the property has been sold under
the power of the city charter for the
collection of taxes, land the time is
fast approaching when it will be ne
cessary to redeem the taxes or else
the property will be lost"
Petitioner says further that q lake
of water, known as West End Lake,
is maintained to make the lands sala-
bic and to insure health of those liy-
ing in that vicinity. He says the lake
is now in an unsafe condition and that
it may be drained or the dam may
give away at any time. He says that
should the dam break the water
would flood the lands south of the
dam, which would be liable to result
in great destruction of property and
probable loss of life, and could abSO-
lutely and irretrievably bankrupt the
company. The cost of putting the dam
in safe condition, he says. would be
about $1,000.
He alleges that Baldwin and An
derSOn have cOnspired and cOnfederat-
ed with Freedom to %yreck the COM
pany and so reduce the value of the
property that they may acquire it if
it should be foreclosed or sold out at
less than its fair and reasonable val
ne; that Baldwin, Anderson and Free
born are a majority of the directors
and know of the imminent danger of
the state of affairs; that Freeborn's
salary was $25 as treasurer. and
bOOkkeeper, but that the amount has
been changed in the books to $50
without the consent of the board of
directors; that the change was made
with a design to wreck the company;
that Freeborn has boosted and
threatened to destroy and bankrupt
the company and that they would
freeze out the smaller stockholders
Judge Green has defendants cited
to appear before him Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock to show cause, if
any they have, why the application
should not be granted.
Other suits were filed as follows:
Francis Smith & Co. VS.. w. ]. Win
gate ct al, note, $4,000, and fOreclOs-
ure of lien on S72.27 acres of land in
Runnels county.
n. j. COsgrOve VS.. John McHugO,
ST., to try title on a lot and house on
Starr street and for damages of 81
600.
Mary d. Wooley ct al. VS.. d. Sulli-
van & Co. ct al, to revive judgment.
c. G. Kibbe VS.. Chas. f. RafOth, to
try title on part of lot Z, in block .,
on Sadie street.
DOME Mccarthy VS.. A. n. Mccarthy,
divorce.
The following are the proceedings
of the Thirty-seventh District court:
r. L. Summerlin ct al. VS.. James
Raley, trustee, ct al, to try title; judg
ment for plaintiff. Defendant gave no
tive of appeal.
VIM. G. Coffey VS.. Home Life In
surance Co., suit on money had and
received; judgment for defendant.
Plaintiff gave notice of appeal.
Leonard Cara, Jr., VS.. Andrew
Armstrong, ST., ct al, on account and
debt; application for receiver denied
and case continued.
Amanda J. Dignowity VS.. S. A. & G.
S. Ry. Co, and City of San Antonio,
damages; on trial.