Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-02
WANTS An INJUNCTION
Tama County Carries Its War
Against the Glucose Works to
This County.
Files an Application for a Perma-
nent Injunction Against the
Company.
Asks That 1t Be Restrained From
Running Sewage Into the
River.


Tama county has carried it's glucose
war into the enemy's territory and has
commenced suit in the Marshall county
courts to secure permanent injunc-
i ton restraining the company from
using both Linn creek and the sewer as
q means of disposing of Its refuse and
from running its sewage and offal on
any except it's own territory.
u Camery, chairman of the Tama
/ county board of supervisors, and Coun-
5ty Attorney Walters We're in the
icity Friday afternoon and as a result
OF his visit the papers We're filed late
4 in the afternoon with the county clerk.
/ a Alarshalltown attorney has been re-
htained 70 assist County Attorney Wal
i tiers, OF Tama, in the prosecution of the
case. 1t is claimed by the Tama rep
resentatives that the case is brought
IN a spirit of friendliness, in the hops4
that this Will be the result of ending
the controversy for all time. MARSHALL
town people Will hope that it does.
lle lama people do not ask thai the
lconipany be restrained from operating
hts factory, but thatit be enjoined from
using the river as a sewer outlet
he suit Is entitled Tama County@and
Fred Dsnnenbrnk, G. j. Stevens,
i George A. Tewksbury, c. w. DeLong.
George ID. Young, j. NJ. Buchanan. G.
/ II. Hanlin, X. NJ. Tenney, L. II. Smith.
3 ~ Hill, IL Avery, Hammond & Son
and Joseph Reed. plaintiffs, vs. the
Glucose Sugar Refining Company.
q George w Chamberlain and w. III.
4 Halliday defendants. The petition all
ieses that some Of the plainriffs own
Lands adjoining the Iowa rivers that
others OF the plaintiffs operate ice
! houses, mills, ste, on the river: re-
cites at length the location of the gll-
cose factory, Linn creek the Iowa river
and the sewer and catch basin. AYERS
that tne river water was pure prior to
me eElptNiiis OF sewage into ii: alleges
lsthat much sulphuric and muriatic acids
4 ait. used, with other chemical! COM
lpounsls. in the manufacture of the
products of the works that these cause
4 the water and the air To become poison
Gus and obnoxious. causing nausea and
iekness Of persons and animals eX-
!
- $, e,ial ''is stsiieslss are car
= So Ing pllefe'
"a lsJ"is 70 i'i''h, .pu1ser' hles''s-
etc, rendering them unfit for use. that
/ the large amount of water, filth and of
4 TAI from the factory has bsen allowed
Ito be discharged into Linn creek and
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We lhal 'he county OF lama mas peen
/ I'llt 70 sFeat Expense IN prosecuting the
4 company and ITS property, highways
< ana bridges nave been injured; that the
INJURY suffered IS irl'eparable; that the
company has previously been found
guilty of nuisance that defendants
9sattorney has promised in open court