The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05
WANTS HIS SHARE
OF PROPERTY
Seattle Man Worked With His Father
Without Contract.
LAB0RED TWENTY YEARS
BROTHER MADE ADMINISTRATOR
OF ESTATE.

Chicago, Nov, 4.-Charles II. Baker Of
Seattle, Wash. filed "A bin in the United
States circuit court here this afternoon
for an injunction to restrain the trans
fer of any of the stock or securities Of
the Snoqualmie Falls & White River
Power company of the state of Wash
ington. Baker, who claims a half inter-
est in the plant. said 10 be- worth mill
lions, alleges in mis- bill that he re-
Ceived only S465.
Baker is the son of William T. Baker,
now dead, former millionaire dnaucicr
ana stockbrOker of Chicago.
The latter furnished the money and
the CONT lainant, the bill AYERS the
skin and brains for the development of
the plant The complainant alleges,
because OF the relations naturally ex-
listing between father and son no cOu-
tract was ever reduced To- writing
However, the bill says a verbal agree
ment was made the father agreeing 10
furnish the money il The son would de-
NelOp the power plant, each 10 enjoy
half the profits Howard W. Baker,
brother OF the complainant, is admins
traitor of the estate of the father and.
II is charged, by alleged manipulation
VI NfAbit AIistii N-.NNNsN'U NttNA tl SA1th
in the power plant has arranged mat
ters SO The complainant cannot get
what he claims as his; that all ne re-
ceived was the 1865.
Asks an Accounting.
Baker in his bill for am Injunction
also asks an accounting with his broth
er and all other properties of the father
and y. W. Harris K Co, and Dexter
Horton < Co. bankers. who hold the
stock. Tn addition. he asks a decree Of
the court giving him one-half interest
IN all possessions Of his father having
10 do with the power plant.
The complainant was q civil engineer,
but without means. according TO the
story set up in the bill. He discovered
IN 1887 the possibilities of taking power
from certain waterfalls i'm the state OF
Washington and furnishing electrical
power 20 surrounding cities. He worked
over his plan for ten years He discoV-
cred the great power sources in the
Snoqualmie Falls with which ne in
terestcd his father. the verbal agree
ment then being made. When Baker
had progressed thus far he planned 40
extend the plants through western
I Washington.
Established Plant.
As a result Of his efforts. Baker al
leges he esta blished a large cheap cleo
tric light and water power plant which
furnishes power 10 thousands of per-
sons i'm Washington. BY much person
al effort he secured. a franchise to fur
nish power in Seattle. Although there
Were officers in the companies he had
formed, he was i'm complete control and
had power Of attorney from his father;
that be could spend his fathers money.
He did Hu these things he declared,
with the fun knowledge and consent Of
his father, and with the complete UNI
Outstanding that some time in the near
future he would be given a half inter-
est.
tyifiih MS 1nJeresfs became TOO great
ne hired Thomas T. Johnson, q civil
engineer of Evanston. H.. 90 aid him.
In 1898 he purchased the White River
COMPANY at Pierce. Wash. q CORPORA
tion with capital stock of $500 COO.
Other companies were formed for dis
posing of the power i'm cities and
towns. and We're combined under the
name of the Snuqualmie Falls x White
River company
Father Died Suddenly.
Baker declares that in developing the
water power plant AZ the falls ana
making other vast improvements
money WAS belng realized, but Stll his
father had failed 20 draw the contra cts.
/ Without warning so the son on rct 6.
1913, the father died. Baker alleges
, That his brother was made administra-
tor of the estate. and refuses To recog-
liZe his half interest In the company
rs il now stands, "a $1,000, 600 corpora
ton known as the Snoqualmie Falls &
White River power company" The
elder Baker invested little more than
81 eco 600 and before his death drew
out as much. having control OF 81 .O00,
ono or more i'm stock as well as that
which is now in the hands of the ad-
miuistrator
Baker alleges that his brother has
transferred the stock IN the y. w Har-
ris company ard Norval II. L4timer.
representing Dexter, Horton E Co This
stock is valued at S2.4Nl. 5gs The stock
is said 10 be now i'm the control of the
Commercial Trust company. Baker al
legcs that since he turned back into
the company all but Si65. This h,.
declares was his only conversation.
outside of necessary EXPENSES. i'm al
most twenty years of work in develop
the rI1nfe