The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-10
WOULD STOP BIC CITY
SEWER CONTRACT WORK
About Sixty Property Owners Unite in Legal Proceed
ings Against City and Have Employed Bellingham
Attorney to Take the Matter Into Courts City Au
thorities Not Worried yer Legal Status
he case presented last night by At

| the case presented last night by At
torney Caie for the protestants:
To the Mayor and City Council:
Comes now your petitioners, E. F.
Sprague and 60 others, who are res
idents and owners of real property
situated in Sewer District No. 8, and
upon whose property the city of We
natchee is now attempting to levy
and assess the cost of construction
Of sertain sewers situated in said
Sewer District No. s, said sewers
are now being constructed under
contract made by the city of Wenat-
chez.
Your petitioners do hereby res
pectfully protest against the making
and construction of said sewer I'M
der said contract on the ground and
for the reason that the city of We
natchee is without jurisdiction to
construct said sewer; that said city
of Wenatchee is without jurisdiction
to call for bids for the construction
of said sewer or to let a contract to
any person or persons or corporation
for the construction of said sewer,
| the cost of which to be levied up
on the property situated within the
boundaries of said Sewer District
No. s.
That the city of Wenatchee is
without jurisdiction to make said
contract for the construction of said
sewers for the reason that there is
no law authorizing said city of We
natchee to let such contract.
That the said city of Wenatchee
Is without jurisdiction to levy the
cost of the improvement of making
such sewers upon the property sit
uated within Sewer District No. 8
for the reason that the method
adopted by said city for the levying
and collecting the cost of the con-
struction of said sewers is not au-
thorized by law.
That the city of Wenatchee is
wholly without Jurisdiction to con-
struct said sewers or to contract for
the construction of said sewers or
to levy an assessment of any kind or
character upon the, property within
fhn 6ay @f OF iof
No. s, or to sell and dispose of bonds
for the purpose of paying for the
construction of said sewer, for the
reason that the method adopted by
said city in the letting of said con-
tract for said improvements and the
manner of making the assessment to
pay the cost of said improvements
is unauthorized by the statutes of
this state.
That the said city of Wenatchee
is wholly without Jurisdiction to
proceed with the construction of
said sewers, for the reason that the
said city was never legally author
lied to make said improvements, or
did the city of Wenatchee ever OBJ
tain jurisdiction to construct said
sewers under the statutes of this
state.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray
that the city of Wenatchee cancel
the contract for the construction of
said sewers in Sewer District No.
s of said city; and that you cancel
the proposed assessment roll for
the cost of said improvements, and
take such other steps as are neces-
sary to relieve your petitioners and
their property from the burden of
taxation now attempted unlegally to
be cast upon them, and your petit
TONERS will ever pray.
Respectfully submitted.
T. E. CADE,
Attorney for Petitioners.