Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
SUITS AND COUNTER
SUITS THREATENED
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placed in Jail early yesterday after.
noon and released two hours later by
Judge Sadler. 1t is said that the COM
mitment was not made out in proper
form and could be construed to mean,
II enforced, that the men had been
sent to Jail for life.
The hearing in the habeas corpus
proceedings was held at 4.30 o'clock
and councilmen, the chief of police
and other officials say they were not
notified in time to be present. A. M.
Bowman, borough solicitor, was the
only Camp Hill man in attendance.
To-day. it is understood, officials of
the water company and Superintend-
ent Saunders are in Carlisle prepar-
ing papers for a suit against the off,
cials of the borough of Camp Hill.
which, 1t Is expected, will be filed next
week. 1t is said that the seven coun-
cilmen. Chief of Police Charles e. Fox
and Highway Commissioner Isaac
Wolfe will be named in the suit, which
alleges false arrest.
To Seek Injunction
While the water company is having
the citizens here is having papers for
Injunction proceedings arranged in
Harrisburg for presentation to the
Cumberland County Court early next
week. The temporary injunction. il
granted, will restrain the company
from turning off water In Camp Hill
until the present litigation is settled.
The Ordinances
Copies of the ordinance which gave
the company the right to enter the
borough and the ordinance fixing the
rates will be offered to the court
Important sections of the former,
adopted by Camp Hill council October
90. 1897. follow:
Section 4. The rates for water
charged to the citizens of Camp Hill
shall at no time exceed the charges
in the city of Harrisburg at q corre-
spending period and at no time shall
the rates be in excess of those in Har-
risburg at the present time.
Section 8. A bond of $1,000. with
such sureties as are acceptable to the
said council. shall accompany this or
dinance, and in the event of failure to
carry out any or all of the provisions
of the ordinance the amount of said
bond shall be forfeited to the said
council and all rights of the said Riv-
erton Water Company under this ordi-
nance shall cease"
Ordinance No. SO. approved May z.
1906. says:
Section 1. That the meter charges
for pure mountain water shall at no
time exceed the sum of 30 cents for
100 cubic feet; and all other charges,
for pure mountain water shall be the
same amounts as fixed by the ordi-
nance No. SO. approved the 22d day
of October, 1897.
Section 2. At the end Of five years
from the adoption OF this ordinance
the meter charges for pure mountain
water shall be such less sum than 20
cents for 100 cubic feet as shall be
agreed upon by the town council and
tho Riverton Water Company or its
successors"
1t is said pure mountain water is not
being furnished in Camp Hill at the
present time.
At conference of Councilmen Nay
lor Stroud, Orr, Myers and Fry last
evening 1t was decided that they asl,
the borough solicitor to notify the at
torney for the citizens committee to
have him instruct citizens Of the bor-
ough to pay the increased rate asked
by the company until the present fight
is finally disposed of and that the COM
pany be asked to furnish a bond in
the sum Of $1,000 to insure q refund
of money to the consumers should the
old rate be sustained by the court.