Northwest History. Aviation 8. Courts & Legal Matters, United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1935
• Subjects: Ketchikan; Alaska; Federal District Court; electric; water; telephone utilities; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Aviation; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86919

Alaskan Utilities Enjoined. Alaskan Utilities Enjoined Special to The Christian Science Monitor KETCHIKAN, Alaska—No sooner had the Federal District Court denied a taxpayer's plea for an injunction restraining the city of Ketchikan from going through with the purchase of electric, water and telephone utilities here, than the city' itself obtained a temporary injunction halting the private company from proceeding with improvements. It was charged that the company wan making expensive changes with a view to bringing its value above the recent appraisal, so that the city could not make the purchase within the limits of an authorized $1,000,000 bond Issue.