Lumber Manager Halts Harbor Dumping With Injunction
An injunction suit against jetty contractors highlights the conflict over river dumping in Grays Harbor.
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Attorney Hodgdon of Hoquiam was in town yesterday, filing papers in an injunction suit brought by O. M. Kellogg, manager of the Slade Lumber Company at Hoquiam, against J. E. Howard and D. Cook, the contractors doing the government work on the harbor. The suit seeks to prevent them from dumping refuse rock and dirt into the river where they are getting out stone for the jetties. Mr. Hodgdon had just returned from Seattle where he obtained a restraining order from Judge Irwin. Work has since been discontinued without further legal proceedings.
“Seeking to prevent them dumping refuse rock and dirt into the river.”
Conflicts over dredging and waste disposal in the Chehalis River have been a constant thread in Aberdeen’s history, echoing modern environmental regulations and the ongoing struggle to balance industrial utility with ecological health.
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