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Show MANSQN WILL BID 9 FOR LEASE OF M ' PLANT ' t "! yp COIM OVHU Tim PltOPOmnO.N )H in its uirr.Mi.s. KH In the Hunt of HU ltrlnK Urn hue- iH exrul llldilir Itnlcn Now ClmrKiil rH Cniinot He .Mnde An) lllglur, Hut feail At All Times Subject to llrgulalloii Hl of PlnlO rublle Ulllltlo, lloanl. H v HH If tho people or Price by their Vote XBI on tho 33d or this month nt tho spe- SlH clnl election culled ror the purpose HIH decldo to lease the i Icctrlc lighting H nnd power plant, now opernted by the H city, J. II. Mnnson or Prlco will lie n LLI bidder ror tho lenso when the matter HH Inter comes up ror final disposition li) H Mn)or (leorgo A WVotton nnd the B members of the iHy council Asked IH ns to his Intention nlong tho linn of ftH n tense, Mnnson yesterday told The flH Sun ho will have u proposition to HH make the people through their city , H offlerrs. "The utllltlei commission of . t Utah," said he, "having the power to j BH control tho mtcs or nil the publlo utll- r HH Itles, revising either tip or down und i.11 approving nil enntrnrts, wo nre rom- Til pelted In abide by any contrnct en- 1 H tered Into with the city, and u leaso i AH of tho clt's plant would have lo be ' tB approved by the commission before H the city could leuae, iilthnuflll the elee- il Hon so lo do Is il "Itutis as ordered established by 'H Ihe c ommlsslon lire In effect In this j jH city at the present time, and ure 1 ll twelve cents fur lighting resident es Ml nnd ten cents fir lighting nit IiukIoi'S-i i iH hotiuM, per klluvvat hour, which rote Jll Is Justified b) Ihe high rust of fuel, H us well us everything else thai enters Into tho ope ration or Ihe plant. Them H will be nu time thai the public tit I II - jH Ilia commission cannot lower Ihe rate H ror electric lighting If sin II u reiiuest H Is made, and II Is very likely that In 1 H snliiH of the bids to lease (lure will I "H bo Just such n clause. Illds will lit j H asked ror nnd I do not think I would I H be doing liDxelf Justlee b) outlining H what I will do or Just what kind uf a proposition I'll mnke the i ID, although H you mny taki in) rormer proioslilou H on t Uisls. There nre man) rHepoiisI- H bllltles In couueetloii with the oImtu- t 1 Hon of Ibis piuut more thuii thu uv- H crnge liidlvldtial thinks hiiiI there H ure man) obligations lo be taken over 'H by the one wlio lenses the plant. il Klrst A eontlnuotis servlwi ror )HH t went) -four hours und the suppl) lug H or eleclrle current to the maximum ujK demand Inside Ihe corporate limits H or the city, nnd ut no time shall the jH lllterewts or tin iltlteus or Prlie n jH negliHted unit their suppl) of sho- jH trlcul eiierg) "Hmonil The iwtiibllshlug of rutese ifll and the maintaining or suih nilM dur- lll log the lire or Ihe lonH jH Third The mulutaluliig or the ' presint street lighting s)stem. vvhleh H Is as good ns the best In the state or ',M "fourth The maintaining or Iho LViH plant und system uud assuming all ILI loss nnd elepri elation or property. IH which loss comes to ull s stems. IIH "I'lflh Thu guaranteeing or returns IH on tho clt)'s luveslineiit from the bn- 1 ginning of the lease, which will show IH u net gulu ror thu city Instead or u 1 loss Hut lo uccompllsli this end H more mniic) miisl be Invested, und H more butlmss secured It I'liunot Im f done b) the prose nt status or things. Hl "The puiple In voting to leuse their iBI plunt do not give uwa) their fruu- IIQI ohlse They ure ns much ihe owners l or the plunt us the) ever were. They 'IH merel) employ souuone to nperntu the 'Mil same, for u period or )eurs and ror lial such privilege guurautee to tho city iHI or Price n turn on their Investment us iHlil well us all the privileges they would BeH tttVo ir the) operntid It themseheje. IHH "1 wish in state my position in run- 'Ptl liectlon with Ihe plunt ror tho lust Tour IH )iurs I huve been operating the H plant on n servln contrnct, which H coiilruit bus ulivii)s beeu lower tbuu iH Ihe c It) could operate ror If bundling Ul It themselves Tlierefine the et) has UBI been In iieflleil b) having such u eon- jHI trait 'Ll At no Hint have I been commuted JJH with the biisluiw end of the eleetrle snl light s)stem hue In Price, my posl- ivSII Hon being In suppl) nil current used SH within the corporate limits of the city flfil for u given sum or money.' ifDI |