Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-24 | Page 3 | World's Greatest Gas Firm near Broke |

Type	issue
Date	1918-05-24
Paper	Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	World's Greatest Gas Firm near Broke
Type	article
Date	1918-05-24
Paper	Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	3
OCR Text	WORlDS WORlD'S GREATEST GAS FIRM NEAR BROKE By Associated Press CHICAGO May ta 23 23 Samuel Samuel maul chairman of the Peoples People's Gas GalS Light I Coke company Chicago which he said ald I was the tho largest In the country testified I before belore the public utilities commission today today to to- to day that lint the company has only on hand that thal Its credit Is hall bad that un iii 1111 less an advance In lii rates Is granted rant d the thin company compan will have havo to close and that thai only the Iho patriotic attitude of the banks had enabled the company campan to continue to op op- op- op opI I crate erate It II had d borrowed he said front from eer every bank hank In the city 1 The high cost o of coal cole coke and oil witness s said was largely responsible ble for the tho plight of his company Last st winter he lie said the company's supply of coke contracted d for was taken by the govern Jovern- in ment en t. t Witness said that tho the company had hind not I adequate capital 1 to lay In to an adequate I supply of coal and anti oil for next winter I
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