Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-18 | Page 9 | Hear Fine Points of Rate Contract

HEAR FINE POINTS OF OE RATE CONTRACT Re Realtors and Power Company Company Com Com- pany Contend Before Utilities es Commission Yesterday the public utilities commission commIssIon commission com com- mission started an inquiry into tho the question of special contracts by about Z seventy five companies and c corporations corporations corpora corpora- including tho M M. II U. Walker Realty Realty Real Ret ty company which company did not have an nn opportunity to present evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence during the taking of testimony owing to the absence of E. E 1 R. R Palmer who has charge of oC tho Walker er Bank build building Ins and who is in the tho cast T. T rE E E. E Brown represented tho the Walker company It was brought out that the realty company company has a contract with the Utah Light Lis-ht Railway company tho the predecessor of tho the Utah Power Light company compan entered into on on lIta May 12 1912 which gave Ga them a n. a. a rato rate of or cents per kilowatt hoar hour and that the contract was to continue in effect until January 1 I 1918 and thereafter until thirty days' days notice was given Iven by either party that the contract Another provision of or the contract contract Was that hat tho consumer was given tho the right right to continue continuo tho the contract for tor five years additional On January 1 I 1918 InS It was brought out tho the power company gave the realty company written notice no no- tice Uco of its Intention to terminate the tho contract within thirty days but be before before be- be fore tore the thirty days days' had expired tho the realty company on February 28 8 1918 1916 S transmitted a written communication declaring Its Intention to av avail n Itself of its option to continue the contract for Cor an nn additional na five years No conclusion was reached in unraveling unraveling un- un un unraveling raveling the legal tangle but the power company continued to servo the tho realty company at nt tho the old rate for power butin but butIn butin in so BO doing It denies that this was a a. waiver of ot Its right to terminate C. C C. C Parsons who represented tho the power company company declared that tho the contract was terminated but the realty company company com com- pany ny denied this and pointed to tp the fact t that the tho company continued to bill at tho the old rate and that this w was wasa a n. waiver of ot the tho contract The entire question was finally submitted submitted submitted sub sub- tho the commission on the contract with Hh all the papers presented in the case caso being read into the casal case casa l If the tho commission by its finding should set set aside tho contract then tho the thore re realty company will Introduce evidence to show that thit a heavy increase in tho the rato would not nol be Justified because the th realty company it was waa said Bald could put in its its' own plant Ilant and generate power at ata a less rate rata than tho the power company coU could d at nt an increased rate rata Adjournment was taken until Monday Monday Mon Mon- day when h n the c cases of ot the packing plants Murray city and the town of Mantua Manilla will be heard