Show h UTAH HOTEL SEEKS SEEK TO KEEP CONTRACT OF POWER COMPANY Files Fies Objection to Proposed Propose Change With Wit Utilities Board JD J- J D Demanding that the public commission deny the Utah Uth Power ower I Light company tho privilege e of alc lIng l- l Ing ng tho the contract entered into wih with tl the tho Utah Hotel company unless permission is given the hotel company compan to make r reprIsal re- re a against the power company fo fomer former former for for- mer Gov Go John C. C Cutler Cuter secretary of C the Hotel Utah company compan filed fied wi wl with h tho the public utilities commission yester- yester yesterday day a vigorous protest al abI ali ali- rogation of oC contract with the cor co cornIa corn corn- I Ia lan pany ny I. I There Thero Is pointed out by Jr r. r Glitter Cuter what at u he construes 0 as af an H apparent d de- de eu e- e I I I I I I I sire H upon ne part part or om tho no power pu-er con coin coin- pany to profiteer on the tile hotel cor corpany company company com com- pany and on the L. L D. D S. S H church the tl hotel company compan ln having sold the th power company compan its Is plant which supplied tl the Hotel Utah an and other church proper property with power and light le The Utah Hotel company is on one or of orI the holders hoMers of or a special contract with wih the power company compan There Thero are ot 01 were six seventy special contract holter holt holt- noli era er with wih the thc power company when hen tl the utilities commis commission don of their own vi ye- ye instituted a n hearing to deter deter- mine nine whether or not those thoc contracts were not not preferential I and tor tory lory and should be annulled annuled Sold Power Ch The hc protest prote t filed b by the tho hotel cor corpany comI corn com pan pany is as to follows In the year ear 1911 1011 Hl the thc Utah Hot Hotel company owned and operated a cor con com electric power light ai and steam plant plank plant furnishing steam Tight and power to the Hotel Ut h. Utah the L. L L D. D S. S S Temple the Tabernacle tho the News s. c the Sharon building tile the Vc Vermont Ver- Ver er- er mont building an and other Later Later- Latter clay Saint church buildings The They also supplied electric light to most of tho tile stores stort on Main ain street ai and First South street In block 76 at a a lower tower price than the tho Utah Power ter Po Light company ln was ns furnishing it it i Tl The Utah Po e Power Light company compan desir- desir In lug ing to eliminate this competition o offered of- of to supply the tile Utah Utah Hotel cor corpany compan corn com pan pany with steam light and power at a ac c certain price If we would sell sel them tl the plant plantA A contract wa centered senter d Into for fi fifteen CC- CC t teen n years ears and we sold them the plat plant although we were ero then making a profit by selling light power and steam team at lower prices prices' than the tho Utah LI Light ht Power company compan were selling It to their the consumers As S an inducement to us to 0 sell sel to t them m. m they undertook to sho show us they ther were not making any an profit prof I but to make male this showing the they I I to expense Items that according to toI good business practice should ha hae I been charged to betterments I Increase IN Is I. I Now 0 Proposed Proponed I The Utah Power Po-er Light contract contra was wa to supply the hotel and church with ith light power anti antl an steam at a state stated sum providing pro that wo we 0 would not u use I moro more than wo we o had hal previously previous used ar arid for Cor or tho the e excess cess of that amount of or l used in Iii ad additional buildings 40 cen cents for each cach 1040 pounds would 1 b char charged ed The church built bunt the Administration Administrate building Te an and the Utah Utah Power Light bills bUls rendered ha have been agreed upon but they the now noV propose e. e in Ina a schedule Just issued issue If It the tile public utilities con commission corn com mission will permit them to caned cane l their contract wi with us us to charge chare 3 a a. thousand pounds of or steam stean up ip to t ten thousand pounds although h our contract contra t with ith them Is 40 41 cents and to ral raise the price of st steam am to the tho church At Administration Ad- Ad ministration buldin building from Crom 40 cents t to 2 a thousand pounds up tip to ten thousand thousand thou thou- sand pounds or a raise ralso rise of or five t e times the orl original charge chare an and to the largest large consumer tO or a raise of ot three times Ures tho the original charge Cannot Cannot Submit to Term resins We Ye request you Ol to deny den to them of canceling our fifteen fifteen- the privilege 01 year rear contract unless at the same tin time we e are ar permitted periled to raise the price e etho or of ortho tho thIn plant we e sold them In the sam proportion for Cor the price of or the planta plant was a ns predicated upon the price we wet were C to pay par for Cor services ser ren rendered ered to us bi bias but buta butas den deny deny- that a as a legal gal proposition we there is any an power anywhere an here that ca can vitiate a contract entered into lato such a athe as the tile one herein referred to to havIn having re reciprocal re- re elements clements In it it Of Ot course It i toes goes without I we wc could not submit to the cancella- cancella cancellation tion of or a contract ct upon terms so en enI en- en tirell onE sl sided one e as those thoo proposed I lre without t recourse course to all al the legal rome rome- dies that we could cour command |