Show L CREEK POWER DEVELOPMENT TOlT TOLD TOU AT T RATE HEARIN Contracts Considered Valuable Valuable ble Until Present Firm Finn Took Hold Is Claim History of oC th the development of or power powe r business in Mill Mil Creole Creek was waR developed d at the tho hearing of oC the tho special contract dk dt t holders the tho Salt Lake Lako Pressed Bric k company and antI tho the Pro Progress company with the tho Utah Power Light compan company y yesterday in the hearing before th the e public utilities tics commission which I Is s es et seeking to ascertain whether or no not t the special contracts are arc preferential l and should be bo cancelled John P. P Cahoon Cahoon Cahoon Ca Ca- hoon of ot Murray president of oC both th the e Pressed Brick an and Progress companies companies compa compa- nies occupied tho the stand all day I a Mr Cahoon told how ho he became In Interested Interested In- In in tho the companies through h th tho e purchase of or a water filing made b by James Nielson which he purchased for tor 2000 Later a filing by Francis M M. Lyman Jr on a water right In Mill Creek to be use used for tor power de development cle- cle resulted In a merger of tho the two un under er the title of at the tho Mill Creek Power ower compan company and the Progress company compan and the Pressed Brick company company com corn pany took power from Crom the tho Mill Creek on a a. contract to run thirty yea ho he power charge to be 1 cent per kilowatt hour Contract Considered r d AIH t Later the tho Mill 1111 Creek company sold out to the Knight ht Consolidated Power company and Mr Cahoon became a di director director di- di l- l rector in the company as also In the Progress com company pan Tho The sale to the Knight company compan carried with it the contract for his companies During tho the time limo It was owne owned b by the Consolidated Consolidated Consol Consol- company Mr Cahoon said that both the tho power companies considered ere tho the contract with his companies as an asset as the rate was remunerative I and he was urged to uso use more power with the result that the Progress I company exten extended e Its Ita lines over the 1 central part of the Salt Lake valle valley and it was not until the Utah Power I Light company compan acquired tho the Knight ht Consolidated company compan that any effort was made to curtail the tho use uso of oC power I by his companies N cre Blocked When Murray CIt City established its pov power cr plant and had a surplus of at power Mr r. r Cahoon said the city urge urged his com company pan to tako take power from them but ho he was warn warned cd by B B. B W. W Merrill Murra Murray manager of or the tho Utah Power Light company that tho they would bill his company with whatever power he ho purchased from Murray City and for tor this reason negotiations nce with Murray City were not carried further On cx cross cros Mr Parsons for tor tho the power company got the wit wit- nes to admit the Merrill was with was at a time was with the Knight Consolidated company compan but Mr Cahoon stuck to his statement Chester P. P Cahoon ahoon toll followed owed his fa father tn- tn thor ther John P. P Cahoon and testified similar ar to his father I I IlL H. H M. M Brandenberg testified that it I would be Impossible if It tho the contract was abrogated to furnish service through h tho the Progress ress company II lL M. M Fergusons Ferguson's evidence was purely tech tech- I |