Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-08-04 | Page 3 | For Lighting the Streets

fOR G STREETS CITY VILL SOON HAVE VE TO MAKE MAXE ANOTHER CONTRACT May Mar Be No Competition in Bidding and There Is Sp Speculation as to Cost of a New Deal Before another month rolls roBs by bj the city administration wi will l be lct to the necessity t ty of making a new contract with the Utah Light Power company or some competitor to light the streets On Sept B 16 the contract male made three years tars ago will expire By 11 its terms the mUnicipality Ia paYs s sat at of 6 per ler arc lamp of 2000 can candie die dh power n a month for tor lumps lamps Thia rule rate is c considered very re reasonable but the question Is ho how much may the elt have to pa pay for a new deal deI When the Utah Light Power compa nys predecessor the Union se secured secured cured the contract for city street lighting there was competition v e the bidding but now flow there ma may not b rr r the Jordar Narrows Power pledged It Itself self to out of the lu rth ot of BInS S ham anti and Murray the Utah company Jr In 1 turn agreeing not to Invade the domain of ol L LS the latest electric enterprise The Tofu S ride compans s plant at Provo mayor may oi may not be Induced to eater cater to the business s worth OOOO a year It If the old oh 1 prIce Is to be raised At the time the contract now so near to t expIring was entered into the then may mayor or vetoed It on the plea piet t that the city wO woud i he getting the worst t tt of the deal unless the company would grant an option for the renewal o 0 othe r the contract at Its expiration However upon the council raUf ratifying he contract as originally drawn the company gave no nolice notice lice tice that It would grant an option for re renewal newal to a period of six years jears be beyond yond ond this year The official show that while the I company was repeatedly reQuested to this stipulation part of the con contract tract or at least supplemental to It no aU l was ever paid to the hc In Inn ina n a w way the company and now city lab wondering what hat kInd of amut tho they will have hare to crack with the lIght and power