Show GAS VS ELECTRICITY Natural Gn Man Says They Will rake a HandSome Hand-Some days ago the Citizens Electric Light company announced that it would make a great cut in the rates AH night arcs are cut to a figure ridiculously low while the ten and twelve oclock circuits were reduced in proportion In the matter of incandes cents the price of each lamp in residence resi-dence portions was reduced to 15 cents per month A reporter called at the office of the Salt Lake Ogden Gas Electric Light company yesterday and asked Secretary Moffat if his firm would meet the cut We have nothing to say was the reply and when we have we will not Issue any circulars I Further than that Mr Moffat would not depose But later on in the afternoon it was I ascertained that a hen was on I appears lhat a force of men are engaged en-gaged in putting in the Welspach burn ers and that four were working on the job yesterday About 5 in the evening one of the officers of the New American Natural Gas company told an attache oC this paper that the rate of 15 cents per lamp in the residence portion of the city cut no figure with them that he was prepared to say that Welspach burners would ibe put in not only in the residence but the business portions of the town and that the price would be cut to 10 cents per moth per lamp and would continue until the other people peo-ple thought they had all the fight they wanted We have got the gas where it pours out of the ground and the pipes to run it Into town and what do > we care The light i equal to the electric light r and j h a is better in certain localities We don do-n t have to run a engine to pump It in and if there Is going to be a war we will be there when the battle ends In other words we will meet the gentlemen gen-tlemen at Philippi v |