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Show MUNICIPAL PLANT IS TO INCPvEASE PRICES I Lighting Concern at Hober City Will Be Allowed to Make Higher Charges for Service. j Snr-einl to The Tribune. ! IIKJ1KR ('(TV, May 2M. J udge i.Ie.itua (rrci;uvvcol of the state utilities i cnjimi it-si on came lie re t oriay and eon-jducjci eon-jducjci a hearing on petition of the ; municipal lighting- plant that it. be al-j al-j lowed to increase, its rates to the resi-I resi-I den is of t he city. ! Superintendent, K. 1'arley Cliff, who iis in charge of the plant, explained to j Comnii.-sioner Greenwood that, the plant : had recently suffered looses through flumes being washed out and t hat as it, v. as built ten years ago t here was urgent, need of additional repairs, which could not be made unless the rates could be increased, A of) per cent i n crease I was nr-ked on flat rates and Iff per cent I on met r ; rates. j As no protests were filed on the part o'' the c i I i.cn-, -I udge ! i cen u nod a li-I li-I nounci-d hiniself as favoi'alde to the increases in-creases under llii' conditions as set out I )y the superinl endent , and they will 1 go into elt'cf-l ai an early date, j A prupu:d tion to sel I the jdaul wan I recently voted down hy a licnvy' ma-jjority ma-jjority at a special election hehl in the j city. t |