Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-30 | Page 5 | Revision of Gas Rates Favored

fUSl I MS j RATES FflyORED 1 Civic Clubs Indorse Com-i Com-i pany Petition to Utilities. Commission. I tv,j Rotary club, the Commercial club rj tijc Utah Manufacturers association !'-Ve all indorsed the petition of the Utah " & Coke company for a revision in --:es. according- to Goorfjo K. Ilornung. aiu.cer of the company. Kneh of these ij -vie bodied has passed a resolution ad-I ad-I jjsctl to the public utilities commission, 1 "jvorins th establishment of a charge j lch Wni yield a fair return on the com-$i com-$i ?any's investment. The gas company filed its petition early ast month. K did not ask for any given "r,e but requested the commission to ermine a reasonable charge, with the ,.ua physical valuation of the properties properti-es the basis of estimate. The liearins was to have been held next n-eoi( but has been postponed until Xo-vmVer Xo-vmVer IS. largely because of the illness n' commissioner- W. IT. Blood, who recent-v recent-v underwent an operation and is still in hospital. , j '.jt i?, of course, gratifying to have the 1 r.')rov.il of the city's civic bodies in our 1 . ndeavor to put the gas company on a 'r.aacial basis," said Mr. Hornung-. "We j -We filed c,ur Petition only with the 1 .'eatest reluctance and because, we are 'j 'ori to increase our revenue in order to j laintain adequate gas ' service. We be- 'M-e that the members of the Rotary and J .-'o-Ttmereial clubs and the Manufacturers' j.ioiation realize the Importance of 1 "pins up an efficient gas system, and 1 -.lerritand alto the necessity of sufficient a -pvenne to do so. We believe the puhlic j -rill also appreciate the justice of our J -o-ition when it is in full possession of i facts which the hearings will bring j On representations made by counsel, the j mariner with regard to special contracts j j;veen the Utah Power & Light com- inv and some of Its patrons has been i -ostpont'd from November 11 to Decem- t er S by Hi? public utilities commission. i Commissioner Warren Stoutnoor and ;oretary Thomas K. Banning have gone I Panguitch to conduct a hearing in the 4 --.ce of the GarlleM Telephone & Tele- J mph company, which seeks to Increase I rates materially, both for telephones j ir.il for toil service.