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Show siEiTlns" HII SES Power Company Requests Permission to Increase Rates for Service. Petition wax filial with tho public util- itiofl cotTirjiis.'-'.lftn yc.t orday by rmjinhr-rn j Of thf; city commit, ion fi.-kint? for ;i h-:Lr- ing on tfifi proposi'rt pliin of tho X't.'ih j Power A'; Llht company to Inciv.-isr; thr j rated of liluiritf .M:thi atn-et from South Temple to Fifth South (Ur-'otfi. I A contrnct vhkh txtciiuJccl over a pe- rioii f thrr-e y.'irs, i n-'l September j 1!8, 1UMI, b';Lwf"-n tht; IiKhi '"iiipan and 1 the city f.,r the Hi. root. lighiiiiK. -xpr-d in HopLMViber. The old ral -n vvcro fur the U'i) "vhito wav," or midnK'hr, Irinu.H at SHiti.firt ciich, ;nid for tho tv-nty all-nlfjht all-nlfjht lamps at. l.G:i r-;.-h. The ncv rat 'H, i 'I'conlint? to tho p"' It ton. :i ?' $173. H'l o;i'h i'ui- thf "while w;iy" lainpw fur throe y:irp, or J;'7.!"i for one year, and for tlu- al!-nK'ht lampH $::7H.')G for thrue yflara of for one yrar. It l.i proposed by the oily commis.sion-orn commis.sion-orn to Hitfn a (iiitr,;n"'t for one y.-:if oiy, but thf uieinhora hold that thu rate.-i are j too hiKh. j Tlie ;i!l-niiht lamps aro paid for by the city, but tho owners of the abuttinp: prop- erty pay for tho "white way" linhts, t,r j tho li'ti'iH whifh are exl inui.-died at mid- j niKlit. A mertinp: wan oalld y-Htnrday i by tho riLy coiiiiiil.inion in order that tho property ov. ii(-r.s iniyht volet- thrir pro-toHtH pro-toHtH af.'ainHt tho pro)onMl inercaacd rates, but no taxpayers appeared. The petition tisks fr a hearing before tho utility commission before November 12, at whioh time tho contraot must be signed for next year or for three yoarti. |