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Show IracT m : UESTmRHHSED iblic Utilities Board Will ' Hear Power Charges Case Monday. Ifiiriiii s tor tomorrow K'foro luil'li? utilitu-s commission of l't:h Ctlic i'at iMvolvini: special contract? tho Vt:ih Vowor & I.icM company. ' I s, case was initiated on the com-,h. com-,h. sion's own motion. and involves all tracts which the ('tali I'owor lit company has with rower colliers coll-iers in which the mvs in effect ar those gucteil in the schodjlos filed xh the utilities commission. Thel' more than seventy such eontracts, the hohlers include son-.o of the ;est power consumers of the state, s allowed that all the eontracts were erod into before the public, utilities went into effect. ( 'he company last week placed on C. with the commission npplicntiou for "revision of its power schedules, ami -5 s possib'vi that the commission will 5 Lie that the two cases are near ush akin to be taken r.p at ihs same e. In that event the hearing set j tomorrow would be continued. 1 ; was iVclared yesterday by attor-'-s for both the power company and various contract-holders that the '-iter of such combined hearing of the ?s rented entirely with the commvs-i, commvs-i, and the intimation was that the nsel wero ready to proceed with the v rinj scheduled for tomorrow. It . pointed out that the point involved his case is whether the rates quoted the special contracts are diserini-- 'cry. The question raiood by the . ""rer company's application is the ?onablcness of the entire power ?dule, and the matter of diseriinina-is diseriinina-is not touched upon .in that appli-ou. appli-ou. t the request of the attorneys for petitioners the hearinc on the ap-7-" ation of the Jeremy Fuel company number of other coal retailers of i Lake City for refunds of 33 cents ' in on the freight bills on all coal ined to this city between March 7 . December 31, i917, has been coned con-ed before the public utilities com-s com-s - -ion until Kobruary 10. It was dated to be heard tomorrow, but "'twin Kobertson, of counsel for the ' men. pleaded that he had other du-in du-in court, and asked that the case ver. le retailors hold that there were so-d so-d proportionate rates to Salt Lake on shipments destined to points on Salt Lake. Garfield i- Western, and lidvale. on shipments destined up 'Cottonwood canyons, which, as a -.'r of ir.et, were not properiv pro-ionate pro-ionate rates at all. It is alleged these rates of SI. 25 a ton were -ally quoted rates to Salt Lake City son points. It is contended, there-that there-that under the law all the coal led to these points should carrv low rate. The railroad collected M'a ton on all coal shipped to Salt ? Ci:y, exceut as noted, te rate sh-vt which forms the basis he complaint went into effect ?h 7, 1317, and its effect was ter-i't?d, ter-i't?d, it is said, when the United government took control of the oad. |