Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 27 | Utah and Idaho News

Utah tah and Idaho Idaho News i I 1 IT r IN POWER m mC CEDAR C DAR CITY Dec 7 7 Lafayette ette hett president of ot the Dixie r company and other company met with the mayor and chamber of commerce J als aIS and prominent citizens of l mar e City Tuesday evening and andiS iS the matter of ot reducing ht and power rates in Cedar The city and chamber of ot comerce com- com erce officials issued a formal noceto noceto no- no ceto the power company some me ago in which they stated that f Ithe the electric light and nd power rates rate ere Fere er not lowered steps would be bek beken ken iken k n to erect a municipal plant A Aed ed In light rates from 14 eats to 10 cents per kilowatt houri hour ras agg s. s asked with a similar reduction i The he meeting was called caned for the J of hearing the power com cont- company's anys any's reply Mr Hanchett the policies f Uhe the power company and ex- ex m. m himself as being of the I pi pinion lon that some agreement could e reached regarding the rate sched- sched I le t He believed that additional ata at would be helpful and suggested I hat an investigating committee be 1 composed of representatives tives Ives of the city and the power company omi an to make a survey surrey of rates or electrical service of the tle municipal l pal al plant plant of Parowan and arid of ot the nat at Beaver Beaver- and possibly other plants in the state i his suggestion was adopted and committee will report report report re re- re- re port In a meeting to be called later p possibly this week 2 Mc Jr Hanchett explained that the power power company had a schedule of pow ow rates Prates for power and high rates lighting lighting to encourage the use of moje re e heating and power using deves de- de ves S. S and to encourage the use of more r power for pumping irrigating water ater and mining operations II He argued that when a compari compari- sot sO ng is is made between the rates of ofil th her il pixie Power rower company and those I of some s system stem supplied by a municipal mu mu- plant considering the total amount paid by bv consumers divided b he total kilowatt hours used or orth orthe th the average rate the company's ra rates es will not appear to be so high The investigating committee will go gojlo o Parow Parowan an and go over the records s of the municipal plant there there- i I ie a average pi price ice per pet kilowatt hour frill be determined The municipal pl plant plant at Beaver and possibly others also will wUl be examined This data wilt will be he compared rEc with correspond correspond- ing data to be supplied by the Dixie Power rower company It was explained during the Che meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing by officials of the power powel company company company com com- pany that in order ordet to improve the I service power lines IInes had been extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended by the Dixie company compan to connect with the tho Telluride Power company near neat Beaver and the municipal municipal municipal mu mu- plant at Parowan This was made necessary through the drouth which reduced the capacity capacity ca ca- of the Dixie Power company plants on the Santa Clara river one The additional machinery machinery machinery machin machin- ery at Desert Mount for the mining of ot iron hOn ore and the demand for fot power for fot the drilling of ot the tunnel in Zion National park on the Zion Zion- Mt Carmel highway together with other demands made an overload greater than the company's plants could supply The drouth also affected the plants at Beaver Deavet and Parowan and consequently these plants could not supply the Dixie company with the amount of ot surplus power which had been expected The company officials admitted that local people were justified inthe in inthe inthe the complaints which had been registered registered registered reg reg- against the type of ot service furnished To relieve the shortage of power situation Mr Hanchett cabled from Europe last summer authorizing the installation of ot a diesel engine plant at Cedar City with a capacity of 1000 horsepower Two units of this plant are now in operation and the third is to be started soon He also explained that the stockholders stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders of his company will be asked at the annual election to be beheld beheld beheld held next month to vote a bond of to be used in further de de- de- de The company company- is now building a horsepower 1000 er hydroelectric hydroelectric hydroelectric hydro hydro- electric plant on the Virgin river near Hurricane which will be in operation by the first of ot the year and is prepared to add an additional horsepower diesel engine plant if needed to supply the demand The power company will no doubt receive the support of local officials if the rates are arc adjusted so as to be approximately the same as are charged on the systems supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied by municipal plants An ef effort effort ef- ef fort fOtt will be made to collect the data so that the meeting may be beheld beheld beheld held about the end of this week Mr Mr- Hanchett will in the re remain remain remain re- re main In the vicinity