Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-05 | Page 11 | Telephone Company to Present Answer

Telephone Company To Present Answer An answer to the complaint of pf the state stat public Utilities commission made maIe on September 23 ag against the Mountain i States Telephone and Telegraph company coin coin- corn com pan pany in which charges were made that the company's rates were excessive in several instances will plU iU be made late Thursday afternoon Orson John rohn Hyde Utah manager of the company announced Thursday I UI am convinced c that the of are not illegal excessive or unreasonable he said and I will I-will file me an answer to that effect I am further convinced that if U we are given the opportunity our accountants accountants' can assemble the data dab that will convi convince c the commission our contentions are correct It is our desire desire de de- sire to cooperate with the commission commission commis commis- sion slon to the fullest In their inquiry Into our rate schedules which I I think they will find too low rather than too high Thursday Is the last day which the company was given on which to file filean filean an answer to the complaint