Show STATE ATE RESUMES POWER HEARING A motion that the state public commission make an as order requiring ing the Utah Power and Light company company com corn pany to place on its books the actual actual ac ac- cost of property purchased and now part of its valuation marked resumption Monday of the power hearing at the capitoL The motion made by John D. D Rice deputy attorney general and counsel for the commission asked 1 if It the company is unable to furnish information on such costs that it make estimates Motion Amended The motion was amended on request request re re- quest of R. R R R. Carey representing enting the Consumers' Consumers Welfare league an intervenor to require he Jie company to include both actual cost and original cost of construction George R R. Corey counsel for the power company told the commission commission commis commis- sion slon the motion was a surprise surprises and that the utility already had made a valuation of property used wed and usable in Utah He said he did not know whether such information could be ba furnished furnished fur fur- and asked time to confer with comp company ny engineers before ruling rul- rul ing was made Mr Rice consented oto to the delay Kimball Called Mr Rice called E. E L. L Kimball commission accountant to the stand d to ask him if it were possible to tell tel from company accounts how much was paid for predecessor company properties and if It it could be shown show n how much was paid for intangibles such as good will and going concern concern con con- cern tern value Mr Kimball testified the records I II I did not c contain such information and Mr Rice then made his his' mo mo- tion Mr Corey called E. E H H. Merrill commission engineer for ex cross Mr Kimball previously has reported that he had made a aspot aspot spot check showing that the company had listed in its inventory various items of equipment not i in n use Mr Corey asked the witness witness v if it he knew how many items there were In that class and Mr Merrill said sale he could not say He declined to give an opinion on whether the company was not entitled to list such items |