Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-08 | Page 20 | Fuel Company Rate Quiz Set |

Type	issue
Date	1937-07-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Fuel Company Rate Quiz Set
Type	article
Date	1937-07-08
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	20
OCR Text	Show FUEL COMPANY RATEQUIZ SET The atate public service commission commis-sion Thursday aummoned officiala of tha Mountain Fuel company to a conference at the state capitol for an investigation of assertedly discriminatory ratea being charged by tha company for heating buildings build-ings with gas. The commiaslon. In a letter to J. D. Roberts, company general manager, said "numerous Instances of discrimination" were uncovered in an investigation of the company'a rats structure by E. H. Merrill, commission com-mission chief engineer, and Theo Thalne, commission accountant. Tha commission alleged that the company chargea a certain rata to owners who heat one building with gaa and a lower rate to owners who heat two or mora buildings with gas. No data waa aet for the conference, confer-ence, the letter merely requesting an "early" date.
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