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Show Uffiliei Xcssiissicn .Yffl Hold -No Hearing on New Gas Rates; ; New Schedule Operates Sept. 24 i this class af somes. But. whoa t Is dona, tbsa' tbs ommlaaton can rotulaia It Howarar. It is aaio. tha way Jhat sppsars to ba bast Is par-haps par-haps to allow tho rats ts bacoma oporstlrs and sss what It will do. Than It Is opon to attack. - "Manas ar Horalnr ssys that tha proposed naw rata Is s docraasa, and It is to tboaa that chansw ovar to tho bow plan: bat thoso whs do not It Is tho Him old daal. Bach rata must bs self sustaining. ' In othar words. It Is lllacal to chars ono class of cuatomora mora so that another class may havo it for lea. Thus. Jonrn could not b charzad noufh mors oa bis bill ao that Smith eould bays his'sarvlc for las amount. , LITTER HILO MISLCADINQ. Tho' explanatory lattar of Man-aarar Man-aarar Homing, tharofora. mlaload; for It doclaros a roduetlon whoa ao reduction can b made, bocauoe no tost has over boea mad in Utah." ' A latter accompanies the application applica-tion and , auplatnant slcnas ay Oaorsa R. Horning, general manager, man-ager, In which ha saya: "Find petition of the Utah OAs and Coke company for tbs authorisation authori-sation of a reduced rat applicable to bouse beating la Bait Lke City. It Is our hop that this redueUoa will eventually ao Increase the use of gas In Bait Lake City that material ma-terial reductlona ia other rates will follow. Tbo Increased nas of gas without a vaatlg Increased Inetan-taneoue Inetan-taneoue demand upon the plant, k aYaVayt-' 'fears'ia i99a)aaBbAaear'Bf amataadagaT future lowered gas rates. We bailer that thane rata ara the moat modern form af gas ratea and beat adapted to tho growth of too gas business and economy to the cuatomer." He conclude by saying say-ing that bs hope to make additional addi-tional Inroad vpoa our winter moke nuisance. There are three other corporations corpora-tions that are deairou to enter the gas field of Salt Lake. They are tho Natural Oas company of Wyoming Wyo-ming tho Columbia Stool company. Itnd tho Utah Fuel company. Tho later company, from Its Sunnyslde coking plant, loses la wast every day byproduct enough to heat and light a city of half a million people.- This application of the Utah Oas and Cpke company may ba the forerunner of cheaper gas la tha state. - . Thrwtn bs no hearing by tbs public uUUtlea communion on the sppllcstloa of tho Utah Oas And Coke company for authorisation to tut lata affect a schedule of rata tor bona hasting. The commission, ta aoosion last week, decided to hare . the eecretarr acknowledge the receipt re-ceipt of the application and to permit per-mit tha application' to become operative op-erative at tbo and of thirty days Jj1,'" old bs on September 14, Th propose a ohdulW Which wiU V become operative on th date stated. 1 la not a reduction In tho price of gas. for there has never been a rat established for heating purposes aktna. Therefore, the rats la Simply Simp-ly a asw on and whether or not It la dlsmimlnatsry cannot bo determined deter-mined until It la teetad oat and that can only be after It become operative op-erative and facts can bs presented th public utiutlee commlsalon ao that they oan have a basis to work from. Tho proposed rata doee not . apply to boiler used for boating. . nor fpr tho heating of hot water . tanks In bathroom, nor for gas used In log la grates, but almply applies to bouses that are boated entirely by gas. Whether or not thla la dla-orlmlnatory dla-orlmlnatory will have to bs deter- . RATES tCHEOULBD. V Accompanying the application 1s ' auppleroane siring ths schedule of ratea for house beating three-part 'at. It follow: 1. Custsmsr Charge ' tr eastomer. per annum. . fit AS net Payable In twelve squat monthly inetalments. 1. Demand Charge Per hundred eubla root of maximum hourly demand, r annum t24. act Consumption Charge Per 1000 cublo test SI net . PENALTY. A penalty of 1 cent a par IMS cubic feet will bs added If bill is aot paid within tan days from dsts of bin. SPECIAL RULES. ' 1. Open to sll user of gag for general boose beating. It Is not sp-' sp-' pliceble for Incidental heating, except ex-cept where such incidental besting Is additional to general housb heating. heat-ing. 1. This rats win spply to other So meet to use of gas on ths promises prom-ises where this rat la applied. . Th customer ' maximum nearly demand shall bs eat 1 ma tad byjheompejrandthecuelmer accepting this ' rats ' hereby " authorise au-thorise ths company to Install a demand limiting devlc to supply ths pacified demand. Dmand may be gpectfled only In multiples of fifty cublo tost, beginning with le ooble foot. 4. Berrloe shall be supplied hereunder here-under for a period of not lroa than oris year from data of acceptance of thla rat by the cuiwner. Issued August IA 12. NO REDUCTION. , ' Aa analysis of ths application and tho letter accompanying It setting forth ths rates show that: "This sppllcatlon for authority to Institute a rata schedule tor gas la not a reduction, for there has nerer been a rats for this character of service. It 1 predicated on th aa-mmptloa aa-mmptloa that a groat deal of ga Is used. "Under ths proposed rate Ig s diarg baaed upon ths quantity of gas consumed, as wall a th maximum maxi-mum demand on the eyatam upon which th lnvaetment charge are based; than th operating charges of th company, baaed oa th quantity quan-tity ud; still another charge I th car of -th counter and customer. Tbo form of tho rate. It ahould ba eaJd.4 Idared br aa experts a th moat equitable that haa yet been developed in tho gas busln for th benefit of both th company and consumer. "If a cuatomer beats bis bouos by gag and uaes gss for general household house-hold purposes, then be la entitled to the rate proposed by the company, otherwise not. If he enjoys ths proposed rat then he got a reduction reduc-tion over the present coat that hs haa been paying, hut If ho doe not heat hi nous entirely by gas, then hs does not come under the new rate, but Is still paying th old rat of $1.4) per thousand cublo feet for the first 200 cublo feet need. TEST MUST BE' MADE. "On tha asaumptloo that the company was given a hearing by th public utilities commission, th first thing to bs determined would be will the rate -produce too much or too little revenue? And thla cannot can-not be determined until tho rate has been teatvd. In other word, it I a matetr of management. And. after a teat la made, th utilities commlsalon can then determine, be-csuee be-csuee the. facta would bs before that body. , "Under th law, tha public utll-Jtle utll-Jtle comioncnnot Inltlst |