Show BUILDINGS IlD I N C OF f TELEPHONE COMPANY t COSTLY Sll Duplication Would Cost st Is Report to the Commission Method of Estimating ting Is Told Y EXPENDITURE of f JL t would be necessary to duplicate the buildings of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company in Utah were were It necessary to build them today according to facts bro brought out at the hearing today before the public utilities utilities utilities ties commission of the petition of the felep telephone one company to continue In ef effect effect effect ef- ef the Burleson rate rat schedule Appraisal of the property of the company company place the cost of construction n of these buildings in in 1917 19 the war level period at and during the prewar D period nenod 1913 16 at The rhe three e larger buildings of the company the Wasatch the IndePendent Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent and the Hyland buildings s the cost of or construction for Jor the Wasatch th the Wasatch is placed at in ih the prewar period i and 7 for for- forthe the war level period the Independent at for the tho prewar period and for the war I level period and the Hyland at for the prewar prewar- period and for forthe forthe forthe the wad war level l per period od FIGURES CONSERVATIVE Willard T T. Cannon of Salt Lake en engineering engineering engineering en- en contractor who with W. W E. E Ware Vare architect and A A. Campbell of ot the the Campbell Building company made the appraisal of the buildings stated Continued on page 8 BUILDINGS OF Continued d from page 1 that in the collective judgment of ot the th appraisers appraisers- these figures were moderate te and that were he taken taking th the contract to duplicate th them m he would ask slightly slight slight- ly higher figures so as to allow for hazards These figures do riot not intend to Include any contractors contractor's profits he stated At this point counsel tor for the company stated that the values of ot the building are less than the book values of the company In response to an Inquiry from Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Warren Mr Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non stated tha that for the purpose they are used and particularly the Wasatch Wa- Wa Wasatch satch building are as good as new There is no sign of deterioration deterioration and and the buildings are maintained In excellent ex- ex excellent excellent ex ex- condition he declared Mr Cannon told in detail how the appraisers proceeded in arriving at the value of the buildings Th The appraisers took the detailed plans of ot construction of the buildings and visited them and measured them up They figured on the basis of ot duplicating the buildings for the two periods the war level and the prewar prewar A complete inventory of ot all materials materIals' in the buildings were made taking In the cost of ot labor and other details The Wasatch bul di building was taken as the standard and the value of ot the others others oth- oth ers tl figured from it Mr Cannon said |