Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-23 | Page 4 | Public Utilities Happy at Stand of President

p PUBLIC U B I C HAPPY AT STAND OF PRESIDENT Wilson Wison Holds Corporations Doing Important Work Should Be Protected Telegraphic advices which have been bee re received elved in Salt SaI Lake from Washington Washing Washing- ton stating that President Wilson Wison Is urging state and local authorities to give prompt consideration to the pleas of ot public utilities at various points of the country for more revenue have aroused a great great deal of Interest throughout throughout the mountain intermountain country I In a letter to Secretary of ot the Treasury Treasury Treasury Treas Treas- ury McAdoo Thursday of this week February 21 21 President Wilson said I I 1 have examined with care the memoranda and letters leters which you transmitted to me with your letter leter of I the I fully share the views you exp exI express ex ex- ex- ex p I press regarding the Interdependence of the public service utilities as a part of I our national equipment especially in wartime It I is essential that these utilities should be maintained at their maximum efficiency and that everything everything every every- ever ever- thing reasonably possible should bedone bedone be bedone done with that end in view I hope that state and local authorities where the they have not already done so will willI wi when the facts are properly laid before I I I them respond promptly to the necessities necessities of the situation T r shall be glad to have you communicate communicate com corn with the local authorities whenever the information in your possession possession pos pos- session suggests that such a course is isI I desirable and in the Interest A delegation representing public utilities in different sections visited Washington recently and assured McAdoo McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Adoo that unless prompt relief were given i en them serious financial embarrassment embar embar- would result Officials of the Utah Power Light company when questioned this mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing regarding tile the tle effect of President Wilsons Wilson's recommendation declared It i was very ver gratifying to them to have President Wilson and ad Secretary McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Adoo take co cognizance of ot the situation that has developed in practically every section seton of the country where public had meet utility c corporations have to tremendous increases in operating maintenance and construction costs and with no way t to secure additional revenue with which to meet these greatly greaty increased expenses other than by seeking relief from various regulating regulating I ing bodies such as utility commissions