Show UINTAH TELEPHONE COMPANY ASK FOR KATE RATE INCREASE application was filed yesterday with the public utilities commission of utah by the uintah telephone company tor for permission to make certain increases in its rates on the ground that costs have gone up and that during 1919 the company would have give earned less than 4 per cent on an its outstanding capital stock after making proper charges for detrecia de flon lion and ii nd collectable un accounts the company says that the issued capital tock stock of 4 6 60 4 0 represents Us its net assets when liabilities are deducted akrit is asking for a fair return on that amount the petition notes that jeneen jenson with twenty eight telephones Is now connected to the vernal exchange it asks that it bo be allowed to establish an exchange at jensen which is about fifteen miles from vernal with a rate of a month mouth instead of the present 42 2 paid at jensen but with an additional 10 cents per conversation between jensen and vernal Th the petition also attempts to fix telephone rates at vernal by zones according i to the distance from the central office and to provide for certain increases in rates the highest being from 43 3 to a month for individual business lines |