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Show I Uintah Gas CoOrdered Co C.Ordered COrdered _ . Ordered toReduce toReduce to toCompany Reduce Output OutputCompany Company Oompanv Told toCurb to toCurb Curb Ourb HeavierUsers Heavier HeavierUsers Users to Conserve Oonserve Supply SupplyThe ' The 'n1e n1e public publ1c service seryic commission conuntsslon on onWednesday onWednesday onWednesday Wednesday of ol last week ordered orderedthe orderedthe orderedthe the Ulntah Utntah Gas company Immedi immedi- lrnmedi- lrnmedi immediately lrnmediately Immediately - - ately to take tak0 steps to eliminate eUmtnate the thelarger thelarger thelarger larger users from Itf lte ita : ( system . , In Inorder 21 laorder * order to curtail curtaU the monthly de- de deman4 de demand . - mand man4 for tor gas from the present fi fig tts-ure tts ure - . tlJ'e tlJe tIre ' Of ot approximately 5000000 ft 5 000 OQO 000 cu- cu cublo cubla cu cubic - - . bic blo bla feet to approximately 3 3000,009cubic 3000009cubic 000,000 000000 OO0O0O 000,000cubic OO0O0Ocubic , , cubic feetThe feet feetTho Tho The commission also denied nn an nnappltcatlon anapplication anapplication appltcatlon application of or the company to In- In Incte Increase In Increase - cte crease .Se Se . its rates The Incfeas tncr.eaae tncreaae Inc'ease Incease . ' on onrates onrates onrates rates for tor gaa gas service was asked to toJustify toJustify toJustify Justify the Installation of supple supple- supplementary supplementary supplementary - - mentary serviceOolrunissloners service serviceCommissioners Commissioners Oolrunissloners explained in tha thadecision th thdecision thedecision decision that the reason for cut cut- cut- cut cutting cutWig cutting . - - . ting Wig off larger users was to con- con conserve conserve con conserve - serve gaa gas for use of patrons In Inresident1al Inresidential Inresidential resident1al residential districtsThe districts d1strlcts districtsThe The commission comm1ss1on noted that gas gasresource.s gasresources gasresources resource.s resources . of at the company rapidly rapidlyare rapidlyare rapidlyare are depleting so 80 that within the thenext thenext thenext next year or two there probab17 Probably probab17wW Probablywill probablywill wW will be no further gas 1M avaUableThe avaUableThe available avaUable availableThe The larger users will wlll be forced forcedto forcedto to change to other fuel energy for forheating forheating forheating heating as a result of ot tb the com com- corn- corn commisston's cornmission's commission's . - mission's missions misston's misstons ' rulingBy rulingBy ruling rulingBy By eliminating eUml.natlng eUmlnatlng . larger users gaswill gaswill gas will be made available avatlable to the aver aver- average average average - age user for tor a longer longei longeri longeriperiod period , . the thecommtssion tb tbttomrnlssion commission commtssion ttomrnlssion theorized Such action actionIs actionLa actionIs Is La Intended to permit the public alonger alonger &longer longer a & longer tins time . to complete transition transitionfrom transitionfrom transitionfrom from gas to other heating energy . To alternate pr proposals posa1s < > for sup sup- suppleinenting sup supplementing . - plementing pleinenting available gas were re- re rejected reJected re rejected - jected b by bf ' the commissionThe commission commissionThe commissionThe The first proposal was to miX miXbutttne mixbutane mixbutane butttne butane gas with the natural gas gas.This gasThis . This was rejected on the basts basis baststhat basisthat basisthat I IThis that the rate per heat unit would wouldI wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be doubledSecond doubled doubledSecond doubledSecond Second proposal was to run a apipe a apipe . I pipe line Hne from front Baxter . basin ba.81n ba81n gas gastleld gasfield gaafield tleld field In Wyoming to VemalTbJs Vernal5Thin Vernal Vemal\ Vemal Vernal5 \ TbJs Thin : TbJswas Thinwas Thiswas was also termed Impractical tmpraettcal and andre andre andrefected re It'cted Itcted lected ' bv Lw the commissionUnder commissionUnder commission commissionUnder Under the commissions commiSSion 8 a plan planabandonment . , . abandonment of ot the system when whenthe whenthe whenthe the gas supply Bupply Is exhausted Is im- im tin- tin imI immment tinninent 1m-l 1m l - minent mment ninent I | |