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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, July 10, 1980 - Page 12 River permits Continental seeks rate increase available - Non commercial river running permits are available free of charge for portions of Utah rivers managed by the Bureau of Land management, Bradley Groesbeck, outdoor recreation planner for BLMs Moab district, said this week. BLM manages about 300 miles of various rivers which cross public lands. Permits and stipulations are required to ensure a quality visit to personal Terry Walker, curator of Edge of the Cedars Museum, piece of pottery back in an Olla (waplaces a chipped-o- ff ter jar). posited them as The Bureau of Land Management recently deseven prehistoric pots in the museum, some of old as 1,000 years. Photos by Marsha Keele. Moab, Utah 84532; Green River, from the Price Utah 84535. protect the resources safety, BLM requires river runners to use their own portable toilets (except on canoe and kayak trips without support boats); build fires on a fire pan to avoid blackening camping use beaches; biodegradable soaps; carry out all litter and garbage, and comply with Utah state boating laws. Stipulations attached to the permit itemize these and other requirements. This is v promote why river runners should tain their permits in limit is imposed for No parties on the Colorado River from Cisco Landing to Castle k Creek. When professional guides or outfitters are employed, use be considered as commercial and appropriate commercial permits will be required. will Farm prices Prices received by Utah farmers and ranchers for commodities during most June were equal to or higher than a month earlier, the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting week. said this Service charges including a separate charge of $15 for each visit to a customers premises. Repair of company provided equipment will continue to be provided without additional charges. Key telephone service, private branch exchange service and supplemental equips ment charges will also be increased by approximately 25 ection per cent. Can- terms, Continental Telephone, like other public utilities, is regulated by the Public SerCommission of Utah vice which must approve any rate increases and which controls the companys allowed rate of return on its investments. Public hearing dates will be set by the Public Service Commission at which time the public may appear to present statements or testimony. Callister said the proposed rate increase will appply to the companys three service districts in Utah, at TTemonton, Moab and Delta, which serve nearly 12,000 main station telephones. Copies of the rate case application and proposed tariff revisions will be on file with the Public Service Comof Utah at 330 mission East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. They will also be available for public review at the local district telephone offices. company business THIS WEEKS SPECIALS!!! ad- river. rates include increases for service connThe 1979. of $1680 at year-en- d The revenue request asks increase of for a total $748,577 which, according to Calllster, would enable Continental Telephone to meet rapidly cUmbing costs and aUow investors to earn an return on their in- ob- vance, Groesbeck said. For and Desolation Westwater Canyons, advance reservations are required. Sizes of river running groups will be limited to 25 people per trip, one launch per party per day, through Desolation and Gray Canyons, Westwater Canyon, the Dolores River, and the San Juan exchange. vestment. One effect of the proposed adjustments will be to break down the rates for specific services. The proposed rates do not include costs of the actual telephone instrument. Continental Telephone will continue to provide instruments at a River Resource Area office, P.O. Drawer AB, Price, Utah 84501; San Juan River, from the San Juan Resource Area office, P.O. Box 7 , Monticello, To for each extended area service exchange that can be called by customers from their originating charge ister explained, each main station phone in the Continental service areas in Utah represented a net investment Box M, and The proposed rates include a 25 - cent additive City.. In calling for consideration of the rate adjustment, Calllster noted that gross telephone plant which serves the Utah operation has grown 25 per cent in the last two years and cost of operation is up 43.4 per cent. To bring that investment on the Green River through Desolation - Gray Canyons; on r Callisters said. Cal-list- er, for present - day users, while preserving the canyons for future generations. Permits for private river trips are required by BLM the Colorado River through Westwater Canyon and from to Castle Cisco Landing Creek; on the Utah section of Dolores River, and on the San 'Juan River from Montezuma Creek i to Clay Hills Crossing. Float trip permits for the various rivers may be obtained from BLM offices as follows: Colorado and Dolores Rivers, from the Grand Resource Area office, P.O. cost of $1 per month, or the customers may provide their own telephone equpment, Despite significant efforts to control expenses, telephone revenues have not kept up with the record, double digit inflation which Continental Telephone Company of the West must face in its Utah operations, according to a statement by Grant T. Utah customer services manager. Continental last week filed for a rate increase with the Public Service Commission of Utah in Salt Lake 50 New case will display Hole-in-the-R- artifacts at the ock museum. fDI SAFETY CAT W(zgjzzA. Soon to Be Working in Your Area Call 259-580- 9 for FREE ESTIMATE SUPER AYTINAL SUPER AYTINAL wts-insar- a!s VITAMINS MINERALS 1 50 tablets for Asphalt Paving $4.98 Paving Co. Moab, Utah Rememberwe guarantee our work!! CITY DRUG Your Walgreen Agency Monticello |