Show ATTITUDE misunderstood criticism has been expressed at the shabby treatment so called which some individuals feel brigham city has accorded the utah power light company during the past week exceptions have been taken because the representatives ot of the big corporation who were in this thia city were not invited to attend the mass meeting wednesday evening and make a statement and so on and so forth but surely those who assume this attitude do not view the situation ol of the city in the proper light t 1 1 in the first place the utah power light company addressed a letter to the mayor and city council setting forth their proposition with respect to io i y V soiling power to this city tor for resale purposes Yur purposes poses three days after the date ot of that letter it appeared in the public press and the mayor and council had not yet seen been it none ot of the city officials als asked tor for the information thus vouchsafed but it has been stated by the power companas comp anys representatives that certain individuals in the cornmon ity did the question naturally arises then why was not the letter addressed to those individuals and why w waa as the i ietter etter given to the press before the parties to whom it had been addressed bad had an opportunity to see it and I 1 learn earn its contents tor for every councilman and the mayor declares he saw nothing of the communication before it t appeared in the paper As to the mass meeting situation hat meeting was called for the purpose PIP ot permitting er the stockholders ot of brigham city to discuss their own affairs the call for the meeting was to the taxpayers of 0 brigham city and not to any one else tor for no one else was interested er ested therefore the city officials did not extend and invitation to any ant one else on the outside and it representatives ot of the utah power sc light company were in this city on the eve evening ning ot of the mass meeting they were here not upon invitation ot of the city officials and how anyone can feel perturbed because an invitation was not extended to them to participate in awe a meeting sweeting eting at which they had no place is more than we ve can understand we have never yet heard ot of a mercantile institution bank or any other corporation inviting any outsider to its stockholders or directors meeting to participate in the discussion and we ao a not believe that the representatives of 0 the power company feel the slightest degree of 0 animosity toward the city officials because thew were not extended an invitation vi to attend the mass meeting wednesday evening it if someone else invited the gentlemen to come to this city surely the city officials cannot be held responsible for that action we say again that there should not be and we candidly do not believe there is any resentment felt toward the utah power light company for endeavoring to further its own affairs that corporation is in the business ot of supplying electrical energy for commercial purposes and it is good lou business siness to go alter after new patronage in every legitimate way possible we believe that this corporation has acted wholly within its tights rights in seeking 7 to secure a patron in brigham cit city y but we we claim that brigham city has the right to tol refuse the proffer ot of any corporation po ration and it is nonsense tor for citizens to berate the municipality tor for acting wholly within its rights |