Show power men and city council hold important meet here telluride company promises to connect local system willi wilh main trunk if assurance of patronage Is given by panguitch users of electricity A meeting of lie city council and of tho the telluride power co wua wag hold nt at the city room tit in tho the city and county building tuesday evening of this week tin ill riso of tile the meeting was waa to tilt tho power supply problem loin which now coil confronts f this section and which it in ig thought will havo n great it a mount of effect on oil the future of and tile the county ng Is it inal ashworth en engineer ginver for tile telluride compi company luY and L it II fournier division manager fr for tile company represented tilt the coir coil c orn corn mr ashworth lt announced that tile the Quill company pally was noy finking tin till 11 ill 1 plans for tile construction of n power transmission line to coni coil tile tho systole with their inabit trunk lines lie ile stated that tile the collipi company tily felt that such a plan was tile tho only way in which adequate service could bo be rendered to tile tho community lit in lilu its explanation of the situation lio lie stilted stated that it would ile bo necessary ry for it alie company any to spend sonic some or on oil the project null and it would mean blint they would have to borrow that of money ile ho said that the company lit in order to borrow the amount bo be required L I 1 to show some sort of assurance to the money lenders before it would bo be possible to negotiate tho the loan and asked if tho the city council would back a plan to secure the signatures of those not now signed wit with li the company on five year contracts to accept power lie iio made it clear that the company would not look to tile tho city officials for anything moro more lhnn their moral support but that it was felt they would have a great weight in ill influencing citizens it if they would votee voice their opinions con coil corning the matter it was brought out lit in the discussion cassion that tho the company would revamp me present system to handle sufficient power for electric ranges and other appliances and that a combination rate would bo be offered customers bic combination rate would carry a minimum demand charge of 1 per month for it four room house and power would be sold at the rate of three and one fourth cento centa per kilowatt hour the rate sliding down ward ne according cording to the amount ot of pa power used by the individual consumer sum L r it was stated that there bad been no decision as yot yet its AS to whether the tile line would como come from near nah or from the marksville marysville Maryn Marys vale ville line however it would mako lit DO difference it was said which any way the line came into the valley tho effect mill and benefit would bu be practically the sallie alio malit idea back of the plan it was stressed w ana as to ti alo c ill the 0 I 1 lo 10 0 eat system tn ill with tile the nall analu system which la Is in turn tied lit in with utah power light co and southern utah power co this tying lit in with the main system it was explained would tend toward bettor better more even power and efficient service because under the larger system the variation between tile peak and average loads wan wag not so no grent great according to power consumption its aa it wits was un ter iler the present setup set rot up ap during the discussion municipal plants were brought lit in for some notice and it was ivas brought out that practically every such system wits was tied lit in with some larger company or unit it wits also algo stated that lit in order for municipalities to pity pay off on oil debts contracted for foe such pin plants tits it would be necessary for them to chargo charge a higher rato rate for ikier tower than private were allowed to charge or to forego the laying away of a sinking fund for and maintenance of the system under the set bet up tip for private companies it wn inq stated they tiro fire not allowed to pity pay oft off their debts investors purchase stock in tho companies for the sole purpose of the income derived from tile tho lu III orrest rates and not with the idea that the money will be returned to them owing to tho the fact that several investigations tire are being made at tho the arv present rent time by the city council the rho officials did dia not lot commit themselves too strongly and told the company that they felt it would be better to hour hear reports from various now making such investigations before giving any answer they felt that something must be done and soon but they were prone to commit themselves themo elvaa until it f further u r t b c r information was available |