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Show The People Pay g For Political Control It Is a notorious fact that very few cities and townB have tho slightest slight-est conception aa to what if. coBts them to build, operate and maintain a municipal utility plant. Possibly In sorao Instances they don't caro, but as a plain business proposition thoy should know whether it is bo-lug bo-lug maintained partly from general rovenuo of tho municipality, It is very natural, howovor, that city officials of-ficials want to mako as good a showing as possible and aro only too willing to allow their successors to issumo tho burden of 'renewals to :ho property. Tho result is that in i fow yoars not much valuo la loft to ho plant, for It is mostly Junk. S. 3 Kendall, member Colorado Utll-tles Utll-tles Commission. Cheap political contiol often do-iIcb do-iIcb a prlvdto utility living rate, vhilo It thinks nothing of robbing ho taxpayer to mako up losscs'duo o politclal mismanagement of a pubic pub-ic utility. |