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Show MAKE GOOD OR MAKE ROOM "pHE federal court sustained the Cali--- fornia supreme court, that when a city goes into competition with a private pri-vate utility it must do so on the same terms a private company would have to meet. Its success must be measured by its ' ability to serve the public rather than by its exercise of arbitrary power in the field it seeks to invade at the expense ex-pense of previous investments. A city cannot set aside state laws but must come under the jurisdiction and regulation of the state public utilities commission, under the general rules applicable to private enterprises.' |