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Show CITIES WITHOUT POWER TO ACT ; When the traction company operating in Murray, I tah raised li the rate of fare, the city commissioner passed an ordinance revoking i the company's franchise, claiming tin traction concern had violated the provisions of the franchise. On Wednesday, tin state supreme court denied Murray the righl ; to revoke tin' license, The decision was to the effeel thai while a j city has the light to grant a franchise to a traction company to oper ate over its streets and can determine conditions in connection with granting of the franchise and can prescribe limitations under which J 1 ho privileges may be exercised, the citj has no power to regulate the rate of fare charged 1. 'oc op, rating company that being left exclusively to the public utilities commission j The last legislature gave to the public atilitiei commission extra-! 1 ordinary powers, including tin righl to regulate street car fares, tele- I phone (barges and electric Light rates, and cities are left helpless in I dealing with those publii utilities except by appeal to the stal B hoard A movement is under way by which it is proposed to allow' home rule to cities and thereby take them out from m under the i commission. Otherwise the publii utilities board is in position I to deny redress from any 6 rm ol abuse of franchise winch may be I inflicted n the communities by the streel railway, telephone, or elec tric light companies |