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Show REOPEN RATE CASE ; OF POWER COMPANY! DELTA. Feb. 14. The hearing on rates for light and power before the utilities commission In the towns of I Delta, uasls and Hinckley, as charged L bv the Deseret Power company, whicti bases from the rellurbb Power company, com-pany, has been held open for further testimony to be presented before the commission In order to arrive at facts, the commission com-mission demanded an audit of the books of the Deseret Power company so that Its cost of equipment could be arrived at. and also Its cost of operation. op-eration. The Deseret Power company is owned own-ed by the Deseret Irrigation company and the Melville Irrigation company, both primarily nonprofit water distributing distrib-uting companies, and tho profits derived de-rived from subletting electric power from the Telluride are to be used for the purpose of stopping assessments on the stock of either company for maintenance and upkeep. The laserct Irrigation company has profit arising from undertakings wllh-lh wllh-lh Its corporate, charter so that practically prac-tically no assessments have been levied for the past few years The Melville Irrigation company finds It necessary to assess about 7& cents an acre for upkeep and malntenam a These companies formed the Deseret Power company, which pays u rental for power from the Tellurido Power company, and then the companies sgb-let sgb-let to Arthur Luwrenco. who sells to the user.-' under the- system The power Is transmitted over the mountains east of Fillmore from hydro hyd-ro static plants, under high voltage. The public Is deeply Interested In tho outcome of the case, and the proceedings pro-ceedings arc being followed with interest. |