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Show LIGHTING RATES ARE DISCUSSED Behind closed doors, members of the city council, the mayor and officials offi-cials of the Utah Light & Railway Company mot at the cily hall last night to discuss the excessive light ing rates which are being charged Ogden City. i . It was learned that the meeting is a result of a communication sent to ' the council two weeks ago by Mayor Glasmann, In which he called attention atten-tion to the high rates charged for lighting Ihe city, and requested that some action be taken to obtain a re- ductlon. This power of adjusting lighting rates Is given to the city council dv state statute. Officials of the light company de nled at last night's conference that Ogden is being discriminated against in the matter of rates They declared tiiat Salt Lake Is given a cheaper rate on street lighting because there are about 1,000 arc lights In use In the capital city and about ISO used in Ogden, Og-den, Where there are a greater number num-ber of lights used the company, through Its. ofneers. say that a better rate can be offered Rates for commercial com-mercial purposes are the same in Ogden Og-den as In Salt Lake. It is claimed. The Utah Light &. Railway Com pany are not inclined towards making a reduction, as Indicated by the position posi-tion taken at last night's meeting. No definite action was taken, but the council, as a committee of the whole, will make a report next Monday night. |