Show ELECTRIC LIGHT gets a blow from mayor glendinning their contract fop lighting Light ipg salt lake city vetoed the reasons the state makes the combination illegal yesterday afternoon mayor glendia nine of salt lake city veto of the contract made by the city council with the pioneer electric power company by which the company waa to provide lights for the city the reasons given are numerous chief among them being that the contract has been eo changed from its airet draft that the pioneer company may sublet it if it eo desiree tant the provisions for an inspector to be appointed by the city and to whom all controversies or questions arising as to the conformance nonconformance non to the contract or improper lighting were to be referred and that thre is a combination ot electric and gas lighting plants whoso object is to manufacture and control all the fi and dictate the price the message says in substance there have been provisions stricken oat bt the request of the attorney one ty eeck that the contract for lighting not be sublet and it has been eo changed that it may now be sublet to the sal lake and ogdan gae and electric light co whose service up to this alice haa been a delusion and a fraud it now provides that the pioneer company may use poles and lights now aeed by the salt lake and oden gas and electric light company and there ie no reason to think that the came alil plant may not be used for the lexi three years or the length of their contract provision for the appointment by the city of an inspector to whom shall be referred all questions aa to proper lighting and non conformance to the contract has been stricken out the bond for fulfillment of contract still remains but recourse to that would involve years of litigation the contract should provide that in case of non fulfillment of contract the city may revoke the contract it is a protective clause commonly inserted in such documents and I 1 eee no reason why it should not obtain here it ii a mailer of public notoriety that the pioneer electric company the salt lake ogden gas electric light company citizens ight company and the big cottonwood power company are about to form a pi gantic combination to control the manufacture of gas and lesht and dictate the price mere reduction of the price of street lights to beet a hold on the people should not be considered when it may result in the people where the price may be raised at will the state has set its face against such combinations and provides an session laws ot 1896 page wherein it is made unlawful to combine for the purpose of controlling the output regulating the price etc and also provides for the forfeiture of corporation rights and franchises the council should not nid by patron izing such combinations rather protect the community by refusing to treat with abe unlawful combination |