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Show WOULD PURCHASE THE PRICE PLANT I , . H Utah Power and Light Company Ready to H Open Negotiations With City With l - This Object In View. i I H ftah Power and Light compan). which recently obtained n franchlno from the board of county rommls. sinners to' operate In Carbon county and whose activities In this section of the state have been frequently men-tinned men-tinned of late by The Hun, la desirous of purchasing the electric light and power plant at Price, nnd It Is llkel) it representative of the corporation will be here next Tuesda) evening when the city council again meets to feel that body and the ma) or out on the proposition. The compan) would also acquire the Helper plant. It Is believed, If It may be obtained at the right price. That the Utah Power and Light has coveted theo plants along with others In Hastnrn ITtnh for n considerable lime has been well known, and that the compan) Is willing to pay all that the) arc reasonably worth and tnke them over there Is not the least doubt To arrive nt tho value of the Price s)stem the original cost would ho easily figured out Then there would be u discount no doubt for depreciation deprecia-tion nnd the like. An offer from Utah Power and Light could be entsrtalnod b) the ma) or and council, but to sell a vote of the taxpayer! of the city would have to be had. Iteiently a gentleman connected with ftah Power and Light wild to n tcprceentatlve of The Amu "I nm In hopes thnt nt some early date tho cltliens ami the council of your tit) will come to the conclusion that the entire operation of furnishing nnd selling of electrical euerg) direct to the consumer can lxt be carried on by a corporation of our slie. engaged solely In this lino of business, and that we will bo dble to buy or tense the en tiro property from the municipality on such a busls as will wnrrnnt our taking tak-ing It over. I believe this arrangement arrange-ment would work to the benefit of alt concerned." for a week or more The Hun hna henrd the proposition discussed more or less b) numerous residents, tax-pa) tax-pa) era and property owners of Price. Home nre of the opinion thnt It would be a good thing for tho city to nell Its power nnd lighting plant If what It Is reasonably worth is obtainable obtain-able for It. It Is argued thut with this money the present bonded debt of the city for water, sewer sjstem and so-forth so-forth could be wiped out, which would open the way for the people to bond for a venter sjstem In a sum around n hundred thousand dollars, The pres ent bonded debt of Price for nil purposes pur-poses Is about fort) -seven thousand dollars. The proposition of the city's selling Its lighting system Is a live ono and will undoubtedl) soon come before the taxpa)irs and cltUens after It has been threshed out by the city council. W r B 11 Is a subject upon which n great ' B many persons will honestly differ, nnd M H nt the same time Is a mntter thnt raits m' H for the most thorough consideration B H nnd thought from ever) one who hna W H the welfare of the people at heart. K H Again. It may bu that the value placed m H upon the property by the purchasing H company will not come up to the ex- H potations of tho council and that no- H B thing will como of the deal. I low. K ever, this la not likely. ' flah Power and Light has recently ? Wf HBi acquired by purchase the plants nt K flBl Stofleld, Huntington, Castle Dale and t HJ Ornngevllle and Is getting ready to ! VJ operate not only In every city nnd Hp Hi town an) where near Price, but In all , HV HJ of the coal camps of Carbon and fin- Hf cry county as well. It Is In position f Hk HJ to tnnke n good bargain with Prlco ( HK BVJ and It Is nntlclpnted this will tie forth- t AVJ coming After the central plnnt Is i " Hm flU built below Helper the main line, na WJt 'Hj prevlousi) announced In The Sun, Is , ' , Wm, Qfl to bo constructed through from Prnvo j HV Hi to Grand Junction, Colo. The Imcst- HV- HVJ mnt of the corporation in Knstern T BJL VJ Utah will In the very near future ox- i -.J cvd five hundred thousand dollars, i HK' "" to say nothing of plnnU that tuny bo ' ' W acquired. M ' HV The municipal plant of Price 1ms mjjr . cost to date around thirty-five thous- H bS and dollars. It hna never been a ' ' I H moneymaker for the city, the pollqy ( , I K H of all administrations being to fur- . ' ' nlsh light especially ut as n-ur cost K BV aa Is possible. , W HV |
