The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-25

The Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and
Electric Light company is evidently
satisfied with the majority report of the
citizens committee investigating the
gas question. A petition to the council
has already been prepared by the COM
pany, asking for amendments to the
franchise, in accordance with the
recommendations of the committees
report, which were as follows:
After comforting with the Electric
Light and Gas company, with H. l..
Driver & Co., and with the New Amer
lean Natural Gas and Fuel company,
il has become apparent TO this COM
mittee that the Salt Lake and Ogden
Gas and Electric Light company should
have an average income of at least
$3.50 per month, and the other COM
panies a corresponding increase, and in
order that they should have such in
come it will be necessary for the light
company to charge for gas for all pur-
poses as follows:
First 1000 feet of gas, SIPS per
1000, and so cents per 1000 thereafter.
If the city council should so amend the
existing franchises as to allow the gas
company to charge the above rates, the
citizens may be assured of a good pres
antee to keep their benches hot the year
round, and should there be a temporary
failure in the natural gas supply at
any time, they will supply to the city
manufactured gas to the amount of 80
per cent of the deficiency, for a period
not to exceed Is days"
A TALK WITH MR.. HAYWARD.
The petition praying for amendments
-. how a<-
pected at the last meeting of the coun-
Gil. but for some reason it did not ap-
pear. Mr. Hayward, the company S
manager, said he could not understand
why the petition was not read, for he
had handed it in to President Newell
several weeks ago.
Il think the difficulty will be ad-
justed very soon," said Mr.. Hayward
last night. 81 don't think III be tred
out of any more meetings, and antlcl-
pate no further misunderstanding We
will send a petition to the council
next Tuesday night, asking for amend
ments to our franchise in line with the
committees suggestions"
THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
Regarding the meeting of the citizens
committee at the chamber of COM
merce on Tuesday night and the re-
facts are that when the minority and
majority reports were presented 1t was
moved that they simply be received
The question as to the effect OF this
was raised and it was explained that
ii would simply bring them before the
meeting properly. That is all that was
done with either report, except that
certain portions of the majority report
were declared to be surplussage- The
proposition that the subcommittee had
to consider was merely as to the sup
ply of natural gas and the condition OF
the line. The Electric Light company
had said the supply was practically
exhausted and the public said 1t wash t
The committee was appointed, there
fore. to investigate the subject and
set out it's findings, so that matters
outside of such lines were not referred
to the committee at all.
The two reports as they now stand
simply represent the result of the in
vestigations and form the basis for
any action to be taken by the commit
tee.
One gentleman insisted yesterday
that the minority report had been
adopted Some one had told him so,