The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-21
TELLURIDE COMPANY
To SEEK FRANCHISE
Will Act on the Commercial
Clubs Suggestion to Enter
Retail Field.
MEANS CHEAPER POWER
Two Million Dollar DiStrlbut-
ing System Part of the
Project.
MEANS CHEAPER POWER

Taking at It's face value tho earnest
Invitation OF the Sal, Lake Commercial
club. extended during the !atter's siren
uous fight for cheaper ana larger e'ec-
,ricai power facilities for Salt Lake manu-
racturers. the Telluride Power company
Is ready 10 apply for a franchise giving
II entrance into tho city as a purNeyor
os tho costly current TO tho puolic Al
large Tho franchise is now heing dral,-
cd In the legal department OF tne cor
psny and the application VIII pc tuca
soon aficI, The new administrator Is
seated. ~
This hic piece OF news VIII nc con
.ained in the report of the special com :
nittec appointed by the Commercial Clun
ia probe the question OF cheaper ".SC
trlcal power. which VIII be supllted az az
the general club men;hetshlr meolnS ,S
he held tomorrow night. Ii comes as
The cJllrninatiou OF a persistent attcnp.
on the part OF the club 70 remove Ma Ma
Is considered one of The bieces' stnnpuue
blocks in Salt Lakes path az progress
%eSotIstions for such move on tns
part Of the Telluride company nav" rP"i
under wav for more than a 'non'n hnp
Ike lonsn-e competition In the public
utilft> field vitr Its consequent cheap
nnInC OF power TO the consumer. Is prac-
tlcallv assured.
VIII Ask for Franchise.
The decision 10 apply for sranch''e
after A conference with the special Com :
mercial club committee. fuii inNesu-
cation into the proposed INCREASING ma
beer made by the company Officials ana
,bouri, IN was at fret proposed merely
20 come into the city as wholesale plr-
Ne,-ors ~ electricity for manufacturing
purposes. il has now neen nec'a"n ng ,,a 30
Utah Light & Railway company IN me
retail department as wel. An eNtensiNc
modern distributing system noo %ll Snn Ge 5n,
ono year after the franchise has pesa
granted to the Telluride COMPANY
l.. l.. Num- niaragcr OF the te'lur,d
company. has given the assurance that
7cith his company in the field tlis rates
FOR electrical current for manufacturing
purposes will be reduced 20 q point where
all Doubt Will bn removed as 10 the eron-
omy Of electricity for power. The pres,
chi prohjl,itlye rates, which are blamed
10 n large extent for salt Lakes lack OF
manufactories, have proven a dra Moa Gs =
men who seek TO open up the avenues
nv which new Industries. new wealth
aud new people may be attracted TO inc
~ Work of Committee
For several months the problem OF thelr
reduction has been considered seriously
by the Commercial club, AZ recent
nrectipE OF tho membership ule spccia,
committee paS appointed and instructed
10 20 TO tho bottom Of the question. Rates
prevailing IN other ciues were inyesti
gated aud u was found that SaIt Lake
Is suffering from one NJ the highest rates
in tho country. 4 report 10 this effect
was made and the Investigators asked
for resolution calling upon the Telur-
ide company To enter the field and fur
nIrh the needed competition. According
ly. the Invitation was extended ana after
? number OF meetings between the mem
bers Of the committee and General Man
agr Num-, II was agreed that fran
chise should be applied for, II is now
predicted that within one year electricity
viii retail for little more than hair lis
nrcsent rate in Salt Lake Particularly
will this he 40 In the case OF electrical
current for manufacturing purposes,
Plans for The distributing system are
even now being considered II the fran
chise Is granted on reasonable basis
and there is no reason why II should not
u is proposed TO enter the field on 4
big scale. Not only cheaper power VII
he offered the manufacturers. but the
public az large viii benefit by the compe
tition.