Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-12-04
CHARGES COMPANY WITH DIS
ELIMINATION.


ties Commission last week, charg-
ing discrimination on the part Of
the Great Shoshone Light and Power
Company with using discrimination
in the charges for their services.
The Statesman contains the follow
ing account Of the proceedings:
The cost of living in Mountain
home, Glenns Ferry and Gooding
has been somewhat reduced for
the past four months, from the fact
that no electric bills have been sent
out by the Great Shoshone & Twin
Falls Water Power company since
August /. This information was
disclosed at meeting Of the public
utilities commission Tuesday in the
hearing Of the village of Wendell
against the water power company
Wendell, which was represented
by Attorneys Rex Wilcox Of Wen
dell and Jess b. Hawley Of Boise,
claims that it is being Disseminated
against in the matter Of charges for
its lights; that the three cities OF
Mountainhome, Glenns Ferry and
Gooding have only been paying
from 4 to 8 cents kilowat hour for
light, while Wendell has been
charged II cents, the rate scheduled
with the utilities commission.
1.-The case brought out theinterest-
ing fact that owing TO competition
through the Beaver River company,
which entered the territory about q
wear ago, the rates had been reduced
some customers paying as low as
cents and others 9 cents and tina
since August |, although the Gus
toners have been charged at TIN
scheduled rate of II cents on tn
company's books, no bills hav
been sent out and no effort made t
collect money due for lights.
{ This information was given on
, nv assistant Manager Sewer. II
, gave as the reason that the locs
= management had been waiting t
q ascertain what action the compan
intended to take in competing terr
tnry. ond that no orders had bee
received as yet.
THE hearing occupied all da
r Tuesday and has been continued f(
: one week, during which the con
J. mission will make an investigate
o and possibly at that time will asce
,e tain if the present rates througho'
It southeastern Idaho are REASONABLY
Is S. II. Hays and Pascoe Carter rel
resented the Great Shoshone con
rs pany."
lg The Commission has promised
4 give their decision this week, al
le the same is awaited with much
3 terest not only by Wendell citlze
ut but by the people of Jerome al
I'd other places now served by I
s. Great Shoshone company, as IL
he conceded that the commission ca
not do otherwise than to compel t
m company to make uniform rate
i'll all.
d. On August lst, last, the sched'
s Of rates as filed before the Utillt
U.s. Commission was as follows; Gr'
,a "a, Shoshone Co., u cts. per X. H.
is Idaho Power & Light Co., forme
,ar Beaver River, 9 cts. per X. II.
ad General Manager Seaver testif
ms b.fore the Commission that althou
20 the patrons at competitive POI
m had been charged on the books
e the company at the rate OF IL ce
'ur since August 1st, no bills hau o
per rendered them, by instructions II
" the higher officials OF the compa
etc lust now the Shoshone people
ON also before the commission ASK
'ses that the Idaho company De
zen vented from entering TWIN ia
Shoshone and other points WI
thew have secured franchises
80" this attitude the Shoshone PEI
~, ~. are not in a position to comm
'"o r,nch consideration from the pc