The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-26
POWER COMPANIES
INVOLVED IN WAR
Rival Corporations in South
ern Idaho Fight for
Rights of Territory.
SpeclsI to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Nov. 25.-War has broken out
in southern Idaho between two OF the
largest electrical power corporations IN
the territory. the Great Shoshonc &
Twin Falls Water Power company and
the Idaho Power & Light company. for
merIy the Beaver River Power company,
for the former is seeking TO block the
latter from entering the Twin Falls ter
ritory 10 supply electrical energy and has
applied TO the public utilities commits
sion in this city to refuse 10 grant the
Idaho Power g. Light company certifi-
cate Of public convenience and necessity
TO extend its lines into the Twin Falls
country. Both companies have hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars invested In south
ern Idaho and both will make a bitter
fight before the commission, the Idaho
Power s. Light company building it's de-
tense on the right to enter the field Of
its rival and give competition and the
Great Shoshone & Twin Falls Water
Power company alleging that the Twin
10 permit competing company to go into
the same field will only result In waste
full competition that the public VIII even
tually have TO pay Tor,
The Great Shoshone company is the
Kuhn electrical power enterprise In TINS
state. 1t is and has been In control OF
the Twin Falls field for some years and
is the only company serving Twin Fails
city and county with electrical energy
for light and power purposes, 1t also
furnishes a number or other towns With
electricity, including Wendell. Jerome.
Gooding, and Glens Ferry. The Idaho
Power q Light company IL the Nunn
electrical power corporation which re-
Gently went under that name, having be-
fore been known as the Beaver River
Power company. II is at present In the
Boise and Boise valley ield. ~ MonnSiain am
with its power plant on the Malad river.
II is extending its lines into Twin, Falls
county and has onss sScIred tbn 5a'aiSe aiiy In
shoshone company TO block the Idaho
Power company to go into IW'n rails
ssi IN oesn sng 'Gie fIed W With the public utilities
Commission in which 1t is alleged that the
Idaho Power e0mp9ny, is oHia,ns baS,n fI1s, ,ps9
secured certificate from the commits
sion granting 1t that right. and thai the
commission has jurisdiction over the
n such a certificate because construc-
ton into tho Twin Falls territory now
when the Great Shoshone can more than
furnish the demand for electricity would
mean wasteful competition,
The fight viii hinge on the jurisdie-
| tion Of the commission THO Great Sho.
shone company claims in ito complaint
that the Idaho Power company was
granted a franchise by the council OF
Twin Falls on April % OF The present
yenr but II was not approved until June
| SO end the bond required for faithful
performance OF duty under the terms of
the ordinance ErantinG the franchise was
not given until October 3 In the mean
time the Beaver River company, became
! tho Idaho Power company an6 the fran
| chise granted by Twin Falls was. as
! signed. The public utilities commission
went into effect In this state on MAY
| before the approval OF the franchise. The
Great sshoshone company therefore.
| cln Inns IL had jurisdiction 10 hold hear
ING and determine II the advent OF the
Idaho Power company Into Twin Falls
1 in competition with the Great Shoshone
| company now there VIII bring about