The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-01

bMMTSSION LAW
EETS HARD JOLT
klsGUsTED LEGISLATOR DE.
uEs HE WILL WORK AT
TO DO AWAY WITH 1T
RELY.
perhaps the worst thing that
said against the Idaho Utilities
ssion that it was created at a
in Idaho politics when cor
was at flood tide in the state
The law itself was favor
GOOD legal minds that had been
N in its enactment. 1t was
be modelled somewhat after
,rm of the California public
i law which was drafted to de-
+he Vaccinations of dominant
n in politics. Perhaps the law
is good law, but its admins
has remained under the
US of a sinister influence. We
recall single important case
bt to the attention of the Idaho
ssion where relief sought for
bod of the people has been Sc
through its administration OF
law. while scores of hardships
been forced upon them by the
|issions DEGREES. So that if the
|yas not conceived in sin it Ger,
has been made to work in
in Idaho, until the general pub
i've come to regard it with con
and to rename its admins
Is the Public Futilities Commits
at Standpoint the other day
was something of an indigna
meeting against the commission
its action Interpreting the
n n Y
newspapers report Lne affair az
VS.:
e mass meeting of patrons o
water company of SandpOin
h was called by Mayor Hines
Monday night was not very wei
lded, but those who were ther'
E it plain that they were no
avOr of purchasing the system
10000, the price named by Je
, Drumheller, owner.
ayOr Hines said if the plant wa
hased at the price asked the cit
cut off $4,000 of expense at once
the salaries of MI
the managers and tn
man.
rmer Councilman S. M. They
the matter came up when he wa
he council and a committee wa
'inted to confer with the waite
Dany and the committee went ON
he water cOmpany's books an
d that the most that had bee
'Cted in one year was $2S,000 an
least $4,000. IF the plant can b
hased for 100000 | am in favo
uying it, and if not, then we wi
d our. own" said Mr.. Thew.
,me one said: The utilities con
sion will not let us build our ow
It."
Raps Utilities Board.
Them said Mr.. Thew, I'VE will fl
utilities commission when tn
stature meets. That commissio
created just for corpora tions an
for the interests of the people" E"
r K. n. Jackson, county health o
and a legislator-elect, said:
When | get to Boise this winter
devote considerable of my tin
help do away with that utilitit
1t is an outrage that tn
should make us break
tract with the water company
arlng the city to sell to the wat,
lpany our 73 fire hydrants al
q make us pay the water cOmpar
3 hydrant each month as rentf
,ther We have used them or nc
use of this water from the wat
lpany is our compensation f
ntlng the franchise TO the COZ
y.
fhe commission says the cOmpal
81 be allowed to make 8 per Ce
Ihe investment, but is there al
ot men created by that law tn
5 the business men of SpOkal
Il make per cent on their inve'
lt?"
Thinks People Are Supreme.
ouhty commissioner f. J. MCBri
ne was not in favor of paying .
ef cent 10 the water company L
'he commission ruling, and
not believe any company or c.
duon was as great as the peOp
SAID the county was large Us
water and would join hands wi
ti'E 10 install a public plant.
IL SAID he was "a believer in II
IpaI ownership, but not on a r.
J basis"