The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-08-18
ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER
SEEKING new RATE
SCHEDULES
Notice of Application Sent to City Clerks and Newspapers
Cities and Towns Affected-W:n Make Vigor-
Protests

The Grangevifie Electric Light and
Power Co., Is seeking new schedule
Of rates through the Public Utilities
Commission Of the State OF. Idaho. A
letter received from the commission
by this paper reads as follows:
THE Grangeville Electric Light &
Power Company has filed with this
commission new schedule of rates
covering all classes of service which
! 1t proposes to make effective October
/, 1921.
The company states that the new
schedule is revision of the present
rates and will supercede and cancel
all rates now in effect It is stated
that the rates named in the new sched-
ule are higher than the 4resent rates
the company is charging. but the COM
misHon has not yet made !, chec'. of
the new schedule to determina jast
what the increases amount to-.
Copies of the proposed schedule,
together with copies of a report made
to the company by its engineer have
been mailed to the city or village clerk
OF Grangeville, Nez Perce, Orofino.
Kamiah, Craigmont and Cottonwood.
ANY municipality, corporation or
person interested may file protest
against the new schedule going into
effect Such protests should be filed
not later than August 25th.
Please give this matter what. pub-
LEFTY you can SO that all parties af-
fected may be advised Of the filing of
this new tariff"
Taken Before Commercial Club.
At the Wednesday luncheon of the
Commercial club this application was
gone into at some length, the proposed
new schedule being read and explained
IN detail by Mayor Wilbur T..
Campbell. At the conclusion of the
discussion which ensued President
John Eimers selected the following
committee to investigate the proposed
raise of rates: w. w. Brown. Victor
Peterson, H. Rothwell, r. f. Fulton
and A. @. Adams.
City Council Makes Protest.
One of the heaviest consumers of
electric current in this district is the
City Of Grangeville, and ON recent of
notice from the utilities commission
regarding the application for the new
schedule Mayor Campbell at once CON.
vened a special session Of the city
council and after a thorough discussion
OF the new rates protest covering
all the phases of the new scheduIe was
drafted by the council in the following
language:
FIRST: Object and protest the raise
as set forth in the proposed schedule
filed with the Public Utilities commits
sion OF the state of Idaho including
schedules of rates from "An TO sched.
ule ", inclusive. for the reason that
the same is unjust, inequitable. and
excessive and amounts to an increase
OF more than 20 per cent, and in some
instances amounts to a raise of Ok nor
cent over the present rates now OF.
rectiye for residence lighting. com.
mercial lighting, and municipal street
lighting. :
Second; And for other and furtbar
reasons state that raise in rates AZ
the present time. at period and when
economic conditions are not stable ;s
neither wise, practical or lust and
snouid therefore be postponed past the
eime OF economic readjustment and n
time when conditions have attained
and reached the normal. ~t
Third. And further for the rooso,,
that no raise in rates should he nar.
m'tted until thorough and comnlate
investigation has been made and owl.
dence gathered TO ascertain whatba,
the financial statement, statement !,
assets AMI liabilities, property and n.
vestment liabilities, property and in.
sesfment valuations and other stats
ucai matters submitted with the scbed.
ule and proposal to raise rates co,re
Spond with the facts, and that for such
purpose a. hearing should be had he.
fore the members of the Public UtiB.
ies commission of the state of Idaho
at a time and place to be fixed Z,
which time and place the said Grange.
vile Electric Light. & Power company
DE required to give facts and submit
evidence to justify such proposed In
crease in rates, and that this petitioner