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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1921. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON PHONE REHEARING PLEA IS ENTERED; NO DECISION MADE Salem. Or., April; 19. Reopening of the telephone rate case may re sult in an increase j of several mil lion dollars in the valuation of the property of the Pacf,f ic Telephone & Tlfiffranh Mmnanv1' in' frpeon. RC- cording to James jr. Shaw of San Francisco, attorney for the com pany, who appeared before the pub lic service commission Monday aft ernoon to contest the arguments of the petitioners for prehearing of the facts upon which ' the commission based Its order of February 18 grant ing to the company increased rates to its Oregon patron. The company han no objection to a re li.grln nf thi rt raf. in fact would welcome anotherchance to present its claims for a more equitable valuation of Its nroocrties for rate maklne pur poses, but strenuoualy objects to any Attemot toward a suspension of the pres. ent rates pending the completion of such a rehearing, according to Shaw, who challenged the authority of the commis sion to suspend the present rates which have now -been in effect for more than 30 days. . j INCREASED VALUATION The physical valuation ; of the com pany's properties i'n Oregon for rate making purposes. Which has been fixed at approximately $16,000,000 by the Ore gon commission, should be raised to ap proximately $25.000,00 with a corre sponding Increase ii the reasonable re turns to the company, Shaw contends. The petition for 'a. rehearing of the rata case was presented by Frank M. Grant, city attorney for Portland, who explained that he represented not only the city of Portland, but practically every one of the principal cities In Ore gon in asking for i a reopening of the telephone case. T ' ' Lawrence A. McXary of Portland, rep resenting the Oregoin Hotelmen's associ ation with 40 hotels in Portland and 25 outside of Portland, presented a sep arate petition for ia rehearing of the rate case. The hotels, he declared, had been peculiarly injured by the recent rate order which jhad Increased rates all the way from j 70 per cent to 225 per cent. POOtt TIME TO CHAXGE Edward M. Cousin, Portland rate ex pert, representing . telephone users of Benton, Polk. Linn and Lane counties, appeared' before the commission and was granted permission to file a separate petition later. H. M. Tomlinson. assistant city attor ney for Portland, in closing the case for the petitioners insisted that the present, with prices generally on the decline, was a most inopportune time to establish ed in the order under attack, and which must be regarded as a .pace setter in future rate cases. , The . order, he insisted, should be re garded rather as an emergency relief measure, and inasmuch as it had been in operation for, a period of two months it would, be in' order, to take stock to determine what its effect had been upon the revenues of the company. Replying to a -auesuon from Shaw, Tomlinson intimated that a reduction in the wages of employes of the company might be justified in bringing about a reduction of telephone rates. "Do you think that the wages of oper ators and phone employes should be reduced?" Shaw demanded, interrupting Tomlinson in the course of his remarks. "That is a question that has to be looked into.' Tomlinson replied. That may .be the result of this readjustment that has got t be-made. We have got to get at a basis whereby the utility can Operate and give service to the people. i Other attorneys appearing in the in terest of a rehearing were John Gavin ol The Dalles. E. P. Morton of "Wood burn and Ray L. Smith of Salem. DECLARES CASE CLOSED In its answer to the petition the tele phone company declares that the case is closed and : not subject to a rehearing, and that the allegations and statements set out in such petition ; are not suffi cient to warrant granting a rehearing. None of the petitioners ; had complied, with the rules of the commission in presenting claims, Shaw declared, and no facts had been stated which would justify a reopening of the rate case. Replying to the statements of Mc Nary. Shaw pointed out that the hotels and other private branch exchange pa trons who were so hard hit by the re cent increase had entirely escaped in the three previous rate increases grant ed by the Oregon commission. : Appearing with Shaw in behalf of the company were IL D. Pillsbury of San Francisco, vice president and general at torney for the company; and Omar C. Spencer of the firm of Carey & Kerr, Portland. The question cf a rehearing has been taken under- advisement for decision at a later date. In the event a rehearing is granted, representatives of both sides will be called in for an other conference, at which a date for the hearing will be agreed upon. Don't worry about trouble. ' It has never missed an appointment yet. - - let lour Taste Decide! In this way yon may verify the claim for ASHES: POST I to among corn flakes "jFhese substantial flakes are i made cf selected white com.skil- fulfycooloeiiTdaiid toasted to a j delicious Crispness. 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