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<br />THE ACQUISITION Of SUCH RIGHTS-Of-WAY PRESENTS A GREAT PROBLEM If DEVELOP-
<br />MENT SHOULD OCCUR BEfORE THE ROAD WAS ESTABLISHED.
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<br />THIS ROAD WOULD E'NTER SPRINGfiELD ON THE PRESENT ROUTE Of GARDEN WAY AND
<br />THE TRAffiC fLOW TO THE CITY Of EUGENE WOULD B~ VIA THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE.
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<br />THE BOARD Of COUNT~ COMMISSIONERS fOR LANE COUNTY HEREWITH ASK THAT THIS
<br />MATTER BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Of EUGENE IN
<br />REGULAR SESSION; AND THAT IT BE RESOLVED IF THE CITY WILL DEED TO LANE COUNTY
<br />OR DEDICATE TO THE PUBLIC, THE REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE ROAD HEREIN
<br />OUTLINED.
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<br />THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR BODY TO CONSIDER THIS
<br />MATTER AND INfORM US BY LETTER WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED A DECISION REGARDING THE
<br />SAME."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED TO COM-
<br />MITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 7, 1959 fROM PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONER - RE: ORDER OF SUSPENSION
<br />AND NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MATTER OF SUSPENSION OF TARIFFS, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY, WAS
<br />SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"BEFORE THE PUBLI C UT I LI TV Cor+1l SS lONER OF OREGON
<br />U-F-2IB6
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<br />ORDER #36627
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<br />IN THE MATTER Of THE SUSPENSION Of
<br />TARiffS P.U.C. OR. 14, 15, 16, 17 AND
<br />IB, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY.
<br />(ON THE COMMISSIONER'S OWN MOTION.)
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<br />ORDER OF SUSPENSION
<br />AND
<br />NOTICE OF HEARING
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<br />ON MARCH 16, 1959, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY fiLED WITH THE COMMISSIONER
<br />TARiffS P.U.C. OR. 14, 15, 16, 17 AND IB, TO BECOME EffECTIVE MAY I, 1959, AND TO
<br />CANCEL AND SUPERSEDE PRESENT TARiffS P.U.C. OR. 10, II, 12, 13 AND 6.
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<br />THE COMPANY DISTRIBUTES NATURAL GAS IN OREGON IN THE CITIES Of PORTLAND,
<br />DALLES CITY, AND APPRO~IMATELY BO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE WILLAMETTE AND
<br />TUALATIN RIVER VALLEYS, AND IN VANCOUVER AND CAMAS, WASHINGTON. LIQUEfiED
<br />PETROLEUM GAS IS ALSO DISTRIBUTED IN THE CITIES Of EUGENE AND 5PRINGfIELD,OREGON.
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<br />THE PROPOSED RATES WOULD INCREASE THE COMPANY'S REVENUE fROM THE SALE Of
<br />fiRM GAS APPROXIMATELY'IO%, OR $I,OOO,OOO,,;ANNUALLY..
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<br />THE COMMISSIONER fiNDS THAT GOOD AND SUfFICIENT CAUSE EXISTS TO INVESTIGATE
<br />THE PROPRIETY AND, REASONABLENESS Of THE PROPOSED RATES AND TO SUSPEND SAID RATES
<br />PENDING INVESTIGATION AND HEARING.
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<br />GOOD CAUSE ALSO EXISTS fOR REQUIRING ApPLICANT TO PRESENT ITS DIRECT TESTI-
<br />MONY IN ADVANCE Of THE GENERAL CROSS-EXAMINATION Of ApPLICANT'S WITNESSES AND
<br />THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER'S STAff AND THE PUBLIC. AT SUCH INITIAL
<br />HEARING CROSS-EXAMINATION WILL BE LIMITED TO QUESTIONS fOR CLARifiCATION ONLY.
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<br />FURTHER HEARINGS WILL HEREAfTER BE SET fOR THE PURPOSE Of PERMITTING GENERAL
<br />CROSS-EXAMINATION UPON ApPLICANT'S EXHIBITS AND PRESENTATION Of EVIDENCE BY THE
<br />STAff AND BY SUCH OTHER PUBLIC BODIES AND MEMBERS Of THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS MAY
<br />DESIRE TO APPEAR. IT IS THEREFORE
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<br />ORDERED THAT TARiffS P.U.C. OR. 14, 15, 16,17 AND IB, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS
<br />COMPANY FILED MARCH 16, 1959, TO BECOME EffECTIVE MAY I, 1959, HEREBY ARE
<br />SUSPENDED fOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS fROM MAY I, 1959, PENDING INVESTI-
<br />GATION AND HEARING, AND IT IS fURTHER
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<br />ORDERED THAT INITIAL HEARING IN THIS MATTER SHALL BE HELD AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />ROOM 210, PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING, SALEM"OREGON
<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959 - 9:30 AM
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<br />AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE ApPLICANT SHALL APPEAR AND PRESENT ITS DIRECT EVIDENCE
<br />IN SUPPORT OF ITS PROPOSED RATES AND TO SHOW THAT THE RATES PROPOSED ARE JUST
<br />AND REASONABLE~ CROSS-EXAMINATION AT SUCH TIME SHALL BE LIMITED TO QUESTIONS
<br />fOR CLARifiCATION ONLY. IT IS fURTHER
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<br />ORDERED THAT, fOLLOWING REVIEW Of THE EVIDENCE AND STATEMENTS PRESENTED
<br />AT SAID INITIAL HEARING, SUBSEQUENT HEARINGS SHALL BE SET IN THIS MATTER, AT
<br />~I~ES AND PLACES TO aE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE, fOR fULL CROSS-EXAMINATION
<br />UPON ApPLICANT'S DIRECT EVIDENCE AND fOR THE PURPOSE Of RECEIVING THE DIRECT
<br />EVIDENCE Of THE COMMISStONER'S STAff, AND OTHERS.
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<br />MADE AND ENTERED TH I S 6TH DAY Of APR It.:, 1959."
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