SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 5)
Southwest Gas Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
844895102
(CUSIP Number)
James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 22, 1999
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this
Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule
13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box:
____
/___/
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, LLC I.D. No. 13-4044523
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment company clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 786,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 786,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
786,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
2.59%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
_________________________________________________________________
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment advisory clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 2,084,983 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 2,181,983 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,181,983 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
7.20%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! <PAGE>
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Securities, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3379374
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 2,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 2,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,500 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.01%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, CO
_________________________________________________________________
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Foundation, Inc. I.D. No. 94-2975159
_________________________________________________________________
(2)
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
NV
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
00-PRIVATE FOUNDATION
_________________________________________________________________
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! <PAGE>
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Asset Managment Inc. I.D. No. 13-4007862
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/_x__/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! <PAGE>
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
_________________________________________________________________ (1)
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Marc J. Gabelli
________________________________________________________________ (2)
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________ (12)
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
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CUSIP No. 844895102 13D
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(1)
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Mario J. Gabelli
_________________________________________________________________ (2)
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12)
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of
Southwest Gas Corporation (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the
undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D")
which was originally filed on February 7, 1997. Unless otherwise
indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein
shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario
Gabelli"), Marc J. Gabelli ("Marc Gabelli") and various entities which
either one directly or indirectly controls or for which either one acts
as chief investment officer. These entities, except for Lynch Corpora-
tion ("Lynch"), Spinnaker Industries, Incorporated ("Spinnaker"),
Western New Mexico Telephone Company ("Western New Mexico"), Entoleter,
Inc. ("Entoleter"), Lynch Telecommunications Corporation ("Lynch
Telecom"), Lynch Telephone Corporation ("Lynch Telephone") and Inter-
Community Telephone Company ("Inter-Community") (collectively, "Lynch
and its affiliates"), engage in various aspects of the securities
business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and
individual clients, including registered investment companies and
pension plans, as broker/dealer and as general partner of various
private investment partnerships. Certain of these entities may also
make investments for their own accounts.
The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially
more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer.
Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional
investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the
short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as
institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing
on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may
from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial
ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide
greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these
persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the
more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule
13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be
necessary.
(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or
more of the following persons: Gabelli Funds, Inc. ("GFI"), Gabelli
Asset Management Inc. ("GAMI") , Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"),
GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"),
Gabelli & Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli Performance
Partnership L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli Associates Fund
("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates Limited ("GAL"), Gabelli &
Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"), Gabelli International
Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli International II Limited ("GIL II"), Gabelli
International Gold Fund Limited ("GIGFL"), ALCE Partners, L.P. ("ALCE"),
Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P. ("Multimedia Partners"), MJG Associ-
ates, Inc. ("MJG Assocciates"), Gemini Capital Management Ltd. ("Gemi-
ni"), Gabelli Fund, LDC ("LDC"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Founda-
tion"), Mario Gabelli, Marc Gabelli, Lynch, Spinnaker, Western New
Mexico, Entoleter, Lynch Telecom, Lynch Telephone and Inter-Community.
Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter
referred to as the "Reporting Persons".
GFI makes investments for its own account and is the parent
company of GAMI. GAMI, a public company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in
the Securities business, each of which is named below.
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAMI, is an investment
adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended
("Advisers Act"). GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretion-
ary managed account services for employee benefit plans, private
investors, endowments, foundations and others.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GAMI, acts as a general
partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore
investment companies and as a part of its business regularly purchases
and sells securities for its own account. It is the immediate parent of
Gabelli & Company.
Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a
broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended ("l934 Act"), which as a part of its business regularly
purchases and sells securities for its own account.
GLI, wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a corporation which
currently has no active operations.
Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership whose
primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments. GSI and Mario
Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli Associates.
GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is risk
arbitrage investments. Shares of GAL's common stock are offered to
persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States and
may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors. GSI is the
investment manager of GAL.
Gabelli Funds, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAMI, is a limited
liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered
under the Advisers Act which presently provides discretionary advisory
services to The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The
Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund, Inc., The
Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli
Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Telecommu-
nications Fund, Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Multimedia
Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli
Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli International Growth Fund, Inc., The Gabelli
Global Interactive Couch Potato Fund and The Gabelli Global Opportunity
Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered investment
companies.
Gabelli Advisers, Inc. ("Gabelli Advisers"), a subsidiary of
GAMI, is an investment adviser which provides discretionary advisory
services to The Gabelli Westwood Mighty Mitessm Fund.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan, covers
substantially all employees of GAMI and its affiliates.
GPP is a limited partnership whose primary business purpose is
investing in securities. MJG Associates is the general partner of GPP,
and Mario Gabelli is a portfolio manager for GPP.
GIL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
investing in a portfolio of equity securities and securities convertible
into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order to achieve its in-
vestment objective of significant long-term growth of capital. Shares
of GIL's common stock are offered to persons who are neither citizens
nor residents of the United States and may be offered to a limited
number of U.S. investors. MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of
GIL. Mario Gabelli is a portfolio manager for GIL and Chairman of the
Board of Directors of GIL.
GIL II is a corporation whose business purpose is investing
primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and securities convertible
into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order to achieve its in-
vestment objective of significant long-term growth of capital. Shares
of GIL II's common stock are offered to persons who are neither citizens
nor residents of the United States and may be offered to a limited
number of U.S. investors. MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of
GIL II.
Mario Gabelli is a portfolio manager and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of GIL II.
ALCE is an investment limited partnership that seeks long-term
capital appreciation primarily through investments in public and private
equity securities. GSI is a general partner of ALCE.
Multimedia Partners is an investment limited partnership whose
objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing
primarily in public and private multimedia communications companies.
GSI is a general partner of Multimedia Partners.
LDC is a corporation whose business purpose is investing
primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and securities convertible
into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order to achieve its
investment objective of significant long-term growth of capital.
Interests are offered to insurance companies which do not conduct any
business in the United States and which are licensed where they do
business. MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of LDC. Mario
Gabelli is a portfolio manager for LDC.
MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment
partnerships and offshore funds. Mario Gabelli is the sole sharehold-
er, director and employee of MJG Associates.
Gemini is a corporation whose primary business purpose is to
provide advisory services to offshore funds. Marc Gabelli is the
President and Chief Investment Officer of Gemini.
The Foundation is a private foundation. Mario Gabelli is the
President, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation.
Lynch is a diversified public company traded on the American
Stock Exchange. Its subsidiaries are engaged in communications,
services, and manufactured products. Spinnaker, a subsidiary of Lynch,
is also a public company and its stock is traded on the NASDAQ National
Market. Spinnaker is a diversified manufacturing firm with major
subsidiaries in specialty adhesive-backed materials business. Another
of Lynch's subsidiaries, Western New Mexico, provides telephone services
in a service area in Southwestern New Mexico. Inter-Community, which is
also a subsidiary of Lynch, provides local telephone services in an area
40 miles west of Fargo, North Dakota. Lynch and Spinnaker actively
pursue new business ventures and acquisitions. Lynch and its affiliates
make investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and
maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisi-
tions (not in the case of Western New Mexico) and are not engaged in the
business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities. Mario
Gabelli is Chairman of Lynch and beneficially owns approximately 23% of
the shares of common stock of Lynch.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GFI and GAMI, and the
Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons which are
entities other than Gemini. GFI is the majority shareholder of GAMI.
GAMI, in turn, is the sole stockholder of GAMCO. GAMI is also the
majority stockholder of GSI and the largest shareholder of Gabelli
Advisers. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. GLI
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. Marc Gabelli is the majority
stockholder of Gemini.
The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a
group.
GFI, GAMI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI are New York
corporations and GSI and Gabelli Advisers are Delaware corporations,
each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye,
New York 10580. Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company
having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New
York 10580. GPP is a New York limited partnership having its principal
business office at 401 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye, New York 10580. MJG
Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business
office at 401 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye, New York 10580. Gabelli
Associates is a New York limited partnership having its principal
business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. Alce and
Multimedia Partners are Delaware limited partnerships each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.
GAL and GIL are corporations organized under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands, each having its principal business office at c/o
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited, British American Centre, Dr. Roy's Drive-
Phase 3, George Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. GIL II is a
corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands
having its principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman)
Limited, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Gemini is a
Bermuda corporation having its principal business office at c/o Appleby,
Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda.
LDC is a corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands having its pricipal business office at c/o Tremont (Bermuda)
Limited, Tremont House, 4 Park Road, Hamilton HM II, Bermuda. The
Foundation is a private foundation having its principal offices at 165
West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. Lynch is an Indiana corporation
having its principal business office at 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye,
NY 10580. Spinnaker is a Delaware corporation having its principal
business office at 251 Welton Street, Hamden, CT 06511.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with
respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing
entities and other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"),
reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein
by reference.
(d) and (e) - On December 8, 1994, the SEC instituted and
simultaneously accepted offers for the settlement of an administrative
proceeding against Gabelli & Company and GAMCO. The order instituting
the proceeding included a finding, which Gabelli & Company and GAMCO
neither admitted nor denied, that they failed to implement and maintain
policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of
material, nonpublic information by not specifically addressing the
special circumstances that arose from their affiliation with Lynch
Corporation, a public company. To resolve this matter, Gabelli &
Company and GAMCO agreed to cease and desist from violating Section
15(f) of the 1934 Act and Section 204A of the Advisers Act, respective-
ly. They further agreed to each pay a civil penalty in the amount of
$50,000, and to retain, and adopt the recommendations of, an independant
consultant regarding their Section 15(f) and Section 204A policies and
procedures.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately
$12,443,610 to purchase the additional Securities reported in Item 5
below since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D. GAMCO and Gabelli
Funds used approximately $7,620,815 and $3,483,490 respectively, of
funds that were provided through the accounts of certain of their
investment advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts
at GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in
order to purchase the additional Securities for such clients. Gabelli
Associates used approximately $739,814 of the investing funds of the
partnership to purchase the additional Securities reported by it. GAL
used approximately $417,741 of working capital to purchase the addition-
al Securities reported by it. The Foundation used approximately
$181,750 of funds from the Foundation's assets to purchase the Securi-
ties reported by it.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
GAMCO plans to communicate to the Issuer that it should do
everything feasible to allow the bidding process with respect to the
merger or acquisition of the Issuer to remain open to competing
proposals in order to obtain the highest possible value for the benefit
of all shareholders.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to
which this Schedule 13D relates is 3,023,883 shares, representing 9.97%
of the 30,316,387 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's most
recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998. The
Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Common Class of
Name Stock Common
Gabelli Funds:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 786,000 2.59%
GAMCO:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 2,181,983 7.20%
GSI 2,500 0.01%
GAF 28,400 0.09%
GAL 16,000 0.05%
Foundation 7,000 0.02%
Marc Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons other
than Marc Gabelli. GFI and GAMI are deemed to have beneficial ownership
of the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons
other than Mario Gabelli, Marc Gabelli and the Foundation.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the
sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its
own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its
partners, as the case may be, (i) except that GAMCO does not have
authority to vote 97,000 of the reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has
sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the 786,000 shares of
the Issuer held by the the Funds, so long as the aggregate voting
interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting
interest in the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of
each of the Funds shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, (iii) at
any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and
exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to
the shares held by such Fund under special circumstances such as
regulatory considerations, (iv) the power of Mario Gabelli, Marc
Gabelli, GFI and GAMI is indirect with respect to Securities benefi-
cially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.
(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the
Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or since the
most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the
Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II
annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference. <PAGE>
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Dated: February 24, 1999
MARIO J. GABELLI
By:_____________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
By:_________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:________________________
James E. McKee
General Counsel
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President
GABELLI ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
By:___________________________
James E. McKee
General Counsel
GABELLI SECURITIES INC.
By:________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.
BY:__________________________
Mario J. Gabelli, President
By: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
Schedule I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers
and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business address; and
his present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal
business and address of any corporation or other organization in which
such employment is conducted. Unless otherwise specified, the principal
employer of each such individual is Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli Asset
Management Inc., Gabelli Funds, LLC, Gabelli & Company, Inc., or GAMCO
Investors, Inc., the business address of each of which is One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such individual identified below
is a citizen of the United States. To the knowledge of the undersigned,
during the last five years, no such person has been convicted in a
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemean-
ors), and no such person was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial
or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which he
was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future
violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
federal or state securities law or finding any violation with respect to
such laws except as reported in Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
<PAGE>
Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli*
Richard B. Black President and Director of
Oak Technology, Inc.;
Chairman ECRM; Director
of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
General Partner of KBA Part-
ners, Parker Plaza
400 Kelby Street,
Fort Lee, NJ 07029
Charles C. Baum Chairman, Director and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of The Morgan Group,
Inc.; Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly Professor
Payson Center for International
Development Technology Transfer
Tulane University
300 Hebert Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Marc J. Gabelli Managing Director
Matthew R. Gabelli Vice President-Trading
Gabelli & Company
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Executive Vice President-Finance
and Adminstration
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
James E. McKee Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
_____________________
* Mr. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Invest-
ment Officer of Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli Asset Management Inc. and
GAMCO Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee of all registered investment
companies advised by Gabelli Funds, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Lynch Corporation; Director of East/West Communications, Inc.<PAGE>
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above
Richard B. Black See above
Charles C. Baum See above
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly See above
Karl Otto Pohl (1) Sal Oppenheim Jr. & Cie
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Executive Vice President-Finance
and Adminstration
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
James E. McKee Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Investment Officer
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. Chairman
Douglas R. Jamieson Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Peter D. Goldstein Deputy General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Bruce N. Alpert Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Gus Coutsouros Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Secretary
Gabelli Advisers, Inc.
Directors:
Bruce N. Alpert
John D. Gabelli
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Officers:
Bruce N. Alpert Chief Operating Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Robert W. Blake President of W.R. Blake
& Sons, Inc.
196-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Douglas G. DeVivo General Partner of ALCE
Partners, L.P.
One First Street, Suite 16
Los Altos, CA 94022
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. See above
Officers:
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President-Finance
James E. McKee Secretary
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Stephen G. Bondi See above
Donald C. Jenkins Director of Research
Officers:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Bruce N. Alpert Vice President-Mutual Funds
Walter K. Walsh Compliance Officer
James E. McKee Secretary
GLI, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Gabelli Associates Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Roger Hanson (2) MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British
WestIndies
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Bromley (2) Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Sandra Wright (2) Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Gabelli International Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Roger Hanson (2) MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley (2) Vice President, Treasurer, and
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Sandra Wright (2) Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Gemini Capitial Management Ltd.
Directors:
Marc J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Stephen G. Bondi See Above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Michael A. Salatto Controller, Gabelli Securities,
Inc.
Michael J. Burns (3) Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Douglas Molyneux (3) Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Gabelli Fund, LDC
Directors:
Johann S. Wong (4) c/o Tremont (Bermuda)
Limited
Tremont House
4 Park Road
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
Peter D. Anderson (5) Givens Hall Bank & Trust
Genesis Building
P.O. Box 2097
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
BWI3459498141
Karl Otto Pohl See above
Anthonie C. van Ekris See below
Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson President
Florida Light & Power Co.
P.O Box 14000
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, Fl 33408
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
E. Val Cerutti Business Consultant
Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10540
Ralph R. Papitto Chairman of the Board
AFC Cable Systems, Inc.
50 Kennedy Plaza
Suite 1250
Providence, RI 02903
Salvatore Muoio Principal
S. Muoio & Co., LLC
Suite 1425
655 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
John C. Ferrara Business Consultant
c/o Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave
Rye, NY 10580
David C. Mitchell Business Consultant
c/o Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave
Rye, NY 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Robert E. Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Carmine Ceraolo Assistant Controller
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street
Suite 2160
Dallas, TX 75201
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein 5003 Central Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Richard J. Boyle The Boyle Group, Inc.
6110 Blue Circle Drive
Suite 250
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Ned N. Fleming, III Boyle, Fleming,
& Co., Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street
Suite 2160
Dallas, TX 75201
Robert E. Dolan See above Lynch Corporation
Anthonie C. van Ekris Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Balmac International, Inc.
61 Broadway
Suite 1900
New York, NY 10006
Frank E. Grzelecki President
Saugatuck
1 Canterbury Green
Stamford, CT 06901
Officers:
Ned N. Fleming, III President and Chief Operating
Officer
Richard J. Boyle Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mark A. Matteson Vice President, Corporate
Development
Craig Jennings Vice President, Finance and
Treasurer
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Ned N. Fleming, III See above-Spinnaker
Mark A. Matteson See above-Spinnaker
Robert P. Wentzel See above Entoleter
James Fleming 230 Saugatuck Avenue, Unit 8
Westport, CT 06880
Officers:
Robert P. Wentzel President
Mark R. Matteson Vice President
Charles DeMarino Controller & Secretary
Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM 88062
Directors:
Jack W. Keen Chairman and President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
John Clay Keen Route 6
Box 270
Greenville, TX 75401
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Michael F. Mangan See below-Lynch Telecommunications
Corporation
Officers:
Jack W. Keen Chairman and President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Charles M. Baxter Sr. Vice President-Operations
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Treasurer
Inter-Community Telephone Company
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND 58062
Directors:
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Harry B. Snyder P.O. Box 131
Buffalo, ND 58011
Robert Snyder 200 Broadway South
Buffalo, ND 58011
Keith S. Andersen See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Robert Reff See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Michael F. Mangan See below-Lynch Telecommunications
Corporation
Jack Bently 1210 E. Washington Ave
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Officers:
Robert Snyder President
Keith S. Andersen Secretary
Harry B. Snyder Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Secretary
Lynch Telecommunications Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Richard A. Kiesling 2801 International Lane
Suite 207
Madison, WI 53740
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Jack W. Keen See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Snyder See above-Inter-Community
Telephone Company
Michael F. Mangan See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Michael F. Mangan Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Robert E. Dolan President, Controller, Assistant
Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary
Lynch Telephone Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Michael F. Mangan See above-Lynch Telecommunications
Corporation
Officers:
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mary Beth Baxter Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Robert E. Dolan Vice President and Controller
(1) Citizen of Germany
(2) Citizen of the Cayman Islands
(3) Citizen of Bermuda
(4) Citizen Bermuda and Canada
(5) Citizen of the UK
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-SOUTHWEST GAS CORP
GABELLI FOUNDATION
1/21/99 5,000 25.9500
1/20/99 2,000 26.0000
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
THE GABELLI VALUE FUND,INC.
1/13/99 6,000 26.3000
1/06/99 15,000 26.5500
THE GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
1/06/99 5,000 26.4250
THE GABELLI EQUITY INCOME FUND
1/12/99 5,000 26.4250
THE GABELLI CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND
1/15/99 10,000 25.9875
1/13/99 13,000 26.4250
1/11/99 2,300 26.3000
1/06/99 14,700 26.4250
12/28/98 6,400 26.5000
12/24/98 3,600 26.4875
THE GABELLI CAPITAL ASSET FUND
1/15/99 15,000 25.9875
THE GABELLI ABC FUND
1/08/99 10,000 26.4875
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
1/12/99 22,000 26.2500
2/04/99 3,500- 26.1875
2/01/99 2,300 26.1250
2/01/99 500 26.1875
1/29/99 1,500 26.1250
1/29/99 2,000 26.1281
1/27/99 2,100- 26.4998
1/27/99 2,300 26.4288
1/27/99 3,000 26.0625
1/25/99 500- 26.1875
1/25/99 6,700 26.0625
1/22/99 1,000 26.1250
1/21/99 12,600 25.9375
1/21/99 1,000 26.0000
1/20/99 5,000 26.0000
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-SOUTHWEST GAS CORP
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
1/19/99 11,500 26.0408
1/19/99 3,000- 25.9985
1/19/99 2,000 25.9985
1/15/99 2,100 26.4998
1/15/99 2,300- 26.4988
1/15/99 3,000 26.0000
1/15/99 14,500 26.0573
1/15/99 17,000 25.9375
1/14/99 21,100 25.9985
1/13/99 8,700 26.2220
1/12/99 1,700 26.2500
1/11/99 16,300 26.3542
1/11/99 13,700 26.3542
1/08/99 7,500 26.4583
1/07/99 29,300 26.3537
1/06/99 5,000 26.4409
1/06/99 40,500 26.4409
1/05/99 2,000 26.4050
1/05/99 12,500 26.4050
1/05/99 3,000 26.5000
1/04/99 21,000 26.4256
12/31/98 5,900 26.5000
12/31/98 12,600 26.4782
12/30/98 700 26.4288
12/29/98 11,600 26.4288
12/29/98 10,000 26.3750
12/24/98 6,300 26.5000
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-SOUTHWEST GAS CORP
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
12/23/98 12,000 26.4255
12/23/98 1,900 26.3750
12/22/98 13,500 26.3750
GABELLI ASSOCIATES LTD
1/04/99 5,000 26.2500
GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND
1/14/99 3,500 25.9375
1/12/99 5,000 26.1875
12/28/98 2,000 26.1875
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NYSE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
