The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1930, Page 3

BLECTRIC CHARGES |: PLUCTUATE WITHOUT ls ‘REASON, SAYS Ener Cites Two Penn Two Pennsylvania Instances Ranging From 5 Cents to 30 per KWH MUNICIPAL PLANTS: UPHELD Cities Operating Own Power Utilities Among Low Rate Centers of Country EDITOR'S NOTE: This “ts the aga ot four articles by M lyn Cooke, noted Philadelphis ‘public utilities ex- Et on electric rates for the ome. Cooke directed Governor Pinchot’s Led power survey in 1921, the biggest Bd of the kind ever attempted, ‘ By Morris Llewellyn Cooke (Written for NEA Service) Bate schedules for electricity used fn the home fluctuate, over the Unit- ed States, without rhyme or reason. ‘They range from the fair rates which ehhh in a few communities, th a bulk of unjustifiably’ high rue in-most communities, to a few which are absurd and outrageous. Pittsburgh has a c.nparatively Yow top rate of 5% cents per kilo- watt hour. The average domestic consumer in Rittsburgh uses © 600 | CO! kilowatt uours'a ye. :, which is near- ly double the average elsewhere. It MORE RATES BY CITIES Here is another table showing some of the varying domestic elec- tric light rates charged by pri- ely owned utilities over the ited States: The figures are top rates (in cents) per kilowatt hot and when not on a stra -basis apply to from. the fi: the first- 200 kilowatt hours con- sumed, Average domestic con- sumption is around 30 kilowatt hours a month. Many electricity .] companies allow prompt payment discounts, and one eo eeeaet just happens that the man who sup- plied burgh was | far-sighted enough to see the gain forthcoming from a low rate which would stimu- late use of electricity. But there was another community in Pennsylvania which paid 30 cents a kilowatt hour. There was no excuse for such a charge. In fact, when the com) which had: imposed it heard that it was going to receive state-wide pub- licity because of the gee it promptly reduced the rate 15 cents, 5-Cent Rate Is Fair We contend that a maximum 5- cent rate is the highest justifiable rate in nearly all cases, but the top yates in communities near Niagara Falls, where the cheapest water pow- er ‘is available, are twice as high and more. Beacon, N. Y., pays rate of 12 cents. Other top rates in New York cities near Niagara Falls in- elude: Fulton 10 cents, Hornell 11, Hudson 12, Thaca 12, Oneida 11, Oneonta. 13 and Plattsburgh 13. At the other end of the state a city the size of Yonkers scnally pays 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Other communities in New York state pay from 6 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour and the wide varia- tion, existing in similar disorder over, the country, is 2 demonstration of] the utter disregard of jiza- tion, as to form or price, not only between companies, but by the pro- ies operated by the same organ- ization, inder similar conditions in approximately the same locality. Fix Own Rates . It has been carefully estimated that public. utilities, on the average, fix their own rates without any regu- lation ‘about 95 per cent of the time. have succeeded in yuting electricity. at substantially lgret he than here rally char, .. OWNS ren oe piaons own A ele plant. For th the ve ended February 29, -1926, its ‘gs Bed was 4 cents for’ the Hevung kilowatt hours, '3 cents for the next 70 and 2% cents thereafter, Aes ica on a separate meter, the was 1% cents a kilowatt: The net profits of the plant increased from $13,435 in 1917 bey ith 137 in 1926, Pasadena, Cal., also distributes electricity for less than usual rates. For the year ended. June 30, 1927, its average rate for residence light- ing was 4.8 cents per kilowatt hour and 2.7. cents for residence power. Cleveland, Los re leat Seattle, Tacoma and Jacksonville are a few of ‘the other cities operating their Ractcky plants at low costs and low with increasing use of elec- init by their citizens. But in most cities the top rate on fort the first bracket of kilowatt orl’ is so high that few can afford to out of it. In Hartford, Conn., example, which a rate slightly below the average—6.9 cents, only 4 per cent of the consumers use enough secteicity to. pai pay less. it California, as a aictlon, appears to provide the cheapest. domestic electricity rates.. The state has a wealth of available water power. Tacoma, Wash., has generated elec- tricity by water power for sale at extremely, low rates, which have been reached by successive reduc- tions, Houses are heated by elec- tricity in Tacoma, at a rate of only one-half cent, on a separate meter, per kilowatt hour. The Cleveland Electric Illuminat- ing company has been for years op- erating under a maximum rate of 5 cents per kilowatt hour, imposed by ordinance of the city Stcaee a rate has been shown to be s1 ient- y remunerative by the price the eS stock commands in the t, the company’s high invest- ment rating and the low rate at which: it obtains its capital. Massachusetts Public Service commission a year or two ago Te- duced the net maximum price at which the. Worcester Electric Light electricity to five cents. More and more cities are going to oo down to the five-cent top rat ‘NEXT: Household rates vs. power. rates. How household consumers, using one-fourth the total current, pay half the total revenues. NARCOTICS SEIZED St. Paul, May. 10.—(#)—Four men and three women were arrested and several hundred dollars worth of | Barcotios were seized by federal i radli voj ocala eat };company in Massachusetts could sell | . THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MAY 10 1930 BISMARCK, MIDGETS | EXPECTED 10 STAGE | CLOSE MEET BATTLE z=: Both Teams Qualify Heavily in May Festival Affair at Fargo, N, D., May 10.—(P)—An ex- ceptionally close race for team cham- Pionship honors of the 23rd annual May festival track and field events is forecast as a result of the outcome of the semi-finals this morning. Fargo and Bismarck are the favorites, both qualifying a number of men this for the finals which were | Morning scheduled for 1:30 p. m. Fargo qualified three men ‘in the 120 yard high hurdles and appears certain to make its biggest total in this event. Carman Hunt, Hannah, won the high jump this morning, the bat event completed. fine competition is tooked for in the dashes with the prospect that Cecil Graham of Ana- moose will shatter a met standard. He coasted the last 50 yards of his aie heat this morning and won easily, A drizzle indicated that the track will be heavy for the finals, Results of semi-finals: 220-yard low hurdles—first hi A. Knauf, Moorhead; Habener, Fargo: time 282 seconds. Second:' heat: Gerteis, 28.4 seconds. 100 yards—first heat: Hanson, = son,” ham; Benzon, Bismarck; time 106 seconds. 120-yard high hurdles—first heat: | Gerteis, Fargo; O'Day, Fargo; time 18 seconds. Second heat: Habener, Fargo; Hultberg, Bismarck; time 18.1 220 yards—first heat: Anamoose; Benzon, Bismarck, ‘23.6 seconds. Second heat: Hanson, Perham; Fait, Fingal; time 23.7 sec- re jump—Won ‘by Hunt, Han- ; Habener, Fargo, second; Mar- Graham, time quardt, Moorhead, ‘and Tait, marck, tie for third and fourth. Height, 5 fe2t, 7% inches. Tractor Distillate Not Bound to Comply With Kerosene Rules Ruling that the state regulatory department has no authority to re- quire distillates used as tractor fuel to comply with the specifications for kerosene today were given by Attor- ney General Morris to R. O. Baird, department head. The ruling held that distillate may not be labeled or sold as kerosene, but that it may legally be sold as long as it is not adulterated, mis- branded: or misreprsented to the/ public. 4 Emmons Sheriff Race Has 10 Seeking Office Linton, N. D., May 10—Ten Em- mons county residents are seeking the office of sheriff, a canvass of the Politically ambitioys shows. Candi- dates for county offices must file not before May 16 and not after May 25. Those who have announced their candidacies so far are: Auditor, E. T. Atha, incumbent, F. B. Irvine; treas- urer, P. M. Weisbeck, incumbent; judge,, Adam Thomas, incumbent; clerk é¢ court, Karl Graf, incumbent, Albert Shier and P. J. Volk; register , 1of deeds, J. A. Lang, incumbent, and | Andrew H. Fischer; superintendent of schools, Curtis Jenkins, incumbent; sheriff, Gust Bossert, J. B. Rott, E. M. Klein, Henry Bader, Jake Braunagel, A. J. Schott, Henry Klaudt, Philip Reidlinger, E. A. Schauck and Julius Docketer. AOUUANOUGOUOEUOOOUHORODOUOGELAODGEAONONOUNOAONUSHONGOUOONONUNOOORNeS SACRED CONCERT Sunday Night - - May 11th - - 8 o’Clock ~ By the 20-piece Dickinson Normal School Concert Orchestra. at the McCabe Methodist Episcopal Church Don't miss this opportunity. 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