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4 Oe i ee aS > tilities Board proposed by ler both will afford new openings ‘attack. Corporation Counsel John ‘OBrien and Col, William Hayward, eniitinel for ths Public Service Com- TED PRICES ces” in Confract: With mndard Go, Make Big Dif- re in. Production. DOUBLE FOR FUEL is for Coal Gas Run Down “at the Expense of Those gl Made From Crude-Oil. Gecision in the United States Court under which the Con- Ges Company yesterday “filed ‘a new schedule charging $1.60 © wer 2000 feet for gas does not. mark } gna of the city's fight, Decision vy the United States su- Court of tases pending there appointment of the new Pub- PUSH UP THE COST OF GAS mission, are preparing arguments and statistics to prove that any such charge as (he Consolidated is putting into effeet is exorbitant, Payment to the Standard O11 Com- pany of what Col, Hayward charges is dn excessive rate for oll to use in the manufacture of gas is the princl- pal basis for the demand by the Con- solidated. In renewing contracts for olf for the six monthe period cur- rent, the Consolidated contracted to pay 12.81 cents per gallon, This, ac- cording to Col, Hayward, was about 6 cents above the market price, and slumps in the off market have carried this down to aronnd 4 cents and the market is still sagging. “The public should not be compelled to pay for the errors of the gas com- pany, if their acts réally were errors and not deliberate,” Col. Hayward maid, “Tho company has allowed its coal gas plants to run down and bas Gov. | bullt wp the oll gas planta The coke coming from the retorts used for such coal gas as the Consolidated manu- factures is sold at about half the market value to the oll’ gas depart- ment, | Thus the coal gas department se Be ur makes & poor showing In the book- keeping, and the of] gas department to dome extent makes up the tremendous joss of making gas with high-priced oll. retorts for reasons best known to its man- agement, pays the Standard Oil Com- pany dowble the market value of oil, charged anything pleanes to charge?” fore the Senate Committee appointed at that time. He declared it essen- of the market when It favored either coal or olf Now, because of the open winter, bringing reduced” consumption and open railroad arteries, bituminous coal bas taken @ startling drop in price, Rowland’s warning, apparent. ward. Col. Hayward told Judge Hand that there was an unlimited supply ot gas ol] available in Oklahoma at 2 cents a gallon, The Standard Oi! In- tudes in its contract price 4 cents for transportation by its pipelines to sea- board. That would make the proper legsnpiry Entire - $750,000 Stock — GRAND RAPIDS SAMPLE FURNITURE T 43 VALUE FIRE SALE NOW GOING ON , Harlem Store Only - $rd Ave: & 123rd St. Mharket prices for gas off here around] trusted to it, and lt now appears that 6 cents—but only the Standard Oil haa| Gov. Miller's commission will he the the pipelines, and the Standard On| authority, to seek answers to the made its Dec. 15 contract al 13.81| following questions: cent And this contract runs for MARKET PRICE | five years, subject to revision every six months, PAID DOUBLE FOR OIL. hy “While commercial coke wore getting $12 or $13 @ ton for coke, , . the Consolidated was charging its oll] cents on 3,000 euble feet of gas, ao- gas plant with about $6 a tem. Bven | cording to Col. Hayward, and the 6% with this advantage the ofl prices | cents which he contends the Comsoll- Bach cant im the price per gallon for crude off makes a difference of 4 paid have put the price of manufac-| dated is overpaying tho Standaré turing gas from oll at an outrageously | Oll represents 32 cents per 1,000 feet lida tacked on: price 5 Tag app olbecaingy shee tices nym bares pmeea cotggel el ere POM fd 50 gas in New York City. whioh some of the Standam Oli in- terests are concerned, tied up with a ie it a reason for the consumers being | contract to pay three times the pres- the commpany | ent market price for 70,000,000 gallons of ofl, and umable to take advantage ‘The need for keeping wp coml £88/ of either the failing price of oll or plants, as a moral influomee om 6/116 tremendoes stump in bituminows Sandard Ol Company, was pointed | oa, Por this situation, the company out nearly forty years ago by Thomas| wants the consumers to pay ne F, Rowland, ah expert in the employ prices based on the contract price of of the gas company, who testified be- | 4:1, Judge Hand's decision on the show- Ing by the Consolidated that its costa, tial for the company to keop up 08!) based on the price paid for oll, make gas retorts in order to take advantage | an increase necessary, does not at- tempt to dispone of the merits of the contention that the of price is un- justifiable. Mt leaves the exceas charge for fae impounded with the court, to be disposed of after the justice of the dispute has Seen determined. Corporation Coansel O’Brien and ly, bad been ignored by» officials of | Col, Hayward beth are preparing to the company, according to Col. Hay-| appear befere whatever authority may have the final fixing of rates in- 37th Street, 3 phattan, weré struck by an automobile und badly hurt at Mon- tloell6 and Belmont Avenuds, Jersey Why has the Consolidated al- City, last night. Anthony Tarielio, lowed its coal gas plants to run | ‘NT, atlver was arrested. down at the expense of the oil “igs G00 plants? URGE 104TH ST. STATION. jeation, 000, ware thele address as No. 600 West Ko.) had doubled tn fou if tronsit facilities were ihe interborough opposed the a fines wot 7 de4 gu. “seetylene ry depont bores and other and RoWhers Rifle Gate on ar pnditens Vault. rape iky opened the money, Liberty ‘The eseaped, amount of the loot is unknown. 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