The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-19
Lower Rates for
Lighting Now
Assured.
DISCOUNTS ARE
TO BE ALLOWED
Plans Aimed at Inducing Burning
of Lights for Longer
Hours.

Under the new plans of the Hawaiian
Electric Co., Ltd, which will become
effective October first, in accordance
with a resolution passed by the Board
of Directors, the rate for electric light
ing of the city viii come to new basis.
a basis which it is expected will tend
to increase the amount of current used
a reduction in the bills of all consum-
ers who use meters.
The discussion of rates by the direc-
tors of the Electric Co. has been go
ing on for the past six months, being
brought up primarily by the determine
ton to do away as much as possible
with the fiat rate as embodied in the
law granting the franchise and put
ting all consumers upon meter basis.
At the time this first came up there
was considerable discussion and the
first result was an overhauling OF a
majority of the meters installed in the
city. Directors numbered scores, and
yet, according to the officials of the
z ykctric Co.. once their claims of over
charge were investigated and explained
saw where the account as rendered
them was accurate.
According to the new plan as submit
ted by General Manager Gartley in the
letter which follows, the first discount
which becomes operative will be that
of ten per cent per month on all bills
paid within ten days from date of bill.
which advantage will accrue to every
one of the 500 meter users in the city
The 800 whites and 700 orientals who
still have their lighting on the nat rate
basis do not get this discount, all or
which, perhaps, may have tendency
10 increase the number of meters,
which must be installed by the Electric
Co. After this discount there is one
which will be appreciated only by those
who burn their. lamps a long number
of hours. The first tendency OF TINS
would be to equalize bills SO that the
great difference previously existing be-
tween the summer and winter months
will become equalized
Under the present rate, the burning
of a single lamp one hour and twenty
minutes each day of the month costs
20 cents. This, on basis OF a 10 can
die mower lamp, the two kilowatt hours
being equivalent to one and tnlru
hours of time. The moment this Is
p,ssad the greatest reduction taxes
effect Where it costs 25 cents per klio-
S~att bour ND TO the fixed limit, the
,S<Larpe thereafter will be only 10 cents
which. being translated, means tnat u
burn a 16 candle power lamp an ex-
fra hour each night would cost only
u cont or Is cents a month, thus en-
couraging literary pursuits anu the
burning of the midnight lamp.
The effect on bushes house Is mucn
the same although when special con-
5;t;o, a. taken into consideration, the
,ad,,ction will be seen to be very much
e,reater TT must be two hours OF time
- niobt for each lamp in business
bo,sh which costs IS cents per month,
before the reduction takes erect, ana
then it is just the same as III 80
dences Is cents per month Tor each
Ia,,,, burned. owing to the fact that
there are a few concerns which keep
omen evenings, this rate VIII not eIect
great savings, but there are othei
business houses-such as uranus
ice cream parlors, billiard parlors'
saloons. and so on, where the consump-
ton is so great that these VIII be en-
titled TO the extra percentage on, whlcn
concentrates that-at the END OF the
wear. any consumer who mas purheo