Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-10
Magnanimous Offer of Dollar
Gas in 1914, If Consumer
Uses Enough.
ORDINANCE CONSIDERED JOKE
Company Submits Draft That It Would
Be Willing to Accept-PractioaIIy
Unchanged From Present Ordinance
-Inducement if City Becomes Col
lection Agency.

Posterity may benefit by the new
ordinance proposed by the MARSHALL
town Light. Power and Railway COM
pany. which was submitted to the city
council Monday night. The ordinance
is one that the company is willing that
the council may adopt.
The magnanimous offer of the gas
company actually calls for dollar gas,
but not until the year 1914. In the far
off misty future some of us may be able
to get dollar gas, but it will then be
necessary to be in the bakery bust
ness. and baking by gas both day and
night. to get advantage of the gener-
Gus rate.
Practically speaking the ordinance
submitted by the gas company shows
no changes over the present ordinance
excepting in the matter of discounts.
II the city fosters collection agency,
and agrees to the discounts for prompt
payment, consumers, If they use
enough gas and electricity, may profit
in small way.
Text of the Ordinance.
The text of the gas ordinance, as 1t
refers to rates, which are the only
features of the present ordinance that
are in any way altered. is as follows:
Beginning Jan. !. 1909, gas for any
and al, purposes will be sold at $1.45
per thousand cubic feet, with the fol-
lowing discounts for prompt payment
OF bills on or before the 10th of the
month:
For light-Under 1000 cubic feet, 10
cents per thousand, net rate Sl.35;
from 1000 to 5000 cubic feet, Is cents
per thousand. net rate s1.3o; from s.
600 to 10000 cubic feet 20 cents per
thousand, net rate, s1.25; 10000 cubic
feet and over, % cents per thousand,
net rate $1.20.
For fuel-Under 1000 cubic feet. Is
cents per thousand. net rate, $1.3O;
900 to 1000 cubic feet, 20 cents per
thousand, net rate, SIPS; 1000 to 1000
cubic feet, % cents per thousand, net
rate, s1.20: 1000 cubic feet and over.
80 cents per thousand, net rate, $1.15.
Not Like Life Insurance.
The proposed new gas ordinance is
not like some kinds Of life insurance.
Gas promises to be cheaper as we
grow older, as will be seen by the dis
counts offered beginning Jan. l. 1910
Based on the same amounts con-
sumed as outlined in the 1909 rates.
gas will be $1.40 in another year, with
discounts for lighting purposes of 10,
Is, 20 and 25 cents, or a net rate OF
100, $1.25, s12O and $1.15. For fuel
the discounts will be Is, 20, 25, and 30
cents or a net rate Of Slips, s1.20, $1.15
and $110.
Pays to Be Alive.
With the gas company it pays to
live, for in two years after 1910 one
can save cents on his gas. The rates
scheduled for 1912, based on the same
amounts used, are: For lights. dis
counts of 10, Is, 20 and Is cents, or
net rates of $1.25, s1.20, s1.15 and S1.1O
For fuel the 1012-13 discounts are to
be Is, 20, 25 and 80 cents, or net rates
of $1.20, s1.15, $1.1O and $1.O5.
When Old and Feeble, Dollar Gas.
When many of the present consum-
ers are old and feeble. but still able TO-
buy gas, they will get it for dollar
to cook with. The discounts on the
same amount consumed, beginning
jan 1, 1914, are, for lighting, 10. Is,
20 and 25 cents, or net rates Of S1.20,
$115, s1.10 and s1.05. For fuel the dis
counts will be Is. 20, 25 and 80 cents;
net rates, s1.15, s1.10, s1.05 and 81.
The rest of the proposed ordinance is
worded similarly to the present one.
New Light Ordinance.
The new light ordinance, which is
the same as the present
one with the exception that per
cent discount is offered, calls for IA
cents per kilowat watt hours for the
first two kilowat watt hours used
per 16-candle power lamp, or
its equivalent installed. For all cur
rent used in excess of two kilowat watt
hours per 16-candle power lamp or its