The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-08-28

RIDAY, AUGUST %, 1903.
The company shall have a right on
meter rates to charge such consumer
a minimum of one dollar and fifty
cents (S1.5O) per month. It being
understood that such minimum charge
applies only where consumer does
not use one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50) worth of water per month.
Consumers shall furnish and install
their own meters.
The daily consumption of water to
be fixed by averaging meter reading at
end Of each month or quarter (wheth.
er readings shall be monthly or quar-
terly to be at option of company.
The company shall have the right
to require from each consumer an
advance deposit Cfor the month or
quarter according to the plan of read
ing meters which may be adopted by
the company not to exceed a suffi-
cient amount to cover the minimum
OF consumption provided in
this Schedule for maximum rates
RATES FOR ELECTRICITY FOR
LIGHTING PURPOSES.
Tie rates for electricity for lighting
purposes shall be eleven cents Q1cl
per one thousand watts. provided that
discounts on consumption exceeding
five ($500) dollars per month shall be
allowed as follows
S sol to $1,000 8 per cent
1901 to 20o0- z per cent
20ot to 40Oo-1o per cent
1000 to 6000-12 per cent.
Gov and upwards-lJ per cent
Electric lights shall be furnished
to consumers at any point within the
highland boundaries of said city upon
the terms herein stated provided the
second party shall not be required to
make any extension as much as eigh-
teen hundred O,S00) feet from any
electric line existing at the time
the application therefore is made I'M
less the total revenue to be produced
by said extension from any and all
consumers using the same for lighting
purposes. shall be not less than four
dollars $4,000 per month at the rates
herein prescribed, or unless such con
sumers will enter into contract to
pay for such service not less than
four $4,000 dollars per month in the
event the electricity ensured shall
not produce a revenue of four dollars
$4,000 per month under such pre-
scribed rates. Extensions in excess
of eighteen hundred (LS00) feet shall
be made on the same proportionate
basis.
The company shall furnish electric
meters to consumers of electricity tex
cept that it shall not be required to
substitute meters for the meters now
owned and installed by consumers UNI
til such meters become so defective
as to be unfit for service) and the sec
.ond party shall be entitled to collect
Ia minimum charge OF one dollar
($100) per month from al consumers
10 whom such meters shan be fur
Inishcd, such minimum charge to APP
ply if the consumer fails TO con
sumo one dollars worth Of electricity
lper month The company shall have
the right to charge each consumer
who owns and has now installed his
own meter a minimum Of fifty cents
(50c) per month.
The company. or any consumer,
shall have the right to require mo
tiers to be tested from time to time
as to accuracy.
RATES FOR ELECTRICITY FOR
POWER PURPOSES.
The rates for electricity for power
purposes shall be seven and one half
Icents q 1-2) per one thousand G,000)
watts, except for operating fans, or
for operating motors Of one horse
power or less, for which the rates shall
be the same as lighting rates with
same discounts allowed on the light
ing rates.
The same provision as to meters
shall apply TO consumers Of electric
lity for power purposes as above pro
Vided for consumers Of electricity for
lighting purposes
RATES FOR GAS.
The rates for gas to the city (other
than as above provided for street
purposes) and to private consumers,
for lighting purposes, shall be one
dollar and fifty cents $3.50 per one
thousand 10000 cubic feet, and for
heating and cooking purposes the
rate shall be one dollar and twenty
five cents ($125) per one thousand
q ,000) cubic feet.
The company shall furnish gas
meters to consumers and shall be
entitled to collect from all consumers
TO whom such meters shall be furnish
ed a minimum charge Of fifty cents
(50c) pen month, it being understood
that such minimum charge applies
only when consumers shall not use
fifty cents (50c) worth Of gas per
month