Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-26
MAYORS rates
Scaled down
couNcILMEN HAVE IDEAS OF
THEIR own AS TO UTILITIES
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MAYORS GAS RATES
! STAY UP IN CAUCUS
Council In Committee Agree. to Pro.
pose Lower Electric Light and Power
Rates Than Mayor Published But
/ Conceded Him Gas Rate. Higher
Than Mcbride Group offered.

AT the second meeting of the city
council as a committee of the whole
held Wednesday afternoon, tentative
compromise between the mayor and
members Of the council was reached
which will result in a report being
made On open council Monday evening
OF rate ordinances, anticipatory of new
utility franchises.
Gas.
tIhe mayors rate on gas was ac-
cepted, regardless of the fact that one
group OF capitalists have offered to ac-
cept much lower rate, and the ordi-
nance Will come up providing for q
schedule of gross rates subject to a
cash discount Of 10 cents, which will
net $1.25 per 1000 cubic feet the first
year, and descend cents each year
thereafter, reaching net rate of 81
the fifth year. The Mcbride group Of
fered a rate Of $1.15 net to begin with.
and II net the third year. A proyiso
will be included in the ordinance that
IN case the send-out of gas in one
year reaches s5,o0o,0o0 cubic feet, the
rate shall drop 5 cents-it now aver
ages 22.o0O,000-and for every addi-
donal gain of 100000 cubic feet an
other drop of cents will be required
The result would be that the present
send-out would have to be doubled be-
tore the rate would net what the Nc
Bride group offer Immediately, and
would have to be more than trebled
before 81 gas could come in less than
five years. whereas the Mcbride group
have offered 1t in three years regard
less Of send-out
Electric Lights.
The caucus agreement provides for
electric light rates lower than the
mayor has published as his demand.
For the first 20 K. w. per month or
less. rate Of IL cents will be required.
The mayors advertised schedule called
for 13 cents. A discount Of 10 per cent
Is provided for cash payment, making
the net rate 1913 cents, whereas Jones
& Hovey now charge IA cents. For 10
X. W. per month and more than 20
x. w, the rate will be II cents, from
40 K. w. to 80 K. W. cents. from so
x. w. to 100 K. W. cents, and for all
above 100 X. w. cents, all subject to
? discount OF 10 per cent for cash.
These rates are based the same as the
Roone rates already accepted by the
Mcbride group but they provide for
q level reduction Of one cent from the
Boone rateA
Power Rates.
The agreement as to power rates, |
also, calls for lower rates than the |
mayors advertised schedule, being
practically identical with the rates for |
power already accepted by the Mcbride |
group in their franchise recently voted |
at Boone. For 100 K. w. per month Or
less, the rate is to be cents; 100 K.
w. to 200 X. w. cents; 200 K. W. to |
800 K. w. v cents, and over 400 K.
w. 3 cents, subject to cash discount
Of 10 per cent, making the net mimi
mum power rate 81 cents.
Street Car Extensions.
AS to street car extensions the mem
bers of the city council who have ideas
Of their own also secured an agree
ment more favorable than the mayors
published demands. Whereas the may
Or demanded the line to the city park
n 1910 and west toward the Ingledue
larm in 1912, leaving the fair grounds
line until 1914, the council agreed to
demand both the city park and fair
grounds line in 1910, and the line west
n 1912 and into the Fifth ward in
1915. as the mayor had them.
Ordinances are being prepared by
The city attorney according to the eau
Gus agreement to be presented for first
.eading, amendment and adoption In
open council. No written proposition
has as yet been made by the mayors
favored group and it yet remains to
,e seen whether they will accept these
'ates, since what they are said by the
mayor to have offered were much
higher. Likewise with the Mcbride
group, while they have offered lower
yas rates by several thousand dollars
Der year to consumers than will be +
asked under this caucus agreement,
he electric light rates are lower than
hey have offered, the power rates be-
ng equivalent to what they have al
'eady offered at Boone. The gross
earnings tax Of per cent5was re-
aimed. but no provision as to right Of
to use street car lines will
70 included as the Iowa law permits y
he state railroad commissioning arbi- 4
rate this matter.