Evening journal., 1910-12-23

Fourth. The maximum rates per
XIV. hour in various cities are a.
! follows: Many scores could be named
having the higher rates here shown
Phlladelphia--i5c IN certain dis
tricts, 10c in others.
! Boston-11c.
Harrisburg (From water power
and steam 12c.
Reading-12c.
Wilkesba-re, 11.6c.
st. Louls-12c
Washington--l1c, with 10 per cent
discount if paid within 10 days
Memphis-11c, with same discount
as Washington.
Baltimore-(Fro water power aud
steaml 1Oc.
4 Wilmington-1Oc
Fifth. The discounts made by vir-
tue Of the quantity OF current taken
the length of time throughout the -
/ hours when any given installation as
/ taking current, are heavier in VIII
mington than in almost All The other
/ cities compared, and consequently the
average price received for current is
less in Wilmington than in sucn cities.
Sixth: The matter of adjusting the
iato 70 the character and magnitude
! Of the taking of current by any Gus
, toner is a very difficult one.
Seventh: The two ratings for cur
lent that have been established re-
Gently in Wilmington and which have
been made optional to any customer.
are, as TO method, those that nave been
! best approved in recent electrical de-
! yelopments throughout the United
States. AS to resulting average rates,
! Trey are, ms above stated lower than
The regular rate found in many hun
/ drcds of cities in the United States
J Irdeed, this statement might be made
| even stronger, namely that they are
| lower than the rates In a great major
! ity Of such cities, but as the actual
! figures for all cities are not available,
the statement must be made cOnsCrya-
/ lively as above.
Eighth. IL was probably going too
far in the direction of trying to meet
! the views Of the customer when the
company presented two alternative
methods fixing rates. Unfortunately,
electric light rates, in order to be just
as between one customer and TN .ler,
must be more or less complicated.
Ninth. The presentation of these two
I AiAIl AdAA1R nl1NAAbun VI AtAAAAA1 anu AAiN
fact that some complications exist in
either one or the other, may have pro-
duccd irritation in the minds OF some
customers who do not have the time
or the inclination to so into these COM
plications.
Tenth Both the Wilmington City
Electric Company and the Wilmington
Light aud Power Company at the time
when the Wilmington and Pbiladel-
phia Traction Company obtained con-
troll of them, were carrying business at
Improbable rates
Eleventh. Many unequal rates eX-
listed as a result of the fierce COM
| petition between the two companies,
Consumers We're obtaining current un-
der like conditions but at different
price.
Twelfth The present management
/ has been engaged in sincere en-
deayor 20 make absolutely uniform
/ rates for each classification into which
customers may fall.
Thirteenth. Some rates have been
| raised some have been lowered. Some
! of those that have been raised, are
now only brought up to the rates
/ which were previously being paid by
/ other customers. And let it. again be
! cmpnaucally stated, ufter all tnehe re-
/ adjustments, it remains that the aver
age rates in Wilmington are lower
than the average rate obtainablc in al
most any other city similarly situated
/ in the United States.
Poles.
There has likewise been some mis-
conception with regard TO the poles in
the street. Within all of the we'll set
I tied portions OF Wilmington whore the
! lines Of the Wilmington Light and
Power Company and those Of the VIII
! mington City Electric Company par
allel each other, IL is obvious that the
/ lessee company, now operating both,
does not want more poles, but if any
thing fewer poles.
AS far as possible, while maintain
ing certain separateness Of physical
/ existence required by the conditions
above stated, 81 will be the reasonable
policy OF the lessee company TO dimin-
ish, not to increase. tho existing NUM-
Der OF poles Il would be a waste Of
money 10 do otherwise.
The resolution. indeed, looks to eX-
tension Of the existing system of the
Wilmington City Electric transmission
lines. as those extensions will normal