Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-21
A Word to the Electric Companies


Southern California Edison
company directed to its consumers in this city, protesting the @
mest lighting this city from to howat hour It under
issued identical circular letters to their consumers Among 0e s W
she rate for eeo
trio light to point which results in practical eonhaH @ 0 % & o %
impossible This extensions cannot be obtained
necessarily on
United States and the su-
the question
doctrine that no public public
service corporation furnish what for sale at loss or to
addition thereto fair return all of the capital invested producing
public bodies public service
and
public
public
THE ANGELES WANT AND WOULD NOT HAVE
EXPENSES AND FAIR RETURN UPON THE INVESTMENT MADE BY
THE coRPoRAT1oN FOR SERVING THE PEOPLE OF THIS
the frequently decided by our
above stated does that the public service corporations are
entitled " obtain income upon issued and outstanding stock which represents
value for the reason that consists Of what known as water
The public corporations of the country well learn
first last that the time has arrived when the people who furnish
rights which the public corporations
do their bunessanches and rights which frequently the
taxed by these corporations income stock
which invested for the service of the public
Furthermore public corporations must understand that
people whom they keep
close watch their business for the purpose of preventing in
the future those ovcages for service which have in the past been
such prolific just complaint the part OF the pubic ana
cordial relations between the public and the corporations that serve
The Edison Electric whose circular letter is above e TO-
RIGHT OBTAIN THEY SELL TO THE
OPERATING EXPENSES BUT ALSO A FORM
OF PROFIT UPON EVERY GENT 1 IN % @ PrnPIF OF THIS
OF PRODUCING OUTPUT FOR CONSUMPTION BY The oP
COUNCIL IN ANY WAY ABRIDGE OR INTERFERE
MOMENT BY AN APPEAL TO THE COURTS and
injunction
finally which city
council may bsh that VIII prevent & m p h % d t on that the
permitted the people of Los Angeles under the
1ighta to make
Pasadena at cents per kOwa hour rate
should be order make profit out its business
passed
by the city council Of this city weuld not when reduced terms horse
6A horse power hour or S for hours Of horse
This would appear to pretty good rate for electric @ power @ G m
electrical company to largely arrange for the use of power
g the business hours Of the day and for lighting
In point fact this arangeen undoubtedly now largely in force
power
orny by the companies using it at nominal cost or at
the cost Of DEVELOPMENT Where companies steam in place power
for producing their electrical ctr current & is still @ not & unug % expensive ] IN this m
in companies.
These all matters of figures which be demon
strated companies should give attention demonstrating
the people of the city and the city council rather than
regulate the price of their output does not please them they will
stop of their service in the city and in that
barrass and injure the people of the city
the city Of Los angeles with those every other
doing business in its limits by giving them on liberal terms and in most
1t public corporations, when the
people make honest effort fairly regulate
charges that this regulation does please
they serving people the city they should do
do long they hold their franchises
the asked them expedite their
the place
of
they have the right demand
PORAT ATIONS WAKE
FAIRNESS THEIR TREATMENT OF THE PEOPLE
WITH THE PEOPLE WILL AND
WILL BE IN CARRYING ON THOSE
DEPEND UPON
I.E SUCCESS
of
trbutng o public