Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
TABLE OF RATES
PROPOSED SCHEDULE

We also guarantee to continue the
construction of all necessary eXten-
sions and to make such agreement a
part of our compromise proposition,
yours truly,
LOS ANGELES GAS AND ELEC-
TRIO CORPORATION, by William
Baurhyte, Second Vice President.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
COMPANY, by r. H. Ballard, Sec
retary and Assistant General Man
"P6CiFIc LIGHT AND POWER
CORPORATION. by A. c. Balch,
General Manager"
A. C. Balch, general manager of the
Pacific Light and Power corporation,
gave out a statement yesterday atter-
noon In reply to Mayor Alexander's s
charge that the sale of electric power
to railroads at three-quarters of cent
per kilowatt hour works a hardship
on small concerns. He asserts that
there is more money for the companies
in the railway business than there is
in the sale of light to individuals at 3
cents. His statement follows;
BALCHS STATEMENT
at has been stated by the mayor
that the sale of electric power to
railroads at three-fourths of cent
per kilowatt hour works a hard
ship on the small consumers OF
current for lighting.
at is obvious that those MAX
ing these statements did not take
into consideration the fact that the
railroads use current constantly
and for eighteen hours a day, while
residences use their whole number
Of lannns an average of not more
than thirty-five minutes day.
"The customary usage In resi-
dences is so per cent of the total
number of lamps installed, which
would give comparison OF one
hour per day at cents per kilo-
watt hour for residences as against
eighteen hours per day at three
f6urths of a cent per kilowatt hour
for railroads.
"This is a simple mathematlcal
calculation which shows that the
gross revenue to the company on
railroad business for one kilowatt
hour would be 1914 cents per day,
upon the mayors estimate OF
charge. while from residences but
cents per day.
"Taking this on large scale, it
can very easily be seen that the
gross income to the electric COM
nanv from a 10, 0,000-horsepoWer
nlant devoted exclusively to rail-
road use would be so per cent
greater at the three-fourths cent
per kilowatt hour than the gross
income to the electric company of
a plant Of exactly the same size
devoted exclusively to residence
lighting at Q cents per kilowatt
hour.
"In this comparison the investment
in the generating plant would be
Identical in each case. Following
this further, 1t is fact that the
railroads receive their power at the
generating station, SO that no pole
lines or distributing system is nee
essary In the case of residence
lighting this investment is enor-
Nmous and in addition to the invest
ment there is a loss of current be-
tween the generator and the resi-
dence of approximately 25 per cent.
"Another feature which enters
largely into the cost of furnishing
service is the fact that the month
lv charge to the railroad company
IS 10000 times as much as the av-
orage monthly charge to the resi-
dence. In residence lighting, there
fore. the investment in meters, care
and attendance billing, collecting
and all such expenses must be In
Cured for 10000 accounts as
against one for the railroad.
"As a matter of fact, there IS
great deal more profit in furnish
ing current to railroads at three
fourths of a cent per kilowatt hour
than there is in furnishing resi-