Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-23

east within the past few months and
found the small towns installing the
smaller lights and he thought them
satisfactory. He also believed that
a five-year contract should be given
the company.
Jesse Steel said that ne had helped
to install the incandescent system in
the town he lived in. Hollywood. and
that they were far from satisfactory
He favored the arc and a short con-
tract.
Robert Scott had no complaint for
the present price of lights. as his
dealings with the company had been
satisfactory along that line, but was
opposed to a long contract and be
lieved the arc lights. with an extend
ed system, would be the best for the
town.
w. F. Gallaher favored the mean
descents and thought that four or
five to a block would give as much
light as the arcs covering the same
area.
l.. w Stilwell thought the main
thing was to get a better rate for the
people. At the bank he paid four or
five dollars for one S-candIepower light
and said that he had complaints from
many others who thought there was
something wrong in the price they
had to pay. He believed Mr.. Chan
dler honest. but that he was charging
the consumer too much. He asked
the latter if. supposing that the in
candescent system was adopted, he
would furnish to individuals who
wished to help light the street at their
own expense. lights at the rate OF
SIPS each-the same rate given the
town. Mr. Chandler said he would
not. Would he, Mr. Stilwell asked.
let them at 81 per month; to which
the answer was no. For $3.50 the
private individual, who desired a light
for a public place on the street. could
be accommodated The talk on both
sides was continued for some time.
the object being to find out. the
town lights being paid for by the
people, why they could not get lights
at the same rate for themselves.
DR. Drack favored arc lights and
short contract.
Where the Public Gets Off.
Councilman Bracket discussed with
Mr.. Chandler the question of supply
to the general public. Mr.. Chandler
proposes to give the consumer a rate
of twenty cents per kilOwatt hour,
with a twenty per cent discount If
bills are paid before the tenth of the
month This is equivalent to a 20-cent
rate. which is considered as fair to
all concerned and as reasonable as
could be expected at least for the
next three years. IL was understood
that the 16-cent rate should also in
clude meter rent free Yet, when
asked as TO the minimum to small
users. Mr.. Chandler said that the
minimum would cost $3.50. His at
tention was called to the fact that
the present minimum was $3.50, with
25 cents added for meter rent; hence
the $3.50 rate was really an increase
in minimum This was explained by
the statement that the present min
imum was seven kilowatts. while the
new minimum cost S2.25. Mr.. Bracket
thought that this was only another
way of misleading the people; at least
so they would think. and that more
way would be to make a
straight minimum of $3.50 with meter
free.
Midnight having arrived. the coun-
ell went into executive session of the
whole and adjourned until called to-
gether by the mayor.
While the discussion was at times
forcible and touched upon some mat
tiers of past unpleasant experiences,
as a rule the speakers were good
natured. all being animated by de-
sire to get the best terms possible for
the people at a price that the COM
pany could afford. The demand for
better service and better regulation
was. however, too emphatic to be