East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-06-27


Of New Rate Schedule Which Be
Comes Effective July 1-Locah
Manager Says Gas Cannot Be
Cheaper Here-Free Installation at
WaIIa Walla for 80 Days Only.
Printed schedules showing the new
rates to be charged by the Pacific
I Light &, Power company after July 1
have been received and today a copy
of the new schedule has been mailed
( to each consumer in the city. The
new schedule is a complicated affair
I and to the uniinitiated will seem diff
ficult of analysis.
! In response to a request that he
| furnish the public, through the East
Oregonian. with an explanation OF
the new schedule. DIR. F. w. Vincent,
| local manager for the Pacific Power
e. Light company has submitted the
/ following:
Pendleton, Oregon, June 26, 191L
Editor East Oregonian:
Dear Sir:-We take pleasure in en-
closing you the new schedule of rates
Pacific Power & Light Co. with cleo
trical current for lighting and pow
er purposes. The basis upon which
these rates have been worked out 10
upon the principle of demand load
wired in, and the use as to time, also
as to quantity. 1t stands to reason
/ that the man who demands of you
twenty horsepower of current, to use
/ when he pleases, and as long as he
pleases (possibly only one hour per
day. should pay more in proportion
for the current consumed than the
man who demands twenty horse
power of current and uses it ten hours
each and every day. Thus speaking
broadly; if one man has twenty K
w. wired in and uses all his load two
hours in the day he will pay IL cent?
per X. w. hour. On the other hand
if he uses his demand load four hours
in the day he will pay only SC per K
w. hour. In all cases the new sched-
ule is not going to decrease the pres
ent price paid; this being caused by
the demand in comparison TO the use
in hours, being SO great. The new
mand from $3.50 to $1.00; this alone
is going to bring the lights within
the reach of many who before have
denied themselves the pleasure, as well
as the economy of the same. While
our initial charges before were II
cents, they are now IL cents, a reduc-
ton of nearly 33 per cent. You viii
also notice that no listing is made
of flat irons, fans, heating or any 9TH
er electrical appliances, this acting
to bring the consumer to the cent
rate as soon as possible The new
schedule embraces flat rates on Win
dow and ornamental lighting on year
contracts, lights burning till twelve
at very reasonable rates. There are
are also flat rates for all commercial
houses that wish to avail themselves
of them. 1 am of the opinion that
the rates as published will MATERIAL
ly decrease the company's gross rev.
enue in the city as 4 whole, although
they may raise the rates of a few.
To me. it looks impossible to get
out rates that would conform to the
many rates the different cities the
Pacific Power x Light Co. serve and
not hurt some one although the cities
as whole would profit by the
change. our officers have been gath
erinE data and working on this sched-
ule for months, so as 10 get off as
near as possible right the first time.
there are some schedules, undoubted-
ly, to come out yet to meet certain
conditions that may arise. and l am
sure that such conditions will be
generously met by our company. The
prices upon the motor load are made
upon the same condition as the light
ing so l think needs no special mem
tion.
As to prices on gas? We certainly
see no way to make any reduction on
that commodity at present, except
where it is used in large quantities, as
it is costing us as much to mauufac-
ture it as we are getting for it. The
reduction would come, however, il
we could get good rate on crude
oil into Pendleton, so oil gas could
be made here as in Portland.
Another condition which would lead
to a reductin is: That every one
cook with gas. These rates will be
sent out to every consumer, and l.
will give the office pleasure to ex-
plain all rates not understood by those
interested.
Believing these rates will be salts
factory to all when properly tried out
Free installation of pipe is made al
: Walla Walla for a so days publicity
/ campaign only.
1 remain truly yours
. l. NrINrf,Ir