The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-04-10
THE CITY'S ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Will Be Conducted Upon a Fair
Basis OF Charges And Met
ers Furnished Free.

City Electrician l.. w. Crehore has
been busy for several days soliciting
the local field for business for the city's
electric light and power scheme and
has been eminently successful. Al
though he has not thoroughly covered
the community in his solicitations. he
is already assured monthly business
for the city's electrical system of
around 5000 and there is every prospect
that this amount will be added to until
the income from this source will ap-
proximate or exceed $1,000 per month.
Mr.. Crehore has recommended that
minimum household rate of 81. 90 per
month be inaugurated at the beginning,
which may be reduced at later date,
but certainly not raised Under this
charge 1,3 kilowatt hours would be al
lowed. One kilowatt of juice would
suffice to burn thirty-two candle pow
er tungsten lamp for twenty-five hours.
Mr. Crehore has submitted an array
of figures proving that Esllon's mini
mum rate, though subject to further
reduction is about an average rate for
the state of Nevada, as proven by the
following data: Elko's system, mini
mum rate, 81 so; Ely, 800; Loveloek,
two companies, $3.50; Mason, $3.50;
Pacific Power Co., $l.00; Reno Power
Co., 81. 90; Nevada California Power Co.,
$500 Truckee River General Electric,
$1.O0.
The rates for Fallon have been work.
ed out with the idea in mind of provid-
ing the city with sufficient income to
pay the interest on the electric bonds,
providing a sinking fund for the retire
ment Of bonds as they become due and
build new lines as the town grows, with
out further expense to the taxpayers of
the city. Practically all of the COM
panies above mentioned in connection
with a minimum rate, make charge
for installing meters and in some in
stances require their customers to pur-
chase meters outright at a cost of from
81 to 500. In this instance the city will
make no charge for installing, nor will
there be meter cost, for plans con-
template the furnishing of this utility
by the city to all of its customers.
There is every probability that the
rates will be reduced as soon as there
is a sufficient amount of business to
warrant such departure. The Reela-
nation Service makes minimum
charge to the city for electricity as well
as kilowatt charge, and in working
out these preliminary rates for custom
ers, the idea has been to place the same
obligation upon the consumer as that
under which the city will operate. The
rates have not been planned on a per-
manent basis, and whether or not they
will be reduced will depend entirely up
on the amount of business connected up
with the eity's system. 1t might be
well to suggest that wiring operations
be begun at once, as too often the
crowd waits until the last moment for
this formality.
In instances where more than the 13
kilowatts allowed under the $500 mini
mum are used the cost will be Is cents
per kilowatt hour up to so. for any
amount in excess of 80 and less than
100 kiowatt hours the charge will be
Ia cts per X. w. and so on down the
lowest price being cts. when 5000 K.
w. or more are consumed per month.
The use of electric fiat irons and 9TH
er small heating devices has become so
universal and economical that 1t is safe
to say there will be very few homes
where less than the 13 kilowatt hours
minimum will be used. d.
1t is understood that the Reclamation
Service will be ready to deliver elec-
trieity to the city some time in July, by
which time the cty's system will be
completely ready to receive and distri-
butte it.