Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-02
P. S. LIGHT
RATES DOWN

new schedule of rates for street
lighting, which will mean a saving of
nearly 100000 a year to residents of this
State has been put into operation by
the Public Service Corporation. The
schedule of new rates which has already
been filed with the Public Utility Conf
mission affects hoth the arc and incan-
descent systems OF lighting, except as
to existing contracts 1t became opera
tive yesterday.
In cases where contracts have al
ready expired the reduced figures viii
be quoted as the basis for renewals,
and as fast a. present contracts expire
Il is the intention of the company to put
the new charges into effect 1t is ex-
planned, however. that the reduction OF
rates will not affect existing contracts.
and will be In force only on renewals or
new contracts.
The reductions which, II has been
carefully estimated, will amount to be-
tween Sp7 900 and. 100000 per year in the
corporations revenues, have been made
Voluntarily by the company, and not
because Of any action on the part OF the
Utility Commission or Of any of the mu-
nieipalities served. According TO its latest
annual report Public Service Electric
company is doing business III 16i sep
arate municipalities, practically every one
of which is using incandescent or arc
lighting for the illumination OF Its
s.reets and highways. Many oil tnese
will derive n direct beneht in money
saved from the new schedule before the
end of the present year, ana all VIII ui-
ttmately come under the revised plan
Two features of the rate schedule are
of interest to the municipalities which
pay the bills. The prices are made
standard and uniform throughout the en-
fire territory served by Public Service
on basis of the number of lights burned
aud sliding scale Of charges is intro
siuced whereby an increase in the number
of lamps used, according to certain hxed
steps" will automatically reduce the
average price paid per lamp In addition,
discounts ranging from " per cent. to 2R
per cent will be allowed according to the
length of the contract period, varying
from one year to FIVE years or more.
According to the schedule filed, the
base rate for arc lamps is $50 per year.
This applies to installations of any mum
ber of lamps up TO 250. For the next ooO
lamps the price drops $5 lamp, making
it SIS; for the second 500 additional lamps
the charge is $40 per lamp; for the third
500 more the rate goes down to 800 and
for every lamp in excess OF i,IbO In any
one city the price is $50 per lamp. From
these figures q 2is per cent. discount is
allowed on a fve-year contract. As an
illustration. In small communities where
the old rate was 800 or even more per
lamp for any number of lamps below 250
the new schedule under new contracts
will bring the cost per lamp down to SS
net, and the larger municipalities will
make gains according TO the number Of
lights they now have and the prices they
are paying
The street incandescent lighting rates
range from a base of SIS each for the
first so lamps of 25-candlepower to a
minimum rate of 1895 per lamp for all
over 200 lamps; 32-candlepower lights
range from $40 to s155O according to
number used 4O-candlepower from s22 so
to s17.44 6o-candlepower from $3.50 to
s20.54; S0-candlepower from $50 to s23 25; +;
f00-candlepower from $32, rs to s25.S7 200
candlepower from s55 to $4263; 350-candle.
power from SS5 to s65.8S. Discounts sim
liar TO those allowed under the arc light
ing schedule are provided for in the in-
csndescent lighting contracts.