Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-04

lamp A discount Of ~ per cent is al
lowed for prompt payment.
II the installation exceeds twenty
five lamps, ana the consumption ex-
ceeds 4 k. W. per hour for each lamp.
and the consumer makes payment SO
as to get the IL per cent discount, he
shalr be allowed an additional discount
Of 20 per cent. A minimum Of IS cents
a month is established.
All these provisions are the same as
the Iowa Railway and Light Company
ordinances with these exceptions, The
Bailey franchise allows discount OF ~
instead Of 10 per cent for both the small
installation and the large consumer.
Power Rates Ar Also Same.
The power rates are the same also.
but the Bailey ordinance allows slightly
larger discounts for prompt payment.
The rates in the Bailey ordinance are:
Seven cents per k. ". hour for the
first Is k. W. hours per month per
horse power of motors; cents per k.
W. hour for all in excess of Is k. w.
hours UP to As XIV. hours per month
per horse over Of motors. and 3 cents
per k. w. hour for all in excess Of As
k. w. hours per month per horse power
of motors. A discount Of II per cent
is allowed for prompt payment. The
Iowa Railway and Light Company dis
count is 10 per cent.
If the installation exceeds 10 horse
power and If the consumption is in ex-
cess of 40 X. W. hours per month per
horse power of installation. the con-
sumner. If he pays promptly, gets II per
cent discount and an additional 5 per
cent discount. The Iowa Railway and
Light Company discounts for such ser
vice are 10 and Is per cent.
The franchise allows the grantee to
make a minimum charge of $12 per
annum per horse power per rates ca
pacity for motors installed. The Iowa
contains the same minimum. provided
for by q supplementary contract. which
is a part of the franchise.
Rates For City Are Lower.
The rates for light for the city, and
for power for the city are lower in the
Bailey franchise than in that Of the
Iowa Railway and Light Company. The
Bailey franchise lighting rate for the
city is 3 " cents per k. W. hour without
discount. The Iowa Railway and Light
Company rate is cents. The power
rate offered by the Bailey franchise Is
2 cents per X. W. hour. The Iowa Rail-
way and Light Company rate is 2A
cents per k. ". hour. However, the
Iowa Railway and Light Company is
now furnishing light for the c!ectrc!!ers
on Main and Third avenue at a rate
that is lower than the rate for city
light in their ordinance.
The Heating Ordinance.
The grantees. under the heating ordi-
nance, are compelled to post a $4,000
bond to indemnify the city against pos
sihle damage to streets and alleys and
other city property by reason Of the
failure to properly lay conduits or re-
to lay pipes.
Heat is to be furnished from Sept l
to June /, and if it is furnished on
metered service the rates are to be as
follows: Seventyfive cents per 1000
pounds fox the hsstasllo 900 pounds per
month; 70 ctiitfttasBsr 1000 pounds for
the next 10000 pounds per month; 65
cents per 1000 pounds for the next TO-
900 pounds per month; 60 cents per
1000 pounds for the next 10000 pounds
per month; So cents per 1000 pounds
for the next, $4,000 pounds per month;
so cents per 4, 900 pounds for the next
100000 pounds ,peg ~nlonth end As cents
per 1000 pounds f6r all over 100000
pounds per month.
If steam is sold or flat rate basis,
the rate for that service shall not ex-
coed 80 cents per season per square
foot of required radiation. Required
radiation is Interpreted by the ordinance
to mean enough radiation to maintain
a temperature Of 72 degrees.
Bailey was occurred to post certi-
fed check to cover a proportionate cost
of the city election. If the ordinances
are approved by aamajority of the vot-
ers they will become operative when
the city council then finally adopts
them and they are accepted in writing
by the grantees.