La Junta tribune., 1913-08-30
GAS FRANCHISE WANTED.
Rocky Mountain Gas Company VIII
install $4,000 Plant " People
Approve Franchise.


be found the application Of the
Rocky Mountain Gas Company for 4
franchise to erect gas works and .
complete distributing system In the
city Of La Junta. At the regular
meeting OF the city council on Mon.
day. September 18th, this company
will make application to the city
council for twenty year franchise
to maintain and operate gas works
and to sell and distribute gas
throughout the city. aud the ordi-
nance granting the franchise will
be placed on It's first reading at
this meeting Az soon a. the pre-
liminaries are completed and the
ordinance h legally passed the fran.
chisc will be referred To the tax
paying electors Of la JuntA for
adoption or rejection at q special
election to be held about November
llth of the present year. The plant
y to be In operation not later than
December 80. 1914. or the franchise
becomes null and void.
Under the terms Of the franchise
the company agrees not to charge
consumers any higher rate for gas,
for light and fuel. than 3l.6O gross,
or $l.a0 cents net per thousand Gu.
bic feet. provided that when the
sales of gas within one year shall
reach 100000 cubic feet per month.
then beginning with the first day of
the following year the net price shall
never exceed $l,35 cents per thou.
sand cubic feet.
City officials have examined the
franchises Of a number OF cities In
Iowa that have Installed gas plants.
aud the rate granted In la Junta IL
better than any Of. them In Indian.
ola. Iowa. q franchise VAS xranted
"u March 3ist OF the present year
for . period 0i twenty-five years.
'snd II was Edopeaf b. . vses It
the people by Z large majority. n
gross rate In this franchise is Si.S5.
or $50 net II monthly bills are
paid within a period OF ten days,
The net rate is the rate paid when
consumers take udNantag. OF the
monthly discount by paying their
bills on or before the 10th of each
month. In lndianola there Is "A min
imum rate of fifty cents per month.
You have to pay 80 cents per month
whether you use gas or not You
also have TO pay for installing "A gas
meter In the La Junta franchise
there is no monthly minimum charge,
and you pay only for what gas you
use. The company also iiistails the
meters without charge To the con
sumcr. la Abba. Iowa. the net rate
IL 81 80 per thousand cubic feet.
with a minimum charge OF 30 cents
per month where no gas II used. In
Charlton. Iowa. the net rat. is $50
per month. with \ minimum rate of
&i.00 per month whether you use
gas or not The gas plants In all
Of these Iowa towns are similar ,o
the system that 10 "a De- Installed
In La JuntA.
The Rocky Mountain GsA Company
has been regularly Incorporated with
n capital stock Of 100000. The of.
tIccrs are: President. W. II. Gates:
vice president. W. y. McCu~; secrc-
tary and u.asurss. y. r. AAksoy.
W. II. Gates. president Of the CON.
pany IL engaged In the commission
busincss IN Denver. and v quite
we'll known In Ia JuntA. lie " .
man Of large capitaa and already
has extensive interests In III. Ar.
kansas Valley. being . heavy stock.
holder In the Minn~qua Lumber Com.
IAny. which has half . dos1n yards
In VARIOUS towns Ia The Valley. tho
Ia JuntA Lumber Company being one
of them.
". =. McCur. vice president. n
also well known In La Junts. and
has just recently succeeded bis bro.