The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-17
palladium Specially

FINDLAY, O., July 1.-THE Logan
Natural Gas and Fuel Company has
been serving this city with natural
gas from the Ohio and West Virginia
fields since August l, 1903, The rates
charged by the company to the consul
mer is 33 cents per thousand cubic
feet, less three per cent for cash be-
fore the tenth of the month following.
The ordinance under which the COM
pany was granted a franchise permits
the company to charge 80 cents per
thousand cubic feet, less three per
cent for cash. but this rate has never
been charged. There is no sliding
scale for the use of the gas, but there
are seven different classes under
which the company sells its product.
Seven Different Glasses.
The first class is the 33 cent rate
to the general consumer.
Glass No. is for gas engines, the
price for which service is the same
as the first class.
Glass No. is for bakeries and the
like, and provides for the use of at
least $4,000 cubic feet to be used
within the month to secure the rate
of rs cents per thousand feet. If more
than $4,000 cubic feet is used during
the month. then the price is % cents,
and for over 100000 cubic feet each
month, the price is II cents.
Glass No. is for blacksmiths, etc
and provides for the use of 100000
cubic feet in the month at the rate of
% cents per thousand feet. For the
next 100000 feet the rate would be
II cents.
Glass No. 5 has relation to power
stations, laundries, wood working
plants, etc, the rate for the first 200,-
900 feet being 16 cents per thousand
cubic feet. All over that number of
feet burned the rate would be IA
cents.
Glass No. 6 includes power boilers,
glass factories, steel mills, etc, the
contract requiring the use of 100000
cubic feet per month at the price of
10 cents per thousand feet.
Glass No 7 includes churches,
school children's homes, employees
ETC., the rate being the same as charg-
ed to users in class No. l, but at the
end Of the year. the company gives
its check for twenty-five per cent of
the total amount of gas used by the
various parties during the past year.
This class puts the benevolent insti-
tutions throughout the districts in
which the company furnished gas all
on the same basis. None get a bet
ter rate than others.
Since the gas was first turned into
the lines here, there has been very
few days the company has been I'M
able to supply gas and on these oc-
casions they have been caused by
breaking in the lines at some point.
Has Been No Trouble.
There has been no trouble here
ing up to it's franchise, and there does
not seem to be any record wherein
the company has been derelct
There is no clause in the franchise
by which the company agrees to pro-
vide for a standard pressure, heat
units and quality. 1t simply has a
franchise for furnishing gas to the
consumer.
There has been no artificial gas
plant in this city since the first dis
covery of natural gas here nearly
thirty years ago.
Although the company has been
working for several years to arrive at
an average gas bill, none has yet been
reached.
In the case of the writer. an unlim-
tied number of gas jets, hot water
heater and gas range, the average
rate is probably $3.50 per month dur
ing the summer months. For heat
ing his home in the winter time. dur
ing the coolest weather last winter.
when the thermometer was below
zero many days during the month,
and with ten room house. the high
est bill was S2170 That means that
the temperature of the house was kept
at or between ~ and so degrees all
the time. The gas here is used most
ly for heating, lighting and cooking.