The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-07
Alabama Water, Light and
Power Co. Writes Formal
Letter to Weatherly
CURRENT TO COME
FORM HALE'S BAR
Would Enable the City to Go Into
Municipal Distribution of Elec-
tricity to Citizens as
Consumers

At meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Alabama Water, Light and Power COM
ident and general manager. was author
lied to make a proposition to the city
commission of Birmingham whereby the
city can take up the distribution of cleo
trio current ON large scale
1t will be recalled that the Alabama
Water, Light and Power company re-
Gently made n contract for large amount
of current to be supplied from the new
water power plant at Hale's bar on the
| Tennessee river. The company proposes
to build transmission lines from the Ten
nessee river plant TO Huntsville, Gads.
CEN Birmingham and intervening points.
Letter to Wcatherly
Mr. Friel yesterday wrote to Commits
sioner Weatherly formally quoting prices
| ON current to be supplied to the city. Ills
| formal proposition reads as follows:
I'm accordance with our conversation
| of few days ago. I will make YOU the
| following proposition to supply the city
with electric current for lighting and
power purposes:
"These prices to hold good for 10 years
| from date of beginning of service and
subject to adjustment at every 10-year
period thereafter on a basis that cur
| rent is being sold to the general public
in the cities of Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Montgomery and in the Birmingham dis
trct at that time. The length of time
for the contract or franchise to furnish
the city with current to extend for .
period of 30 years. The current to be
delivered at transformer station or sta
tions located near the corporate limits
of the city or at such other convenient
point or place in the city as may be
designated by the commissioners or other
governing body of the municipality.
THE prices to be as follows;
Prices to be Charged
primary power. on straight 2i-hour
basis of l cent per llowatt hour. for all
the power used the first year of contract.
The city to guarantee to take minimum
of 100000 kilowatt hours after the first
year The price on 100000 kilowatt hours
at fiat rate OF eight-tenths of a cent
day meter at 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. and six
tenths OF cent 6 mlls) per l<ilowatt
hour night load through night meter, be-
ginning at p. m. to a. m. When the
city's consumption has increased to l0,-
coo. 900 kilowatt hours per year the price
to the city will be .007o cents or 7ta
mills per kilowatt hour, day load, and
.O055 cents 5i2 mills for night load
When the city's consumption amounts to
IS 900, 900 xilowatt hours per year the price
will be reduced to seven-tenths of cent
or mills for day load and five-tenths Of
cent or mills for night load. Or We
will make a fat rate of five-tenths of II
cent Is mills) on 24-hour power. the city
guaranteeing a per cent load factor.
This company to be allowed the privi
lege of selling to all manufacturers Of
100 horse power and over, and any other
parties in reach of their lines that the
city does not care to furnish. These prices
are below any price that the city could
make power by a large steam plant, such
as the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company has now. In other words,
the prices above mentioned are below
and Power company can deliver the cur
rent on it's switchboards at the present
time.
Begin Within Six Months
1--WE will agree to begin furnishing cur
rent to the city within six months. These
prices will enable the city to go into mu-
nicipal ownership of lighting the city
and distributing power to manufacturing
plants throughout the city and adjoining
towns. and will enable them to acquire
a large revenue at the same time plac-
ing the city administration in a position
to deliver current. both for lighting and
manufacturing purposes at a much lower
price than 1t is now being delivered by
the Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow
er company.
1--WE are very anxious to close up a
contract with the city for distribution of
power throughout the corporate limits
of Birmingham In other words. we would
like for the city to be the distributing
company for our company.
IF this proposition is acceptable to the
city we will want the city to agree to
begin taking power as soon as our lines
are built and we ready to deliver
current This will give you a proposition
which you can present to the people with
out any doubtful engineering propositions
or Investigations. The only thing you
will have to consider is the price you pay
and the price you will get for it.
This proposition Will remain open for
your acceptance for 30 days.
"Please lay this proposition before your
associate commissioners
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