The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

mum reduction over the present price on the above basis of 167 cents per thou sand and an average reduction of l9.2 cents per thousand.
 When the daily consumption reaches 22500OO cubic feet there will be a min imum reduction over the present price on the above basis of 217 cents per thou sand and an average reduction Of A.2 cents per thousand.
 "When the daily consumption reaches 1925, 900 cubic feet there will be min imum reduction over the present price on the above basis of 26.7 cents per thou sand and an average reduction of 29.2 cents per thousand
 When the daily consumption reaches 8 900 cubic feet there will be min imum reduction over the present price on the above basis of SIT cents per thou sand and an average reduction of 34.2 cents per thousand.
 When the daily consumption reaches 100000 cubic feet there will be a min imum reduction over the present price on the above basis of 36.7 cents per thou sand and an average reduction or oo.z cents per thousand
 "All of the above figures are based upon the present consumption of heat units. "In other words, the customer Is now receiving 605 heat units for l cent ana when the daily consumption reaches 4,- COG, O0O cubic feet, under the company proposition. the customer. will receive a minimum of 10.5 heat units for cent and an average of 1O.S heat units for l cent. that is. when the daily consump- ton reaches 4,00O, ,000 cubic feet, the GUS toner will be receiving an incerase of a | minimum of 73 per cent and an average l of 7S per cent more for his money than at the present time. s'It Is estimated roughly that the saV- ing to the community beginning immedi- ately upon the introduction of by-product gas will gradually increase until there
 will be an average saving of approxi' | mately $5OO.O0O per year to the citizens of Birmingham when the average daily consumption reaches 100000 cubic feet
 Pevear's Statement
 They (meaning the commission) ha, mo in a deep hole" said President Pc year. Our officials unfortunately mad the mistake of thinking that this propo sition was so favorable that it would b, grasped. We did not figure that the com missioners of Birmingham would plac the stigma of traders upon us when thu l ma tier was so obviously one wherein thu ta xpavers of this community benefited t, a greater extent than our company a distributors. .rhe next time I shall insist that WI leave some margin for trading when w l deal with the city commissioners on mat ters of this kind. It is an extremely un fortunate proposition that the people o Birmingham are denied gas at 50 cent for which we will make them pay 90 cent by req son of the action of the commis sion. MT Bullock, of course. turned dowl ! the proposal that we give the city cents per 1000 cubic feet to go into tn 1 treasury. We were not getting anything and the city had no right, moral no legal. to ask it.
 ''Mr Weatherly's only justification o | his demand was that the commission
 wanted it or that is. he wanted it. coul'
 not see the justice of that and am of th
 opinion that it was extremely unreason
 able. Now if had known that the com missioners wanted us to pay into th'
 treasury some money in this matter t help out the enfeebled financial situation here, I would have been glad to put tn price up. In that case the taxpayers wh' even now pay the salaries of all city off cials would have been the ones to pa.
 and not the Birmingham Railway, Ligh
 and Power company or the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company. As t
 MT. Wards proposition we would neve
 have consented to the 2h cents placed ol us or the 1 cent.
 "The only remaining thing for us t } do Is to repair our plant and sell gu : at 90 cents. This we intend to do. w