The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22

I'VE propose as follows;
I'VE will establish as. a maximum
gas rate. the sum of SHE'S per 1000
cubic feet subject to a discount Of
is cents per 1000 cubic feet on all
ills paid within ten days after
,ate thereof. This will make a net
rate OF S1.10 per 1000 cubic feet
which Is the a recommended by
the Rate Commission of your city
after its recent Investigation. The
minimum gas rate of 50 cents per
month per meter to remain as at
present.
in reference TO electric rates:
We will reduce our maximum rate
for electricity from ten cents per
kilowatt hour to nine cents per
kilowatt hour. subject TO q discount
of 10 per cent on all bills paid
within ten days from date. This
will make the maximum net rate
ST. cents per kilowatt hour and will
effect a saving to all residential
customers.
The minimum bill will be re-
Guced from s1.00 per month TO so
cents per month.
I'VE have already granted the
reduction requested for street arc
lights for the the public lighting.
The above reduction In electric
and gas rates to private u
10 take effect as of January I, 1915
and Is made upon the following con
ditions:
'The company TO dismiss the &c.
tion commenced by 1t against the
city In the United States district
court. The city to repeal ordinance
dated May IL, 1914, involved In
said action.
we understand that your citizens
,icsire TO have installed a White
Way system upon certain Of Tie
streets, or what is termed a lumin-
Gus arc system. and that the cf-
details of the city desire tho oppCr-
tunity of purchasing current at met
or rate for the operation Of such
! ys.cm: and also desire t. purchase
- rent for doing the 7 rnp.nS Of the
city water at meter ratcs.
As We read you charter. 1t Is
Necessary Ia '"' Tor bids for all
public lighting and pumping and for
I the furnishing Of current for such
purposes. We shall be pleased to
submit bids when called for.
Twill you please give this com.
munication your early consideration
and advise us as to action taken"
Conference Saturday Afternoon.
At tie conference held in the
office OF City Attorney Schaub late
Saturday afternoon. between the city
attorney. Mayor \. @. Meyer. all mem
bers Of the city council and y. Il.
Iiau. JT.. as attic rncy for the Con-
sumers' Power company. a plan was
outlined TO: Il settlement ct the
l~Cng-pending controversy over the
reeulatiCn o; fas rates IN the city
OF MankatO.
Il was decided that ut the meet
day morning following. the matter
would be preached TO that body in
n communication presented By the
Consumers Power company.
The company. IL was arranged,
you'll offer TO cut down the price
of gas 10 s1.25 per thousand feet. as
n maximum. with 10 cents per
thousand feet cT for cash payment,
within ten days. maaing a net rate
Of Sl.l0. City Attorney Scllaub csti-
mated that that would save the city
and citizens OF Mankato about $4,000
per year.
Il vas decided also that the COM
pany was to offer TO cut the maximum
electric rate from ten cents per
kilowntt hour. with ten per cent
discount to 8 cents per kilowatt hour
with ten per vent or. making n net
rate OF ST. cents. This. the city ct
torney figured. would save about So
600 "a year To the city and citizens.
Another cffcr TO be made by the
cCmrany was to cut the minimum
price of electricity from 81 To 50
cents. affecting about SOC consumers
and saving in u year about $3.50.
II was agreed that the city would
advertise for street lighting under an
agreed form of contract. This was
presented ut the conference.
Another agreement was that the
city would advertise for electric
current for the pumping station.
The contract to be executed was
TO provide that the company was 20
furnish all the machinery required
for the system. The cCs; of the ma.
chincry would be 5000 10 $1,000. II
was agreed that all Of this ma
chinery would be sold by the CON-
! pany to the city for 81.
Current at Pumping Station.
II was further agreed that the
| company would cffer to give the city
the current for the pumping at one
Ind onehalf cents per kilowatt hour.
! That was regarded as a very cheap
rate. City Attorney Schaub csti-
mated that this would save the city
about twenty-five per rem OF the pres
ent total cost OF the pumping. This
cost is now Stops per day. Accord.
ing to the estimates. this would
make a saving of s2.57 a day or
$93S.e5 a year.
Another condition Of the proposed
4 Sattlou.opt 40 agraad unnu ven that