Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-10-20
COUNCIL 1ABLESlGHT[5 REPORTS
LIGHT COMMITTEES MAJORITY AND
= MINORITY REPORTS HELD FOR =
80 EXAMINATION s.4 =,

AT a meeting of the city council fon
Wednesday evening two reports were
presented by the citizens committee on:
electric light rates, one a majority report
and the other a minority report, the lat
ter by: Peter ]. Vasaly2' The rate COM
nittee was recently appointed by the
city council to make an investigation Of.
the rates and to submit to that body "a
schedule With! the drop schaTge eliminat-
ed. =. Complaints that the drop charge
was unfair were general and these COM
plants prompted the council to take the
above mentioned action. .Gs:>;';''::t - ~
AT the first meeting of the rate com
mittee l.. c.. Gordon, manager of the
Water Power company. was asked to
submit a scheduie'of rates satisfactory
to the company, but with the drop charge
eliminated. asa basis to work from
This he: did. After several meetings the
committee came. to the conclusion. tnat.
the schedule of rates submitted we're un-
satisfactory and at a later meeting he
submitted the figures which he would
accept, which are included in the sched-.
ule printed below. ana which are l.igher
than the schedule the committee had
agreed on at a previous meeting. Sew
eral meetings were held by the commit
tee and a report was finally agreed upon
by. a majority of the committee as given
below. The report was presented to the
council Wednesday evening and was
read by City Clerk .Schallern, and the
minority report by Mr.. 'Vasaly was also
read. Both reports follow ,5>:. - i ~
City Council, Little Falls. MINI. ;" =
Gentlemen: The Citizens committee
appointed by your body some time ago
to Investigate the question of electric
light rates in Little, Falls beg leave to-
submit the following report ennbodying
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tanning schedules OIL proposed rates: =.
l. Residence Lighting and Current for
Cooking-Meter Rates r. q
list 20 kilowatt hrs.-Sc per kw-hr. pr. mo.
I'd 20 kilowatt hrs.-6c per kw-hr. pr. mo-
Balance &c per kw-hr. pr. mo.
Minimum monthly bill s1.oo per meter
installed. Discount S per cent. ..E *:@2|
9. Commercial Lighting-Meter Rates :.
list 100 kw-hrs.-Sc per kw-hr.'. per no.
Balance -4c per kw-hr per, mo-;
Minimum monthly bill $1.00 per meter
installed. Discount 10 per cent. ...,..,g
The manager of the Little Falls Water
Power Co. has approved the above sched-
ules. =
1t will be noticed that the fiat charge
for drops has been eliminated. ........
AS heretofore reported to this body the
proposed rates are not based upon a
property or assets but is a comparative
rate based upon an investigation Ol
charges made for electric service.in' 9TH
er cities of this state. In this cOnnec-
ton it must be stated that a large NUNS
Der Of Minnesota Municipalities are re-
vising their electric rates and that wher-
ever a change is made it is downwards.,5
We are of the opinion that the above
schedules of rates will amount to SUBJ
stantial reduction in the cost of electric
lighting, the exact percentage being irn-
possible to- give because of the dnqp
Charge formerly in use: The one having
the largest number Of drops will be the
greatest gamer by ::le proposed rate
while those on the minimum rate before
will so remain. The elimination of the
drop charge and the combinations of .ne
residence and cuoking charges under one
meter is distinct advantage to the pub
lie. Z: @';:~, :::.:.E
The above rates Is the best rate we
have been able to secure, and from our
investigation of the question and the
facts at hand we are of the opinion that
the rates above set forth are reasonable
as n comparative rate: - t@&i5:s. ~*.i'
Dated this 18th day Of October, 1916.
Respectfully submitted.
IN. n. Bergheim,
w. III: X. Moyer,*
..., e. ]. Weber,
Carl Bolander,
L. v. Tanner,
Ed. M. LaFond,
g. L. o. Vessel,
w. E. .PenAeld.