Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-07

tenance charges The matter should be
left in such shape that the customers or
the company at the end of year, may
come to us for relief if any be needed.
We feel that the company is entitled to
have a lO-year contract with opportunity
for the customers or the company to have
a reimbursement of the yearly amount to
be paid at the end OF any particular year
We shall so provide in our preliminary
order.
AS final word let it be understood
that we have gone into the pending case
at great length, not because OF its magn'-
tude, but because it involves. principles
new to this State and hitherto not an
nounced. Let it also be understood that
in treating of depreciation herein, we
have been speaking Of future deprecia-
ton and a fund to care for the same, and
not of past depreciation in relation to Il
valuation of property for rate making
purposes.
If in the present case the company
should feel that we have omitted to take
into account any sum for maintenance
and other operating expenses, we suS-
sest that in considering the feature of the
case. we have concluded that mainte-
nance for the first few years will be very
small indeed and the additional cost or
operating this extension in connection
with its present plant will be SO small as
to be negligible. AS to maintenance when
it does become necessary the company
will have the profit on all current Tor
light in excess of 50 kilowatt hours per
month and on current for power in excess
of $27.O0 per year.
1t is therefore
ORDERED. ADJUDGED AND DE-
CREED
% That the Winthrop and Wayne
Light and Power Company extend its
transmission line so as to furnish cleo
trio current for light and power to A w.
Burrows, H. E. Foote. F. U. Burrows, F.
E. Bates, A. E. Mcclellan, NJ. S. Bates, f.
G. Hudson, G. B. Churchill, same being
the parties mentioned in the testimony IN
this cause and whose residences are IN
dictated on compliments Exhibit NO.
in this cause. The work of making such
extension shall be commenced within ~
days after the persons last above named
shall have rendered to said company the
written contracts or guarantees men
toned in the next paragraph hereto and
shall be prosecuted to completion with
reasonable diligence.
co That the parties named in para
graph ID of this order are required to
present to said company before it is
bound to undertake said extension writ
ten contracts or guarantees in form salts
factory to said company or to this COM
mission, providing for a payment to said
company annually for 10 years
from the date when electric cur
rent shall be ready to be turned
on in all parts of the aforemen-
toned extension, the following sums, viz:
George B. Churchill. $3.50 per year pay
able in monthly payments of s3.65. he to
pay for current used any month in exces,
of this last amount at regular rates such
sum as such excess amounts to at regu-
lar rates; Edward G. Hudson, the same
as said George B. Churchill; A. w. Bur-
rows. II. E. Foote, F. L. Burrows, F. Z.
Bates. A. E. Mcclellan and NJ. S. Bates,
So each per year payable in monthly pay
ments of 81 and each to pay for current
used any month In excess of said last
named sum at regular rates such sum as
such excess amounts to at regular rates.
The company not to be under obligation
to make such extention until all of the
above named eight persons have entered
int contracts or guarantees above speci-
fed; provided. however, that the above
named guarantors or the company may
have re-hearing on the amounts of saI
guarantees at any time after the eNpira-
ton of the first annual period aforesaid
And provided further that said company
shall not be required to prosecute the
work of said extension while the frost Is
in the ground unless 1t shall have received
said guarantees before Nov. 15 1916.