Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-09
HgAPER GAS PRICE
HAILED BY 10000
USERS IN SUBURBS
.ties Gas and Electric Com
's ..nv. Controlled by U. G. l.,
Cuts 10 Cents Off
Homes Rate
% TO BUSINESS MEN

al nm homes and places OF bust
NeaiH - suburban district west and
s. ftss ~ ~ philadelphia are prohting
q horthNe ,s's,son in gas rates recently made
u feu1,s',r,ioa Gas and Electric Com
N the Couiu''
ANY =, N cents a thousand cubic
reuu' r Made for the ordinary user of
iN y ,be home For places of business
s.te large quantity oil gas Is useu' ''ie
.lmction was sweeping s.,-.,,.,,
isaa,.,.,,eh II costs much more TO furnish
tnouas,,burban communities than in
ps ~ ~, the residents of MONTGOMERY
& ps ,ay no more now for gas than
soun y. nsople Of Philadelphia.
s s,,siress men of that section are
Ine ,,,,ch less than the business men
4 paynlns5i,adslphia. payln5, for there is minimum
q o. ~ "a cents a thousand cubic feet
~ large users
DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS
Counties Gas Company is con-
ny , ~, the United Gas Improvement
es.ranv Samuel r. Bodine, president
Conpsir C.ts n a. l., is also president of the
rc,nties Gas Company, , +.
r-,a counties Gas Company takes in
,,tNtsomery County, and small part OF
csss,er and Delaware Counties. III is
.nsd .psssd into two districts. The Main Line
es,u. 1i',e,ct s,nplles all the points on the Main
eIn. ss Tar west as Malvern. The Schuyl-
n sn Jistrict serves Norristown, Bridge
NJ, Conshohocken and surrounding
points ,,,.,, dis,r,h,t,,,
.,a,s The Main Line district is supplied
ky the plant at Ardmore, the Schuylkili
district by the plant at Norristown'
In the Schuylkill district are about 9Ooo
users OF gas. In the NlaIh l'''e u'o'i 'e'
10 about 5000.
rhere are $4,000 homes in Philadelphia.
n almost all of these gas is used, and
n addition there are countless places OF
husiness among the consumers OF gas.
Eecause Of the concentration 1t costs
nucb less to distribute gas in in the city
than in the suburbs.
The Counties Gas Company must carry
Hs product over a sparsely settled dis
trlcf; Il must run it's mains long dis
stances. And the cost of operating is
thereby greatly increased.
NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES.
Under the new schedule of rates the
average housekeper pays 81 for thou
sand cubic feet of gas in Montgomery
County, providing prompt payment is
made. In Philadelphia the same rate
obtains.
For persons who use more than 10000
cubic feet month in Montgomery
County there is still lower rate-90 cents
4 thousand cubic feet-and for those who
use more than 10000 cubic feet the rate is
S 50 cents. For more than $4,000 cubic feet
the rate is 70 cents.
This Is the fifth time in 10 years that
the Counties Gas and Electric Company
has reduced its rates for gas. The last |
reduction was two years ago. Prior to
the beginning of this year gas cost s1.1O
thousand cubic feer up to 5000 cubic !
feet after which the rate was 90 cents.
The rate Is still listed at S1.10 thou
sand cubic feet. but a discount of 10 |
cents thousand cubic feet is allowed If |
the bill is paid within 10 days. This dis |
count is allowed to all who do business |
with the company.
IN EFFECT JANUARY 1.
The reduced rate, which went into ef- |
.fect January i, was announced at time |
when the materials used in the manufac- |
tufe OF gas had advanced considerably in |
price Coal has gone up in four months, |
the gas officials say, and the cost of oil |
nas increased 50 per cent. The factor |
which made it possible to reducel the |
rates was the advance in the manufacture |
ol gas, so that 1t is now possible to make |
ms commodity for less money than for |
nerly
This, together with the increased busi- |
ness which is hoped for as a result of the !
reduetion' Is expected to offset the de- |
crease In the revenues of the company.
Ahhough the householders' rate, both |
with the Counties Company and the L. |
.. l.. is now 81 thousand cubic feet. |
lhe revenue Of the Counties Company on
eaeh 1000 cubic feet Is 90 per cent. more |
than that of the U. G. l.
CAUSE OF HIGH RATE HERE.
An agreement between the City of Phila-
eephla and the United Gas Improvement |
company is the cause of the high rate
Nhcn Philadelphia pays for gas, for Phil
Ausiphia, by comparison with other large |
eltes OF the country, has an excessively /
hisn rate Almost all the large cities
have s0-cent gas. +.
Under the agreement between the city
anu the U. G. |. 20 cents of every dollar |
pald TO the U. G., l. by the consumer goes
70 the city. So that actually, as far as
.he nnances OF the company are con-
eerhed an SO-cent gas rate exists at pres
The city of Philadelphia owns the gas
sofKs' The U. G.. |. leases them. One of |
sne platform promises of Mayor Blanken-
euis was to give the city SO-cent gas. An
ofalnance establishing SO-cent gas was in
lrodueed into Councils and passed during
in ns administration. but it was vetoed by |
ea,.y sas mayor The reason he gave was that
COUNCILS had failed to provide any other
way N which the city could be compen-
saseu Tor the revenue lost by reducing the
tI'ee OF gas to the consumer and releas-
Jug 'he gas company from it's agreement.
NO COUNTY BURDENS.
Inc Counties Gas and Electric Company |
.oe purdened by local or municipal tax,
~ pays only the State corporation tax,
~ ~ wheh the United Gas Improvement
egm,npahy is also affected.
ne counties Gas and Electric Company
sha's s under the control of the U. G.
spou' Two years ago. The affairs of the
-s,m1pany ms.y We're reorganized at that time.
/. eers ,hs OF the Counties Company say it
4 4 ulelr object to furnish gas to the people
ana serve at as low figure as possible.
ssii n @ slst their engineers and chemists
me-, 1 eSh'lnue ~ TO study the plan and expert.
1oas can be reduced.
y DANNUNZIO Anglers VATICAN