Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-12
YUMA LIGHT, GAS & WATER COMPANY
 SCARED OUT OF ITS BOOTS

The ARIZONA SENTINEL threw large-sized bomb-shell into the Los Angeles highbinders' camp in its last issue and threw it with such force and pre- cison that the scheduled meeting with the state poration commission indefinitely postponed The fact of the matter is, the exposures made in these columns came as caps of thunder from clear sky It was the blow that almost killed father.
 For the time being, at least, the local company will dare press its claims to abandon the rriga- tion water service; it will not dare ask the corpora tion commission to fix price on its water ser vice at anything like what the company contemplat- ed; will it dare ask the corporation commission to permit it to hawk bonds or stock over the country with which to fleece the innocent sucker"
 They have aroused the people to such an extent that any one of these propositions would almost bring on riot if it were granted The people have been fooled just once too often. Another attempt along these lines and we'll the people will tell em what's what
 If the local company wants to furnish clear water instead of muddy water for irrigation pur- poses all we'll and good but it must be furnished at price not greater than that now charged for mud dy' water. If any attempt is made to change the present law on that subject it will be we'll for the city council to think several tnse before the change is put into effect for the people have their eyes open at last They know they have been ruthlessly robbed by the local company in ways than this water question: Take the electric light system, for an ex- ample. What are the facts2
 In the first place the rotten old rat-trap is so internally rotten from physical standpoint that for the past year it has bought all it's uce or pow CT from Sanguinett and Ewing's ice plant Their old machinery is so rotten and broken down that it can not manufacture it's own power therefore it had to purchase this power from the Sangunetti1 Ewing ice plant. At what price?
 Say, good people, hold your breath till you know the facts, then rear up on your hind legs and DE- MAND YOUR RIGHTS. Listen:
 For the first 100000 kilowatts Sanguinetti and Ewing sell the power to the local company for TWO CENTS, that being the capacity of their plant over and above what they require to their own bus iness All excess of that amount is charged at the rate of THREE CENTS per kilowatt because when they furnish more than 100000 klowatts they compelled to use more fuel and machinery than is required to produce the amount they themselves re- quire.
 That arrangement was perfectly satisfactory to the Los Angeles highbnders. Not one single cent over and above these figures has been paid San guinett and Ewing for the power furnished. They were content to furnish the juice practically at cost in order to keep Yuma supplied with electric power and water If they had not furnished the nec essary power the rotten old plant would have been out of business long ago; Yuma would have been in darkness all this time, and the people would have been forced to go to the Colorado river for what water they needed for domestic purposes
 In the meantime what have the highbnders been charging for the electric service they purchaS ed for not exceeding THREE CENTS? Look at your last months receipt and you will see that you have actually paid profit to those highbinderS and gougers of OVER FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT. Now just stop and think of it. SIX cents would net them over ONE HUNDRED per cent; but they are not content with that small profit. They actually make you pay SIXTEEN CENTS per kiowatt, which they get for TWO and more than THREE CENTS.
 Isn't that the act of a robber? How long are you