Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-02-15
TO THE PUBLIC

and which for the past ten days have
continued daily in Hopkinsville, re-
suited in compromise agreementfor
a new schedule of maximum rates to
become effective Feb. LIST, 1917, and
the same follows:
The first Is XVIII, monthly used
at .. ............. lOc |
The next rs XVIII, monthly used
at ....... 49,. &c
The next lOOKwh. monthly used
at. 80. .. ............. 7cI
The next 100 XVII. monthly used
at =. ....,. -. No &c
Excess Of 300 XVIII. monthly
at 49, :. .....ri.,,, :. JAcl
Minimum monthly charge. -. 76c
net, payable at the Office Of the Com
pany on or before the 10th of the
month following the service render
ed.
The Company's old rates to the
large consumers were reasonable and
compared favorably with rates for like
quantities in large cities; but to give
theseeomparatively low rates to large
consumers the Company exacted dis
criminatory higher rates from the
smaller consumers. There being COM
monty in a community like this five
small users to one large consumer,
the Commission was DESTROYS of Sc
curing a schedule of rates that would
benefit the greatest number of the
customers and also to establish such
schedule that the burden of the bene-
fits to these larger number of smaller
quantity users would not be shifted
on to the large consumers. To FORM
ulate such a schedule was not simple,
to say the least, but, it is believed
that the rates adopted will benefit all
users; the smaller ones, considering
that the monthly minimum charge is
reduced from $l00 to rs cents and
that during the year very large num-
Der of the smaller users do not con-
sumo quantity of electricity to an
amount to even $l.00 per month, will
benefit on the whole fully 20per cent.
while the larger users and whose
rates as stated, were already reasona-
BILE, will not have to pay higher rates,
and on Il full years consumption
SHOULD show quite areduction as COM
pared to the old rates. Because the
schedule adopted specifies the highest
rates that the Company may charge,
the Company can voluntary make les
ser rates than the schedule specifies
so long as it does not discriminate
that is to say, it must give the same
rate to all for like service.
The Company's maximum rates for
power purposes were found to be
reasonable and remain unchanged. 1t
was ascertained that the present gas
rates, because of the comparatively
small amount of business that the
Company does, showed a loss to the
Company ON the investment in the gas
company, hence a reduction could not
in fairness to the Company, be eX-
pected or demanded.
AT the reduced rates computed on
the 1916 business of the Company, the
saving to private consumers of cleo
tricity for lighting will amount to at
least So, 100 year, with correspond
ing increase in the saving as the Com
pany's business increases. The saw
ing to the city on its new rate for its
buildings, parks, ETC., will show a
saving of approximately $500 year.
The adjustment of the street lighting
prices was deferred at the request of
the Company, pending the decision OF
the property owners, merchants,
bankers and others on Main and Ninth
streets as to putting in White Way,
for which the agreement provides the
very low rate of 81 cents per XVIII.
which requires the Company to fur
nish and maintain the lamps and
globes and to maintain the fixtures
when installed. Under this rate for
the White Way it is believed that a
street lighting contract can be negoti-
ated so that the total expense of the
present street lighting and the light
ing of the White Way, should the cit-
zens decide to have one, and which
would be made possible by their con-