Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-23
A STATEMENT
To the Patrons of The Ohio Gas
iubt e, Coko Co

Light & Coke Co.:
1t is apparent that a misunder-
standing has arisen with few of our
consumers relative to the readiness to
serve charge Of twenty-five cents per
meter per month provided for in the
P. U. c. o. No. 8 filed with the Pub
lie Utilities Commission of Ohio, is
sued August Is, 1917, effective Sep
tember 16, 1917.
The Ohio Gas, Light & Coke Co. re-
alizes that any person or corporation
serving the public should be fair with
patrons and customers, and must be
reasonable and just in charges and
rates to obtain permanently satisfac-
tory results to all parties concerned.
Under existing unusual circum-
stances, owing to the enormous ad-
vance in the price of coal, and the Sc
rious difficulties encountered to pro-
cure a proper supply of suitable coal
for gas production, the company feels
assured that if it's patrons will fully
acquaint themselves with all the facts,
there will be no objection to the read
mess to serve charge, and in the
presence of the unlooked-for condi-
this charge will be admitted by gas
consumers to be just and reasonable.
The company feels assured that gas
consumers do not wish to have plan
adopted that will destroy the company
and that the company in order to ex-
ist must have sufficient revenue to
pay at least fixed charges and other
expenses of conducting it's business
and serving the public. : Under the
present conditions it is absolutely
necessary that the company receive
this additional revenue in order to
render proper service and if any gas
consumer feels that he is unable to
pay the monthly readfness-to-serve
charge of Twenty-Five. cents, or that
the company is not entitled to this
charge, he would confer a great favor
to The Ohio Gas, Light & Coke Com
pany if he would discontinue the use
of gas.
The Company invites inspection of
its books and records and would be
pleased to have a committee at any
time examine them to determine
whether or not the readiness to serve
charge is just and reasonable.
There is no disposition on the part
of the company to keep any informa-
ton from the public that will shed
light on the subject to the end that all
gas consumers may know that the
charge is fair and just.
The management of the company
feels confident that when all the facts
are known the patrons of the COM
pany will not object to this small
charge during the present disturbed
and unhappy condition of business
and especially while it is so difficult
to procure a proper supply of suitable
gas coal to enable the company to
render proper service to the public
It is hoped that a committee rep
resenting gas consumers will at ar
early date make thorough inspec,
tion of the books and records of the
company and give the facts as they
exist to the public, so that all tht
patrons Of the company and all par
ties interested may know the facts a
they exist. The management of tn
company will give the committee ever,
, assistance to enable it to make sucl
/ inspection of the books and record
! at any time.
Owing to the inability of the com
8 pany to procure proper supply o
n suitable gas coal, the service has a
n times been unsatisfactory, but tn
= company did the best it could unde
the circumstances, and having ha
the experience of the recent past,
q hopes to be able to provide agains
recurrence of such trouble, and wi
n make every effort henceforth to pre-
vide suitable gas coal to the end tha
n it may render satisfactory service t
it's gas consumers.
n Respectfully,
y y JOSEPH A. SLOAN,
General Manager.