The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-11
OFFICIALS MARK
TIME IN FIGHT
over Gas Rates
Corporation Commission De-
..,ciSion Held Up for Data
aAy AMEND ORDINANCE
City Rulings May Correspond
With State Decision,

Mayor Ovefholser announced this
afternoon that in all probability
he would move tomorrow afternoon
for amendment Of the city ordinance
regulating gas pressure. The mayor
said that he thought the city com
mission would agree TO reduce the
standard OF gas pressure from six
ounces, as II is now in the ordi-
nance TO four ounces, which was the
standard set by the corporation
commission In its ruling in the No
wata gas case in which discounts
are allowed for all gas furnished
! under fouI-ounce pressure.
No move has been made today by the
ey commissioners, the state corpora
~ commission or the Oklahoma Gas
n, Electric company in the gas situa-
cpAhere.
Nj e corporation commission is await
additional data from the Oklahoma
oi & Electric company in regard to
-es pressure in Oklahoma City be-
deciding the case against the gas
any whlch.has been filed with that
10 by Charles Selby county attorney.
cher Molinard, general manager Of
az ar Oklahoma G"s & Electric company
e. ! today his entire time IS being de-
sJted to collecting data and he has not
cen a copy Of the ordinance which was
adopted by the commissioners last Fri
day afternoon
who Pay; Tor MstersY
"From the fact that the corporation
commission has something to do with
she case filed against us by the county
attorney" said Mr. Molinard, we sur
mise that the corporation commission
may also have something to do with
this ordinance business"
As a result of the acton OF the cor
poration commission in making iour
ounces the basis of rate determination
In the Nowata case, it is possible that
the city commissioners will amend the
ordinance they passed last Friday to
make that pressure the basis here in
stead OF the six ounce pressure which
the ordinance now provides for.
The ordinance is not perfectly clear
TO Dr. ]. G. Street, who said today
that in his opinion the gas company
will be compelled to install self pressure
registering meters for each consumer
81 do not know whether the charter
will allow them to charge the con
sumers for these meters or not said
DR.. Street, "and it may be possible
that the gas company could install the
meters and then charge monthly rent
on them until they were paid for"
Solved, Says Walton.
Commissioner Walton said that he
was more interested in the fight against
the Oklahoma City Gas & Electric
company to prevent the raising of cleo
tricity rates than he was in the gas
situation Just now.
"I believe the gas situation Is solved
20 the best of the ability of the city
commissioners by the passage OF the
ordinance last Friday" said Mr., Wal
tpn today and am therefore more
Interested Just now in the case before
the corporation commission regarding
their petition to be allowed to raise the
'a'es for electricity
: q will fight the proposed increase in
4 tes to the best of my power and | am
w using my entire time in mapping
at the plans for my fight"
Mr.. Walton intimated that there was
. possibility, that the commissioners
would amend the ordinance making a
minimum pressure of four ounces in
stead of six ounces here