The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-07
TO The PEOPLE!
ARTICLE EIGHT.

The predicament in which this company finds itself at
this time faced with heavy losses the sale of gas and
electricity price much lower than that at which 1t can
be manufactured due to features, We have shown
over which we have no controls local by
of means. but countrywide. Every Public oerv-
ice Company in the country is facing the problem
and many have already been granted the increase IN rates
which have been necessary that they might and
continue to give the best of service.
The problem of increased costs had become SO serious
May OF this that emergency meeting OF the exec
utives of the gas industry called New York
slider the conditions which the companies
of the United States and which the time threaten
the continuity Of indispensable to the public
pointed that that relief might be expect
ed from increasing of operating public utilities tor
time fact it assured that costs would continue
to increase
Therefore, in considering the best of continuing
the class of which have given the Triple Cities
of public utilities have thought best to acquant
the consuming public with the facts and to bring about
widespread recognition of the necessity for immediate
lief from the critical conditions under which
operating, make clear the essential character OF
service and fairly lay the cards the table knowing
full well that the Triple Cities appreciate the
Importance Of such essential service prosperity
and development.
The franchise under which this company is operating
granted by the citizens of the Triple Cites
In all probability, the session OF the Florida
state legislature there will be created
for the control of rates at the various Public Utilities
throughout the similar the commissions han
ding the public utilities practically every other
the Union
However, this company has desire whatever to take
the authority for the regulation of the utilities and the
ting Of standard of the hands of those who
granted the franchise and instead of waiting for the pro-
posed commission asking the ones that granted
the franchise allow them slight increase rates for
electricity and gas
At the convention held in Daytona in April of all pub
lie utilities Of the State of Florida the consensus OF
opinion that the only the public utilities Of Florida
could expect to live have their control placed In the
hands OF commission created for that special purpose
they feeling that the average citizen capable OF
judging to the that should be Justly charged and
that they would be unntentionaly unfair that they
would not for increase in their electric and gas
rates.
However the officials of the Daytona Public Service
Company feel entirely different regard their Dayton
property beng OF the opinion that the people of Dayona
Dtona Beach and Seabreeze fair minded citizens and
realize the necessity OF increase keeping with tl
present increased of productions that the public u.i
ties may be asset to the Triple Cities rather than er
met they would be they were not on substantial
basis
therefore,, we are asking the citizens of the Triple
les to grant us the required increase that liability
might be turned into for the profit of the rp.
Cities and its business life