New Britain herald., 1920-01-06

at my office and we went over this
 new plan carefully and found that the
 average additional cost per capita of
 the people using electric current
 would amount to nine cents a month
 more than they now are paying for
 this service.
 ''F'or illustration: 4 man owning
 8 tive-room apartment. cottage or
 bungalow would be charged 50 cents
 month under the new system for a
 consumers charge, approximately
 four cents per 100 square feet of fin
 ished rooms (which. in the flve-room
 home. would amount to about 500
 square feet, or 32c) and then he
 would be charged for the electric
 current five cents per kilowatt instead of II cents per kilowatt as he now ia charged. That is he can burn 25
 watt lamp for a period of 40 hours for a charge of five cents, or a 40
 amount. This reduction in the cleo tric current per kilowatt-reduced
 under the new system from II cents to five cents-is beneficial to the con- sumer from this point of view.
 AS above stated, I have gone into this matter very carefully for the benefit of the people at large, whom I represent, to protect them from irl- creased cost of living. This I shali always do as long as I represent their interests. have personal assurance from the officials of the Conn ecticut Light and Power company-With whom I have been in touch for the past five years-that after a period of six months If this new system does work a hardship in any way upon the public the matter will be taken up with me and remedied, and I will personally see to it, as my obligation to the people of this community. that is immediately done to remedy it.
 One word in defense of the Con- necticut Light and Power company's change in charges for its lighting: The increased cost in maintenance of its business-salaries, cost of mate rials, etc.-has been more than dou- bled during the past two years, and under the old system there were no fixed charges to offset their fixed costs and a man only paid for the amount Of electricity he used. The man who used more electricity had to bear the burden over the other man who used little or no electricity.
 For illustration:. It costs the Con- necticut Light and Power company just as much money to keep up its and it's hservices to a cus- toner whose minimum charge for electricity amounts to 50 cents d month as it does to the customer whose minimum charge amounts to s3. This was unfair to the latter Any system put into eff feet by any company is not infallibie, but after going over the several plans that the company had, I approved the present one in preference to the others, believing that it will work out l to the benefit of everyone in the com munity. - T
 "I will be pleased at any time to have anyone whom this new system affects to any degree. in increasing his cost if he will take the matter up . with me. and I will personally see to It that his. and every particular case will nave the immediate attention of !. he company, and if it is wrong, right 1t.
 "The Public Utilities commission ; has been informed on this matter and t, too, will see that this new systein works no hardships upon this com nunity. !
 AS above stated. I honestly and believe this is the best of the several plans the company would have put into effect on Janu- ary l, and the public will so bear me i,,1 t,.;o