Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-29

From May 1. 1sf7 to December 31, 1e29 period of tree years and eight monthe capital exnenditures totalling 5pes7ss have been made for improve monts and extensions to the clty's gas and slecsric prQperty- This is in effect the answer made by the gas and elec- tric commissioners to the questions asked them by Mayor Herbert M Lerou as to how much has been expended by the com mission in new equipment since the em- ployment of H. E. Mole as consulting engineer, The gas and electric commis- sioners' answer to- another question asked by the mayor in. regard to commis- siohs or salaries paid during the past five years aside from the superintendent or cashier shows htat commissions to- taIling- s42,s25.S6 have been paid during the i've year period as commission on new construction and on supervision of opera tioD.
 The above questions are two of a series put to the gas and electric commissioners last month regarding tre operation. con trol, management and repair of the city's municipal lighting plant and the manu- facture generation and distribution of 1 electricity and gas by the city: Another of the questions answered crows that total expenditures by the city since July 1. 1904 on the plant in re- | pairs. replacements, enlargements and ex- l tensions are shown at $113S,9 S,959.61, of
 which $s11se0.7s appears on the books
 as derived from the earnings of the plant. The mayor asked what the cost of gas
 to the domestic consumer is. To this the commission answers that the first 1000
 feet of gas costs the domestic consumer $40. For the twelve months ending
 April 30, 1920. the cost of gas at tl<s city plant was 75 I-3c per 1000 cubi,
 feet and S1.5e per 1000 cubic feet al l the consunners meter.
 l The questions were put tol the com missiqners in the form of a letter uade | date of February 14th The commits I sioners rendered their reply in the forn
 of a typewri.ten report dated Februar, l 18th. Mayor Lerou then submitted l second set of questions and received tn
 second list of answers Monday morn ] ing.
 Mayor Lerou and the members of tn
 court of common council met Monday ev ening in the mayors office for a confer ence at which time the two sets O I answers made to the mayor were laid be
 fore the members of the council for thei consideration. The various answer were discussed and the two reports wer
 passed upon before the conference brok np about 10.45 o'clock The two r,
 ports, one consisting of thirteen typ, written pages and the other of twenty two typewritten pages, will be laid bt fore the council for action at the Apr meeting next Monday evening. RI Text of Answers.
 The following is the full text cf T
 commissioners answers to tho first S
 of questions asked by Mayor ,Lerou: r Honorable Herbert M. Lerou, Mayor City of Norwich.
 Norwich, Connecticut . Dear Sir: In accordance with vol z ! reQnest of the 14th instant we are her 2 with answering the. questions subrnftte z Any information given that is not feon ! nlete or clear we will be glad to fdrnis z further details if possible
 ,t Question 1--HoW does the comui1ssit z justify it's present charge for meters? Answer-There is no meter charg It There is no service charge, Instes IT there Is q minimum charge-per month 7 S1.9o for each gas meter and s100 p z month for each electric meter installed ! At present rates, for gas and ele ! tricity, this allows gas customer v lconsrlxne 100 cubic feet per month f < the $1.00 minimum charge or 1-3 kill
 watt hours of electricity per month f
 the s1-00 minimum charge. If, howev,
 the customer uses per month tn, n the amounts named above he pays t minimum charge nevertheless, and f the following reasons:
 E (al Interest on Capital invested