Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
MERCHANTS PLEDGE.
P. T. P. Co. BACKING
Intention of Cooperation
With Power Plant Set
Forth in Letter.

Intention of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association to CO.
operate with the Potomac Electric
Power Company in it's efforts to rem
der efficient service was conveyed last
night in a letter to William +. Ham.
president of the power company. from
the board of governors of the aSsocia-
ton. Announcement of the intention
of the association to conduct wide
spread investigation with view to
preventing further shut-downs was
made in the letter.
The letter. in part. follows:
The entire purpose of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton in its oVertureS to the Potomac
Electric Power Company in the matter
of electric light and power is extended
solely in the most constructive. help
full sense. both to the retailers, job
bers and manufacturers and to your
company.
Laying aside the matter of lapse of
service for the moment the board OF
governors Of the Merchants and
sure your company. and all the other
public utilities in the District of CO.
lumbia, that it realizes that your com
pany. and they are part and parcel or
us. and we should mutually mingle
our efforts to the end that the bust ness
interests and individuals in the Dis
trict of Columbia should receive the
highest possible form of service from
it's utilities. and that the Public
Utilities Commission and the Congress
and every other agency should be en-
couraged to support public utilities in
such a manner as will enable them
not only to meet the requirements of
today. but to be prepared to expand
to realize the bigger demands that
will be made on them by a bigger
National CapitaI.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association desires to assure you that
at no time nor will It ever be party
to heckling or personal abuse; nor
will it endeavor to embarrass the
efficient of today with whatever sins
may have been committed in the past.
''The problem of doing the city's
business is mutual one. so the board
of governors requests that you indi-
cate to the association what measure
of support your company deems de-
sirable to the end that 100 per cent
of efficiency might be attained by
your company The same aspiration is
held for all the other public utilities.
But it must be realized. as we are
sure you personally do, that the short
comings of so important utility as
the Electric Light and Power Company
leave an impress of waste on every
individual firm or corporate business
in~the District of Columbia We are
most anxious that means be found
whereby the light and power company
shall function without interruption
365 days in every year.
Our special committee has been
continued and has been authorized to
secure expert advice not only here in
Washington, but from every quarter
where electric light and power skill
is attainable to the end that a means
may be found whereby shut downs
are an unknown quantity in the
scheme of electric light and power in
the District of Columbia and that your
facilities may be so increased as to
enable each and all Of US TO promptly
meet the bigger requirements not
only of this new promising year but
of those to come.
The board of governors further
directs me to thank you most heartily
for the prompt response to the invita-
ton to attend the meeting and
through YOU to express our apprecia-
ton to Mr.. L. c. Sinclair and Mr.. H.
A. Brooks"