Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-25

furnish electric current LOT nsht, neat
and power to all consumers in the
city of Alexandria. who will pay for
The same monthly, az g price not 70
Exceed twelve (12c) cents net psr
kilovatt for the first kilowatt and
seven (7c) cents net per kilowatt for
leach succeeding kilowatt."
be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
"The said contract, by and with the
Iconsent of the City Council of Alex
andria, Virginia, and the Alexandria
County Lighting Company, the sue
lcessor of the said Edward "a Mande-
VILE, snail be modified and reformed
SO as to provide that the rate for
| residential and commercial users in
the City of Alexandria for electricity
furnished BY the Alexandria County
lLighting Company shall De as fol
lows:
/ First 5 kilowatt hours consumed per
month SLIGO
| (Which shall be the minimum month,
lily bilD
i Next 300 kilowatt hours used pc!
Imonth Sc per K. W. H.
\ Next 500 kilowatt hours used pei
month &c per X. ". H.
4 Next 300 kilowatt hours used pen
lmonth, &c per K. ". H.
\ All in excess Of 1905 K. W. II. pei
Imonth sc per X. w. H.
/ On all bills paid within ten days o.
Ldate of bill cash discount shall d
allowed of per cent on the frs
$500 of the monthly bill, and pc
cent on the balance.
| eff, at any time after the passag'
of this ordinance either party IS dis
satisfied with the rate as above fix
| ed, and the said City Council and tn
said Alexandria County Lighting Con
pany, its successors or assigns, can
not forthwith agree upon some othe
mutually satisfactory rate, the part,
dissatisfied may, upon ninety 600
days notice in writing to the othe
party, call for an arbitration, where
upon said rate shall be determined b.
aroitrators, one to be appointed b.
the City Council of Alexandria, one b,
the said Alexandria County Lighting
Company, its successors or assign:
and the third lin case of a disagree
ment by said arbitrators) by the tw
or so oppointed;. or in the event o
| the two being unable within twent
(20l days after the date of the ap
pointment of whichever Of the tw
was last appointed, to agree upon
rate, or failing that to agree upon
third arbitrator, the third arbitrs
tor shall be appointed by the the
Judge Of Corporation Court Of tn
| City of Alexandria, Virginia, and tn
| determination as to rate Of a major
ity' of the three SO chosen, shall b
binding upon the parties hereto, thei
successors or assigns, until the rate
shall again be changed by mutual cor
sent or by another arbitration. Meth
er party shall oe permitted to call fo
an arbitration unit latter the expire
ton Of six months from the going int
effect of the rate, concerning whic
arbitration is desired. Any .expens
4 incurred for the compensation fc
such arbitpators shall be borne
the said City Council Of Alexander
! and the said Alexandria Count
Lighting, Company; its successors {
assigns, equally / IL. HI
! Section 2. The Mayor. Of the Git
Of: Alexandria: is hereby authorize
and Instructed TO enter into a col
tract with the Alexandria Count
Lighting Company, its successors
assigns, in order to put into effect Il
provisions of this ordinance. The sa
contract to:Sbe in force for one ye
from the first day of June, 1921 al
then the original contract to be
force unless it shall be otherwi
changed by the City Council.
Section 8. This ordinance shall
in force from its passage,