The courier-index., 1921-02-11
You Control Your Electric Light Bills
A Few Suggestions that Will Enable You to Reduce Them
ELECTRIC CONSUMERS:

number of customers complained at the amount f their bills for the last months VI
 There are several things we want every in way
 December and January the longest months in the wear
 The management took charge the idea and mdo standing that each and every better ghts % also ne" that they producing 10000 kowatts electricity not the fault but the consumers were o getting efficient lights and that several of transformers were where you should have llO volts Look at lights Don't you
 With these conditions equalizng the trans former loads by changing customers from formers to that not heavily loaded was mat you get lights that are as good be found any city
 We attention of our electric light consumers to the meters and lamps that have display
 Some of our customers are under the impression that |a globe or 40 watt globe and this display put try
 For instance you burn lamp Our eecui- cal unit IS 1000 watts or as We call Klowat Your 15O hours it will use one owa and the meter will ut regto anu @ m & 4 watt hour although has taken the lamp six and onehaf hours 10 watt lamp will have to burn 2 bours before the [ % t @ lowatt hour You may lamps which will make so watts These together will register
 viii register fo a0 d % Sa wa att I ha @Py @ Rs @ nGs -Four 4O watt lamps will consume l6O watts and the meter that the meter registers only when light is turned and then 60 75 watts The meter depends for it's own e 9 e % w & vo on as r %a br ng G m b % @ yo @ % o 1 T @ you gye Re motor and the higher
 Most of customers understand this and careful with their lights and at the end of the month their bill ment Please remember that the plant merely of electric power with going your house. ready time that command night day Whether keep you cool in winter do your cooking toang your bread peoang coffee running sewing machine sweeping house and hundred other little that otherwise would take time That electricity will do for you Our work to keep this reservoir full all times you the best service and when this reservoir your home and only the that used We read the meter and make bill from what registers You are the one that controls this bill
 Please stop and think of position The dangers through any time night day. to be ready ca always the street that will be neonvenenced Then when naturally little commendaon for having done the best we were able brought short by coming and trying to kck the ceiling off bill that SOuey control the
 Some of read their and can tell how much they Some others indifferent about but are always that they right and the meter not Others wish to learn how to read them.
 To those who wish learn gladly give them practical lessons and demonstrate a they will few minutes know how to read what a registers
 The light meters read December 22 and then again on January 5 which made January about 3ay month This will equaize itself in February.
 These things for which don't IS to blame neither do think should be blamed trying ght the wrongs that know There leaks business ana everyone, whether business gets oy and does hs best leaks his do Duslness doesn't he considered good reliable citizen anu the community is better off without him Had thought that It IS known trait of human that down anu out and on his failure he the very wants ~ deal with We not that class and don't intend get in It.
 All We want of ability, anu we assure you intend do this