The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

portion thereof, which record shall con 1 tain the time extent and duration of the
 interruption.
 Complaint Records-The company
 shall keep a record of all written com /, plaints received from it's consumers in
 regard to service, which record shall
 show the name and address of the com l plainant, the date and nature of the com plaint, the action taken and the date of
 final disposition of the matter.
 'Aceidents-The company shall keep
 record of and shall furnish to the com
 mission reports of any and all accidents
 happening in or about or in connection
 with the operation of it's property, fa- l cilities or service wherein any person | shall have been killed or injured or prop erty damaged or destroyed, with fun statement as far as possible, of the
 cause of such accidents, the precautions if any taken as prevention against TUT | ther accidents of similar character
 "Meters-No gas service meter shall be placed in service nor allowed to remain in service which shows in comparison
 with a standard gas prover an error
 greater than ? per cept when gas at the
 standard test rate of flow is passing through it.
 LIFE OF A METER "No gas meter shall be allowed 10 re { five years without checking It for ac-
 curacy or readjusting it if found to oe incorrect beyond the limits above estao- lished.
 "Nyhenever a meter is tested. the orig inal test record shall be kept. indicat- ing the information necessary for iden- tifying the meter, the reason for making ! the test, the reading of the meter before being distributed and the accuracy Of fhe meter, together with all the data taken at the time of the test This rec ord must be sufficiently complete to per ! init the convenient checking Of the methods employed and the calculations made. record shall be kept indicating i thA date of meter purchase, name of l nanufa cturer. size of meter, it's identifi- ! cation. it's various places of installation, with dates of installation and removal and the dates and general results of all tests
 Each meter installed shall have been tested for accuracy by the company within one year prior to it's installation and if shall also be inspected for propee connection, mechanical condition and suitability of location
 .suitable and adequate facilities for testing meters shall be provided and ! ma tained The meter prover shall be of not less than five cubic rect capacity | eouinped with suitable thermometers and other necessary accessories, and shall be maintained in the proper adjustment to register the condition of the meterf within # of i per cent
 CAN DEMAND TEST
 nThe company snail, upon the writter request of a consumer, and If he so de
 sires, in his presence or that Of his au' trorized4 representative. make test o the accuracy of his meter. When con s,1mer desires either personally ol through a representative. to witness tht Il testing of his meter he may require the meter to be sealed in his presence befos. removal which seal shall not be brokev until the test is made in his presence. | ths meter tested shall he found to be ac curate within the limits specified above a fee of (space left blank) shall be- pait to inc company by the consumer requir | ing such test; but if not so found, ther thA cost thereof to be borne by the com lpany. When making such request. tn vfconsurner shall agree to the basis Q navnent herein specified. A report o | such test shall be made to the consume | and complete record shall be kept ol | file as previously specified.
 If meter be found to be fast at an, test by more than per cent, an allow
 ance or refund shall be made to tn | consumer by the company. equal to al 1.-the excess charge to consumer figure \ hac,x fron, the date of test through tn I enfire period of the current bill. unles N if can be shown that the error is due t an accident or other cause the exac I date of which be determined, ii }Lwhich case it shall be figured back t | that time.
 | .sCalorineter Tests-The company sha provide Iand maintain complete stan dard calorimeter outfit approved by tn commssion. by which 1t shall determin the heat value of the gas at least twic
 each day and at least four days cac
 week and complete record of all sue
 tests shall be kept The accuracy of tn
 calorimeter shall be established fror
 time to time by representative of tn | commission at place to be designate IN by it. Il .sPressure Suryeys-Ths company sha provide and maintain several graphic rs