The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-03

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to the Public Service Commissions
directions.
The city council may determine the
amount to be used. If the council
see fit to spend only $4,000, or any
other sun per month, it may have
the right to cut out lights or hours
accordingly, so as to bring the total
down to that figure.
The city council under this SEIZED
ule, the Public Service Commission
permitting, to have the privilege of
combining power for pumping and
street lighting under one meter read
ing, giving the city the advantage of
the sliding schedule for pumping and
light combined, as per the above
schedule submitted for your consid-
GRAFTON. The Listerud Power Co.
Copy of letter from the Public Ser
vice Commission of Montana:
Helena, Mont, Feb. %, 1921.
Listerud Power Co.,
Wolf Point, Montana.
Gentlemen:
The Commission has under consid-
GRAFTON the subject matter of your
telegram Of the 10Th inst, wherein
you advise US that the city council
has made an offer of 7 cents per
XVIII fiat for current consumed for
city pumping and lighting with no
charge for connected horse power.
We cannot consistently approve of
any rate for power unless the con-
nected horse power charge of $1.00
per H. p. per month is included as
the rule governing the, connected
horse power charge is included in the
tariff of all utilities in the state.
Neither can we approve of any
rate you might name to the city of
Wolf Point that would be less than
the cost Of production.
The commission would not object
to any rate you might name to the
city Of Wolf Point, if such rate COW
cred the cost of production and if the
power rate carries the connected H.
P. charge; UNLESS such concession
to the city would necessitate a re- :
vision of your tariff and an increase r
of rates charged to your commercial
1t is customary that lighting rates
are higher than rates for power, and
we suggest that such distinction be
made in submitting your proposed
rates for city lighting and power.
Yours truly,
PUBLIC SERVICE COM
MISSION OF MONTANA
Copy of letter from the Malta
Light and Power Co.
Malta, February IS, 1921.
Listerud Power Co.,
Wolf Poiat, Montana.
Gentlemen:
We are very much interested in
your letter of the 18th inst. and en-
close data which we hope will help
you in getting your street light and
pumping rates adjusted. This IL of
great interest to us and we appre-
ciate your situation.
Our street light rate is on a fiat
basis Of ten cents per XVIII and we
have found by close examination that
this is as cheap as we can furnish
current with our present equipment.
Our power schedule, we believe,
is a little different from yours, as
you will notice by the folder we en-
close, as the minimum charge of 81
per connected horse power plus the
following block rate, which ranges
from 10 to Z cents, is quite different
from the power rate you operate un-
der.
The city here has a SO H. P. motor
which is directly connected to a cen
trifugal pump. Last year they used
34,387 XVIII which amounted to 3d.
$1,000 or an average of 5000 per
XVIII for the year. We were losing
money at this rate so petitioned the
commission for a change of rates
which went into effect January 1st, !
1921, and which cut off the last two
block rates of our power schedule, or
the 5 and 6 cent blocks (Which we
have marked on the folder) this gives
us our lowest rate, all additional, 7
cents, which makes our average rate
for pumping for 1921 around So or
9 cents.
We are unable to furnish you a
statement for the street lighting as
up to a few months ago we were on a
fiat rate. We do not think that ten
cents per XVIII is too high for street
lighting for towns the size of Wolf
Point and Malta.
Yours very truly,
Malta Light & Power Co.
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