The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13
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l5l to 300 X. w H. ................ SIC
601 and over XVIII. ......... SIZE
Minimum charge ..,...........5Oc
The Hamilton Service Co.'S rate in
Middletown is:
I Up to $50 XVIII ............ 10c
151 to 300 XVIII. ................ SC
30l to 900 XVIII. .............. &c
30l to 500 XVIII ................ Sc
Sol and over XVIII. ........... &c
Minimum charge ................75c
Now, then, apply that difference in
rate if we do away with the competi-
ton we have in the city of Hamilton,
and the result which would undoubt-
edly result, and they said would re-
suit. The average users bill in the
city of Hamilton is approximately
$500, for lighting, ironing, washing,
all those things. $500 is a fair aver
age Based on 1000 consumers, not
taking into consideration commercial
lighting, there are 1000 consumers in
the city of Hamilton, making S1.29
i per month additional on your bill of
! $l5.48 per year you would have to
+ pay; making a yearly difference of
I sos, 10000 it would cost you as con
sumers if the same situation exist
ed as in Middletown and which they
strive to bring about here. In ff-
teen years it would mean $685.
10000 more it would cost the consunl-
ers here. and yet they say if you
spend S650,00000 to build the cleo
trio light plant, which will maintain
that price control for the benefit of
the consumers here, you are adding
an additional tax burden on the pub
lie. Gentlemen, they are very incon-
sistent in their statements. They
seem to have no respect for consist
ency or logic when they make such
statement
Dayton is Building
Some say we should not make the
investment because Of the great
super power scheme which is about to
be carried out and then our plant
will be obsolete The Dayton Power
and Light Co., at Dayton, Ohio, is
/ spending three or four million dol
lars additional to their plant. Would
not the super-power system have the
same effect ON them, and they are
parties to it. Some of those inter
ested in that so-called super-power
scheme are the Dayton Power and
Light Co, The Union Gas and Elec-
tric Co. and the Hamilton Service Co.
and The Ohio Gas and Electric Co,
and yet they are spending money to
double their steam coal plant up
there at Dayton So l say we ought
to be consistent when we make such
statements. If it affects US it will
affect them.
! had a conference with officials of
the Union Gas and Electric Company
last week. They wanted to come to
Hamilton, but as | was going to Gin
\ cinnati, ! said / would meet them
there. During the course of that con-
4 ference they made proposition to
me which was not at all entertain
ing, l am not going into what it was.
They also stated to me that Chas. A.
Monroe was right at this present time
negotiating the sale of his property
to the Union Gas and Electric Co.,
of Cincinnati and l sent him the fol-
lowing telegram:
( Chas Monroe, Chicago, III.
Is it fact that you are negotiat-
ing the sale of your local properties ?
H. J. KOEHLER, JR.
Mayor
His reply is as follows:
Chicago, June 80, 1923.
Hon. Harry J. Koehler, Jr.
Mayor, City of Hamilton,
Hamilton, Ohio.
My Dear Mr.. Mayor
In answer to your telegram, per-
nit me to advise you that | am nego-
tiating with the sponsors of the super
! power plan to work out what is fair
proposition of the cost to be contrib
uted by The Ohio Gas and Electric
Company and The Hamilton Service
Company, towards the projected sta
tions and transmission lines.
In connection with this negotiation,
| have stated that / would step out
of these properties, if thereby
greater Development of the valley
could be accomplished.
An investigation is now being made