Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-11
in OUR
VALLEY

~ THE recent election campaign in
AiBrownsville the statement was made
--qsite innocently, no doubt-that light
and power rates in Brownsville are
cheaper than rates charged the towns
served by the Valley highpower line.
The Neslaco News of last week car
.ried an advertisement of the Valley
Electric Ice. Company announcing a
rate reduction for power users.
The rates given seemed low as COM
pared to the Brownsville rates.
The Herald yesterday paid its electric
light and power bills. The power bill
for November was $45.3O The amount
Of power used was 666 kilowatt hours.
Comparisons were made. 1t was
found that the cost of 666 kilowatts on
the Valley company's lines was 1892.
However, the minimum charge would
have been $40. since The Herald uses
10 horsepower motor, and the minimum
is 81 per h. p. connected.
The saving, therefore, on bill of
$45.3O would have been. about $26.
Rather interesting, that. Something
worth thinking about. The Herald's
power bill possibly will average $45
month.
In a years time a saving of $26 per
month is 1912. In ten years, if the rate
is maiptained. it would be $3,12O, not
counting interest on the money.
The advertisement in The Weslaco
News gave the following rates for
power: First 200 XVIII per h. p. con-
nected. &c: next zoo XVIII per h. p. con-
nected. Sc; all excess, &c.
Brownsville, we believe, has a power
rate as low as 1-2 cents per XVIII, but
an industrc the size of The Herald could
never hope to reap the benefit of it,
since it would have to. use 900 XVIII be-
fore it would reach that rate.
We have not investigated the charge
for domestic aight by the Valley con-
cern. but we understand that it is
sliding rate. maximum Is cents per
XVIII, with minimum of 81 per month.
However. the consumption in those
towns is not SO large as in Brownsville.
The tendency of high rates for power
is to keep small industries out of the
field.
Il Al. Pryor of; .BroRnsyille makes the
following suggestion IN letter to the
Chamber OF Commerce, Postmaster R. L.
CHM and The Herald:
"1n connection with the approaching
holidays I would like to suggest plan
which obtains in other cities in handling
presents by mail:
In Colorado Springs the Chamber of
al, EcII-
bring in their packages for wrapping and
mailing. In this way, an experienced
package wrapper turned out something
like uniform package, which saved the
postal employees great deal of trouble
and at the same time saved themselves.
the. trouble of wrapping and mailing the
v packages. The Chamber of Commerce
applied to each package, an appropriate
stieked advertisement"
Manager G. C. Richardson is a glutton
for work. But we don't know how his
office is manned as to experienced
wrappers.
The Brownsville radio station the
other night. in its 6 to z p. m. program,
put on series of Hawaiian numbers.
During the same hour the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram station also gave several
Hawaiian numbers.
The Brownsville numbers were every
bit as entertaining as the Fort Worth
entertainment.
Perhaps our homefolks didn't appre-
ciate them so much, because they were
so near. But far away, doubtless, it
was a different story
At one station school Riddles were
given an hour in which to broadcast
their appeals to Santa Claus.
( Valley educators are constantly hon.
ored by their fellow workers.
Thomas J. Yoe. superintendent Of the
Brownsville schools, has been a member
of the executive committee of the Texas
state Teachers Association, and lis
now member of the State Textbook
Commission.
Sid Hardin, superintendent at Mission,
has been honored in another field. He
Is governor of the Rotary club of this
district.
Now ]. Lee Stambaugh, superintendent
of the Pharr-San Juan schools, has been
elected member of the executive COM
miftce of the teachers association.
vally schools are recognized through
out the state as having officials and
teachers of extraordinary ability. In
the personnel, in buildings, in grounds
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