The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
BY VINCENT LYONS
Times Financial Editor

Tines Financial Editor
II bread we're 10 sell FOR cents
a loaf IN Indianapolis. . cents IN
Nob.esvlIe and Is cents In Law
rcnceburg it would be a duplication
OF the situation which exists in the
gas rate structure today. Such a
uirerv price performance is hard
a. conceive for an article Of food
ike bread. but u prevails for gas,
a virtual necessity IN its own right.
G1s rates are without any sign
81 stability throughout the country.
The price which the consumer pays
for this service rises By as much Is
500 per cent within the radius OF
q few hundred miles
For instance. in Amarillo. Tex.
the center o. the Texas Panhandle
field from whence a large portion
of the nations natural gas supply
originate. the charge to the con-
sumner fCr the first 1000 cubic feet
81 1000 p 7 u. gas is 30 cents. But
IN Clovis n. NJ. not greatly re-
moved from Amarillo. the rate for
100 p. T. y. gas IS $50 for the
first 1000 cubic feet.
Ohm situation Similar
In Arp. which comprises conSum-
ers in that town as well as in the
East Texas oil field. main line rurals.
Universal City and Willow Springs.
the price charged for the first 1000
cubic feet Of zoos B. T. U. gas IS
sos.
ONO also is a victim OF sharply
fuctuariug rates for its service. In
Cincinnati the first 1000 cubic feet
Of 865 p r. u. manufactured gas
brings 40 cents. whereas approx
matclv so miles away. IN Dayton.
consumers are charged only Sc cents
for the much more powerful natural
gas containing 100 p. +. US.
In akron the first 1000 cubic feet
~ 10jO-1IOO p r. U. natural gas
brings SlO9. but in Seville, less than
Is miles 10 the south. 1OOO-1O5O
Is r. u gas Is sold Tor 50 cents Ritz
man. which is adjacent to Seville
paws Sl66 FOR the same amount OF
the same type Of gas for which Sc
vile consumers pay IS cents.
Cleveland PAYS 50 Cents
Cleveland has a rate of so cents
for the first 1000 cubic feet OF 1850
100 b. T. u. natural gas, whereas
in Parma Heights. which is less than
IS miles removed. the rate is S125
for approximately the same gas
Strongville. a bit south OF Parma
Heights. Is charged 1855 for the flrSt
1000 cubic feet Of gas.
The unwieldy rate structure is not
a regularity of Indiana nor the
Middle West. In New York City,
which is composed Of five bOroughs.
the rates for $40 B. T. U. manufac-
tued gas IN these subdivisions Is as
follows Manhattan. Sis; Bronx,
SI45. Brooklyn. sl.4O; Queens, Sl-3S,
and Richmond. Sis
HavcrstraW N. " consumers pay
S2.7 for the first 1000 cubic feet OF
537 manufactured gas, whereas IN
GoWanda customers there are
charged only ~ cents for 1925
B. T. u. natural gas. In Buffalo
the first $4,000 cubic feet of 1000
B T. u. natural gas is available
az IS cents a 1000 cubic feet.
Rate is $3.50 in Wyoming
In Pennsylvania, Allentown pays
81 5s for the first 1000 cubic feet Of
$50 r. T. u. manufactured gas;
Allison PARK pays but So cents for
Il5O b. T. u. natural gas. Athens
paws $40 for 537 B. T. u. manufac-
tured and Bangor pays $3.50 for $50
r. T. u. manufactured.
In Wyoming only 81 communities
are furnished with this lind OF
public utility service. The rates there
range from as low as $50 for 800
p. T. U. natural gas in Lyman TO
Sc so for SIS 3. T. u. gas in Lander
In West Virginia consumers IN
East Bank are supplied with the
first 1000 cubic feet OF 1850 B. T. L.
natural gas at 20 cents. Persons
desiring gas in MartinSburg. how
ever. as charged Sis for the first
1000 cubic feet Of 500 B. T. L. man
ufacturcd gas. Customers III Charles
tor paw 500 for gas Of the same
heating content as that supplied TO
MartinSburE.
Louisiana Rate Varies