The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-25
BY VINCENT LYONS
LINZ. EinanriaI Editnr

Times Financial Editor
Fantastic fluctuations occur in the
ur.ce which consumers throughout
Indiana pay for natural and manu-
featured gas Natural gas sells as
cheap as s. cent for the first 1000
cubic feet ~ 1000 British Thermal
Units in ST. Paul and IS high as
t2ff = 1000 cubic feet n 1850 Brit
lsh Thermal Units in Dunkirk
Manufactured gas n $40 3. T. Z.
g. available in Roseland and Osceola
e. 81 a 1000 cubic feet. but consum-
Us in LaVTenCeblrg have 70 pay
$3.50 a 1000 cubic feet for gas having
the same p. T. u content.
a mixed gas. after giving effect
n tho 3. r. Il. content is rather
stable in price. In Anderson and
NfunCle p rate Of S125 rs charged
for he first 1000 cubic feet Of SO
Of S167 for 1000 3 T. U. IN Munster
Firms supply IS Cities
or The 81 cities which are sup
pied with manufactured gas the
average cost % the consumer Of the
first 1000 cubic feet Of gas he pur-
CnaSes is S159. The n cities reccIv-
ing natural gas paw an average Of
Slf7 = 1000 cubic feet and the five
cities supplied with mixed gas paw
an average Of s2O3 for the first 1000
cubic feet
The preponderance Of the manu-
featured gas supplied TO consumers
in Indiana is furnished by the three
operating companies Of the Mid
land-United Co.-N0rthern Indiana
Public Service Co. Northern Indi-
ana Power Co. and Public Service
Co. of Northern Indiana. These
three companies together furnish
service to AZ Of the 81 cities served.
RoseIand PAYS Only 81
Northern Indiana Public Service
Co. furnishes $40 B. T. u. gas 10 81
cities throughout the state The
rates which this company charges
range from 81 for the first 1000
cubic feet i'm Osccols and Roseland
n as high as S217 for gas or ex-
actlv the same type I'm AinSwOrth.
Rates of the company FOR other CT
ties follow.
Button, SIS: Bremen. $40;
Columbia CITY. sos. Concord
Township. Sl35. East Chicago.
s138. Elkhsrt and r. Wavne, Sl35,
Goshen. $40. Hobart. l99;
L0CanspOrt. Sl.55: Nappannee. Sl-70:
Peru. $3.50 Plymouth. Sis. Roam
okp. s. o.. South Bend. Sl29: War
saw. s165. Winamac, S197, and WI
mona Lake. Sl65.
In addition. this company serves
> mixed gas Of 1000 3. T. u. in
Hammond al $3.50. IN Michigan
City At s27I, and IN Munster at
s26I
Public Service Co. Of Indiana fur
nishlnC 10 cities. supplies its product
as low as Sl25 a 1000 cubic feet IN
Linden and Shelbvville and as high
As s225 IN Liberty. Rates of the
company for other cities follow:
Clinton Price sos
Aurora. $50. Bedford. s1.30:
Bloomington. $40. Columbus,
S2O5. Charlottesville. S145: Frank
fort. s140. Franklin. S166; Jefer-
Sonville. s1.50, Lafayette. s141;
l. anon, $40: Mitchell. S135; New
Albany. $50. Newcastle, s14O;
Noblesville. s175. Seymour, s13O,
and West Lafayette. S141.
The Northern Indiana Power Co.
supplies eight cities with gas and its
rates vary from SIPS in Huntington
TO S2O4 IN North Manchester. Other
rates are: AttiCa. S135: ClOverdale,
S135: Greencastle. S1.65, Martins
vile. Sl52. Rochester, $3.50. and
Sheridan, SITS.
Twelve other companies also
supply manufactured gas TO Indi-
ana residents. All of these supply
but one city each. with the excep-
tIOn Of Indiana Gas Utilities. which
furnishes five cities. Its rates are
as follows Brazil. SITS: Brazil
suburban. $3.50. Clinton. S225;
Richmond. $40. and Terre Haute,
$40.
A total or rs companies serve nat
Ural gas 10 the 70 cities receiving
this type Of service. Wabash Public
Service offers 900 3 II. L. gas al
81 50 for the first 1000 cubic feet 70
consumers IN Bickncu. at SIPS IN
Francisco. and at 50 IN Oakland
CITY.
Although Dunkirk consumers pay
the highest rate of ali FOR natural
gas in dollars and cents. VincenneS
and Washington actually have The
dearest gas m the state.
These two communities pay $500
for the first 1000 cubic feet o. $50
r. IT. u. gas against s. - for 1850
p T. L. gas IN DunkirS. Thus.
while DunklrS consumers pay p
cents more for their gas they re-
scive 200 more heating units.
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