Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-24

chamber at the City Hall.
The questions follow: >
BY the city:
What salaries were paid by
L the Gas Company. its par
emit, grandparent and great
grandparent corporations, to
each OF the five highest paid
officials OF the Gas Company
during each of the 10 years
I9S1-l940 inclusive:
O-From how many sources, re-
- lated directly 10 the owner
ship and operation of the Gas
Company, does the Gas Com
pany's president receive salaries,
bonuses or dividends, and when
did he first acquire an owner
ship In natural gas producing
company in southwest Kansas:
C-Whst great financial inter-
lest In known 20 he the larg--
est stakeholder In United Light
and Power Company and in
American Light and Traction
Company. and Il that same
interest represented on the d.
rectorate Of Columbia Gas and
Electric Corporation:
f-With whom did the Gas
4 Company negotiate the orig
inal contract for Its natural gas
supply from the Panhandle
Eastern system In 1888, and
what positions did they hold In
the Columbia Gas and Electric
Corporation?
S-What amounts have been
- expended since Jan. 1, 1885,
for attorney and engineering
fees for rate litigation and lob
bying In connection Herewith,
including costs Of litigation now
In progress before the Michigan
Public Service Commission?
c-What amounts were ex-
" pended by the Gas Company
and Its parent corporations for
attorney and lobbyist fees,
bonuses to Gas Company officials,
attorneys and employees In con-
nection with the contracting for
and the introduction Of natural
gas (change over) to supply the
Detroit area?
7-What amounts have been
paid, per year. since Jan. /,
1885, by the Gas Company and
by Its various affiliates and
holding corporations to the Gas
Company's New York attorney,
Mr.. Park Chamberlain: Is Mr..
Chamberlain related to the
chairman Of the board of direc-
tors of the United Light and
Power Corporation
DIN what other cities Is
. straight natural gas distrib-
uted by utility companies In
which American Light and Trac-
ton Company or United Light
and Power Company have sub
stantiaI stock interest: Please
list the gas rates wholesale
cost and the retail price
charged for the first 1000 cubic
feet of natural gas (per monthly
in those cities.
0-Does the gas company
~ maintain that the actual
cost of the physical process of
distributing 1000 cubic feet of
natural gas from the Melvindale
town border measuring station
Is GREATER than was the cost
OF distributing 1000 cubic feet
of artificial gas from the. gas
holders?
Questions 10 and II ask why the
yas company has not expanded its
sales in Detroit in view
If statements by pipeline company
,fficials that they have been will
ng to sell much more gas than at
present at low rates. They fur
her ask how Detroit's industrial
gas sales compare with those of
1ther cities.
1O-How can the gas COM
IL pany's credit be affected
by municipal ownership agita-
ton, when the company's presi-
dent points to $4,000, 900
surplus idly on hand, to be used
for such contingencies as oppos-
ing municipal ownership? Why
have not such SURPRISES been
used TO reduce the company's
bonded debt, and thereby lessen
the burden carried by gas rate
payers:
Questions by the gas company:
Does the city intend to sup
l. ply suburban communities
In the Detroit area:
0-ff SO, is It not true that an
amendment to the state
constitution would be necessary
10 give a Detroit city owned
plant authority to furnish such
gas:
O-Who would Ak the condi-
- tions and rates for service
to plants, business houses and
domestic gas users In these
communities, the Detroit city
government: 0
l-Would there be any appeal,
+ and to what authority?
Els II true that the water
- hoard charges higher rates