The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-08-05
NOTICES
GAS SERVICE
No. 20l52

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCEPN:
The unincorporated Village of Car
Isle. (Berne. P. OIL, Noble County
Ohio, and outlying districts. and the
inhabitants and residents thereof, sand
other gas consumers in said territory
being served by The Home Utilities
Company. are hereby notified that
said The Home Utilities Company has
filed its application and petition with
The Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio, for modification and increase
of the present existing rates which
have obtained therein since Novem-
Der 1, 1882. and which are as follows
classification and Rates:
(a) A rate of Fifty-five Cents
per one thousand cubic feet for
all gas consumed in any one month
in excess of five thousand (5000)
for on or before the 18th of the
ioiiow,as lbS 4 rate snon Of fifty-five cents
l55c) per one thousand t1000)
cubic feet for all over one thous-
and 1900, cubic feet up to five
sumed in any one month less 10
percent if paid for on or before
the 18th of the following month;
tc) One Dollar ($1.00) per month
which entities the consumer to use
one thousand (10001 cubic feet free
from any. other charge for that
amount of gas
Asking for an order Of said Com
mission authorizing it to modify and
increase the foregoing rates to the
following rates:
ta) A minimum charge of One
Dollar l.00) for the first five
hundred t5001 cubic feet or less
of natural, mixed. or manufac-
tured gas delivered per month;
fb} A rate of Seventy Gents (70c)
per one thousand 10000 cubic feet
Tor all over the first five hundred
t500) cubic feet consumed in any
one month:
(c) A penalty of Five Cents (5c)
per one thousand yll000) cubic feet.
but which in no instance shall be
less than Ten Cents U0c), shall be
added to the above charge if not
paid at the office of the Company
on or before the 10th of the month
following that in which the gas
was used
Said application alleges that ths
present rate no longer affords suffi
cient income and revenue to meet tht
costs of service and it is therefore in
adequate. unreasonable and confisca
tory
That since the present rate becam,
effective on November 1st 1882, thu
costs and expenses of exploring foi
and drilling, operating and maintain
ing gas wells. and for materials ane
labor therefor, and for keeping ane
maintaining its pipe lines. wells ane
other property used in furnishing ga
to it's consumers, have greatly ant
materially increased. and that sale
Company is now and will continue t,
be, unable to furnish and provide ga
to its consumers at the present rat,
and price and at the same time pro
vide from its income a reasonabl,
amount for depletion and depreciation
and a reasonable return and profit OF
its investment and the REASONABLE,
value of its assets and property uset
in furnishing gas to its consumers.
The aforesaid Application asks sais
Commission, as soon as it may afte
a final hearing of said application
that 1t issue an order approving ant
| putting into effect said modified an,
increased rate, and for all further ant
| proper orders in the premises.
THE HOME UTILITIES COMPANY
By HI. NJ. WELLS.
Vice President
A. X. SCHLETZER,
Secretary
Approved--Jnly %, 1948
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION OF OHIO
THOS. w. MAxSON,
Secretary.
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