The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-31

cents per and 410 cents XVIII. Average cost
per XVIII for residential and farm customers reduced
There substantially than 1,500
using electric current in 1948 than 1896 which
that the lower cost made electricity and labor saving
appliances available for great many more families When
the PUD took over there 225 miles OF lines In 1948
there miles All PUBS pay percent of their gross
place of property tax In 1948 this amounted to
$4,000 in Benton county, against only $3.50 paid by the
vate The Benton county PUD is in good financial
condition but it must be operated along sound business lines
It built peoples equity of which, in other
words what the people of Benton county This equity
should increase from year to year. and eventually
panson be made at less cost the people Further rate
reductions be made The money the customers pay for
power the PUD is expended follows Payrols 80
cent and amortization of debt discount II percent
depreciation and amortization percent purchased
% percent percent The net income Is
Most this information contained in the September 948
report of the Benton county PUD to the people nfor
nation worth remembering
Spring cleaning time arrived and what possibilities
Go out into the country down the street and you'll see what
we mean There is house needs reshnging, garage
that needs repair building that should have paint
walk inside the house Mrs Doe has ends OF
gestons about what be done to make living more COM
Portable and attractive But the bill starts running up
pretty high take pencil hand and compute costs
of proposed improvement After ALL the day is
warm the out and there's nothing that can compare
just sitting about and doing Next it will be dill
ferent Well have funds Paint building materials ev-
erything should be cheaper Yes the position of the old cod
Tobacco Road is understandable Next next
spring. we'll buy whole ton of paint trainload OF umbeh
full of brick and concrete and we'll clean up ana Tx
up everything. This just isn't our year.
Here is a suggestion who is writing letter
for that $3.50 letter writing contest conducted by the
of Commences AS the shopping center OF the Try area
suggest Kennewck business men take look at some
of the fronts that have on kennelcK
suggest they stroll down past Western Store drop
in and ask Oav Ohe how much it cost him to spruce up
those fronts of way of is to build ne
building Western Store Take walk over TO the LA
nnond and 10 cent store Grigg Bros Lanors MEMS
Wear The Crest and over to Baenan building which i
the natural climax the tour Behold the signs over ne
fronts Of the Mode ODay ock Shop and Mrs Gsons new
etore These two help to mae the building well as to
roach out across the and pu the customers IN Inc
ont that if enough do much some have the "
citv's shopping center Kennewick will be mighty nice
There are other sections of the city that should be menoneo
.cb as Mckeys House of Service and Kenneys Music Cen
tor IN First Avenue and RayDnt Cleaners WINDOW hu
these are examples. Get the idea? @s-~. 49,"
Wavne Harper motorist who was injured Wheh ms cai
+,c hole in the road between the Richand ana facn
.nd has won damage suit for 46o before Benton county
The decision by the jury this is significant be-
cause it precedent that may lead TO glea 49,
t Every motors knows that the roads throughout the
and most other counties this time OF year nave grea
n holes many which deep enough to cause ser
:. accident And if every person who suffers ~
holes sizes the county, there will be flock Oh suiS
~ non collect for damages suffered In the way OIL
can collect for damages to his autonooiie IL Will
.c+ino 70 see whether the case Will be appeael 10
49,. court and then what the decision Oh tne is 'o'
will be-