ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 265, 1 August 1908, Page 14

ELECTRIC LIGHT.

—o COME INTERESTING FIGURES. It cost tlio City Council £165,871 to take over the business of the Electric Light Company, and a' further sum of £9946 is being expended in the. construction of,a new station with a frontage to Mercer Street. ' The follov/ing'tables, given'in the amended report of the Town Clerk, afford an interesting comparison of the cost to the citiof private versusmunicipal: electric \ light supply. The first table shows the charges imposed by the (Company ,while tho second sets forth tho; scale of charges now adopted by the Council. ■ ■ ■. '' __ BEFORE. ■ , . Melt Cost per Unit. Ito 6 units ... ... Hd. .7to i. 9 .units ... '... — 10d:'; 10 to : .14 i .units ... • ... 9d. 15 to 100 units ... <. ... . ... 3d. 101 to 200, units ... ... 7sd. 201 to 300, units ... ... - ... 7d. 301 to .500. units ... , 6Jd. 501 to .750 ' units ... ... , ... 6d. 750 to 1000 units .... ... ... • s|d; 1001 upwards ■ sd: Government rates ... ... ... sd. City Council rate ... •••• ••• sd. Kadiators and motors ...' ... ■... 3d. AFTER. , Nctt Cost per Unit. Ito 200* units ... ... /...• 7d. 201 to ;300 units ... ... ... 6}d. 301 to 750 units ..., :.. ... 6d. 751 to 1000 ■ /.'.. • ... ; Sid. 1000 upwards ... ... .... ... sd. Government Tato ... sd. Tho price' of current for - motor power is 4d. per unit, with, a discount of Id. if paid : before the loth of the month. > The business is,, rapidly extending, some 322; additional consumers having been connected to the mains for the period of eight months ended March 31, 1908. The. revenue • for-, the" same period has increased by £1375, notwithstanding tho fact that the price per nnit has been reduced. ' .