Aggregates from the balance sheets in the several municipal returns of the last two years show the following facts:

Remarks.

Price.

The following table shows the prices charged by each municipality for commercial lights on June 30, 1910:

No wiring; no free renewals. No dis-
counts. Meter rent 15 cents per month
for less than 5 k. w. h., minimum
monthly charge, $1. Power rates 10 to
5 cents per k. w. h.; minimum charge
per month $1 for 2 h. p. to $8 for 10 to
25 h. p.

Discount of 20% on bills for incandescent
lights if paid before the 15th of the
month. Lamp renewals at cost. Min-
imum monthly charge of $1. Power
at 10 cents per k. w. h. net where con-
sumption per month is 100 k. w. h. or
more; under this amount same prices
and discounts as for commercial lights.
Meter rental 30 cents per quarter. Min-
imum charge, including meter rent,
$10 per year. Power at 6 cents per

15 cents to 75 cents per
month for 16 c. p. lamp,
according to service.

Lamp renewals at cost. No wiring.
Power at 10 and 6 cents per k. w. h.;
for cooking and heating, 4 cents per
k. w. h.

Discount of 1 cent per k. w. h. if paid in
10 days. Lamp renewals at cost. No
wiring. Power at 3, 5 and 10 cents per
k. w. h. according to amount used, and
$30 per h. p. for rated h. p. of motor.
Minimum charge, 50 cents per month.
Minimum monthly charge, $1. No wir-
ing or renewals.

Lamp renewals free. No free wiring.
Discount of 1 cent per k. w. h. if paid
in 10 days. Minimum charge of $1 per
month. Power rates 16 cents per k. w.
h. first 10 h. p. less 1 cent per k. w. h. if
paid in 10 days.

Minimum charge, 50 cents per month.
No free lamp renewals. Special contract
rates for power. Wiring charged for
according to time and material used.
Discount of 10% on bills for incandescents
at contract rates for prompt payment;
2 cents per k. w. h. for incandescents
at meter rate if paid before the 10th of
the month. First installation of lamps
and renewals free, except tungsten
lamps. Power, 5 cents per k. w. h.,
with discounts varying from 20 to 55%,
according to quantity used. Net rates:
2.1 cents per k. w. h. for 50 h. p. to 1.3
cents per k. w. h. 750 h. p. Per ampere
$2.50 for ampere to $13.25 for 10%
amperes for 16 hour power. Minimum
bill 50 cents per month.

Holyoke,

8 cents,

Remarks.

At meter rates,

At meter rates, with
annual rental of $3
per year per lamp.

10

When amount of current consumed per
month amounts to 1,500 watt hours
for each 16 c. p. lamp or equivalent, 10
cents per thousand watt hours will be
charged. Discount of 25% if bills are
paid on or before 15th of month; after
the 15th and on or before the 25th,
15% discount. Lamp renewals
cents each for 2, 4, 8 and 16 c. p., 15
cents each for 32 c. p. No free wiring.
Minimum charge of $1 per month.
Power rates from 2.83 cents per h. p.
hour up to 3 h. p., connected to 1.83
cents for 50 h. p. and over; discount of
10% if paid before 15th of month.
Lamp renewals 20 cents each. No wiring.
Discounts on bills paid before the tenth
of the month: to yearly customers, 40%;
to all others, 20%, or if bills are $50 or
more per month, 36%. Customers
pay for all lamps. Any customer using
electricity at a voltage of from 2,100
to 2,250 and not using between the
hours of 7.30 P.M. and 10 o'clock P.M.
during July, August and September, to
and including Labor Day, and with a
minimum consumption of 22,500 kilo-
watts per year, receive a discount of
84%.
Any customer using electricity
the entire twelve months of the year,
with the amount used in either July and