Acetylene gas,

Discount 10 cents per M if paid on or before the 10th of the month, Acetylene gas. Discount 50 cents per M for prompt payment, Gas for gas stoves, $1.80; to mills, $1.50,

Discount 10 cents per M if paid on or before the 15th of the month.

Discount 20

cents to large mills and to the city of Lawrence,
Discounts on bills paid on or before the 10th of the month: 20 cents per M on first 2,000
feet; 40 cents per M in excess of 2,000 feet. Minimum charge of 50 cents per month,
Discounts: 10 per cent. on bills for less than 1,000 feet; 20 per cent. on bills for 1,000
feet and less than 3,000 feet; 30 per cent. on bills for 3,000 feet and over, for pay-
ment by the 10th of the month. Discount to $2.70 net per M on gas for fuel pur-
poses. Minimum charge, 25 cents per month,
Discount 20 cents per M if paid within 7 business days,
Discount 20 cents per M for payment within 10 days.

Special rates to one large

consumer,

Discount 10 cents per M if paid by the 15th of the month; to consumers using more
than 50,000 feet in any one month, an additional 20 per cent. discount on all in
excess of 50,000 feet. Gas for manufacturing purposes, $1.00 per M net for first
25,000 feet, 90 cents net per M for next 10,000 feet, 80 cents net per M for next
10,000 feet, all in excess of 45,000 feet, 70 cents net per M,
Discounts: 20 cents per M if paid within 10 days of date of bill,
Acetylene gas,

Discount 50 cents per M if paid on or before the 10th of the month. Minimum
monthly charge of 50 cents,

Bills amounting to $50 a month, 15 per cent. discount,

Fuel gas, $1.50 per M. Minimum charge of 50 cents per month,

Discount 10 cents per M if bills are paid on or before the 10th of the month. Extra rebates to large consumers,

Discount 20 cents per M if paid before 12th of the month,

Discount 10 cents per M if paid before the 15th of the month. Gas for power at special

rates,

Discount of 15 per cent. on all bills paid on or before the 10th of the month. Mini

mum monthly charge of 50 cents,

Special rates to

15 cents per M discount if paid on or before the 8th of the month. largest consumers. Minimum charge of 50 cents a month, Discounts: 25 cents per M on bills up to 15,000 feet; over 15,000 feet and up to 40,000 feet, 35 cents per M; 40,000 feet or more, 45 cents per M, if paid before the 16th of the month. Minimum charge of 50 cents a month,

REMARKS.

Acetylene gas,

10 cents per M discount if paid by 15th of month; 25 cents per M discount to large

consumers,

To consumers of 5,000 to 10,000 feet or more per month, $1.25; to consumers of 10,000
feet or more, $1.00 per M. Minimum charge 25 cents per month,
Discounts: to consumers in Reading, 10 per cent. if for lighting, 20 per cent. if for me-
chanical purposes. Price to consumers in Stoneham, $2, less 10 per cent. if paid by

Special discounts on

10th of month,
Discount 15 cents on all bills paid before 10th of the month.
gas sold for mechanical purposes,
Special price to large consumers.

Discount of 10 cents for prompt payment,

Acetylene gas. Discount $1.00 per M for prompt payment,
Discount 20 cents per M if paid on or before the 10th of the month; discount of 30

cents per M to one large consumer,

Discount 15 per cent. if paid by 10th of month. Acetylene gas,
Discount 20 cents for first 2,000 feet per month; 40 cents for all over 2,000 feet per
month. Additional discount of 10 cents to consumers using gas ranges,
10 cents per M discount on all bills paid on or before the 15th of the month; discount
15 cents per M on the first 100,000 in excess over 50,000 cubic feet; 25 cents per M
on excess over 150,000 feet,
Discount 10 cents per M if paid by the 15th of the month. To consumers using over
25,000 cubic feet per month the following discounts: first 25,000, $1.10 less 10 cents;
next 10,000, $1.00 less 10 cents; next 10,000, 90 cents less 10 cents; over 45,000, 80
cents less 10 cents. Minimum yearly charge of $3,

Acetylene gas,

Over 125,000 feet per quarter, $1.00 per M. Discount of 10 cents per M if paid by the
15th of month,
Acetylene gas.

Discount of 10 per cent. if paid by the 10th of the month. If more
than 150 feet per month is used, $12.50 per M,
Discounts: June to September inclusive, 10 per cent. to 50 per cent., according to
quantity used; October to May inclusive, 40 per cent. to 50 per cent., according to
quantity used,

Acetylene gas,

For gas in Webster $1.45; discount of 10 cents per M to all consumers from these prices
if paid before the 10th of the month. Special rates for mechanical purposes to large
consumers in Webster,

Discount of 30 cents on all bills paid on or before the 10th of the month. Monthly
minimum charge of 50 cents,
Discount 20 cents per M if paid on or before the 15th of the month. Special rate for
gas engines and certain large consumers. Minimum charge 25 and 50 cents per
month,

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Discounts: 20 cents per M for first 2,000 feet per month; 40 cents per M all over 2,000
feet. Minimum monthly charge, 50 cents,

Discount 20 cents per M if paid on or before the 15th of the month,

The average price paid by consumers for coal gas to the companies selling annually more than 30,000,000 feet each is $0.881 per thousand feet. If the Boston company be excluded the average is $0.931. The average price received by the remainder of the coal-gas companies from sales by meter is $1.51; the average received by all is $0.901 per thousand. The average price for oil gas is $4.25 per thousand feet. Acetylene gas is commonly billed to customers at a price per hundred feet instead of per thousand feet, as in other kinds of gas. The average price for acetylene gas is $1.38 per hundred.

The average price paid by consumers of coal gas for sales by meter in 1886 was $1.72; in 1887, $1.66; in 1888, $1.56; in 1889, $1.50; in 1890, $1.46; in 1891, $1.43; in 1892, $1.52; in 1893, $1.45; in 1894, $1.26; in 1895, $1.21; in 1896, $1.17; in 1897, $1.15; in 1898, $1.14; in 1899, $1.12; in 1900, $1.10; in 1901, $1.08; in 1902, $1.07; in 1903, $1.06; in 1904, $1.05; in 1905, $1.05; in 1906, $0.998; in 1907, $0.948; in 1908, $0.921; in 1909, $0.914.

NOTE. The terms "coal gas" and "coal-gas companies" whenever used in the report are intended, unless otherwise qualified, to include all except the acetylene companies and those that make their gas entirely from oil distilled in closed retorts externally fired.

ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES.

The following table gives the names of the persons and corporations under the supervision of the Board who were engaged in the supply of electricity on June 30, 1910, with the localities supplied by each and the population of the same according to the census of 1910, and the capital stock of the incorporated companies. Unless otherwise noted, the par value of each share of capital stock reported is $100.