Hatfield,
Haverhill,
Hyannis,
Ipswich,
Lawrence,
Leominster,

15 00

1 10
15 00
2 00
1 00

14 32

1 01
14 92
1 88

15 00

1 01
14 87
1 90

.

90.2

91

1 80

1 56

1 59

3 68

91.1

3 57

91.3

Lowell,
-Lynn,
Malden,

consumer,

77.8

82.9

1 10

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 is 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
Discount 10 cents per M is 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 i2th 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,
15 cents per M discount if paid on or before the 8th of the month. Special rates to

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,

1 00
1 84
12 50

1 45
12 50
2 00

1 00
1 89
12 57

- Marblehead,
Marion,
Marlborough,
Milford,
- Natick,
New Bedford,

1 60
1 65

95

1 53
1 53
1 56

1 52
1 53
1 59

Newburyport,
Newton,

1 60 1 05

-North Adams,

1 20

1 03

1 03

1 40

- Northampton, North Attleborough,

1 33

1 32

1 60

1 31

1 30

COMPANY.

Gross
Price.

REMARKS.

Average

Price 1909-1910.

Average

Price 1908-1909.

$15 00

$15 00

Northfield,
Norwood,

15 00
1 70

1 57

1 54

1 50

Otis Company (Ware),
People's (Stoneham), .

1 33

1 46

2 50

1 91

1 88

1 40

1 16
1 83

1 17 1 82

2 00

Pittsfield,
Plymouth,
Sadler, Thos. G. (South

Attleborough),
Salem,

South Hadley,
- Spencer,

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

10th of month,
Discount 15 cents on all bills paid before 10th of the month. Special discounts on

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 is 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., acrording to

quantity used; October to May inclusive, 40 per cent. to 50 per cent., according to quantity used,

15 00
1 80

1 54

1 66

Waite and Smith (So.

Dartmouth),
Webster,

20 00
1 60

-Williamstown,

1 50

1 25

1 43

Woburn,

1 60

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,
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,

1 41

1 40

Worcester County,

1 80

.

1 56

80.5

1 68

83.2

Worcester,

1 00

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.

NAME. .

Localities supplied.

Popula

Capital.

tion. Boston fonsol basto Attleborough Steam and Electric Co., Attleborough, Seekonk, 18,612 $235,000 00 Ayer Electric Light Co.,

Ayer, .

2,797 30,000 00 Ballou, Gilbert M.,!.

Shirley,

2,139 4 Beverly Gas and Electric Co., :

Beverly, Hamilton, Tops-
field, Wenham,

22,583 285,900 00 5 Blackstone Electric Light Co.,

Blackstone,

5,648 10,000 00 Block Plant Electric Light Co., Boston (in part),

9,500 00 Bridges, J. B. & Co.,

South Deerfield,

2,209 5,161 00 Buzzards Bay Electric Co.,

Falmouth,

3,144

11,000 00 Cambridge Electric Light Co.,

Cambridge,

104,839 800,000 00 Cape Light, Heat and Power Co., Provincetown,

4,369 35,000 00 Central Massachusetts Electric Co., Monson, Palmer, Warren,

Wilbraham, West Brook
field,

21,215 150,000 00 6 Charlestown Gas and Electric Co., . Charlestown,

41,444 600,000 002 Chester Electric Light Co.,

Chester,

1,377 4,800 00 7 Citizens' Gas, Electric and Power Co. of Nantucket,

Nantucket,

2,962 26,000 00 & Clinton Gas Light Co.,

Clinton, Lancaster,

15,539 123,000 00 Colrain Electric Light and Power Co., Colrain,

1,741 2,500 00 Deerfield River Electric Light Co., Conway,

1,230 4,700 00 Douglas Electric Co.,

Douglas, Sutton,

5,230

7,500 00 9 Easthampton Gas Co., :

Easthampton,

8,524 50,000 00
Arlington,
Ashland,
Bedford,
Bellingham,
Boston,
Brookline, .
Canton,
Chelsea,
Cochituate,
Dedham,
Dover,
Framingham,
Holliston,
Hopkinton,
Lexington,

Medfield,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Medway,
Boston,

Millis,

975,986 15,543,600 00
Milton,
Natick,
Needham,
Newton,
Norfolk,
Sharon,
Sherborn,
Somerville,
Stoneham,
Walpole,
Waltham,
Watertown,
Wayland,
Westwood, .
Winchester,

Woburn,
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
Brockton,

Brockton, Avon, East

Bridgewater, Bridgewater,

Stoughton, Whitman, 83,550 948,800 00 Fall River Electric Light Co., .

Fall River,

119,295 600,000 00 Fitchburg Gas and Electric Co.,

Fitchburg,

37,826 550,900 002 Foxboro Electric Co.,

Foxborough,

3,863 16,500 00 Franklin Electric Light Co.,

Turners Falls,

6,866 20,000 00 Gardner Electric Light Co.,

Gardner,

14,699 65,000 00 Gloucester Electric Co.,

Gloucester, Rockport,

28,609 175,000 00 Grafton Electric Co.,

Grafton, Sutton,

8,783 10,000 00 Great Barrington Electric Light Co., Great Barrington, Egre

mont, Sheffield,

8,348 125,000 00 Greenfield Electric Light and Power Co., Greenfield, Deerfield,

12,636 325,000 00 Haverhill Electric Co.,

Haverhill, .

44,115 446,800 00 Huntington Electric Light Co.,

Huntington,

1,473 5,000 00 Hyde Park Electric Light Co.,

Hyde Park,

15,507 287,500 00 Lawrence Gas Co.,

:

Lawrence, North Andover;

Methuen, Andover, 110,170 1,900,000 00

1 Manufacture of electricity, minor portion of business.

: Par value, $50.