Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1937 — Page 5

CLEAN, CHEAP, REFINED NATURAL GAS . Is Coming To Decatur • ’ • • Natural gas—the clean, cheap, refined and modern fuel —is coming to Decatur. The way has been cleared for this action, which will save our local customers $9,000.00 annually, by the approval, of the governing bodies of the communities to be served, of the change to cheap natural gas. The company has presented the proposed rate schedules to the public service commission for its approval. The rates reduce the revenue of the company in this community by 21.04 per cent. PIPELINE ROUTE WHERE THE GAS COMES FROM * )/WM&3 \ ch'O The gas comes this re £ ion by pipeline from the great Texas Y \ ° Panhandle fields, and is refined before it reaches your applii Vapous ances. Those of you who remember the dirty natural gas of I KANSAS other years will be pleasantly surprised at the superiority of J j MISSOL/Ef ’>y modern natural gas, superior in cleanliness even to the gas you I — -/’ 1 \ have been using. The gas which will be turned into the Fort | - \ Wayne system, of which Decatur is a part, is thoroughly cleanja*Sku> c, *' o *" oma in addition to i>e(roii, the northern ed as it passes through the pipeline to this community. The | ;rr.“”U h :'h™,:v ,h „'rt*liT route of the pipeline is shown at the left (• natural gas include Chicago, St. I Paul, Minneapolis. Los Angeles, WHEN THE CHANGE - OVER BEGINS The change to natural gas is expected to begin within two What The Change Means In Dollars And Cents months... and IT WILL NOT COST ANY HOUSEHOLDER ONE Here is what the change to clean, refined natural gas means TFNT Fv#»rv o-j*c annlianer in thp ritv will hp tp«itpd and adiimfpd to you, in terms oi dollars and cents, if our proposed rates are CENI. Every gas appliance in the cit> will be tested and adjusted approved. An average gas customer uses 2,400 feet monthly to the new type of fuel. The cost of this task, which is $11,500.00, 0 f Hie present a;as, for which he pays $3.50. With natural gas will be borne by the gas company. The actual adjustment of appli- (of a higher heat content than the present gas) the customer * F * L using the same amount of heat units would have a gas bill ances will be conducted by skilled crew s directed by men exper- of j 2 .69, or a saving of 23.1 per cent. The following table ienced in this type of work. gives typical savings: RESIDENTIAL RATE--- MONTHLY PAYMENT • • ' q! Present Monthly Present Proposed Monthly Reduction by Natural [ * L | Usage Rates Natural Gas • Gas Rate I. Rate Amount * Percent i > I WHITLer I ALLEN 2,000 $ 3.10 $ 2.35 $ .75 24.2 r J r' 2,200 3.30 2.52 .78 23.6 2,400 3.50 2.69 .81 23.1 I j wrrmtv"* * 2,600 3.70 2.86 .84 22.7 I | M„ 2,800 3.90 3.03 .87 22.3 i 3.000 4.10 3.20 .90 22.0 —\ j V--4,000 5.10 3.98 1.12 22.0 L T \ J 5,000 6.10 4.66 1.44 23.6 j \ ./ 6.000 7.00 5.11 1.89 27.0 \ 7,000 7.90 548 2.12 30.6 , — 8,000 8.80 5.85 2.95 33.5 , I I / 9,000 9.70 6?22 3.48 35.9 I j \ / 10,000 . 10.60. 6.59 4.01 37.8 j I roc?* All customers' bills are reduced (in dollars and cents paid for I hvnt/nGto* | wcll S / unr service) whose payments for any month are in excess of the , _ . _ . _ .. . I / minimum, but . . . and here is an important point ... the more HOW THE CHANGE-OVER WILL BE MADE I I ADAMS gas you use, the cheaper it became® per unit. Bills of "maxi- j mrwam mum" customers — those using , T / gas for a number of purposes For the purpose of the change from manufactured gas to natural gat. the city I / REFINED S S^^«S 9 a. h °mucS e ea a as n w ’" * into ‘ one4 ' Ski,l * d crew ‘ W1 " WOrk in each lOne U " tM eV^ ry ~" L “ r ■ in their total payments appliance Is adjusted to the new type of gas. Every customer will receive an f M "\ 'V words^addition 1 o f° gas individual notice of the visit of an adjuster to his home, and this newspaper will m refrigeration, water carry large advertisements announcing the dates on which natural gas will be 1 heat,n ß- or home heat ' turned Into the mains in the various zones. Our adjustment crews will work my I Bi RllJHIiiMBi 18 I mg Wl " ,ncrease the , Here is the local system, for which Fort Wayne is the focal I I saving which you are as rapidly as possible. We ask your eo-operstion and we assure you that every- pointi The gaj manufacturing p | a „t m Fort Wayne will not 1 \ VL I/O I 1 I makin 9 38 compared thing possible will be done to prevent Inconvenience to you. be c i osee | down entirely. In Indiana, Lafayette, New Castle. I \ | / \ / / / with preMnt rates - Crawfordsville. Lebanon, Attica. Williamsport. Tipton and \ 1/ \ r'-" J / Frankfort are served with natural gas. X. 7/1 CU*n*S NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY C. A, STAPLETON, Local Representative.

DECATtm DATLY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25,1937.

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