Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1915 — PROPOSED REDUCTION IN LIGHT RATES [ARTICLE]

PROPOSED REDUCTION IN LIGHT RATES

City Council Will Ack for Reduction in Minimum Rates Prom |I.OO to 75c. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening the city attorney was Instructed to submit a petition to the Public Service Commission of Indiana asking permission to reduce the minimum electric light rate from $1 to 75 cents per month, with a penalty of 10 cents if hills are not paid by the 10th of each month. • The Jasper County Telephone Co. was granted permission to lay a cable on Cullen and Susan streets and the city engineer was instructed to prepare specifications and the city electrician plans for the same. The city attorney was Instructed to prepare a resolution for the improvement of the alley through Block 9, the alley back of the Odd Fellows and other buildings, and the city engineer was instructed to prepare plans and specifications for same. A. iLeopold was granted the use of Front and Rutsen streets to pile building material while erecting houses, upon filing a bond to the satisfaction otf the mayor. The usual number of claims were allowed.