Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 291, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1932 — Page 11

APRIL 14, 1932

MAYOR'S TALK HALTS UTILITY RATE PROTEST Sullivan Defends Revised Schedule at South Side Club Session. The much-publicized water rate protest meeting of the central committee of the South Side Civic Clubs Wednesday night at Garfield park community house turned into a ‘‘love feast” as Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan “stole the show,” with a decisive defense of the compromise rate schedule. Few were willing to protest after the mayor’s address, and the meeting wound up with a standing vote of thanks to the mayor and his aids for obtaining the new water rates. Four persons, in all, protested and three of the four apparently were heavy users, two of them leaving flustered after making their protests. Starting out with a discussion of the unemployment situation, Sullivan tackled the utility problem with ihe assertion that the new rates benefit the greatest number. “The question of unemployment,” aid Sullivan, “overshadows everything else. There is no use trying *o disguise the fact that conditions in Indianapolis are critical. ‘Today we have approximately 48,000 jobless, and 59,000 more dependent on those jobless. That makes 107,000 on the danger line—--30 per cent of our population.” The mayor detailed the fight against the Indianapolis Power and Light Company and the water company and praised The Times for its fight for reduction in light rates. "It, is a difficult task to fight utilii ies,” Sullivan said, “because a utility will spend $200,000 in defense of its rates. In that room at the statehouse where the power and light hearing was held, half of the men in the room were strangers to us. “They were experts from New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and other suburbs of Indianapolis, the highest-priced, the finest ex

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pert legal and technical talent in the country. “What did we have on the other side? Our whole fight cost us S3OO. It is not an even fight by any means. We had practically lost when The Times disclosed the light company's prospectus. It brought the commission around, and the compromise reduction was accepted, on the theory it was the best we could get as an emergency relief at this time. It was much better than long, expensive litigation, “It’s a small saving to every one who uses electricity—not a great saving, but it’s started the ball rolling.” Referring to the water settlement, Sullivan read some figures from the

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water company, provided at his request, showing that from April 1 to 12, the company has billed, at the new rates, 24,738 customers, including all property south of Washington street. This number is 34 3 i per cent of all the company’s metered customers, the latter said. Os the 24,738 billings, 17,252 received reduced billings; 2,707 bills were unchanged, and 5,749 bills were increased. The water company claimed in its letter that the decreases totaled $6,739.32 and the increases totaled $4,747.39. Saving to the civil city was listed as $5,384.38, a total reduced revenue of $7,376.31. “I am satified entirely with the reduction,” the mayor said. “Pre-

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viously. the small user averaged only 475 cubic feet of water. He paid for 700 feet. There were 45,000 of these minimum rate users, and they were paying for the big fellow. “Now, the heavy user pays for the water he uses, and the little user pays the minimum rate. That rate is what we think benefits the city as a whole.” E. Kirk McKinney, president of

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the works board, and John F. White, member of the major’s rate committee, spoke briefly, and J. Ed Burke, chairman of the meeting, invited those who wished to protest to do so. S. Solomon, 1114 Union street, protested that his rate jumped from $3.33 to $4.95. He disclosed he paid $3.33 for 2,000 feet of water and $4.95 for 2,300 feet of water. A. Rosenthal, 616 South Illinois

street, protested that his rate was raised from $2.25 to $3.44 and rate committee members pointed out that he was using more than 700 feet of water. W. M. Carstedt, : 219 Hanna street, complained his rate had been raised $2.80 on the same consump-

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tion of water, but revealed his supply was for a business house. R. E. Sullivan, 338 South Harlan street, told the audience he was gone from home twelve hours a day and that in January, February and March he paid $1.50 each time for between 400 and 500 feet of water.

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“In April," said Suliivan, “they charged me $2.15 for 1,000 feet.” Then came the vote of thanks and the “protest” meeting was over. 1 About one-fifth, or 2,000,000 acres of Florida, is composed of river?, streams and lakes.