Plymouth,

$1.75

Discount of 10 cents per M if paid in 20 days. Special rates of $1.50 net
to certain customers. Minimum charge of 50 cents a month,

$1.65

$1 65

$1 68

$1 70

Acetylene gas. Discount $1 if paid within 20 days,
Discount 20 cents per M if paid in 10 days. Charge of 25 cents a month
when gas is not used,

Acetylene gas. Discount 15 per cent. if paid in 10 days,

12 75

1.00
12 75

1 01 12 80

1 01

12 79

Springfield,

1 00

1 60

1 60

1 50

1 51

All in excess of 2,000 cubic feet, $1.60 gross. Discount of 20 cents on all
bills paid within 10 days. Customers using gas ranges: first 2,000 feet,
$1.70 per M, and all over 2,000, $1.50, with discount of 20 cents per M
if paid within 10 days. For industrial purposes, $1.40 per M, less 20
cents discount if paid within ten days. One customer at $1.25 per month.
Minimum charge of 50 cents a month to consumers whose net bills aver-
age less than that amount for the year,
Discount 15 cents if paid within 15 days; also extra discount for quantity
of 10 cents per M on the first 100,000 cubic feet in excess of 50,000 per
month; and 20 cents per M on all in excess of 150,000 a month. Chicopee
and South Hadley Falls, $1.10 per M cubic feet, 15 cents discount if paid
by the 15th of the month,

Discount 10 cents per M if paid within 15 days. To consumers using over
35,000 cubic feet a month the following rates: first 35,000 cubic feet,
$1 per M; next 10,000, 90 cents; in excess of 45,000, 80 cents, less 10
cents per M if paid within 15 days from date of bill. Minimum yearly
charge of $3,

Acetylene gas,

Discount of 10 cents per M if paid within 15 days. $1 gross price for 125,-
000 cubic feet and over per quarter; 90 cents gross price for 1,000,000
cubic feet and over for manufacturing purposes per quarter, less 10 cents
if paid within 15 days. 25 cents a month charged when no gas is used.
South Dighton, $1.20 gross per M, less 10 cents per M if paid within 15
days,

15.00

Acetylene gas. Discount of 10 per cent. if paid within 10 days. If more
than 150 feet a month is used, $12.50 per M. Minimum charge of
50 cents a month for each meter set,

Discounts: June to September, inclusive, 10 per cent. to 50 per cent., ac-
cording to amount of bill; October to May, inclusive, 40 per cent. to 50
per cent., according to amount of bill. Minimum monthly bill of 50
cents net,

Discount of 10 cents per M if paid within 10 days. For mechanical pur-
poses, 10,000 cubic feet or less, $1.35; 10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet, $1.20;
20,000 to 30,000 cubic feet, $1.10; 30,000 to 40,000 cubic feet, $1 net
per M,

Discount of 20 cents per M on all bills paid on or before the 10th of the
month. One special customer, $1.20 per M less 10 per cent.,
Discount of 15 cents per M if paid within 15 days. Minimum monthly
charge of 25 cents on 5-light meters or under if consumption is less than
300 cubic feet, and of 50 cents for larger meters if consumption is less
than 500 cubic feet,

All in excess of 2,000 cubic feet, $1.60 per M, gross. Discount 20 cents on
bills paid within 10 days. Customers using gas ranges: first 2,000 feet,
$1.70 per M; all over 2,000 feet, $1.50 per M, with discount of 20 cents
if paid within 10 days. For industrial purposes, $1.40 per M, less dis-
count of 20 cents if paid within 10 days. Special contract, 2 customers
each using 1 arc lamp at $48 each per year. Minimum charge at the
rate of $6 per year to consumers whose net bills average less than that
amount for the year,

Discount 20 cents per M if paid within 20 days,

1 Maximum gross and net prices, exclusive of Chicopee and South Hadley Falls. 2 Maximum gross and net prices, exclusive of South Dighton.

The average price paid by consumers for coal gas to the companies selling annually more than 30,000,000 feet each is $0.850 per thousand feet. If the Boston company be excluded the average is $0.88. The average price received by the remainder of the coal-gas companies from sales by meter is $1.47; the average received by all is $0.864 per thousand. The average price for oil gas is $4.50 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 $1.36 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; in 1910, $0.901; in 1911, $0.890; in 1912, $0.857; 1913, $0.850.

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, 1914, 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.