Dividends.

The amount paid in dividends by the several electric light companies and the rate per cent. will be found in detail in Appendix E. Fifteen companies paid no dividends. The other 39 companies paid out in all as dividends the sum of $3,503,404.86, which is an average rate of 10.22 per cent. on their capital stock.

Reductions in Price.

The following companies have reduced the maximum net price per kilowatt hour for electricity for commercial use during the year ending June 30, 1914:

Abington and Rockland (in Cohasset and Scituate),

Cents per Kilowatt Hour.

from 17 to 15

from 16 to 14

from 12 to 11

Gardner (in Barre, Hubbardston and Westminster),

Prices.

The following table shows the prices charged by the several companies for commercial electric lights and power on June

Abington and Rockland.

For light: for residences in Abington and
Rockland 15 cents gross a k. w. h., with dis-
count of 10% if paid in 10 days; in Hanover
and Norwell 15 cents net, and in Cohasset
and Scituate 17 cents net to summer custom-
ers and 15 cents net to yearly customers; min-
imum charge $12 a year. For stores in
Abington and Rockland 15 cents a k. w. h.
for first 50 hours' use of connected load a
month and 7 cents for all k. w. h. in excess,
with discount of 10% if paid in 10 days; and in
Hanover, Norwell, Cohasset and Scituate 14.4
cents net a k. w. h. for first 50 hours' use of
connected load a month and 6.3 cents net for
all k. w. h. in excess; minimum monthly
charge 25 hours' use of connected load a month
net. For factories in Abington, Rockland,
Hanover and Norwell same as power rate
between March 1 and November 1, and during
remainder of year 15 cents k. w. h. for all
used in excess of average monthly use under
power rate during the preceding period from
March to November, with discount of 10% if
paid in 10 days and minimum charge of $12 a
year. For signs, 10 cents a k. w. h. where
lamps are maintained by company; if by cus-
tomer, 7 cents.

For power: 10 cents gross for installations
to 10 h. p., with discounts ranging from 10 to
70% according to monthly use, with minimum
monthly charge of $1.50 a h. p. In Abington
and Rockland a discount of 10% if paid in 10
days, and elsewhere price is 9 to 2.7 cents net
a k. w. h. according to monthly use. For
installations of 10 h. p. and over capacity
charge of $2 for first k. w. of motor rating and
$1.25 for each additional k. w. and price of 3}
cents a k. w. h., with quantity discounts on
all over 10 h. p. and discount of 10% if paid
in 10 days; if motor exceeds 50 h. p. price is
3 cents a k. w. h. Maximum demand of 670
h. p., $10,800 for 600,000 k. w. h.; all in ex-
cess of 600,000 k. w. h at 1 cent, lighting at
2 cents and not included in 600,000 k. w. h.,
all subject to 10% discount for cash in 10
days.

For heating: 10 cents gross a k. w. h. for first
15 hours' use for each k. w. supplied and 3}
cents for all additional k. w. h., with a mini-
mum charge of $12 a year and discount of
10% in Abington and Rockland for cash in 10
days.

1 In all of territory supplied except Cohasset and Scituate.

COMPANY.

Prices.

MAXIMUM NET PRICE PER K. W. H. (CENTS).

1914.

1913.

Adams,

Adams, U. S.,

Agawam,

American Woolen Co. (Maynard).

Amesbury,

Amherst,

For light: 15 cents gross a k. w. h. on first 15
k. w. h. a month, and 10 cents a k. w. h. for all
in excess thereof, with discount if paid in 10
days of 2 cents on each k. w. h. No minimum
charge. Free lamp renewals.

For power: 5 cents gross a k. w. h., with dis-
count if paid in 10 days of 1 cent each on first
2,000 k. w. h. a month, and of 2 cents each on
all k. w. h. in excess thereof. Customers to
guarantee $1 a month for each h. p. installed.
For light: 20 cents net a k. w. h. By contract,
12 to 75 cents a lamp a month. No charge
less than $1; $12 a year for all meters set.
For power: $4 perh. p. a month.
For light: 13 cents gross a k. w. h. for first
200 k. w. h., and prices ranging from this down
to 8 cents, according to monthly consumption.
Discount of 10% if paid in 10 days. Mini-
mum monthly charge of 50 cents with dis-
count of 10% if paid in 10 days. Gem lamps
renewed free. No wiring.
For power: 4 cents net per k. w. h. for first
800 k. w. h., prices ranging from this down to
1.8 cents, according to monthly consumption.
Minimum charge of $1.50 per month for instal-
lations of 3 h. p. or less; 50 cents per month per
h. p. for installations of over 3. h. p.
For light: 13 cents gross a k. w. h. to cus-
tomers using less than 70 k. w. h., or $9.10 a
month, with discounts of from 5 to 30% to
customers using more than 70 k. w. h. Dis-
count of 5% on all bills paid by 15th of
month. Minimum charge $12 a year. Lamp
renewals, carbons at cost, mazdas at cost.
For power: 10 cents a k. w. h.
For light: 17 cents gross a k. w. h., and for
use in excess of 7 k. w. h. a month prices range
from 16.5 to 11 cents, according to amount
used. Discount of 1 cent a k. w. h. if paid in
15 days. By contract, $1 a month for a 16
c. p. lamp, and $1.25 if burned all night.
Minimum monthly charge of $1; 10% over
cost in Salisbury.

For power: 10 cents net a k. w. h. to very
small customers, 5 cents net to others using
less than 500 k. w. h. a month, and for use in
excess thereof prices ranging from 4 to 3
cents, according to amount used. Minimum
monthly charge of $1 a h. p. of demand.
For light: 15 cents gross a k. w. h. for first
100 k. w. h. a month, and for use in excess
thereof prices ranging from 14 to 8 cents, ac-
cording to amount used. Discount of 10% if
paid in 10 days. Minimum monthly charge
of 50 cents.

For power: 6 cents net a k. w. h. for first 100
k. w. h. a month, and for use in excess thereof
prices ranging from 5 to 1.8 cents, accord-
ing to amount used. Minimum monthly
charge of $1.50 up to and including 3 h. p.,
and of 50 cents a h. p. connected for all in

excess.

COMPANY.

Athol,

Attleborough,

Ayer,

Beverly,

Blackstone,

For light: 14 cents net a k. w. h., prices rang-
ing from this down to 8 cents, according to
monthly consumption; when over 500 k. w. h.
a month are used, for the first 500 k. w. h. 9
cents, and balance 8 cents a k. w. h. Minimum
charge, $6 a year. No wiring. Lamp renewals
free in Erving, Orange and Wendell. Factory
lighting: prices range from 10 cents a k. w. h.
for 200 to 300 k. w. h. a month, with a mini-
mum charge of $3 a month, to 5 cents a
k. w. h. for 2,500 to 3,000 k. w. h. a month
and a minimum charge of $20 a month.
For power: 10 cents gross a k. w. h., ranging
from this down to 12 cents, according to
quantity used. Minimum charge for power,
$1 a month up to 3 h. p.; above that, 50 cents
a h. p. connected.

For light: 11 cents net a k. w. h., with a few
large power customers getting their lighting
at power rates; contract lights at $1 and $1.50
a month for each 50-watt light; are lights,
10 cents a k. w. h. Free renewals to contract
customers and at a slight advance on cost to
meter customers. No wiring. Minimum
yearly charge of $9.

For power: 7 cents net a k. w. h., prices rang-
ing from this down to 1 cents. Minimum
monthly charge of $1 a h. p.

For light: 20 cents gross a k. w. h., subject to
the following discount: first 50 k. w. h., dis-
count of 3 cents a k. w. h. if paid in 10 days; all
in excess of 50 k. w. h., 12 cents a k. w. h. net.
Commercial lighting on contract, $1 to $3 a
month for 25-watt, and $1.50 to $4.50 a month
for 50-watt lamps, according to hours of burn-
ing. Minimum monthly charge of 75 cents.
Renewals of carbon lamps free.

For power: 6 cents gross a k. w. h., less dis-
count of 1 cent for payment in 10 days a
k. w. h. net, for first 1,000 k. w. h. a month, and
for all k. w. h. in excess 2 cents net a k. w. h.
Minimum charge of $1 per h. p. per month.
For light: 13 cents gross a k. w. h. in Beverly,
Wenham and Hamilton, with discount of 2
cents a k. w. h., when bills are paid by the 10th
of month; in Topsfield, 16 cents gross a
k. w. h., with discount of 2 cents a k. w. h. if
bills are paid by 10th of month. Minimum
monthly charge of 75 cents. No free wiring or
lamp renewals.

For power: 10 cents gross a k. w. h. in Beverly,
Wenham and Hamilton, with discounts from
10 to 65%, according to amount of monthly
bill, if paid by 10th of month; in Topsfield,
12 cents gross a k. w. h., with same dis-
counts as in Beverly. Minimum monthly
charge of $1 a rated h. p. of motors installed.
For light: 15 cents gross a k. w. h., with dis-
count of 1 cent a k. w. h. for payment in 15 ||
days. Minimum monthly charge of $1, ad-
justed yearly. Free renewals on all carbon
and gem lamps.

In all territory supplied except Topsfield.

COMPANY.

Prices.

MAXIMUM NET PRICE PER K. W. H. (CENTS).

1914. 1913.

10.8

Blackstone Con.

For power: 10 cents net a k. w. h., prices
ranging from this down to 4 cents, according
to quantity used. Minimum monthly charge
of $1 a h. p. of connected capacity. Monthly
service charge $2.25 a h. p. of maximum de-
mand plus a charge for current of 2 cents a
k. w. h., with discounts ranging from 15 to 40%
on from 10 to 500 h. p. of demand, with addi-
tional discount of 10% for payment in ten
days.

Block Plant (Boston), For light: 12 cents gross a k. w. h., less dis-
count of 10% on all bills of $1.11 or over for
payment in 10 days. Contract rate, $1.33}
a month for a 16 c. p. lamp. Demand rate: 1
cent a lamp hour for 400 primary lamp hours
a year, cent a lamp hour for all secondary
lamp hours, less a discount of 10% for pay-
ment in 10 days. Arc lights supplied at same
rates as incandescents, one 5-ampere arc lamp
being estimated as equivalent to 10 16 c. p. in-
candescent lamps. Minimum monthly charge
of $1. Customers pay for wiring. Renewals of
plain carbon lamps free; special lamps at spe-
cial prices.

For power: 10 cents gross a k. w. h., with dis-
counts ranging from 10 to 40%, according to
horse power of motor and amount of monthly
bill; also an additional discount of 10% for
payment of bill by 10th of month. Current at
demand rate: 12 cents a k. w. h. gross, less
the following reductions: 1st, a price of 9
cents a k. w. h. for all in excess of 23 and not
exceeding 103 hours' use of demand; 2d, a
price of 6 cents a k. w. h. for all in excess of
103 hours' use of demand; 3d, whenever that
portion of the bill reckoned at the 9-cent or
6-cent rate, or both, exceeds $10 a month, a
discount of 70% will be allowed on the excess
over $10; 4th, whenever, after the foregoing
deductions, a bill exceeds $100 a month, a dis-
count of 30% will be allowed on such excess;
an additional discount of 10% for payment
by 10th of month. Minimum monthly charge
of $1.

Buzzards Bay (Fal- For light: 25 cents gross a k. w. h. This rate
mouth).
applies to first 75 hours of maximum demand
each month; all over this amount at rate of
5 cents a k. w. h. Prompt payment dis-
counts: June to September, inclusive, on or
before 10th of month, 20%; 11th to 20th, in-
clusive, 10%; October to May, inclusive, on or
before the 10th, 40%; 11th to 20th, inclusive,
20%. Demand rate: the minimum to be paid
monthly for each connection is 3 cents a watt
a month for first 25; 2 cents for next 50; 14
cents for all over 75 watts actually demanded
in any month. A minimum season charge of
30 cents for each 25-watt unit connected.
No bill will be made for less than 87 cents.
Demand may be measured or agreed upon, but
company reserves a right to install a meter
at any time. This rate subject to same prompt