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I Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 8, 1952 *> Notiee to the Citizens of Clinton, S. G, and Newberry, S. G, and Adajacent Areas to be Served by Natural Gas The Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority has had a survey and engineering re port made for the installation of a natural gas system to serve your city and the adja cent areas. A copy of the plans of the area to be served in on file in the City Hall of ( linton and Newberry, and anyone who is interested in inspecting same may go to the City Hall to see if his residence or business establishment is proposed to be served. The Authority will, at an early date, commence the construction of this gas sys tem. The Authority must have the name of each person who is interested in taking gas and the location of his residence or business establishment in order to know who will receive natural gas service If the present plans have proposed a gas line up a street or road and sufficient peo ple are not interested in taking gas to warrant the investment then the Authority will eliminate these lines from the project Therefore, it is necessary that each citizen be interested in seeing that natural gas is installed on his street by getting all the neigh bors to agree to take same. Anyone who applies for natural gas by signing the application will have the service line run to his residence or business establishment, as the case may be. The applicant must pay One ($1.00) Dollar at the time of signing the application, and when all gas connections have been made he must, to gel gas, make a further deposit of $4.00. Upon his discontinuing to take gas the total deposited sum of $5.00 will be returned to the gas consumer, provided he is not in arrears for any gas bill. Any person who does not make application for gas prior to June 1, 1952, will not have the gas line run by the Au thority to his residence or business establishment, and subsequently, if the person wish es gas he will have to pay the entire cost o' running the service line to his residence or business establishment together with the c >st of the meter and regulator, the total cost of which will amount to approximately One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. All applica tions for gas are subject to the approval of the Authority and its Engineer, and no service line will be run unless the Authority and the Engineer approve of same. From all information which is available to the Authority, together with informa tion obtained from the Authority’s Engineer, which information is based upon the En gineer’s personal experience in constructing quite a nufnber of gas systems, and from observfngthe operation of same, the Authority is convinced, whether thepurchase be for firm gas or otherwise, that the cost of gas fuel is much cheaper than the cost of oth er types of fuel. Subject to change by the Authority at any time, the Authority proposes to charge the following rates for gas service: FIRM GAS ^ Domestic tand Smqll Commerciol Rgte First Next Next Next All Over 300 C.F. 1.000 C .F. 1,700 C.F. 17,000 C.F. 20.000 C.F. $1.50 Minimum Monthly Bill @ 15c per 100 C.F. of gas @ -13c per IQQ. CF. of gas @ 8c per 100 C.F. of gas (5) 6c per 100 C.F. of gas Cut-On Fee $5.00 Cut-Off Fee $5.00 Minimum \Ionthly Bill SI.50 per Month for each month of the year. (No BTU adjustment) FIRM GAS Large Commercial and Industrial Rates Option A monthly demand charge of $3.20 per 1,000 C.F., based on the maximum quantity of gas delivered to the customer on any day during the twelve (12) month's period ending with the close of the current month, plus a monthly commodity charge of 28c per 1,000 C.F., of commodity consumption. Demand Charge—Minimum Monthly Bill Minimum Term of Contract—Three Yrs. or $100.00 a month whichever is greater. Note: This rate applies only to customers using more than 600,000 C.F. per year and less than 200,000 C.F. on any one day. (No BTU adjustment). It has been estimated that a customer who uses gas for heating a five-room house which has 1,000 square feet of floor area, 9’ ceiling, an eaved roof without insulation, will consume the following monthly and yearly consumptions of natural gas, and the resulting monthly and yearly bills by applying the rate herein shown are as follows: Month Natural Gas Used for Space Heating the above described home Monthly Bill J uly 0 C.F $ 1.50 ' August 0 C.F. 1.50 September 258 C.F. r... 1.50 October 3.216 C.F. 5.38 November 10,650 C.F. 11.33 December 17,122 C.F. 16.51 January 18,016 C.F 17.22 Februarv 14,936 C.F 14.76 March 10,450 C.F. 11.17 April 4,460 C.F. 6.38 Mav 863 C.F - v . 2.35 June - 29 C.F 1.50 Total 80,000 C.F $91.10 ts in a cost of $18.22 per room for heating per year. . * \ Now let us analyze this same customer’s requirements and assuming he uses gas for cooking, automatic water heating and space heating. « 0 NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION Month Space Heating Cooking Automatic Water Heating Total Monthly Bills July 0 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 2,833 C.F. $ 5.00 August 0 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 2,833 C.F. 5.00 September 258 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 3,091 C.F. 5.27 October 3,216 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. . 6,049 C.F. 7.65 November 10,650 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 13,483 C.F. 13.59 December 17,122 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 19,955 C.F. 18.77 January 18,016 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 20,849 C.F. 19.32 February 14,936 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 17,769 C.F. 17.02 March 10,450 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 13,283 C.F. 13.43 April 4,460 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 7,293 C.F. *8.65 May 863 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 3,696 C.F. 5.77 June 29 C.F. 1166 C.F. 1667 C.F. 2,862 C.F. 5.02 Totals 80,000 C.F. 14,000 C.F. 20,000 C.F. 114,000 C.F. $124.49 This results in a combined heating, cooking and automatic water heating annual - • •. I bill of $124.49. By deducting the annual bill for cooking and automatic water heating the resulting annual heating bill is $64.49 or $12.90 per room per year. These estimates are shown for comparative purposes only and are subject to change due to local condi tions. V The bringing of natural gas to your community will not only bring one of the cleanest and cheapest fuels to you, but will also go far in developing many small in- . .. dustries within your conymunity. . . In order to know how many services will be required, it will be necessary for you to make an application for service. The sale of revenue bonds for the financing of this gas system is contingent upon the Authority showing the bond buyers that a substan tial portion of the citizens have placed the deposit for gas service. Therefore, please notify your Authority of your intentions and desires to obtain this public utility. In making other comparisons of the advantages of natural gas over other types of fuels, we offer the following charts: CHART SHOWING COMPARATIVE EQUAL COSTS OF FUEL USE COST OF NATURAL GAS Space Heating Only $1.14 per MCF Space Heating, Hot Water Heating, and Cooking Space Heating (if gas also used for water heating and cooking) Equivalent Cost of Other Fuels to Be Equally Competitive $1.09 per MCF $ .80 per MCF COAL FUEL OIL BUTANE $15.60 Ton IS'/jc Gal. ll'/ 4 c Gal. $14.80 Ton • . — 15c Gal. 11c Gal. $11.20 Ton ll'/*c Gal. 8'/4C Gal. AVERAGE MONTHLY BILLS FOR BASIC USES Using present average ebsts of other fuels and proposed rates for Natural Gas USE NATURAL GAS ELECTRICITY Hot Water Heating and Cooking $5.00 $13.98 4 , Cooking $2.64 l $ 6.06 Hot Water Heating $3.46 $ 8.50 Other features which should be borne in mind in comparing the relative merits of fuel cost, etc., is the fact that natural gas is made available to the consumer year in and year out, whereas with coal, fuel oil or butane an order must be placed, storage facilities must be provided and adequate supplies periodically hampered due to strikes, shortages, etc. The price of other types of fuels seems lo have somewhat seasonal va- ' 1 nations, whereas the prices, of natural gas to the consumer are constant the year round. It must also be borne in mind that the retail rates shown herein are deemed ade quate in every respect and should there be a change in the proposed rate structure it would be to the advantage of the consumer. The Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority JOE P. TERRY. Chairman JAMES E. WISEMAN, Secretory. LOOK FOR CANVASSERS ON MAY 12th. \ WUSMipipl i 1