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Show "ffi COM WILL JSSISIJOSLW Householders and Other Users of Product Also to Be Benefited. NO MINIMUM CHARGE Consumers to Pay Only for Fuel Actually Consumed; Service Pipe Feature. .lolin 0. D. Clark, flic new general manager of the Utah & Coke company com-pany of l.liis city, lias introduced 'some uew pmctiees in tlio conduct, of tho company's business Mint will prove of assistance to housewives and householders household-ers of Sail, Lake. In the first j.'Inco, Mr. ''lark is entirely en-tirely in sympathy with tho object had in View hy the ( 'oimnejvial club in eudea vorinc to reduce, if not to entirely en-tirely abolish; the smoke nuisance. Me proposes to help in this work by urging urg-ing rhe use of smokeless pas cooking and hentiujT appliances. In order to assist housewives lo understand find appreciate tlio usefulness of the various devices for cooking and heating by means of gas he is retaining the services ser-vices of expert women, who will bo at the service nf any housewife who dosircs to gain instruction along theso lines. These expert women will bo held iu readiness at the main ofiloos of tlio company and will be sent out to private pri-vate homos to perform Vfieir particular duty upon call from any- quarter of thceity. Another New Feature. Another feature adopted that must be of advantage to householders is one relating to tho amount, of free service to bo given by the compaiir in convoying con-voying gas lines into homes "or apartments. apart-ments. Heretoforo the company has laid pipes free for a distance or! twon-ty-fivc feet inside from the street curb line. Where the sidewalk is sixteen feet wide, for instance, and tho house has a bit of lawn in tho front, the pipe laid free by tho company in most instances has not. reached I he" dwelling. Hereafter, says Mr. Clark, tho company com-pany will lay free of charge all pipes lor a distance of fifty feet, within the proport3r life o tho" consumer. It is expected that tins rule will havo the effoct of carrying free pipe service right to tho house in the great majority of instances. Charge System Changed. A new rule in respect to motor charges also is being adopted. In the past, it has been tho custom to make a minimum charge of $1 'per mouth for gas used in cooking or beating, whether the amount of gas was consumed con-sumed or not. Tinder the new rule thero will bo no minimum charge, the bills to bo made for the exact number of cubic feet of gas consumed, whether that bo .10 foot or 0,000 feet. Mr. Clark's idea is to lit his com-pany's com-pany's service entirely to tho public need in every respect, and to facilitate tho usefulness of gas fixtures and household devices by giving somo need-0(1 need-0(1 instruction to housewivos of tho city. This instruction is to cost nothing, noth-ing, and is offered purely out of a desire to help the women folks to understanding un-derstanding and proper manipulation of the various devices available to them for household work. |