Show CITY LIGHT PLANT MAKING MONEY there has been a rood good deal of discussion broa concerning tho advisability of increasing the rato per kilowatt hour to I 1 tho the consumers of electric cu current rant on the ground that the city plant da vas not paying expenses A glares at the au an nual city report which was published io in cheso columns lost last week will not only show how that tho plant is carrying itself but that it is milking a good revenue for the city the receipts from the plant from all sources shows a total of ro while the total expense including 1000 placed antho in the sinking fund fun dand and interest is 1360 51 leaving a net profit of 64 but this does not tell tho the stor story just as it really is there is is collected annually a five mill tax for the purpose of liquidating toe bonds bonda and paying the interest which h nonan noricia lly amounts to 1000 annually but wo we find in this instance that 1600 Is charged up to this account for the reason that the sinking klog fund of was not noi pi pat t away fui for 1910 consequently the double amount or was placed in in that fund in 1911 As AB a matter of ct actual fact the tots ex expense pensa for operation canal expense line work and general ge adral repair was lea leaving vinga a not net revenue to the city of from this showing it poems that the rate of 51 2 cents per ki hour la ia a reas reasonable anabe price to charge the patrons for the service and nd thata that a raisa to a hauber rate could not bo justified view point |