| Show CHICAGO GAS EARNINGS 1 thin tin or ff ti h Si Ali Ii Crate IH IHn In n Chicago aa as In New York Tork the th P peo people 0 pie tired of paying a lighting monopoly H It a thousand for gas and on Oil the Ih strength of the tb reports report of engineers and ami experts expert Inaugurated a campaign and procured the passage P of an ordinance reducing the th rat rate to IK 88 cents cants Cen One of ur the Ute directors dIrector of the gas pi company re If recently gave ve out this statement of the thu th course and effect t of the th reduced rate rat It t Is I too tuo Arty early to 0 report earnings for the year but It t may be stated that Increased sales aale of pas gas at to 5 cents clint per 1010 ruble cubic rub feet rt haw ba been large enough nouh to tn offset the th difference In gross earn earnings earnIngs ings In made mad by n reduction In the price from 11 I Liberal amounts mount are re being bing g charged to earnings for permanent Im Improvements and maintenance but iu n v It l is a sate safe to say y that tb I the th earn eum 1 tl Inca Ings In applicable to tn dividends will be considerably larger amI than tIan they were wre tart last la t tar year ar The contracts wIth nith the city ctt for k t ras a jo do 4 nut not expire until Feb eb 1 J 1111 and by that thaI time the company will have Ita fully tull nd d dju ju JUI t l Itself to the tI lows lower low prices pieces ami should hould be tit In position to 10 make even fur their reduction without Interfering with the th dividend rate New York Tork YorkA American A ml |
