Logan Republican | 1902-10-24 | Page 2 | The Use of Electricity

The Use of Electricity. M It is estimated by tho census of- S flco that electricity has entered Into '2 the dally Hfo of tho country to tho S extent of sovon dollars for each man, ft woman nnd child In tho United fl Statos. Of this amount throo dollars "w M goes to tho electric traction cotnpan- fv 1 les, ,1.50 to tho electric light con- f corns, and 75 cents to tho telephone f companies. Tho telegraph also takes about fifty cents a year from each ot f tho 75,000,000 people, while tho rest ' of the seven dollars Is charged off to oldctrlc flro alarms, signals, anil "! general supplies.