Show ELECTRICITY IN THE HOM HOME Gathering figures on the use ot of electricity in the tho home bOme it has bas I been found Cound that the average real resl deuce dence in the United States last year consumed hoUrS of electrical energy for Cor which was as paid out The aver aver- a age e. e year yearly resIdence rate in 1925 was cents centa per hour and In 1926 cents Buffalo holds first place in aver aver- ago age residence customer consumption consumption tion of electricity the yearly to- to total total tal of kIlowatt hours In ing widespread use of electrical energy for cooking The average rate for Buffalo In 1926 was cents per kilowatt Seattle Wash was second with kilo kIlo- watt hours and a rate of 33 cents Third place went to Greenwich Coon Conn with kilowatt hours and anda a 11 rate of cents Niagara Falls was next with kilowatt hours and a 11 rate of cents Average early eary consumption by residence customers in Evanston Ill III was kilowatt with witha a 11 rate of 84 cents In the west the average con con- consumption per residence in was kilowatt hours costing coatIng 2466 2166 The tendency on rates is downward |