Show COST OF LIGHT IN NEW YORK officers of gas and electric companies arc examined by committee of Legi laure new york april figures giving tha actual cost of producing illuminating gas and electric lighting current were brought out today during the examination of officers of gas and electric companies by the committee of the legislature which Is the lighting conditions in new york city it was testified by president george W doane of the new amsterdam company that his concern produced gas at an actual cost of cents a thousand cubic feet selling one half of the plants production to tho consolidated gas company at cents and distributing the rest to consumers at 1 l per 1000 feet according to alce president john W bleb jr of tho edison company the average actual cost of illuminating current for the last four years was cents a kilowatt hour tho net returns from customers being cents the net profit for last year being A surplus of more than and fund of moro than pet aside for depreciation had mr bleb said been put into the plant air bleb testified that the net profit of making electricity per hour is 1715 cents auditor henry N edwards of tho edison company testified that the company had a cash balance on december 1904 of but that all of the greater part of it had gono back into the plant the total receipts of the company for last year he said were |