CLASSIFYING THE SALES 



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The service charge for the local conditions, computed by 

 the methods suggested and at the average figures by the Com- 

 mittee on Meter Rates, are as follows: 



The actual revenue from the sale of water was $91,226. 

 Deducting the amount $30,308, that would have been raised 

 by service charges if they had been in effect, leaves a balance 

 of $60,918 to be charged for water. The average price that must 

 be collected is then $60,918 ^341,190,000 gallons, or 17.855 cents 

 per 1000 gallons. 



The slide in the present scale exceeds the 2 to i ratio which 

 the Committee of the New England Water Works Association 

 suggests as the ordinary maximum. In finding new rates, it 

 is proposed to reduce the amount of slide to the 2 to i limit. 

 Probably a detailed analysis would suggest a scale with less 

 slide than this; but in view of the fact that takers are used to 

 a scale with a wide slide ratio and that a minimum disturbance 

 of present conditions is desirable, the slide will not be further 

 reduced at this time. 



The rates for the three classes are then computed in tabular 

 form as follows: 



