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Furnaces. 
ban. If paid 
a % before the 10th Annual Contracts 
=a 
8S Dis. Net Annual Dis- Net 
ZO count Ch’ges Charges count Ch’ges 
“A” Mixer, 21-inch fire pot.. $6.95 $0.70 $6.25 $41.70 $4.20 $387.50 
“B” Mixer, 24-inch fire pot.. 8.66 SSOm one SO) ol=9On) AO 1 46:80 
“C” Mixer, 26-inch fire pot.. 9.44 94 850 56.64 5.64 51.00 
“D” Mixer, 28-inch fire pot.. 10.00 1.00 9.00 60.00 6.00 54.00 
“KY” Mixer, 30-inch fire pot.. 11.66 1.16 10.50 69.96 6.96 63.00 
“RK” Mixer, 35-inch fire pot.. 18.89 1.389 12.50 83.34 8.34 175.00 
July 29, 1889, the city council amended its previous act fixing the rates” 
for natural gas in Columbus by providing that if the company or com- 
panies adopt the meter system they shall charge twelve and one-half cents 
per thousand cubic feet, and for the meter $3.00 per year. This act like 
the previous one was to stand ten years. When the company shut down its 
plant January 15, 1891, only a small number of meters were in use, and 
these were looked upon as experiments. This act also gave the consent of 
the city to the transfer from the Columbus Natural Gas and Fuel Company 
of its privileges secured under the act of July 29, 18890, to the Central Ohio 
Natural Gas and Fuel Company. The first named organization, while the 
pioneer in the field, seems to have done little more than secure the fran- 
chise. On March 30, 1891, the city council repealed these two ordinances 
and established a meter rate. This simply fixed the price of gas at twenty- 
five cents per thousand cubic feet, and of the meter at $3.00 per year. The 
term was for ten years and no further change in price was made until the 
close of that period. 
The next and last change in the price of natural gas was made July 1, 
1901. This fixed the rate for a period of ten years. The ordinance is 
given below: 
AN ORDINANCE, No. 18,338, To fix the price to be charged by natural gas 
companies for gas in the city of Columbus, Ohio, for the period of ten 
years. 
Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Columbus, Ohio, as fol- 
lows, to-wit: 
SEcTION 1. That any natural gas company or companies which now have 
the right to lay and maintain pipes and mains in the streets, avenues, alleys and 
public grounds of said city for the purpose of carrying and distributing natural 
gas for private and public use in said city, shall, for the periol of ten years from 
and after passage of this ordinance, be entitled to charge for such gas furnished 
to public and private consumers thereof, the sum of thirty-five cents per thous- 
and cubic feet, from which price a discount shall be made upon all bills paid on 
or before the 10th day of each month for gas consumed during the preceding 
month at the rate of 15 cents per thousand cubic feet during the first and second 
years, and at the rate of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet during the third and 
fourth years, and at the rate of 5 cents per thousand cubic feet during the fifth, 
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth years from and after the passage of this 
ordinance. 
