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138 No. 12
(Three Sections)
Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, February 10, 1955
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iw Power Rale Scale Sees Its Of 12 To 24 Percent
IA new scale of municipal power rates which will probably [ito effect here May 1 will see a general reduction of 12 \x\\, and in some instances a cut of around 24 percent,  reduction  will   be  for
SO   residential   consumers | and  R3 at an  average monthly utility bills have been de-
on what power men call
rating.
all persons paying this scale get the full 24 per cent rein, nary power consumers will
. a reduction of 20 per cent jsers of three-phase second-icnver will get an 18 per cent
(nmercial  users-will benefit extent of 12 per cent and ;NR will pay  2.3 per cent
new   scale   of   rates   was 1 by city council on Mon-^ut must be passed in bylaw j and approved by the Lieu-[t-Governor-in-Council before go into effect, council   Monday  accepted ] one minor change a four-rate reduction proposal put Lid by municipal power con-tit M. A. Thomas. s   revenue   of   the   city's utility will be diminished 1.05 per cent when the new j of rates goes into general
jjse who will l>ene/it most on coinage basis are the 80 resi-91 consumers whose rate fication will be changed |R> to R2.
newxrate schedule places eterminlhg point between R2
Birth Record
consumption of 200 kw.
The 80 will get a reduction of 12 per cent on moving down to an R2 classification and a further 12 per cent as a result of the general cut In rates.
Major part of the overall reduction in rates will come from increasing the prompt payment discount to 20 per cent from the present figure of 10 per cent.
In actual dollars and cents, average residential rate will drop from 5.'3 cents per kwh to 4.6 i cents, commercial from 5.4 to 4.7, three-phase secondary power from 5.9 to 4.9, primary power from 5.9 to 4.7, special from 5.5 to 4.9 and CNR from 4.5 to 4.
At Hospital
\o classrooms of 1961 pupils born in the Prince George )istrict Hospital last month,  school board officials Ed after a review�pf hospital
this week.
enty-flve babies were born hospital  during  January, a new record even for the George district, which-ha& established  a  reputation bvlng the highest birthrate  province.
previous high record was t November, when 70 babies born.
1st month's birth's included 33 and 42 females, new  monthly  record  put Hospital well on the way to