Cameron Water Power and Light asks council for rate increase
The Cameron Water Power and Light Company asks the city council for an advance in rates to cover higher fuel labor and material costs. It proposes keeping water rates unchanged while raising light charges, offering to operate on old light rates for a year to avoid loss and protect the public interest.
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Water & Light Company
Cameron Water, Power and Light Company
Public Service Corporation
Temple
Brenham
Caldwell
Bryan
Waxahachie
Rochdale
City of Cameron
Water, Power & Light Company
Giles L.avriett
A. H. Baskin
A. W. Coleman
Calvert Water and Ice Company Rate Letter 1918
Harold E. Barton apologizes for delayed data from Calvert Water Ice and Electric Light Co. to C W Lawrence Cameron Water Power Light Co. about 1913 rates. Details include minimum monthly charges for current, tiered KWH rates, ice pricing at 60 cents per hundred, and non delivery on Sundays. Labor shortages and fuel cost cited. visit planned after ice season.
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Calvert
Texas
C. W. Lawrence
Secy. & Treas
Cameron Water, Power & Light Co
Cameron, Texas
Food Administration
City Council Committee Recommends Deferring Water Power Rate Rise
A Cameron Water Power and Light rate increase is postponed to December 1 1918 after a committee review. The panel cites rising operating costs from higher salaries and fuel, low net revenues, and widespread economic hardship in Cameron and nearby cities, urging the company to record actual results and defer action.
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Cameron
Texas
Cameron Water Power & Light Company
Cameron Water & Light Company
Oxsheer Smith
H. M. Hefley
J. D. Dobbins
Weekly Financial Review Reflects Rapid War Time Disbursements
Secretary McAdoo warns of a potential 24 billion dollar Treasury outlay for the year ending June 30, 1919 as war costs surge. Daily statements show total disbursements from March 1917 to June 1918 amounting to 12.513 billion with 7.013 billion ordinary, 5.380 billion foreign loans, and 119.581 million special. Ordinary outlays rose from 72.774 million in March 1917 to 1.068 billion in May 1918. total March 1917 disbursements were 99.951 million versus 1.508 billion in May 1918. Foreign loans reached 5.380 billion, with zero in March 1917 and a 492 million monthly peak in December 1917. Secretary McAdoo projects 2.0 billion per month for the year starting July 1, 1918, a 150 percent rise from the past fifteen months’ average of 834.218 million.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
United States
Treasury
Treasury Department
Commercial Club committee reports on power and water light rates
The Cameron Commercial Club investigates power and light rates in several Texas cities. The report finds Cameron’s rate structure generally lower than Caldwell and higher than others, noting Rockdale’s proposed increase would be declined and expenses rising across utilities while profits are constrained.
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Cameron Commercial Club
Wate Light Company
Cameron
Temple
Bryan
Waxahachie
Rockdale
Caldwell
Brenham
Peer & Light Company
Mrs Carlton Returns Home as Daughter Nina Improves
Mrs. S Carlton came back from Temple on Friday while her daughter Miss Nina shows improvement at home.
Nux-I-Tone Iron Tonic Advertising Claim
An advertising blurb promotes Nux-I-Tone as an iron tonic containing Nux Vomica with beef peptones and wine. It claims to strengthen pale weak and run-down people, increasing vitality and addressing tired worn-out feelings suitable for the season.
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Seeeseee
Red Cross
Alumnia
Water & Light Plant
Bie
Eae Ena
the City Council
Calvert Water, Ice & Electric Light CO
Harold E. Barton
Weekly Financial Review
Commercial Club Committee Report
T. C. Stafford
Palace Drug
T. J. Avera
Nux-I-Tone
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