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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1926
Page
3
A long list of visits and weekends describes social calls in the community. Berringer, Hamilton, McQueeney, Pardee, Pardes, and many others are noted visiting relatives, hosting guests, or spending time with friends in town and nearby areas.
A national outlook on the Public Utility Industry for 1926 is optimistic. Executives from Electric Light and Power, Natural Gas, Water, and Transportation sectors discuss growth, electrification, and investment as the year begins, citing expected industry expansion and broader economic momentum.
Wallace G. Marfit, president of the Pennsylvania Gas Association, notes that 1925 surpassed 1924 in gas sales and customers, with growth driven by rising industrial demand and efficient fuel use. He cites reduced costs and better processes, aided by anthracite shortages, as boosting future revenue from gas distribution and heating.
By Frank Bi Coates, president of American Electric Railways Association and Toledo Railway and Light Co, optimism for 1926 notes improved service and higher ridership, with modernization of equipment and operating methods. A manufacturers committee studies car designs to boost attractiveness, while utilities coordinate electric car and bus services to deliver best service at low fares.
By P C Staples vice president Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Philadelphia The gloomy prophecies from outside sources of breaks in general business conditions that would be such as to check the Increasing demand for communication and similar serviced during the year now Closing have come to a gloomy end. The public s use of telephone service both local and tall continues to increase and the manner in which industrial and commercial concerns large and small are contracting for enlarged telephone facilities is conclusive evidence of their belief that the new year will bring even greater opportunity to those who are ready for it. These indications important as they are to the utility company are of special significance to business men generally right of the fact that the use of the telephone has for many years been a reliable barometer of how general business activity headed. From a position close to that barter it could appear that the country or at least this section of the East is backing its faith in 1926 with something more substantial than hopes.
A. W. Leonard, president of the Natural Gas Association of America and Oklahoma Natural Gas, urges optimism for 1926. He cites macroeconomic prosperity, rising gas use, and mutual responsibility between utilities and consumers under a Golden Rule ethic to conserve supply and improve service for community health and growth.
By F R Phillips president Pennsylvania Street Railways Association and engineer Pittsburgh Railways Company, the outlook for the street railway industry in the coming year is exceedingly hopeful. Despite a moderate business mood this year electric transportation has advanced, aided by public sympathy and investor faith evidenced by large funds for modern equipment and facilities.
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