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THURSDAY. MA Y There is another point, seldom mentioned, about the soâ€" called $50 rate, which, as explained above, is not $50. As a customer‘s requirements increase the rate goes down. â€" While you hear a lot about $50, you may not have heard so much about $28.75, which, even on the soâ€"called yearly basis, is all You hear a great deal about our $50 rate, yet even that is not as simple as it looks. The highest rate of the Company is net $50 per horsepower per year, but $4.16 per horsepower per month,. â€" This looks like the same thing, but we know that it is not. Unless a customer‘s requirements are exactly the same every month in the year, this rate must bring in someâ€" thing less than 850. And our experience during many years indicates that the ordinary fluctuations of our customers from month to month are sufficient to reduce the charge, figured on a yearly basis, by five to ten per cent. As a result, power rates are compared from time to timeâ€" sometimes innocently, sometimes not so innocentlyâ€"to the zreat perplexity of those who would like to understand. Power is not a commodity like the ordinary things we buy. It cannot be weighed and delivered to your house like a pound of sugar,. _ It is a service that has not only got to be there when you want it, but that has to stand by at your call even though not wanted for the time being. The matter of the proper charge for this service is one of the most intricate features of the industry, and so many facâ€" tors are involved that a comparison of power rates requires the services of an expert with a most complete knowledge of all these factors. Comparisons Show that Canada Northern‘s Power is Cheap Power Canada Northern Power Corporation Northern Ontario Power Company, Limited Northern Quebec Power Company, Limited THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTAI:TO Power rates are funny things, bhecause power is a service and not a commodity, and many apparent contradictions creep in. Notwithstanding the statements of the inexpert, and those with axes of one sort or the other to grind, you can be proud of the fact that the rates of this Company which serves the North so well, and in which so many of you are inâ€" terested, compare favourably with the rates of any other enâ€" terprise of its kind, either publicly or privately owned, anyâ€" where, ' But it is not horsepower that does the work, but the kiloâ€" wattâ€"hourâ€"and in comparison with kilowattâ€"hour charges in crowded industrial centres our northern charges will stand the most rigid examinations. And don‘t forget that over 190 p.c. of our rate is returned to the public by way of taxes, which last year woere $1000 a day. that a customer using 20,000 horsepower could possibly pay. With ordinary fluctuations in his load the charge would be even less. If we were to tell you that it was possible for two customers with exactly the same contracts, paying exactly the same rates, to pay, the one apparentiy $27 per horsepower per year and the other $65 per horsepower per year, you might think we were exaggerating, and yet that was the case. The matâ€" ter of load factor entered in and made all the difference. We cannot attempt to explain load factor in a short article like this, but merely wish to point out what a difference can be made by some of these factors which enter into our business and which have to be known before truthful comparisons can be made. Controlling and O Limited perating put into Hudson tion trip closed th splendid handle a may deve Mail and Empire all incomes. But, taxes as with the c urging on the Larder ment d claims ther available t the roads a of fish nounct shortly tra vice Northern Ontario is Full of Optimistic Spirit. "Returning from a seasonal trip of inspection of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, Lt.â€"Col. L. T. Martin, DS.O., viceâ€"chairman of the company, said that a high note of optimism and hope was being soundâ€" ed in Northern Ontario and prospects for better times were being evinced. Accompanying Col. Martin were the chairman and members of the comâ€" missicn, among these several of the chief ocfficials of the railway. The inâ€" spection trip covered the entire system of the company. "The gold mines in the different areas of the North are operatng to capacity," said Colonel Martin, "and production for the first three months of this year shows an increase of about 10 per cent. in value over the corresponding period of 1932 and it is expected that this year‘s total production (will establish » new high by a substantial margin. Eager For Viceâ€"Regal Visit "The pecple of Northern Ontario are looking forward to the visit of Their Excellencies, the Governor General and the Countess of Bessborough, during the week of June 4 and are determined to give them a very cordial and enâ€" thusiastic welcome. Their Excellencies will leave Ottawa on the night of June 4 for Sudbury, where they will visit the nickel mines. From Sudbury they will go direct to Northern Ontario stopping at Temagami, the famous summer reâ€" sort; Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Englchart, Kirkland Lake, Swastika, Noranda, Timmins, Iroquois Falls, Mo>â€" sonce, on James Bay and Ab‘tibi Canâ€" perienced vicinity 0 velopmen! pected at are makin ing possi Finds the North in an Optimistie Spirit Last week The Advance had referâ€" ence to the annual tour of inspection of the Temiskaming and Northern Onâ€" tario Railway, the commissioners visitâ€" ing each and every pcint on the main line and branches, viewing the road and meeting the people of the country. On his return from this tour, Lt.â€"Col. L. T. Martin, viceâ€"chairman of ‘the commissicn, was interviewed at Ottawa by The Journal, and The Journal last week had the following reference to make :â€" L1.â€"Col. L. T. Martin, Viceâ€"Chairman of the T. N. 0. Commission, Gives Impressions After Inspection Trip Over the North‘s Ratlway Line. Wednesday, Art! The question is wha ond place in case of t] a tie for first place an holding the bottom ru Ask "Believe It or 1 holding the bottom rung? Ask "Believe It or Not." A word in passing: It has been a good season, the best of sport and every Tom, Dick and Harry has had a barrelâ€" load of funâ€"only there were no Toms or Dicks on the teams. Who was press labels street south Friday? NC Wednesday, p:ns in the firs on, and when the Power boys winning by 36f WInnlng by 366 pin Three rousing ch teams while Henry nuts. ould n from fil wrong ¢ pins wh ten men strong, newlyâ€"won swea league champion Saintly Art usin On Wednesday the boys fought if and the railroad fright as cnly fi scene and one of Power Team Wins the Commercial Trophy no one tampered w while they battled merchants for th Commercial bowllt On Priday, April We Question Now Raised, "In Case of a Threeâ€"cornered Tie, Which Team is the Runnerâ€"up?*: The T. N. 0, Loses its Only Saint for a Night. The War l T‘h The Power bov vhetr Boat Service To 14 cfTe a k the man that left his ex«â€" ying around at the Spruce boundary line the previous wonder he was missing the dams of the se 1€ renewail of the sumimer o0 Moosonee, a boat serâ€" s on James Bay will be in conjunction with the Company. The inspecâ€" mel Martin stated, disâ€" T. N. O. system is in > _ and well equipped to icrease in traffic which rom Ho s what team is in setcâ€" e of three teams being ce and the other team 1A Pll night Oof iast wecek out in the last battle rs must have got a ‘e men were on the hem was not himself, ood score even if he h Kirklar shouting. lers gained back 98 me but failed to hold last ball was bowled led another 188 pins, irkland Lake to ‘an the Governâ€" n. Mr. Finlayson n enough money maintenance on h, the first games N. 0. were out ‘ecked out in their for winning the and in spite of ht of them, they the flood waters and were at the ore sheet by 224 ied on every light vas put on to see the transformers ut with the steam ilverware of the eague. ‘0 Start of the went up by both eating his peaâ€" ap £yL toba will tax , it is with ¢@â€"â€"4Y0L dOn‘t. nA and ie Lake are ume wOork