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i THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 10507 PARADE of POWER - APPLIANCES brings Better Electrical Living to Nation * NATIONAL ELECTRIC WEEK - FEB. - 14, 1959 ELECTRICITY 9 "ator, DOES SO MUCH COSTS | $0 LITTLE. Just pennies a day! That's all it costs to operate your electric refrigerator, range, water heater, washer, dryer, TV, radio . . . in fact, all your electric appliances. And electricity does all these jobs so well--better than ever. Electricity is quick, clean, safe, quiet--and above all, economical. You get more out of life when you get the most out of electricity. live better ELECTRICALLY. . . the safe clean modern way! Port Perry Hydro Electric System How the Electrical Industry ensures Better Living for All Canadians When Thomas Edison died in 1931, it was suggested that electrical power * be shut off for one minute on the day + of his funeral. Can you imagine the chaos if the suggestion had been acted upon. No telephones for urgent or emergency calls; cars piled up at busy cross streets with no traffic control lights; men and machines at a standstill; hospital services endan- gered. Without signal systems, there would be no fire and police protection, no plane or train controls. It was quite obvious that we couldn't afford to be withaut electricity even for 60 seconds! Canadians use_more electricity in their homes than any other people on earth. And consumption is more than doubling every decade, pe In almost all of our homes today, * besides lighting, there are at léast nine types of electrical appliances or "gervants". You could say that nine is the very minimum required by the average Canadian family. They are all very familiar--the range, refriger- washer, toaster, iron, kettle, vacuum cleaner, radio and television. Most homes have many more, with -thirty being nearer the mark. Large electrical servants such as water heat- ers and dryers, freezers 'and dish- washers; 'smaller units like clocks, tans, Hi-Fi, electric -hlankets; coffee makers, food mixers and sun lamps.' The list is long and grows longer-- 70 or more at latest count. "It would seem that those who work on new ways of putting electricity, to work for us must have just about fi- gured every possible use for electri- city in the home. Actually, this is just the beginning. + Lets take a look at some of the exciting new develop- ments--here or just around the corn- er. Colour TV is already on the mar- ket. Today, it's expensive, tomorrow we-will all enjoy colour programmes as well ag.black and white. And in the field of television there are more great advances coming up. The pic- ture tube--may be done away with completely. Someday soon, we'll be able to hang thin TV screens on the walls, for 'wide-screen' viewing. Ma- gnetic tape will let us record sound and pictures to be played back at our leisure. ; In the kitchen, electronics has al- ready made its presence felt, New ranges that ¢an cook a six-pound roast in 36 minutes, or a nine-pound turkey in one hour, a cake in three or four minutes. And nothing is lost on flavour, aroma or nutritional.value. Electro - fuminescent panels. may soon supply all our lighting needs. Installed on the walls and ceilings, we simply by controlling the intensity and colour of the light transmitted by the panels. Now coming into use in some parts of the continent is the heat pump. There is little doubt that eventually the heat pump in some form will look after both heating and cooling in the home. The wonderful world of electricity and electronics is full of surprises. Some of these advances are still being developed, many are now on the draw- ing boards of our leading manufac- turers. The future looks bright, the resources of a vast and important in- dutsry are harnessed to help us all Live Better--Electrically. Let's now take a look at this in- dustry today. In Canada, the electri- cal industry supplies highly skilled jobs for over 175,000 people. It is a vital part of every province and every erywhere to enjoy its benefits. The electrical industry is diversified, with each segment having a particular place in the over-all scheme, The utilities provide us with depen- dable, low-cost power. As a result, the typical Canadian home uses over 8700 kilowatt hours of electricity each year--or 20% more than the average U.8. household. - The electrical manufacturers supply will be able to décorate our homes . v i ddhRd the 70 or more electrical "gervants" N i Ma ey a A community--enabling Canadians ev-| now available through your neighbor- hood appliance store. Product designs are subject to the strictest safety and efficiency testing carried out by the Canadian Stand- ards Association. As a result, Cana- dians buy with confidence more major appliances, per capita, than any other people in the world. It is important to look for the C.S.A. seal of approval before buying any electrical equip- ment, The electrical distributor niaintains a smooth flow of materials to all parts of the nation. The electrical contrac. tor makes the installations; the in- spector gives the final safety checks. There you have seven segments of the industry, each with a different job to do, but all helping us Live best --eleetrically. LIVE BETTER Electrically .... with an..ELECTRIC WATER Mh HEATER Efficient service and good fis- cal policies have allowed the Port Perry Hydro-Electric System to reduce its rates twice during the last two years. Under the capable chairman. ship of Councillor Arthur T. Cox, the system has expanded its service greatly in recent yrs., adding almost 60 new customers during 1968 alone, The increas- ing number of customers and greater individual use of elec- tricity has in large measure been responsible for the econo- mies reflected-in the lower rates. Prior to the first rate change in October, 1957, the average monthly Hydro: bill for residen- tial service, based on 1957 con- sumption figures, was $5.05. The same amount of power now costs $4.15. In 1924 it would have hom $8.48--over twice today's cost. Even greater savings have been made by commercial and industrial customers, " These reductions become more significant when compared to the large increases in price of nearly avery other commodity and service in recent years--in- creases which have raised the consumer price index by 2.3 per cent since October, 1967. Greater use of: electric energy by domestic customers, which in- creased in Port: Perry from an average of 21 kilowatt-hours a month in 1924 to 383 in 1957, promises- to reach even greater peaks in:the future with the re- cent introduction of electric space heating in Ontario. Hailed as "The Most Modern Home Heating Method," electric space heating features safety, cleanliness, better temperature control, and economical installa- tion. } While its use in new home con- struction is the hallmark of dis- tinction, those hard-to - heat rooms and new extensions--Ilo- cated far from existing heaters --are ideal for this type of elec- trical installation. Always in the vanguard of electrical progress, the local Hy- dro-Electric System was quick to adopt economical rates for electric heating into its rate structure, when Ontario Hydro recently announced its new po- licy on space heating. The (local system's) new net rate of 1.6 cents per kilowatt- hour for Resident Heating puts electrical heat in:a strongly com- petitive position with all other types in common use in the pro- vince. NEW RATES FOR PORT PERRY THAT WERE APPLICABLE FROM DEC. .1, 1958 Power oud New 1st Rate... 1.7¢ 1.4¢ 0.6 14 Additional .. 33 33 Commercial 1st Rate: ........ aria 2.2 1.9 2nd Rate .....eoo.. 8 8 3rd Rate ......... . .b ~~ .b Min. Billi... $1.11 $1.11 Domestic: 1st Rate .....ccvennee 28 2.6 2nd Rate-.... . 1.4 1.3 4th Rate 11 1. Min. Bil¥ conn . $1.11 $1.11 HYDRO: COMMISSION The Port Perry Council have had many discussions on the forming of -a Commission here and believe that in the near fu- ture a Hydro Commission will be formed in Port Perry. NEW OFFICE Within the next few months into the New Municipal Build- ing. The public will be invited to the Opening. the Hydro Office will be moved | Port Perry Hydro System have the Lowest Rates in this District "Explanatory note: Before the days of Hydro the village had a steam gen- erator which supplied a limited a- mount of electrical power. This gén- erator was housed in the red brick building at the lakefront next to the Master Feeds building, and its chief function was to supply light from dusk till midnight. Aparently it did not function in the day time and would not have supplied sufficient power to run a respectable electric motor if it did. At one point in the papers we came across an item ask- ing folk to use as little electricity as possible so that the lights would re- main bright for a hockey match in the arena, ) "HYDRO", as taken from the paper of March, 1928, It was a big undertaking to instal hydro. The initial investment for which we became responsible was $19,881.66. This amount we promised to pay within 30 years. A provision of the agreement was that no princi- pal should be paid for three years. That gave the system a chance to make good before the principal pay- ments became due. The investment has made good financially as all the obligations have been met without in- curring one cent of debt to the tax- payers--the system has paid for it- self. Some $7,000. has been spent in extending the service since it was in- stalled five years ago. Extension has been made to Prince Albert and to Scugog. Large blocks of power have been sold to the Port Perry Creamery and the Milling Co. These two businesses use about 100 H.P. between them. One Short History of 'HYDRO' in PORT PERRY be used 24 hours a day and can turn the wheels of industry as well as light our homes. The mill used to spend about $3500 for power and the service of an engineer but since they have installed Hydro the power bill has been reduced to about $1800. Both these businesses have special meters called demand meters which measure the actual power consumed. With the old electric light system the Igihts went out promptly at 12.00 o'clock (midnight) and if you needed to get up in the night you had to light the coal oil lamp. It was also needed for those early breakfasts that many a working man had before day- light. The cost of the street lights under the old system was $25.00 per light, with hydro the cost was just $16.00 per light and they stayed on all night. The Hydro was well received at the Star Office. Our gasoline engine was a chronic invalid and we frequently had to call in Wes, Hadley or Charley Rundel to fix the thing up. Even then it would frequently stop, just when we were most rushed. Now ex- cept for rare occasions we can count on our magical servant to do the job without fuss or bother. We now have 191% miles 'of wire and hundreds of poles. We can use electricity for many tasks, washing machines, refrigerators, ironing, wat- er heaters, toasters, and eleetric table stoves. Well that was in 1928, just flve years after the hydro- came to Port Perry. far before one found a home without some electricity and most of us would of the beauties of Hydro is that it can | Fre know how to live without it. in Medallion Home buyers are recognizing more -and more the value of good lighting inside and outside a house. They want to "decorate" with light, to use fixtures, and floodlights, and dimmers to display their homes to the best advantage, to create a mood rather than a monotony in and around their homes. Through the intensive nation- wide Medallion Home Program, the building industry is placing added emphasis on lighting, along with other qualities of electrical excellence. Bronze and gold Medallions display- ed homes with built-in electrical value provide an easy-to-spot symbol of quality for the home buying public. Basic requirements for the Medal- lion emblem include the provision that the lighting "shall conform to the re- quirements recommended by the Elec- trical] Bureau of Canada in its '1958 Minimum Light for Living Stand- ards. In line with this program, home buyeis now have the widest choice Lighting Creates Mood Homes ever in lighting possibilities. Fixtures which concentrate light actually can be used as effective rcom dividers. Fluorescent lamps illumin- ation is almost unlimited, including lights for areas under cupboards and over sinks, for hoods over ovens or cooking surfaces, or behind soffits. By utilizing lighting in the garden or patio, many families have found that they can enjoy additional hours of outdoor work or play virtually every day of the year. Lighting in accordance to Medallion Home standards has become import- ant for builders and contractors; they have learned to show prospective | v2 home owners that good use of light- ing and appliances make it possible for them to enjoy preparing and eat- ing outdoor meals, watching televi- sion, reading in cool comfort, listen- ing to hi-fi, dancing and engaging in sports. Now we would need to search