University Daily Kansan, August 18; 1983
Page 13
Utility companies brace for student rush
By MARY ANN COSTELLO Staff Reporter
Students moving into off-campus housing this fall will have to make arrangements for electricity, gas, and water service before they settle in.
And if they don't, their first few days in Lawrence might be experienced without the of showers, homemade meals and phone calls.
LOCAL UTILITY COMPANIES brace for the back-to-school rush each fall, and according to utility representatives, customers will fare best if they follow specific procedures and exercise patience.
Fred Bryan, division manager of Kansas Power & Light Co., said that the more notice people gave for establishing electric service the better.
He said KP&L received as many as 700 requests a day for electricity when students returned to Lawrence in August.
He said new customers must go to the KP&L office at 9th and Tennessee streets to show identification and thereby deposit which earns 8 percent interest.
HE HEAID THAT THE average deposit was about $40, and that after a year, customers who had paid their dues received the interest and interest, credited to their accounts.
A deposit was not required, however,
if in the past seven years, the applicant
had received a year of continuous
bills on KP&L and paid bills on
time, he said.
Someone who has never done business with KP&L before can avoid a deposit by completing a form for a third-party guarantee which would make a third party, such as a parent, pay the full amount the customer failed to navy.
CUSTOMERS WHO DISCONTINUE
service must leave a forwarding
address where the ALN can return a refund
if the last request is greater than
the amount of the deposit
Information and brochures are available at the KPAL office he said.
Bill Salome, president of Kansas Public Service Gas Co. Inc., said gas service could be provided after the person goes away. E. 9th St. and 10th Ave. a contract for service.
He said a deposit was required unless the customer had previous service from a bank.
THE DEPOSIT FOR GAS service at a new one- or two-bedroom apartment would be $40, he said, but deposits for apartments in older houses would probably be more because they are less likely to be energy efficient.
KPS pays 5 percent interest on deposits.
The deposit required is figured from the highest winter temperature for that unit to the lowest winter, so we shall
apply the deposit to the final bill and send any refund or bill to the customer's forwarding address.
To discontinue service, he said, customers should call KPS to set a date to have their meters read. KPS will
Toni Stevens, Southwestern Bell's manager of community relations for northeast Kansas, said phone service was established by calling the business office between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday at 1:57-2401, a toll-free number.
She said the typical deposit was about $50, but that each deposit was assessed separately. The deposit earns 8 percent of the credit, credited to the customer's final bill.
She also said that customers could order phones through the business office, but that they had to pick them up before the call. Bell Service Center, 816.W, 24th St.
STEVENS SAID a deposit for phone service was required unless a customer had recent Bell phone service and good credit. A deposit of guarantee in lieu of a deposit.
Stevens said the current cost of phone service to one-party residence customers was $9.35 a month, plus tax and the cost of leasing telephones.
According to Stevens, the Kansas Corporation Commission is reviewing a proposal for a new building.
Bell that, if granted, would raise that cost to $18.50 a month.
She said the current monthly charge to lease a telephone from Southwestern Bell ranged from $1.60 for a standard phone to $4.20 for a Touch-Tone Trimline model.
CINDY ARAIZA, a service representative for Southwestern Bell, said that anyone who used a push-button phone, whether he leased it or owned it, was charged an additional $1.40 a month.
To establish water and trash service new residents must go to the water office on the second floor of City Hall, 6th and Massachusetts streets.
An official at the water office said a new customer had to give a minimum two days and a maximum 30 days notice for service and had to be present when water was turned on at a residence.
A $35 deposit is required for any new customer, the official said. The deposit pays 8 percent interest and is credited to the account after 3 years, whichever comes first.
She said the minimum charge for water, sewer and sanitation service is $10.95.
Lawrence taxis change fares; round trip fee replaces meters
By MICHAEL PAUL Staff Reporter
Depending on which Lawrence taxi you ride in, you may hear the driver at the end of the ride say either, "$2.50 please," or, "$3 please."
Drivers for the Yellow Cab Co. and the Union Cab Co., both at 1045 New York Street, pay $2.50 fare. Ward A. Thompson is present of the two companies said recently.
THE RATE BECAME effective this summer. Previously, the two companies had been using a metered rate.
Thompson said that, with the new rate, up to five people could ride for $2.50 as long as they were picked up at the place and were going to the same place.
Lon Faler, who began Jayhawk Dial-A-Ride, 501 Maple Lane, in December 1982, charges a nonmetered $3 rate for one person and 25 cents for each additional person picked up at the place and going to the same place.
There is no charge for children under
12 who are accompanied by an adult, he said.
FALER ALSO SAID that anyone who called from a pay phone to request a ride would have 25 cents deducted from the fare.
He said that despite his competitor's switch to a lower rate, he would not pay the same price.
Faler said Jayhawk Dial-A-Ride had three taxis, but he said he planned to meet a bus driver.
Thompson said his two companies, used from 16 to 18 taxis, although in the summer only 10 were in use because of the low demand.
Thompson said that, because of his companies' insurance policies, he preferred to hire 25-year-old drivers. He also preferred old-olds if they had a good driving record.
He said his part-time drivers usually worked six-hour shifts.
Faler said he would hire people who were at least 18. They too, must have a job.
If you need a ride or a job, call Jayhawk Dial-A-Ride at 843-4212,
Union Cab Co. at 843-2800 or Yellow Cab Co. at 843-6333
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