Excerpt from Rate Research, Vol. 2: October 2, 1912 Editor's Note - This case has several unusual features. The Des moines-gas Company is owned by the United Gas Improvement Co. Of Philadelphia and the case of the Company was most carefully pre pared. The treasurer oi the United Gas Improvement Co. Devoted his entire time to the hearings before the Master, and such well known experts as Randolph, Lea, Baehr, Hagenah, Alvord and Almert, tes tified for the Company. On the other hand, Bemis and Marks testified for the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.