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V 2 “The right of an inhabitant or group of inhabi­tants of a community or territory served by a pub­lic service company to demand an extension of service for their benefit is not absolute and unqualified, but is to be determined by the reasonableness of the demand therefor under the circumstances involved* The duty of a public service company to extend its service facilities, and the reasonableness of a de­mand for such extension, depend in general, upon the need and cost of such extension and the return in revenue which may be expected as a result of the ex­tension; the financial condition of the utility; the advantages to the public from such an extension; and the franchise or charter obligation to make such extension. # * * “In regard to the reasonableness of the cost which an extension will entail, it is not necessary that a particular extension of service shall be im­mediately profitable, or that there shall be no un­profitable extensions, the criterion being generally whether the proposed extension will place an unrea­sonable burden upon the utility as a whole, or upon its existing consumers. * * * ** Prom 43 Am. Jur., “Public Utilities and Services“ , § 199: “A public utility is under a duty to make reason­able extensions of its services in accordance with its franchise and charter obligations and the needs of the inhabitants within the territory covered by its franchise; and a public service commission may, where its action is not unlawful, arbitrary, or cap­ricious, order an extension of service for the in­habitants of such territory. While a public service commission may not require a public service corpora­tion to make large expenditures for the extension of its service in a new territory when the necessary re­sult will be to compel the corporation to use its property for the public convenience without just com­pensation, an order requiring extension of public ser­