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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1913)
E4V.J1 THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913 -EVENING EDITION. fflBftD- ilORTH BEND AUTO LINE FARE ...... ifn. a naii -v- id trip, SBC ride comniulnlion f2.W. , leave every 20 i from T n. i. w ...... 7 iv ill.. Ijl),, IUI ' ' I ' rhalf iiom. L from CMianiUer !. DRSTfiKINO, Props. A LVV c? I 4 .VY V V tf.. .. - Auto Service Cireful Drlrors and litmi. Our motto: liinrliere at any time.' liico Xotel and Blancc DijPnonei 78 ana 41 id. IGOODAUC proprietor. h Garage tome of llio ILAC and FORD i Supplies for All lldes of Cars x. I'lioii) a73-L )T HAVE YOUR. 5FKED RIGHT? rutfe our ttork to bo use e use only the ll Is the ninrknt. V PJ-tO-dite marhliierv nnd I tO BM II. Kfirlv I'nnrii1 tl niklng and ropnlrlnj; b m competent. nut Soled 85c " naif soled noc "h 8Hc FlMtnecn soles frco of UTI fin iliIa i r. .1... We Dress Shoes, Bold 1 "oatjr for J5.00, while 'A'00, Also a Rood ooues at reduced WW you to look them "Jlnj elsewhere. w rootnear and a We Deal." MUST 01 SON Ijth Broadway. JP To Date 'iwSalt from The Tailor and Dress Expert Upstairs. hge Company J m, MBr. iVvSri!!'? Cleaned. .' "il Rtpalred. L0olnB & Harvey. P STOCK pAnm !.... . - buwi Dairy or fliTS r 17 He can i. In tho county JfMFoote bBN Parlor .." II IJATIQ i. ,:a JPb,"mi Ooo Cars N o' Klerirlc Cut t J!to of glass- "Wit,. " EverthlnB & ngworthv MbK done ; I For the Home Beautiful Artistic illumination is an important factor in the dec orative scheme, Tho soft, white glow of tungsten (Mazda) Electric Light the nearest approach to sunlightbrings out the colors and adds to the beauty of your decorations, The adaptability of electricity permits placing artistic fixtures and hand some lamps where they will add to your decorative plan, Electric Light is clean, It will not smudge your walls and ceilings nor tarnish the fixtures, It gives an air of luxury while it really is an economy, Your houseman be wired quickly and cheaply with no harm to walls or ceiling, Telephone 1 78 and ask us to submit an estimate for wiring your home, Oregon Power Co. Socond and Central Dance At teeHotel Saturday Night, April. 19 Special Rates on Gorst & King Lines Supper at Midnight Orchestra Music S SPEEDWELL CAPT. K. ROSENBLATT, Master. Sails for San Franciscojfrom Coos Bay About April 24th THE SPEEDWELL U apeed and bna excellent pasaenger acconiJ uiuuauuiu, mrgu cieau anu turj ruuiua mm cjcvitju uguui ana wireless. For freight tuiil passage, apply, A. P. Estabrook Go. Title Guarantee and Abstract Co., 013-017 Santa Marina Uldg., Hon Francisco. Marsltfleld. FAST AND COMMODIOUS Steamer Redondo Equipped with wireless and anbmarlae bell SAsLS FROM SAN FRANCISCO FOR COOS BAY FRIDAY, APRIL 18, AT 3 P. M. All Paaseifer Reserratloea From Son Francisco Mnst Do Made at 800 Fife llullding, or Lombard street l'icr 27. All reserratloaa must be taken up 24 hours before sailing. INTER-OCEAN TRANSPORTATION CO. PHONE 44. O. F. McOEORQB. Agent. S. S. ALLIANCE EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS SAILS FROM PORTLAND FOR. COOS BAY FRIDAY, APRIL 18, AT 6 P. M. ROUND TRIP, $18.50 CONNECTING WITH THE NORTH DANK nOAD AT PORTLAND NORTH PACIFIC WBAMSHD? COMPANY. Phone 44 F McGEORGE, Afeat EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS Steamship Breakwater ALWAYS ON TIME. SAILING FROM PORTLAND, APRIL 10. 23, 30, M Y 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 AND 30 AT H A. M. SAILING FROM COOS DAY, APRIL 12, 10, 20, MAY 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 AND 27. Phone Muln 05-L. P. h STERLING, Agent. EUGENE, OREGON, OPERATE! MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT AND WATERWORKS SUCCESSFULLY EUGENE, Oregon, operates lis own electric light plant and city waterworks. A Btrong fight was made against It but the peoplo won out. Tho Eugeno Reg ister opposed tho proposition at first but now nfter 21 months' operation The Register acknowledges that city ownership Is a complete success and both waterworks nnd light plant arc operated at a profit and tho rntea aro low. Electric light sells In Eu gene at 7 Ms cents per kilowatt hour against 15 cents In Marshflold. The Times has not tho figures of tho water schedule but has sent for them nnd will publish them as soon as received. The following editorial review of tho water board's report appears In a recent Issuo of Tho Register. The Eugene water and light plnntB, In tho 21 months In which they bavo been In operation have taken in enough money to pay op erating expenses, nnd have over 132,000 loft over to apply on the Interest charge for the same period of about $30,000. With tho olec trlcal department In tho commer cial field for but 11 of tho 21 months, tho report mnkes a good showing. Had the report been for tho calendar year tho earnings would probably have covered oper ation and luterest, leaving only de preciation or sinking fund to bo mef. The report of the water board, however, does not presont tho show ing of tho department In thlH way. It has to be deduced from tho tables given. Tho report combines re ceipts nnd expenditures In tho op erating departments with expendi tures fur improvements paid from proceeds of bond Issuo. However tho figures aro there, except for the Interest cost, which has to be com puted. On page CO Is tho renort of re ceipts nud expenditures from which tho citizen may learn theso facts. Uovenucs of the electrical depart ment aro S39.GC1.7C and operating costs, excluding a small payment of $1000 for Interest, are $20, COS. GO, leaving applicable to Interest', J19, 0S3.10. In. the same way from the water rovenuos of SSC.0C9.89 should bo deducted operating cost of $42, 2C3.84, leaving S13.80C.0S to apply on Interest: The total revenue above operating cost, then, Is $32,859.21. Since the rax levy of the city council provided for practically all of tho Interest, the water board expended for ex tensions of Its service, water and electrical, some $20,000, leaving about $12,000 now In the board's hands. Tho citizen who would gain n clear Idoa of the finances of the Eu gene public utilities should begin his study of tho water board's re port at page GO. Tho tables that nppcar enrllor in tho booklet aro purely hypothetical, used In figur ing a now basis for charging for tho water used by tho city. The real reporrs required by tho char ter of tho city, showing tho true cost of tho plant, the cost, operation nnd tho condition of the depart ment's finances arc in tho back of tho rcporl. An unfortunato arrangement of headings makes tho reports some what confusing, but If It is remem bered that tho report on pngo CO, with tho little heading, corresponds to the roport on pago G3 with a big heading, ono showing cost ot the electric plant and tho other tho cost of the wntcr plant, It will be easy to co-ordinate tho reports and ar rive at definite knowledgo as to tho real cost of the public utilities. Combining the two tables we find: Construction cost of elec tric plant S2i7.n7rt.ns Extensions to date CG.30C.04 Total cost electric plant.$284,27G.02 Construction cost of wa ter plant $182,908.00 Extensions to date 44,091.40 Totnl cost of vnierplant.$227,000.00 Total cost electric plnnt.$284,27C02 Total cost water and light plant $C11,27C02 In other words the city owns util ities of an estimated cost of $511, 270.02, against which thero nro out standing $4 42,000.00 of bonds and $57,970.98 of general fund war rants, or a total of $449,970.98. The second tables for thn nlnr. trie plant, page CI and for the water piaut, pago G4. show the cost of on. eiatlon and repeat the figures for costs of extensions found In tho re spective previous table. Tho only change Is that In the second table. in each instnuco, tho Items of super vision nnd engineering, nnd of gen eral office, ure divided between the main plant nnd tho distributing sys tems In extension work. Tho third table for each tho elec trical plant and tho watvr plant, takes tho figures of totnl cost from tho first tables, and Includes cash received and balances this with the obligations of tho department. It will be noted In tho report on tho cost of the water system, that nearly half of the present valuo Is listed as non-productive. Thn plpu fittings, steam pump that tins been displaced by tho now centrifugal pump, aro useless and subjeqt to saie. i no Digit pressuro reservoir, Is non-opcratlng In the sense of be ing drawn upon every day, but It Is In constant use as a source of supply for fire use. Tho real es tate Items Include tho Skinner's butte, the greater portion of which should be park property, a small tract across tho river from the pumping station on which tho well Is located, and the slto of tho pump ing station. A footnoto appearing twice on page 02 nnd also on other pages, speaking of excessive charges, ro tors to tho difference between the amount actually paid for tho canal and tho estimated cost had tho orig inal contractor finished his work. Tho footnote Is useless nud confus ing, because thn condition Is that n certain amount was paid for tho building of tho canal, and It cannot ho "wished" awny. Neither Is tho excess cost, duo to delay, confined to tho canal. Machinery was stored a year at Springfield, and lumber receivable, which nro credits and not cash. Most likely the explanation Is that tho word "revenues" received, means cash received plus a fow thousands still uncollected. Really tho most confusing table Is that on page C7, where receipts and expenditures aro Jumbled to gether. A clearer statement of tho same report: Halance on hand per re port of July 1, 1912.. $13,059. 59 Water nnd electric reve nues deposited with tronsuror (receipts)... 30,405.78 Other earnings from bond funds 288.30 Totnl receipts $43,803.73 Warrants drawn on cur rent fund during perlod$30,2 18.80 Interest on lighting bonds due April 1, 1912 750.00 Iutcrost on lighting bonds duo October 1, 1912.. 750.00 Total expenditures ...$31,718.80 Totnl receipts S4.i.Hrt:t.?:i Total expenditures $31,718.80 Dalnnce this report ..$12,094.93 In tho same way it should be in dicated imdor the teport of tlm water, power and light fund that tho warrants drawn, plus earnings from bonds accrued Interest paid by tho buyers) should bo taken from tho previous balance, Thn criticism Is only on the mat ter of form. Tho members of tho water board, being familiar with tho work being done, understand tho meaning of the reports, but tho nv orago citizen who has no way of knowing tho details of tho publlu utllttes management, needs to havo his reports in simplest form. Tho apparent discrepancy between tho amount paid for electrical en ergy, pngo C I, and tho revenues ot tho electrical department, pnge CC, Is dun to the fact that tho city pow er was not used exclusively In the pumping plant until somo tlmo after tho water board began operation of tho plants. i It will bo noted too, Hint tho flunnclnl statement on pago G7, cov ers only about six months, probably to December 10, like the rest of the leportu (no dato Is given) whllo tho dutnll reports of expenditures cover 21 months. Comparison Is not possible, therefore. A number of Interesting facts cnu ho drnwn from tho tables, especial ly tho ono on pngo CC. This table, for exnmple, shows that tho electrical department In tho 11 months It hnd been doing a com mercial business, had collected $19, 390,37, whllo tho operating cost for 21 months, detailed on page CI, and excluding tho small interest pay ment, was $20,008.55. in other words, tho electrical dupartmeut, with the handicap ot free power for water pumping, for 21 months, and for tho flume was damned liv the nn commercial revenues for ten. weather, also due to tho delay. Anylcamo within $1200 of paying Its number of items In the cost may running expenses, excluding Interest havo beon larger than they should havo been, but that does not change tho amount that was actually paid. The footnoto on page (35, giving tho excess cost of tho plant as $109,- 005.00, includes, in addition to tho and sinking fund. The item of supervision and engi neering exponse, nnd tho item of genernl offico expense, has been di vided among tho different depart ments until each has but a small Heed the Cuuuh tlint Hunirs On. Tho seeds of consumption may be tho cause, and a cough that hangs on weakens tho system. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound checks the cough, heals tho Inflamed mem branes and strengthens tho lungs. E. D. Rountrco, Stillmoro, Ga., says: "Lngrlppo left mo a deep seated, hacking, painful cough which Foley's Honey and Tar completely cured." For sale by Lockhart-Parsons Drug Co,, "The Busy Corner." FOR QUICK WORK, FOR PROMPT WORK, ' FOR GOOD WORK, Telephone the old reliable Coos Bay Steam Laundry We always deliver the goods. Phone 57-J Marshficld THE RECORD PHOTOGRAPHING ABSTRACT COMPANY Hare photographic copies of all records of Coog County to date, abstracts of titles, present owners, or any other Information relating to real estate furnished on short notice. BUSINESS OFFICE: 117 Nrth Front St., Marsbfield. Phone 151J W. J. RUST, Manager A LL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE TIMES' OFFICE The White House Restaurant NEXT DOOR TO BLANCO HOTEL You are Invited to try our service. We aim to use only tho best of everything and please our patrons. MANOS nROS., Proprietors Call and Seo Us. Items of non-operating property, list-1 charge, but In tho aggregate, tho ed on page C3, also tho ltoin of supervision cost the combined plants $4881.84 which Is tho excess of the $7483.05, whllo offico expense was council's CBtlmuto of valuo greater $7903.75, or $10,380.80 for tho 21 than tho wnter board's estimate j months. During tho samo tlmo the Tho table on page 06' purports to labor at tho plants cost $9091.41. bo a statement' of cash receipts and i disbursements, but Includes In Its If you havo anything to soil, rent, balances on hand Items of nceountH trade, or want nolo, try a want au, SENATOR LANE'S SCIENTIST TO GIRL AN ORATOR STAY DEATH NOTICE OF BANKRUIT SALE. Notice Is hereby given that bids will be received for the entire stock of Arthur 8. Blanchard Livery busi ness consisting of eight carriage horso and ono heavy team, carriages, harnesses, etc., from April 15 to April 24, Inclusive. Make and address bids to George W. Welstead, Trustee, Marsbfield, Oregon. QEO. WELSTEAD, Trusteo. Oregon Senator's Child Delivers So. clttll.it Talks on Street Corners. PORTLAND, Or., April 17.Mrs. Nina Lane McBrldc, daughtor of United States Senator Lane, of Ore gon, who, with her husband recently returned from New Orleans where both wero delegates to tho "Hobo" convention, has today resumed hei work hero as a Socialist orator. Mounted on a soapbox on ono of the prominent streets, Mrs, MeBrlde spoke to an audience ot several hun dred, pleading with them to awaken to the fact that they were In thi midst of a great class struggle. "Hero, you fellows with the whlt collars; you fellows who havo got places to sleep tonight It's you 1 want to buy our literature, to read to think, to wake up. If you don't awaken to tho fact that there Is n class struggle In society and take your place on tho right sldo In that struggle, tho time will come when your stomachs will bo empty arid flap against your backbone. But you won't know what to do, except to look tor another master to work for, bo that you may bo fed from part of tho product ot your own toll." Dressed in a blue tailored suit and a neat touquo hat, Mrs. Mc Brldo made a decided hit with her audience. In conclusion, she said: "I have no more use for a reform er or a prohibitionist than I have for a person that Is religious. What I want Is to see thinkers men who know where thoy nro economically. The pulpit, the magazines and tho dally papers are all trying to teach you to be contented. 1 want you to wako up." Have your job printing done at The Times office. Might Bo All Right With Some Wrong Willi Other?. LONDON, April 17. -That radium can restore tho hardened arteries of mlddlo aged porsons to a hoalthy condition and so prolong life was tho claim made by Dr. Saubermann of Berlin In n lecture bore beforo thn Roentgen society, Tho apparatus which will manu facture this "elixir of youth" consists of an earthenwaro receptacle contain ing a mlnuto amount of radium, which Is placed at the bottom ot u, glass bottle. The bottle Is filled with water. In time tho water bc comea charged with radium emana tions. Tho radium remains actlvo for hundreds of years, so It Is only neces sary to renew the water In order to get any number of doses. Times' .Want Ads bring rosulti. TONIGHT at ,'V T" Hie Royal The IIouso Where the Beht ii Slumn. 4000 Feet or ah .ew ncuires. "TWO SISTEIIS" Tlmnhouser. "STRIKING HINKMIILANOE" Comet. "OVERCOATS" RoUur. "JUST BROWNS" Luck. Follow tho Crowd to The Show That Pleases Everyone. Any Sent in tho House 10c, 1