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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1913)
i?i ,n"4WKi Egfotl'-- THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 19.13 EVENING EDITION. 2 COOS BAY TIMES HFIELD WAT M. 67 JIALOXKV Ktlltor mill Pub. DAN K. MAI.OXHV News Editor, n j . i w i-fc liuinQmiiD uni n m. v a m? - 'infljunu iiuLu ji jhije, majrs CAS KI.KCTUIKVIXi KAIMIOAD UXKS. iorn.Mio Sim l.'intiilBco Call. In a re- Front article dealing with the railroad situation on the west w8f. concludes that It ib tuu inten tion of the Hill and the Hnrrlnmn Interests to cloi-trlfy tholr linos, the HIM line, the OroKon Klertrlc. to be tontlnneil south from HuRdie, to which point It Ih at present In opera lion. , , , ,' In spcakltiR of this Beneral elec trifying of the loads, ami the en toiiBlon of the Hill lino, the Call con cludes: "At tl-e Los Annelon conference It was decided that the time had come when electric power would be the motive powor for railroads that ould best serve the public Interest. BvervthltiK south of Los Alleles will "within the next year or more be electrically operated. HverythliiK' north of Los Angeles will have the name trend. From Portland to Ku fccnc. on the line or the Shasta route, ilm (till Interests lmvo Installed the I Oregon Electric and they are work ins; southward. The Ilnrrlmnn Inter ests have aciiulred wntor power' Tight b on the same line and have! made extension Into Klamath Falls that will soon be electrified. From Grants Pass to Gold llench, In Ore-' pan. both Hill and Harrlmnn have, liceii flKhtliiK for rights of way. and from Crescent City to Gold Heach ' has been surveyed a line that Is said fn bo nart of the extension of tho Eureka line, now building from Wll Ietts to tho city of the redwoods." HWt Btt Wb,.Trn,.r.mun WA 1-11 nhAriNh K I WITH THE TOAST AND THE TEA I .. f.'OOIl i:VKNIX(i. ' True courage Is not Inconi- ' l patlble with nervousness: and i heroism does not mean the nb- ' i sonco of fear, but the con- I I (iiest of It. Van Dyke. ' j FACT. If epitaphs nil told the truth, Xo matter what your rank: I am inclined to think you'd find .Most tombstones would be blank. j ; THOUGHT KOli Till: DAW I j I A downward rovlslon of the ' i water rates tariff would be much I ' more popular. I Official Visit of Representa tive of Grand Lodge is Made Memorable Occasion, a One of tho most largely attended and Interesting meetings of Ulanco Lodge No. IS. A. F. & A. M. was held last evening at Masonic Temple. The occasion was the official visit of F. J. Miller. Senior Grand War den and speclnl representative of the Worshipful Grand Master 01 Ore gon. Tho work In tho Master Ma boii degree was exemplified, being taken by V. O. Pratt. At the conclusion of offlclnl busi ness a bountiful hnntitiet was spread at which there was a "feast of rea son and a flow of soul" as well as a feast of edibles for the Inner man. Worshipful Master L. A. Whereat presided and toasts were responded to bv a number Including the guest of honor, F. .1. Miller, Herbert Locknnrt. .1. Albert Matson and F. W. Kern, of Coriiilllc. All tho speakers touched on themes dear to cverv Mason's heart and there was n quickening of Interest and a freshening of the enthusiasm and earnestness of the members of tho order. F. W. Kern, of Coqulllo, de livered n most earnest and eloquent plea for the exemplification and ap plication of Masonic principles In the dally lives of the members and for the extension of that brother hood of humanity which character izes and typifies the truo Mason. The meeting was a most success ful one and one of the memorable occasions of Hlnnrn Lodge. F. .1. Miller, representative of tho Grand Lodge. Is a member of the Oregon Hallway Commission now holding the w"'Q'!l'S"'rt"K street, he Is walking about four feet ahead of her and nctlng ns If he would like to get rid of her. One-half of some Coos Hay men's lives consists of owing money thoy can't pay and the other half In hav ing money owed them that they can't collect. : : tiii: Qi'ii-ri'onsKitVKii says: I When n Coos Hay man's wlfo has been nwny for a month ho meets her it tho bont dock and she looks like the Finest Tiling on Earth to him. Ho! kisses her and hangs on to her arm and can't do enough for her. And after she has been home for a couulo of days, when you seo them on tho A Coos Hay man will give his wife $10 to pay $fi0 worth of bills. Then he will borrow $G of the $10 bnck and want to know what she docs with all her money. The SwnttcrV League. STANDING OF THK CLURS. Club Won. Lost. Krrors. House Fly. .C.-.-on T.IS'Jl 7,:il'l HouseWIfo. 7,:i'.M r.SMIS r.S.-HS I You can nlwnys think of something vnit should have said after tho time for i-nylni: It ban passed. CLOSES TODAY product, bolng Inferior to Heaver Hill or Llbby coal, he thought II could be mined on tut extensive scale on a royalty basis of 'JO cents per ton. John W. llutler, City Recorder, testified that the water committee of the City Council had frequently been requested to take up with tho water company the matter of the poor service and had tried to adjust It. John D. Goss. as City Attorney, made a sworn statement that he had conferred numerous times In com pany with the fire nud water com mittee of the Council and City En gineer Gldley with J. W. Dennett of tho water company about Improve ments and betterments. John C. .Merchant testified that as a member of the City Council ho and the other members of the lire and water committee had conferred with Mr. Dennett In an endeavor to adjust the water service. All of tno latter testimony was to offset the testimony of J. 11. Flanagan that the water company had llttlo notice or the city's de sires about better service. D. L. Ilucklughum was called again as a witness to Introduce n mnp showing that the proposed boulevard from Mnrslu.eld to the sea crossed the Pony Inlet water shed. Ho also testified that there was n cutoff road near Llbby where many cattle and people crossed over the watershed and said that at the headwaters of Pony Inlet was a cattle wallow. Ninth I lend Service. Yesterday afternoon at t ho con clusion of .1. II. Flanagan's testi mony, City Attorney Mullen of North Dend. questioned him some on the North Dend service. He want ed to know If Mr. Flanagan thought that $3."i0 was a fair rate ror hy drant rental In North Dend when tl'o company was charging only $2 in Mnrshricld. Mr. Flanagan said that It was because of the three miles additional main and also be causo they hnd to accept North Dend city warrants which had to be dis counted JO per cent. Mr. Flanagan said that It would be possible for the company to fur nish direct service to North Dend without a great additional cost even though the Marshfiold franchise had Gunnery Michelin Tire Service I What It Means to YOU, Mr. Motorist: No matter where you are in town or out on the road if you need an inner tube or a tire for your car at any time, clay or night, call up The Gunnery, Phone 34-Jj after 9 p, m, phone 209, our tire expert, Mr, Shannon Mitchell, with his Har-ley-Uavldson motorcycle, equipped to carry tires, etc, will do the rest, We carry the Largest and Most Complete Stock Of Automobile Tires in This Section of the state and our Service Department is always ready for you, day or night. We are always glad to change tires for you and be of any service to you that we can. We have a Vulcanizing Department and repair inner tubes on short notice, . WE GUARANTEE ALL OUR WORK.' vrar'j Bring your tire adjustments to us. X r ' "The Gunnery" IZ- Pioneer Automobile Supply House of Coos County. Phone 34-J, Front St., Marshfield, evplred. by changing the main some what. loinmlssloner Allchlson wanted to know If the Water company hnd In cluded lu lis last year's receipts the hydrant rentals from North Dend. and Mr. Flanagan said they had not liiiiHi.tu.i ,1m i.llv Uiitl Mill until Ml. .Ill He estimated that they had $800 or $1100 coming from tho city of North Dend for hydVaut rentals. Then Mr. Altehlson wanted to know if the $:i!)(in Judgment which the company recently got against tho Simpson Lumber company for excess water hud been credited. Mr. Flanagan said that It had not. Mr. Altehlson then wanted to know how he thought It should be credited to t In cotnimnv's recelutH as II cov ered a number of years. It was ex plained that the claim was for about six years. Debts of Company. At the conclusion of Mr. Flann Rnn'a testimony, Mr. Teal proceed ed to glvo the commission a state ment or the Water company's fi nances. He furnished a copy of the trust deed to thu Security Trust and Savings company of Portland, which ho said was to guarantee thu $150, 000 bond Issue. He said that or the bonds, $75, 000 had originally been Issued and in 11112, J'JT.OOO more or the bonds were Issued. He said these bonds were held as fol lows: I). ). Thompson, or Port land, $1,0.000; Security Trust and Savings Company, of Portland. $2B. 000; Flanagan estate, $:,", 000; nnd one bond to the Proctor llenlty com pany. He said that the company's In debtedness was distributed as fol lows; 1). P. Thompson. r.0.000: Securi ty Trust and Savings company, $!!, 000; Flanagan & Dennett Dank. $20,000 Flanagan estate. $,.r.,000; Proctor Realty company. $1000. and ii flouting debt (,r $ar.ti0, total ling $ILr.000. Corey's Ntntlstliw. .... It. II. Corey, or the t-.'ntor oom- tl!tllV WMM llllt II. IV, U'.H.l.' ifllniiun ultil ii mass (r statistics which he had ' comililcd took m. tli.. Inilum-n .if tin. I afternoon. I to hnd a table showing' water rates in 75 cities lu the west.! He said that ho had gat.ieted tl ese lu towns ranging from L'lioo to I 1!).000 in population, lie said that' the average water rale charged bvj them was $U7.o;t cents per year for houses. whoreitH It. .li.rul.riii.i wl was only $l!i..0. He said the table uiso showed tho average hydrant rental was $ per month, whereas III Mlirshriol.l tlin 1u-il.-n.it i'i .til.. I was only $1.7." per mouth. I Jir. icai wanted Mr. Corey lo say! whether tho .Miiinhriil.i im..u ......-,. ' too low or not llllt Ml'. Alll'lllmtii nli- Joe ted. .Mr. Corey until Mini lw lm.t ..... pared a history or the Water com pany s lllllllt. etc. Hit until III... lii. I considered 10 acres necessary for tne pumping plant and ;ir. 1--J acres I necessary ror the reservoir. He said that he did not consider the lot I at lourtii mid Central as essential tj the system. He lncluiliii In l lu rliMnou ,r .,,.. cost of replacing the plant $I2.!IUI. im cunging mini paving in Mursh rield. and $si!S7 for changing phitik pnvlng In Miirshriolil. and estliuated M . Il . f .-1 M .i... .... i ,.v,.. . u Nxi'tn lU-iul at about $1100. Mr. Corey estimated the pumping station tract at $on per acre, the reservoir at $sno p,.,- acre and the two lots lu Dennett addition at $2000 upioro. the coal to be fur ther worth 20 cents a ton rovnltv. the timber worth $100 per acre, the rights of way for pipe line $i:.,000, itiil t'-e water lights worth $'.0,000. He estlmnted the total cost of the plant at $!i2.l'.0. and Its present value, deducting for depreciation. $a.l!0. Included Kvorytlilng;. Mr Corey s figuros wore or what the plant should liavo cost and he itcludeil everything, promotion roes. legnl roe, engineering, etc.. etc.. etc. He figured that the compauv wns entitled to 8 per cent for the money It borrowed nnd then :i per cent on top of this for profit, limiting 1 1 per cont, Interest on the big Invest ment tin, company should earn, In his opinion. Mr, Altehlson objected to this as ho said that Mr. Dennett had testified that S per cent wns the prevailing earning into or money hero. ' Mr. Corey testified that In lSHS. tho company had $10.5 in Invested In tho plant, tho operating oxponsos ,C.!!.8t ,VW aml ,l10 t0,al lnconio wns $1 15a. Ho estimated that tho plnnt. to duplicate It now, allowing his 11 per cent Interest, ntc, etc.. otc.otc, would roprosont $171,175. Ho said thnt this was a difficult jilnco to build plants lu oylng to tho rainy seasons, etc., and ho esti mated It would tako two yoars lu which to coinploto n wntor systom. nVA . ..'' i80" nneatloned him later about tills, nnd wanted to know If a roally good englneor couldn't do t in six months, providing ho, wns given a aiifflclunt working rorco. and Mr. Coroy snld not economically. Mr. Coroy said that ovor 1,500,000 gallons of water wore passing through Pony inlet a day in addl- ..-.i I., mim mo company was us- A mnss or data compllod by Mr. Coroy was Introduced In ovldenco. snowing tho expenditures and ln conio. pumping station exponso. ote, Mr. Corey said that much of tho oxtonslons hnd boon constructed by I'oroninn McCnrty and whllo their -..... w3 ,,ulo iuiu-gcu 10 uio ex pense account, thoy should have been charged up against now work. Ho said that tho company hnd been op- "Htvu ui very small expense. Ho said that while Kxpert Stubble f eld s report on tho company showed o. .1, .. ,a. ,mui0 80n money, Mr. Stubblofleld had failed to allow enough for depreciation. Mr. Altehlson questioned him closely about tho avallahlo supply In Pony Inlet and wanted to know what was to prevent others from using the water that tho company was not tak ing and what was to prevent owners of proporty jn tho water shod Im- GIVE FIGURES TOEJlK OF JIBS IFIEisS Water Company's Gross In come and Operating Ex penses Shown. A prom of $11,5 I (l.ls hIuio is'is Is shown by tho report of it n Corey In n sworn statement or' the business or the Coos Hay Water Company presented to tho Oregon Itallroad Commission yesterday Air Corey states that tho statenieni does not allow ror a prom on the Invest ment or depreciation or Include u salary ror the manager up to Sen teniber, 10 12. The statement Is In part as follows: Summary or Hxpendltuies and In come or Coos Day Water Co. dross Operating onr.. Income. Kxpetise 1SI1.X ....$ I.I52.5S $ si-, ii .. 2.311.10 l.333:.l 1000 .... :t.02!l.0(l 2.1157 "U mo i .... a.HUT.ais a.onninr. 1002 .... I.015.0S 2.071. !ir, r.ioii r..'.iir..s!i i.sp's'i i no i .... si.ii28.2o 5.sis.'r.ii 11MIR .... 12.2S2.K1 S.l 7" 7o 10015 .... 1 -1,1178. 12 S.ISS'.U'I 11I07 1S.I-II.07 I (5.1M52.31 loos .... 20.:isi.5:i n;..s::i it IIIOH 22,i:i(I.S5 17.050.15 imo 2:1.1 r.u.c.i i7.3oi.in liltl .... 22.11111.0(1 IS. 131.35 1012 2:1.(5:17.(52 111. 701. (II $iss.:iss.!i $u:i.si2.i:i Number i,r Coiisiiineis. Yesterday afternoon. . II. Corey or the Water company, presented K sworn st'Henieut to the Itallroad commission or tlie number or con sumers that the compauv has In Mnrshrield and North Dend. The statement Is rather surprising as It does not show nenrly the number of consumers, especially In Ninth Dend. thai wns generally believed that the company had. The state ment Is: Kind. MM. Residence i;si Saloons 12 Ilestauruuts (5 Dakerles Meat Markets Stores DarbershopH . onrectlonery Drug Stores . Hotels Machine Shops Hteniuers . Soda Works Dooming Houses .... 2 lllncksmlth Shops ,, 2 City Hnll I Printing Ofrices .... 3 (Snrago 2 Commissioners tey. ".tn rcsnlte (,"'.') the CosBr"' aimi'i.. leul, J, u. SW U tin ,,lr" to Portland omi.T Tomorrow mrl ""'' Cnniuii.1, ...m?ri"! Ctm !"( able to nmr'Ml ?lr. Miller thn,.v. i1 ,,lmMf' They ', SJSfl J'wt , tho railway ?J2fi sli;iilHcan. 1. J;....".' Ht.ecllon. " U I..T.1,CI' Mr. Min.rtl,,.. 181f tlin II.-j. ' ",M Km,l -,"'n""ftI - '. iuuki'i nii .iti .- m l-nitBlol, to deliver tt,6j Mil O I.O1I1FA KI.I.L r ..'fl jH?ffi.-a .r'K'' ?.. Z" '"""?.? 1 .....,. nine norm. I .IS N. Dend. 127 Ti 1 'in 1 1 Halls Stables Cigar Factories Studios Small Doats . . . ','ini --.1 Total ni"ler ciihimiu'is, Total ronstimors, 002. is. coyni.u: mcnicipai, WATIIlt SVSTHM. Couiilllo has about "00 water consumerH, paying approximate ly $501) per mouth. Tho re ceipts for last vear. ending May :i I , were Sentinel. $(5002.:i5. Coiiullle I pounding the wntor before It got In to tho crook and thereby decreas ing the supply, Mr. Corey said that the maximum run off was about I. COO. 000 nnd the largest nmnuut the company had ever used was 0(50,000 gallons per day, which wns furnished during the month or August, 1012. Mr. Altehl son wanted to know If Mr. CuiiiinliiKS nud other engineers hud not esti mated that the total flow In Pony Inlet wiih II. 000, 000 gallons per day I AT THK IIOTKLS. ' l.loyd Hotel. Clnrenco Leo, Couulllo; Ovid Wlck hain, Dundon; V. .Wedlock, Unndoij; V. A. Turner. Copolls. Wash.; B. A. I.lndley, North Dond; H. Henghi. Oklahoma; J. Johnson, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Chase, Salem; C. I.. Ma sly, Rosoburg. Hotel Coox. I). J. Porard, Toppenlsh, Wn.5 C II. C.rnni. Portland; Mrs. A. W. My ers, Coaledo; 1). A. Hdwards. Sun Joso; M. H. Doiuont. Myrtlo Point: M. It. Mnrdon, Coiiullle; Mrs. J. H. Smith, North Dond. The Chandler. n m Rolit. C. Fordnoy, Portland; S. 1. Plnkhnm, Sonttlo: James Grady, (lurdlner; O. L. Potor, Portland, Harriot Morrs. Maploton, Oro.; C.la dyB Gardner, Maploton, Oro.: C. -Mageo. City; Mrs. A. P. Ingram. Co uulllo; S. II. (loldstolii, Portland; . W, Sholloy, Myrtlo Point; Mrs. O. W. Sholloy, Myrtlo Point; Gordon Shcl loy, Myrtlo Point; A. . Mills. Dan Times Want Arts tiring rwBiilts. a inl rial Icr Point Mr Wg to to ; one this, ('.iniiilioll ..u .1. III lmrn UV. .....' boost a ralltir t, .1 'im Hi.- v. ..... " t 'i..i.T'l " ' !' II n V? r,,lltIIIH ,"- 1'ifn, ot Xmil .;b...,".!.,n..Nl .-.. mi uih mr me .ortl k pat situ the location .v.. vVil hell then pointed on n hi w.-iuuii iur wie turn TM- ... I ..'. . .s murium? 117 Attorj iiriseil tho Commlnloteriijr; U'ntflP rAAAPi-nl ..J . "tw H.OVUUII inn mmm. Mr. aiicdiioq tii 1 tton. find li"Pn ittit m4 am. ... . for I1I111, Meisri. CisfMul lor said the eatr.r utl iur u:u 1 rip. NEW II I EI 1! Railroad Commission bf ably Follow Recommsn tions of Their Tho Improvement! M bl Ki II iiuiuuuu vunui.v . I lie 100 i) "'" ....b.. 1. I. edrrlr llert. U lliivil III tlie retommenditloai 11. -.1 t l.fl1J AWHm peri Muuuieiir;a. v Altclilnoii yelerdr la"!"' .... --.. . .I.M tlA .A 111 ill u nruciru iun. .- ........ . Irn.,1. If ll IlldtfEII able. Just o thejr jH t berviro Ulienuru. i'wr ... o....iUp 1,11 1 Tint 10 (I'd illU O.UIIIM. w. were outlined In He rw tluus of City Eii1""' year, ami the larjer pip fieaso the water pressrt, they may be summirtoW from reservoir to Tetth vj4 ab y on 'ar imrt. , lr. ...... . n untk CI Ten iiivu """ "-.i utreet to Ingersoll 1 ,!,, east on. np -;--, on Firtlitoii.B Ilroadway. ,.,., de Several ibort 1 Wfl"? connect up V"K'Ji,ti town business section to b '"Iu,a0",- .mil. north 1 me, c-.t ..---- j Btreet wvu''::;itoi Jew IInien,ikW'JXl North uenan - ,0New concrctelhKf OlOWTTO!tU1 . .. ii,,1 pii.iii Icier f """ jbI "..". .nf mi. .1 A l'orlianu i"f".: , u Attonioy tM ;rti,,i tt MA.1? Mrs. j. c. lm f :: . r...i that Der f'T-.i.tt. nnn.llict 6 t0 Vk.HI(tt w'Wrruns,! iy..iiVofoi pearcd ? ifter iprieu "1 . .i fouuu . Clackama WWyjrrtyM pstr cj n 1"B. '" r.Prance MW'Ji nuainsi -:." n or i"1 jury this w. 1 00 i . ttn 91 Eacn; . 1 .4. ,n QnvinR fpfit and lay Ulm any lots near these at less than roni n Bl) YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR MONEY ON .. . r.. IlllV ISl' Must be sold oeioiu Coos Bay Re Phone 264-J,