10 — SANDY (Ore.) POST Thun., June 21, 1973 (Sec 1)
Area service station hit by gas crunch
limit hours; supply local customers
By Jim Baldwin
The cutback has eaten into
the Shell station's tire, fishing
worm and ice business also
T ru esdale cannot keep the
station open for these sidelines,
because, he says, “ people get
plum nasty when we lock up the
pumps "
More typical of the local
stations is Bill Granstrom's
Arco dealership
Granstrom
pumps 1500 gallons a day. 96
per cent of last year's pur
chases, but says he could do
twice that if he had the gas The
station pumps gas while the
day's quota lasts, then closes
The shorter hours, according
to Granstrom. put the local
customer ahead of the tran
sient Lim iting the amount of
purchase
would
penalize
everyone equally The Arco
station is now closed Sundays,
despite lease requirements
Granstrom has laid off "a
man and a h a l f ' since the
shortage, in spite of his em
phasis on tire sales
The Sandy Rocket Station is
getting an allotment of 86 to 90
per cent of last June's
gallonage. according to Mrs
Terry’ Enckson No limits have
been set on the amount of
purchase because says Mrs
Erickson, “ we have too many
good customers to do that ”
The Rocket station operates
about thirty hours a week less,
and may have to close one day
a week in July. Noting a slight
decline in vacation traffic, Mrs
Enckson added, “ It's too bad
the gas shortage had to come in
the summer when everyone
Feature Writer
D espite some decline in
tourist traffic to M t Hood.
Sandy service stations are
finding that the demand for
gasoline still exceeds their
supply
Many local gasoline dealers
are responding to the West
Coast gas crunch by opening
later and closing when their
daily
quota
has
been
exhausted This, they explain,
is an effort to assure a gasoline
supply for local people
M ajor oil companies and
gasoline distributors have
limited station purchases to a
percentage of last year's levels
Each month's quota is an
nounced at the beginning of
that month
Fred Truesdale s Sandy Shell
Service is particularly hard hit
by the shortage The station
took a 25 per cent cut in gas
sales for May, forcing closure
the last two days ot the month
Truesdale's quota this month is
down even more As a result,
the station has laid off one
employee and reduced tw'o
others to part time hours
Truesdale opens every day to
satisfy the requirements of his
contract with Shell, but closes
when he sells the quota or a bit
more One Sunday, he opened
the station, pumped two tanks
of gas and closed again “ I'll
see my regular customers have
gas, even if I have to sell it by
appointm ent
o n ly ,”
says
Truesdale
wants to travel
Some stations notice the
restrictions less The Ernie
Beers Texaco station is sup
plied with 100 per cent of what
they sold last year The station
is closing at seven o'clock,
earlier than usual, but Jerry
New says "so far we just close
down to make sure we don't run
out of gas If a customer wants
five drums, we'll fill them up “
The R S Smith Chevron
Station is not expenencing any
difficulties, according to Don
Smith Smith gets a 95 per cent
quota, but maintains his 24
hour, seven day a week
operation
“We only enforce our ten
gallon lim it sign when we get
lo w ,”
says
S m ith,
who
sometimes has to close down
for an hour or two waiting for
the Chevron truck to arrive
“Our traffic is down because
people are staying home," he
adds
Smith lays the blame for the
shortage on the ecology
movement, pointing out that
ecologists blocked construction
of four new Standard catalytic
plants a few year back In
creased gas consumption
caused by pollution control
devices adds to the problem
"We'vegot to h avea little smog
once in a while," said Smith
All the stations have one
thing in common, they don't
know what the future will
bring President Nixon's pnce
freeze will hold gas pnces at
June firs t through eighth
levels, but the supply if slue
tuating Many station owners
fear it will only go down
only go down
Traffic
volume
increases
C ARS JAM the R.S. Smith Motor Co. Chevron Station
try ing to fill up with scarce gasoline Don Smith reports
"no real difficulties" in keeping the station open 24 hours
Traffic volume on moat of
Oregon's highways showed an
increase in vehicular traffic in
M arch, 1973 com pared to
March of 1972, according to the
monthly report compiled by
the Oregon S tate H ig hw ay
Division
A sum m ary
of tr a ffic
recorder data for rural and
urban state highways showed
an increase of 9 1 per cent in
vehicular traffic in March. 1973
compared to March. 1972
The first three months of 1973
showed an increase of 10.2 per
cent in ve h ic u la r tr a ffic
compared to the first three
months of 1972
a day. seven days a week, but he has had to put out his
"out of gas" sign recently while waiting for a shipment
from Chevron.
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DON S M ITH ignores the ten gallon limit at his Chevron
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The public hearing on the proposed
Clackamas County budget for 1973-1974
has been delayed until July 2 at 10 a m
according to a spokesman for the
Clackamas County Commissioners
Last week the Post reported the meeting
would be held on June 2». but the com
missioners moved the meeting date back
to enable the county to meet the legal
publication requirements
The board of commissioners and the
county budget c o m m itte e last week
released a proposed budget for the new
fiscal year of »6,980.087 for general fund
categories The figure, which is within the
six per cent limitation, will not require a
vote of the people
The budget also includes approximately
$200,000 in federal revenue sharing funds
for balancing
The commissioners have indicated the
possibility of the county going for a tax
base increase election this next year
because of limitations now being faced in
attempting to balance demands for ser
vices and available revenues
Taxes to be levied from the proposed
budget are estimated at $2,018,675, with
the rem ainder expected to come from
other revenue sources, including charges
for services provided
The start of the fiscal year is July 1.
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Last Year
Pii» Year
Next Year
2 2 .6 2 8
2 3 .9 8 5
2 5 .4 2 4
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Levy Within 6% L im ita tio n .......................
Levy Outside 6% L im ita t io n ....................
Levy Outside 6% Lim itation (Serial Levy)
Not Subject to Lim itation ..........................
Total Proposed L e v y ......................................
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SUMMER TRAVELLERS gas up at
Truesdale's Sandy Shell Service. Fear of
the gas shortage has slowed traffic, but
Sandy service stations still pump all the
gas they can get
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Total Budget AU F u n d s ................................
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2 2 ,6 2 8
2 3 ,9 8 5
“ 2 5 .4 2 4
2 8 .2 5 0
2 9 ,9 6 0
3 3 .0 0 0
Outstanding July I
TYPE OF INDEBTEDNESS
This Year (Actual)
non«
Authorized, Not Incurred, July I
Next Year (Est.,
Tliis Year (Actual,
n on »
non«
Next Year (Est.,
Bonds
Interest Bearing Warrants
Short Teim Notes
T o ta l Indebtedness
now
non «
FUNDS REQUIRING THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX IO BALANCE THE BUDGET
Last Year
Total Personnel Services (Includes all Payroll Costs)
Total Materials and Services ...............................................
Total Capital O u t la y .............................................................
Total All Other R equirem ents............................................
Total Requirements (Including Transfers) . . .
Total Resources Except Tax to be Levied
Ad Valorem Tax Required to B a lan ce .............................
Estimated Tax Not to be Received ................................
Total Ad Valorem Tax Io be Levied .............................
Levy Within 6% L im ita tio n ..................................................
Levy Outside 6% L im ita t io n ...............................................
Levy Outside b% Lim itation (Serial Levy) . . .
Not Subject to Lim itation ..................................................
This Year
I2 4 5 O
7^55
1 3 -0 3 7
6 .9 2 3
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2 2 .9 4 4
2 ,2 0 0
2 0 ,7 4 4
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7 .6 7 5
2?.,£'15
5x975
2 1 .6 6 0
2 .3 2 5
2 3 .9 8 5
2 3 .9 8 5
2 2 .6 2 0
Next Year
1 5 , Rr 0
8 .8 9 0
8 .2 6 0
3 3 .0 0 0
Ö .6 0 0
2 4 .4nn
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1 .0 2 4
2 1 .^ 4
2 5 .4 2 4
FUNDS NOT REQUIRING AN AD VALOREM TAX TO BE LEVIFD
Last Year
Total
Total
Total
Total
This Year
Personnel Services (Includes all PayroU Costs)
Materials and Services .........................................
Capital O u tla y .......................................................
A ll Other R equirem ents......................................
Total Budget R equirem ents...............................................
Total Budget R e s o u rc e s .........................................................
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Lnnrral
Next Year
1 2 .5 0 0
Fund