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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1912)
TIIE 3IORXTXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1912. 13 Is Not the Portland Railway, light & On August 8 I wrote and sent a letter to the Mayor and each of the Councilmen, urg ing that the City Council grant a franchise to a company that would prove a competitor to the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, and giving facts and figures, accompanied by official documents showing it is exacting exorbitant rates from the citizens of Portland, and on comparing the rates charged for electric light and power, quoted the bill for the Henry Building for the month of July, as follows: 4396 kilowatt hours at 2Y4c $ 98.91 STAND-BY CHARGE (A ROBBERY) 24.75 $123.65 Los Angeles rates for cur rent year as follows: "For the electric current con sumed in excess of three thous and (3000) kilowatt hours in one month, 1.2 cents PER KILOWATT HOUR." 4396 kilowatt hours at 1.2c. $52.75 The bill here is $123.65 and in Los Angeles would be $52.75, no stand-by charges, or monkey-puzzle rate about it. By this morning's mail comes the September bill for the Henry Building, a photo graph of which is herewith given. In the same mail ad- dressed to the Henry Building, through some mistake or over sight, there came mailed a bill of the Board of Trade Build ing, a photograph of which is gnren herewith; and also a bill of the Meier & Frank Build ing, a photograph of which is hereto attached. From the above bills it will Power Company a K ber? PORTLAND. OREGON to PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER CO. wt LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT pit tin m it atcmc mmu. trail in uiu siunt Bik.nl , 00 K. W. hr. Reading of Meter , w uist neumf oi meter dmmjfi Hp 00 -00 Constant Current Consumed 00 & WCanta per K W hr 6A 00 5 5 CenU per X W hr. VST J-4 Less Discount DELINQUENT AFTER per cent.. We credit spoor account with PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER CO. OONT FAIL TO BRIMS THIS BILL Received from o PORTLAND, OREGON liOAHIJ OF TIAI)E1JLIJ 4 T H ; OA K PORTLAND. OREGON H Nt? Y ULI3G 4TH iV OAK to PORTLAND. RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER CO. UGHT AMD POWER DKPARTMEHT . m tk m it name mm ararn m tou irpm LIGHTING AS PER METER: .00 K.W. hr. Rs3lncef Mttefe J'' .00 Lest Resdinc of Keter , ff&iSX 00 CMatant. ' X II ' , 00 Constant, . 1 &???. op Xaraent ConsatMd 7 irr 00 Scents per K. W hr . 00Q 6 CcnU per K. W hr., Less DIsunjis DCUNQOisrr rm ' percent.. We credit roar eu-uuiA with PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER GO. DON'T FAIL TO THIS MIX Received from 0 HENIiY IILI3G TH OAK PORTLAND. OREGON MCI El? & Fl? ANK CO 145 BTH ST to PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER CO. rm. LIGHT AVD POWER DEPARTMKHT mi tk au n mime nnitx. strain uki runt LIGHTING AS PER METER . OOK.W.hr Reading of Meter!A . 00 Last Reading of Mtw XT . 00 Constnt. Consamed 00 &4-CenU per K. W. .00 (31 ( Cents per K. W ; Less Diseotrat .. per cent. DELINQUENT AFTEw 4,,.. trV :,..1L We credit your account with PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT AND POWER CO. By. OONT FAIL TO BRIMS THIS BILL Received from ME I E I? X Fl? ANK CO O . I4S STHjfST be readily seen that Mr. Jos- -selyn, the self-acclaimed ex ponent of the Golden Rule, and his company operating under a public franchise or supposed franchise as a public-service corporation are Discriminat ing rankly on the question of rates. Because I have but a six-story building, is that any good reason why I should be charged a rate 80 per cent higher than my neighbor across the street with an 11 story building? If the answer is, that they are a larger con sumer and entitled to a better rate, what becomes of the stand-by charge of $24.75 ex- Arntm TnVK AAV aKrnax to PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT Se POWER Bf.uCTRicBi.DC., SKviorxn and Aldf.r & ' PORTLAND. OREGON o-6-pw rij WORLD'S PANAMJFC EXPOSITION Ift SAN FRANCISCO; 1915 HENItY 4TH ULIDTx OAK i kirn jsf. acted monthly of me and not of my competitor? Is it not bald,' barefaced robbery? If Meier & Frank Company is charged but a ll-cent rate, . against my 2-06 rate, why should they not be charged a stand-by charge of even greater rate than mine ? Why should there . not be a uniformity of rates? ' The hold-up man on the highway may plead necessity as an excuse, but what excuse can this rich, money-grabbing corporation offer, il n d e r a franchise or supposed fran chise from the city, for hold ing up one citizen and not exacting a-like amount from the other citizens .and taxpay ers? Should not the City Coun cil revoke the franchise, if the company has one, on this dis closure of rank and unfair dis crimination of rates by a pub lic utility corporation? The writer has instructed his attorneys to sue for the re turn of this $24.75 monthly so called stand-by charge during the past three years, and hopes that every other citizen and taxpayer who has been thus outraged will resort to the courts to compel decent and fair rates and charges on the part of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. , At one's residence they count the number of orna mental glass, in the shape of lighting fixtures as outlets, and then change for the cur rent used in addition, another species of robbery. ) It is high time that the City of Portland, by and through its Mayor and Council, teach the Portland Railway, . Light & Power Company that it is not the master, but the servant of the people of Portland. Shall we not have the Ma larkey public service commis sion or some public utility commission to regulate rates and see that injustice is not done to the citizens of Portland? LiN WRITE BREWERY FIR IS Four License Committee Mem bers Profit $81.50 Yearly on Insurance. WEINHARD ESTATE SHOWS Jennings, Menefee, Watkins and Burgard Net Sums From $10.50 to $40.50 on Business Feared by Daly as "Graft." One-tenth" of the fire insurance held by the Welnhard estate, including the brewery interests, was written toy Councilman Jennings. Menefee, Wat kins and Burgard. Out of the premiums annually. Jennings profits $19.50. Mene fee $40.50, Watkins $10.50 and Burgard $11. Some of the four named hare business with other breweries, but to a less extent. These facts were disclosed on the face of reports made in writing by various brewery managers to the liquor-license committee yesterday in re sponse to a demand instituted by Coun cilman Daly. "These figures show," declared Coun cilman Watkins. committee chairman, "how flat the Inferences of graft have fallen and how this grandstand play lias fizzled out. I notice, however," he said with a smile, "that my colleagues are getting more business than I. It will be necessary for me to do some thing about that." Buainesa of Lons Standi. Of the four members mentioned as doing business with breweries, Coun cilmen Burgard and Jennings were ab sent. George Leithoff, manager of the Oambrinus brewery, told the commit teemen that he had done fire insur ance business with Mr. Burgard for :'a years and with Mr. Uenefee for 15 yt ars. Paul TCesslnger. manager of the Weinhard estate, said: "1 do not regard the little business we do with members of the Council as a bribe. Why should a man be boy cotted by a brewer just because he is a councilman? I see no reason, and. for that matter, we have handled insur ance policies with men who are now Councilmen long before they became members of the Council. Mr. Daly, however, notwithstanding the jibes and flings cast at him by his colleagues, said that the rumor that the members of the liquor-license com mittee were "owned" by the liquor interests had been floating about the city for years. "In fact." said Mr. Daly, "when I was appointed as a member of this committee, I was congratulated by many persons, who told me that "you are in for it now; you should clean up a fortune.' " "Yes,' quickly retorted Chairman Watkins, "the figures there show how large are the fortunes the committee members make. My fortune every year from brewery insurance is $10.50." Mr. Daly Hot Coavlaced. Mr. Dal5v was not convinced that everything was cleared away and asked Mr. Wessinger if he' had insurance on some fixtures in a saloon at Fourth and Couch streets. Mr. Wessinger said he bad. Mr. Daly said that a Councilman had told him that an exceptionally high premium had- teen paid on that policy, which, he said, was held by a member or the liquor-license commit tee. It soon developed that Councilman Menefee wrote the policy under discus sion. He emphatically denied that the rate was unusual and offered to show Mr. Daly the books of his office to prove it. but Mr. Daly said he is not an Investigating committee ana did not offer to take advantage of the offer. "Well." said Mr. Menefee, "I will say this, that If any man says I ever got a differential from any insurance pol icy, he simply tells an untruth. I do not confine this to any class of men. but make it general, so that it applies to any one." i Mr. Ealy made no reply, but said later that if It is shown that there was a differential, it might prove Interest ing. He did not retract anything he had said on previous occasions. The inferences cast on the members of the committee have caused some bitter ness, the various members resenting the insinuations openly. - METHOD SIS STUDY RAILROAD CHIEF IS HERE J. SI. Hannaford Says Business in Northwest Was Never Better. J, M. Hannaford, vice-president of the Northern Pacific, in charge ot traf fic, arrived in Portland yesterday for a brief stay with local traffic officials of that road. He spent the day with A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas senger agent, and F. H. Fograrty, as sistant general freight agent, and called on traffic men of other lines. Mr. Hannaford reports that the Northern Pacific has had no difficulty in handling the enormous grain and fruit crop in the Northwest this Fall and that the threatened shortage In cars has not developed. Shippers have appreciated the situation and have con served the available car space to the best advantage, not calling for cars until actually needed and unloading them promptly when received. After a trip through the entire North west Mr. Hannaford is firm in his be lief that business never was in better condition and that there are unmis takable signs of continued prosperity! everywhere. BIRD LIFE J0BE SHOWN William Finley to Give Stereop tlcon Lecture Tonight. This evening at the East Side Branch Library William L. Ftnley will give a stereopticon lecture on "Bird Life of the Arizona Desert." This will be Il lustrated by about 100 Interesting pho tographs of wild birds found in the arid regions of Arizona. In the Winter of 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Finley went to Arizona, where they spent several months with cameras and notebooks traveling and studying in the deserts of New Mexico and Ari zona. In these regions, where compar atively little is known of bird and ani mal life, these naturalists discovered many new and interesting facts which they are embracing In a volume soon to be published. The lecture this evening is open to the general public without admission fee. Canadian farmers are gradually discard ins the heavy fence rails which have sur rounded their properties for decades, and are erecting serviceable wire field fencing with attractlce entrance zatea. "Crow's Nest?" Canadian coal. C. 2303. j Columbia Branch of Women's Foreign Mission Society Opens Sessions. FIVE STATES REPRESENTED At Least 500 Delegates Are Expected to Be Present From Idaho, Washington, Montana, Cali fornia and Oregon. At least 500 delegates are expected to be present at the annual meeting of the Columbia River branch of the Wo men's Foreign Mission Society, to be held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, on Third and Taylor streets, for this marks the 20th anniversary of the organization of the society. The session commenced last night with holy communion at 7:30 o'clocjc. the service' being conducted by the pastor. Rev. Benjamin Young. The remaining sessions will take place in the morn ing, afternoon and evening of today and tomorrow, with the annual sermon next Sunday morning and a service at night. , Delegates will be here from Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana and Northern California and the meeting will be fully representative of the so cieties and associations in these states. . The Columbia River branch is the youngest or the 11 organizations Into which the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist denomination is divided, but nevertheless, since its formation in the Taylor-street Church on December T. 1892, it has gained in membership until there are more than $500 persons enrolled. The offerings given during the period it has been in existence have amounted to $180,000. 13 Missionaries Sent Ontf During this time also IS mission aries have been sent to India, China, Africa. Malay and the Philippine Islands. Three of these missionaries, two of whom are at home on fur lough and one of whom goes out td work next month, will be present at the meeting. They are Dr. Rachel Benn, who has been working in China; Miss Laura Austin, but recently re turned from India, and Miss Louise Godfrey, of Seattle, who will sail in November for duty in India. The last missionary assigned was Miss Grace Clark, of Montana, who went out to Old Umtali, In Africa, last year. Many buildings have been erected recently, the majority of them in India, and It has been largely through the energy and offerings of the Columbia River branch that the erection of these buildings was made possible. In addition to its missionaries 150 teachers and Bible women are main-i talned, while 215 scholarships are awarded and four beds maintafhed in hospital. The branch officers of the society are as follows: President, Mrs. Henry D. Kimball. Salem. Or.; vice-president, Mrs. Benjamin Toung. Portland, Or.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. N. Fisher. Portland; associate secretary. Mrs. Uri Seeley, Seattle; recording sec retary, Mrs. W. H. Saylor, Portland; treasurer. Miss Nettle M. Whitney, Ta coma. Wash. Programme la ArraagedV ' Starting with devotional service at 9:30 o'clock this morning, the follow ing is the day's programme: Devotional service, Columbia River conference; words of greeting, . Mrs. Benjamin young; appointment of com mittees; department reports; introduc tion of missionaries; announcements; noontide prayer. Miss Laura Austin; luncheon, 12:30 o'clock. Afternoon, 1:30 o'clock Conference of Young People's Workers, led by Miss Maude Kenworthy; conference of Chil dren's Workers, led by Miss A. A. Lee; 2 o'clock, devotional service, Montana conference; reports of conference sec retaries: quartet, Mrs. E. S. Miller, Mrs. E. N. Wheeler, Miss Lorena Posson, Miss Ella Tlbbetts; report of treasurer. Miss Nettie M. Whitney; review of text book, "China's New Day," Mrs. David Young; music, vocal solo, Mrs. E. S. Miller; announcements; benediction. Evening, 7:30 o'clock Young people's rally, Miss Maude Kenworthy presid ing. Organ voluntary, Lowell Fatton; music, song, led by male quartet, "The Light Is On, O Christian Soldiers"; devotional service,' Mrs. U. B. Shantz, report of superintendent of young peo ple's work, Mrs. J. D. McLean; music, male quartet; "Why I Go," Miss Annie Louise Godfrey; "Our Standard Bearer Army and What It Signifies," Mrs. Nell C. Colborn; music, "True Hearted, Whole Hearted"; "Greetings from Across the Sea," Miss Laura Austin; music, vocal solo, R. W. Lovgren; ad dress. Dr. Rachel Benn, Shantung, China; music "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go. Dear Lord": prayer and ben ediction. Rev. Benjamin Young. an order for his transfer to North Yakima, and for him to be placed in the custody of the United States Mar shal of that district. Later In the day a telegram was received from the Fed eral attorney of that district stating that the grand Jury had returned a not true bill against Rogers, so It became necessary to release him. ' COLUMBIA BRIDGE NEEDED Modjeski, Returned From Chicago, to Report on Several Matters. Arriving from Chicago yesterday, Ralph Modjeskl, the bridge expert in the employ of the city, is figuring on what would be a reasonable price the city should pay the Harrlman system for the use of the new Steel bridge. Mr. Modjeskl said last night he expect ed to have a report on this matter ready for presentation to the city by Monday next. In speaking of the pro posed bridging of the Columbia be tween Portland and Vancouver, he said: "That such a bridge has become a ne cessity Is unquestioned and the sooner that It is built the earlier can its ben efits be realized. , It should be ready for use by 191S and this can only be accomplished by starting work early next Spring, as It will take fully two years to have the work done properly, for if joint state as well as Government assistance la given each will have to be represented in preparing the origi nal plans and supervising the construc tion. I am well pleased with the way the Pennsylvania Steel Company is progressing with the Broadway bridge and it Is now reasonable to believe that it will be completed within the contract time. February 1 next." Confessed Slaver Goes Free. Returning from an official trip to Baker on . Wednesday night. Deputy United States Marshal Griffiths brought under arrest William Rogers, who was charged with white slavery In having taken a woman from Oregon to North Yakima for immoral purposes. On the trip from Baker, Rogers told the Dep uty Marshal that he was guilty and that a couple of years at the McNeill Island penitentiary would do him good. As the crime was alleged to have been committed in the eastern district of Washington. United States District Judge Bean yesterday morning issued "Re moc leling ale We have started on the third week of our Great Remodeling Sale. The phenom enal reductions in our great sample stock of the world's best Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists and Dresses have been the greatest selling event in the history of our busi ness. There's a reason. Nifty Coats In the Johnnie styles in all the new fab rics. The greatest variety in the North west. Every good style, at a price to suit every purse. Extra special for this sale: $12.00 Coats $7.95 $15.00 Coats $9.95 $20.00 Coats S12.95 $25.00 Coats $14.95 $30.00 Coats $19.85 $40.00 to $50.00 Coats. . .One-Fourth Off Caracul and Plush Goats Over 300 Coats to choose from. Every new, up-to-the-minute style. $15.00 Caracul Coats $9.95 $20.00 Caracul Coats $12.95 $25.00 Caracul Coats $14.95 $35.00 Plush Coats $24.95 $40.00 Plush Coats ...$29.85 $50.00 Plush Coats.. $34.95 Gorgeous ; Dresses i Foulards, Taffetas, Serges, Char meuse and other new fabrics. ; $12.00 Foulard Dresses.!,.. $5. 95 $12.50 Serge Dresses ..$6.49 $15.00 Taffeta Dresses. . . .$9.95 $20.00 Messaline Dress. ..$12.95 $25.00 Fancy Dress. ...... $14.95 $40.00 to $325.00 Dresses and Gowns Half Price Velvet V! Coats Greatest aggregation of models and Pilo fabrics shown on this Coast. $30.00 Velvet Coats $40.00 Velvet Coats $50.00 Velvet Coats $65.00 Velvet Coats $75.00 Velvet Coats ..$24.95 ..$29.85 ..$34.95 ..$49.85 ..$54.50 HgMeBUgTIUtD!VKIK5IOPy0TII EVERYBODY'S STORE EVERYBODY'S WELCOME WORM lamDie uoai.s a E I 9(Q no dims mm AMERICAN CLOTHIERS FOR WOMEN Sixth and Alder Streets Opposite Oregonian Bldg.