The Sunday Oregonian., June 14, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 12, Image 36

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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 14. 1908.
JOSSELYH
WILL
T
Declares City Must Prove Con
tention That Light Serv
ice Is Inefficient.
WILL NOT REDUCE BILLS
President of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Co. Replies to
Mayor Lane's Objections to
Monthly Estimates.
President Joseelyn, of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company, de
clines to arbitrate the differences be
tween his company and the Mayor in
regard to the action of the Executive
Board in reducing the March and April
bills for street lighting. "When asked
If he would agree to this adjustment
of the difficulty, he promptly stated
there is nothing- to arbitrate, and that
the Mayor would be required either to
withdraw his objections to the bills as
rendered or prove that the lights being
furnished are not equal to the require
ments of the contract. Mr. Josselyn
said:
As the question lias been raised by the
city officials, the burden of proof naturally
rests with them and not with us. We have
always asserted that the Magnetite arc
lamps now in service have greater lighting
efficiency than the old open arc lamp, and
It was with that understanding and belief
that the city authorities permitted us to
change from the old open arc to the Mag
netite arc. now in use, some IS months as
Nrw Lamp Is Stronger.
The National Electric Light Association,
Which held its annual meeting in Chicago
last month, and which is composed ot the
best electrical experts in the world, are
linanlmous in the opinion that the average
Illuminating power of the Magnetite arc
lamp now in use in this city is 61 per cent
greater than the old 0.9 ampere direct cur
rent series open carbon lamp formerly in
use. The light, instead of being thrown
directly down on street at an angle of 45
d'-grees, in thrown up and down the cross
streets, and the relative candle-power at
20 feet in each direction from the lamp
shows 57." candle-power for the Magnetite,
400 candle-power for the 0.6 ampere direct
current series inclosed carbon lamp and .140
candle-power for the .t.fi ampere direct cur
rent series open carbon lamp, the latter
being the one displayed by our present Mag
netite lamp.
These are the facts which we stand upon,
which have all been arbitrated by a body of
men composed of the best electrical experts
In the world, and upon that we rest our
case. If the city officials take exception
thereto, the burden of proof will naturally
b upon them.
I have just received by mail a copy of the
report of the lighting committee of the
Civic League' of the city of tit. Louis. Is
sued last month, and have been much Inter
ested in noting that Portland bids fair to
have the same experience in regard to a
new lighting contract that was had in the
city mentioned.
The committee had referred to it the
question of street Jightlng In St. Louis, with
the request that they investigate and re
port upon the most desirable and econom
ical form and method of lighting. They
began their investigation over one year ago,
have consutted all the literature available
on the subject, including the lighting re
ports of the various cities. Government re
ports, discussions on the question of munici
pal ownership, magazine articles, and the
exhaustive report of the National Civic
Federation on the municipal and private
operation of public utilities, which contains
the most recent data, on municipal lighting
plants In American and English cities.
Thy framed a Ifst of questions which were
sent to the supervisor of lighting In each of
the first twenty cities in the United States,
requesting accurate and detailed informa
tion on practically every phase of the
problem. They have carefully reviewed the
history of street lighting in St. Louis, and
as far as possible examined the facts re
garding the rights of existing corporations
ami the laws, both state and municipal, con
trolling them.
Reports to St. Louis.
From these sources the committee has
drawn Its conclusions and has submitted
the report referred to, with the hope that
It will assist in solving the lighting ques
tion in St. Louis far enough in advance of
the expiration of the present contracts to
enable the city to secure for the future the
best form and method of lighting and at a
minimum cost.
Their conclusions are summarized as fol
lows: "First Definite arrangements for the light
ing of the streets should be made far
enough in advance to secure the best sys
tem of lighting and Insure the best terms to
the city.
"Second The present cost of electricity of
$07.7,0 per arc lamp per year, and $10.65
per incandescent lamp per year is unreason
ably high and should be immediately re
duced. Third The three best ways of securing a
reduction in the cost of electricity are: (a)
by constructing a municipal plant; b) by
encouraging competition; (c) by regulating
and controlling prices.
The cost of operating a municipal plant.
If operated In a business-like mariner, would
be approximately tw-o and one-half cents
per kilowatt hour, or about $G: per arc
lamp per year, and about $17 per incan
descent lamp per year. But the danger of
partisan politics in the management and
operation of the plant, which tends to re
duce its- efficiency and increase its cost, in
dicates the inadvlsability of municipal own
ership except as a last resort. Municipal
ownership in the place of public franchise
grants merely transfers the danger of po
litical mismanagement from the legislative
body which grants the franchise to the ad
ministrative officials appointed to operate
the plant. The economy of municipal op
eration and control has not yet been proven
In this country. Only two of the first cities,
Chicago and Detroit, have attempted it.
The experience of these two cities is not
such as to warrant the statement that a
municipal plant would be more economical
than contract labor, in the opinion of the
committee, the conditions at the pres
ent time are unfavorable for the construction
and operation of a municipal lighting of
the streets of the city; and it believes this
function should not be undertaken by the
municipality if reasonable rates and ef
ficient service can be secured from private
companies.
The duplication of investment and equip
ment, the damage to the pavement and the
injury to the appearance of the city make
competition wasteful, ultimately add to the
price paid by consumers and finally induce
lighting corporations to rnrge.
Cost to Company Lees.
The company which supplies commercial
lighting can supply public lighting at a
minimum cost :
a) Every increase in the demand for ser
vice means a decrease in the cost of pro
duction. ( b An electrical plant primarily for
street lighting cannot be operated econom
Ically, since its dally output Is small and it
In under full load for less than half the
time. A commercial plant is under a more
nearly uniform load during the twenty-four
hours of the day.
(c A private company can take imme
diate advantage of inventions and improve
ments for reducing the cost of production.
Municipal plants, as Is shown by experience,
seldom keep pace with modern and Im
proved methods.
Your committee ts of the opinion that a
result of competition, while it might assist
In reducing exorbitant rates, ordinarily is
only a. makeshift; and that permanently
satisfactory results and a minimum cost
cannot be secured by competition.
A uniform system of efficient and orna
mental lighting should be established, es
pecially for the business street of the city.
In the business portion electroliers or .arc
lamps should be adopted and so spaced as to
brilliantly illuminate the streets by night
and make them attractive by day. In the
residential portion it may be deemed ad
visable to supplement the present gas lights
with arc lights at street intersections in
order to secure adequate Illumination.
The report referred to contains a com
plete history of street lighting la St. Louis,
reciting the many ordinances that were
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WIUI AM . J ERR EMS SONS.
lOS Third Street
passed commenefhg with the year 1$;HJ, and
municipal lignting was considered at many
irregular intervals up to the present and in
every Instance pronounced too costly and
unbuslness-llke.
City Left In Darkness.
They also met with serious delay in pass
ing ordinances for general street lighting to
prevent the .Impending danger of darkness,
which occurred by reason of the lighting
company turning off the city lights at the
expiration of their contract. Daily mass
meetings of citizens were held increasing
in fervor, and plans were adopted to make
very plain the attitude of the citizens con
cerning conditions existing at that time.
The city was in darkness for sixteen days
until a new lighting contract was made.
This brief sketch of the history of street
lighting in St. Louis is given to show that
the problem is growing more and more
complicated, and every effort should be
made to determine definitely months
In advance of the expiration of
the present contracts what policy
the city will adopt for the future
whether It will do its own lighting, or
whether it should continue to light the
streets and public buildings by contract.
It is interesting to note the cost per year
per arc lamp In the following representa
tive cities of the United States:
Cost Per Lamp
Cities. Number. Per Year.
New York 1.1,072 $ 90.00
100.00
Philadelphia 11.414 I9.00
&'t- Louis 1.150 07.50
Boston 3. "SI - 124.10
Cleveland 1.757 67-02
Buffalo 2.S56 50.00
73.00
Cincinnati 3,522 60.00
72.00
Baltimore 1.049 67.40
Pittsburg a.U70 70.00
Washington 1.121 85.00
Detroit 3.374 6 2.. S3
Portland 1,507 ' C3.C0
Overhead.
Underground.
Figure From 29 Cities.
City Engineer Edwin A. Fisher, of Roch
ester. N. Y., found that the average cost of
arc lights in 20 cities with over 100.000 In
habitants is $0.18 per lamp per year (Port
land $03. so per lamp per year). The opin
ion of the St. Louis committee is that, judg
ing from the experiences in Chicago and De
troit, the question "Will Municipal Light
ing Pay?" cannot be answered in the af
firmative. The report of the lighting committee of
the Civic League of St. Louis' is very perti
nent to the present discussion in Portland.
Over one year has been devoted by experts
to the study of the subject, with conclusions
shown, above, and I would suggest that any
of our citizens who wish to get a full text
of the report should do so. In that It is
educational and would be of great value in
studying the matter intelligently.
Our contract with the City of Portland
expires December 31. and so far as I
am advised the charier provisions requiring
specifications calling for bids to be adver
tised sixty days has not yet been complied
with, and we have no means of knowing
whether we shall be called upon to furnish
lighting for the city after the expiration of
our present contract. Until such time we
shall refrain from ordering additional ma
chinery for that purpose, which cannot be
delivered by manufacturers within six
months, for in the event of our not obtain
ing a new contract for city lighting, the
new machinery proposed would be a dead
loss to us.
CHILD KILLED BY TRAIN
Little Tot Hurled to Death by West
bound Passenger at Welser.
WEISER, Idaho, June 13. (Special.)
The little son of Mrs. Zolda Thrasher,
of Pendervllle, Idaho, who is visiting
her parents, who reside near Eaton
PORTLAND ACADEMY GRADU
ATE 'WHO RKCE1VEU THE
F1KST FRWK AT GRAU
UATIXG EXUKCISHS
!
: P
I, on Constance Kllllngs'wortb.
At the graduating exercises of '
the Portland. Academy, held Fri
day evening at the First Presby
terian Church, the first prize
of J30, was awarded to Miss
Lou (Constance Kllllngsworth, the
popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Kllllngsworth, for excel
lence in declamation.
Station, about eight miles from this
city, was killed last night by being
struck by the second section of west
bound passenger train No. 6. The little
fellow was crossing the track when he
was struck. His skull was crushed,
and otherwise badly mutilated.
LOCKSLEY HALL OPENING
D. J. Quimby has charge of Locksley
Hall this season. The house has been
thoroughly renovated and Mr. Quimby
Is better prepared than ever to give Fort
land people the best accommodation at
the beach. Write for rates and reser
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GARLAND
PACIFIC
DIRECT
ACTION
$8.95
Gas Stoves
Xop 17 by 25. Two large New
Process burners, 1-inch supply
pipe, 18-inch oven with im
proved oven burner, and body
made of heavy stamped steel.
PORTLAND GAS IS ALL RIGHT
The gas furnished in Portland is as good as any. Don't
blame the gas company if there, is a bad smell. It" is the
fault of the stove you use. It is not the gas.. Direct
Action Gas Ranges have burners which insure perfect
combustion, and there is no smell.
Dining Table
Sale
TWICE TOO MANY TA
BLES IN OUR STOCK
,20 to 45 Per Cent Discount.
Every. Table in the Stock
Included in This Sale.
Jm Sim p
jjjjji
THIS GO-CART $3.50
Just as shown, has rubber
tires, 10-inch wheels: can be
folded: has reclining back, ad
justable foot. It Is worth $5.
Buy From the Maker
MATTRESSES MADE IN OUR OWN SHOP
Our men are paid by the day, and do much better than piece
workers. Tou can here make selection of your ticking and
mattress filling and have a mattress made to your order at
no more cost than you would for a ready-made affair. One
third your life is spent in bed.
YOUR
CREDIT
IS
GOOD
5 OF y. M. C, I
ASSOCIATION HAS TOTAL MEM
BERSHIP OF 2032.
Favorable Reports Are Submitted by
Officers at Monthly Meeting of
Board of Directors.
At the monthly meeting of the Y. M. C.
A. Board of Directors, held Thursday,
June 11, a number of reports were ren
dered covering the work of the associa
tion during the past year. A comparison
of the period just ended with the work of
1907 shows large gains in every depart
ment. The membership now numbers
1461 men and 571 boys, or a total of
2032. During the year 692 situations were
secured for applicants by the association's
employment bureau. Applications aggre
gating 1392 were received from employers
during the year. Following is a list of
reports in detail:
Religious Department.
1907. 1909.
B!ble classes 28 3.r.
Men in Bible study 2S2 3PH
Boys in Blb study Iu5 132
Total men and boys in Bible
study 3S7 531
Men on committees 55 70
Shop claeses 4 10
Total attendance at shop
classes 3.7S0 9.000
Total number religious meetings
held 105 108
Total attendance at religious
meetings 14.944 21.540
Money spent by religious de
partment $3,709 $3,091
Physical Department.
Men. Boys. Total.
Kumber enrolled in gym
$1 1.25
Gas Stoves
Top 17 by 23. Two large New
Process burners; one Summer
burner, 1-inch supply pipe, oven
lSslS1, broiler 18V-; stamped
steel body, 34 inches high.
$11.75
FOR THIS TABLE
MEAT SAFES $1.25
Made of spruce, 28 inches
high, lSVs inches wide, with
movable shelf, screen front
and sides $1.25
Here
classes 550 470 1,020
Number class sessions
held 350 400 750
Total attendance all gym
classes 10.500 12.220 22,720
Educational Department.
Publications received , . I fl-1
Kducational lectures U
Total attendance' 9S5
Piactical tallu 1?
Total attendance ....132
Number- paid teachers 3ti
Number different classes 5.'i
Numher different students 723
Educational clubs '. t
Number members 10
financial.
Receipts
Class fees $o.lS2.15
Day fees 2SO.00
Summer school luO.Oii
Total $5,502.15
Expenditures
Salaries .educational directors $1,230.00
Reading rooms 145. 8l
Teachera salaries (evening) 4.2"4.K
Advertising . j 756.21
Day work. 315. mi
Sundries 6B0.52
New equipment 345.67
Educational supplies 431. Ill
Total ...$8,144.44
REASONS
Why you should smoke "Our Own Mix
ture": It's better; it's cooler; it's sweeter;
it's milder: it's no dearer: it's made in
your home town; 1 ounce, 10c; 2hi ounces,
25c; pound, 65c; 1 pound, $1.25. Try it.
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Flag on Memorial Day. '
SOUTH 'BEND. Wash., June 11. (To
the Editor.) Will you kindly state
through the columns of your paper, to
settle difference in opinion: Should the
flag be at half or top mast on Decoration
day? INQUIRER. .
Half-mast is customary, in memory of
the Nation's soldier dead.
In Missouri
The Kansas City Gas Company
is compelled by the terms of
their franchise to furnish free a
gas stove to each gas consumer
who wants one.
500 Direct-Action Stoves -were
.sold last year in that city, be
cause some people found out
that cheap gas stoves don't pay,
even if obtained for nothing.
CAMPING OUTFITS
We are prepared to supply complete Camping Outfits at
Most Reasonable Prices.
Camp Stools 25 Camp Stoves $1.25
Tents, 7x9 $6.15 Portable Cots $2.25
Blankets, wool ... .$3.75 Comforters $1.50
r raw H'H.Ii'T:,!!.' ,i
mm
rail
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HAMMOCKS SEILING FAST
Just as well buy a hammock now as later, when all best
ones are sold. Palmer hammocks have been awarded
20 medals for excellence of construction and durability.
No. B son Hammocks, close canvas twill weave, con
tinuous stringing, concealed spreader; plenty to select
from $1.70
O 100 Hammocks. Jacquard design, body and valence,
pillow, concealed spreader, wood bar at foot, with pat
ented tips. S1.9A
Medium-Priced Floor-Coverings
for Summer Homes
Fiber Carpets, the yard. .39 Rag Carpets, the yard. . .36
Mattings, the yard 15 Fiber Carpets, the yard..50
- GASOLINE OR
REPORTED DEAD, LIVES
FEXDL.ETOX .MAX DECLARES HE
HAS SEEX P. H. FEE.
Shook Hands and Talked In Port
land AVilli Man Supposed to
Have Been Drowned.
PENDLETON. Or.. June 13. (Special.)
That P. H. Fee, of Portland, who was
supposed to have been drowned while at
tempting to cross the river near Ariel,
Wash., a few months ago, still lives, is
declared by James Neagle. of the firm of
Neagle Bros., who knew Fee for several
years, and who declares he saw, shook
hands with and spoke to Fee on the
streets of Portland last week. Neagle
declares that Fee admitted to him that he
allowed the report of his drowning to ba
circulated for a purpose which he de
clined to state.
Fee formerly lived in Pendleton, was
once a member of the police force here,
and is a brother of ex-Mayor James
A. Fee, one of the leading attorneys of
Eastern Oregon, Latterly, with his fam
ily, he lived in Portland. Fee was a de
tective and was supposed to have been
drowned while attempting to cross the
.Cowlitz River on a boom log in an effort
to reach a logging camp while in pursuit
of a criminal.
Ashland's Paving Problem.
ASHLAND, Or., June 10. (To the Edi
tor.) Ashland is about to make extensive
public improvements, and will receive bids
for 21,500 square yards 'of some harH-
$13.50
Gas Stoves
Top 32x17. Three large New
Process burners, Summer burn
er, oven and broiler, I8V2 inches
wide; 1-inch feed pipe, adjusta
ble needle valve; stamped steel
body, 34 inches high.
WATCH THE METER GO ROUND
We have Direct-Action Gas Stoves and other stoves con
nected to meters at our showroom. If you can believe
your own eyesight you cannot afford to buy anj'thing ex
' cept a Direct-Action Gas Range.
$11.75
FOR THIS TABLE
GOLD STORAGE
Times may be quiet in some
places, but if you visit our
store any afternoon voti will
imagine you are in the midst
of a boom. People are buy
ing our refrigerators in
bunches. By next week some
of the best patterns will be
sold out.
Some
as. . .
refrigerators
as low
,-SO.OO
Extra family
enamel lined,
paclty
size, white
75 lb. ca-
S21.60
OIL ST0VESHere
finished pavement. , Medford also will let
about as much in a few days. This work
was advertised and bids were received
once before, but the Recorder had drawn
the ordinance eo as to receive bids for
bitulithic alone. Councilman R. N. Snell
contended that this was not for the in
terest of the people, as it shut out com
petition, but he was voted down by . the
Council. Later, however, when petitions
supporting his stand came in, the Council
was obliged to take notice. The bids
presented were by the Warren Bros. Com
pany and the Pacitlc Bridge Company,
which is supposed to be a subsidiary com
pany, especially as it bid without seeing
the work, merely sending in its bid by
mail.
Tlie Warren Bros." bid wa very hltjh,
being $2.45 per square yard for six-inch
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DEPARTMENT LOS ANGELES. CAL. .
COPPER
COIL GAS
WATER
HEATERS
$17.50
Gas Stoves
Top 20x25; 3 large, 1 giant, 1
simmer burner, oven and broiler
18 in. wide ; adjustable needle
valves, new process oven burner,
1-in. feed pipe; stamped steel
body; 34 inehes bigh.
Dining Table
FIFTY-SIX SAMPLES ON THE
FLOOR Representing a Stock
of Over Five Hundred Tables.
20 to 45 Per Cent Discount on
Every One of Them. To Look at
Them WUl Cost You Nothing.
THIS GO-CART $5.50
Fitted with parasol; red sides,
back and dash; adjustable fold
ing and reclining. Ten-inch
steel 'rubber-tire wheels. It is
worth J8.00.
tor
jawn
or
Porch
$2.50
Buys a comfortable chnir, white
maple frame, witli amis.
Large green bent-wood chair.
at S4.SO.
Tjirge green bent-wood Rockers.
at $4.75
Large green bent-wood SfttcP3.
at S5.S5
Complete line to select from.
MAKE
YOUR
OWN
TERMS
bitulithic pavement, 95 cents per cubic
yard for excavation, 59 cents per lineal
foot for concrete curb, and 23 cents per
square yard for ten years' maintenance,
and drains and catch basins extra. The
Pacific Bridge Company was about 15
cents per square yard higher.
In view of the fact that in New York,
where heavy frost is a serious drawback,
the same company has been laying nine
inehes of bitulithic and has been getting
around $1.70 per square yard for grading
and paving complete, and 30 cents a foot
for curbing, the above figures -seem ex
tremely high, especially as Ashland hae
its own steam roller and stone-crushing
outfit. The extra freight on tar shipped
is a small item. It Is hoped there will be
a number of bids on June lrt.
CHARLES II. BARTOW.
IXnEId- ROOFING
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