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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1921)
10 TTTF SUNDAY OREGON! AX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 11, 1921 E T King County Contracts Ferry Boats to Private Parties. 10-YEAR LEASES SIGNED Not Only Hoes the County Get No Compensation but It Throws In 20,000 Carrels Fuel Oil Free. Till" OREGONIAN DURKAU, Seat tle, Wa;h , Dec. 10. With the lease of t2 county-owned ferry boats to pri vate parties, the county of King, of which Seattle Is county seat, will ter minate a costly experiment in public ownership and operation of transpor tation facilities. The experiment has not only been costly, but It has been tne of a kind In which no board of dbunly commissioners, nor any com -aittec of taxpayers or business men, has been able to point the way to ma. tsrlal reduction of expenditure with out sacrifice of efficiency. J Ten-year leases have been signed gy the county whereby two ferry Boats, operating from the Seattle water front to Vashon island and Kitsap county, are turned over to the Hlt:i) f.'ounty Transportation corn Deny, and ten Lake Washington craft, eluding three large ferries, six ifr.aller and speedier boats, and one ail scow, are turned over to Capt. Jtphn L. Anderson, a pioneer In lake transportation, who has been superin tendent of the county ferry system r the past two years. The leases oarry no compensation to the county. On the contrary Anderson Is given lp.000 barrels of fuel oil, valued at Approximately $32,500. already con trasted for by the county, for ferry dis 4.' The last previous propositions roade to thr county for lease of the ferries Involved demands for subsi dies running from $75,000 to $148,000 at year. These proposals were reject .). although the highest subsidy de manded was much less than the an rfual loss In county operation. Ferry Patrons Protected. The new leases protect ferry pa trons In the matter of fares. There ann be no hinher fares than at pres nt during the ten-year term. The Htsap county company already an nounces that it will reduce Vasnon fcltsap rates the first of the year. .Service may be increased, but cannot be reduced. The county grants free us." of Its wharves and landing places, with cost of maintenance to be cared r by the lessees. The county commissioners feci that, on the whole, they have made a fair bargain. When the leases go into affect, which will bo as soon as the proper bonds for performance and Indemnity have been executed, they yiH have relieved the county of a responsibility which last year en tailed a net loss in excess of $400,000, ind will have secured for ferry pa yons at least as good a service with out any cost to the county except In ma natural depreciation of ferry property. Wiping out the budget al lowance already mado for next year's f rry service will enable the board tjo reduce the county tax rate for f92 to approximately 9.62 mills, a Out from 16.5 mills in two years. ! Tne King county commissioners Wre not entirely responsible for this transportation experiment. For near fc". 35 years the county operated a single ferry boat on the Seattle Klrkland run. In the course of that time, and until a few years ago, Cap jtafti Anderson's smaller and faster boats furnished transportation to all other lake points, and a profitable private business was built up. Then the commissioners of the Port of Seattle decided to extend their activi ties into the transportation f4eld. Port ferry boats were built and put into fcervice on the lake and Seattle har MOr which quickly drove the private Johcerns out of business, but without If' any time affording the service to .Mitch the people had been accus Jfotned. Meanwhile the county com missioners had been Induced to build a ferry boat and establish a route jfrpm Des Moines, in the southern V4rt of the county, to Vashon island, 'Vfilch was operated at heavy loss from the start. Port nnd County Identical. 3'i.The boundaries of the port district of Seattle and of King county are Identical; taxes for port and foi coun ty " purposes come from the same purses. Arguing some m rlt. some possibility of economy, In consolida tion of responsibilitv and manage ment, the port commissioners, in July. 1919. induced the county commission er to take over the whole fleet and assume the duty and the cost of main tenance and operation. At the same time the county assumed the out standing ferry Indebtedness of the port, amounting to $202,000. .In 1918. chiefly due to losses on the unprofitable Vashon Island route, the county had turned up a ferry deficit afunountlng (o $90,385.03. The port dis trict's deficit for 1918 was $106,229.02 In 1919. with the port district ferries on its hands from Julv, the county's loss was $170,789.95. But 1920 broke .the record, as well as the camel's back of public patience and the endurance $50 to $100 per week! Many of our graduates are earning this and more. A big field of opportunity in Automotive Engineering. Special induce ments to Ex Service Men. See Mr. Dinsdale at Oregon Insti tute of Technology Auto School Monday! PUBLIC 0 PROVES 00 COSTLY of the county commissioners, with a i loss of $402,939.86. It was then de- 'i-'ilf-t (n liit srn If a n v wuv cf letting go could be found. The first proposals for leasing the ferry system, as has1 been said, in volved demands for subsidies. Public opinion fortified the Judgment of the county commissioners that no sub sidies should be granted. The public view of the matter was substantially to this effect: That private concerns had found ferry service profitable I both on Lake Washington and the bay until driven off by public com petition that seemed to have little regard for costs; that private con cerns, relieved of public competition and provided with a ready-made fleet of ferryboats and terminals for which they did not have to pay. should cer tainly be able to operate without sub sidy or bonus. The terms of the leases Just executed indicate that private concerns, without much difficulty, have come around to the public point of view. Taxpayers l-lensed With Change. The termination xt the experiment in public ownership and operation is attended by no noisy manifestations of regret or resentment. The more outspoken advocates of public own ership persist, as they have always here persisted, in satying that with "proper management" the losses of the ferry system would have been much less; that enemies of public ownership permitted excessive bur dens -to accumulate in order to dis credit the theory, and that, in anj case, the ferry system, as a publicly owned utility, should have been oper ated for the purpose of service and without ,so much consideration of cost. The record of this experiment shows, however, that during the whole period of port and county operation of the ferries, few if any employes have ever been hired without consid eration of their political qualifica tions, and few, if any, have been fired If political pull was strong enough to keep them In place. Each boat crew has been a sort of self-protective and self-perpetuating community, with the superintendent of the system as a straw boss, able to give orders, but not particularly effective when it came to enforcing them. Taxpayers generally are hailing the prospect of the change with relief. GRAVE WITH LOVE DENIED Murderer and Suicide Xot Permit ted Burial in Jlly Ground. TACOMA, Wash., fitfi. 10.--(Spe-cial.) Leo Perfettl, chief actor In Tacoma love tragedy. In which he took the life of his sweetheart. Ar mentina Pedroni. and comm.-led sui cide. Is unfortunate An- Heath as he was in life and love. His body will not rest beelde the girl whom he killed rather than live without her. This was the decision of the slain girl's relatives, today -after members of the local Italian colony discussed the subject of a double funeral, and a double grave in a Tacoma cemetery to write the final chapter of an un happy romance. "There are two reasons why a double funeral cannot be arranged." said Attorney S. A. Gagliardl last night. "First, the relatives of the dead girl believe that Perfettl, with all that may be said to condone his act. was a murderer. Second, the laws of the Catholic church do not permit the burial in a Catholic cemetery of one who has taken his own life." Napavine Committees Named. CENTRAL.IA, Wash., Dec. 10. (Spe cial ) Qscar Main, newly elected president of the Napavlne Citizens' club, Thursday, announced the ap pointment of the club committees for the ''coming year. The committee chairmen are Kay Evans, programme and entertainment; Harry Parkinson, public Improvements; E. M. "tinder wood, industrial; W. W. Emery, finance; John Brown, membership; E. L. Hughes, advertising; C. A. Wood, music; P. A. Quist, dinner ap pointments. The new club officers will assume their dut'es next Tues day night. Object to burning I I I uselessly? Phone Broadway 70 Ediefsen's Adv. 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Established 1893 Men's Tailors Correct Clothes for Evening and Day Wear Riding and Golf Clothes 109 Fourth Street Second Floor Couch Bldg. I 'mtiimintnniiMinnmiiimHmmHiiiimiiiiiiiiimHttmmim FRUIT FAIR BILLS ARE STILL UNPAID Pacific Northwest Exposition at Seatte Lacking Funds. MONEY IN BANK TIED UP Mrs. Minnie Bradcn. Custodian of Oregon Kxhiblt, Victim of Forger Other Checks Only Souvenirs. THE OREGONIAN BUREAU, Se attle, Wash.. Dec. 10. An Incident of apparent forgery adds to the distress of those who are trying to wind up the affairs of the Pacific Northwest Fruit exposition, recently held here. The immediate victim of the forgery Is Mrs. Winnie Braden of Portland, custodian or. the uregon state agri cultural exhibit. For the present Mrs. Braden is" out the sum of $34.60 and the executors sitting upon tile re mains of the late exposition are very much out of humor. Mrs. Braden served as one of the! expert Judges of the fruit displayed at Seattle during. Thanksgiving week. The service carried no compensation, but Mrs. Braden agreed to accept a sum sufficient to cover her actual ex penses. She traveled up from Port land and gave three days to the work, submitting an expense account in the modest total of $34.60. Just before the show closed the check for this amount was signed by Secretary Manly B. Haynes and left on his desk for mailing. It disappeared, and when the secretary asked if it had been sent no one seemed to know For a few days if was assumed that some extra-efficient clerk had mailed it and forgot;en about it, but when Haynes made inquiry of Mrs. Braden he learned that it had not been received. Signature Is Forgery. The mystery of the check's where abouts was cleared Friday when it came back from the bank stamped "Paid," but bearing an Indorsement that everyone who knows Mrs. Bra den's signature pronounces a forgery. The fact that it is indorsed "Wlnie Braden." with but one "n" In the first name, seems to establish the evidence that it was negotiated by someone other than its rightful owner. Of course, Mrs. Braden will have to be reimbursed for her expenses; but up to date those who are worry ing about this and some $7000 of other outstanding exposition obliga tions haven't decided Just how the clean-up Is to be effected. The fruit exposition, as Is the fate of many such sfiows, especially first ventures, ran much more to -ost than to jrev enue. It was not expected to payTut. The Seattle chamber of commerce had provided a guaranty fund of $7500. But the blizzard that hit the northwest November 20, the day be fore the opening, and the ensuing stretch of uniformly bad weather held down the attendance; so that with the $7500 guaranty absorbed and spent the deficit will run to at least as much more. Funds In Dunk Tied Vp. So far as Mrs. Braden's expense account is concerned, she would prob ably have had to wait for It even had she received her check, unless she had been more than ordinarily prompt in cashing It. The situation has been complicated by a suit against the exposition for electrical work, with a garnishment of its money In bank, against practically all of which checks bad already been Issued. The finance and executive commit tee of the Exposition, which con trolled all expenditures and planB, ts now' looked to to work out a scheme tlllllllllllllllllllllllllllL: of salvage and settlement of obliga tions. Until such a scheme has been put into effect many of the Exposi tion checks issued In payment of prize money, as well as for other debts, will be held in suspense. George W. Dilllng, former mayor of Seattle, is chairman of both the finance and executive committees; as a fruit grower he was also an active repre resentative of the (Jrandvlew district, which was awarded the exposition's sweepstakes prize of $1000 for the best collective exhibit. Cherkx Now Only Souvenlre. An enlarged photograph of Grand view's $1000 check was featured as part of the district exhibit after the check had been cashed. The checks awarded some of the other districts were taken home to show the folks and will now have to be held as sou venirs until payment can be arranged for. Immediately after the close of the exposition Chairman Dilllng called a meeting of the' fruit exhibitors and fruit district representatives, at which time he proposed that they should make up the deficit with the aid of their respective commercial clubs and growers' organizations. The fruit men rejected the suggestion, pointing out that they had already spent In participation all that their districts could afford to spend. Other plans for overcoming the Friedlander's Portland Can Give More Than It Ever Expected to Be Able to Give, for Practically Everything in This Magnificent Jewelry Store Is Reduced From One-Fourth to One-Half Every Diamond Reduced $50 $75 $100 $150 $300 $750 $1050 $2000 $2500 Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Solitaire Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds. Diamonds Diamonds Diamonds Fancy Diamond Rings $50 Onyx with Diamond. . $37.50 $135 Platinum and Diamond.. $95.00 $400 Sapphire and Diamond. .$285.00 $750 Platinum and Diamond. .$585.00 Diamond Bar Pins - $65 Bar Pins, white gold $47.50 $150 Bar Pins, diamond set $115.00 $325 Bar Pin, 12 diamonds $250.00 $785 Bar Pin, sapphires and dia monds $585.00 $1650 Bar Pin, 10 large diamonds.$1075.00 Diamond Set Pendants $75 Diamond Set Pendant. $49.50 $175 Diamond Set Pendant. $125.00 $300 Opal Set Pendant. $237.00 $200 Pendant, 7 dia monds.. .$100.00 $275 Platinum and Diam'ds $175.00 Platinum Cuff Links Extra Men's Cuff Links, platinum fronts, valued at $25.00, for $12.00 Scarf Pins Reduced . $25 Solid Gold Diamond Set $12.50 $175 Opal Set Scarf Pin $125.00 $300 Horseshoe Diamond Set $200.00 Gold Rings Half SOLID Gold Rings set with semi-precious stones one-half off. Limited quantity. $ 3.00' Rings for $ 1.50 $25.00 Rings for $12.50 Necklaces Reduced $40 Crystal and Jet Beads $29.50 $40 Jet and Crystal Beads $29.50 $25 Amber Beads 4817.50 $15 Whitby Jet Bqads $10.00 $55 Genuine Cut Topaz $32.00 Pearl Necklaces Reduced FINEST imitation pearl necklaces, "Blue Bird," "Richelieu" and other fine qualities wide variety every si rand guaranteed certified pearls. $17.50 Pearls now $8.85 $35.00 Pearls now $22.50 $125r.00 Pearls now $79.50 Toilet Articles 50c ABOUT a hundred pieces sterling silver mounted Toilet Articles Nail Files, Cu ticle Knives and the like. Formerly up to $2 ; as lonjj as they last 50d apiece. financial difficulty have since been under consideration, but nothing defi nite has been announced. Discussion of plans for the perpetuation of the exposition is meanwhile held In abey ance. The newly-elected trustees of the exposition organization will hold their first meeting early in January. Timber Conservation Favored. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 10 (Spe cial.) The board of trustees of the Lewis county branch of the Automo bile Club of Western Washington are heartily In favor of conservation of timber along state highways. Presi dent Albers has named the following committees for 1922: Roads, A. C. St. John, E. C. Bechly. A. H. Campbell and J. D. Neville of Chehalls and R. C. Stanley of Cen tralis. Education. Albert Smith of Cen tralla. D. T. Coffman of Chehalis. H. J. Maury of Winlock. E. H. Coul son of Centralla and W. W. Emery of Napavlne. Legislation, Dan W. Bush. T. E. Gabel, A. S. Cory of Chehalls and R. R. Somerville of Centralla. Membership, L. E. Titus, Fred N. Beal and Charles Sticklin of Cen tralia, W. F. West and R. A. Bechaud of Chehalls and F. M. Broadbent of Morton. of Gifts That Last! now. now. now. now. now. now. now. now. now. $37.50 $58.50 $72.50 $100.00 $235.00 $575.00 $625.00 51245.00 51500.00 $22.50 Gold-filled Watches. .$13.50 $25.00 Gold-filled (ribbon).. $15.50 $27.50 White gold filled $18.50 $35.00 Elgin (gold filled).... $29.50 $65.00 White gold (14-kt.) ..$42.50 $100 Black enameled (14kt.) ..$56.50 $ 50.00 $150.00 j BEG BRIDGE TO BE BUILT single: span planned fob 1802 FEET WORLD'S LONGEST. Structure to Connect Detroit With WUMsar, Canada, and Will Have Lower Deck for Kallrond. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 10 Plans for the new International suspension bridge to connect Detroit and Wind sor, Just announced, show that It will have the longest single span In the world, measuring 1802 feet, or 24 inches longer than the great canti lever at Quebec. Of double-deck con struction, the new link between Can ada and the United States will accom modate street car, automobile and pedestrian traffic on the upper deck and passenger and freight-train serv ice on the lower deck. Barring unforeseen delays, actual construction work will commence next spring and within four years the upper deck should be ready for serv ice. Without Interfering with traffic on the highway deck. It la planned Sheffield and Plated Wares $85.00 Colonial Tea Sets $57.50 $55.00 Coffee Sets, 4 pieces $38.50 $8.50 Sugar and Creamers $5.85 $10.00 Cheese and Crackers $5.35 $12.50 Handled Baskets $6.85 $15.00 Gold Lined Bowl $11.50 $25.00 Meat Platters $16.85 $2.00 Syrup Pitcher, glass $1.10 $3.50 Oil and Vinegar Cruets $2.10 $1.50 Breakfast Cruets 65 $3.00 Bon Bon Baskets $1.85 Note "Sheffield" ware is stamped made in the "U.S.A.," though its ancestors came from Sheffield, Kngland. Mens Pocketbooks $3.95 FINE pin seal or Morocco leather (genuine) corners of 14-karat solid gold. Values up to $8.00 for $3.95 each. Bracelet Watches Reduced PPrfr ' j Solid gold (bracelet filled) . . . Solid gold (ribbon) Men's Watches Reduced $25.00 Elgin Watches, (gold-filled)... $15.50 $16.50 Swiss Watches, (nickel case) ..$10.75 $15.00 Military Watches, (leather strap) $10.50 $27.50 Elgin Watches, (20-year case) $21.50 $42.00 Waltham Watches, (20-year case) $32.50 $ 50 Waltham Watches (20-yr. case) $ 40 Swiss Watches (17 jewels) $ 75 Howard Watches (25-yr. case) . . $100 Waltham Watches (solid gold) . . $125 Howard Watches (solid gold) . . . Solid Gold Cameos $110 GENUINE Cornelian Cameos, hand carved, mounted in 14-karat gold mountings. Were $20, $25 and even more. Choice as long as we have any at $11.50 apiece. kAfottjSkSM fca i urea iragBai then to begin construction of the lower deck, which should be finished In two years more. The bridge and Its approaches w'U have a total weight of 107.000 tons, with eight cables carrying the huge span. Six of thesewcables will be 21 inches In diameter and two will be IS Inches thick; together the will sup port a pull of 146.000.000 pounds. Suspended from two towers, each rising 380 feet above the water, the span will have a width of 97 feet for the highway deck, with two trolley tracks! two sidewalks and two road ways, while the lower deck will have four railway tracks and a 20-foot space for public utilities equipment. Electric locomotives would be used for traffic across the lower deck. Completion of the bridge will mean the end of the train ferries, which for years have carried freight and passenger trains across the Detroit river, even after the opening of- the Michigan Central tunnel. The bridge, which will be built by the Canadian Transit company and the American Transit company, with the approval of the Canadian and United States governments, will span the river almost from the center to the shore line of the two cities. Con struction is expected to begin from the American side. The promoting companies have been authorized to Issue $30,000,000 Sale Diamond Bracelet Watches NEW oblong and "cushion" shape in white gold and platinum set with diamonds. The smallest, finest watches made. $135.00 Watch (18 diamonds) $ 95.00 $275.00 Watch, plat, and diamonds. .$195.00 $350.00 Watch, plat, and diamonds. .S217.0O $950.00 Watch, plat, and diamonds. .$475.00 Flexible Diamond Bracelets LAST word from Paris Constance Talmadge is going to wear one on her ankle at the Liberty Theater next week in the picture here they are selling at a fourth less than true value. $200.00 Bracelets $147.50 $150.00 Bracelets ... . .; 95.00 $850.00 Bracele $575.00 Pens and Pencils V WATERMAN'S Pens, "Sheaf- W fer's" Pens and Pencils, "Ever-Sharp" and other Pencils at a fourth, a third and some few at half price. Solid Gold Jewelry $300.00 Mesh Bag (14-kt.) $185.00 $100.00 Cigarette Case (14-kt.) . . . .$ 69.50 $ 75.00 Card Case (14-kt.)' $ 42.50 $235.00 Mesh Bag (14-kt.) $135.00 $250.00 Vanity Case (14-kt.) $165.00 $ 25.00 Cuff Links (14-kt.) $ 18.50 Solid gold Cuff Buttons (not links) . . Half Price Cigarette Cases and Holders FOR men, and (we must be frank about it) for women, too! Cigarette cases for wom en are of sterling with flexible strap. $14.00 for $11.00 $22.00 for '. $15.50 Long, graceful Cigarette Holders fresh from New York are also in the sale at a third less. Men's Cigarette Cases of sterling are likewise reduced. Waldemar W atch Chains I 526.50 575.00 NEW styles in gold, platinum or in gold filled $ 3.00 gold filled $2.10 $ 7.50 gold filled $5.50 $10.00 gold filled $7.50 $20 solid gold $14.50 $20.00 white gold (10-karat) $15 $120 platinum $85 POCKET KNIVES for men gold filled and solid gold reduced in like fashion. $37.50 $26.50 $57.50 $75.00 $98.00 Sterling Cream Jars $1 GLASS JARS for cold cream and the like with sterling tops. Powder Jars are also included. Formerly up to $4 ; while the sup ply lasts, one dollar each. In securlllca for the project. It Is estimated that completion of the highway or upper deck will colt ap proximately $15,000,000. Purchase of shore space for the ap proaches is under way. Plans for ahe bridge were drawn chiefly by Charles E Fowler of New York. Associated with him In the erection at the structure will be George II. Pegram, chief engineer of the Inlt-i'borough Rapid Transit com pany, New -York; Protessur William 11. Burr of New York; Colonel C. M. Monserrat, Montreal; Professor C. R. Young of the University of Toronto, and Professor 11. B. lliggs of the Uni versity of Michigan. Interest in Newspaper Sold. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) J. S. Carpenter has taken an Interest In the Cowlits Valley News, published at Toledo. in southern Lewis county. J. E. Wells will con tinue as editor and manager of the News, with Mr. Carpenter as assist ant. The latter has been a resident of Toledo for some time past, having been engaged In the land and Insur ance business. The return of Alsace-Lorraine has added about 300.000 to the Protestant population of France.