THE OREGON , SUNDAY JOURNAL', ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL' 19,' 1803. - V
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JOSSELYN PRESENTS
FURTHER ARGUMENTS
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president of Local Ejcctric Company Writes to Mayor
' ' Lane of Failures of Municipal Street-Lights
, : f j ing Tlants in Othei Cities. . V
Portland.: Or,- April IT, Hon. Harry
;Lane, Hwor of Portland, Deer 6lr-r-The
discussion aroused bjr your pre-
claimed position on tha subject of mu
nicipal otnershlp of public utilities lm
' ipela ma to offsr aoma additional data
i which haa bssu gleaned, from tha re
corded experience of othar cities,
, It la undoubted .that tha operation of
yall public utilities, la a jnatter of real
.Interest to tha taxpayers and. cltlsens
of tha community wnioh they serve.
'Home of thaaa ara to ba dlfferentleted
from ordinary eommsrclal enterprises
.because they , mora vitally, affect tba
publlo waif ara. . .
f Effective and efficient lit htln af
. .tha street conduces to public aaraty,
reducing tha denser In using tha pub
Ho atraata at nlajnt from accidents dua
to defective pavements, collisions, a to.,
and from tha acta of lawless paraona.
-Tha street llfhtlnff system la In thla
respect an, adjunct of tba department
'of publlo aafaty. j
Contracts SoomocaJoaJ
V In providing light for its streets,
' .parka, and publlo bulldlnrs,' tha city baa
.tha option of purchaaa by contract or
,of undertaking service at its own liak
on Vather uncertain estimates of proba
ble coat. Tha contract plan aaauraa a
definite grose coat to tha city, which la
known and will ba no mora nor lees
.for a certain period. The municipal
ownership plan Involves all of the rlaka
'and uncertainties of going Into business
ton one's own account, except thoaa due
'to bad debta. and beyond thla la tha
;'neceslty of making a large Investment
4n order to embark In the undertaking
Any contractor can -affect economies
.In buying: supplies and In handling his
force of men and his' equipment If ha
is nomg a large nusinesa in a given lo
cality. In a similar way, a corporation
In tha general lighting and power bust
neea can .furnish street lights at a
lower cost than If Ita sola business
were street lighting. Buch general
iigniing corporation can utilise it
'plant and force In connection with
, other light and power service, so as to
make a reasonable profit on street
lighting at contract rates fully as low
as tha true gross cost for such sen-Ice
to a municipal plant Which supplies
atraet lights only. This situation tends
to very materially reduce tha fixed
charges and operating expense for street
.lighting over the corresponding Items
of oosf of a plant which supplies no
electrical energy during aayugnt nours.
Thoss cities which established mu
nicipal systems 10 to IS years ago en
tered the field when plants could be con
structed for very much less thsn simi
lar equipment would now coat, and
when the rates maintained by private
corporations for aro lighting were 60 to
.100 par cent higher than those existing
In Portland today.
B egret Vftalolpsl Owaershlp.
The example set by Chicago In Install
ing various muntclpsl ownership plants
.was followed extensively throughout Il
linois, with the result, aooordlng to re
ports recently gathered, that In almost
.every Instance the cltlsens of the mu
nicipalities which operate their own elec
tric lighting plants have causa to regret
It They have. found tha promises that
municipal ownership would save money
for the cltlsens were baaed on miscal
culations or Ignorance, and they have
learned instead that they pay In nearly
very instance a much higher rate than
they had previously oald to orlvata
corpora nons or wouia now nave to
la many 'respects and a causa of con
stant complaint Elgin operated Its own
electrlo lighting plant or it years, lost
over 1100,000, and then abandoned the
plant when It was found Impossible to
fet lights chesper thsn flOs.TI a year,
hey now obtain private service at a fsr
less coau
Melon-, finding that Hs lights wars
costing $9S a year, and that on a moon
light schedule, sold Its $11,000 plant for
11,000 rather than continue - losing
monty. hock rail a arter investing su,
000 and getting poor service at nigh
rata, sold Its plant. Springfield built
an elaborate plant for 171,000 and
started on Its career of municipal own
ership ausplcloualy, only to discover
that Its lamps were-costing lilt a year.
Da
Also the municipal service Is deficient mentlrg upon the question of municipal
whereuDon tha olant was leased to
private concern. . I .a Orange dropped
160,000 In three years In Us plant.
awakened to a realisation or toe ex
pan as when taxes increased, and sold
out. Sycamore found Ita municipal
light and water service costing consid
erably more than that furnished by pri
vets eorporstions, ana wviney wnicn es
tablished a. small electrlo Slant for
lighting Its courthouse found it eost
mv mora a year tnan wgni xroro a pri
vate corporation. ';..
: yraoase'a XnvesttgatloB.
Last year the Syracuse, New York.
council appointed a representative com1
mittee oi eitisens to invsstigais ana
report whether the city should own snd
operate a lighting plant for supplying
ass and electrlo current, or either, for
light, heat and power: This committee
spent'Stght months trying to ascertain
whst would be best for their city.
availed itself of tha beat literature on
municipal ownership and operation of
u gn ting in six or the roremost ana
most successful public ownership cities
of the country, and gathered official
statistics relating to municipal lighting
plants In It of ths largest municipal
ownership eitlea or the ignited states.
The committee signed" and returned a
unanimous report on September I, 107.
the concluding words of which are as
follows: "Tour commission unanimous
ly recommsnds that, the city of Syra
oum do r.ot at the present time con
struct s municipal plant for lighting
Its streets, parks and pumle buildings.
i ne committee was tnorouxniy rp
resents tire and wss composed of the
following men: Chairman. Charles W.
Bnow. wholesale druggist snd banker;
William H. Warner, banker; John A.
Mathews, manager Sanderson Steel Co.;
John H. Hsrr, vice-president Smith Pre
mier Typewriter Co.. end former pro
fessor of mechanical engineering at
Cornell university;- Adam Voiles, presi
dent Cigar Makers union snd orriciai
representative o,f the Trades and Labor
Assembly, George W. Driscoll, attor
ney; Peter Eckel, president Eokel-Nye
company, and Professor J. E. Hawkins,
professor of political economy at Syra
cuse university.
The metnoa pursued at Syracuse was
rlmple and founded .In common aense.
very different from the Impulsive
guesswork and splterqi prejudice shown
In some American cities In approaching
questions Involving publlo service com
panies.
Btartung onjeet lessons on tne sun-
Ject of municipally operated lighting
systems can be derived by a cursory
examination of the bare facts relative
to iho numerous municipal lighting
plant failures which form costly chap
ters In the financial history of so many;
American cities.
The New York Bun of April 10. com
ownershln as applied to thai city, says
"Comotroller Mats doeen't believe
that the city can savs money by run
ning ita own llahting and paving plants.
lie said yeater.Uy that so long as hs Is
in oiikjs -no win tviw ""
nlclnal nwnerahlo schemes. He Is sat'
lariat from renorta of the coat of run
ning ths lighting plants that the city
already has In operation, and af Such
municipal ownerihlp experiments as ths
Staten . Island fsrry. thst , muntclpsl
ownership In thla city costs mora than
It comes to,
"Borough President -Ahearn wants a
inir-inat aanhalt tiavlng Dlant and the
trustees of ths New York publlo library
wsnt sn electric lighting Plant lor me
new library building. Mr. ; Meia, 10
wham the applications nave peen re
ferred, will aot report -either of them
unleas ba Is compelled to do so by ths
m.lorlfv of the board. . Ha Intimated
that in refualnf to bow to the munici
pal ownership retlsn re naa in mayor
behind him. He aays that with Its own
plant for lighting tha Museum of Nat
ural history tha city psvs mora than
flva times what 'It would cost to buy
tba current. ,. - - fi- ' - i'1: '
"'A private company can get better
resulta' Mr. Mets said, 'than can.be
obtained out of a municipal pianiti
la not bouna flown ty any pwn iw
tinnm mm (ha alvht.hour laW. the Offl
ctals of the company sea to It that there
la no waate or loafing, because It Is a
commercial project there la more srn
Clancy, and aa a result any of tha light
Ing companies of this City can aelj us
liVil rheaner than ws can make It.
Ther la proof ' In my own office hers
thst It i-osts ths city mora to oo us pubi
ness than If it were a private concern
If thm finance department was a com-
tnavAlat hiMiaa. aa It raallv ought to ba
and wss under tha system which pre
vails In large financial houses the da
rt men t would cost tne euy just awui
if what It costs now.'
Tmmm imaM.n HaHI annlV tA COndl-
tlons ss they sxlst In Portland aa wall
as in New York, Syracuse and numerous
atner American cities wnion mmj urn
mentions To-rar.y
President Portland Railway, Light A
Powsr Company.
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AT ULC J. TODAY
Missionarj- Bible Will Speak
on Present Conditions 1
in the Orient.
Ths msn's meeting at tha T. M. C. A,
this afternoon at 1:10 Is to be addressed
by F. W. Bible of Hang Chow, China.
Mr. Bible is one of tha men who baa
cast his lot with that great empire of
tha east and la helping to plant Chris
tian civilisation there. His subject Is
the Resurrection of China." .His ad
dress will not be given over to the tell
ing, of extraordinary Incidents but he
will aneak of the great problem that
-. . . . . w , - . ...
are Per ore the people oi wnina, ana win
suggest some of the most advanced
Ideas ss to thslr solution.
At ths close of Mr. Bible's address,
ha will conduct an half hour open par
liament. During this time any one may
ask any question that may coma to
his mind, concsrnlng China ana tne
work being done there by missionaries.
Besides the address oi tns arternoon,
children's chorus choir of SO voices
of the First Chrlstisn church Hunflsy
school, ur.der tne direction or miss May
Vaia will ain some special Easter
songs, and Charles H. Gray of Chicago
111 Sing a speciaj eoio.
Ths Eastern sTtoakBolaen
Of ths Reed French Piano Manufactur
ing company have authorised me to buy
10 or 20 seres of unimproved land with
in the city limits suitable for Immediate
subdivision, nee kit. nwo, Tt
at the company.' at Sixtn ana. rn-
elds. - I
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Development League' Adopts
Vigorous Denial to Mc-;
: , KennaV Statement,
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At a meeting of the Peninsula Devel
cpmsot league held last Thursday even
ing, tne ronowmg resolutions' ware
adopted: - , . ' ' - . ' '"'
Whereas, There recently appeared In
the columns of The Journal a oommunl
cation, signed by Francis L McKenna,
In which the statement waa made, In
Commenting on tha recently proposed
improvement of Portsmouth avenue,
that There wss not a man who had
dona anything for the peninsula worthy
of mention, who wss in favor of the
proposed improvement,' and
"whereas. The said improvement was
thoroughly discussed by all the com
mercial bodies on the peninsula, and by
tne remnsuia ueveiopment league, a
federation of all such organisations, and
was unanimously indorsed by them, and
""Whereas, The said organisations are
composed entirely of home builders and
property holders, who pay taxea for
aiica pudiio improvements, tnereiore,
be It ,
"Resolved. That the statement of Mr,
McKenna Is basely false and a direct
Insult to the taxpaylng residents of the
peninsula, all of whom favored tha Im
provement of Portsmouth avenue, ex
cept sir. Mcsvenna ana a lew otner sel
fishly interested parties, whose Inter
ests In the community are limited- to
their own personal holdings'
"Resolved. That a copy of these reso
lutions be spread upon the minutes of
:ms meeting, and mat tne preaiaent and
secretary be and they srs hereby In
structed to forward to The Journal a
rlgned copy, accompanied with a request
that tney oe puoushed.
"femnsuia Development League,
, "WILL O. 8TEEI,. President.
"OEOKQE J. PERKINS. Sec-y."
QUITS RAILROAD WORK;
TOO MUCH GRIEF IN IT
Bon of Prrsldent of Rock Island
Srstcm Gives I'p Ambition
of Years.
Denver, Colo.. April 17. "I have given
up my ambition to become a railroad
man," said Benjamin L. Wlnchell Jr.
son of President Wlnchell of the Rock
Inland road, who Is In the city.
M father talked me out or It. - HS
convinced ms there Is too much grief
connected with a railroad man s lire."
Young Ben has abandoned plans which
hs has cherished for more than 11
years. He took a course In sn engi
neering school, worked In the Baldwin
Locomotive works six months, and spent
the greater part or his lire on the rail
road lines learning tne ousiness.
"Of course." eald Wlnchell Jr.. I had
always planned to be a railroad man.
But I am going to be connected with
the sales department of a wire com
pany." There la a story that Wlnchell Jr..
gave up his smbUlon to be a railroad
man because of unreasonable and exas-
f crating demands frequently made upon
he elder Wlnchell by politicians.
The weavers' union of Fall River, the
largest textile union In America, has
withdrawn from the United Textile
Worwers of America because of tha In
crease In the per capita tax from lei
cents to 16 cents.
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