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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
THE OHEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1925. 5 W W J O i'CTer- ;Ccsijriiiiy '-'Lips Three Hundred Seryiceo During Tear. Require Erection of : Sixteen Miles of Line--Reach Many Farms Farmers Stand Part of , Exp ense ' An octopus . mayj branch out into eight directions, but a that it ja still far behind the pe. P. Co., whose power line radiate in 11 different directions from Sa lem. - These 11 lines extend out the north river roadi the "Wallace road, the XIairajFerrjr road. Lib erty road. Garden , road, Sllverf on road, Turner road, Jefferson road, Pacific highway ; north, peniten tiary road " district, asylum" road district, land the Mornintslde dis trict."' These lines supply 850 cus tomers, and their total mileage ap proximates 40 miles. ' . Farmers SUnd Part of Expense The estimated cost of the erec- tion of a .mile of. line , is $ 1 2 0 0. if The company feels that it is Juartl 1 fled .In expending: 60 in the in- Tberefore If there are 10 custom ers to be served from one mile of line, the company stands $(00 of the expense -of erection "and -the farmers to be served dl-ride the balance of the " expense among them.- They each then have a f CO investment in the line, which ; Is refunded by the-company as new customers are added. There is a rural charge made over the regu lar city rate for service of 60 cents per month. . . " r 1 3,535 Services Rendered There Ixave been approximately 300 new services added! in the last year,; for which it has been nec essary to erect 16 miles of line. The company maintains a" crew of 16 men the -year round who at tend to the installation and main tenance of services. "The number Jot services now rendered totals I 6.535, counting homes, hotels and I rural customers. Thai. P.. E.. P. Co. also maintains V. a gas. manufacturing plant In 6a 7 lem. and supplies 1425 customers with.. this1 , service,., The . manufac ture of this gas is a very interest ing and complicated . process. It Is obtained, from bituminous coal. The plant uses a. car load, of coal every five days, or an average of 10 tons dally. ' This coal is put into benches and roasted for eight hours, after which it is taken out in the form of coke. Each bench consists of a set of six ovens. These ovens are absolutely air tight except for one opening s r through which the gas ascends into tanks- above the benches. Of course since the I ovens : are air tight the vcoal does not burn but lies in the oven and bakes. The coke which is taken out of the ovens is used In the manufacture of a producing gae which supplies the heat for the ovens, j This pro ducing gas; is not sold to the pub lic. Each one of the 24 ovens in the' plant , holds 450 pounds of coal. It is . an; interesting fact that one ton of the coke removed from the : 1 ovens : contains more heating- power than a ton of coal. It should be added however that there is obtained from s each ton of coal only, 1100. pounds of coke. The chemical content of the coal used averages about 5 3 carbon, 40 volatile material, and seven per cent' ash. The' gas IS obtained from the volatile material. Crude Gas Musi be j purified ', The gas when' It comes from the benches is in a very, crude state and muBtjbe thoroughly purified before it is inarketable, First it is forced through a series of little holes and against nlatea ntton which the tar content lis caught and, runs down, allowing the gas to continue on Its way. i After the gas comes out of the tar remov ing process it goes into another tank where it is cooled and con denses and the ammonia extract led, j The gas then proceeds into another tank where- the -sulphur letted hydrogen is taken out. Upon the completion : of this operation the gas is conducted into a set of purifying boxes where it, receives the last process la its purifica tion.' In these boxes the sulphur content , becomes i attached to . a Compound! containing chips, and, lime! and other ingredients which have; combined to form a rust in1 the boxes. The gas In its pure form is then , conveyed to tanks from which it is distributed about the clty.f Y . ' ''p' Jj ll;.f Gas ; Tanks Telescopic in Nature These tanks are ( telescopic in nature. When the gas la the tank is contracted orj expanded, by ex-, cessive heat . as j the case may be the tank closes up or opens very much like a telescope. As a rule however the temperature in the tanks is fairly equible. Due to the amount of gas consumed during the iday by the public. the tanks are ? generally nearly empty at night, but" by morning they have had lime o refill, j ; ; ; 1 f i ; ' -V The Hillman Fuel Company I aaMa,,'""""SBHSE5BBSSMB ' Dealers in Utaiii Rock Springs, Blacksmith and Coal-Also Carry I All Kindsof , Wood , The Hillman Fuel company, op erated by the Hillman Brothers, is forging to the front! as a hew fuel business in Salem. It Is, op- crated by, Otto and G. A. Hillman J brothers, and located oh Broadway at Hood street.? . ' f ; 'iTf 1 J The firm was' established in Oc tober of last year and is practi-f cally 14 months old.' During that time they have built up ta good business,' dealing, Jn ! wood and coal, specialising in coal. ' ! They carry. Utah, Rock Springs, Black xnith, and Oregon coal.! -1! ;? 1 The firm has direct; connection with the Oregon Electric railroad by "a spur which runs directly into their yard. This given them fa cilities to handle three cars, at a time. This ' also Includes the f a cilities for wood and coal. . I , Paved streets connect the yard to all parts of the ! city. There is an entrance on Hood and one on Broadway. This 1 gives them great advantage in Teaching the con sumer., -, ; j :- The brothers are operating two trucks of one and one and one half tons capacl ty. Add Itlqnal trucks are added to the fleet when necessary-when the demand arises. The Hillman . Brothers is ' the only firm in Salem, specializing in coal. They have found that the de mand, for this product Is (increas ing steadily in the city and conse quently they are preparing to meet this demand. ,.- J.i j.lv-1 :: According to Hillman Bros.. Sa lem is 'not using the quantity pi coal that she should. The per capita amount -is far. j below tte average of other citiesl. v The reason for thlsj they state, lies , in the 'fact thatf Salem has been surrounded by sfcond growth forests, consequently the consumer can secure fuel a. very low ptice. The supply, however,' has been decreasing each year and ; dpring the last five years the demand has Increased many ? timtes ad the supply has decreased' accordingly: The price for wood lias gone up and in the meantime the price of coal has been going down. . ' Thr wood :whlch the 'Hillman Fuel company handles consists of old' fir,, second growth, and oak; They have on hand ' several " hun dred cords of the old fir, although the supply nearby '.Saledi is not as plentiful as it should .be. The supply has practically disappeared and. the cost of transporting it from the mountains ' to Salem is prohibitive. . . :,r f l : ' ' i This wood can , he secured in varying' sizes from the customary, stove length to four-foot leingths. It is delivered to the consumer. ,One thing that ! the , "brothers have found in, their , pioneering work of introducing coal to Salem is that many people try to bnrn wood In coal" furnaces. Ths la a, failure and improper results are secured. ; l:L1.;: v'-Jv-'c ' The brothers arej authorities on the question Of fuel! aid any infor mation that they can 'give to cus tomers or prospective customers will - be ; given ; gladly.j : ' Since coal is the specialty of the Hillman Fuel company they are well equipped to handle it. They have storage bins which will hold about 360 tons of oal. . These storage bins are divided into ; six compartments. ' . They are equipped to handle lump coal of different kinds and varying sizes." They have coal for every purpose. They have coal in egg sizes for cook (stoves and they have it in lumpB several pounds in weight.; ;- ;:v- j: ) ';;. : :-y"-'-; These storage bins can handle about twenty cars of coal. Most of thefcoal which is sold by the firm is produced in Utah, and the Oregon coal Is produced in the Marshfield district. It is of a poor quality, however, and is mixed with slack of a better grade of - coal before being shipped to the consumer, f ' ' ' J, r- The Hillman brothers have one added feature tot. their business which is proving a blessing and a money-saver to those who have large 'buildings to heat. Thisis the Automatic) Fireman. f J ; j It is a stoker which feeds the furnace , and maintains steady, given temperature. . i 1 ' IJoyd A. IiS9s Hatch arid Poultry JTarni 4 .-v; : ons Most Modern Hatchery Capacity Sixty Thousand Eggs Tehty Thousand Egs Peri WeetHatcliihg Eggs and Baby Chicks ; Xloyd A.. Lee, proprietor of the Lloyd A. Lee Hatchery and Poul try Farm, Just a few miles east of 8alem on the Frnitland Road, is preparing to do big things in the hatchery business. - ; He announces that he expects to produce from 125,000. to: 150,000 baby chicks dnring ; the coming season and that he has on his farm hatching" facilities to easily handle this big number of birds. While this .number may seem large td those not familiar with the chick business, Mri Leeaa some standing . orders for 2n00 Chicks a week for a 10 week per iod and this with his rabidly de veloping business, assures him r-r ' ff' f iio: uoyd a; -f -y that his hatch the coming season will easily reach 125,000 chicks.' Mr. Lee has installed recently a Smith! Mammoth incubator of 47.000 egg capacity which is the largest incubator manufactured for commercial use. This ma chine which is 10 feet' wide. 13 feet jlong and eight feet! high, has the appearance from the outside ofv a. large, refrigerator It con sists of a room . with -'288 trays hanging on chains on either side of a! center aisle. The operator in attending the ' eggs and chicks works inside the machine. This in cubator, has the most rapid and complete change of air f of any on the jmarket today; Four electric fans! ! In . the ceiling completely change the air every three .min utes. ;.f j.,v-.;i;,.,:v:' . The Smith incubator which ac commodates more eggs ; in less floor space than . any incubator made, has several other exclusive features, i While it Is heated by steam from a , boiler outside the machine j it also has; a cooling sys tem which may be used in emerg ency to prevent overheating in hot weather.1 This consists of a series of pipes through which cold wa ter may! be run. Mdisture is sup plied in the form iof live steam which the fans diffuse and circu late throughout the; incubator. r Also there is a' recording instru ment which gives aj complete rec ord of the temperature during the whole ' incubating period, , while the eggs are turned automatically with positively no breakage. ' Last year Mr. Lee Installed a large 10.000 egg capacity Wish- bone Mammoth.jWhlch was operat- satisfactlon and capacity during ed with perfect crowded to full the entire season. This 'machine together with the several smaller Master Incubators, sil of which will be operated again the coming season, turned out ap proximately 4 0,000 chicks. Much of the . work done was custom hatching and the waiting list of those desiring eggs hatched, made it necessary for Mr. Lee to Install the larger machine this year. V Mr.-; Lee's plant can now easily handle 20,000 eggs per week and will be able ,fov supply baby chicks of quality from! flocks of known vitality - and . heavy production as well- as to accommodate a larger custom hatching; business which Is growing each year. In fact, the big hatching . business is rapidly putting the. motherly hen out of business. I,--,.. J.-J : i: Mr. Lee believes that having fa cilities for,, doing thii anotsut cT business is of distlnctjvalu ta ts , Salem trading area, as .it 'will af ford'a jnarket" for jhlgh grad hatching eggs. -and will prove an Incentive to the prtoductioa . of eggs of higher ' quality throu'sU better breeding methods aud bel ter care of flocks. J ' ' ' Mr. Lee says the value of hatch ing eggs is dependent upon theV things, and that the producer will " Le able, to market eetSi of qualiiy readily In large quantities which, has not been, posslblej here before.- i ' : Just at present tiers are few ' eggs of real quality df the Barred itock and Rhode Island Red varit- j ties. ' Better quality eggs r mean s Hghef prices for theiproduccr. ' , Mr. Lee will also hare a brood- ,' er capacity for 6000 baby chicks.1; These pullets and cockerels will be used to supply the rapidly; growing I business j along thesa : lines. -. -'; ! Visitors are always welcome at; the Lee Hatchery except Sundays. The latest description of a big amist Is a- man who makes the , same - mistake j twlca. - London Opinion. ; ; ; : j. Oregon's Most Modern .:J ' CAPACITY 60,000 GCS-20,00O PER AEEK Hatchery Custom ' Hatching Leghorn Pullets, Hatching llaby Chicks I "j Our New 47.000 EgK Smith Incubator MANY DATES FILLED, f PLACE YOUR ORDERS 3KTWV CUSTOM HATCHING OUR SPECIALTY Lloyd A. Lee Hatchery and Poultry Farm V Visitors Welcome Except Sundays 1 T Route 0 Box f!3 riioa S2F21 ,( I ft x v y Ox f vEjT iniir 75,000 LIGHT AND POWER CUSTOMERS IN our family of light and power I customers -there are over 75,000 members, v It is not only a; large family iut it is grow- ! Jl Va.oa vrv A air TTinri -TMnlft arn romini? to real. ize that electric service is indispensable to modern life, that it isp4 essential to comfort, happiness in the home, to efficiency, econj I omy and convenience m the store, ofuce and lactory. " To this mighty family of ours scattered over an area of over 800 square miles and residing in more than 50 different com- . -munities -we arc providing an essential "service 24 hours in the day, 7; days in the week and 12 months in the year, i Moreover, this service is on tap ready to perform its manifold -"duties bv merely touching a button or snapping a switch. : Behind this great labor, time and inoney-fsaving convenience; are tens of millions of dollars of invested capital, 10 greatj . power plants, thousands of. miles of transmission and distribu1 tion lines, a net-work of sub-stations, and vast batteries of mo. tors and 'machinery. i ! 1 Every time you turn on a light br'runa motor you call into; play the vast oiitlay of equipment, and the vital, man power bo night and day, all tne year rouna.; Mr 250,000 DAILY CAR RIDERS OUR largest and most interesting family are our; daily car riders 250,000 of them 1H ' , I ' i Can you imagine what a man-sized job it must' be to provide safe, rapid and comfortable service to such an army of people, as that every day welL We have 01a Yet we doit audi we believe we are doing it passenger kjars jn use on our 32 city street car lines and interurban system, and ire operate approximately 300 miles of track to care for this grcaTfamily, so widely scattered through the 'urban, suburban and' interurba business and resi dential districts served by us. ; j i . ' "We have approximately 1600 employes in our transportation department, 'all of them imbued with the idea that ? their first and greatest obligation is to give the traveling public the best and, most satisfactory service possible.. K Besides our electric railway service, we are operating a new and modern; motor bus service on -onr 39th street line to take care of the needs of a rapidly, growing and populous district on the East Side. - ' .v ' - ' , i' . m "We are also: operating a inoderh, interurban. stage? service ( be- , tweeir4?rtlani and Oregon City; "on the west side .of the river, which supplements our rapid transit trolley ."ser'ice between these cities on the cast side of the river. ' I t ' ' ; , ' Uj i j'.;--- i 5,000 ! AuKt SECURITY HOLDERS IN OREGON :iird family, composed of, our .5000 investors in, our.com-; pany. secuities, might well be called. our t 'Thrift Family." ( j They have put some of their earnings and -savings to' work where i they will bring, in a satisfactory rate of interest regularly. s . ; i f Also,' the members of this great family are profit-sharing part--i i ners in this great industrial institution the largest public util- ity enterprise in Oregon. ' j '. ; - t y u r ' They know their money is safe because they can watch it work 1 I for themiright here' at homeland they know they have an' assured income for -back of their investment in our securities arc a vast' group of. physical properties representing a capital investment ' of over $70,000,000,' which is supplying essential service, light, po wer and transportation to a! population of 350,000 people, living in 50 or more communities.-i.So that as these communities thrivjs and prosper-our M Thrift Family?' is likewise bound to reap at tractive dividends from their holdings. f 1 " . ; ! This company has expended $12,000,000 in new construction f ' and improvements in the last two years," and its annual payroll y is over, $6,000,000 distributed to another one o our important 'families' our 3500 employes nearly, 5O0, of whom arc com I pany share-holdcp.- j - " ' . . v :tt"7Most of kis money is spenrright here at home. ' r - Mi - A Good Investment bun czcunmrs arz a good nrvESTiiniiT becausi:: i i l; Yow'incc"wfflt8rc5Bld8peadibldndyo 2. Divid;di paii oy citclt each north cr quarterly, as yea prefer: 3. DiVidsndj exenpt frca' Oregon perioral property . tax and noma! Federal Income tax. 4. Our tudzcrs is fircly estai;lL2d( vreU nijsd aad pemanc-t. 6 Thcsa shores yield 73 per ceri- Price XICO a thare. Easy teres if desired. t Investment Deoartment. EQrjtland Electric Power Company, Salem, Oreson, : Please send me without obligation to myself full information about your profit-sharing, easy-payment -and nonthly-savings. investment plan.; ' . 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