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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1930)
- -- T7f fnria ipin CRnuuTu i WIIUII I l Tl 7o T7T70 l rkiu uiii uilULU By EOIPMIY - . ii. i UtFar Reachina Plans fop Year HiilTnArl K 11- : WUUIIICU ' UJ IIS Officials - u . --s . - J. . A:;-..:; ..... - VsaV' by P.E.P. Jrirm NEW 'PHONE HEADQUARTERS t 240,531 238.350 The contribution of the Port land Electric Power company to the continued progress and pros : perity of Oregon daring 1$3 Is represented by a construction and betterment program in Its light ; and power department which will t mean the attribution of oyer $4, ' 300,000 for rtfisterial, supplies and : ' labor to thisection.. This Is . the largest Indusmal budget announ- - eed by any institution in Oregon - considering the size of the terri tory within, which it "will be ej; pended. . -. . . ' President Franklin T. jPriftith .... of the company has also announ ced, that in addition to the con- structlon and improvement pro , gram for next year, the company . will expend, almost $15,450,000 more in. its operating -area next year, for operating, expenses, tax es, interest, dividends and in the retirement of bonds, so that the grand total of expenditures of the - Portland utility for next year-will reacn aDoutxist, 750,000. Items Allocated tinder the construction and bet terment program, the' following items have been allocated thus:" Increase and better ment of generating facilities $2,601,750 Improvements and in creasing capacity of substations ... ... '.Additional high tension transmission lines .... 'Additions and .better ments to distribution system 1,225.264 Under the program for other t general expenditures, the follow- (. Ing items are included: Operating expenses, of H - which $6,000,000 is . f for payrolls $8,000,000 VJtoto, Af .lr iinj. 1 enn Ann tgi i m. havo wa uauuo ........ a.vvv.vwv ynterest and dividends V on stocks and bonds 4,250,000 I Retirement of bonds.... 1.600,000 In the 1930 budget for, eon - struction etc. the large items of an extension of the present sta tion "L" steam plant, the main feature of which Is the installa tion fit a new steam turbine with a rated capacity of more than 46,- 000 horsepower. This work is al ready under way and the founda tions are in the course of prepar ation. The new steam unit will be installed and ready for operation prior to the low water season of 1930, and, together with the steam plants of the company now in operation, will provide ample capacity to care for increase in load on tbe system even though the year 1930 .should be one of extreme drouth, as tbe past year has been. The new steam unit will be of the most modern and effi- i cient hlrh pressure type. During the summer of 1929 tbe company placed foundations for a new hydro electric turbine at its water power plant .on the Clack amas river at Oak Grove, and dur ing the year 1930 the Oak Grove power house will be extended ana there will be installed therein an additional hydro, electric turbine I i v.xx I f.- ,i : ..4 I ''-'V "v n 11 ' n H " I n -J r : I r aUlL,diLi5 1' .-Li! fttd' This beautiful three-story building is soon I to House the offices and plant of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company in Salem. Including the. building! and the plant improvements, $800,000 is being expended in this city by the firm. , i - Telephone Comany Will Spend Huge Sum in City New Central Office Chief Item for Which Money is to Be Expended During Two Year Ppriod Approximately $800,000 will be spent in Salem by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph compa ny during the two-year period ending January -1, 1931, accord ing to C. C. Aller, manager here for the company. Chief among the items of improvement is the con struction of the new central tele- phone office building and the in stallation of. a mechanical dial telephone system. The growth of the telephone ex change in Salem has been rapid and consistent, Mr. Ailer said. The first exchange was establish ed in 1884 with butten or 12 subscribers, and the service has grown until today there are S776 telephones in service in the city. Constant additions to inside and outside plant equipment have been necessary. The particular in crease in demand foT telephone service during the past year and the anticipation of even greater growth, have necessitated the further expenditures now being made the greatest expenditures In the history of the Salem ex change. $120,000 for Line Work During the past year approxi mately 1 20,000 has been spent by the company for improvements in connection with the new mech anical office, will bring the total for the new building to nearly 1600,000. The stimated , expenditures in 1930 for outside plant are $80, 000 and for other routine work, $60,000. Another project, not included in the expenditures for Salem, but will directly benefit every tele phone user in the city, is the laying of a 266 pair telephone underground cable between Salem hand Portland. This cable, contain ing 36,000 miles of wire, will be in operation not later than July 1, 1930. Its cost, including the trench and conduit in which it is contained, amounts to more than $1,000,000, Mr.! Aller said. 120 Regular Employes At the present time there are 120 regular employes of the tele phone company in the city, who draw an' annual salary of $160,- 000, and 55 temporary employes with an-' estimated half-year sala ry of $42,000, according to Mr. Aller. ! "The expenditures being made in Salem this year and next are essential to our policy of provid ing the best possible telephone service to the customers In thi to outside telephone lines, under- city," Mr. Aller said. "The growth ground conduit and cables and the elimination of duplicate pole lines within the city limits. Of this figure, approximately $40, 000 was spent for the laying of an underground cable and conduit along the -Fair Gronuds road to the city limits. The new telephone building. which will be occupied by the provements business office about February 15, years. was recently completed by the company at t cost in excess of $184,000. Into this building . will go more than $300,000 worth of new dial telephone equipment. of the Salem exchange has been almost phenomenal during the 45 years of its existence,' and we ex- peet It to continue to grow. We are spending at the present time more than $800,000 for improve ments In our service,- and it is entirely possible that this figure will be double ! for further im- in the next five plant installations and additional having a rated capacity of 40,000 "I" which, added to other outside inia unu consiuuieu iu bcvuu ... ,.afa,1a.,nl etep in the ultimate complete de velonments of the Oak Grove plant which will evenutlly have a gions of the state in the matter of generating capacity of nearly individual , expansion, and it is 150.000 horse power. the belief of the executives of the ww. tw now turbines Portland Electric Power com- pt vear the installed gen- Pany that the district supervised crating capacity of the company by the Salem office will evidence will total 268,000 horse power. In. the most progressive Advancement this connection. President Griffith of any section within the general ' ... ...... . . f a BtMA V t nil aAfnnanw stated, a few days ago, that "U is nur nurDose at all times to main- An analysis of the 1910 bud- tain capacity well in advance of I get shows that $1,813,644 of the the" requirements of the territory IS hi ira p Nothing Sporadic In Work Of This Organization; In Many Marches we serve. . Substations to be Better Another Important item in the budget for next year relates to the substation facilities, and the expenditures to be made for the I f- k. v a 1 r 300,000 IS EXPENDED BY P. E. P. REPORT Power Company - Active in Expansion During Past " Year in Valley The total expenditures of the Portland Electric Power company for additions to their power plant substation and distribution sys tem in their Willamette Valley di vision for the year 1929 amount ed to approximately $300,000. This was' divided as follows: New line extension and additions aod improvements to existing dis tribution' lines to Improve service, or Increase capacity $95,000. "A 19,000 kilo-watt synchronous condenser Installed in the power house at Mill and Liberty streets to "Improve power factor and thereby Increase capacity of trans mission lines, an dimprove volt age regulations, $60,000. A 11.100 kilo-watt transformer installed in the outdoor kih tm- "ion switch station at Mill and by the company to its customers. Liberty streets fe supply addition al transformer capacity between the high tension B7,00 volt lines and the 1300 volt and 10,000 volt distribution circuits, IU.000. Warehoaae Costs S25.0OO $?ew concrete warehouse and office building on North Liberty street at North Mill Creek to house line department offices, shops and warehouse, .$25,000. Addition to substation building at Mill and Liberty streets to house extension . of 2300 volt switching apparatus. $13,000. ' Outdoor substation in the Morningside district to improve service and supply new service In that territory, $9,500. Private .telephone' system ' for communication between power plants and office of the company in Portland and Salem, $9,500. A 500 volt direst current gen erator to supply service for ele vators in Salem, $3,000. Automatic switching equip ment in Mt. Angel substation to control circuit to Woodburn and Gervais, $3,500. Trucks and passenger automo biles, $3,500. , Automatic switching equipment in power house At Mill and Lib erty streets, Salem, $560. As stated, some of the expendi tures "were to provide additional capacity to handle ever increasing load, whereas, other large por tions of the above expenditures were to improve the quality and reliability of the service supplied In the latter case', no correspond ing Increase In revenues is pro vided due to these expenditures and are Justified solely on the an ticipated increase in revenues from existing customers through their Increased use of the service. PHODEnmOH IS ABOVE FOB Ml Production of eggs is slightly In excess' of that for this time last year, W; 'F. Priebe, president of the United States Egg Society, told the recent national economic conference. Prices have been 12 per cent higher. "As to poultry production," Mr. Priebe said, "we have an increase of about 10 per cent to 15 per cent, with average selling value the past six months at probably 10 per-cent lower than last year. The prospects for the next six months, compared with the cor responding period this year, are that we shall have 10 per cent to 15 per cent more poultry on farms and we. believe prices will rule somewhat lower next year than they have this year." STREETS WITJK Salem streets are 99 feet wide. MILES LINEN COMPANY HAS I OUTPUT Local Plant Runs 24 Hours Per Day for Entire Twelve Months The Miles Linen company began the manufacture of salmon twine and shoe thread in the fall of 1925. Since that time other lines have been added and production increased in all departments. Dur ing the past year the plant has run to its full capacity 24 hours a day, stopping only for Sundays and holidays, and has worked on orders only. The outlook for busi ness bids fair to keep' the plant in full production. The machine Installed about a year ago for the making ef fish nets has operated at full capacity from the time it began. Much Flax Required Total amount of flax fibre re quired In the manufacture of the year's products ran nearly 400. salmon twine and shoe thread con siderable quantities of sack twine, mattress twine andapecial twines and yarns were produced. By hav ing this Tarlety of prodacts, the different grades of. flax produced here. can. be used by this plant, from the very best down almost to the lowest. Employment was furnished to an average of about 75 workers, the pay roll for the-year being approximately $75,000. To these closely associated with the indu stry there la no question but that the total crop of flax grown in this valley can' be manufactured here and marketed profitably. The officers of the Miles mill are H. R. Crawford, president; F. J. Gilbraith, manager; L. L. Laws, secretary-treasurer. DogReturns to Roseburg Home From California ROSEBURG, Ore.. Dec 31. (AP) Miggs is Just another .dog but a good one. Mlgg's owner con sented to give him to a friend who later went to California to live, taking the dog with him. Miggt went to California, a thousand miles from his original home. But the dog wasn't- impressed with the south so he tramped back to Roseburg. His paws -were 000 pounds. In addition to the ragged and he was hungry. f Are Unearthed ..YAKIMA, iWash Dee., 11. " t f it n. When Eugene O'Neil told us that "Liie is a tragedy" (even though he did add "Hurray") we are inclined to believe that he had forgotten about COMRADESHIP - A glad hcllo" and a hearty grip ' Are the first beginning of comradeship; And Father Time in his kindly way . Binds us closer day by day. We grow from the smile and the kindly hand To know each other and to understand; And I hope some day you will find in me The faithful friend I want to be. t Electricity, s ' ' ' v - Start the New Year right by employing some of my Silent Servants -Clean-Efficient-Economical ir The Cherriahs.' the oldest com munity service club in the city, has a record of 16 unbroken total Is to be expended for power I rears of service to "Salem. Unlike plants i and miscellaneous addi- many ao-called "booster' groups. tions of a general nature that will I they have maintained their Ident- automatically benefit all divisions. I ity and organisation continuous Outside of the Portland metropol- I ly and there has been nothing itan district, the company recog-I sporadic about their work. nizes that the Willamette valley official hosts for the city on wtorment of these facilities are division is the one in which the I oe..ton of visits bv out-of-town .v Mm nf the Increasing ue- most rapia aeveiopmem is now go-1 rronns and nrominenl citizens of mands for service wnlch even ing on ana wunin wmcn is -1 -other communities, the Cherrians the present time are Of such mag- nevea mat even greater expansion i tmTe also reached out hands of sitnde that the company feels Jus- is to come in the near future. welcome and good wlU to. other tifled In anticipating a continued I Hamiltoa Make Study - gjtg witn yiaits and participation M -K.f.t5fli hnsinesn rrowth and It was in a measure due to the I in their festive affairs. Last year fJls therefore making preparations study of conditions in the terri- tn organiation marched in the i to be "ready to serve." tory in his Jurisdiction that in Sunset trail pageant parade at Eu- ii Because of increasing electric duced W. M. Hamilton, division geBe. The white uniformed march- load in the Willamette i .valley manager ml tbe Willamette vauey iaf. bodjr te also a familiar sight j t rti-r.n ni tn sal m. it n territory . ig mt nuuu; i i, hom restivai naraaes in deemed necessary to strengthen strong raommendatioMi..ior in- porUand, although missinr 1m the transmission facilities reeding I ciuaing larger iuovk ' I June from tne- line ermaren, xaey that part of the system and a new 1 1130 budget than ever before. He I wui resume 'their participation steel tower transmission una win presemea hjww m itws year. - , - , . be constructed between U ewnomic data wNca mjm eom- ; P Ge86 been King BJag I Mill hydro electrie plant ef the pany exeuUTa to gift .aneciai the past year. Grover Hillman is company at Estacada and Beaver consideration to the needs a the King Bing-elect and C."E: Wit Creek, a distance - of over ten prospects et that area. The result te geereUry. The Inauguration miles. This improvement will op- is that this. diTision will receive of tae MW Klaf BiBg wme held ji.n.u tnnni kttdrmant amah recemition in all features .v t.i A tiimiIit TiBim i. S tl - " I " M 1 0 V rf , " J fnr h ranidlV rTOWinC I er COnSirueUOD, UHfUmi I . Uirlnn bOtsL - "T 1 j - i v-t.. . H omiBrl k initnitrui. mmcmrau uu goner uoauvisv - . . 1 5'J 'In. ....i..n.nia viiv im. I Mir. Manasrer Hamilton showed ! - I -. tl ST? r 7 . thS his ditrlet d abont if ?ncci7 PpmPinc " , ... . .. 1 !,. l.l iinmMt Ml wuuu Tnere wiu aise o ibwmwiiwv --- - 1 .tn f..ii!tr, hotwMtt I kilowatt : hours , sold during tne Vpertland and St. Helena, largely current year, that toerefore that i . . v t. .n.tmtin at I ratio of the 1 new - budget should n.i..if ttm iod ana bisbc i m siioesxea hx.bub r thl rir-Tex Insulating Board 1 means that approximately $302.-1 A number ot Ossil- bones hve row InoceM oar!? 174 out-t Ithe $1,111,144 U1 bees ttneorared dnrin work 'on f?.mpn' ?W . i?f 1 tl r tii iiatrlet benefit of the I the Tennenish-Ooldendale road uon, -. .:-' - i - - . m m. ..j.x. j.. .k. tia Vvnenditure of ansroxl-1 more man im cuwbwi -. (reo n v-"" i -i.;iVii ?so oso for betterments I the Willamette valley 4iTlsion. r eight miles soutn or nere . atosi fer rrZL? ItZlZJt. wm .-. .iMttinn to this oro-raU ad-lot them were -in a small area. if WZ?T.Z'Z .T; -irh the budget, the abont ten. feet below. the. swfaee ure?tj th. tnolcanie ash overlying a rock eenaiuons ?"rr"v '"J, " -M in,, wt. Mk.M fov K T. . . .sr mm aaM i - aaasfi- i l m m stts was isaw sa vina hiis aa swaawsM w w -r uirstvosT Tm"Tr-.iTi.v--r..l .mmsiimi fnr that territory 1 made up a complete skeleton of I itp:" v omw.A witri PAtf com I extended 40 1 feet and. were aage il-ffofaSet jiS22bre irtet witWa the eomlng 11 months, t dayt doaestla aaUnal. : . . m Cook A utomatically You Need This WUhM We have never had an epper 'tnatty to shew electrie ranges with so many veal worth while features as at present. Visit our show floors and see J or yourself what is meant by ; 'Automatic Cookmc? Bare yon looked into . the pro, teetlon yon can . give the' famUy by allowing General Bleetrte to mobilize his army in your kitchen and stand guard ever the: most vital thing In their - IJf o FOODT - He never rests Bis aenrs art) S everyday. , 237 No. Liberty .... ; - i-.