The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, June 16, 1915, Page PAGE 8, Image 8

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THK TH3X1) IJUMiETIN, HUNT), OUR., WEDNESDAY, J USB 10, JOJB.
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RQWN OPPOSES
NEW FRANCHISE
ARRIVES TO ATTEND
MEETlNCi
I'rcsldeiit of llonil Water Light &
1'owcr C'o. Oners Statement o
"J-VniJchlw Grant lliw Extension
. of Hystwii under Consideration
For tho purposo of attending tlin
Annual mooting of tlio llcnd Water
Light & Power Company and to study
at first hand tho local oloctrlcal fran
chise situation Charles A. Urown of
Chicago, president of tho company,
Arrived In town Sunday night.
Sir. Drown, who Is a prominent at
torney lu Chicago, was last hero In
1912 just hefore tho purchase of tho
company by himself nnd nanoclates
from Tho I loud Company. In con
versation Monday ho spoko In a com
lillmontnry manner of tlio changes
that havo taken placo In tho city
Hlnco his Inst visit, mentioning es
pecially tho Impression crcntcd by tho
now brick business houses that havo
replaced former wooden buildings.
As was to bo oxpoctod Mr. Ilrown's
chlof Interest centered on tho pond
ing frnnchiso nuostlou and In this
coinectln he offered tho following
statement of tho position an tho mat
ter tnkou by him In doing this ho
ngrecd that (ho public might tend to
discount his arguments becauso of
IiIh Interest on ono side of tho ques
tion hut ho nisortcd that ho said on
ly what it disinterested person, nc
quulntod with the economic aspect
of tho mattor, would Bay nnd that
his knowledge of coming local devel
opment gnva him tho right to bo
heard as thuf rlend of tho town ns
well ns a representative of his com-
any.
Mr. Ilroiwi'H Statement.
Mr. Ilrown's statement Is as fol
lows: "1 havo personally Invostod con
Hldornblo money In tho llend Water
Light & Tower plant. I saw this
Iilnnt before my associates and I
mado tho purchaso but sluco that
time, wo havo Invested half again as
much as tho original price "of tho
plant In building, now machinery,
lino oxtcnslpns, etc, Keports lndl
rato thnt further largo sums nro go
ing to bo required to supply tho de
mand In now territory und for now
-onterprlseii, No doubt tho donimid
for oxtonslons Is going to bo tho most
llnportaiit uud prosslng factor In tlio
future conduct of tho business of tho
company of which I am president and
tho lnrgont stockholder.
"From tlio standpoint of tho city
nnd pooplo of lloud thoru Is uu ques
tion In relation to tho supply of wot
or, light nnd powor for the into of tho
town and Us Inhabitants thnt np
jiroachoH In liuportuucu tho qucstlcti
of securing udequato oxtonslons of
tho water, light and power nurvlco
now tlut tlio city Is on tlio ovo of
expansion. '
lias ,u ol for IIvti'liKliiiiN,
Tho llcnd Wutor Light & I'ower
Company haft taken caro of exten
sions adequately I bollovu up to tho
prosunt. Thin covers n porlod of
comparative Inactivity, huwovor. nnd
Is not n criterion uf what tho ile
um mis for u.ipltul are going to bo in
tho noar fyUiro according to present
imlleattunit. No doubt tho city
uutliorlilort of llund are alive to the
sltimtlmi and huvo cUmly In vlow
tho necoMlty of iieelng that tho re
quired largo amount of capital for
taking euro of tho uxtoiiHlcvis Is pro
vldod. Wo also nro nwnrn of thlH
iiucuwUyA Wo havn had It In mind
and uiUiUha nblo to Hupply tho cop
IIhI if conditions warrant. It Is ini
io)lvlu to farotnll -with any certain
ty how imieli capital will be required
1m t wo have aonslderud tliut It would
not bo into to count on less than
450,000 far extensions In tlio uoxt
yr. Hi um y bo that much more
than (lilt- -amount will bo needed
Whan my associates ami I bought
thtt plant w,o know from our oxpor
Imico nnd thn oxperlonco of others
uewhro Hint tho oilglnnl luvost
mwit would bo low Important than
the tuvosiuont required for growth
nnd that wo sould nut, expect to draw
anythlnit out An tbo onterprlso for
yours. V,o havo not boon disappoint
ed. Wo havn msilo considerable lu
elmont In addition to ht wo put
In originally and huvo not taken out
a toat.
"Anyone who think ft liydro-elao
trto sstom for suppltiiK a town
uonsliu .simply In the dam, powor
boue. iiuclinory and orlgliinl rlr
milt uJ pp not provldo for oxten.
slous will go bruko and bo a dlsap
potutmeut and injury to tho town ho
itttempia to Buppiy.
OuovtKm Awprorril by Commission.
'Tho question whothor or not It
would bo hu ndVAtitngo to thu city of
Umul to glvo mother electric power
grounds. Mr. Steldl has, 1 believe a
plant which Is Inoxponslvo tor a lim
ited amount of power lor a timo, but
for any cbnalderabld 'nnitoint Is im
practicable because of expenrfo of
construction and operation.
"Itegardless of this, however, my
vlow Is that Mr, Steldl can find mar
ket for all tho power continually he
can produce without any city fran
chise, and without entering Into com
petition with tho present company for
city and commercial lighting. 1 see
no unfairness to hlirr therefore, In
refusing him a franchlso.
"As It Is distinctly Injurious to
tho city to have tho competition
which Mr. Steldl propoBos, it follows
that it would bo unfair to thu city
to grant the franchise.
Will I'rotlrio Market.
"I will Bay. howevor, thnt If Mr.
Steldl enn give any ndvantngo to the
city by reason of low cost in produc
ing current I am In favor of catting
thnt advnntago for tho city nnd I
will do what I can to secure that ad
vantage. No city franchlso Is neces
sary for that end. I will undertake
to .'provide Mr, Steldl a market for
all tho electricity his plant can con
tinuously and reliably produco ct a
rnto based on tho samo calculations
as are mado by tho Commission in
fixing tho rates of my company, so
that If ho has any advantngo In the
way of original low Investment or of
low operatln; cost ho will got It all.
''Thus everybody will bo trratod
fairly and no ono havo any cnuso for
complaint."
OPTION ON ILL
SITE RENEWED
SCANLON COMPANY TO
BUILD HERE
Lots closo In $00 to $125. Easy
Payments, J. A. Bastes. Adv.
Soo Bdwards for good house paint
ing. Adv.
Work Will llegln As Soon ns Condi
tion In Lumber Market Wnrrnnt
Appreciates Volo on City
lioundary Given by I'ooplo.
Dr. D. F, llrooka and H. B. Glp
Bon, of Minneapolis, arrived in town
Monday morning to attend tho an
nual meotlng of The llend Company
in which thoy represent a third In
terest. Ilesldes their participation In
tho meotlng of tho company, which
took place on Monday, a portion of
their tlmo whlla hero was occupied
in considering plans for tho milling
development by their own company,
tno Hcnnion-uipson Lumber Co.. of
Minneapolis.
Tho Scnnlon-Qlpson Co. and tho
llrooks-Iloboitson Co,, alllod com
panies, aro tho ownors of a large
body of timber extending to the south
nnd cast of town and for n long tlmo
havo had undor consideration tho
erection of a bow mill nearby for tho
purnoso of milling their timber.
In Bpcaklng of their plans ycztdr
day afternoon Dr. Brooks B.ild that
Inst July nmwgetnoaU were prrctlc
rlly completed to go nhcad with the
mill and Burveys wcro made for the
mill location. Then the European
war Bprang up, markets bsc.'.me de
moralized and It was thought-beet 'to
postpone, construction. At tho prcs-
ont time, no said, plans woro again
under consideration to begin tho
worn.
Doth Dr. Brooks and Mr. Olpson
were coneervativo lii their Btatemonts
urging that they wished nothing said
which would give the people of Bond
a false; impression ns to .their plans
and at tho same time agreeing that
ultimately thoy expected to mill here.
In this connection Mr. Olpson stat-
rd that at tho meeting of The llcnd
Company pn Mondny tho option on
tho mill tlto on the east side of tho
river was rcnowed and that as Boon
ns conditions In tho lumber market
warranted work would bo begun.
Tlio only uncertain thing In tho wholo
plan was tho exact dato of beginning.
In glvjng their Interviews to the
representative of The Bulletin both
gentlemen ngreed that as full state
ment of their plans nu possible wns
due to the people of Bend in return
for their friondly nttjtudo shown In
the recent city election wheroby ar
rangements woro made to exempt
their mill slto from city taxation. .
Mrs. Brooks accompanied her hus
band on the trip, visiting while hero
at the homo of her brother, J. P.
Koyes.- Tho party left Tuesday night
for Vnncouvcr, D. C.
COM.INS , HBNKLE
SALTZMAN ' "OYT
UII1BLB 'i UODSON
Bend-K!amath Auto Stage Go.
AND
Bend-Burns Auto StageGo.
RATESi
ItKXIl UAItrKK - 9 1-BO
JIKNU IjA 1'IXB J & 2.S0
HKNI CItKSCBXT ..,-.,.'.. -1.00
1JKSI) liOSOHOTIt . ...... m 0.00
JIHNU KOItT KLAMATH 0.00
lIBNIt CIIIIXIQUIN '10.00
1IBSII KLAMATH FALUS 11.00
1IBM IIUUN8 10.00
Cars Leave llcnd for Klnmnth Falls Tuesday, Thursday
nnd Saturday after .Morning Train.
11. O. LAMHKltSOX, Agent, llcnd. Oregon.
Catholic Chapel Car
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will arrive in Bend
SATURDAY, JUNE 19
A course of Lectures on the
Teachings and Practices of
the Catholic Church -will be
given, beginning Sunday
evening and ending the fol
lowing Sunday.
MASS: ,A
SUNpAYS-10:ao A. M.
WEEK DAYS.8:00 A. M.
- LECTURES 8:00 P.M. "
Questions placed in the "Question ' ?,
Box" will be answered before
cne L-eciures.
EVERYBODY WELCOME'
JUST AimiVJ'.l).
A now porter who will take care
of all your wantB, nt tho loading
harher shop In llend. The Metro
politan. Adv.
avi I,!, hi:m iii;iki:iw.
William Arnold will soil 30 head
of voting cattle, ono Aberdeen Angus
Dull and pony and colt.nt nuctlon nt
the railroad stock yards, Bend, jn
Saturday, Juno ID, nt 1 o'clock.
Terms cash or six monthn bankable
note For creh, 3 per cent discount
allowed. Adv. IBe
1IOUKK KGIt HUNT.
Sovon room houso with good base
ment nnd nil modern convonloncs In
Bond. Address B.'W. ltlchardcon.
I.a Pino. OroEon. lBtfc
itKiinKAiis oivk rrav.
The Itobekah Lodgo of the I. 0. O.
P. rondorod n very amusing farco
comedy entitled "Popping the Ques
tion" nt, Sather's Hall on Prlday
night. Mrs. Itudow and Mrs. Klom
Ing pored as "mnlden Indies" In fine
shape whllo Margaret Thompson act
ed tho part of n model ward and
much courted young lady, her main
suitors being her pseudo-guardian
M. A. Palmer and a rich bachelor,
who was rocognUod as, J. B, Engft-
hrotBon.
Bend-Silver Lake
and way points
A Seven Passenger Touring Car
Each Way Eacli Day.
RIDE IN THE EASY CARS ;
Walter Coombs, L. D. Fox, Pioneer
Autp Stage and Truck Co.
SUCCESSORS TO WENANDY LIVERY CO.
Freight Trucks in Addition
NO FACTS WILL
BE SUPPRESSED
(Continued from pace. 1.)
llovod thoro would boaio complaint
on tho part of settlors over tho, final
report, provldod tho Hoard voted to
publish It with only tho omlslBons
from tho original copy ho would sug-
jicat.
I belloVa absolutely the settlers
should bo ablo to get all tho facts and
A largo nudlonco attended, tha results of tho engineer's Invest!-
. . I gallon, so rnr as I am concerned,
Lots closo In tdO to J1'25. Easy thoy will havo thorn. Hut there Is
Payments. J. A. Eastes. Adv. no use going out of our way to lo-
llttlo unnecessarily a project In which
hundreds of thousands of dollars aro
Invested, and a project which I per
sonally know has many merits and
can be made highly successful."
HTltAYKIi.
Bay mare, six yoars old, loft hind,
leg whlto half way to knee, the oth
or a little whlto above hoof. White
spot on forehead. Weight about
1000 pounds, nranded on loft stifle
7.1, Also bay horse six years old,
weight about 1050 pounds, branded
on left shoulder. Doth havo manes
cropped. Anyone having Information
of these animals kindly notify W. II.
Johnson, Ilrothors, Oregon. H-lGc
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iilant an opimruinny to compout ior
UhsIums, l poania to mo. baa been
unsweroil by tho Oregon I'tllltlos
JouMUlw)tu, tho answer being In tho
nogutlvo. it has been uiuswerod In
iho nogatto overywliero that at.
tmuptBd cdimi'lltlou In n jmbllo utlU
lt has ba trtJ. Whuro thoro is
rato renulaUan" Uo'fi. tUr can bo
no doubt that competition, whether
It bonellt or injure anyone olse, Is
rertatnly tujurlou to the city. 1
1 uw that it la argued that tho eltu
nlldn la dlUVfwt hero because Mr.
Rtcldl hi imWer plant which lias
tstmt leisu than oura and oan therefore
tvffonl to furnish electricity at a loss
urit-A than wo can.
Hit my Infunnttloa that tulwar.
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GOVERNMENT LAND
TIMBER LAND
IRRIGATED LAND AND
CITY PROPERTY
Exclusive agent for Kenwood and
Kenwood Gardens
Also cloe in krisated Acreage in
One to Five Acre Tracts
THE BEND COMPANY
lumber, shingles, lath
fir and Maple flooring
MILLWOOD $2.50 Per Load DELIVERED
TOWN LOTS AND AgREAGE
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