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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1914)
Semi-Weekly B&ndon Recorder, . 4 Announcement I desire to inform the public that I have purchas ed the Hill Studio and have remodeled the same and am prepared to do first class work in photography. Postal card work, Ko dak finishing and fancy work of all kinds. L. I. Wheeler "PENSULAR" 4 Stands for Reliability. When you buy any of the Pensular Remedies you are sure of getting the best. If You Have a Cold Use Pensular Childrens Cough Syrup Pensular Cherry Cough Syrup Pensular White Pine & Spruce Balsam Pensular Laxative Cold- Breaker To Remove Tan and keep the skin smooth there is nothing like Pen sular Cucumber and Almond Cream and Pensular Buttermilk Cerate. Can Be Bought At The Bandon Drug Company "The Pensular Store" Only JXT Cu"'Knfr CSfe? convenience and security to every business man or woman either. Funds deposited here are far safer than they can lie elsewhere and are just as available for business purposes as if you kupt the actual cash in your non-burglar proof safe. Start an account and freo yourself from wor ry nbout the safety of your cash. THE BAJNK OF BJANDON 1. 1 '. j We want you For our customer not just today, but tomor row and for all time to come, if Right Goods Right Prices Courteous Treatment and prompt delivery is what you want WE HAVE YOU SPARK'S GROCERY A I. WWI. REPORT Or MISSION STATE RAILKOAD BOAKD HAS ISSUED REPORT FOR YEAR i913. Activity of Commission Steadily In f creasing. Results Are t Gratifying. Salem, Ore., Mar. 5. Regulation of public .utilities, together witr steady growth of railroad business has increased the work of the Rail road Commission' of Oregon just 27' per cent in one year, measured by tht volume of formal complaints han died. This is one of the features dis closed by the annual report of the Commission for the year ending De cember 15, 1913, which has just beer made public. Chairman Frank J. Miller and hit colleagues, Thomas K. Campbell anC Clyde B. Aitchison, in telling the story of the yearjs work, have natur ally covered a much broader fielc than usual, and the report is espec ially interesting in its explanatioi of the progress made in the new duties assigned by the public utili ties act. The net operating revenue of al of the railroads of the state for th year ending June 30, 1913, was $8,G32,743.82, the report shows; r gain of ?G86,1G0.25 over the figures for the previous year. Total oper ating revenue of all roads on stat business was $14,865,885.53, - of which $5,1G0,4G4.78 came frorr frcight, $8,777,926.50 from passen gers, $380,626.44 from other passen ger train revenue, $235,429.75 from other transportation services, and $311,43$ from sources other thar transportation. Oregon's proportion of interstate railroad revenue is almost equal to the state revenue, being $1-1,597,156.- 6, making the total railroad reven- $29,463,042. The operating ex- ense assigned to Oregon amounts o $rj,2Ui,bu,j.'JU, leaving a not op- crating revenue for the railroad balance- sheets of $10,201,532.19. As he taxes totalled $1,568,788.37, the clear net returns stands at $8,632,- 43.82. The total railroad mileage opera- fed in the state is given as 3,278, of which 426 is olectric road mileage. Increase in mileage in the state in the lino owned is 64 miles, and 47 additional miles are shown to have been placed in operation. The elec tric roads show well m revenue in proportion to their mileage, the 426 miles of electric road having yielded $1,643,680,28 in net operating return after deducting over half a million in taxes, or about twice the return per mile, taken collectively, made by the steam lines. Reviewing the great amount of work required to properly classify the utilities of the state, 1913 being the first year that electric, gas, wat er, telephone and street railway coin- panics have been under regulation by the state, the report proceeds to discuss the principles applied to the making pf rates, saying: I "It was early apparent that con siderable time would, be required be fore rate making problems for the larger utilities of the state could be properly considered and solved. Rate making, as required by law and by sound public policy is not a matter of guess work. To be uphold by the courts, to bo permanent in results, to be just alike to the public and to : - Oth are ers pleased with' our service--- you will be also HIRST NAT'I, BANK Ojw timing fituM) )!wr nd t)ur the corporations concerned, it must be founded upon exact information, and it must proceed jpon a"7cason able application of the laws govern ing the complex relations that have grown up around modern industrial conditions. The blind fixing of rates upon inadequate information, or no information at all, as has been at tempted in some Instances within the public memory, cannot be defended either in law or equity, and has near ly always resulted & confusion and disaster. "The Commission has therefore been constrained to proceed only ov er ground that has been fully pros pected and tried. It is not bound by technical rules, and it docs not need to adhere to outworn prece dents unfitted to the day, but it has refused to depart from tho reliable rules of progress: investigation, in formation, sanity, success. "So, if in some instances the work has seemed slow, it is nevertheless being advanced as fast as facilities, funds and circumstances will permit. Accuracy, not guesswork, is requir ed, and it is essential that the find ings of tho Commission, when made, shall be demonstrably correct that is, just so nearly correct as fallible human judgment will permit." It is stated that 226 utility com panics have been listed under the jurisdiction of tho Commission and considerable progress made in the valuation of several of the larger util ities, this being necessary before rates are fixed. The report brings the narrative of work performed down to December 15, 1913, and val uation investigations stated to be nearing completion are those of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, Coos Bay Water Company, St. Johns Water Works & Lighting Company, Rogue River Water Com pany of Grants Pass, Home Tele phone & Telegraph Company of Southern Oregon, and the Salem Wa ter. Licht & Power Co. Water plant valuation is under way at Dal las, also valuation of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's plant at Oregon City, and it is stated that substantial reductions have been 3ccured in light and power rates without necessity for formal pro ceedings in Dallas, Monmouth, nldc pendence, Junction City, Corvallis, ind other towns of the Willamette Valley. Concerning tho business handled jy the Commission during the year, tho report says: "Listing the complaints filed shows S52 informal, railroad complaints, compared with 301 filed in 1912. Tho number of formal railroad matters filed was 59, compared with 47 the previous year. In the utilities jranch 183 informal complaints and 70 formal matters were docketeed. The increase in total number of form al complaints, which in most cases nave necessitated hearings, from 47 :n 1912 to 129 in 1913, or 274 per ;ent, indicates in a degree the ex pansion of tho Commission's work." Disposition of these complaints is reported in detail, and the distinc tion between formal and informal procedure explained, tho former be ing mattors in which hearing's are rc luired to thresh out questions of rates or services, tho informal being taken up for adjustment on a mere statement of tho grievance. Of the informal matters, 251 out of 370 of those relating to railroads were sat isfactorily settled, 27 are pending, ind 92 were dropped because of lack of jurisdiction. Of the utility mat ters handled in like manner, 90 out of 153 nre reported settled, 10 trans ferred, 5 pending, and 35 dropped be cause plaintiffs did not wish to go further. Discussing the elimination of perilous railroad and highway cross ings, tho report says: "While not given jurisdiction over existing highway crossings, the Com mission during the last year has giv en particular attention to dangerous grade crossings, and in an informal way has solicited t he co-operation of various county courts and rail road companies, looking to tho elim ination of grado crossing dangers wherever they may be avoided with out excessive hardships or cost. "Recognizing that every grado crossing constituos a danger, and be lieving that thoMiazard of life can bo reduced by intelligent co-operation, attention has been directed to the subject generally, and to speci fic Instances bb well. Tho response has been generally prompt, nnd noma headway has been mado In remov ing unnecessary purlin to travel. "In tho elimination of needless dangers thu Commission feels that its oirorts uru well spent, As popu liition Increases, railroad mileage Is udded nnd now highway establish ed, grudo crossing danger are mu. tiplled, ihxI thu Commission favor overhead or undurgroud grossing I wliurtnw jiQiyilile unl rwmnml, without, Jiowevur, woiMiK u mr' ulilji od mIWhh' Hi" jiiihllv or iy mn pollution Hut. mimM) I mhiuy siMuryu lliv flUHpilui) owml la JJ pymiuiij'iilwl i m 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mi i it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mil i i DO YOU KNOW The City Market has the most up-to-date Sausage Kitchen in Southern Oregon Having just installed modern machinery to facilitate turning out tempting, juicy sausage. The City Meat Market Geo. Erdman, Prop. Phone 193 ift ifr ifr ti Jff ifr ifr ift it iPr ifr ifr Jfr m BANDON TRANSFER LINE GATCHELL BROS., Props. All kinds of heavy and light" drayinjr. Phone orders given prompt attention. Barn Cor. First & f, iticc St., Fish Property TMIONlO 041 Got Any Time To Spare? Use electric appliances for the household work and you will have time for other things. Let us demonstrate them to you BANDON POWER COMPANY E W. E. STEIN OFF THE HARNESS MAN A new supply of suit cases, trunks, shopping bags, robes, etc., etc. ! WOOD FOR SALE Good hody fir wood. $1.75 per tier delivered, wood cut to order. A. G. Perdue Phone 981 ABSTRACTS Bandon Branch Office of Title Guarantee an ! Abstract Co. (Henry Scnustaclcen, Mpr.) McNair Hardware Building In charge P. H. Poole. Economy Promptnei Rpli.ib v man life ami limb, and to place Ore gon in lino with the country-wide slogan of 'Baiety nrm. The report describes the step3 tak n thria imnornl hcariliKS that involved extended Investigation. In ono of these proceedings ruics mm regulations were prescribed for fur inndinir and unloadinK cars, nnd for demurrage nnd reciprocal de murrage. In another rules were is sued to govern overhead and under ground constructs.! oi an manner of electric wires, to provide safety for workmen and tho public. In tho third, not yet concluded, tho Com mission Is working out regulations of standards under which public util Ities must measure pressure, quality, voltago mm omur cqihjiuuiib hi .im plying service to tho public. 'I'lint tho Commission lamely do- crmtv the work of the court y ... i i i. .. j i. i ., .. lluinlllDK Winters which iihwiihj would iluvuUm nU) luw ttulU Is one i,( the jioloU lidvunred. Jrt thu one brunch of truck sculp Ji))wtlon, ll u.ii.i,.... nt wllirll Id IjOI'IIU 111 Jjiu ihIIiouiN, it I .MI I'" Orders were made during tlif year for refunding $'1,12.'1 to shipper because of ovcrcharKcs or of special clrcuumstancea appearing to justify reparation. Railroads nnd other en riers have filed C80 passonjroi" i.i 1 475 freight schedules with the Co mission, and tho utilities have addc I 100 rate schedules during tho year. Other topics covered by the repot asido from tho statistical portion, nr cases that havo been appealed 1 tho courts, proceed., ffl before t' Interstate Commerce Cnmmissb , manner of handling complaints, ro. road valuation, Improvement of Cor vallls & Kastern Kallroad betwp Corvallis and Vaipilna, train delay ro ports, susjietislon of railroad (JtrilV uccldvnt Investlgntlons, scojie work under thu utilities net, iiwllol of utility vuluatlotts, telephoiKi u A water cuses, aiTountlng dupitrtinunt work, ami fomiiilyslon iiierrlmnt' act. J'or Hl-, mm imam umwis w iUMfi Aim QjtmiIM'Y