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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1916)
The Lane County News W. A. DILL, Editor and Mgr. Published Every Monday and Thursday by the Lane County Publishing Association. KATES OK SUBSCRIPTION Ono Year .... ?1.50 Six Months .... .75 Thrco months - .50 Advertising rates furnished on appli cation. Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 191IJ WOOD BLOCK IN SEATTLE If modem wood block pave ment gives good service in Seat tle, what is to prevent it from giving equally good service in Portland? About the only rea son is, that in Portland we do not give it a chance. Having at hand a recent issue of the Seattle Municipal News we find some interesting and in structive matter pertaining to wood block paving in Seattle, embodied in a report of a special committee of engineers to the board of trustees of the Seattle Municipal league. As dealing with, the comparative merits of brick and wood block pave ments the report is exhaustive, and is based on conditions that obtain for the most part in Seat tle, but extended to the exper ience of other cities as well. In effect it declares for wood block as ultimately the best and the cheapest pavement that is laid. The report is made in re sponse to a demand for investi gation and recommendation concerning the paving material best to be used on a certain stretch, of municipal highway the improvement of which is shortly to be undertaken. The final recommendation of the re port reads as follows: "From all the foregoing, your committee respectfully recommends the use of creosoted wood block pave ment for the improvement of East Marginal Way, and further that the specifications govern ing the same be revised in ac cordance with the most modern and up-to-date methods and practices." Concerning the first cost of brick and wood block paving the report shows that during the past couple of years the cost has been practically equalized be tween the two in Seattle, and this does not take into account the cost of covering the brick pavement with sand and plank to protect it until it is set and fit for use. This, the engineers claim, adds about 30 cents a square yard to the total. In the i matter of maintenance the re-J port says of wood block paving in Seattle: "We can find no re cords of any money being spent in maintenance of the wood block pavement laid on Second and Fourth avenues, although the latter has been in use for upward of seven years, and tak ing into consideration the re cent repairs made necessary by unusual weather conditions, which trouble seems to be due to the construction of the pave ment adjacent to and between the tracks, as well as the tracks themselves." In the matter of traction and Blipperiness the committee found that wood block pave ment is as desirable as any other, and in the matter of sanitation it finds that type of paving more desirable than others. The re port states that no wood is bet ter for this purpose than Doug las fir, nor any pavement of greater community service and economy. As we read this re port wo again ask, what's the matter with wood block pave ment for Portland? Telegram. Is the Springfield camping ground going to be put into commission again this year? It made a big hit last year, and wo will have something worth yhile to show visitors this year. Byllsby & Co.,Organization Seryes 2,000,000 People Tho yenr Just closed shows n marked Improvement In public utility Industries throughout tho country. While street railway companies woro hamporod In tho early pnrt of tho year to ronRUiornuio esieni y me pruvnlouco of "Jitney hussos." those nondescript vohlclos nro fnst fndlnn from view in many piueos wnoro iuo.- hvo boon regarded as a meimco to tho slroat rnllway companies. Tho electric light, tho power and gas In - dustrtea all show very gratifying gains, and oporators of those compan - ifto.nn.i invnxtnrs tn their securities are wearing a moro cheerful counton- nnco than they have for several years. , i . . .,... r.nnniinini,ii ui oruur m icuui w..v Illustration tho II. M. Uyllosby & Com pany organization might bo solected. This firm operates thirty-five com panies scattered through sixteen states serving a population of nearly 2,000, 000 people. A visit to the grand omco of tno company In Chicago found the officials in an optimistic frame of mind ns the reports from tho various operating companies for tho year 1915 brought with them a showing of decided tm- proveraeni m an sutuoiia y-i'. haps In Oregon and asUlngton and some parts OI tUO bOUtn. 1 HQ OlUCiaiS ifpnrtiine tho nubile utility situation 1 "oroin ucs mo spim uiai nos ooeu ihraehout the cmintry It Is only lnrKoly Instrumental In winning sue- " 'to select "nooVlho overnlt"- It has often taken considerable Sit cornom ot3 aro conlrol' ! '""o command tho full conndonco linir nnd onoratlnc Dronortles In Var- ,,C8,ro,u especially whoro now com- ious scctlTs of thoPZntry? As an ' been bmught Into tho or- declared that tho Northern States amounts of capital, particularly In tho I saino properties for tho porlod men Power Company, ono of tho com- construction of wntor power and trans- tioned. pany s subsidiaries, mado an excellent ! mjs80n Uoca carry (ho pro,iUcts to ( Tho benefits of group management lUl0 mnrKeis. as nn illustration migni or public utility compnnlos Is abun ings being hicreased approximate -0 bo ,nonUoned tho present electrical dnntly oxenipllflod In tho Uyllosby or per cent Tho Standard Gas & Elec- production nnd distribution system ganUntlon. Individually each must trie Company, greatly Improved Its tmvnroinn- ntmnr, i-mmiio in .nih. u.. ...i.. position during tho latter part of tho enst Minnesota with transmission lines oporatlng forco; each has Its financial year by tho sale of long term notes of approximately 335 miles. Six years problems and many nro not elllclontly and restoration of cash dUidcnds on ago. tho demand for u project such as operated. Group nmnngomont has tho the Preferred stock. The sale of these u,,s oxstC(I but hU, not ooen carrlct, orfuct of unUn(. ft numbcr of 8lru notes, which will retlro the short ma- out by ,ho cCctrlc companies oporat- gllng properties Into successful organ turlty obligations of tho company, ,nK 80paratGiy jn t!l0 various commun- izatlons which nr nblo to not only marked the turning point, , not onl 1UoS- Threo of tho wntor powcra ront,or ,lprovet, 8crvC0 but make re in the affa rs of this company but in 8lnco (ieVeloped woro non-productive ductlon in rates, the general financial situation as i re- ntea for electric sorvlco nnd power1 Operating ns soparnto units thore lated to public utilHy enterprise woro hIgh and 8orao of tho xumilclpal- has been in many casos no public utll which for some years hao had to re- uies woro Inadequately sorved. Many Uy organization save that of lncom sort to short-term notes when un terrltorities which could use electrical potonco; no system snvo that of chnos: considerable amount of monej was powor couid not obtatn tbo curront no requirement of Intogrlty save that needed. and a considerable number of villages of political partisanship, and no test It Is apparent that tho Dlle8b gas whIcU now ,lavo Up.to-dato electric of quallflcatlon snvo that of Intrlgua and electric companies, like inan cor- ifac,,tlea were not bolne sorvcd nt all ,n thogJ do hQ pom,cnn, fought (ho port ons engaged in this lino of public Tho Northern states Power Co.. ono utility companies and tho companies utility service, have gone through i a of tho lh M. nyllesby & Co. compan- fought tho municipalities. Uach sldo period that has thoroughlj tea ed !ea( ha8 harnessed tho nvallablo jowor was severely wounded, with tho result tie r strength, and has demonstrated 8lte8 and tho pcoplo aro now bclnB Umt nelthor tho publc ulm com. their ability to wtthstand Urn vicissl- adequately sen-ed. panics nor tho cities mndo satisfactory iUR?pr tn al? but the most L id cot The Northern States Power Company progress. Group management. In most ThLl Z taw.to The Northern States Towor Co.. wai cities, has eliminated these undoalr StI thn, Ptt Inf lveBtmen Incorporated under the laws of Del- nblo disturbances between tho munlc flefXs been c on December 23. 1909 nnd con- Ipalltles and their public utility com f mnnn tcn unlts oporatlng In Wisconsin. Panics. Thoro Is no doubt that stato nL7 B,tnrin ihJ m,t Tw 1 North and South Dakota. Minnesota public utility commissions havo aided Sfnnthi ll n ni o modemto Iowa and Illinois. These properties considerably In bringing order out of So8hnmnhPrmP ntPotP?! inie are located In a territory less arfected chaos, but tho credit Is mostly duo nnhnmu thPSf rrenerls y general business depression of to bettor public utility organizations, stock and bonds of these properties. pa8t ffiw yeafs thnn "any othor h,Kher ,dea,8 nnd ,noro honoat offort8 Organized In 1902. section of the country, and tho boun- to pleaso tho people. fh fniinwinc nfflrnrs- President H Perity. The H. M. Dylicsby Company bo- M BTllerty-VIcDresIdent in chargol Including the rural and farming sec lleves In giving tho people nil Infor of the oneration Arthur S Huey-!tlons serYe'1' u la estimated that this matlon relatlvo to every question In vice-DrLldent and chief engineer, company has access to a population which they are Interested. When iho Otto EL Osthoff vicenresident and of over 800'00 nnd tha territory Is public is In possession of nil tho facts UUO i. USUIOU, V1CC presiueui ttuuUhn-.lniF vorv rMafnnnrv mini In It la l . counsellor. James s. uummins; sec- retary, Robert J. Graf. With the ex ception of Mr. Cummins, who died in 1913, these are at present the officers of the organization. It was believed there was a promising future In the engineering field, and In the coramer phi mnnnirpinpnt'of nubile utllltv com-!an(1 panics Hon fee or annual retainer hnia Mr Bvlleabv had many years o Experience to 35s line oTendeao" . . .. . . . . da l romm hl cons rue tZ of SI States under the direction of Thomas transmission lines, ana i.ojo local ser- rerenco between favorable and unfav A Edison He had attained a repu- vIco ,,nes- During 1915 substantial orablo franchises and tho benefits tation aB an engineer operator and . Bains were made both in tho number which might bo oxpocted from a satis manager of electrical and gas proper-' of customers and In the miles of lines, factory adjustment of tho franchlso ties which cave him an uniaue stand- !Tne company owns undeveloped water question and an amicable relationship lng "'in I the TpubHc uUllty Held In the ' Power sites In tho vicinity of Mln- with the city. When It had presented nnw vonHir hp cathered around him , neapolls and St. Paul which aro cap- its case In tho newspapers it unhesl men who were specialist in va7- able of Producing C0.000 additional j tatlngly asked for tho verdict of tho Ious phases of the proposed under- hoT80 Fwer. making the total avail- j people, with tho result that 80 per cent taking and every condition was pro- ab,e Pwer facilities from hydraulic of tho voters cast their ballot In favor pltlous for the success of tho enter-! s?u,rcnav,0,ne' considerably In excess of a franchlso as proposed by tho com- Drise. because at that time many nlants wprn nhnnt tn hn pnnRtnicteil. ana I ' . !, .. r,la nt iinilnvolniioil Inadequate and badly managed utilities' struggling to renaer gas ana electrical service. Needed Large Capital. t nu- Arm Rn drnvorP,! that one of the most insistent requirements of successful utility operation consist ed of large amounts of new capital for expansions and improvements in grow fner communities: for unless sufficient funds were available no management, however skillful, could accomplish such undertakings ln a manner that would be satisfactory to patrons or to tho persons who were financially In wcro put into effect, and tlio peoplo and all concorned in them, Ono of tho terested In the properties. Coincident who had complaints to make were Uyllosby companies, tho Northern with this Mr. Dyllesby learned that If Biven a cordial reception and a re- states Power Company, has sold Jin 7 his firm would assume full financial, as snectful hearing. It was not long be- por cent preferred stock to tho extent well as managerial and engineering fore a spirit of confidence was estab-'of 1300,000 In small lots to about 100 responsibilities, bankers and investors Hshod, with tho result that develop-' citizens during tho past year, and were willing to loan now money to be mont and Improvement could be car- many mado their purchaso on tho put in the properties. They had confi- rled on unhampered by questionable partial payment plan, dence In the ability of tho organization rniclnl restrictions or unwise pollt-, An Inquiry In reference to tho effect to design, construct and operate; and leal attacks. Today the properties aro or this move brought from ono of the they also had confidence in the flnan- In a hotter condition than at any time company's ofllcinla tho declaration cial Integrity of the officials; and so In their history, and their relationship that tho result has been vory gratify the Dyllesby & Company organization with tho pcoplo Is both cordial and ing and stock sales of this chnractor gradually extended Its sphere of actlv- suiisfactory. . will bo continutd. Thoro Is no doubt ltles until it not onlv managed nro ertles but financed thorn as well, and ' has grown Into a firm of International reputation, ties with which tho Uyllosby organ-1 Not only arc tho peoplo and tho rosl- Most of what aro now known as tho Izatlon hna boon identified has been 'dents In districts sorved by tho pro Dyllesby properties havo been trans- moro freely supplied with tho neces-1 rertics encouraged to becomo stock formed from sufficient money losing sary capital to provldo for tholr sue-1 hohjors, but n plan has been effected concerns into public utility enterprises cossful operation nnd development I by which employes may becomo stock that aro not only a credit to the munic- than tho great majority of similar cor- holders in II. M. Uyllosby & Company. Ipalltlos, but whoso eecurllies are poratlons. This Is shown by tho fact During last summer a plan was pro proving to be satisfastory Investments, that in a dozen years approximately !sented to tho ompIoyoH by which thoy This transformation has been wrought $177,000,000 havo been supplied, a might purchase tho 7 por cent pro because tho properties havo been ablo largo proportion of which represents forred stock of tho company. Tho to recolvo export managerial and en- monoy which has gono Into tho devol- plan mot with unanimous approval glneerlng guidance, and havo boon opment of tho properties slnco thoy and tho company sot asldo certain under tho care of men with broad and camo into tho Uyllosby corporations, treasury stock which might bo pur far reaching policies men who valuo and a considerable part of this was uc- chased by employes upon a monthly me commence oi me pcopio to a great- er extent than thoy do tho possession or tno long term rranclilso. While tho financial control of the companies rests with II. M. Dyllesby & Company, tho major ownership Is widely distributed among thousands of Investors throughout tho United States and Europe, and theso Investors havo purchased tho securities In the firm belief that wiso and liberal manage- 5. mont of Iho dirfcrcnt companion, and success may bo attributed to tho fact u duo rognrd for tho rights bt the poo ithut the pnront companion have mani ple, will lend the municipalities to co-I rested tliolr wIIUiiriiohb, and posses oporato and not Imposo unnecessary , sod tho ability, to render assistance to or unwise burdens upon thorn. I tho subsidiary companies ns It was reaks no Promises 'needed to tldo them over porlods Arthur S. Huoy once said to a con- when It wns either Imnrutlont or I in- , vontlon of employes, "a c6rporatlon uuuur mo iiuiiihkuiuuiii 01 u, i. nj-i- fleshy Company has noVdr to my ; knowledge broken n definite promise ! to n community, whether tho promise ;wus In tho form of a legnl contract or 1 not. Wo are enroful to bo suro of 'our ground before wo make our prom- l. but when onco mndo, our pledge Is kept and tho promise la fulfilled to tho letter." .., l....... gnnizatton. Change of ownership or manage ment of a public utility property does not of Itself eliminate projudlco and u....uua.w. " mwvub ..... of careful building In order to recon- destroyed, but usually an Imnroved ..... ! condition Is noticeable within a short time Advantages of Large Capital. In thn mnlil ilnvnlnrmnnt rtt ntnrfl-l. cal production and distribution thore an urgonl naBOn for ,nrB0 por- .. ,,nlu nn,j nnrnaallv fnr lnrt?o ---"-7 uuauviai vtvui.i. uuu 1.4 i.u.uuu. of manufacturing and commercial es- tabllshments. rte. The chief commodity produced by the Northern States Power Co. is elec- incuy, aunougn 11 manuiaciures gas, has steam heating and street rail- ! facilities. Electricity constitutes 1 83,2 Per cent of the total business nnd this was distributed In 1914 to 69.945 r iB nmnrfl t nrmirn 1 4R7 mllaa nf nnln ""es and mains': of which 457 were 1uli.uu'uu,' "ul? ' I M ci nnnnnnv'a trna iranamttni. ilnllv "w e.-- t,v.........& CUimUliy IB 1,UU,UUU CUUIC leUU MHO B,aln ln Bas customers during tho past " " ,o. '"TH was 48.3CC; In 1913, 57,288; In 1914, lately 80.00 are being served at tha present time. Bringing Order Out of Chaos. When tho II. M. Dyllesby & Co. or ganlzatlon assumed control of tho pro pertles tho first efforts were to remove j any existing causes for prejudice and i animosity so far as it was humanly DOBHlble. Urnnd anil lHinrnt nnllrlni i possible. Broad and liberal policies j Made Vast Investments. Thore is no doubt that tho nroner-' compllslied during a period when n general business depression was at its zenith. wnonovor mo suuscrinor migni uesiro. In raising this vast amount of Uut It was provided that no omployo money at a tlmo when thoro was wide- would bo permitted to subscribe on spread financial disturbances Is cer- tho monthly payment basis for nn talnly a tributo to tho Uyllesby organ- amount of stock greater than one-half izatlon, and It Is a recognition of tho his annual salary. It was also pro company's high standing in the flnan- vidod that whon a subscriber on tho clal markets and tho public utility monthly payment plan desired to with field. Perhaps much of this financial draw tho amount of his subscription, ' possible to obtain money from the sale 01 hxou sucurmos. uioro nuvo noon times when the ndvnncos inndo to tho local companies havo ronehod J6.O0O.- 000 In tho aggregate. This nblllty to provide cash during torlods of tlnnn- clal slrusn and uncortnlnty must, In tho last analysis, bo attributed to a solendld reputation for Industry and Intogrlty. Much of tho money which finds Its way Into tho Ilvtlushv nronor- .1 - t . ...I " uos comos rrom mo nnnnoiai centers of lloston, Now York. Phlldolphln and Chicago, l'rovlous to tho beginning of tho Huropenn war substantial amounts camo from England and Franco. Advantages to the Cities. Tho advantages which n city pos- e08SC8 , lmvlllK lls puM uUllty companies ns units in an organ cat on ko tml of M Uyllesby & Com- pnny mny m unuorsioou wnen it i I .1... 1 j , ;roros ivo c ties rem iro n nunlly for now development monoy greatly In oxcoss of Its not earnings. In an olghtcen-month porlod begin ning, Juno 1, 1913, thero was furnished to tho various nyllosby properties moro , $2i,ooo.OOO, an amount ' i.nnnl n tl.n ,1... r 'V-nil? UUMD tUllljr illull W11U11 IU la ri'BirilUUU to only partial Information concerning tho questions at Issue. Tho writer was in Oklahoma a few years ago whon a franchise on ono of tho Uyllosby properties was about to expire. Im stead of tho custpmnry methods of In- trlgulng with polltlcans for an cxton- slon tho ofllclals, by a series of well prepared newspaper talks, laid bare nil the fnnta onnnnpn nr upa ilnma encountered by the company.' 'the Ulf. ipuny. Opportunities for Small Investors. Recently tho H. M. Dylicsby & Com pany ofllclals havo been endeavoring nanloa lnto cIoBor roiationsbln bv of- l thn " ? I8 bDea,r'"BBuCnU,Ci" ?R" !'"B aBJ.? "L$,50' T,!lP,j:.,llol,ovo, -tltn In l..ll.l.. .I, . sorvlng by tholr subsidiary companies DUI.U1HIUO iii illtj IL'lillU.IL'D U1U will eliminate to a considerable extent unfair legislation and tho prejudlro which many people entertain towards corporations of a semi- public noturu but that this Is a very effectivo mothod of turning strlfo und animosity Into co operation nnd admiration payment oasis wun tno privilege ot increasing tho slzo of tho investment owr THE "FEDERAL RESERVE" BANKING SYSTEM, OF WHICH OUR BANK IS A MEMBER, IS THE BEST BANKING SYSTEM EVER THOUGHT OUT. THE MEMBER BANKS HAVE PUT 137 MILLIONS OF GOLD INTO THE U. a. TREASURY. ON THIS GOLD THE GOVERNMENT ISSUES MONEY. WE CAN GET MONEY WHEN WE WANT IT BY TAKING OUR SECURITIES T OOUR DISTRICT "FED ERAL RESERVE" BANK. YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT WHEN YOU ARE A DEPOSITOR IN OUR BANK. LET'S DO BUSINESS. COME IN. BANK WITH US. WE PAY FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS The Best For Less The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Bikes, Prop. Phone 22 such subscriber wns to havo tho amount of his investment returned to him plus any Interest duo on a thirty ?- No ff ' .WH mado to induco any omployo to pur chase tho stock but knowing Its value as a paying Investment tho stock Is strongly recommended to tho thrifty workers In tho organization. Broadening Its Endeavors. During the past year tho II. M. Uyllesby Company has broadened Its endeavors by Including tho ocenn transportation business nnd tho In torchango of trade with the Latin American republics. Tho Caribbean & Southern Steamship company has been organized nnd is carrying on nn extensive business ns ship ownorH and agents between HiIh country nnd Europe and Central and South Ameri ca. This undortnklng has boon profit- Hto organization. Is carrying on ! a BrowinB business in oxportTng and IIIIIHJIUIIBi During tho latter part of 1914 Mr. John H. Roomer resigned his position as chairman of tho Hallway Commis 'nvi iv sion of Wisconsin and Joined tho II. M, company's legal dopartmont Mr. Hoe mcr was largely responsible for plac ing tho Wisconsin Commission in first rank of tho public utility commissions (Continued on Pago 4.) .The Springfield Garage H. SANDGATHE Proprietor Repairing a Specialty Main, hot. Fourth nnd Fifth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD OREGON HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUBLIC Office In City Hall, Snrlngflefd, Ore Why not BaVe and deposit In our SavingB Dopartmont one-twelfth of your total taxes eacli month? By so dis tributing tho tax burden over tho entire year, It will not seem so heavy. 4 por cont on savings. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. t'.-.-jswur,.. i I HENBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS Groceries Money Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon Ofllco, Baptist I'arsonngo Cornor Second and C Streets HOUIIS: 9 TO 12. PHONES 40 J. H. BOWER Lawyer. Ofllco 774 Wlllamotto St. Phono Eugcno C99 Homo Phono 133-J Eugene, Oregon W. F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone 62; Fleildence C7-J West Main St. See Edwards & Br at tain For Farm nnd City Property Exchanges a Specialty Springfield Oregon Phone 30 CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS Dentistry DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J Ovor Commercial Bank, Springfield, Oregon. O. R. Gullion, M. D. Practice Limited tl Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate Nurso Attending 306, White Temple, Eugene.