Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-03

PAM. which simply fneSns w ~iis2
gst whatever rafes they choose 10
give nse because thcs viii regulate
he other cities inst - they propose
Ia regulate ~.
cssNeIi shssld Approve Rates
The rates shonId be subject 90 the
approval d the city council nos and
forever dariag the iifs % The fran
chise. Then " the council doesn't %
tis duty the people only have them
selves 10 blame.
Moreover. II they csn DO business
under the present rates and present
franchise vhy cant they continue 20
DO % In the future.
am free 10 confess l never could
understand tAst he more Subscribers
10 ! system the higher the fate charg
cd.
Their argument a that expenses
are Increased and the service reaches
more peopie-therefore becomes more
valuable 10 the subscribers.
Well. when Mr.. Buddecke built HIS
sireci car line up Sixth street and
doubled its length and trebied its
value and convenience 70 its patrons
what 4 howl there would have been
raised had he gone 20 the council and
asked f0r the right ID charge another
nickle for the new tfackage.
The telephone system. like the
street cars, Is best managed and con.
trolled BY d single company. or all
wreiched arrangements u city with
Two separate phone systems u the
worst. And for this very eogenf =
son they should be held more tightly
IN check and their rights and prfvi
leees more carefully hedged about
than an ordinary business where com
petition u possible md welcomed.
Fifty years Il d long time. gentle.
men. las Vegas expects ID grow
some IN that time. Bear In mind that
you arr arranging things for the resi-
dents Of this city clear Up 20 1860.
Don't make The mistakes that most of
The cities III the east are now trying
10 rectify hy new franchises more
carefully drawn and deliver the city
o. Las Vegas over 10 them bound hand
and foot,
Santa 70 Werner
Over In the capital they may be
slow In some things. but they seem 20
have 4 lot Of mighty active. energetic
women who. when they start In on I
thing 10 vt II with i snap and vigor
that accompanies no end Of things.
They recently needed funds for
their library building and decided on
4 fete and general blow out To- be
held In the plaza. Il only lasted one
afternoon and evening but II Melted
over $500 for the cause.
Over here We imported 4 seolonels
10 run the thing for us. worked the
whole town TO 4 finish for two weeks.
had all the pretty girls. married wo-
men, church members. elders and
deacons ~ well As the wicked unbe
levers buckine faro with cans Of corn
and condensed milk, betting on ron
Iette with cakes Of soap on the red
and 4 can III ssrdines On the black,
playing poker for papers Of lacks
and hoxes o. candy until II made the
Littiefield anti-gamblinE bill look Ike
thirty cents. and YET with II Ill they
only managed to clear about $500.
Looks as n Santa Re ladies' had ns
beaten q whole block,
Raisino Money IL Phoenix
Down In Phoenix the Women's
club wanted to raise funds for decor
ating their club rooms. Among vari.
ri plans tried was one where each
Indy agreed 10 donate i days work
for the aus and tnrn the proceeds
Into the fund.
They met 1t the club room one af.
ternoon and each lady III turn told
what she did to earn the mount she
brought as the results OF her work. +
One lady brought 4 dollar and calm
y told that she had worked. her
husband Tor the money.
Another who had i bent Cor millin-
cry hired cut for the day to a local
millinery establishment and invited
aI her friends to come In ana patron
lie the house. The wife Of the eov.
ernor, Who Il an expert At fortune
telling With eAria. had an afternoon
and told fortunes 10 ali Who came Il
70 much per fortune, Another Who
he'd . carrisxe and team hired It for
the day q 4 party Of friends. while
another took her carriage and drove
several ladies' sround making calls
III one afternoon Il tho usual price