The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-27
IT IS BRADY,
SAYS TT. DORIAN.
Makes Statement About New Electrical
Company.


Mr.. T. F. Doran, attorney for the Edi-
son Electrical company, makes the fol-
lowing statement
In considering the advisabiIity Of
granting the Topeka. Electrical COM
pany a new franchise it is important
that the council and the merchants and
citizens Of Topeka be given the exact
facts as nearly as possible. It is i'm
portant that the council and merchants
know whether the proposed new COM
pany is, in fact to be composed Of our
local people, or whether it is simply a
scheme on the part of Mr.. Maunseu, a
former employe Of the Topeka Edison
company, TO secure a franchise which
he VIII be able to sell for his own profit,
and for which there can be but one
bidder-Anthony Brady, or the gas in
terests. Mr. Brady could afford to pay
literally for an electric light franchise
in Topeka: he has a large investment
IN this city in plant and pipe lines, on
Which he must pay interest the year
around; he has product which is
saiable only for cooking and small
amount Of lighting during five months
OF the year, during the other seven
months he can sell practically the ca
pacity of his distribution system for
heating. His hesitancy to grant
manufacturing rate of ten cents to con-
SuHers Ofsthis city, even in the face of
the discontinuapce of his service by
several of the largest fuel gas con-
sumers, clearly indicates that he does
not consider ten cent gas profitable to
himself, and that he is wholly indif-
ferent to the success of our manufac-
turing interests. Therefore, If Mr..
Brady can convert a portion of his gas
into electric current, he will have
product which will be salable the year
around. Thus fortified, with both gas
and electric plants he will be able to
crush out the Topeka Edison company
and thus eliminate competition. This
accomplished he will have a complete
D1nn0nOfV nd mn
service of the city of Topeka, and will
be able, under his gas ordinance. to
charge As cents for gas. unhampered by
the competition of superior form of
lighting. He can then easily force con-
sumers to the use of which ever product
proves the most profitable to Mr. Brady.
Mr.. Brady's statement to Mr.. HOllf-
day that ne has no intention of inter-
esting himself in the new electrical
company was just as easily made as his
promise to give Topeka ten cent gas
when he was asking the people of this
city for natural gas franchise; but
he now seems to have forgotten that
promise. or else is convinced of the
logic that promises are made to be bro
ken; which maxim the country seems to
believe is one of the laws and tenets of
Standard Oil.
Again. while Mr.. Brady's represent
ative in Topeka denies that his Wall
street divinity is interested in the pro
posed new company, 1t IS hard to
reconcile this statement Of Mr. Bra v's
representative in this respect with his
statement before. the streets and walks
committee. some weeks ago. that he
had telegTaphed to Mr.. Brady to find
out if Mr.. Mollerawas his agent 1t is
also hard to forget that Mr.. Brady's
representative in Topeka is now the
champion on the floor of the council
of the proposed new. electric franchise,
is the same man who, about a year
ago. openly asked the council to grant
Mr. Brady an electric franchise; and
when openly accused on the floor of
the council OF a betrayal. of trust by
Mr.. Myers. weakly answered that he
just had to Introduce that franchise
because. Mr., Brady had telegraphed
him twice to do 50.
There is another thing that should
not be forgotten c. r. AfaunseII
himself wrote out the following pro-
position Ca fac smile of which is here
with published) to sell a majority of
the stock of the new enterprise. now
held by him in trust, to H. W. Noble
&. Company. Of Detroit. Michigan,
through their representative, Mr.. J. J.
Mo1laT.