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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
More Profitable TO Sell.

The mayor Of Harrisville. w. Va.
states the situation there as follows:
"Some eight years ago this little city
purchased n uaturah gas plant at a
cost OF some $4,000. The revenue
from the plant paid for IL and left n
surplus Two years ago we leased
the plant TO II private corporation at a
generous rental"
So far as we know this is the only
lighting plant transferred TO private
parties while being operated at prof.
Il. as this one apparently was. IL is
noteworthy. however. that the people
evidently believed that they could get
better results from the plant II Il were
under private management or they
would not have leased IL.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Municipal ownership, or municipal
trading. as II Is termed in England.
has had several hard jolts OF late, The
most recent blow was reported last
week from Berlin. Germany, the may
or OF which city declares that owing
TO the lower prices Mt which the depart
ment stores are now selling foodstufrs
the municipal market halls In Berlin
are being operated at loss. The qucs-
tion OF leasing TO private concerns
these halls, OF which there are tiftcen
in Berlin. is being seriously consid-
ered.-Dry Goods Economist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
Hiah Points Experiences.

The city of High Point. y. c.. in
stalled an electric light plant at a cost
Of S2OOno Ten years later the gener-
atng plant was sold A former mem
ber Of the electric light committee OF
the board Of aldermen writes that this
WAS done because II private company
offered ia sell current ~ less than the
operating cost of the city's plant. He
further st1tcS that If the city had sold
its distributing system IL would be far
better OF financially than ii is.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
ELGia'S LCSS 100000.
This Was In the Six Years the Town
Owned Its Electric Light Plant.


Owned Its Electric Light Plant.
A municipal electric light plant was
Installed In 1888 and leased TO pri-
vate company In 1904. 1t IL estimat-
ed that the loss during this period was
at least 100000 as compared with
what II would have cost to light the
streets by contract. A city official,
quoted In "The Business OF Municipal
tiles and Private Corporations Com
pared" gives S1O673 as moderate
estimate OF the annual cost per arc.
He says:
1.-The electricians report shows that
the city has been selling light for from
% per cent to 30 per cent less than
the cost OF manufacture. Members OF
the electric light department admitted
they could not run economically for
less than $4,000 per year. but they
wanted $4,000 Under our contract
with the private company we light the
same number Of lamps and more hours
per year for Sl5.654. a saving OF S2O,-
600 per year, figuring operating ex-
penses only. Information from anoth.
er source makes these figures $4,000
and S14,326 respectively. Statements
from the light department show that
II proper attention had been given 10
repairs Of lamps at least $1,000 In coal
would have been saved. Hardly
Joint in our whole forty five mile cir
cult Is soldered or wrapped; they are
simply twisted together. There Is no
estimate Of the enormous loss OF cur
rent over such loose joints, and yet 1t
has been so for sixteen years"
The following story shows how this
plant was made to serve the private
ends OF tho politicians: A mayor who
was q candidate for reelection attend
ed a dance given by a local lodge No
ticing how brilliantly the hall was
lighted with electric lamps the mayor
said, "How much do you boys pay for
these lightsi" He was told $50 per
month. II will do II for So" replied
the mayor.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
CHANGE IN WILMINGTON, O.
Municipal Lighting Plant Abandoned
After Ten Disastrous Years.

A responsible citizen OF Wilmington
sends the following Information:
"In the year 1892 the village OF VIII
mington built an electric light plant at
the cost Of some $4,000. The munic.
ipality from year to year made chan
ges and additions and had accidents
from bad management until I'm the
year 1902 II decided to sell the plant,
Il having cost on an average over SlO,-
600 per year to operate same. frequent
ly being entirely without light for from
one week to three months at time.
The service was very inferior, and cur
rent was furnished customers from 4
to o'clock I'm the evening until mid.
night. The number OF street lamps
varied from so TO 100.
"The plant was sold. together with
the franchise for light and water, for
the sum OF $4,000, the plant being
worth as junk about $1,000. the other
$1,000 being for the rights and prlvl-
leges under the franchise. The com
pany that bought 1t constructed new
plant and furnishes an all night serv-
Ice"
At present the total cost 10 the VII
lnge for the lighting OF the streets 023
arcs). city hall and other public build
lngs. together with fire protection from
elghty-one hydrants and water for the
public buildings, Is less than the cost
OF operating the electric light plant for
an average OF ninety arcs under the
municipal regime, without any allow
ance for lost taxes and depreciation,
the latter Item alone amounting to
$4,000 q year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
No Provision For Continee neiss.

The condition Of the haywood watsr-
works seems To b' the same as In
many other villages. The plant was
installed. paid for In ten yearly In
stallments 10y the people. and every.
thing went lovely until the machinery
began 10 wear ont or Increased capac-
Ity was needed. when II was discover
cred that no provision had been made
for such necessary expenditures-the
water had been furnished 10 the peo-
pie AT cost and nothing laid by for re-
habilitation. haywood QllJ Herald
Recorder.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
Billville Office Rules.

We never return rejected articles
We get dollar a ton for thrm M the
paper mill.
Write on one side OF the paper only
When tb- -ther side is blank we can
figure up our losses on IT,
Subscribers who have not received
the paper IN three weeks or more
should Inquire at the sherln's office,
where reason will probably be given
tbem.-Frank l.. Stanton I'm Atlanta
Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
A Good Ruls For Corporations.

Show TO the voters that you have the
interest OF your section at heart as
smuch as they have; that you are I'm.
vestlng large sums OF money In order
to serve them properly and let your
service testify for itself.-H. NJ. Moore
In Progressive Age.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

An electric light plant was installed
in Hudson. Wis. nineteen years ago.
but. according TO the mayor. has never
been operated by the city. having been
leased successfully to various parties.
The city also contracts for the pump
ing In the waterworks. which IL owns.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
Aocountina For IL.

"No." said the stubborn man. mo
body can alter my regard for .Iiggins.
He's a man you don't meet every day"
Il admit that" replied Markley. but
! attribute II to the fact that loaned
him SO several months ago"-Catho-
uc Standard and Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

The Morning Tribune exultinGly
announced the other day that it had
received two subscribers from Hope.
Here is hoping they land another,
soon. There is rothing small or
mean about us we like to see such
evidences Of prosperity among our
contemporaries.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

The people who write letters to
the Sunday papers are tNose who
want to know something, and those
who think they know something and
are fairly aching to tell it.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Mothers with little children need nc
longer fear Group, colds or whooping
cough. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup
tastes good. 1t works off the colh
through the bowels. cuts the phlegm
clears the head. For young and old
Guaranteed. Secure a bottle at once
Sold by T. F. Grady, 1916 Westmin
yter street.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

When forty thousand people can
attend one foo, ball game,it is safe to
say there is still little currency left
in the country.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
Ordered Sold BY the Voters.

The lighting plant owned by the In
corporatcd village Of waddlngton. n.
Y. was sold after the voters had so or.
dered at a special election. The presl-
dent Of the village writes briefly. but
eloquently:
The property was sold for 5000;
cost. $500: 6ve years used The VII
lags was sore on the property"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Gumbert, an old base ball player,
is likely to become mayor OF Pitt''
burg. He is now sheriff OF Alleg'
hany County, Pa. A. c. Anson, 4
better known ball player,is now city
clerk of Chicago.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

1t does not cost any moe Tor a
man to be an optimist, and it is
certainly more encouraging t. his
neighbors AMI friends.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Bu,iness requires confidence, In,
business men do not need To b' come
conf, 'ence men.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

A foot ball player was recently
arrested i'm Worcester Tor drunken
ness. He is supposed to have been
full back
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

New York state leads the uthe
states in water power, money power
and political power.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Most of us ought to be able To
think If some blessing for which we
can be truly thankful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
n faint r. -semblance.

"Ah ny boy" said the purse proud
individual HS he handed round the
Flor dr Foolas. that's something like
c .ar"
"Ycs." responded one Of the victims;
"what is it:"-London Opinion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

1t is no use letting business "go
to the dogs" , the poor beasts will
not know What to do with It
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Eastern cities a.e not i'll it with
Western places in advertising them
selves. Ifa town or cit, has al
van'ages, why not let it be kn)wni
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Foot ball this year as had fewer
victims than usual. Either the game
is becoming pcntler, or the players
tougher.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

Money at mes is troubled with
poor circulation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29
The Boss.

sary to a healthy manner Of work
Ruskin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

The city council OF Towanda, Pa,
some months since appointed COM
mittee TO investigate the subject OF
municipal ownership with view to
the city's installing its own electric
light plant. While the report OF the
committee has not been made public.
its import can be judged from the fact
that the contract for lights was
promptly renewed.
The Boss.
"All right" said Elsie. "we'll play
theater. III be the boss"
mo" replied Tommy. IL will. Ii
takes a man 10 be manager"
"Of course. that's all right. | mean
I'll be the leading lady."-Kansas City
Independent
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-29

WANTED-Fine Carriage Painting by VIII
liam Randall, with j. Lavoi., zz6 Broad
way. olneyville. Satisfaction guar nteed.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24

To FURNISH
PROTECTION
Women and Children Who
Ride on Street Cars and
Are Insulted.
BY Associated Press.

San Francisco, Cal, May 2S.-Ten
special policemen in plain clothes yes
terday began a careful investigation
into the treatment accorded women
and children who ride on the street
cars, with a view to protecting them
from violence and insult and report
ing regular policemen who are derelict
in their duty.
Twenty attorneys have also been
appointed by the bar association TO
watch the administration of justice in
the police courts and endeavor TO Sc
cure adequate punishment for the
men who attacked street cars and
created disorder in the streets
The police are employed by the
executive committee of the CONNER
cial organizations and the attorneys
appointed al its suggestion.
The committee is determined that
law and order shall be restored and
that justice shall be meted out to all
offenders against persons, property
and decency in the streets.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24
MANY FIRMS
SEEKING HIM
A Diamond Broker Who is
Short in Return and Far
Ahead of Patrons.

New York, May 23.-Haf dozen
wealthy iewelry firms IN the Maiden
Lane district are looking for j. Ed
ward Boeck, diamond broker, 70
give an accounting for gems of great
value entrusted to him on his memo
randa, and which he secured TO dis
pose of TO alleged wealthy clients.
The exact value of jewelry so secured
by BOeck is not definitely known, be
cause of the unwillingness of some Of
the firms TO discuss the transaction
at this time. but estimates in the
iewelry district place their value at
from 100000 TO S250, 600.
Some of the firms who entrusted
him with valuabIes have called the
attention of the grand jury to the
matter. and that body is investigating g
the case.
Boeck is said to b the son of Pol
ish nobleman who VS. banished from
his country because he refused to rec
CgniZe Russian rule
J. P Morgan and United States
Senator Clark are among those who
are said to have made large purchases
of jewelry through BOeCk. BOeck is
about 3S years old. and was last
heard from in Philadelphia, his birth
place. He is said to have lived in
PittSburS for a time
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24
ANDREWS WILL NOT BE
PROSECUTED FURTHER
Solicitor Loftin Believing
the Law Has Been
INDICATED.
AND HE WILL THEREFORE ASK
FOR SEVERANCE OF CASES IN
WHICH J. {. LONG is ALSO A
DEFENDANT AND TRY THAT
PARTY SEPARATELY.

James NJ. Andrews, erstwhile chair
man and member of the Board of
County Commissioners, will not be
further prosecuted in the criminal
courts for his many acts of padding
pay rolls. Solicitor LOftin believes
that the law has been vindicated and
has no desire to pile up convictions
against any party
Should the court so desire Andrews
can be sentenced to serve thirty
years at hard labor for his crimes.
as each of the three counts to which
he entered a plea of guilty is punish
able by a term of ten years. The
charges to which he pleaded guilty
and the maximum sentence that can
be imposed in each is as follows:
FTrst-Obtaining the signature OF
the clerk of the Board of County
of ]. X. Davis by false pretenses.
Maximum penalty, 10 years.
Second-Forging the name Of J. X.
Davis. Maximum penalty. 10 years,
Third-Uttering forged paper. Max
imum penalty. 10 years.
Speaking of the matter yestel day
afternoon to Journal representative,
Solicitor Loftin said:
In view of the fact that under the
information to which the defendant
pleaded guilty. the judge can SEN
tence him to serve a term of impris-
Onment sufficient, in my opinion, 10
cover the general scheme shown by
the evidence to defraud the county,
l will not try Andrews on any further
informations, believing the law has
been fully vindicated. My only object
is to see the law vindicated and not
to pile up new convictions against
any of the parties charged with of
fenseS against the laws.
''As to the infOrmatiOns jointly
against Andrews and J. Z. Long
continued the solicitor, Il will ask
for a severance of these cases and try
Long upon the charges pending
against him in the criminal court"
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24
4 NDREUI.S CHOOSES THE
SHORT GUT TO EXPIAIION
Fulton Trial Today for
Alleged LOOfing by the
Padding of the Pay Roll

First-ObIaining the signature Of
the clerk of the board to a warrant
for $35 for VIII Kelly by represent
ing that Kelly was entitled TO pay Tor
10 days work on the court house.
Second-Obtaining the signature of
the clerk of the board TO a warrant
for S35 for Chas. Mcdonald by rep
reSenting that he was entitled to pay
for 10 days work on the court house.
Third-Obtaining the signature Cf
the clerk of the board to warrant fC +
S73 for w. A. Mistrot. W ]. Hall and
John English by representing that
they were due this amount for work
done on the court house.
Fourth-By obtaining the signature
of the clerk to warrant for $471 Tor
work on court house done between
December ) and December 21. by rep
resenting that large number of men
were employed at from $3.50 to S4.00
dey. when such a number of men
were not employed, and when those
employed received no such rate of
wages.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24

Cary L. Fulton, contracting painter,
is to be called for trial in the GRIMM
al court this morning on four ihferma-
tions filed by Solicitor Loftin in con
nection with the court house work, in
connection with which, it is alleged,
the pay rolls were paded to a great
extent. Fulton had charge of the
work, and received from the county
10 per cent. of the total expended for
both labor and material. He submitted
the pay rolls, and they were paid, bat
not until the month before the work
was finished were the names of any
Of the employees submitted or The
scale of wages paid them made
known.
1t is not vet known which of the
four informatiOns will be taken Up
this morning by Solicitor LOftin, hut
it is expected that the trial will con-
sumo all of to-day, and possibly a UOT-
ton of tomorrow.
The four infOrmations against Full
ton are as follows:
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24
Judge Su'uyne Ordery Florida
TO Pay to the L. g ~ the Sum of
$25I, ,IO2.55 Ont Of the l. l. FMnaS

W. H. Ellis, w. V. Knott and B. E.
McLin, trustees of the Internal I'M
provement Fund of Florida, and their
successors in Office, be and are hereby
required to pay to the complainant,
within thirty days from date, the said
sum of 1923, ,S24, with interest thereon
from July 3, 1902. to this date at The
rate of 215 per cent per annum, TO-
wit: the interest amounting to S27,-
27S.55, the said principal and inter
est aggregating $251, ,102 .55, with in
terest from the date at the rate OF s
per cent per annum; and that in de
fault of payment within said time, the
complainant do have the execution
against the said defendants, their
lands and tenements, goods and chat
tells. for the said sums so decreed. as
aforesaid; and that until the said pay
ment shall be made by the said de-
PENDANTS to the complainants, as here
in decreed. the said defendants are en-
Joined and restrained from using, is
posing of or encum bering in any wise,
the said money. or from paying ii, or
any part thereof. to any person other
than the complainant"
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24

acres, while others are by the Atlant-
ic Lumber Company and Southern
States Land and Timber Company for
large tracts of land purchased from
the Louisville & Nashville road.
The style of the case that was de-
cided yesterday is the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company VS.. n. B.
Broward, A C. Groom, w. II. Ellis,
W. V Knott and B. Z. McLin. as tTus-
tees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida.
The first portion of the. decree
States thai, 1t appears that after the
Institution of suit the defendants, the
trustees, or their successors in Office
sold to one Neil G. Wade for the sum
of $223.S24, on July 3, 1902, land en-
braced in the grant to the company
and that since said sale the trustees
have had this money in their posses
sion. and invested at the rate of 212
per cent per annum. The order then
reads:
Now. therefore. it is ordered. ad-
judged and decreed, that the said de
PENDANTS. \. B. Broward. A. c. Groom,
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24

ALL At SEA
WHOLE NIGHTS WORK FINDS
THE NEW YORK POLICE
BAFFLED BY MuRpER.
BY Associated Press.

New York. May 23.-After whole
nights work, the police today are as
far from definite clew as they were
yesterday to the identity of the muir
derer of Amelia Charlotte Staffeldt,
the 15-year-old girl who was shock
ingly assaulted and killed with a
knife in a field at Elmhurst in Queens
borough. Inspector Flood personally
has charge of the case. and he has
admitted thet his detective staff had
nothing to show for their efforts.
Every detail of the crime has been
carefully gone over, he explained, and
no love affairs of the girl which
might possibly have led to the crime
have come TO light.
Information gained from an en-
ploying carpenter may perhaps lead
to something tangible. This carpenter
told the police that he had paid off
twenty men in a wood who had
worked near Elmhurst for two months
past, several of the men had been
drinking and at noon they started for
Manhattan.
Several of Inspector Floods detect
ives think the crime was committed
by an insane man, owing 10 the many
revolving phases.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24
A GOOD DAY IN TALLAHASSEE
FOR THE CAUSE OF DRAINAGE
SAYS fiE WROTE THEM AS
MATERIAL FOR NEW NOVEL
But They Read Like Love eters and Pastor Quits His
Pastorate Under Pressur e. While Husband Says
He is Satisfied 1t Is ALI Right.

declares that the apparently compro-
missing love letters were written as
material for a novel on which Mrs.
Campbell was at work.
There is no trouble in the Campbell
home over the matter.
One of the many letters found be-
gins:
Dearest: / saw you in the church
this morning, and as soon as my gaze
fell upon you l felt a thrill permeate
my whole being. Before / saw you,
l had felt your presence. but when at
last my eyes encountered yours, |
felt unat l was inspired, and then
knew that l must tell you how | felt. 3"
Members of the congregation who
brought the accusat. .ons against the
preached declare that he was often
seen with the beautiful Mrs. Campbell
and that his attention was marked.
This is excused by the principals on
the ground that they were preparing
book.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-24

In the United States court yester-
day, Judge Swayne issued q final de-
cree in the case of the louisville &
Nashville Railroad Co, VS.. the trus-
tees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida, in Which
the latter are required to pay within
thirty days, to the plaintiffs the sum
of S251, ,102 55, being the, amount le-
ceived from the sale of Florida lands
which had been granted the railroad,
and restraining them from using. dis
Hpsing or !encunberipg 1aS-7sny means
any of the above aTHOdht of money
which is in the hands of the said
board
This suit was brought by che rail-
road company in February, 1902, and
is one of four similar actions. 1t was
to compel the trustees to return
money for lands sold after the insti-
tuition of suit for the recov-
cry of land held by the state,
but which the company alleges
had been previously granted to the
road. One of these suits now pend
ing by the L. & n. is on 100000