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The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Lauds Western Cities
Street Car Service.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In your paper notice a letter
from Warren w. Grimes, in which
occur several statements must
criticise. In regard to the six-for-a-
quarter tickets on street cars, which
Mr.. Grimes says are almost entirely
unknown outside Of Washington"
Now as a matter OF fact, in Chi
cago six tickets are sold for a quarter;
In Indianapolis one gets six for a quar-
ter or twenty-five for a dollar; In
Cleveland, the fare is 3 cents; in Louis
willie and st. Louis the six-for-a-quarter
tickets are sold, also in Minneapolis,
St. Paul. Denver. and other places.
AS to horse cars, which Mr.. Grimes
says are to be found in Chicago and
New York. II there are any horse cars
in operation in Chicago, l should like
to know on what line. consider l
know that city fairly well, and all the
territory between st. Joe and Milwaukee
and IL horse cars arc operated there
do not know where.
Further. only one antiquated, worm
out. moth-eaten line In New York oper-
in touch with affairs he would know
that steps are being taken to convert
this last remaining freak of transporta-
tion into a modern line.
lyn horse car in Denver was abandoned
several years ago-the one which was
drawn up a hill by an old white horse
the animal afterward coasting down the
hill on the car.
In regard to cars in Indianapolis not
stopping for young men. Perhaps
Mayor Shank has ordered the street car
company to adopt this fashion of rum
ming its big, speedy. comfortable cars,
but II 50. the order is a mighty recent
one. Indianapolis street cars make
stops for all passengers, young or old,
and then they make speed between the
stops.
Further, indianapolis has perhaps the
best street car system in United States:
so much superior to that In Washington
that there Is no comparison. All cars
pass one central point downtown, there
Is only one street car company; trans
fers are issued from every line to every
other line. six tickets are sold for a
quarter or twenty-five for a dollar.
Besides which. the city has eighteen
interurban electric lines centering in a
The Washington times., 1912-07-21

motormen or conductors, or why they
walt for persons half block away,
will pay that mans fare to the Pacific
Exposition In 1915.
Where are there car companies that
will allow chairs, tool chests, trunks,
ice, ice-cream cans, baby carriages,
dogs, and many other articles on their
cars? Now, IL the Washington public
had parlor cars and rode free of charge
they would kick. And I hope that the
colored gentleman who spoke OF harsh
treatment on a Capital Traction car
will have the last four seats of the
cars allotted to his race, as this Ia the
case In several other cities. Hoping to
Times, 1 remain, very respectfully,
g. K RYAN
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
EVENING Services IN the Churches

TENT SERVICE-Mt street and Park road
PEOPLES oPENAIR Observation-Disclosures Cathedral
EVENSoNG-St Pauls Church. 8 p
RAINBOW ABOUT THE THRoNE-The Rev w. R. Wed
derspoon Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, m.
MGHT"-The Rev. Joseph M. M Gray, Hamlne
Methodist Episcopal Church, p m
SOCIETY MEETINGAne New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church,
"HoW MAN MADE LAUGH"The Sven,
Baptist Church, m.
North Carolina
ant Church. m.
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES-Th Rev Compton
Ball, Metropolitan Baptist Church, p. m.
APOSTLE MARS HILLThe Briggs, of
Baptist Church, p
WAY"The Hugh Stevenson
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
More Letters to The Times on Car Service
In Washington and on Suburban Lines

when II comes down to amusements,
den to death, whereas II they had to
dig down In their purses for one~half
thev get there wouldn't be a handful
present.
things about some of the car service
here, but, like everything else, you can
not please everybody, no matter how
hard you try. and II takes time for
modern improvements to come, and,
taken all In all, l guess every one gets
a good run for what money they sper J,
and, besides, every city has a lai je
number Of chronic kickers, Washington.
like It's baseball team, being close to
the top in this respect.
II some folks had the earth. wouldn't
they kick because they couldn't have the
moon as well7 Think II over.
Very sincerely, -
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Scores Citizens
For Their Protest.


For Their Protest.
To the Editor OF THE TIMES.
As T think 1 have as good an OPP
portunity of knowing of the District
street car service as any one, as
am a passenger at least seven times
per day, and I consider that the car
service is o. X. here, ! must say that
some people here should not be allowed
to ride on cars, especially women who
will stop a car, walk from the front
to rear, then back again. after the con-
ductor has told her there were no more
seats, then. when the car has started,
sends her little kick to the company.
As to overcrowded cars, II the con-
ductor tells men on a running board to
step inside, please, their worst oaths
are too good for him. i was pas
line, on June l, 1912. and, after a con-
ductor asking people to kindly step in
side Of the car all along the line and
they refusing to do SO, one OF the men
Of that .copductor being kicked on the
car, and when found was Unconscious
and badly torn up, and after he re-
vfved ! called on him and asked him
why the people. Of this city were SO
anxious to board a crowded car, and
found out. as ! have always expected,
just to try and beat their fare.
Only last night, on a Georgetown car,
man boarded 1t at Ninth and r
streets, put his feet ALL over the motor
and was swearing. The motorman and
conductor both asked him. In the
mildest way, II he would kindly refrain
from bad language, and, after refus-
ing to pay his fare, called them all
sorts OF names.
Now. have any of these kickers no.
| ticed how men and women walk In
! front OF a car and sneer at a motor
self stopping his car to avoid injur-
| ing them7 This Is not only once a day,
but from twenty to thirty times n day.
Now, l have been In eight foreign
tinted states, and in thS District OF
Columbia for one year. and II any one
can show me where the people have a
larger variety OF cars or more polite
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
WHEN THE PUBLIC PAYS.

The completion of municipal bath house in
Philadelphia at a cost of $4,000 only to find that no
provision had been made for any intake or outlet
for water supply illustrates the ineffciency Of the
usual city administration Such thing happening in
connection with the plans and erection Of plant for
private corporation is almost impossible. 1t is only
when the public pays that slipshod, wasteful prac-
tees INDUCED in to the extent that they approach
either crminalty or asininity
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Some Praise, Some Criticise
While Others Contrast
Conditions Elsewhere.

From the scores OF letters received
daily by The Times II can be easily seen
that the people of Washington are in
dividually taking keen interest In the
remedying Of street car conditions In
the city. Through the medium OF these
letters, the faults OF the present oper-
atIng companies are pointed, out with
the result that q symposium of opinions
collected from individuals living In all
sections of the city who ride and OBJ
serve conditions and experiences on all
street railways Is obtained and remedial
action sometimes taken in accordance.
Many of the writer's OF these letters
blame the traction officials for per-
hitting the running of overcrowded
cars, while still others declare they do
not mind the overcrowding. preferring
to ride on an overcrowded car than
to walt many minutes for one that is
carrying a specified number OF pas
sengers.
There are others, who are In the mi
nority, who declare that the traction
conditions in Washington, though not
the best in the country, are as good as
any. Following are a few OF the letters
received by The Times today:
Thinks Car Service
Is a Joke.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES
In talking Of the street car service, I
think the Metropolitan line Is the worst
ever saw. Wednesday night all the
crowds that went to Glen Echo that had
to come this side of Fifth and F streets
,either had to pay another fare or have
presence Of mind enough when they saw
the motorman switch the sign back to
Glen Echo to yell for transfer. When
they leave they are marked Lincoln
Park and when you get to Fifth and F
off you go same as drove of cattle.
Do you see where they have any right
to do that after you pay a ten-cent fare
out and as much back? Then when you
do happen to be a lucky one and get a
transfer then You have from eight to
fifteen or twenty minutes walt for a
City Hall car. II they have got to
transfer at Fifth and F to accommodate
the crowd why don't they have enough
City Hall cars running every Ave min
utes at least?
There were twenty-five persons the
other night who waited thirteen and
one-half minutes by the watch.
Why, they do better than that in the
little jerk-water towns around us. Then
they call this improved car service.
Great name for It! The people between
Fifth and F streets and Delaware ave-
commodations they are learning to walk
to and from work no matter how far,
rather than stand and wait.
A TINES READER.
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Must Await Redfeld.

Demand by President oyster. OF the
Board of Education. for a further hear
ing before Congressman Redfeld, in
order that charges that machinery at
the Western High School was allowed
ito run away" endangering the lives
of pupils, will have to wait on the re-
turn of Mr.. Redfield to the city The
Congressman has gone to his home In
New York for a few days.
The Washington times., 1912-07-21

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I notice your remarks about the oc-
cupancy of Pennsylvania avenue by the
Capital Traction Company while repair
ing tracks.
Have YOU seen how the Washington
Railway and Electric Company Is hog
ging the space at Ninth and CT For
left for travel up and down Ninth
street
When the company gets through a
person can stand on the pavement at
the southeast corner and be knocked
over by a car turning the corner and
diagonally opposite there Is not suffl-
cient room for vehicle to turn the cor
ner between the curb and car.
W. z. ALLEN.
Room 7O5 McGIn Building.
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
GREAT GOING FOR WYOMING.

The new batteship Wyoming, on her trial trip,
has broken lot of speed records.
The Wyoming is worthy Of her name She goes
just like Senator Warren on the trail of appropra-
tion for an army post at Cheyenne to help defend
this country against foreign invasion.
The Washington times., 1912-07-21

theory. The right to rule must be permitted to ocze
down from the select few instead Of being conferred
by the majority according to the Republican machine
The recall is all right-if bosses use it.
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Ninth and G Streets
In Bad Condition.

602h Park road.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04
TOTAL AREA OF WATERS
IN MAINE
Latest Report Shows There Is a
Grand Total of 224S.

The State Water Storage Commits
sion has just completed the systema-
tic measurements of the areas of all
the ponds and lakes in the State of
Maine The total number is 2l90 with
total area of 1857 square miles. To
every square mile of lake area there
are 70 IL square miles of territorial
area. There is one lake for every
15.1 square miles in the State The
average area of the lakes is OCT
square mile, varying from about six
acres, the smallest pond measured, to
116 square miles, the high water area
of Moosehead lake.
Certain of the rivers of Maine drain
areas outside of the state as III the
case of st. John, Androscoggin and
Saco rivers. Considering the basins
as a whole, the number of lakes is
increased to 224S, totaling a water
surface area of 1888 square miles
In these measurements, the best
maps available were used, including
the special lake storage maps sur
veyed by the department, the L. S.
Geological Survey topographic sheets,
a series of large scale mape in the
Office of the State Assessors, and
many special reservoir and land maps
of recent surveys as furnished by a
number of individuals, firms and cor
porations.
The ultimate purpose of the meas
urement of these areas is for the de-
termination of the preliminary esti-
mate of the storage capacities of the
several river basins and their larger
tributaries. From the special lake
surveys accurate determinations Of
the capacities for storage purposes
can be determined for such sites as
are thus surveyed. More approximate
determinations of the capacities can
be made from the area and the height
to which storage can be economically
maintained. In the studies by the
commission, when detailed informa-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04
TO DEVELOP POWER At SOLON
Paper Go. to Build Monster Dam.
Will Spend Over a Million for Im-
prOYements.

The final purchase of the fowage
rights, involved in the largest by
draulic development yet attempted on
the Kennebec river has been made at
Scion by the Umbagog Paper COM
pany of Embden, a subsidiary cor
poration of the International Paper
company. Over three hundred acres
of land, distributed along both sides
of the river for eight miles above
Umbagog Falls, have been acquired,
and upwards of a million dollars will
be expended on the improvements.
The present crib dam, erected some
20 years ago and developing a work
ing head of % feet, will be replaced
with a concrete structure developing
working head of 80 feet.
The present horse power will be in
creased to 10000. A complete new
pulp and paper mill, to replace the
and machinery now in use, will also
be erected along with the new dam
Abundant supplies of suitable rock
and sand right at the falls. make for
the utmost economy in carrying for
the new project. The bridge across
the Kennebec river carrying the Som
erset branch of the Main Central rail
road will be shifted from above the
falls to some distance below. The
present station and also the sweet
corn factory, come within the area to
be flooded, and will be moved in due
season.
Although the Umbagog Falls lie
Immediately within a narrow gorge
the river just below widen abruptly
so there is never trouble from back
water as elsewhere on the Kennebec
The new dam will be provided with
flood gates to control the water level
during the freshet season, as the new
development will absorb all but five
feet of the present fall from Bingham
nine miles above the falls.
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ton Is not available as to possible
storage depths, either feet of 10 feet
depths have been assumed. The
height of possible storage depends on
a number of factors; as to whether
the drainage area above is sufficient
to contribute the amount of water to
fill the reservoir to that height;
whether the topography at the dam
site is such that it will be feasible
from financial standpoint to build a
dam; or whether settlements around
the shores of the lake will prevent
raising to the height as contemplated
Neither time nor funds have been suf-
ficient for such accurate studies for
the various sites in the state and in
most cases where accurate knowledge
is not available, either the ) or 10
foot depth is assumed.
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The first farmers cooperative en-
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ton. 1t is known as the Central
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rel estate, manufacture, buy and sell
farm products and supplies of all
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Pres, Benjamin J. Slipp; Treas, Ar
thur B. Crawford; clerk, William NJ
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What Makes II Woman!

One hundred and twenty pounds
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THE g. A. X. At CANAAN.
The Program ~ Carried Out ut
Grange Hall, June ~.

At noon a bountiful dinner was
served under the auspices Of the la
dies of Canaan Grange and the after
noon exercises were turned over 10
the veterans, Comrade J. d. Emerson
was called upon to preside. comrade
S. +. Emerson offered prayer. The
beautiful and impressive war songs
We're in order such as: "On the Field
of Battle. Mother; Tramp, tramp,
tramp, the boys arc marching" i,
Tenting on the old Camp Ground,
Marching through Georgia and
other fayorites Speaking on sub
jects closely connected with the war
was INDUCED in by Comrade j. ".
Fogler, W. II. Weston, d. NJ Foster.
J. d. Emerson, X. A. Withee, VIII.
Jewell, J. Frank Rolfe sewell "
Smith S. F. Emerson, f. r. Cover.
Lester Holway, Alonzo Smith, w. II
Emery and Benz. Priest.
Mrs. J. Frank Rolfe, President of
the Relief Corps, Department of
Maine, was present and responded
to her name with remarks.
Comrade Benjamin Priest, who re-
eieyed most friendly greeting by
his comrades, was 10l years old.
May 18th The record is that he was
born, May 4, 1871. He marched about
the hall quite lively and really ap-
pears at least twenty years younger.
Canaan Grange, even if equalled is
not surpassed by any Grange in the
State in its devotion to the Boys in
Blue" and has given the call for them
to muster at their splendid hall every
year, June 20, together with their
wives, SO long as one remains alive
and able to attend. The veterans
gave three genuine old war cheers
for Master Geo. H. Foster and Ca
naan Grange which was richly de-
served.
The veterans were also under OBJ
/ legations to Mr.. Richardson of Ca
naan Grange, for the old-time martial
music ne furnished with bass and
tenor drums, just the kind of music
that the Boys of Sixty" enjoy SO
much and which makes them feel
young again.
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PeeviiSh

children are sick children. Don't be
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04

Francis Joseph Patterson, aged 6,
son of John w. Patterson of Main
street, Saco, was drowned recently
in the Saco river. This is the third
drowning in the river at the foot of
York hill within four weeks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Patterson went to Old Orchard
and left their children at home, warn
ing them not to go near the river.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04
Loans 10 corporations.

Augusta Lumber Company ......................
Northern Maine Packing Company, Comma =.
Roman Catholic Bishop OF Portland .........#..
SkoWhegan Hail Association iendorsed) ......
SkoWhegan Pulp Company .......... ........
Strauon Manufacturing Company fendorsedt
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04
Loans on Corporation stock.

American Wooden Company, pref. $1,000.
Coburn Heirs. Incorporated, Skowhegan .....
Maine Spinning Company. Skowhegan $4,000.
Maine Telephone x Telegraph Company, pref
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A good start is the best thing in the
world to have, provided you made 1t
yourself.
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Probably our prayers would avail
more if we were to get busy and try
to help at little.
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Loans on National Bank stock.

Peoples National Bank. Wateryille ...........
Presque Isle National Bank Observation-Disclosures.