The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-27
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS--oTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

port of public utilities commits
sion on the earnings of steam and
electric railways, made public Wednes-
day. Passenger and freight revenues,
operating expenses, number Of passen-
gers carried and freight tonnage
showed noticeable decreases as COM |
pared with the previous year. Street
car lines showed a slight increase in
revenues. For steam railways the re-
port shows: Total operating revenues,
$170,S2S,000, a decrease Of $12, ,144,0O0; |
passenger train revenue, $S6,S17,OOO, |
a decrease of $2,555,000; freight and
miscellaneous revenues, $134,211 900, a |
decrease of $9,5SS,O00; operating ex-
penses, 1927, 900, decrease Of $19,-
$4,000; passengers carried 39,15S,OOO,
decrease Of 3,9S3,00O; average distance
carried, 37.5 miles; average receipt
per passenger, 1.9 cents; tons OF paid
freight handled, 224,753,000 decrease
of 2S,801, 900. For electric interurban
roads the report shows: Operating
revenues, $17,936,0O0, decrease of
$643, 900; operating expenses, $11, 1,442r
900, decrease Of $4,000; net revenue,
$8,49S 900, decrease of $502,000; paid
passengers carried, 1S1,563,000, de-
crease of 11,709,0O0; passenger reve-
nues, $15,32O,OO0, decrease of $5470OO.
Street car lines made this record:
Revenues, $19,701,00 increase Of
$169, 900; expenses, $13,204,000, de-
crease of $4,000; net revenues, $6,-
100000, increase Of $215,OOO; paid pas
sengers carried, 547,495,OOO, increase
Of 45.797,OOO.
Approves Work of Commission.
At the meeting of the state associa-
tion of retail liquor dealers held
here the organization went on rec
ord as favoring the more active and
vigilant work of the state liquor COM
mission in preventing the operation of
bootleggers and speakeasies. The
members declared that there were at
least 5000 bootleggers operating in
the state, with only an occasional one
caught at it, while there was no tell
ing how many speakeasies were op-
Grated. The association adopted a
resolution urging the state liquor COM
mission to use a large part of the S.
application fee fund in employing de-
tectives to find and punish unlicensed
dealers of all kinds.
May Get Appointment.
Thomas E. Green, the former tele-
phone man who was given a gold
medal for heroic service at Dayton
during the 1913 flood, is to be appoint
ed telephone expert of the state utill-
ties commission. He stood highest in
the test for this place, which pays
$2,700 a year. Frank X. Cannon OF
Columbus on Jan. gave up the posi-
ton to enter the employ of the Ohio
State Telephone Co. Green remained
at his post in Dayton when the build
ing in which he was located was
threatened by fire and the flood. In
recognition of his services former
Gov. Cox had him appointed to a posi-
ton in the utilities commission office
Bigger May Be Candidate.
Franklin county will undoubtedly
have a candidate for the Republican
nomination for the supreme bench
this year Two judges of the common
pleas court here are canvassing the
situation with view to entering the
contest. Only one of them will actual
ly take the step, it is agreed. The!
are Judges Thomas NJ. Bigger and Ed
win B. Kinkead. The probability il
that Bigger will make the race. HI
has two more years to serve on th'
common pleas bench and Kinkead hal
four. They can be candidates for thu
upper court bench position withou
resigning their positions on the com
mon pleas bench
Bope in Trouble Again.
BY order of Gov. Willis, the stat
industrial commission is investigating
to find out whether the state of phys
ical disability in which George W
Bope, inspector of workshops and fac
tories, was found in his Office recent
was caused by excessive doses Q
cough syrup or by some other decoC
ton. Fire Bope if you find it wa
not cough syrup" was the governor
charge to the commission. This is tn
second time that Bope has been unde
investigation.
Appointed to Bench.
Gov. Willis has appointed Orvill
Smith of Napoleon to the commo
pleas court bench in Henry count,
It is a sequel to an unusual litigatio
that ended in the supreme court las
week when it held that P. c. SreStol
who was elected last fall, had mad
himself ineligible by telling his col
stituents in the campaign that if elec
ed he would be content with the po
ton of salary that the state paid an
not draw that which the county pai
Smith was his unsuccessful Republ
can opponent.
ohio Worst Offender
Edward A. Woods of Pittsburg
president of the National Associate
of Life Underwriters, who is leadir
in a fight to have the states abolis
the heavy taxes they pay now on IL
gross premium receipts, said in an a
dress here recently that Ohio W;
the worst offender of them all. "Eve
England, in the midst of the gre
war, and Germany, similarly situate
are not thus penalizing those who i
sure, but instead paying a per cent
the premiums on such insurance o.
of the public treasury. There are b
two reasons for this tax"
Suspends New Rates.
The public utilities commissiC
has just suspended the propose
new coal rates of the Hooking Vale
railroad. The suspension will prob
bly, be for 60 days, The propose
schedule provided for an increase {
COT. shipments from Jacksonville
Toledo of from IS cents a ton to