The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-07
THE STREET CAR PROBLEM.

THE STREET CAR PROBLEM.
Spokane's mayor has proposed a
solution of the street car problem. In
every city of the west street car COM
panies nave been complaining of loss
of revenue and asking for permission
to increase rates above five cents.
Portland granted a higher rate which
was sustained by the public service
commission. Denver asked for a seven
cent fare and riots ensued. ~Spokane's
street car system claim to be losing
money. This may be one reason why
one of the companies, which also fur
nishes light, heat n power, is raising
the rates on these in some places.
Mayor Fassett of Spokane has pro-
posed that the city buy $50 large auto
buses, at an estimated cost of $4,000
each, a total of 5000 900 and with
equipment, barns, ETC., estimates that
the complete outfit, to cover 100 miles
of city streets, would cost about ST.
SOC, 900. He thinks that his can off
set the street car systems overing 129
miles of streets and costing more thar
100000.
1t is claimed that automobiles are
largely responsible for the loss of
reevnue of the street car system and
with paved streets, such as Spokane
has, an auto-bus system could be OPP
Grated more cheaply than the street
cars and give equally as good service.
1t begins to look like the street car
systems are doomed.
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No standard treatment of the cpl
demic has yet been agreed upon in
cities where it is still severe. Charles
ton, S. c., decides for shutting things
up just as Savannah, Ga, goes in for
quarantine and the placarding of
houses. On the Pacific coast faith is
still pinned to masks, and in several
cities more rigid enforcement of the
ordinance requiring their use is be-
ing applied. But no statistics are yet
available by which the relative value
of these three systems can be tested.
Springfield Republican.
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The government has promised the
farmers of the United States from
81 to 1925 per bushel for their wheat
raised in 1919. The government will
make that promise good, but it is
stimated that it will take $1,250,000,-
600 to pay the actual loss sustained
by the government by this guarantee. |
But the government could not, if the !
I-.-s4,+ 14ef~o1 off@,l b Il
faith with the farmers who fed
the world during the war and are
expected to feed it for several years
after peace is signed.
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The North Dakota public service
commission is understood to be the
only one among the 48 states that
'avors government ownership of the :
telegraph and telephone systems, but
he North Dakota commission repre-
sents the dominant political influence
f the nonpartisan league. State com 4
nissioners, after all, are usually so
interested in maintaining -
heir own jobs and powers undimin- e
shed that their views on federal own z
'rship or control need considerable z
iscounting.-Springfield Republican. q
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Governor Lister of Washington has "
cen compelled to give up the work "
f his office, owing to serious illness. y
tut he refused to turn the office to-. ~
lieutenant Governor Hart, who is a ~
and has called President ~
uzza1o of the University Of Washing "a
IN and Attorney General Tanner to ~
,ok after the governors office and "
dvise him. Lister is a democrat and w
le only member of that party holding w
state office in Washington. ~
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Dairying is proving a profitable in ~
at Deary where the farmers ~
I'VE a cooperative creamery and made ~
,od profits last year. The dairy ~
recently held there is certain m
result in great good to that pros III
rous section. ~
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