Arizona republican., 1922-02-15
PUBLIC UTILITIES
FORM SUBJECT OF
ADDRESS To CLUB

Public utilities, their Importance
and the share which the public itself
must take in their success or failure
were the chief themes of an address
delivered yesterday before the XII
wants club by Kiwanian ]. +. Green
walt, of the Mountain States .Tele
phone and Telegraph company at
Denver
Public utilities" he said. "have
many problems to meet and solve, and
in these problems the general public
should take more interest than is
generally the case. The public util-
ity is simply q corporation which
attempts to do something for the
public which the public cannot do for
itself It stands for enterprise. for
pioneering, and for ability TO get that
capital behind which the private in
diyidual would find it impossible TO
obtain.
THE public is interested in public
utilities not only as consumers. but,
directly or indirectly. II is interested
in them financially. The money you
place IN the bank, the cash with
which you pay your Insurance prem
iums-is invested to a large degree
in the securities of public utilities or
in loans to them, and the security of
your money depends upon the stabil-
ity of these institutions"
Preceding Mr.. Greenwalt's address
the club was entertained by Richard
Wagner. of the Arizona School of
Music, who played a piano selection.
Frank Cundiff, assistant general
manager of the Mountain States Tel
egraph and Telephone company in
Arizona, was chairman of the meet
ing, and devoted himself from the
beginning TO putting pep" into the
proceedings. His first stunt" was 10
call the telephone numbers of various
Kiwanians. asking one to give the
name and business classification OF
another, and imposing fines with
hard heart when the answers were
wrong. He followed this with the in
PRODUCTION of Mr.. Greeuwalt to the
club members, and ended his share
in the session by telling a number Of
the odd questions which are answered
by the information department of the
system here every day.
George MIckie gave a pep" talk on
lettuce, declaring that the Salt River
valley should produce 1000 cars of
this vegetable every season. He said
that local produce firm received five
telegrams in one day from as many
NANlES III TIE east CdNl Ndll NIX ah
order for a carload of lettuce.
The meeting was opened by Presi-
dent Jay Alkire with announcement
of some proposed changes in the by
laws of the club. and then Earl Drake,
attorney. made a brief speech in
which he emphasized the need for
early registering in the coming city
election.
Press Bancroft. general freight and
passenger agent of the Arizona East
ern Railway company. announced his
probable removal to Salt Lake City
in the near future. and was the re-
cipient Of the congratulations Of the
club upon his promotion.
The committee in charge OF the
Kiwanis end OF the soclability run 10
Florence on next Wednesday an
nounced that preparations for the run
were completed. During the discus
sion which followed arrangements
were made TO take the Indian school
band to the scene of the barbecue.
The guests of the club yesterday
were: j. F. Greenwalt, Il. l.. Kewley,
Richard Wagner. George Cobbe. L. G.
Lakin, NJ. c. Babbitt. Alexis Schaef-
er. A. G. Dulmage. r. c. Fowler, L. l..
Taylor. j. II. Coans. and w. A. Reir.
Russell Z. Kyle, general agent for the
El Paso and Southwestern Railway
company. was introduced as a new
member OF the club.