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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13

know is absolutely illegal, and was
so admitted in conference. So that
can be entirely disregarded. If at
any time during the term of contract
the Hamilton Service rate should be
decreased the city would be entitled
to benefit. Of course we would. Did
you ever know of the Hamilton Ser
vice Co. asking the public utilities
commission for a reduction of rate :?
Did you ever know of any privately
owned utilities doing this?
The only one / know of was Henry
Ford, who asked to reduce the rates
on his railroad The commission said
he could not do this, but had to
charge the rate whether he wanted to
to not
Proposal to Monroe
The communication that was in the
newspaper said that they, The Ham
ilton Service Co, met every demand
made on them in reference to the con-
tract. They did, except one, which is
the crux of the whole situation.
which is the one thing we desire.
Had be met that demand | say to you,
would not have been here recon-
mending the building of the electric
light plant The proposal ! made
which he did not listen to, was this:
You, The Hamilton Service Co, sell
us your distribution system so that
the city Of Hamilton will control the
distribution system, and can thereby
regulate the price rate and control
distribution to the consumers. Then,
if you did that, Mr. Monroe, we will
buy all of our current from you on
the proposed basis Then, gentlemen
and citizens, we would have been in
position to fix the rate to you and
and every one else who uses cleo
tric in our homes We would have
had control Of the situation and not
the Hamilton Service Co, as they will
have if we enter into a contract with
them.
The money from the bond issue Will
automatically be turned over to the
sinking fund trustees and can be used
for no purpose at all except to retire
the bonds from the sale of which the
funds arose, and could not at any time
be used for the extension, enlarge
ment or Improvement of the electric
light plant. At the end Of seven
years we would have distribution
system in the city of Hamilton for
which we would perhaps be able to
realize junk prices from some junk
dealer, maybe Wolf & Co., Of Joseph
& Joseph, of Cincinnati, Ohio
For the purpose of comparing the
two propositions, l have the report
here of the engineers which we have
had for some time, and the PROPOSE
tion submitted by Mr. Monroe This
matter was finally put up to the citi-
zens' advisory committee for final
action. Mr.. Thos. Beckett unfortun-
ately could not attend the meetings
and did not know all that was going
ON. There were only six members
present. After discussion of the mat
ter the committee voted to build the
plant That, of course, as / say, the
details Of that did not get any pub
licitv.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13

ton, expecting to be able to prove
every assertion that make by record
evidence
History of Plant
Now, for you to properly under
stand the matter that is being pre-
sented before you tonight, some of
the history leading up to the present
should be given to you in order that
you can understand some things |
have done and the committee has
done As stated before it will take
too long to go into details, but will
give it to you briefly.
The city of Hamilton owned its
electric plant since 1894. In 1907-8
the present equipment was placed in
the plant. The reason the plant was
built originally, as you know, was to
save the community, to protect the
people here against exorbitant de-
mands and prices of privately owned
electric companies, at least that is
what the information given me indi-
Gates; that was before my time and
l can only go on statements Of those
who We're interested in city affairs
at that time In 1919 it was deter
mined by the officials of the city Of
Hamilton, f. j j Sloat then being
service director, and a republican in
politics, man of wide business eX-
perience and training, that it was
necessary to increase the capacity of
the electric light plant in order to
serve the growing demand that was
made by the public on the plant The
plant was overloaded, it is now over
loaded. We were then, and are now,
required to purchase current. We are
purchasing current from the Ford
plant what they have to spare, and
purchasing some from the Hamilton
Service Co, our competitors here in
the city
In pursuance of the recommends
tions that were then made and the
demand and necessity therefor, the
council of the city of Hamilton pro-
vided for the submission of the ques-
tion of issuing of bonds for the erec-
ton of the plant to the voters, and a
special election was held in Febru-
AIRY, 1920, at which time more than
two-thirds of all people voting upon
the question, voted in the affirmative.
The bond issue carried. Under the
law it is necessary on bond issues of
that character to get not only the
majority vote but two-thirds of all
votes cast The votes that were cast
in the affirmative numbered 1887, and
votes against 703, as certified to US
by the election officials.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13
Mr.. Monroe

Chas. Monroe, president of the
Hamilton Service Co., and vice
president of the Peoples Gas and
Electric Co., of Chicago, one of the
biggest power outfits in the country,
in one of our conferences, in answer
to point blank question to me where
| made charge, admitted he was the
one that got to the Becker Co. through
some banker friends and prevented
the sale of bonds, for the reason,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13
Past Experience

Before coming to final decision
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-07-13
Mayors Address To City's Legislative
Body, Reproduced Here, Is Cause
of Much Favorable Comment
Throughout City.

licity. Now | want to give to you the
benefit, as | stated before, of our
labors and investigation in a clear,
concise and truthful manner without
any mis-statement or misrepresenta-
ton, expecting to be able to prove
every assertion that | make by record
evidence
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21

NE of those
poster / n 6
a 6 e MT S
a G ain ]
hot - Rar-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
CONDITIONS ARE
APPALLING
In New York Housing, De
clares Health Officer

New York.-If rent laws are ended
it will be hazardous to this city S
health, said Health Commissioner
Managhan in letter to state hous-
ing officials.
"While these statutes have undoubt-
edly resulted in restriction of the
bargaining for apartments under the
law of supply and demand" said the
health commissioner, "the fact that
they have not resulted in any great
hardship on our landlords is apparent
from the small number of foreclos-
ures of tenements."
The health commissioner said that
two surveys by his department show
conclusively that homes have been
broken up, doubling up of families re-
sulting and the lodger evil has in
creased by leaps and bounds, with va
cant apartments few and far between.
1t was stated that since the en-
actment of the tax exemption law,
that applies to new buildings, the city
has had building boom of remark
able proportions. Unfortunately, the
high and constantly mounting cost of
construction of these homes has given
small relief to goodly portion of our
population, and particularly that por-
tion which is known as our white
collar man." he continued.
at is in the cheaper class apart
ments that most over -crowding exists
and fewer vacancies appear, The
large number of one and two-room
apartments in which families still live
is appalling"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21

tender than usual, or it might be due
to the fact that this agent was young
and had a sort of wistful appeal about
different from the others that had
come and lacked the unending flow of
words they had all seemed to possess
but whatever was the cause Bertha
Prescott did-an unheard of thing for
her-she invited the agent into the
house and actually asked her out into
the coZy kitchen to have lunch with her
Poor DEAR" she was saying to her
self few minutes later, ''she must
have been actually hungry. And l
came very close to not letting her in"
After lunch was finished Bertha
drew from the girl little of her story
Illness the loss Of her position, and
finally her trying her hand at selling
books. Through it all Bertha could
see the brave spirit of the girl and the
untold hardships that she had endured
during the time since her illness. She
could also detect how near to despair
the little agent had been when she
came to her door.
Then Bertha Prescott did another un-
heard of thing for her-she told the
little agent of the loneliness in her
heart and of the little girl she had
lost in the long ago, and of how emp
ty her life had been ever since. And
when she had finished she asked the
girl If she would not stay with her
through the Christmas time. and there
was a genuine appeal in her eyes and
In her voice as she did so.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21

ones who had
come had been
for all the world
like a talking ma
chine that had
been wound up
and the only way
of stopping them
was to be posi-
lively rude. This
one must be diff
ferent, B e r t h q
thought.
Perhaps it was
that it was near
ly Christmas time
and that Bertha
Prescot's h e a r |
was a bit more
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
PAY STOCK DIVIDEND

New York.-Directors of the Paige
Detroit Motor Company have declar-
ed 0per cent stock dividend. This
means that additional stock has been
issued and future dividends will not
appear so large when spread over the
increased stock.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
A PERTINENT QUERY

An inspector had made a special
visit to certain elementary school In
big provincial town, and from his
point of view good results had been
obtained.
"Well," he said, "is there any lad
who would like to ask me something's"
yes, sir" cried a voice. What
time does your train ?"-London
Tit-Rlts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
Polite but inqulsitIve.

Host-Those, my dear, are my great
aunt and uncle.
Small Guest-I suppose they are
dead2
Host-Yes.
Small Guest (after pause)-May ]
ask whether they died Of illness or old
ness2-London Punch.
Both BlameIesa.
"If the operation hurts you, don't
blame me, but blame your nerves"
"And if I hit you on the nose when
1t Is over, don't blame me, but blame
my tooth. Munich Meggendorffer
Batter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
Keen Practice.

Have you had any experience In
salesmanship?" asked sales manager
Of college graduate applying for a
job.
"Oh yes," replied the other confident
ly. Il assisted for two years In sell
Ing the seats for the Yale Harvard
football game" - American Legion
Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
Would Change Thinos.

'The great duke Of Guise was proud
to be known as The Scared"
Rather risky title"
SHow so?'
"Any printer might drop one r."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
veranda Chat.

HE got his wife out Of department
store"
"She looks as If she came from the
remnant counter"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
Christmas Spirit
Made Itself Felt
Bv MARION FRANCES HAMILTON

By MARION FRANCES HAMILTON
Spread Yuledde "V poster n g
Cheer by Giving II again : i NJ I !
Clrl Agent a bet" Ber-
Happy Home tina Prescott NUT
tered to herself as
the door bell pealed just as she was
about ready to sit down to lunch. I
have mind not to answer it all, /
have"
But she did answer 1t, just as soon
as she had lowered the fire under the
bubbling coffee pot, to find that her
surmise was correct. 1t was an agent
who rang the bell, and worst of all,
book agent.
She spoke as soon as the door had
opened a few inches and before Bertha
had time to frame the words that were
on her lips. "Mightn't / sell you a
copy of this little book today? The
cost is only fifty cents and you will
find it well worth the price"
Not many words coming from an
agent, Bertha thought. Heretofore the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
Good Business.

IF you can sell more cars than
you can get why do you employ sales
men7"
"We need few bright young men
to jolly customers who are standing
In line"
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

AYO question is ever settled
until it is settled right.
The love of truth is not the
same as the love Of your own
opinions.
If you would please others for
get yourself.
The measure of our sacrifice is
the measure Of our love.
Begin now the life that you
would be proud to live forever.
Music is a stimulant to mental
exertion.
The chatterbox can force men
to be silent but not to listen.
If you would please others,
forget yourself.
For of all sad words of tongue or
pen.
The saddest are these: at might
have been. whittier.
There are no riches above the
sound body and there is no joy
above the joy Of the heart.
Vanity dies hardin some OBJ
stinate cases it outlives the man.
Every person Of Importance
ought to write his own memoirs,
provided he has honesty enough
to tell the truth.
Only the brave know how to
forgive. A coward never forgave
it is not in his nature.
In life 1t is usually the smallest
event that influences us most.
It's the worst wheel that makes
the most noise in the world.
Wink at small faults; remember
you have great ones.
Song brings OF itself a cheer
fulness that wakes the heart to
joy.
He who would please all and
himself, too, undertakes what he
cannot do.
To be truly polite you must be
polite at all times and under all
circumstances.
The noblest character Is stained
by the addition of pride.
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Feature Service. Inc)
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
HEROINES OF HISTORY
HOw Fanny Burney Paved Way for Women Writer'S
BY MARK STUYVESANT.

Fanny had not died with the en-
bers of her bonfire, because in
her heart and mind was one story
which she simply had to write
''Evelina," one Of the most charm
ing stories which came from her
pen.
This story was written in the
greatest secrecy and without the
knowledge of her parents, and
was not published until she was
twenty three years old.
The great DR.. Johnson read her
book and declared:
Miss Burney is a real wonder"
Then followed "Cecelia," which
she wrote four years later. and
which was published with marked
success.
Miss Burney now became the
center Of English society. All
wanted the distinguished writer
to grace their receptions and 1t
was during this time-when she
was about forty years of age
that Fanny Burney married Cen
eral D'Arblay, a French refugee
who had fled to England during
the revolution.
Camilla" and 1.-THE Wanderer"
were written after her marriage
and they both increased her fame.
When she died in 1849, Nine.
D'Arblay left behind her a great
name. By the masterful way In
which she described all phases
of life. she had proved that
women can write we'll.
The name Fanny Burney Is
remembered as that Of one Of the
pioneer women in English letters.
The Washington times., 1923-09-05

A BOUT the middle of the
~ eighteenth century there
"A lived in London a dis
tinguished musician-an organist
by the name of DIR. Charles
Burney. His was a charming
household and among his friends
he numbered Sir Joshua Reynolds,
the artist; the famous DR.. John
son, Edmund Burke, the states
man. and Garrick, the celebrated
actor. These notable men were
often visitors at the home of DIR.
Charles Burney.
1t was in such an atmoshere
that his daughter, little Fanny
Burney, grew up, but she was
such a shy and modest child that
little attention was paid her.
All the while Fanny was per-
fectly content to be by herself
because she was forever scrib-
bling, and for this her stepmother,
who was a very kind woman and
anxious to bring her up to be
proper young lady. reprimanded
her. For 1t was not considered
ladylike for young ladies of that
century to devote themselves to
so masculine an occupation as
writing.
Striving to be "a lady" Fanny
decided, when she was sixteen
years old, to put aside all thought
of being a novelist She built a
bonfire of her manuscripts, lit it
and all Of her stories went I'D in
smoke. She had fully determined
that her writing career was at an
end.
But the spark Of genius In
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
LUCY LOWELL
ON FEELING
TOO OLD

rs this your birthday?
I'm asking because I've just
= been talking with a man who
had some things to say about
birthdays in general and his own
in particular.
He was forty years old to-day,
and oh, If you could have seen
the revolt in his face when he
admitted it just to me. by the
way, for I've known him q long
time and there's no use pretend
ing" with old friends,
There was fear in his eyes, too!
thought Of the prophecy.
They shall be afraid OF that
which is Might" and / was aston
ished and very, very sorry for
him.
Think of It," he said. Forty
years old! Getting grey-do you
notice how thin my hair Ia on
top? So much that was going
to do in the years past--not done
yet. Perhaps it never will be
done now. for I've lost the feel
OF joy in adventure somewhere be.
tween birthdays that have gone.
II don't care for things az I did
either-they don't seem so I'M
portant. 1 feel old"
or course. that Is his trouble
he feels old. The years have
come and gone. busting his hair
with grey and monograminG his
face with lines-thouRh they are
neither deep nor sharp lines yet
and stealing his vision.
The trouble with this man Is
that he has surrendered to fear.
or course. We fear what we do
not understand. And fear Ia age,
So is the circle complete!
The man I know also told mo
that he will have no more birth.
days. He is going to remain
forty for the balance OF his life.
I've known women to halt birth.
days, but never before have met
man who wished to do 80.
Still. 1t seems rather a good
idea for him. II he always Is TO
be forty, he can nave no fear Of
sixty or eighty and so. perhaps
will regain his confidence-and
his youth!
Copyright. 1923 King Features
syndicate, lnc)
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
Yale Oasis Goes

NYEW HAVEN, Conn., The
IN old oaken buckets gone,
\ the cocoanut ladle hangs
- he wall, a mute trophy of
ole days, and the copper-covered
sink Is in the hands Of a junk
man. That's the present-day
tale Of 'Tut's," since 1848 a fav-
orite haunt Of Yale student and
graduate, a place known wher-
ever Yale men are the world
around.
When the flat went forth from
the authorities that all bars and
every semblance of bar must
be wiped out of New Haven,
Tuttle's was one Of the first to
obey the law and started dis
mantlinR. Fortunately the col
lege was not in session, else the
shedding Of tears had been unau.
imous. A modest ash-and-car-
ry grocery now occupies the old.
time haunt of famous men, und
all over the earth men will be
saying presently: "Tut's IL
gone"
The Washington times., 1923-09-05

tor of st. Martins writes follows
SAINT MARTINS RECTORY All sickness is caused by
1eOs North CAPITOL Street. eating drinking and
Sir 7 am truv deizhted to right eating. speak
been visiting
of giving food the sick at home and in hos
during sickness You for than thirty
repeat these statements too of years. ~ -,
e e n enly by repetition M j. RIoRDAN Pastor
This warning and advice from reverend gentleman will
be appreciated by that perhaps would pay little aen
ton to the words of doctor layman:
doubt whatever for instance that the Catholic
Church. imposing reasonable and regular fass upon its adher
ents great physical good in this world quite apart
spiritual benefit that follows the carrying out Of
religious instruction.
We eat too much steadily. We know that every
machine must have We lay up automobile and
have it overhauled letting ALL of it for while But
the most important machine OF ALL the one working inside
OURSELVES drive at highest power day after day
year after of has been well said Digging
graves with teeth About half what the prosperous
eat keeps them alive the other half shorens their lives by
at least thirty per cent
less especially less meat in hot weather Eat fruit
regularly washing it always before you eat RAW fruit
Give fruit to your children Eat SLOWLY What
ever your teeth DON'T DO your stomach MUST DO
And the edges Of your teeth sharper than anything in
your stomach.
Leave the table feeling that you could and would like
% MORE.
Be moderate every in while give your stomach
COMPLETE rest
Never take hearty meal if you have work. mental
physical, afterward.
Mental physical work require all the blood you
spare in the BRAIN in the MUSCLES hearty meal
requires all the blood that be spared work the
STOMACH.
The blood work in two places at Hearty
eating followed by hard work injury to the work AND
the digestion and before long runation of the latter
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
Ocean Air Line

TON d o NJ Preparations are
now almost complete for the
- establishment OF what will
be the first transatlantic airway.
1t is anticipated that trial trips
will be made In the spring of
next year, but no definite date
has been yet fixed for tho in
auguratlon OF the service proper.
AtrWhipH of the Zeppelin type
are to be used. and there will DO
two simultaneous flights each
week in each direction. The time
allowed for the crossing, which IL
between Spain and the United
States, will be three days ten
hours.
1t is intimated that the air
ships, which will be fitted with
nine engines developing a total
of $500 horsepower, will accom-
modate forty passengers and
about ten tons of mail and other
freight, and will he capable Of
speed OF about eighty-two miles
a hour, ....4.........
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
Victor Berger Returns
The Only Socialist Congressman Has Read History

Victor Berger only Socialist member of Congress- returns
from Europe with message that the nations there toe
ing Germany coapses she probably will France will
be dragged down with her, is part Of his message.
Victor Berger repeats that the United States should not
into the He believes that should
and help poor Europe of the CONSEQUENCES of the
Making reasonable allowance for his particular learn
ng is wise to attention to what Victor Berger
There few in public life in this country, possibly
Dozen probably not half Dozen that know and understand
the history Of this world well as he does.
However the United States probably will NOT undertake to
straighten out Europes affairs. made mistake in
the heat of war; that's for making another mistake
in fit of mushy sentimentalsm AFTER the war.
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
l,lOO Ways Pick ONE
De Pachmann Arrives.

De Pachmann arrives in America with opinion sincerely
uttered II the greatest pianist piano method
playing with the wrists perfectly stiff Boys and girls that
have been put through half dozen different methods" will
be interested in that including those taught the
Conservatory play with gassfu of back of the
hand without splitting the water De Pachmann may right
about this stiff wrist method There ways of
doing ANYTHING well and successfully W. says
to his editors The main thing select way and
stick to i-untl you re you We found a better.
The Washington times., 1923-09-05
A Lesson for ALL Lawmakers
And for Kings and Presidents.

Two English Members Of Parliament carrying their
backs the soldiers regulation load knapsac rifle complete
outfit engaged in the twenty mile walking Both
fell fainng the first after fifteen miles,
collapsed The best they could average four
hour One ordered out of the by his doctor.
That's than foolish, useless contest It's good
suggestion
every member of Congress every public official
including kings and presidents had
three miles with soldiers full equipment sun
before declaring war; might not so often.