Fort Wayne Daily News from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 5

I IV WPNoAyt march ft yMWMMMmoM war ii3 RAILROAD AND SHOP TJ rx feSii VM wt l-4 Htf i Snr bigroads Make a fine showing FIGURES FILED WITH INTER 3TATE COMMISSION REPORTS SHOWAIN Financial Intereita Are Jubilant Local Railroad Newt NEW YORK March 8 Wlth official figures at hand as filed with the Interstate commerce commission at Washington financial Interests here are Jubilant over the showing of near ITS DIFFERENT A sofjt creamj paste that will scour anything sepufabla anil cannot injure the skin IS dlf lerem Tdere never was a cleaning preparation with these qualities before Whls came Try It Just apply a little Whls water rub rinse and io rlTnnu0fAi 70mgS23Nm rx IHTTT1Ti WliiUfM GROCERS ORUOQIBTSJ ly every railroad In the country Instead ot the deficit shown In January 1908 big gains In operating revenues were made forJanuary of tbti year The leading official figures ot Increase are New York Central N28SG5 Illinois Central 408399 Baltimore Ohio 196334 Southern Pacific J4zG4r Oregon Short Llnel 313050 Michigan Central 146129 Lake Shore Michigan Southern16628 St Lr J238846 Denver Rio Grande 136345 Wabash 29445 COLLISION ON VVABA3H INJURES MANY A head on collision between Wabash passnger train No 4 and a west bound freight which occurred flvo miles east of Huntington about 330 Saturday afternoon Injured several persons and but for the low speed at which the trains were going would undoubtedly have resulted fatally The Injured are IL Gage conductor on the passenger train three ribs broken George LaDowi brakeman on the passenger a gash on the head that required twelve stitches Flagman Francis of the passenger badly bruised and shaken up Fish of 344 West DeWald street slightly hurt on back and hip Teller of Detroit hip and back Beverely bruled A Trapp andv Ungfester mall clerks and Long of Duller and A Trapp of Garrett minor bruises The train crews George Ross and Burt Fitch of the passenger and Engineer Hatfield and Conductor Koflltn of the freight Jumped after putting on the emergency brakes and escaped uninjured Engine No 658 which was pulling the passenger had the front trucks knocked off and turned around underneath it and the big freight engine No 2308 had the front caved in and many parts badly wrenched Local tnglne No 118 hauled the passenger train into Toledo snout five hours la to i BOWSER ELEVATOR WILL BE COMPLETED SOON The heavy car elevator which the Bowser company is installing la its shipping department Is receiving the attention the workmen and will probably he completed within a fort night or thrce weeks at the outside The elevator wlll lower a car 6ome nve feet so that the freight can be loaded Into It from the level of the floor The car Is then rAtsed to the track and Is then taken north to the railroad on the special spur which the Bowser company has recently constructed1 TO LOCATE IN FARWEST Charles Felts and Alexander Olds left over the Pennsylvania Sunday for the far west to try their fortunes The former will locate on a large fruit farm near Medfprd Ore and the latter expects to get Into work along his particular linewhich is civil engineering He will go first to Yokama Wash WILL UNDERGO OPERATION Kanan watchman at the Pennsylvania boiler Bhop will undergo an operation this evening at St Josephs hospital Ho has been feeling sick for some time but It is thought that the surgeons knife will cure him GENERAL FOREMEN IN THE CITY Cherry general foreman ot the Pennsylvania shops at Wellsville and Hall general foreman of the shops at Allegheny are In the city today in conference with local Pennsylvania officials RETURNED FROM EASTERN TRIP Bechtol secretary and general manager of the Bowser company has returned from a trip of two weeks in the east in the Interest of the company NDUTRaVN0TE8 Ul It Conlck Of the Pennsylvania ELECTRIC TALKS No 49 Facts for the Public Ponder Ifow that this Community nas been led by the actions of the City Administration to suspect that there is a STRONG OFFICIAL DISTRUST of the Municipal Lighting Plant as a City economy let us see if that distrust is not justified As noted in our last Talk the reasons that existed for securing vaCity plant for street lighting back in 1897 when Fprt Wayne was paying 120 per lamp per year are not found to exist in 1907 when Fort Wayne was paying at the rate of 6482 a lamp The dangers of municipal ownership are better understood now than they weret en years ago Here and there all over the United States the municipalities have been getting their experienceand sad experience it has been in the electrical field The largest cities being able to afford thorough and exhaustive expert examination intD both the cost of electric lighting and the results attained by smaller cities have with rare exceptions Avoided municipal ownership Out of the fifteen leading cities of the United States in population but two have municipal ownership of their electric street lighting plants These are Chicago and Detroit The results in Chicago have not been encouraging to municipal ownership In faqfeit has only been through the efforts of the expert chartered accounts intsotthe National CiyicFederationrM C6 that the actual results in Chicago could be gathered from the tangled accounts of the City government From the federations report based onthe accountants figures it is found that thecostto Chicago of Operationfrom 1888 to December 31 1905 including taxes depreciation insurance water ient salaries wages etc was as follows Totalcost of operation excluding interest i 4228655 Average number of arc Jamps 1881905 42399 Average cost per arc light excluding interest 99J3 Ditto including 4 per cent compound interest on investment 124132 Average number it arc lamps iii 1905 5743 Cost per ilamp including compbund interest on investment 10006 Average cost of such lamp per annum 1905 no Interest 8549 On the basis of compound interest the loss to Chicago by operating its own plant would be the accountants report 164921 or an average of 386 per arc lamp per year That if figured on the 5743 lamps in use in 1905 would mean a loss of 22168 on municipal over private own ership during that1 year Here is a City using upward of THIRTEEN TIMES as many street arc lamps alone as Fort Wayne yet so far from being able to make municipal own ership pay manages to involve the City in an annual loss of many thousands No wonder that when the Lighting Committee of the Civic League of St Louis investigated conditions at Chicago it reported that the experience of Chi cago and Detroit is not such as to warrant the statement that a municipal plant would be more economical than contract lighting Here again says this report we are confronted with the difficulty of getting at the real gross cost to these cities for the service In spite of the fact that the annual reports from the officers in charge of these plants are supposed tostate coldfacts and give every detail of expense connected with the opera tion of theplants a careful examination of the books naV accounts by expert accountants shows that these officers jire advocates of a cause rather than disinterested compilers of statistics i So bthtf peopIein other cities have TROUBLE IN 0E TT I THE EXACT FIGURES of City Government expenses FT WAYNE WABASH VALLEY TKACtlON COMPANY shops Is In Pittsburgh business lor the company A Allgeler aplpefllter in the Pennsylvania shdpats on the sick list Warren A Grcve hai tajten a poU Uon as rivet heater In ho Pennsjlva nla boiler h0lf Fred Lenz has returned to work In the Pennsylvania blacksmith shop softer a forknlghta lllricss A Saffen of the feniwvnnla machine shop has retained to work after a weeks Illness vy uecKennon uas returneajo his wprlt in the Bowser tin sliopj after an umess of several tuns A Oallmeifr has resigned his Position In the Pensylumla boiler shop hnd will engage In tinning France Howley ana harlea Petgen of the Pennsylvania ma chine shop are sick and off duty 0 flay will shortly resume bis position In the Pennjvhtiia shops after a sickness of several weeks i Victor Demke took employment Woni day morning as stenographer In the offices of the SF Bowser company JKallikair AP1 MulUr andC Bltner employes of the iPonnsylvania blacksmith shop are sick and off duty Honeckof the Pennsylvania blacksmith shop was painfully Injured Saturday when a heavy equalizer fell on his toes Walter Barrett of the diauchtlng room of the Bass works Is spending several days In the east onbuslne33 A Thompson an employe of the Pennsylvania smith shop has returned to work after being oft lor two weeks on account of sickness Perry Shrlver iF Gallmeler Charles HvUesner aad George Drew ett all employes ot the Bowser tin shop are slok and off duty The Interlocking station on the Wabash Valley line near LaGro Is out of order and trainmen have1 been caution ed to look out for hand signals Hun the 0 It I fireman has gone to Churubusco recuperate after his accident of several days ago In which he fellfrom Ms engine Arthur Saam has resigned his position as assistant ticket receiver In tlo Pennsylvania office aWd WH1 be succeeded by A Hughes of Defiance Ohio Fox of Grand iftpids but formerly of this cltyJs vhltlng his granddaughter Mrs1 George Walda wife of Foreman Waldd of the Bowser Un shop Ganz and SJ Miller the former of the car machine shdpaad the latter of the planing mill fit the Pennsyl vahla shops are off duty cnaccount of filiclCllGSS fjv Charles Pask and Qus Gatw have resigned their positions at fho Incandescent lamp works pt the General Electric company Tfja latter has returned to his home In Cincinnati Adam LaMar general car inspector of the northjvest system of the Pennsylvania has returned from the annual meeting ot the Railway club which was held at Plttshurg Eteveral davs ago EL Hlder tno Pennsylvania tank suop was discharged from St Josephs hospital Saturday after be Ing confined for some time He was badly squeezed betweeA the step of a tank and the wheel ot a turntable Fred Huston and Captain Hugh Dlehl ot the motive power department ot the Pennsylvania railroad will spoak Tuesday and Friday evenings respectively of this week at the Railroad A on technical subjects Charles Pressler of 838 Columbia avenue has been granted a patent on a device to draw a continuous stream from an oil tank He worked In the Bowser factory up to two pears ago but resigned to give his whole attention to his Invention Albert Dlldine chief motive power clerk ot the southwest system of the Pennsylvania with headquarters at Columbus Is combining business and pleasure In a trip to this city Hels a brother ot Foreman EU Dlldlne ot the Pennsylvania erecting shop The Wabash sent nine passengers frpm this vicinity toTulsa OklaMon day morning The road is doing a fine business on Its rate to the far west and scarcely a week passes that does not see a number or Fort Wayne or Allen cBunty people take advantage of it TWOCENTFABE OEWDRAP Continued from Ir8t Page Ion had the moral courage to veto a popular measure because he believed the question had not been properly considered The court held that six per cent would be a reasonableirati of profit But no railroad of the eighteen that brought suit made sareit profit and some ot them snowaoss The greatest per cent of proHt ahowh was by the Sant aFe whlchfetle court held wsi betweehfbur and five per cent Most laymen and many lawyers the decision says MlevtfQhanha question Is whether the rallroaa as a system is earning a sufflcjeri revenue upon the value of the system They believe It any rallrOadJsJystem Is earn Ing ichoney to pay iall chargea and ex penses thatthe state rate rduat stand Of course no one believes thfs wh6 has given attention to thejfluesiilpa The question is as toMlasoutUeaft expenses properly charged against thein It In terstate rates ar too hfgh they must bereme41ed by cpngressv State rates too low aridreduclug the general reve Knotty Neryes 1 Untangle wheiijhchangBmad9 frcbttectp ielsiiMf TheWasoh i The Peoples9 Store tf New Introducing the prmg 4 Goods Millinery I The new goods for Spring are comingin every day Wc arc already showing complete lines iniiiaiiv departments Theres a fascination in looking over ihe styles and colorings which will be hrvoguc during the comingseasoii Come vinaiid ainpnglhc first to greet the hew arrivals fresh and hew front factory and loom NEW WHITE COODS rriiin oAnc iMio tclnD4 faliAitMif rtflmort nillW sheer white materials extremely suitable for confirmation dresses as Persian Lawns India Lm ens I rcneh Lawns Jiahstcs rlam and Uottcaf Swisses Plain and Dotted Silk Mulls Lace Stripe Lawns ete at popular prices vii NEW SPRING EMBROIDERIES The prettiest neatest and most popular line1 of new Spring Embroideries it will be your good fortune to see anywhere Beautiful Swiss and Our millinery buyer writes us the following intpi entlnjj letter from Nev Yolk regHidlng ha styles and colon to bo worn I lie coming season iVKW YOllK itarcli Moie beautiful tltsn ever are Ilia new Me and roloio for the cprlnit and summer millinery Beason of 1909 Braid hata were never more popular and the pipaed shapes are also keeping well to Hi front The shapes are medium and lame droop all around cloaa to tha hair The crowns are very larjo and In soma hats they seem to be all crown as It were an the rlma are very narrow The crowna are round soma high some low but Ihe most of the hat is all crown and worn decidedly over the forehead Flowers and foliage were never so beautiful nor natural and were never more In evidence The small flowers Seem to have the preference yet many Imge beautiful roses will be worn Wings are not as popular now they were In tha fall yet there will bo some fancy feathers worn such as aigrettes non curled ostrich etc Black heads of all sizes and jet are very swell as a touch of hlnck Jet seems to tone the new hat All hllnl of ornaments In black jet Will he extremely stylish Old Rosa Catawba Wisteria Amethyst are tha new shades yet navy green reseda grey and tha burnt Bhades will continue In popularity A very new burnt shade this seaaon la called mustard These com blnatlOns with black arc very desirable and tha harmonv of colors this season 1s very effective While the hats are very much different from those of any previous season Jet there should not be much difficulty for ladles to find becoming headgear as the head sizes are larga and the hats ara to be worn well over the face Yours trulv MISS MM We are now showing many ot the advanced styles In the new spring millinery Your early Inspection solicited Keipectrully TUB PEqPMTS STORE i Flouncing and Corset Cover Embroideries of Cambric Nainsook and Swiss best values ever shown at 25c 39c 49c yard up Swiss Flounfcings 22 inches wide the most handsome showing ever made and exceptionally fine qualities at 69c and 89c yard Nainsook Ail Over Embroideries at 50c 69b 69c 75c up to 2 yard A very handsome line of 45 inch Swiss Flounc ings dainty patterns and yride at 198 238 to 250 yard Other Embroideries and Insertions from 10c yard up NEW SPRING WASH GOODS 1 A choice selection of the leading and popular new Spring Wash Fabrics awaits your ihspee tion Visit our Wash Goods section for tho latest Newport Suitings just the thing for Coat Suits come in plain and all the new Monotone Stripes 20c value special now at 15c yard Zephyr Gauze very sheer fluffy and summery woven colors that wqnt fade Sec these 20c values also special now at 15c yard New Spring Hosiery Great variety of the seasons latest novelties Note these specials Ladies extra fine Black Bal Hose with ribbed top well worth 19c special at 12c pair Ladies fine Egyptian Cotton Gauze Hose in black light blue pink wineti drab etc a regular 20c hose special for 15c pair Ladies extra fine Cotton Gauze Hose vvith garter top in lavender pink blue grey tan etc a regular 33c hose special at 25c pair Ladies fine Gauze Lisle Hose in all the new shades of catawba wisteria wine grey champagne etc very special at 50c pair Fosters Famous Waists New styles arc being daily added to our extensive showing of these popular Waists These Waists arc ever so much better in ever so maily ways than any thing you ever imagined a waist could be at a popular price and they prove if by the way they sell All styles tailored semi tailored lingerie ranging from 5pc to 5 Come In and See The new Suits the new Skirts the new Waists the new Silks the new Dress Goods the new Ginghams tho new Ribbons the new Gloves etc Special Notice We wd Bur 5 free demonstration of their famous Blended India and 5 4a Ceylon Tea Step into our store any day this week and partake of a delicious cup of their Blended Teas Its free yiea made as it should be The tea with a taste to it The taste that always says A little more tea please its so good Demonstration on our Third Floor all week The Peoples Store am pue It Is held are not legaL The earnings of a road within th state are known to a certainty the court de ciarei Earnings are made up both from1 local and Interstate pasatnger traffic and freight Many of the Interstate trains do local business There fore the problem before thj court la determining what charges may reasonably be fixed for state business The court holds that the expenses should be fixed In proportion to the Btate and Interstate earnings It is on jhfc Blni pie matter of arithmetic that the court has found the charges fixed against state business and decided that the rates are confiscatory The passenger earnings under the twocent fare law of l80TaIlowng nothing for extra edtibTer Interstate business give no return whatever to the Roclcv Island St Louis Hannibal Kansas City Clinton Springfield and the Great Western The other companies will have the following The St WmU San franclsco ba tweea and 4 percent the Santa between 4 and 6 pet cent the Kansas City Southern a small fraction pVer 8 pep ctottha MiKiT between and8 persceat the BnrllngtQnijbey tween and 4 per cent to add extra cost tbirS are earnings over ex I pensesi This Is confiscation under tha consuiuuon It being a legislative act and hot I JtidWal paei i thii tonty win fix rates It it could two and one half cent passenger rates would be fixed for the stronger roads and three for the others Hadley Accepts Dectilon JEFFERSON CITY Mo ilarch 8 WhUe the decision ot Judge McWier son Is simply the decision of one Judge said Governor Hadley today In discussing the declsionia the rati case It must beacceptea as the law1 until the duestions lrivplved are submitted to the supreme court otthe United States I think the decisidttls wrong The theory pt the railroad experts that the expense for Intrastate and interstate traffic shall ie determined by dividing the expenses in proportion to the i revenue frorie each class The higher the state rate arid the revenue produced the1 greater would be I the chargeable expense On witness testified that the only way the state rate could be made remunerativo under this theory would be tdimaks them so high that they wpuld be pro hlbltiveV nr ItwouW be jual ivMitf for the railroads prove that ihe three cent rate 1 unreasonable as thattho two cent law la unreasonable Governor Hadley Intimated ithat the cases would be appealed The cases ivere brought while Hadley was ator Jier 4x6i al Mi Aavrfeppei Ja Jaa governor long enough to maie arflnal argument hetore Judfe McPheraon beforethia finaiietiilementii km I WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS MAYBE Hake then known to us Wa are In business for tha purpose of lending our asslsUnce to those linn njkttfiir i SfM SM Can be obtained here in amounts rom i 10 iod io persons owninjr furnlture pianos horses vehicles etc for long cf short time at tha 1JOVVEST JUTKS BEST PMN 3 andBMALLEaT PAYMENT in the city WO KEBATDS AU GOOtJS LfcFT JN TOUR POSSESSION F1UVATE and CONFIDENTIAL Mechanics Loan Co 1114 Calhoun Strtat Room 1 AbovaDsnnfi MUllntry Noma PHom Sir I saaaSBBllJsassW iiisSflTijss iksP IsW 11 it tfTr I lJi MHMBMMM vn sViPiAfct a tw tn 1m.