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PARENTS GRIEVE AT
GRAVE OF DAUGHTER
Burial of Irma , Howard Takci
Place in Chicago Husband
Abitut.
MINISTER SAYS KIND W0RD3
CHICAGO. April . ihJ-(Special
Telegram.) "She win the most gen
erous person we ever knew" was the
epitaph of lima Kllgallen, who wa
burled Friday In floee Hill. Th epi
ph wan spoken by Ilev. Byron K.
Adam In the. presence of the Imme
diate friend of the family.
The aliuple service, were In the
Kilgallrn residence, 3230 Michigan
avenue. Joe Howard, tba actor hus
band of the dead girl, wa not there,
At th laxt moment bo evaded hi
resolution to come to Chicago and
attend the service.
Aeke oiejleal J a il g in e a ,
"I feel tht my preec will mk It
more difficult for ml," b aid, " and I
have no dcelre In add to the grief of her
parent. I wish I might be at the grave
side when (lie I nut word are spoken.
Borne Any I will not be e verely crlu
i l-4 for my action."
Sir, K'llKolln end tile wife grieved l
If fitly they ut by the aid of the
! t,
"There In memory which the little
girl eho grew ii womanhood In thla
home, lift behind her which U charlahcd
by ell," in Id the minister,
"It wee the gtft of generosity. The
one who loved her bent end knew hr
say, ' wee the moat genereu pcraon
we ver knew -not merely generous In
materiel giving, but generous In the fer
mr generous field of thought and
tptrlt, "
Mer Ter Trlbele.
There wee a d getherlng along the
Plawelk en both side of the tret
ebont the Kilgallen rlden. Moat of
those who gathered were well-draeeed
end bed time to pay their ellent personal
tribute to the dead girl.
When the pnn-eeelon eferied tor lume
Jhll the crowd dlnpcracd quietly, There
a brief service et the greve end all
nn ovi r.
The pallbearer were! Chtrlee If.
Meeker, frencl rackner, Jemee Todd,
Ororge W, l(oe, Jude Theodore Uren
teno, Charlcg C. Adult, flernard Baraaa,
W, M. Jertilgan end llalph C, 01 In, ell
frk-teie f Mr, Kilgallen.
Japanese Diet
Shows Anxiety
Over Formosa
Crreeronden' of the Aeeocleted Treee.)
TOKIO, April l.-Condltlon In "or
nni neve come tip fee dlecueelon re
cently At committee meeting In the Jare
ano Diet, and there la evidence that
the situation l giving the authorlth-e
earn ana lot y. fllrioe Japan took pe
eesalon eif Formosa after the war with
Chin In Jfc'S the affaire of tlte Wend
. been administered by a governor
tirtierel who hae bed wide latitude In
legislative power. The edvleblllty of with
drawing eome'of tide power le one of the
queation now under dlacueelon.
Dr. lehlkl, the home mlnleter, admitted
that although the recent resignation of
Vt. Uehbla, the civil governor, end other
wee due to Ulneee thty would have been
compelled to rtn on aeeount of the re
cent rioting emotig the natives. Tneae
netlve were different from Japenea In
ree end bletory and It we difficult to
govern them. He believed the beat
liwtbed would be to eneourage Jepeneee
emigrant and through the Japan try
gradually to aeiilmilate the native. A
for the complete putting down of rtot
that It we eitremely dlffleult beeeiie to
some of the aetlvee rlotieg ta a eort of
pr'ifiMlnn. Hie mlnietnr did not bnllove
that tlte law wee blng abuaed by, the
overor. II aaw no reeeon for modify
ing it.
A dutttnirulKhed ttuddlilet echolar, BnJo
Murakami, who h Juet returned aflr
eit extenelve tour In Formo, ae the
tat-lai rt'latlone of the Ulander ere e
trciufly Involved. Thr-re ere the Japan
ec. netiinillzed Chliiwe end eborlglnee,
thu latter uhdlidcd Into nine tlen from
Iho r-ll vfwlnt. A tor the Chlnee,
ttnrn le a char lino drawn bctweon thoee
who come from Fuklcn provlme In China
end thono from Canton, each party ellrk
in to It own dinhtct and eiutlotn. Iln
found the rtllioti,t Mwwn them marked
with eelln Indifference whh'H v prom
t of no Improvdincut. Ir. Murnkeinl
thought thM tlic Jeiienrea were i to
IikiH too inufh upon lb KoMituenn ee
luioi'i'rril peoth, with force ratltcr than
ktmlnc-ut the ilnmlnatlrg note of lli triat
lintit of tho nittiM-. lie did not wonder,
llitcrom, thnt mb'tniet ami euaptclon
.. (ilci Ihroiiahout tlia Ixlind. Il rfo
o,mV tliet the military 'edmlnlMra-
lion Dlionhl exert a dlgnlfM, lnrnal
tnflU"Mc, and that tll tiifl uii' e ahouhl
Up fiii,i'iui nli-il by tli malrnal InflU-eoi-n
of edcatl-m and rvllabm,
to hi lunloii no una could tell whfthr
lnt i e rnni'pliecj' alinl Jniwiirse
eiitiiBV'v would not I retfatcd In the
f Huff, A a ult of the pniiaplrecy
end it r f-rrd to srl hmdrd
,alM rwhr nt to prtaon or ton.
fl, f t it . , to itralh, but lte sratr num.
br 'f ihrm iMuilm-d rw.u.ily bv lim
aoititott promniirt br I ini'oror
iwhitdto 4 i omtiH mrate hu 'U. i
t ' n a oH'in
GENERAL JOFFRE'S RIGHT
POCKET FRENCH MYSTERY
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FFCM ALBANIAN TOWNS
PENNY'S PURCHASING POWER
It it Limited, But is Mighty Im
portant to the Split-Nickel
Merchant.
BIO COG IN MERCHANDISING
One cent will not buy much In thie
world, yet It la about the moat Important
coin In circulation.
The pimny la en eaaontlel coir In the
ej-atem of mcrchandlalng which ha been
built up In this country.
One of the department toree In New
York City aenda a iwiuieltlon to the
I'nlted HtetM auhtreaeury every two or
three week a for aa much e tK),40V In
pcunlcM, which the bualnea require. Thl
etore, like most othor of Ita kind
tlirouehotit the country, uaea the ayatem
of pricing Ita gooda In "dollara end rent"
hmtead of even money. Artlolne will be
aold, for Uietance, at 249, or M.7,
and, therafore, pcnnle mut be uaed In
making changA,
Hut while I he pnny figure In tran
actlona which in the retiree of a month
aKitreyete hundreda of thouaenda of dol
lara, a thorough cenvaaa dlacloacd the
fact that the at ore In rjueatlon haa for
eel only two erticlea which ran be
bought for 1 cent each. One of theae I
a bodkin, which the aaelaelrl explained,
la rnoal uaeful for threading ribbon
through lingerie, and the other a yard
of ahlrrlng cord.
The uperintendent of the lor aald
that more pennies were given out In
change every day then were taken In,
hence the upply ha to be rcplanlahed
frequently,
Inquiry at the I'nlted titatc uMre
tiry furnlahed a clue aa to how a large
number of pennlee ere aj)ent. ttctwwn
vi,oo to Jl'ft.W In i-ent plcca paaa
through the ubt.raury In Nrw York
City In the coura of a month, The prin
cipal aource of the Incoming aupply ere
the compaulea rprathig elot muchlnea,
the candy makr, Ice creem manufac
turer and the traction compenica. The
demand upon the euhtreaatiry for pannlee
I confined lurgely to the hank bundling
commercial account.! end the department
tore.
HI Mnner for Utile Polka.
That a hirge percanleg of the pennlea
given out by the atore and ahopkeeper
In change flng their Way Into the hande
of Utile folk, whoa appetite for "aweete"
will not be d'-nled, I a nature! deduction,
In fact, It la the email at ore In the neigh
borhood of tli echool hoitae which all
"all day am k era," guindrop. h e cream
conea, "hokey-pokey" end the nuinrou
rtldea which noma under the head of
"ataplea" In tiie juvenile world, audi aa
marhlee, Jncka, top, paper dolla end a1
hundred and one other knlckknacka,
.where the penny really cornea Into It
own a a medium of exchange, Alan the
penny aervea a highly Important function
by f urnlahlng a ineuna of contributing to
the Monday echool collection hoi. J
Tho tender of five pennlea In payment
for a ride on the ulneut car la perfectly
legal, hut In fair neon to the conductor
the attention of panaciigers ahould be
celled to the f 1 that the pennlea muet
not be dropped Into the coin box, but ex
changed for a nickel, a each coin
dropped into the box regtater a fare.
1'ennle are given out at the cobtreea-
ury about ae faat e they are taken In.
They are received aubject to count that
bv a'l the amonth, battered, foreign end
counterfeit colna are deducted from the
Amount credited to the bank or concern
turning the pennie In, The work of
counting le done by machinca. The coin a
ere tied In eack, each weighing about
thirty-three pound and fifteen otincea,
Forty of thcao baga will repreaent a turn
of 2,0W.
Profit la lelaage.
The coinage of pennie ha been a
nice aouroe of profit to L'ucle fnm alnce
the met!-!xed coin now In circulation
M adopted. A pound ef copper, which
in normal tiniea ecll for about ti ecu la.
will produce aluioat a dollar In pennlea,
The difference between the coat of the
metal and the face value of the colna
Into which it I molded la pocketed by
th government, and every year forma a
pert of the revenue of the Treaaury
dnpartment. The government la under
obligation to redeem pennie at their
fee value, but few are preaented for re
demption. The liability Involved In the
poaalblUty of redemption 1 regarded aa
a very indefinite one.
The l-ent piece, according to treaaury
official, I counterfeited more than any
other coin. The reaaon for thla le that
the penny, denplte the Importance of
Ita function In commerce, la aeldom
clnaely acrtitlnleeil, end It I eaay, there
fore, to paaa the counterfeit coin. Tho
government experta have no difficulty In
detecting counterfeit pennlea, no matter
how perfect the colna may ba molded,
a they aubnilt the metal to an eauay
teat which la liife-lllhle. After they have
become allghtly worn moat anybody can
Pick out th apurloua coir If they take
the trouble to examine their pennlea
carefully.
Making counterfeit pennlea la profti(hlc
an long a the peraon who engagea In
the enterprlae la not Interrupted III hla
labor by th aecret aervtc authorlliea,
for the aame reaaon that the government
inakea a profit from their coinage. Owing
to the eharp advance In the prlca of cop
per metal alnee the war etarted thli
profit baa Wen materially reduced, and
thla fact, toKPtberw!th the activity ilia
played by Sir. William J. Flynn, chief
of the t utted Hlatea aeiret eer Ire, ae-
coimta for a dcroiwt In the number of
fodileifeU iH'iinlea put Inl.i circulation
within Ihn tt few month.
I Min e uimcrupuloiia pertuma have dla
eiueriMt llmt a ivrferlly aooj penny
hen filtt iie, nut to iiia eite of a ni. kel
eillii r by twing run inr, l,, atnwt ear
ne hanmwit-d not on an anvil, can ha
iled to cl'tiata lh eU l.te In ptiblle
citli..no i.,.h- The leleplionn com.
panlea bate gail.errd up Ul.,uiU of
the mulllaiwd peitni,., mi, t. iili,
Cull on Ul, h f.n.r reus, ht tv., n
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HONDURAS TO HAVeTrEE
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The Bee's Shakespeare Puzzle
THE DEE'S
ip?acespeareM; JercentenaryMk
I I . I 41 61 I 7 I l II to
ROlAlElElLlUlJlSlS
dmTc'b"i'sec "
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WUJ l A N OT
yIaIqIcIfImiricIijIq"
KiplanatloM of the t oinpf tlllaa,
Thl 1 what 1 celled a "King Move"
puxxle, Htart on any of th Vf) aqua re
end move In any direction one aqua re at
a time, but ualng no aquar more than
ome in a combination. In thl way a
number of the character of Dhake-
apeare'a play may b pelld out, l1at
the name alphabetically and number
them. Indicating the equaree by th nu
meral, thM: "Ilomeo, 8-S3-M-44 45."
The longest correct Hat will command
flrat prlr.n. Of two equally good, th first
STRANGE SIGHTS IN HAYRE
Most Cosmopolitan French Fort
Witneuei Many Ununpal
Happenings.
TOWN NOW UNDER NAVAL RULE
(Correapondcnce of th Aociated Prea.)
lfAVKK, March a-llavr ha alwey
been the moat comopolllen port m
Krante, but never oefor the war weuld
you get three Ilrltlnh half-pence end a
lielglan aou In I cent worth of email
change. That triviality I ymbollcal t,f
th Havre of today-only half French,
three-eight Hrltlah and an eighth ttel-
glen.
It 1 the Influx of the jirltlah thnt ha
doubled th traffic of the port during
the lat nineteen month end congealed
the dock until acorea of ahlp are at
lime geen lying for day'togelher In the
offing waiting for a apot to become
vacant at the quay a. Tha queya them-
aelvea are piled with bale of cott. n,
giving to the port resemblance to Now
Orlean.
The cotton hda, covering twenty acre
of ground and fitted with twenty lectrt
eranea, have become Inaufflclent and tne
Iwlea are rolled upon the quay eve.y.
where that a chip from New Orelae
happen to find a berth.
Lack Dock KaellHIea.
The traffic of the port of Havre which
mounted to 6,tor,uf)0 ton In WJ. waa leu
than half that of Rotterdam and only
a little more than a third of that of Ant
werp and Hamburg, The reaaona for It
were largely lack of doclng faclllllca and
the limited railroad communion! lone
Parle and the center of Fiance. V.vnn
before the war, ahlpa were eoinctlmea
held up In the roada waiting their turn
to dock, and a new baaln called the "Tidal
baaln" waa planned and partly flnlahed
with the View to relieving rongeallnn.
The congentlon of traffic now la not
only a hindrance to commerce but a
danger to navigation which greater vigi
lance on the part of the French navy
agaluat Herman atihinaiiite may obviate
but which la connlilored aufflclently
aerloua at the preaent time to Justify
connlderatlon of the temporary oho of
the uucotupli ted tidal baa na a refuge for
veaaela waiting their turn to dock.
The town llaelf la far more animated
than In time of peace, and la unavoid
ably getting rich from tha vaat expendi
ture of the Prillah enmnileaury depart
ment end (he In.llt hliiitl trade of offlcera
and aoldler. Kuglleh ahop algtia are
aetqi everywhere alongnida tha French,
for "Tommy Atklna" la xluw In learning
the language,
llrltUb -roaaerr oapleiia.
One of tha iiwwt roniieuntia Ihinga una
aeea In tha Hue da Paris, the principal
atreet In the town, la "Hittlah Mar" In
big, brave Piltinh fed mi the window of
a aaliion, A ttt t to further nn iun point
lha ay to (he Urllth Holdlera' Club."
another uit p,.t direela men tt tha
"!ti1lili (irri.eta- clult- while ihera ara
tea rooina evrrtehere and reatauraitta
that eoimpiiMinoalv ,tnie Ham' and
F-a.'- "ine lllghl Hhp for Hrltlah,"
"I'nnw In god deuiaitd tt all th thing
ehhh oi want." 'T'IIhII bHt." era
among mm. of th anla lo lha n .
dlere
tiHilah lri,(., rt. bate tha right of way
ever all .thr ai.iia tit the harlwr !
at tt d.. , god Ilia IwlU.h prevail
everiabacw en ahtir. (iiit iwoi'la at
Havre have Inq ,i. t,ii,r -, ntuit
.i.i..ti going a I,,, f.,,vr
luqotii iii. tr a.ot.it'r pr
maiwiit hra'ir ef lha ti nto ot t-t
ti il)rftci, -rvk ,f thai lntil
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t:eru.an The MMteg ,i h h, tn,.,.n-
Is Your Concrete Floor Wearing Out?
CAfUCtS
WAMIMOUSIS
MOVIli
ICHOOU
S
received will have precedence, In no caae
will aniwer and liate b returned. B
ur to elgn with name and eddreaa.
The prlxea: Flrat prtr.e, IS.CO; aecond
prim, H.00; third prixe, 13.00; fourth prize,
12.00; fifth prixe,
Remember the date the conteet cloe
April 20. Namea of winnera will be pub
llahed In The Hunday fiee, April 23, being
the date of the Hhakeapeareen tercente
nary, Bend your anewera to "Puxxl Kdltor,"
The Omaha Hee, Omalm, Neb.
lahed CO per cent, while all the other
commerce of Havre ha doubled.
Havre I under naval Inetead of mili
tary rule, deaplte tha occupation by the
Hrltlah army. Khaki la the prevailing
color, but the French admiral lilard la
the king of Havre and Tommy Atklna
trniat aubnilt to hla authority. He inuat
quit the eeloon at 9 o'clock and muat not
be found In a restaurant after 10
Patrol look for him through all the
narrow way and by-way and Im the
corner of the dock, and pick him up
harply If found gfter hour where he
ahould not be.
A to the civilian, he look In vain
for eny ort of eonalderatlou In Havre;
thoa that live there content themove
In tklng Hrltlah money In exchange
for the heat room, beat apartment an'J
beat table In the relaurnnt. The
clvlllana from abroad get In with o
much difficulty, he feel a If he had
broken In and lmoat Inaenalhly trlea to
aneak out; thla, loo, I difficult, for the
man from Bcolland Tard conaldcra every
elllvlan giility of apying until ha he
proven hla Innocence; if he happen to
apeak Kngilah, th preemption agalnat
him I ao much the atronger. ,
Colombia Pest
Hole to Be Cleaned
(Correapondenc of the Aaaocleted Pre.)
PANAMA, March 25. Ir. K. P. Heverly
of Colon hoapllel hae been aelccted to
undertake the work of cleaning up Bue
naventura, the peat hole of Colombia,
agalnat which the canal gone health de
partment alwaya maintain a rigid qunr-
niine. The work I to bo undertaken
at the requeat of the Colombian govern
ment, which gought tha aid of American
medical officer through Ita representa
tive here.
There are two main difficulties In the
amiiiMtion of the town. One la the lack
of proper gewage and the other tho lack
of an adequate pure water aupply, water
helntr ohtftined from onen wella or cia-
tern aa In the early day of Panama. ,
POLITICAL, AUVKRTISIMi.
John C. Barrett
For Judge of Municipal
Court
I A'
Aa member ' I'1' tt ! '!
jb io'l itci. li l twi il Mr, l;eiU
la 4 n am f a'.i ii , . ft- .. ut a d
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II
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PRIMARIK3,
"SANISKA I' Li(uiil Ilanlener makes
oW conctvto floors much hartlor than new,
Romarkable chfrnivnl action invally inctvaso the
li.nnlnt HH without clmnL'tntf tht ctilur.
Portuguese Fight
Bloody Battle with
African Savages
(Correapondoncc of the Aaaoclatcd Prci.i.;
CA t'lvTOVVN, March 25. "The greateat
battle ever fought agalnat a native rac
In Afrba," la the way a government
Blue .Book, Jimt leaucd, characterizee
fight In the north of what waa formerly
German Fouthwcat Africa, between the
Portugueao and the rebellloua Ovakuati
yama. More than 4.0r natlvea were killed
In the battle which leated from 7 a. m.
to 5 p. rn. The I'ortugueae fired over
2,0i rouuda of Trench "75" ahella.
According to a ataument from Portu
gueae headquarter, their caaualtlea wen
only 100,
GOES FROM PHILIPPINES TO
DO FOREST WORK IN CHINA
(Correspondence of the Aaeoelated Preaa.)
PBKINO, March M.-Poreythe flberfe
aee, former chief of the forcat aervlce In
tho Philippine, haa arrived in Peking
and aaeuined hla dutlc of fo-dlrector to
the Chlneua forcat aervlce, which t a de
partment of the mlnlatry of agriculture
and commerce.
G0CDN0W EXPECTS TO GO
TO CHINA AGAIN THIS YEAR
(Correapondcnce of th Aaaocleted Preaa.)
PKKJNCS, March Sfl.-Paklng dallha
print an announcement that Frank i.
Ooodnow, the prealdent of John Hop
klna unlveralty of Baltlmor and for
merly advlaer to Prealdent Yuen "lit
Kel, will probably come to China ngaln
next aummer.
AUSTRIANS NOW AT WORK
REBUILDING BELGRADE CITY
fCorreapondence of th Aor;lated Prea.)
VIENNA, March W.-Th Autrlan are
engaged In rebuilding and repairing a
large part of th city of Belgrade. Be
aldea reetortng the public building, 100,000
pane of glna have been replcd nd
ii,M now key made.
I'OUTKAb ADVKRTISIXO,
DRESHER PLANT .
READY MONDAY
Ainerlca' Klneet Equipped Clean
higt anil Djelng Plant SwUche
fyrer to Kevr Building
In a Bpace of Hut
Few Hour,
One Hundred Drearier Employe
Take flare of Hundred of
MrchAnlra, Carpenter,
Klex triclana, Art late,
Etc,
The big day hag arrived! The
long looked for bag come to a paa.
The largest and flneat dream In
the American cleaning and dyeing
game ha become a reality and, on
Monday morning, April 17th, you
may send cleaning work to the
NKW plant of Dregher Brother at
2211-2213-2215-2217 Faraara Bt,
One year and fifteen day, to the
minute, have been apent In the
conntruetlon of thl immonne new
l)reher Cleaning Plant; Vather
condition laat aeaaon, ahortages
on material, the European war
and other tinforteen happening
caused the delay but that la all
forgotten now.
For month and month the new
building haa rebounded with the
din of an army of carpenter,
electricians, Iron worker, cement
finishers, cabinet makers, glazier,
cork getter, painters, flnlahera,
elevator men, sign painters, special
construction men from New York.
Chicago and Fort Wayne, Ind,
but all theae have vanished a
though by magic on Saturday
night the entire Dresher force of
ONE HUNDRED employe shifted
over all belongings into the new
building and tomorrow, Monday
morning, Dresher will be ready
for business In the new plant a
serenely as though no change has
been made w hatsoever.
Even the new concrete and steel
fur storage vault on tho top floor
is In readiness for the biggest lot
of stored furs that ha ever been
allotted to one western cleaning
establishment.
And In regard to the "Easter"
nmh Just bring it on! Bring one
garment or. five thousand of 'em
and they will all be cleaned, dyed,
pressed, altered, repaired, restyled
or rebuilt In plenty of time lor
service on that great jlay of re
juvenated Httir, Dresher have
prepared fur the biggest rush In
hlatory and will get the rush.
Now- then, a word about phono
service. The new Ihafyer plant
haa a private exchange connecting
with KHill t'KKN Mlatlona through
out the plant it well h with the
Dreader brum hea In the Brantlel
and Hut gets N'nah Co, tnre, ami
the Dre.ther The Tailor eatghllah
tut nt g l&IS r'uriiani "tree! All of
theitr. phone atgtiona ll rome
under one number - TYI, Kit sis
an there will he acanely ever a
time when A 1,1, of the eighteen
atatton will he bun). If ymi don
gel TYl.KU 3IS Immediately after
a-klrtg "t eittr! for It, the
rr.m,
Mi.ia ghoul the new pnt will b
piinl.'.l tihtirtljr. hut In the ineaii
tlnit' pleaa kim that everything
I Hi readme fur lnitntjt J ii a.
piioee ant a " M rome ftr the
wttik you lae sad umiar no ur
i u i.t n. t Hl ny Ftr aitlre
nf'rr a t-U,
The Truth About the
Cleveland Municipal
Electric Light Plant
TALUATIOf.
The plant' total valuation la 13,590,000.
i
BETEJUE AND EXPEM8E .
Total revenue, 1916 ' 541,495.9a
Total cost of operation $311,135.23
Fixed Charge
Interest ........ 119,850.00
Sinking fund 68,012.92
Depreciation ' 106,000.81)
Tax allowance ,. . , 60,047.95
Total eipensa 1664.096.10
Total 641,495.95
LOSS 1122,600.15
PAID FROM IX 191S.
Cost of operation $311,135.23
Interest (less than one-half) 59,040.00
Sinking fund 68,062.92
Total $438,238.15
WHAT THE PI-AIT DID HOT PAT.
The plant' losses, of course, are made up by the taxpayer, whether
they b customer of the municipal plant or th privately-owned plant.
The municipal plant paid NOTHING for depreciation.
It made no allowance for taxea, a valid fixed charge.
It paid lei than one-half of Ita Interest, putting tha remainder into
capital.
F. W, Ballard, tha man who created the plant and managed It until
removed by a vote of the people! promlaed to pay 3 per cent on full
valuation for depreciation, 1 lk per cent for tai allowance and all other
fixed charge.
SERVICE CHARGES tIPAID.
Bat thl $122,609.15 la not the full loss. The light plant get free
trie from many other city departmenta and get free rent of office
occupied. It make no payment or allowances for damage claim. One
uch claim of $7,500 wa sustained against It In the court In 1916. The
city attorney handled the case for the lighting department. Both the
claim and the city attorney were paid from the general tax fundi, not the
light plant' fund.
DEPRECIATION.
Apologist for thl plant plead for Its exemption from the responsi
bility of meeting It depreciation cost. But depreciation I current and
must be currently met. Both deterioration and obsolescence are ron
atantly going on and If the plant doe not provide them against replace
ment, then the taxpayer must. Aa to the depreciation and obsolescence
of thla municipal light plant, not the following from tb Cleveland
New of April 6, 19J6: '
"'It' trae,' admitted Lighting Commissioner Davit, 'that were we
in build the plant today we could boy far and away better generator.
The day 1 not far dlitant when It will pay n to throw ont oor three MOO
kilowatt machine and install new one.'" -
Tben and there, municipal light engineer admitted, THE RIG
PIJICH FOR TAXI'AVKKH WILL COME. THERK'IX RE WO MOJEY
AVAILABLE. 0LT Hf PLAIN DOWNRIGHT THEFT CAN ANNUAL
PAYMENTS INTO THE KINKING FI ND TO RETIRE LIGHT BONDS AT
MATl Hirr BE PROCURED FOB REPLACEMENTS,"
AS TO TAXES. ,
Taxes, Hat commliong, engineer and auditor everywhere hold,
are Just as valid fixed charge agalnat a municipal utility, which dis
place but doe not pay taxea, aa interest.
AS TO SINKING FIND.
The novel Idea advanced by an apologist for thla plant that a alnklng
fund charge la an aaset to the plant 1. of course, untenable. The alnk
lng fund charge la to redeem bond when due and tbe bond continue a a
liability until paid. AND NO OTHER VIEW HAS EVEB BEEN SUS
TAINED, OF COURSE. The man who owes a note at the bank must not
only pay th interest on tba note, but in time be must pay the note. And
tb note atanda aa a liability against him until paid. At least th man can
never convince any banker In the country to tbe contrary.
IF.
If tbe Clevelad municipal light plant might continue to evade Ita
fixed charge, throwing them off onto the taxpayer for payment, It might
continue to claim a "profit," but it can never actually show a profit on Its
present rate, it appear, if It haa to pay Ita own expense aa It goea.
THAT "SATING" TO THE PEOPLE.
Apologist and professional promoters claim thla plant, even though
sloughing Ita fixed charges off onto ALL the taxpayer, Is saving "the
people" large sums In consumption rates. If that were true, is It not
atrange that the people of Cleveland do not find It out and rise in protest
against restricting the plant to only 16,000 or 16,000 of the 90,000 electrical
conaumer. The city' population is 700.000. If the 'plant is a boon, why
should these tbousanda of taxpayer and consumers sit by and permit
themselves to be denied Its benefits? -
NO NEW CUSTOMERS, NO EXTENSIONS.
Light Commissioner Davis, In charge of tbe plant, the man called by
a vote of the people last November to succeed F. W. Ballard, says:
J "WE HAVE NO MONET TO MAKE EXTENSIONS AND HAVE TO
CUT DOWN OUR FORCE 40 PER CENT. NO NEW CUSTOMERS ARE TO
BE TAKEN ON THE PLANT FOR THE PRESENT."
Where are all those "surpluses" claimed by the professional pro
moters? "No extensions," "no new customers." Without extensions the plant
Is not accessible to the majority of the people of Cleveland. It la re
stricted to a very Inconsiderable area.
NEW BOND ISSUE PROPOSED.
Another Issue of $1,000,000 more df bonds, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
says, haa been proposed for the extension of this plant that has not been
able to pay for Ita extension.
PROPOSAL TO CLOSE TIIE PLANT.
But there Is one thing now that seem to eland in the way of that
bond Issue. That Is a tentative proposition to close down thl municipal
light plant except as a distributing station. The Plain Dealer (a news
paper always friendly to the plant and its promoter) of March 21, 1916,
reported Lighting Commissioner Davie a saying ha would recommend
the closing down of thl entire plant, except a a distributing station If a
pending plan to buy power from a coal mine power station 10Q mllea dis
tant matured.
If th plant nere th tucceea it has been touted a being by profes
sional promoter, would the people even go to the point of having a
proposition) considered for cloning It down?
"LIGHT PLANT A JUMBLED MESS."
Under that heading, th Cleveland News of April 4, 1916, quote W.
R. Davl. lighting commissioner, who wa thoaen by th people In place
of Mr, Ballard, a saying:
"It's tlnipli one botiele snarl after another. I hateat aay Idea at
all at In where w stand. I Inow hew much w tab In In a atb front
easterner, and there I atop. I hate bees forced In aa III staking fund
the etteet wf bund lue en Ik plant.
lak the white way lighting aialem, for example. My predeeeiaar
evidently tigered wa g ho 4 lae thl tear, they went ahead ad laid
fumlall aid rahlet lhrgh 1newn street, the reaulti Ike $.'iitai
white way toad lata I gnae, tbe aralew I l completed, there It
hep el a kd Im thl tear U till OUKKal'l MII I KM 01
llllt tlt IIIM AIOK Mill, till' lltai.iam.
"I r1 ftga't aeeralltig rU ere I c1 tell what le charge
tu eaeraile ad what le ratraril.., Ike adlt, aeeaaa f the eeadl
U, ..f the Hill. TIKI. tlMuM' IHO U .A lit, V. atlll e
raa I tell hw we're raai( eat."
"t adltleM are ea Ut what we wareed lUker and paller agalatl,"
declared tMlaa I'tttriik. "lar ear feint aa were lagkrd ah w
were lM Ike ligM ll a hewlleg .acce.a. I nilllll I UK UIHr
(Ike triti .ll he a audit la arogre! Hill KM Ml, I MIM,
in. Mi a or AitMltn im into km mu m himmm
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MUNICIPAL JUDGE
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