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WETS DECIDE TO MAKE FIGHT AT POLLS IN 1926 Try to Elect Bath Men and Women t? Congress Who Are Pledged to Modificu tion of Volstead Law LAYING FOUNDATION U-ork in Congress Will he Headed hy Republican J Representative John I'hil V 'P Hill of Maryland '( Hy ItOHKItT T. S.MAt.l. <C??Tn?M. IMS, by Th. Advaot,) Washington. Dec. 15. ? The "wets" of the New Congress are "feeling their oau" to auch an ex tent that they hare decided to make a real open flght At the poll* next November for the election of both men and women to Connress who are pledged to Boine sort of modification of the Vohtead Act. The foundations for this fight will be laid in the present session of Congress. The work will be headed, of course, by that stal wart among the anti-prohibi tlonlsts. Representative John Philip Hill, of Maryland, a Repub lican. Mr. Hill will be supported by both Democrats and Republi cans In all his undertakings, giv ing a non-partisan character to the fight. The "wets" are convinced that they sense at last a turning of the tide or at least a slackwater In the onward sweep or prohibition. They believe that the more timid members of Congress who do not believe In the drastic provlHtons of the Volstead act. but who voted for It. are beglnnlug to get back the courage of their convictions und may be counted upon to assert themselves at some time in the not too distant future. Evidences of the failure of the Volstead act In so many respects are being ac cumulated that at last the timid Congressman are getting a bit of ?oUd-iMMi oa which they can put their feet when they switch ov er from the super-drys to at least the semi-damps. . The battle for modification has I by no means been won as yet but the weta take it as a good sign that some of their dry brothers are beginning to lose heart over the enforcement situation as It exists today and are willing to listen to the arguments of the modlflcatlon Ists. Representative Hill is in the midst of the work of organizing his "unofficial committee on mod ification of the Volrftead net." He claims he will have more than 150 congressmen on his list before he Is through. There were 150 in the last Congress. The prohibi tionists have claimed thr New House to be drier than the last. | Mr. Ifin says he will discredit this claim. It Is Mr. Hill's plan to have the unofficial committeo conduct ex tensive hearings In this way It Is hoped to collect a mass of data which will serve In the fights to come. The hearings will not be confined to the various organiza tions throughout the country which are thoroughly wet but will Include, for Instance, officers of the Federal Council of Churches which recently Issued a discourag ing report on the benefits of pro hibition as at present admin istered. The committee also hopes to hear from various state officials on the subject of crlmo statist Irs under existing prohibition influ ences. The mounting costs of the af Lf tampt at prohibition enforcement W as called for under the Volstead f Act, will be another subject for unofficial Investigation." Al ready the estimates before Con 5 res* show that at least 130.000. 000 will be called for for the pro hibition forces during the next fiscal year This Is an Increase of virtually 200 per cent in the last three or four years. To thorough ly enforce the Isw and provide the necesssry court eetshllshments to dispose of ths criminal cases It Is admitted would require far more than the $30. 000.000 already asked of the present Congress w#u ?*y u w?ui<i take 1100.000.000 year for the government full to meet the dras tic requirements of the Volstead act. Meantime the "drys" sre by no means dlaeoursgefl They feel they have a new leader In Presi dent Coolldge whose references to prohibition recently have 'he?.n unustislly strong. There had be^n a disposition In some prohibition quarters to put Mr Coolldge on the doubtful list, or st lesst not to h,m *" an anthuslsst. Hut the President hat proved It stem* to be as enthusiastic as th#? dry leaders could wish and Is willing td pledge the entire resources of the country to effective enforce meat. Borne of the drys are In faeor of carrying the fight to the wet enemy as the best moans of ofT jftettlng the growth of sentiment ^Tfor modlflcstlon They would ? add further restrictions to the Vol A stead act. The fight will certain , My flare up before Congress |s ratKh older Uses Whip on Her Hubby Mrs. Nettle Taylor. 23. of Indianapolis, lnd.. h*ard that her hunband hod been in company with another woman. So ahe took thla blacksnake whip and flogged him through a downtown street She hasn't aeen him since, and now sh? wants him back. FKENUI CABINET TO MAKE A NEW EFFOHT AGKEE ON FINANCE Par In. Dcc. 15. ? The cabinet council today decided that the government should makr another ? ?(Tort to roach agreement with the chamber of deputies finance committee on XI. Loucheur's fis cal mttur? ? ftw finance nitnh. tcr will confer with Malvy and Lamonreux. president and secre tary. respectively. of the commit tor* this afternoon. KU KMX VI AIT FOK ALICE IIHINELANDEK Fort Pierce. Florida, Dec. 15. ? Unrobed men, aald to be mem ber* of Knights of the Kn Klux Klan, today were fitnnding guard at the local railroad station to lee , that Alice Uratrlcc Hhinelander, ; negro bride of Leonard Kip ! Rhlnelandor, doe* net stop at Fort j Pierce, FIVE COSE I. IVES IN N. V. TENEMENT FIRE N< w York, D?>c. 15. ? Foi.r wo men and ? man lovt their lives and live otherti w^re injured early today In a tenement Are. bolshevik! busy IN SOUTH AMEKICA New York, Dec. 15. -John Bar rett, former United States minis ter to Argentina and other South American countries, addressing the opening session of Panama Amorlrati Commercial Congress today, rh Id that the Russian Bol shevik I are brondcastlng propa ganda throughout South Ameri ca against the L' lilted State*. BATTLE TO DECIDE FATE OF TSO LIN Shanghai, Dec. 15. ? Reports from Japanone sources say that the fate of Marshall Tso Lin. Man ehurian war lord, probably will he decided by the battle now rag ing in Pal Kl Pu sector about 40 miles west of Mukden. Wanl* All Section* On I. C. (Itimniiuinu Washington, l>ee. IS. ? A bill ( under which ultimately all see tlona of the country would be , equally represented on the Inter state Commerce Commission was Introduced today by Senator Smith of South Carolina. A. II. HAMKKTT !>F.AI> i A. li. Haakett. aged ftl, died yesterday afternoon a? 3 o'clock at his renldence, 415 Front slroef, after au Illness ?f two weeks, pre ceded by several years of fulling health He r/as xvell known and popular, not only in this city, where he had made his home for a number of years. but through-' out the surrounding section as well. Resides his wife, Mr Haskett Is survived by a son. Milton Haa kelf, of thla city: three brothers, j Joe and Rert Haskett. of Niton-' ton, and Will Haskett. of thla city; and two sitters. Mr*. Wil liam llogue. of Woodvllle, and Mrs. Pat Ivea, of Cradock, Vlr finis Funeral services will lie con-j ducted at the residence thla after noon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. E 8. I>ove, pastor of the First Moth- I odlst Church. Rttrlsl will be In { Hollywood Cemetery, a ^ REV. JOHN H. HALL DIES AT HOME HERE Wits Former Pmikling Rider Thta Dlnlrln and Former Pastor of Flint M. E. Church Rev. John H. Hall, who for four years was presiding elder of the Elizabeth City district of tkfi North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and who prior to that time served the First Methodist Church as pastor during Its first quadiennium under the North Carolina Conference, died at his home here, corner of Walnut and First streets. Tuesday morning st '? o'clock. He had been In fall ing health for four years and. during the latter part of hla Ill ness, wan an Invalid. The final turn for the worse cam* Sunday and death followed quietly two days later. John H. Hall. Sr.. was born at Faycttevllle on January 2, 18 68. Besides his eight years" service In the ministry in Klisabeth City he served charges at Rockingham, Raleigh, Wilmington and Kins Ion. Resides his widow, the Rev. Mr. Hall is survived by three sons, W. H. Hall of the faculty of Duke 1'nlverslty. John H. Hall, Jr. of the firm of Ehrlnghaus & Hall of this city, and (filbert Hall, now a student at North Carolina State; and by two daughters, Mrs. W. A. Drock and Mrs. M. B. Sawyer, both of this city. There la also a surviving slater. Mrs. Charles l\ Roberts of Shelby. The funeral will be conducted at the First Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. S. lx>ve. First Methodist Church. City; Dr. N. H. D. Wil son. Centenary Church, New Bern: Rev. C. B. Culhreth. presid ing elder Elisabeth City district; Rev. J. W. Harrell. City Road Methodist Chur<?h. City; and Rev. W T. Phlpps. Pasquotank Cir cuit. officiating. The stewards of both Metho dist churches of the city and also M. R. Griffin and J. S. See ley. Sr., have be n asked lo act as honor ary pallbearers; while the active pallbearers will be Harold Over man. Men Banks. M. Leigh Sheep. L. R. Foreman, J. C. B. Ehrlng ha us, C. E. .Thompson, Dr. W. W. Sawyer and W. C. Sawyer. TELEPHONES KKFWTKP St. !<nul*. Dec. 15. ? About 23. 500 business telephones are ef fected by the decision of the cir cuit court in affirming the ruling of the public service commission, permitting the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to Increase rates. The ruling will ad approx imately $884,000 to the annual revenue of the company. <X>TTO* MARKET New York. Dec. II.? Cotton fu tures opened today at the follow ing levels: Jan. 18.61. March 18.75. May 18 55. Jnly 18.26. Oct. 17.85. New York. Dec. II.- -Spot cot ton closed stesdy. middling It. 10, an advance of 40 points Fu tures. closing hid: Jan. 18.18, March It. 20 Msy 18 94. July 18.62. Oct. 18 16. WAFfTB OLD FVRNITrRK Old time furniture wanted Side hoards on high legs, gate leg ta bles. deska. mirrors and many oth er old things. Highest prices paid. Mast be over 166 year* old or m?r?. Writ* Bo* (If, ?<|? Beard Lion In His Den , Motto of Aged Derelict T. McKee Prove * More Than a Match for Sheriff , Pros ecuting Attorney and tlhief of Police in Tilts in and Out of Courtroom Here Bearding the lion In hie den lan't often done In these part*. But thai one T. McKoo. with em phasis on the "T." Isn't afraid oi one lion or a flock of them wp^r. plainly upparenl In recorder** court Tuesday morning MrKee la aged and bent. H? has slept I* the wind and rain without much as a leaky umbrella to pro*, tect him from the elements. But, his aplrlt la uubroken. ar.U he face*, , peril unafraid McKee has spent several days j in a makeshift camp on the New-, land Highway in th'j edge of th?s swamp a scant half mile outside j ?the city limits. His "camp" con-.] ststn of a few tattered bed quilts, i rand la utterly roofless. He raniel here In a dilapidated wagon.] drawn by a pair of mules, and led , a young draft horae by the bridle. | The aged wanderer ? he must, be 70 ? waa haled Into court on! charges of vagrancy and cruelty I to animals. At the close of the session he was given 12 hours to | depart from Pasquotank County. 8her!fT Carmine haa had a soli citous eye upon th? unbidden vis itor for several days. He carried him food ? and was abused round ly for his trouble. "He cussed me three times." Mr. Carmine said Tueaday. "and did a thorough job of It every time." j Aa McKee waa leaving the court room. Chief of Police Holmes sug gested mildly that It would be ?best for him to depart promptly. ! "la tha-a-at so?" the old fellow rasped out. and leered fiendiahly. The chief hastily retired Into his , shell, figuratively speaking, and aald no more. j "I object." the defendant roared out at one atage of hla question ' ing by Prosecuting Attorney La Roy. in the course of the court ; proceedings. "Travel along boy. You're wasting time." + About 4 8 houra ago." MrKae . replied when aaked how long It had been alnce his horse and mules had been fed. "How long has It been since you watered them?" Mr. LeRoy inqulred. "Oh. aometime last summer." ? the old man answered. ? 'Bent and forlorn, a pitiful wreck of a man, McKee hobbled down Main street after the hear ing had ended. Whence he came, and where he Is going ? these are questions which have not been answered. LINCOLN CANES ARE TREASURED Prmented to Indian* in New Mexico in 1 86.1 by ihe President Albuquerue. N. M . Dec. 16. ? / n 1863 President Lincoln gave , gllver mounted canea to each of 11 governors of pueblos among the 1 Pueblo and Zunl Indians In New Mexico, on the occasion of their visit (o Washington. Today thene canes represent the emblem of au thority In the pueblos. They have been handed down from governor to governor. Lincoln's memory, through t h?* canes, atlll stands as the symbol of authority-? the recognition of thr (Great White Father for his red skin children of New Mexico. j\ Accounts of the visit of the i -Pueblo governors to Washington indicate that the President Intend ed the canes only as a personal gift. But the Indians chieftains took them aa confirmation of their i authority to rule the pneblos. Thus jlhey became sceptors of power, and now they are known as "cer emonial caocs" and are carried by the governors while performing Important duties of office. A quarter of a century ago a , reremonlal cane figured In a con , troversy between Pueblo Indians of Kepanola. N. M . and an Indian eervlce official that nearly led to gerlous trouble. The white offi cial took away the cane from the pueblo's governor and gave it to the man whom he desired to ele vate to the office. The wrath of the Indiana was aroused and the Government mollfled their grle* ance only by trying the official and giving him a suspended sen fence. j The governor of a pueblo Is elected at certain periods by the 'caclquqe or council of the elders ACCEPT YOUNG "BOB" IN REPUBLICAN FOLD , Washington. Dec. IS.? Unde terred hy warning that he would follow an "independent course" In furtherance of the oplolon of his father, the Republican flenat* to day formally accepted Renator LaPollette Into the Republican fold from which the elder LaPol lette had been excluded. His as signment aa Republican member of three steading committees waa glVMI approval In the Senate with - - . . .J Beat Route to Slipn Is Hotr by SnotcHeu With ihieutentim mln* tV afr route fr.mi KllcnlM'Vh ritj to Sliiso |? by SiHiHth-n, iid-. r.l liis to Hern** who are uiikinu lb > trlti dally. Ttio Slulo hluhwat rrrw I* working on tbe rviul Ju*t be yond the h'tn? of !>'*. Citwcll l? CHrrltuck County and Ihcw iiw.j b?? difficult ? In |ia>?l;ii: thrmikti thin HPrtiim of Ihr rond In the nfi? of h?nv m'n*-. The nwd by Snmvden In In fiilr condition nnd il will llk? I) remain namablc ?m In the event of heavy rnin?. Christmas Turkeys Vanish Strangely At Weeksville I Christmas Mirk?ys have been faring badly In the W<ckK\ltl<* community the**- Ihm few da>v. ftynter iouslv tliev have been <11* pppearing at a rate which hi.s glv e n owifers of flock a Ritve con oern. and all efforts to trace tie vanished one? have been unavail ing. I V The latent victim, according to Ve porta from that part of tlv County, Is Thomas I'arker, who 'ttvcM near Colon Chapel, coliri'd rch at a sharp curve in the | brick highway about a mile this i fid*' of Old Weeksville. Mr. 1'arU r lost about 30 turkeys Sunrt.iv tight. He had a flock cf soue &. ready for slaughter lor the I Tule trade I U Ellhu Morae. also thing n>ar , ^eeksvllle, loet five birds uuac > count a hly a few nightn ago. Oth er residents of the section aUo have reported similar losses. It is believed that tin- depreda tlons were committed by some body with a motor truck who vis ited the flocks some t ini ?* between midnight and day. Polks who l have gone through the trouble some buslneay of bringing tin keys i to maturity say it Is easy to steal them, because, unlike a chicken, they make almost no outcry when sailed. There an- folks in the W? oka vllle district who are sitting up late these nights, with shotguns ready cocked In preparation to give a very warm reception to any one indiscreet enough to vlelt their turkey roosts without a formal Invitation. GRANGE IN HOSPITAL ON ACCOUNT OF AMI Danville. III.. Dec. ID - Red ('?range entered the hospital here today to undergo an X-ray exam ination and treatment for his bruised arm. in tinder t h?? care of Dr. K. B. Colley. father of one of his managers. REPORT FRONTIER DEFINITELY FIXED Geneva. Dec. lf?. ? After hours of a secret session of the l.eagu of Nations Council today a report was circulated that It hud been unanimously decided to fl- the provisional Brussels line as the definite frontier of Mosul, thus awarding th? greater portion of the disputed territory to British mandat". State of Irak. A* con ditions were reported the rt? -eldon directed economic treaties favor able to Turkey. Th" report has not baen officially eonflrnied TRIPLE SLAYER IS CAPTURED BY POSSE Yellvllle, Ark . Dec It Arn old Comer. 16. who was hunted yesterday and last night l?y a posse In connection with the triple slaying at Buffalo Mountnln ham let Sunday. was captured early to day at the home of Ira Kobneti, ten mllea from Buffalo. FOUftD THAT BOXER SIKI WAS MURDERED New York. Dec. If. Ilnltlln; Sikl. Senegalese pugill*t. whc.se real nam** was Louis I'hal. wns found murdered early today on the lower Went Side Death was caused by a gunshot or knife wound In the back. His body was found lying face downward on the slrtewsit. about 100 fact earn ef Ninth aV' i.U" In the dlatrlct known as "Hell's Kitchen." The Identity of the dead man waa established by Policeman John J. Meehan. who found the body. It was later declared that Slkl died from gunshot wounds. The police could And no one who had Witnessed the shooting. The Sene galese waa a former light heavy weight boxing champion of the world. il i'i I - (n *? \ Ran Still Prof. Dabitpy Hurt on. Instruct in' in a i Ohi> Stale I'nl v? rnlty. i.'oluisibiiK. Ohio. U under urtf.'i fB ciiarges of possessing u xt ill it mt owning liquor, and a Mwufpini; Investigation has been h> gun l?y order of (iovcrnor A. Vic Dona hey. Horton 1* shown above. with the still that wan I on ml in his homi', below. MANY ILLUSIONS IN THE MOVIES Carefully Created by Trick Phiiliifini|)lu'i> und Ver satile Enginrfn llojlywood, Dee. 1 6. ? The mo vie public baa many illusions that are carefully created by trick photography and the versatility of engineer*. These secret* of the trade con serve millions of dollar* annually In tlf budgets of producers. The i directors point out. however, that they are not evolved* to deceive the theater-goer, nor primarily with the Idea of saving money, but oflen are necessary It would be Impossible to at age the actual scene demanded In the script. In the photographic trlrks. the most Indispensable perhaps. Is the ''plans celling" Illusion. This I* a device of painted glass placed slightly above the camera lens. On the sheet of glass, ceilings, dome* or roofs are painted to correspond with the actual set. Thin glass work Is necessary be cause of the lighting demanded by the camera. The roofs or upper parta of the yet are not construct ed. Instead, strong fjood lights lire placed there. Wrecks of ocean liners are en acted in a small tank In the stu dio. Howling gales are provided by mechanleul wind machines. The "ocean" in lashed to fury by pad , dies, and the toy liner, perhapa trn Inches In length. In te*sed about fin the waves by wires In the bund* of atudlo nmlntants. If tin- Ht.?ry callc for an explo sion to sick the boat, a dynamite cap s board Is exploded at the proper time and the miniature sink* beneath the waves with ex citing realism. A recent example of miniature Illusion was enacted In a picture of monntrous prehistoric beasts. On the screen they appeared to weigh Ioih. and moved with life like ease Hefore the camera they were models eighteen Inches high, composed of rubber slid papler mache. their movements manipu lated by invisible wires. When th" movie ?t>eetalor *e*a setors struggling perilously near tlr- brink of a precipice or on the cornices of a tall building, he may In* witnessing a scene "shot" In Iwo different places. The fight may have taken place on the stu dio floor, and the cameraman m?y later have photogrnphed the pre cipice or roof corner on the same strip of film. fog* are formed In the studio I ?> n huge atomizer. which feeds cold vapor on the ncene through perforated pipe concealed about the set. Adept with high explosive*, the pngine- rn set a blast to wreck a dam rH using a rush of logs and water in dentroy a populated val lev Or they burn aa actress at ihe slake with *o little harm that she tr.av be the belle off a party the next even lug. One engineer haa pstented a p.wder Hint burn* furiously on th< furnlnhings of a luxurious spartment. When the cranking plops, the furniture is found un harmed and Is moved to tffe next "social" set. Even Hollywood scarcely know* ] these terhnlcal men whose exploits ' make "the filming of the tmposel- ' ble," ? ? Virginia Power Company Tenders New Offer for Council's Consideration TELLS PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT (iommiiMiioiipr IjiImjt Find* Many Seeking Jol>? Not Suited to Them Kalelgh. Dec. 15 ---Speaking be fore the Raleigh Clvltan club here today. Frank D. C.rlat. Commli aloner of Labor and Printing, out lined the work of hia department, and dlacuaaed hla plana and hopes for Its future development. Mr. Grlat placed particular em- ( phasls on the employment division of the department, and told the Civil ana : "ThA Idea that we want to work out In our employment dlvl- 1 alon la to procure for you the ! moat suitable peraon or peraona for the poaltion or poaltlona that you desire to fill, thereby keeping a square peg out of a round hole and doing away with mlatlfa In i our economic and commercial | life." The Commissioner prefaced hia remarka by aaylng that In hla travela over the state It has been a revelation to me that ao few peo ple In North Carolina know any-; thing of the Department of Labor; and Printing." | Mr. Grist explained that the de partment, "as It la now being ad ministered. la divided Into five dl | visions." The first la the labor di vision. the chief duties of which I are to collect "Information and atatlatlca roncernlng labor and Ha' relation to capital, the wages of ; , labor, the earnlnga of laborers and their educational, moral, and fi nancial welfare." In addition. , ; thla division collect* Information ; with relation to Htalai, milling, ; and manufacturing Industrie*, i The second division la the am- , ployment division, the design of1 which Is to "connect the Jobless inan or woman with the manleas or womanless job." In discussion tills division, the Commissioner! pointed out that, through th? va- j rloua offlcea over the state. 35. 619 registrations hsve been re corded since Janusry 1. and of this number 32.149 hsve been re ferred to employment, and 30. 060 of thoae referred have been placed In employment. The spesker humorously told , of what he had learned of human nature, alnce taking office, and told of Instances of men suited for manual labor wanting "aoft col lar" Joba. and particularly of ne gro boya and men wanting placea as chauffers. "I sincerely believe." he said, "that the employment dlvlalon of the Department of Labor and Printing Is as essentlsl as any oth er division of any department of the state or federal government | "It la as much a public function ; lo place the Idle people of our pop ulstlon Into productive employ ment aa It Is the function of our j government to provide ways and means of education. I will explain this statement by aaylng that when a man Is placed In employment, he Is taken off the streets and ceases to be a loafer, thereby removing him from temptations and crime and elevating him to self-reliance and self-support . rendering a dis tinct service to society and the atate." The Commissioner discussed the division for the deaf, headed, as required by law. by a mute, and the speaker paid a tribute to the "efficiency and loyalty" of those "who can neither hear nor apeak." The printing division Is headed by sn asslstsnt commissioner, who' is a practical printer. Under this dlclslon. the state's printing Is procured under contrsct on s com petitive basts, and the work of this division "Is s meins of sav ing the stste several thousand dol lars per year on Its printing and paper bill." The miscellaneous supply division does a similar < work In regard to miscellaneous supplies for the stale, "enabling the state to buy Its supplies direct j from the Jobber." The division of farm labor was ! Inaugurated last spring, as a sub- ' aldlary of the employment dlvl- j alon. Mr Grist explained, whose | duty Is the procuring of farm la bor for farmers when crops sre In need of harvesting The work of this sort was first rendered1 trnck growers of eastern North 1 Carolina at the harvesting of their; crops Isst spring, and later a sim ilar attempt was made to serve the cotton growers. If. through the fsrm labor di vision. I am able to procure sof flc lent help to saalat eastern North Carolina farmers In harvesting their era pa so they ran gei them on the market In ample time, thereby mmmsndlng a good price for their produota. Raster n North Carolina, within a very few years. Instead of being a bankrupt, boll- weevil ridden section of our State, will become as prosperous as any other." the Commlaeloner predicted. He also dlaenaaed the division | of service to the World War vet-' eran. created by the Inst General Continued on Page i Would Build Transmia nion Line front Gilmer Ion Here, City to Pay IS Per Onl CxmI Annually ASK 2(VYK. CONTRACT Committee Taken PropoMll 1'nder Advisement, De ferring Report Until Af ter First of Year An oner to build a high power transmission line from Gilmerton, near Portsmouth, to Eliiahsth City, and to supply current to this city at 1 U cents per kilowatt plus 15 par rent annually on the cost of the lino, wan tnade to the City Council In special session today by representstives of the Virginia Electric & Power Company. The Council took the offer under con sideration. but deferred action until after the first of the yenr. Thla la the third propoasl made by the Virginia company. The first offer was to buy out the mu nicipally owned power plant here, together with all connections, un der a plan whereby the purchas er* would retail current to Indi vidual customers The aecotod waa for Elisabeth City to build a tranamiaalon line from Ollmerton here and purchaae current whole sale. the city to retail It to con aumera. The third offer waa made in reaponae to a request from a committee appointed to Investi gate the matter at the last regu lar aeaalon of the Council. Under thla Isteat proposal, las city would be expected to sign a 20-year contract with the Virginia Electric St Power Company, with ;i s tsdt underatandlng that tfce company would sak no Increase In rste during the period of the con trsct. other than an allowance of f 0.00023 per kilowatt for each 2 5 -cent Increase In the prise of cosl shove |5 per ton. Thla would be embodied In ths con tract. Ilia Point st lasoe The qusstlon st preaent before the Council and the Utilities Commlaalon la whether It would be preferable for the city to build Ita own plant and tsks s chance on making a profit on the Invest* ment. or whether the risk attend ant upon auch an enterprise ahould be borne by the Virginia company. Tentative estimates arrived at during the courae of the meeting indicated, in effect, that whether the city built ita plant or bought power outalde, the rate to the con eumer would be essentially the aame, due to the expense Involved In building a 42-mile transmission line to Ollmerton. Officials of the power company present were H. J. TTOck morton. superintendent of light snd pow er In chsrge of the Norfolk divi sion, and J. Y. Rayllaa, of Rich mond. director of purphaaes snd supplies. Members of the com mittee Investlgstlng the mstter for the city srs Councllmen D. ft. Krsmer snd E. J. Cohoon, City Manager M. W. Fere bee snd 8. H. Johnson, of ths Utilities Commis sion. Mr Johnson brought up the question aa to whether the city would he better off to go ahegd and build Ita own plant with the expectation of adding to It from time to time as the demand for current Increased. He laid stress on s contention that, under the offer of the Virginia company to build a line here upon which tDe city would pay 15 per cent an nually, at the end of the 20-yegr period the line would have been paid for In full, but It would he long to the power company and the city would have nothing to show for Its money. Who Mhoulil lUiw It? In answer to this, Mr. Bhyllss held that theoretically ths city would he Just as well off as st present, through the fact that the 15 per cent charge on the line would repreaent only a normal csrrylns charge which ths city would have to aaaume In the eveat It built Its Own plant. He ex plained that his company would have to raise tne money to build the line, and of oourse would hsvs to pay Interest on It while accu mulating a sinking fund to take care of the investment. He estimated the cost of a ?!, 000-voll steel power transmission line from Ollmerton hsre at 1200,000 to 9300.000. depending upon the type of construct!**. City Engineer Olsen, who waa preaent at the conference, ex pressed the opinion thst s suit able line would cost In the neigh borhood of $420,000 On the other hsnd. to erect s 2.000 kllowait plant here would cost about 9200.000. Mr. Olsen estimated, explaining thst this was the type of plant which had been contemplated. The chief bsrrler to the pur chase of power from the Virginia company. It appeared, probsbly would prove the high cost of con necting with the cempsny'a pres ent lines. To oftsst this, ths rep resentatives of the company point ed out thst whenever thsre should hsppen to he a dsmsnd Continued on Psgs 4
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1925, edition 1
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