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1 WHO OWNS POWER SITE
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“Every power project which
touches public lands or forest
reserves, or which uses the wat
ers of navigable streams, must
get a license from this Federai
Power Commission.
This license runs for NOT
MORE than 50 years. At the
end of that time, the govern
ment can take over th^ plant
at actual cost, less the amount
set aside for depreciation.
. .Mr. King, accountant for the
Power Commission, whose head
’.s being sought by .the .Power
Trust, holds and insists that ev
ery project under control of the
Commission MUST set aside a
definite and substantial amount
each year for depreciation. TIIE
LAW REQUIRES THAT, and Mr.
King enforces the law.
“The Power Trust wants to
set aside only a “nominal’’ sum
for depreciation, or even none at
all.
“Say a plant costs $100,000,000
and that under Mr. King’s plan
the sum set aside for deprecia
tion amounts to $50,000,000 by
the time the license has expired.
Then the government can take
over that property for $50,000,
000 in cash. The thing will
have half paid for itself!
“But suppose the Power Trust
scheme is followed, and only a
“nominal’’ sum is set aside for
depreciation. Then the govern
ment, if it wishes to take over
the plant, will have to pay prac
tically the full $100,000,000 for
a partly obsolete property.-LA
BOR.
DEPRECIATION FUNDS
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We are now confronted with
the fact that the law requires
every power project to set aside
a depreciation fund. Which, in
sofar as this paper is concern
ed or able to find out, has not
been done. The law requires it.
Petersburg is not above the ap
plication of that law in event
the Power Commission demands
payment to that fund.
TENNESSEE .VOTERS DEFEAT
POWER TRUST
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The citizens of Jackson, Tenn.
measured arms with the West
Tennessee Power and Light Co.,
and the company came out se
cond best in a vicous fight for a
oond issue authorizing the town
to float a bond issue of $750,000
to build a municpal power plant.
The Power Trust smoked up the
town with typical Power Trust
propoganda which was climaxed
by ballot box stuffing. Two of
the Power Company’s employees
were arrested on charges o f
fraudulent voting.
LOGANSPORT ‘LICKED’
POWER TRUST
Some time ago LABOR print
ed an inspiring story of a little
town in western Canada which
refused to yield to the exactions
of the Power Trust, built its own
electric light plant, and has
reaped huge dividends in cheap
rates as well as in complete in
dependence.
A letter just received from Lo
gansport, Ind., shows that the
same thing can be done in the
United States just as well as in
Canada. As in the Canadian
town, organized workers took
the lead, local chairman of
; Lodge 52, B. of L. F. and E., tells
! the story:
The plant was started in 1894
and the machinery was paid for
' out of receipts of current sold.
At first steam and water pow
er both were used; but the de
mand for current increased so
fast that -reliance had to be
placed on steam alone.
Residence rates are 5 cents
per kilowatt for the first 80 k.w.
h., 2 cents per kilowatt hour for
jail beyond that point. In the
big privately-owned plant at
Chicago, not so far away, the
► rates are 8 cents per k. w. h. for
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the first 30 kilowatts, after
which the price drops to 6 and
5 cents.
“In the last eight years,” says
Mr. Ratcliff, “this utility has
paid in net profits approximate
ly $l,227,00u, alter it has met
"11 operating cost and donated
ill the street lighting to the
uty. Logansport is one of the
best lighted cities in the coun
try.
“The city has paid for a num
ber of improvements out of this
light fund, including a city
auilding costing $257,036 and a
:entral fire station costing $52,
195.
[ “In the same time, it has re
duced its indebtedness $185,000.”
The Power Trust can be lick
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Labor.
?d; here as well as in Canada.—
MORE PEOPLE FOR ALASKA
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.“With preparations in progress
for the decennial census, the
copulation of Alaska is estimat
ed by its officials at 55,000. Of
diese, 30,000 are whites and the
:emainder Eskimos and Indians
pr natives as they prefer to be
?alled. The number is small
for a region one-third the size
pf the States and rich in mani
fold resources. Establishment
>f paper pulp mills in the heavi
y timbered parts of Southeast
ern Alaska is assured. These
enterprises will bring new in
habitants. The reindeer indus
try will soon be furnished ade
quate transportation facilities,
and promises to attain the im
oortance of the range cattle
business of the West of a few
years ago. Farming opportuni
ties are exploited by the govern
ment railroad to attract settlers
to its zone of operation.
Extension of agriculture will
result in the production not on
ly of enough cereals and veget
ables for domestic consumption,
but also of a surplus for export.
Over an area of at least 100.000
ware miles in Alaska, condi
ttions are naturally better for
agriculture than in Finland,
which lies in a higher altitude
than Nome, supports a popula
tion* of 3,000,000 from 20.000
square miles of tillable and graz
ing soil, and ships grain and
meat to other parts of the world.
Alaska’s coal deposits, now
worked on only a limited scale
because of the small home mar
ket, can be expanded to meet
any requirements. Fish, furs,
and precious metals, the princip
al yields of the North, have not
caused any increase in popula
tion in the last few decades. Re
sources coming into development
call for more inhabitants and
will necessitate their permanent
residence. Census figures hence
will show large gains.—Seattle
Times.
OPTOMISTIC TIMES
Optomistic Times—but the time
for optomism in Alaska is far
ther away than ever and still
going away.
The one industry able to care
for the needs of the people of
Alaska in industrial lines arc the
isheries. Ruled and misruled by
the Bureau of Fisheries the re
sidents are headed for other in
dustrial centers where it is less
easy to starve and where envir
onment is more congenial at a
!ower cost. The abuse of power
iy autocratic O’Malley for the
favor of the Fish Trust is the
cause of depopulation.
The Forestry Bureau has driv
n virtually every handlogger
out of the business and the re*
maining small logging outfits
can be counted on ones fingers
The sawmills are in hard shape
due to the rulings of the de
partment which believes in cod
ling pulp interests with unlim
ited capital but bends not a tit
nor jottle for the man who hews
his home out of the hills anc
forests.
The same bureau has callec
men “damned fools” for trying
I to work out a homestead and ev
ery obstacles has been thrown ir
tion of lands from forestry
areas.
The struggle for existence no
longer allows “grubstakes” for
the prospector and the condi
tion of ninety-hve per cent of
the business houses in the Terri
tory will not warrant their grub
staking the prospector.
With a land overflowing with
wealth, the population each
year shows a steady decrease.
All under the paternalistic
! system of bureaucracy which is
more tyrannous than the worst
days of imperialistic Russia.
WE FAVOR SAFE OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES
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We have consistently and per
sistently opposed sale of the pub
lie utilities owned by the city.
With this issue we reverse our
position.
We favor the sale of the util
ities to the Foshay Company or
any other company or corpora
tion or private parties who may
Wish to benefit from the labors
of those who scrimped and sav
ed and sacrificed in order that
'he uf hlies might be installed.
We will support sale of the
hydro-electric, water works and
any other publicly owned utility
that the city may desire to sell.
Provided, that along with the
public utilities are sold the Bank
of Petersburg, Trading Union,
Sons of Norway Hall, American i
Legion Building, and any or all
of the private businesses in the
town.
If we are going to sell utilities
that are proven money makers,
then sell the rest.
On that score The ALASKAN
favors sale of its utilities.
Miss Elmo Wilder was misfor
tunate enough yesterday to
trip and fall on the stairway of
the Arctic Hotel and thereby to
| break her leg. She was taken to
j the office of Dr. R. Cf. Smith by
' Dr. Rude to have an X-Ray pic
ture made.
Herve Jorgenson stopped in
town Monday of this week long
enough to say hello to friends.
He is working on a tug out of
Ketchikan.
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