The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1921, Page 11

AY, SEPTEMBER 9, SDILAPIDATED JUNK F CSLOSSAL ‘Commissioners Ignore Pro- tests of Taxpayers in ' ~~ Buying Lake Boats HE E Ht i nit tt HH ; i ! i ! ro al hh i ' If il li Hy ide : J d 1921 THE SEATTLE 8 conference result was an tndorse- ment of the proposed lease. Many Present expressed thelr opinion of the proposition after adjournment, and all were unanimous in their op. position to the county's ever buying the boats except under a showing More favorable than wi xpected from the experiment to be tried out f under the lease. The lease was closed. Alterations and repairs were immediately begun at the county's expense, Even tf the boats had been returned, the owners would have been thousands of dollars to the good. Crews were employed and routes established. In the meantims, the time set for the hearing on the budget for the fol lowing year had rolled around. These boats had Been tn the county's serv: ioe only a short time, bad been too short to gtve the exper! ment a falr trial, The resulte had in ~| this time had fallen short of the ex. Citizens present made strenuous protest te no avail. Mr: Laurence led the opposition. The com- There was net & supporter tained. The commissionere were adamant In thelr stand, To the amazement of the large audience present, THE COMMIS- SIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN COM- ‘MASE NNING. Their action in calling in Mr. Colman and others as advisers, all the time knowing what they » was an insult They bought the vessels for $88, 000. Their cost ae estimated by local shipbuliders was @s follows: Aquilio, cost of bullding, $14,000; felling price to county, $18,000. Vow eel was 10 years old Atlanta, cost of building, §24,000; selling price to county, $80,000, Vee sel was 18 years old. Dawn, cost of build selling price to county, § vol was & years old. Total original cost of vessels ao - | cording to conservative estimates of shipbulldera was §78,000. Bear in mind that they hed been permitted to run down and were not in good condition at the time of put’ chase, this being by heavy repair bil! immediately contracted. |boller brought out to the coast in |the days of the Klondike boom. But the $88,000 purchase price was =p One of these vessels had an old) purchase price of the vessel. Thelr Operation haa been a con- tinual drain of the county funds. ‘The same old story of wante, extrava- tended thetr operation. From door to door these vee acls have rambled along the shores of Lake Washington, picking up Smith here and Jones yonder at thelr very door, bringing King county's ferry system Into dis | Now the commissioners are enun jolating bombastic atatements declar- jing themselves champions of eco: homy and shouting that the former Anderson boats must go, This same waste of money existed @ year ago and the commissioners knew it and could have stopped it but did nothing. Wherefore this conversion and ; {how sincere? business, They the purchase of the vessels at the |only the firet ante, Repair costs in /apecches, They cat of P.2. Foshan Co., New Yerk some instances have exceeded the Posten, DD. Perken's, Lid, Mestad |sulte that will be evidenced by taxes next year, cerned In the deal, and they will not. The opinion held by the people in connection with the deal is anything but complimentary te the commis gance and lack of efficiency has at- | LEET UNLOADED ONTO KI I have told of the methods attend Ing the leane and purchase, Thin is strong circumstantial evidence that there was a dark-hued@ gentleman lurking in the woodptle, Candid of. ficials should be willing to lay their cards on the table. To whom was this pledge of pur chane given even before the camou- fiaged trial, aud why did they oom- mit themselves at that time? Did someone have such « hold or influence with the commissioners that they were ledto turn » deaf ear to the advices and protests of more experienced men, to exclude the pub- iio from thetr confidence, and to play Politics at the expense of the people of King county? That's @ question for the people to Gecide in the face of the evidence eee (Tomerrow, the syvtem of ab tevetions and repairs, together with seme interveting figures, will be @lecussed.) Chimney-Sweep Is Victor Over Peers HEREFORD, Wngtand, Sept 9— John Dodwell, a chimney-eweep, has captured all the first prises at rose exhibitions this year, defeating many titled competitors, His garden is 20 by 20 feet ° They Find Water for Dry Farmers} TAUNTON, England, Gept. 0— Alfred Long, an invaliéed soldier, and his 14-year-old daughter Ena, are getting large fees for locating water for farmere. Newspaper men who! inveatigated Long’s ability declared that the man certainly possessed un’ usual powers. LONDON, Bept. 9-—There to o marked scarcity of swallows this To Have Referendum),,2%*" on Taylor Pl. Work |umping ana titration plant, For French pastry took up Boldt's. ~—Advertisement. AMUSEMENTS PANTAGES |] Matiness, 2:90. Nights, 7 and 0 || As & means of determining whether or not the proposed Taylor ave, extension shall be constructed, the council streets and sewers com mittee have decided to call for a referendum vote of property owners fm this condemnatieh district of | Queen Anne Hill. Questionnaires wil! be mailed te property owners from | the city engineer's department. Olga Petrova Hurt in N. Y. Auto Crash NEW YORK, Sept, 9-—When the touring car in which she was riding crashed into « surface oar, Thursday night, Olga Petrova, the motion pio ture star, suffered two broken ribs. She was riding, when the aocident occurred, to meet her husband, Dr. John T. Stewart, at bis apartment in South Central Park. FREE—TORIGHT LECTURB PSYCHOLOGY DR. D. V. BUSH aaoyemeamees NG LJ & 250,000,000-galion water POR MEP SLA” MANET “ ae 11 COUNTY Oka, Son of Orient, Under Booze Charge constroc oa LITTLE © Lavy Wilson) Gntvx @ Loop Little jagescepe General Admissions Mats. 35e) Nights, 400. MOORE Vitbevitun FRANCIS X. 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