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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1980.
MINERS AWAITING
WILSON'S ANSWER
Conditions Are Worse
Than Before.
SOME COLLIERIES OPEN
vraalng olk court eomptatato Mlnl
person charawd with destruction of
company property or flint urbane of Uw
Car' operator and paittnawr. reported
that there wore to atrlke caaea In the
police courta tsoaptlog a few that had
been IibIA over from earlier In the eek.
All of the police employed at auard
4w hn nubllo and B. It. T. orooerty
duilntt the etrlko are aent to their taaka 137,000 Men Still Idle tnd
In aocoraanoo wicn aireuuon in u unui'i i
ytem that lia been uattu At oaa
quartet tor' aorno time. Under thl
ay item. tH monAtrt word wa received
ot the declaration Of the atrlke the
amejnranoy olmrt waa put Into effect, and
every ofllcef lri the city had hla own
phere of dirty mapped out for him.
t Iiutead bf iwltttnf men on etrlke duty
and kecnlna fhm em It nlht and day.
a wu don in th the men Settlement Expected Quickly
IV III. (Ml- 111 Hl.U' WWW - " - , I
on for IMty hour prli, during which f President CoilSCIltS to
they are alternately on active umy u
In rwervfl, and at the ' end of these
period each man ha alxtaon hour off,
na... U..... limn HrndT.
..I tmcial to Tn Bun and Haw Yo Kmxicx
Many automobile are kept i, reaaj- WlLKMBAtRB Bept. 4. On the third
MM to ruh the men to points 01 u- - - . .,.,,,
rr'.mi raoldlv a the B. R. T. ; nnthracit miner vaontloti
offlrlal aihvlte that tney are foina; to 1 117,000 men are Idle, 150 collier! tied
work certain line, tlie police aio con-,up ar(f condition generally wore than
centruted titer. f ' t any time alnoe wan negotiation be-
Thoma Murphy, Boroog-h Inepector of
Brnoiciim. mho la in Immediate touch Kan. However, H to felt that the break
with every pham of the ttuatkm, said ' rontlnv and the district officers of the
yesterday that he- belloved the rioting flel(J aWR,t w!th conn,ience tno answer
Beopen Negotiations.
and disorder had been occasioned merely
by a comparatively small rowdy element
Other police nfflolal said that from re
port they had received, they were con
vinced that aibout tO per cent ot the
striker are ready to o back to their
Jobs.
The company made no ofnclsl canvas
from President Wilson to their tolegTam
asking for a reoptnlnf of negotiation.
Much depends on the nature ot th
President's reply.
The usual strike exodus from the field
has not begun, but a serious business
depression Is felt ant workers In other
yesterday of the men who had returned, j industries are being laid off, Railroad
but It was said that the number had I men are being hard hit. Great en
been substantially largo. In view of , couragement is obtained by union
the fact that Receiver Garrison has j officials In the report that several more
fixed Wednesday noon as the time In i locals voted, last night to return to work
which all must be back at work. It Is. next week. D., LAW. and LhtBh
xpected that the bulk of the men will Valley men met last night and vote.
wait until very near thajt time. They to return
have hla assurance that their privileges,
Including seniority, will not be lost if
they are back by that hour.
Th Mayor took no active part In th
strike situation yeaterday. Ue received
a visit from Louis PrMlger, attorney
for the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electrio Railway Employees,
and Patrick J. She, organiser for the
union. They merely wanted to thank
Ihlm for his effort to effect a settle
ment and to obtain a transcript of the
minutes of their conference with the
Mayor and other official on Thurs
day. Th same union leaders also called at
the office of the Public Service Com.
mlslson to obtain a transcript of th
commission's fruitless strike hearings.
They said that William p. Mahon. Inter
national president of the Amalgamated,
will arrive in this city this morning, and
will confer with the strike leaders at
the Continental Hotel. l
The strikers met again last night at
Talm Garden, Wilson and Green ave
nues, and some of the leaders made
desperate efforts to stir np enthusiasm.
U hlle thi'lr meeting was In progr
The following statement wa lud
after the meeting:
"At a special meeting of Imenl HOTS of
and Wllkssbarre gained on In thl dl
trlct, but lost heavily In District I
Independent oollirlg af nearly nil
working.
A deeper te effort fl being mad. In
many sections to have pumpmen . and
engineers quit work, Damage Would
result to th mine If th men of tha
claaaM should lay down thtlr tool.
Chris Golden, president of District I.
will make public a declaration asking
pumpmen and engineers to stay at their
poll H will till thm that fir or
water may destroy the mints In which
they work, and when the strike I net
tled there wMl be no plaoe for them
to go.
Announcement has been mad that
the embargo on freight all along th
Lehla-h Valiey lines has been lifted.
Pew cars of coal ars being loaded here.
and the cars are being taken elsewhere,
thill relieving trananoi'tatloli conditions.
While the strike benefits the railroad
In thl respect, It Injures local rail tflen,
slnco It necessitates that they be laid
off until the movement of loaded coal
cars begins again.
LaM nlBht, about ten hours after all
ether transfers and changes had been
announced, it wa made known that
Capt cdrge L. Sullivan, who ha been
tn command of the Ninth Detective
Division, with heudmjnrtrt at St,
OOiirge, Btaton Island, was to be lent
to command the Fifty-first precinct,
whlek 1 In Westchester village at the
furthest north of Th ftronx, and that
Capt. Daniel fit Costlgan (Henelt Dan),
who was taken from Aornmund of the
Vice Squad by Enrlght and reduced
from an Inspectorship, was to he trans
ferred from the Wtchster station and
aent to the Liberty avenue station In
Brooklyn.
DRY AGENTS MOP OP rSuSSrmmiSK
IN BOOZE OFFENSIVE
J
Named in Contagion of Pro
hibition Violators.
Second Off-ndeM Sought as ' u
" I Paterswn. end Morris U MarkowlU of
Special rrey oi Hneran'e
Hen.
217 Hamburg avnue. Peterson, pleaded
guilty yesterday to charges of violating
the national prohibition not before
United State Commissioner John A.
10 BABBELS CONFISCATED charged with conspiracy to purchase
transport and asu liquor. Th off tola la
say tn men nav mad a confession
ivhlclilinpJlBate five others aa mem
ber or a whiskey ring headed hv two
prohibition agent. It it expected th
melt named will be arrested within a
few days.
In on complaint mad against flteln
and Markowlti they are charged With
oorlsplrlng with the prohibition agent
and a third man. In the other they are
charted with noting concert with a
Wholesaler and a brother of a prohibi
tion agent.
National Prohibition Aennt Mtma In
Washington ha been trying for soni
Only One Arrest Hade, bat
Many Subpoenal Are
Served.
An accelerated offensive against dis
penser or boos was begun Friday night
by a aquad of agents working under
John J. Qulgloy, chief assistant to Jams
Fhovlln. Prohibition Rnforcemont Affent
The lHuor hunUri dsvottd moat of their ! SJJ vj JJ hiaky trafflo In
ate transit Th' proposition later fell
through, because the third party refused
to part with his liquor unless the en
tire 110,400 wa paid before th truck
ft Iftwi
le
rark.
U. S. NOT TO DEAL
WITH VACATIONISTS
Backbone of Outlaw Strike
Believed Broken.
,'('! tn Tn Bun sno Nw Tosk Hnuin.
Washinotok, Aug. . Confldent that
the unauthorized strike ot anthracite
the Pencil Orchard. D. 1, A W Cnmnanv. miners Is waning, officials at the Labor
and Nos. 3 and i ahnfts of tlin Pettlbone . Department to-day made It clear that
colliery, held last night, a resolution was
parsed to rem in at work as requested by
th.i scale committee, also another censur
ing the action of th Insurgent and asking
all locals to discourage their attempt to
disrupt th ranks ot the U. M. W. of A
at this time. Tho Peach Orchard shafts
comprised the only colliery In operation
tho last three days In this immediate
territory, a the officers of Local 11076
were out among the men from tho start,
urging them to remain at work pending
negotiations.'
See Hope In Secretary Wilson.
The three district presidents of th
United Mine Workers In the anthracite
field and Shlltp Murray. International
vice president confidently expect that
President Wilson will rce Justice in
their claims for a reopening of Wag
negotiations. They await the President'
answer to their telegram, sent yesterday,
With optimistic eagerness and believe
one etrlkcr held up a copy of an evening the vacation miners will seo fit to re-
newspaper which contained conspicuous
headlines relating to the fire In the
Rldgewood car yards, and several In the
crowd Bhouted, "That's the etuff I"
Will Ab Enrlgbt' Itrmornl.
The removal of Police Commissioner
Enrlght was howled for as Charles S!n
nlgor, a union official, launched an at
tack upon that official because of the
turn to thalr places of employment im
mediately after the union officials ar
given another- opportunity for negotia
tions. The announcement that President
Wilson referred the miners' request for
a reopening to Secretary Wilson met
with favor here, as the miners believe
tho Secretary, who Is an old miner, will
give proper consideration to their cas.
Much depends on the President's an-
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protection tl,o police have gro. to the - return to
property of the company. Slnnlger told
the man that he had written a b.tter to
Mayor Hylan complaining about the
clubbing of striher.
"When we get the facts assembled we
will ilem.ind tho removal of the Com
missioner." he said amid cheer. Re
also assured the men that they would
receive niiiinclal aid of other unions, and
wcrk. Union official foar he will not
mul;o answer while so many men are on
strike In defiance to his wish.
Tho tleup frill be Renern! over Labor
Day, and probably on Tuesday, a many
miners never work on tho day after a
holiday, The break will likely come
Wednesday.
The vote of the men of the Peach Or
inat uiesc otner unions would Join wltn char(l Local to return and the Increno ! mlnous coal Into New England have
Hu m In as.ilng the ousting of Enrlght ln number of men at the Dorance been broken by the New Vork Central
snea, in speaKing to in. n-.en. saiu: nrt vmnnm-t cnlllnrlen nt th T.W!,
This Is your strike. You wanted It and i valley Coal Company are probably, due
now that you have It you must stick
together. Garrison doesn't Ilk th
strike, and I don't blame him. We cost
him a lot of money last year and we
will cost him ml. lions thl year before
we are through. There are reports that
the men are flocking back to work.
These reports arc untrue.
This strike will last until Garrison
concludes that you are human and must
to the demand by the scale committee
for the resignation of President Demp-
sey. The sudden uies or rtmaido Cap-
rttentlon to th lower East Side, dis
pensing subpoenas and Matching partic
ularly for second offender against th
dry edlot Only on consfUoatlon oc
curred And that was of ten barrel ot
rye whiskey. Tho owner of this, ac
cording to th agents, preferred to give
up his wife rather than the boose, aver
ring he could get another wife hut
could not get more whiskey.
Tho "drive" Friday night was to get
what Mr. Qulgley terms "selling cases."
That the booso hunters were successful
ft a large degree will be evident when
those subpoenaed appear before tlx
United States Commissioner Tuesday.
Just how many wet resort were en
countered could not be ascertained, as
many of the subpoena stub were re
turned to th United State Attorney's
rfflce, but both Mr. Qulgley and Isidore
Einstein mad It plain that New Tork
city is going to be a lot tighter when
they get through.
"Aa long aa violators persist after
having once been convicted the publio
generally gets th Idea that even with
the strenuous work by prohibition agent
th law ha very dull teeth," Mr. Qulg
ley said. "It is also ot greater satisfac
tion for the agents to make a case
against second offenders, because the
law provides that the punishment shall
be Imprisonment for from one month to
five years, In addition to a fine of from
300 to $2,000.
"There are several place ln New York
that have gained tho reputation of sell
ing whiskey regardless of cases made
against them by tho prohibition agents.
Oryl cats has been raided and found to
b violating the law seven times. It
will be the object of the local prohibi
tion staff to clean up New York city as
thoroughly n the number of agents and
the cooperation of the polloo and other
aw enforcing bodies and the Judges who
iieciae the punishment will allow."
In the crusude PYlday th agents were
'nstructed not to make confiscations un
less absolutely necessary. But, accord
ing to Einstein, when the agents entered
Ui place of Charle Eberstsln at 11
f irst avenue they changed their minds.
Ten barrels of booze arc ton barrels of
boose. That was what tho agents found
In Ebersteln's place.
"Sbersteln was heartbroken td lose his
liquor," Einstein declared. "He told us
he had Juet got the stock In yester
day, and now he was losing his fortune
ana moans of jl livelihood. He said, he
was going to 'iommlt suicide. He said
he would rather give up his wife than
the liquor and wanted to make arrange
ment with me to take the 'wife."
David Klein of 72 West Ninety-eighth
street had found the dispensing of boose
helped hi tailoring business, the agents
and Boston and Albany railroads. The said. On of Mr. Shcvlln's men went
Desk was reached In th week ended I " K.iein s place and dickered with the
last Saturday, August If, when a total I tailor for a drink. At first Klein was
of 1,92$ carloads were delivered through reluctant, the agent said, but finally de-
the Albany gateway, for this same cured ne would sell him a pint of
the Government conciliators or other of
flelal will Have no dealing With the
strikers until thoy return tn work, R.
ports received here Indicated that they
were doing this, and officials said they
expected to see mst of them hack after
Labor Day.
Thro conciliators summoned to Wash
Inert on yesterday held a conference to
day with Hugh L. Kerwln, head of
the J.abor Department's bureau of con
ciliation. Aftor going over all reports
the conforees decided that the back
of the strike seemed broken and that
there need be no Government action at
this time.
A telegram received at the White
House asking President Wilson to re
open the wage agreement, signed by
operator and miner, was referred to
the Labor Department It was said
there would bo no action on thl ex
cert a possible reply that th Govern
ment could do nothing for th miners an
long as the present outlaw strike lasted.
No reply had been sent late to-night,
however.
Another encouraging feature of the
coal Munition was the issuance of a
statement by the Geological Survey that
despite strike both bituminous and an
thracite production was greater In the
wiwk ended August 28 than In the pre
ceding weak. Thli was before the pres
ent anthracite strike, although a num
ber of men wero out for the period cov-.
ered by the report
RECORD COAL SHIPMENTS.
Jfew
England Receives 138,400
Car Since January 1.
For several successive weens all previ
ous records tn the movement of bltu-
allno, one of the Insurgent leaders, ha; week last year a total of If 5 carloads , whNkey for 13.50 If the agent had his
been a Severe blow to the insurgents.
Strong Inaargent District.
The Insurgents are greatly pleased
with conditions In the Pottayllle and
Mahanay City district, where practi
ce recognized Mayor Hylan and the (eally 4 commie, arc tMt up. This con
Board of Estimate are tho only public
officials that, co far as 1 can learn, had
the courage to tell Judge Mayer that he
wa wrong ln his contention regarding
arbitration.''
Shea did not specify when and where
the Mayor and board told Judge Mayer
any such thing, and as far as Is known
they have not done so. He made one
statement ln Which the officials of the
company may concur with him. It was:
"The strike can't last more than three
days."
Samuel Oompers passed through the
city yesterday, but did hot talk with the
strike leaders.
OPEN AIR MEETING OF
L W. W. IS FORBIDDEN
Police Put Ban on Union
Square Gathering To-Morrow.
Th open air moss meeting planned
by th American Civil Liberties Union,
th Workers' Defence Union and th
Kew York Defence Commute of th
I. W. W. to be held in Union Square
too-morrow has been banned by th
police, according to officers of these
organisations.
Preparations ar being mad for a
number of indoor meeting of the
I. W. W. to be held soon, at which
William H. Haywood and other I. W.
W. leaders will speak. Haywood will
plead for the member of hi organisa
tion who are now in Jail ln various
part of the country. This will be his
second appearance In New York since
hla conviction under th espionage act
ln Chicago.
ditlon exists In the lower field, despite
th fact that the union was considered
stronger there than here.
Nanttcoke and Plymouth union offi
cials report to the executive board mem
bers and district presidents that the
collieries In their vicinity are now work
ing with nearly full force. The Lehigh
were handled through Albany by these
railroad
From January 1 to date the soft coal
movement Into Now England has totalled
34,294 cars, an average of 994 a week,
coat presaodi This was done, and Klein
received a subpoena.
Only one arrest wa made during the
raida The victim waa Benny Tompkins
of 713 East Adams street, Syracuse,
as against a total for the first eight I St, Y., who had four cans of alcohol tn
months of 191 of 12,080, or a weekly I his possession. He was locked up In the
average of 350 cars, an Increase ot lit
per cent
The grand total of ooal shipments
uiirrton street station, Amonr thos
subpoenaed were Mattos Pa sacuale of
17JJ Wilbur avenue, Thomas J. Mealey
aUu T ...... r. M. 1 , ., , X TT , - , t.C jr.nkK., ' .
n,,t,,T ..iiuarj uiiu ,cw cnigiAiiu ; -u juniiuKkuiji weui, oamuei Ufne
through five main gateway this year j berg, bartender, and Isaac Ginsberg
Is 111,409 carloads, as against 10B.506 owner, of 41 Old slip, and William Wal
ter of Third avenue and Sixty-seventh
In the earn period of 1919, an Increase
of 11,908 cars, or It per cent
street
MIDLAND UNE NOT TO RUN.
Report That Stat en Island Trolley
Would , Operate I Denied.
Qrover AS Whalen, Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, denied yesterday a
report that at federal Judge Chatfiold'a
request the Midland trolley lines of
Btaten Island would be put In operation
to-morrow. Mr. Whalen said he did not '
know of any agreement between tho!
city and the Federal court to operate
the lines, but It . there Were such an
agreement It still would require at least i
a month before the tracks and trolley;
could be repaired for operatlpn of cars, j
Mr. Whalen sold he would communl-'
cat with Receiver Brenner Tuesday and
work out the details of operation, and
than would ask the Federal court to
direct execution of tho plan.
STRIKERS RUSH TO MARRY.
p. K. T. Employee Try to Improve
Their Ml Hour.
A number of striking B. R, T. em
ployees, having some Idle time, on their
hands, got married yesterday. With th
large number of other persona affected
by an entire week of moonshot evening
the strikers brought ths ,totl number
of applicants for marriage licenses In
Brooklyn to 121 during the day. Thl
Is the highest dally record since June.
A BTOOd Dart nf thn rnarH.,., aM
alleged by the spoils of the license ,
uuicuu , in HIV result oi vacation ro-
mancea, the couples losing no time upon !
their return to town to hasten th
"jr . I
Welcome Home, Folks
From Seashore, Wopd and Mountain
THOUSANDS pf families have returned or
are now returning from vacations and are
bu8ywith fall and winter housekeeping plans.
One way to start the season right is to
Order From Your Regular Dealer
For Delivery Every Day
WARD'S
MOTHER HUBBARD
BREAD
MOTHER HUBBARD is a milk loaf and is a wholesome
and nutritious food which will help every 'member "fef the
family retain the renewed health, strength and vigor devel
oped during vacation rest.
your taste and your correct
knowledge of food values aid
you to determine.
Practice this sensible eating
suggestion and you will be well
nourished, well fed and living
cost Will be reduced.
From Now On
Order From Your Dealer Every Day
Ward's Mother Hubbard Bread
Make plenty of MOTHER
HUBBARD BREAD your
food basis. Then add such
other foods as will give the full
complement of vitamines, min
eral salts, other proteins and
carbohydrates as your purse,
Nw Jersey. Reoently he received a re
port from a Washington policeman who
was Marching th Jersey hill for hid
den liquor In conhoctlon with th Fred
erick V Hckert cas telling of the Hie
gal actions of some of tho prohibition
agent. Two men, Archie Murray and
Harry B. Sands, were sent up from
Wellington to work on the case.
iAst Wednesday Murray and Sands
went to the Berwick Hotel In Newark
and thro ar alleged to have met Mar
kowlU and Stein. They said they
Wanted to buy IIO.COO worth of liquor
for shipment to Washington. A third
man was called In and said he would
r.et It for them. It was agreed that
Murray add Sands should pay 25,000
when the liquor started from Nt
nrk, U.B00 when It got to Trenton,
and the remaining 12, MO when th
liquor was delivered In Washington.
It was further stipulated that two pro
hibition agent should ride tfn the truck
from Nwark to Washington to Insure
I
BAIL OF ECKERT
WITNESS REDUCED
Bitot Katz't Bond Lowered
from fSOfiOO to $15,000.
The ball of Mas Rats, held a a ma
terlal wltnlss In th murder of Prder
lok P. Edkert, Staten Island Bootlegger,
wus reduced yesterday to til. 040 bV6u-
preme court Justice Philip J. McCook,
in aplto qf objection by Albert V. Nor
ton, Assistant District Attorney of Rich
mond county. Counsel for Kats asked
that ball be made It.OOO.
Whan Kats was taken In custody
Thursday after hi first arrest boll wa
fixed at 100 On Friday he wa again
arraigned at th Instance of District
Attorney Maloy of Richmond county
and before County Judge Tlernan wa
held In 135,000. He was lockod ud at
Manhattan Police Headquarters, but
Kriday night some cf his friend an
nounced themselves ready to furnish
Bond. Judge Tlernan, notified by tele
phone, promptly lnereased tho ball to
550,000, and Kats' friends loft.
Kats, who, according to District At
torney Maloy, waa associated closely
with Eekert, has refused to-answer ques
tion. He wa arrested early last week
at hla homo, 218 Division street. Brook
lyn. William P. Tlernan, brother of Judge
Tlernan, and Henry Hugot wore ar
raigned before Federal Judge Chatfleid
ln Brooklyn yesterday and pleaded not
guilty to Indictments charging conspir
acy to violate tho Volstead act. They
were admitted to $1,000 ball each.
Pnrllompnt to Admit Women.
Perth, Australia, Sopt 4. Among
the legislative proposals to be submitted
in the forthcoming session of Parliament
here will be a bill to remove the disquali
fication against Woman offering them
selves as candidates for Parliament
THRE MEN HELD IN
$100.000 DYE THEFT
Truck Believed to Contain
Part of Loot Seized.
Department of Justice agent who
slnco July 9 had boon searching for
bandit gang which wa believed to be
Involved in the theft of $100,000 worth
of German dyeatuffs seised as enemy
owned property by tho Government and
housed In th Teatlle Alliance Corpora
tion, Hoboken, last night trailed from
Hoboken to Peterson a heavily loaded
motor truck which was followed by a
limousine carrying Ave men.
Tho operatives kept behind tho cara
van In order not to arouse suspicion,
and at tho outskirts of Peterson tele
phoned Patorson Police Headquarters
to halt the procession. The Pdterson
police seised th truck and arrested
three bf the Ave men In th Umousln.
On on ot the man th police said they
found a loaded revolver. Aboard the
truck wero dyestuffs valued at $24,000,
believed to be Dart of the itblsn good.
At Pateroon headquarters th men
Identified themselves a Christian Mul
ler, ti Jefferson street, Hoboken Petsr
Sullivan, 1027 Washington treet, Ho
boken. and Wolf Kaufman, 4$ West
treat, Paterson.
MOTHER OP SEVEN KILLED.
Ran DorvB by Trolley Car Willi)
Trying; to Reaene Child.
Mrs. Bella Tounteff. 15 years old. of
6T0 Grand street, Jersey Oily, mother
of seven children, wa Killed at Grand
and Wostervelt streets, Jersey City, last
nloht when ah attempted to aavo a
daughter, aged 4, from being run down
by a trolley car. The child darted to
safety before th mother reached her.
Mrs Younteff was thrown by th
fender and went under the wheels.
Harry Winters of 142 Bartholdl ave
nue, Jersey City, the raotorman, wa
charged with manslaughter, '
Autumn
Fashions
or
Stout
Women
Our Mtr4 business has been
built offji single Wr to pro
vida for stout women the same
Fashion service that other ex
clusive shops offer only to slender
women.
this season our showing of
the latest fashions Is larger and
lovelier than ever before. Styles
of the hour: fabrics that are new
and luxurious; tailoring of the
highest class, and prices that are
no higher than those of ordinary
garments.
Sizes 39 to 56 bust
Conducting eur asm warhtmi, im ere
able not this k faow lea prittt. tut
ojfer such aJcmhlu duplicating to
meature, txptrt fitHnfi tnd chanting
details te nKtUndlcldutl tattci.
21-23 W. 38th Street
Why We Need
Greater Revenue
QN August 1, 1919, the tele-
phone properties in New
York City were returned to the
private owners by the United
States Government. Since then
we have been doing our utmost
to restore the service to its for
mer high standard and to meet
the unprecedented demands for
new service.
The Telephone Company has
not been immune from the effect
of the high cost of all materials
and supplies or from the effect
of higher salaries and wages. So
long as the present economic
conditions prevail, costs will not
be materially lower.
Following is a comparison of
results of operation in New York
City for the month of August,
1919, the first month following
the return of the property to
private management, and July,
1920, the twelfth month after the
return of the property. This
shows the effect of restoration
and extension work upon our
revenue and expenses, including
wage increases and wages paid
to thousands of additional
workers.
Revenue Auru.t,i9i9
Exchange.. . . . , $3,233,851.65
r
July, 1920
, Toll
TOTAL . . .
Expenses
Pay Rolls . . .
Materials and other
Expense . , .
Depreciation ,
Taxes ......
.TOTAL . .
Net Telephone Revenue
Sundry Net Earnings ,
Total Net Earnings ,
$3,579,682.88
558,309.95
$8,730,952.19 $4,137,992.83
497,100.54
Percent
Increase
or Decrease (-)
10.7
12.3
10.9
$1,478,818.38 $2,332,146.93 57.7.
825,110.30
428,602.41
248,781.04
$2,981,312.13
749,640.06
58,331.78
$807,971.84
1,191,126.51
483,167.52
284,771.03
$4,291,211.99
-153,219.16
80,052.20
$-78,166.96
44.3
12.7
14.5
43.9
-120.4
37.2
-109.1
TTNDER the law regulating
telephone corporations, this
company is entitled to charge
rates that will yield reasonable
compensation for service
rendered. This revenue must be
sufficient to pay operating costs,
provide for necessary reserve
,and surplus and produce & fair
return upon the value of the
property used and useful in the
public service.
During the past seven months
our net revenue has. shown a
serious decrease arid on the
lowest conservative estimate of
the value of the telephone prop
erty in the City of New York we
have earned less than 2 per
annum.
During the month of July we failed to earn our v
bare operating expenses by over $73,000.
s
New York Telephone Company