Petition by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for rate adjustment
The Utilities Board set December 16 as the hearing date on the petition filed by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company seeking to adjust rates. Two statements accompany the filing. the company estimates its property fair value at 19 million dollars and states that existing orders cap rates at 5.526 percent of property fair value. Revenue for the year was 7.454 million with operating expenses of 6.437 million, leaving net telephone revenues of 1.107 million, reduced to 1.030 million after adjustments. The company estimates average property value for the year at about 18.314 million using the 2019 Commission valuation as a basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone ‘Company
Public Service Commission
Peti- Hom
Hatnie
Utilities Board
Etatemen
Petithon
Ifle
Commission
Pig Like A Horse Shown By Dr Johnson At Chicago Show
Dr Johnson returns from the west with a young boar named Peter Fashion, bought from Lester HY Glover in Paletid. China swine. Peter stands 35 inches high at six months, the largest for his age, and may reach the size of a percharon horse when mature. He was showcased at the International Live stock Show in Chicago and toured Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gr. Johnson
Washingan
Stocks Firm Tone Despite Light Trading On Dividend News
Trading in stocks was markedly less active with about 600,000 shares traded but prices held a firm tone. Rails stayed steady early on the Railroad Labor Board news, Northern Pacific and Great Northern gained on the Burlington 20 percent dividend prospect. The dividend announcement caused a brief rise, leaving Northern Pacific little changed. Industrials edged up marginally while bonds were irregular. Call money opened at 6 percent, dipped to 4 1/2 percent, then rose to 5 percent late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Labor Board
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Diamond Dyes promise simple home dyeing for all fabrics
A vintage ad urges women to dye worn clothes at home using Diamond Dyes. It claims easy kit directions for wool silk linen cotton and blends, guarantees no streaking fading or running, and notes the user should tell the druggist the fabric type. The copy mentions a woman owning a large front mine north of Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Thousand Hunters Pursuit Deer On Blue Ridge
Waynesboro Pa December 1 the opening of the deer season drew an army of nearly 1000 hunters to the Blue Ridge ranges north of Caledonia and Monterey. Local clubs including Monterey Gun Club Graeffenburg Inn Rouzerville Hunting Club Mont Alto area camps.
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Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Ranges
Caledonia
Monterey
Franklin
Adams
Monterey Gun Club, Camp At Graeffenburg, Inn; Rouzerville ‘Hunting Club
Mont Alto
Spies Defended by Attorney in Washington County Case
Henry J. Bedtt attorney for Worth and Company says a Washington County investment scheme involving Franklin Spiese promoter of the National Guarantee Credit Corporation collapsed, with about 150000 tied to investors. He claims no intent to defraud and notes contracts between Worth & Company and the National Guarantee Credit Corporation are central. The case is expected to be long and complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Bedtt
Worth & Company
Washington County
Franklin Spiese
National
Credit Corporation
Igs
Scott
Spiese
National Guarantee ‘Credit Corporation
Fatal self inflicted wound during knife play in Salem
Allen Frank Meredith a 17 year old of Clarksburg West Virginia died in a Salem hospital after a knife he was handling pierced his chest. The tragedy occurred at a relative's home when he struck his chest with the knife’s butt, the blade entering his body and severing an artery. He was married to Opal Frazure on November 7.
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Clarksburg
Allen Frank Meredith
Meredith
Salem Electric Light Company
Salem
Opal Frazure
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DR. Johnson
R. D. McKee
Springs
Hloise Crowe
Mme. H. M. van. Haerema
Waslington
Manila
Bell Telephone System
The
Chesapeake & Potomac
W. H. Hunter
Blue Ridge
Lowell
Wester Unies
Bert Sewall
Williamsport, Ut
Fleishe
Brown's Smart Shop
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