Show iii bocra tz up UI when seattle took over ra it street lar i ar system there was 1 a I fight for free rides by city employed emp loyes the rhe company under prin ate management was required to furnish free rides last yea worth to city empires emp loes now the city sais ae it cannot afford to d this and city employed emp loyes must pay same as other people but this same city required a private company to 10 carry these same em aloyes free when it knew it was wrong in principle but it cared not whether it robbed the private investor salem ore some time io j 0 o forced a readjustment of water ater and had the matter settled by the state utility commission the commission after a thorough investigation vesti gation lowered private rates in some instances while them in 0 others but greatly ire atly to the surprise of the tile city it nearly doubled rates which the city was paying for fire hydrants etc for years the city had been systematically robbing the private company and it refused to pay the in crease but the courts have now held it liable under the tile findings of the commission and the city mut mutt pay this ii is 1 good flotd sample of municipal hyp which refuses to play square with private ate industry in the matter of rates and regulations we admit we may be ungentlemanly but when ve we san a girl with a 14 inch skirt skir i t around an 18 inch pair of knees clin clinding sing ft a 36 inch hat down the street we laughed an idahoan recently planted a good healthy right on the law aw of an I 1 W W and 2nd I 1 W W acely ity in that particular spot stopped at once |