Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan babban girgizar kasa na 1906
, Kamfanin Wayar Gida ya ba da gudummawar $ 75,000 zuwa asusun agaji ga garin, amma ya nemi a riƙe shi har sai an amince da ikon mallakar su. Daga baya an bayyana cewa masu kula da birnin sun karbi biyan kuɗi ta hanyar Ruef daga Kamfanin Wayar Gida da kuma Pacific States Telephone Co. Gidan Waya ya biya masu kula da 10 $ 3,500 kowannensu da masu kula da bakwai $ 6,000 kowannensu (kimanin $ zuwa $ a cikin ). Pacific States Telephone Co. sun biya masu kula da 10 $ 5,000 kowannensu ($ a yau). Bayan tuhumar cin hanci da rashawa, E.F. Pillsbury, Babban Lauyan kamfanin waya, ya bayyana cewa bai taɓa jin labarin aikin Ruef ba, kuma zai yi adawa da Ruef yana karɓar diyya fiye da nasa $ 1,000 a wata.