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treme dimensions of which are 41x55 feet.
This Trill be used as a. public lobby. A
double row of granite columns surrounds
the outside of the vestibule. These col
umns are SO in number, and tbey are of
polished stone, with spuare cut blocks
making up the lower half of the shaft of
each. Beyond these is a semi-circular row
of scagliola columns. The floor of the
vestibule is cf red and -white marble til
ing, and the celling in .heavy panels of
plaster. In the pediment just above the
central entrance to the lobby is a carved
shield on which may be chiseled the coat
of arms of the city.
From the lobby open four entrances,
which lead into the main central hall.
This hall is 50x68 feet in size, 16 scagliola
columns being placed in the hall at ap
propriate distances apatr. The floor is simi
lar to that of the veMibule. On the north
side of the hall are the staircases and
elevators. Only one of the elevators in
the building will be used at the present
time. The staircases are of iron, while the
balustrade and the elevator railings are
cf highly ornamental copper and bronze.
The entire walls of the hall and all the
corridors have a wainscoting of white
marble, which rises to a height of three
feet. There is nofa gloomy corner in the
entire structure.
The two interior courts, by which light
is admitted to the building, are on either
sJde of the stalrcafces. The courts are
faced with white enameled brick, and are
covered by a copper-framed glass sky
light. The entire ground floor is occupied oy
the offices of the water committee. The
public water office is reached by no less
than three large entrances, one from the
exterior and two frcm the wide corridors
running from the main hall. This office
'. 44x76 feet. A counter of polished oak
runs the entire length of the office. The
space for the public outside this counter
is floored with marble tiles. Connected
with the rt'hllc water office are rooms for
clerks, draugh ting-room and office of the
superintednent. Adjoining these rooms
on the east tide is an apartment 16x22
feet, which is reserved for meetings of
the water commission.
The whole south end of the ground floor
beyond the main hall and fronting on Jef
ferson street is devoted to the boiler and
engine-rooms, storerooms, etc The boiler
room has a total length of 00 feet, with a
width of 24 feet. It is provided with two
boilers of 100-horsepower capacity each.
The engine-room occupies a space 40x50
feet in size. It contains ventilating fans,
a description of which will be found in a
subsequent part of this article. This room
also contains the engine (or driving the
fans, and the pump for operating the ele
vators. Ample storage for fuel is obtained
in the space under the sidewalks on the
south and west sides of that part of the
building.
In the wing on the southeast corner cf
the ground floor are the offices of the fire
department, with a separate entrance
CITY HALL,
from the court. There is a room, 16x20
feet, here for the Are commissioners.
room 16x30 feet for the superintendent of
fire alarm, office of the chief engineer
10x16 feet in size, and 'the main public
office 20x24 feet. Adjoining these rooms is
the battery-room, 21x40 feet. In this is
placed the electric aparatus necessarily
connected with a modern lire department.
THE MAIX FLOOR.
Thin Partiof the UnHtUn? Ik 'Reached J
From Fifth. Street. - 1
NTRANCE to the main floor
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is gained from Fifth street
through a covered carriage
driveway. The entrance is
fronted by 12 columns of pol
ished granite, with square-cut
blocks of the same stone, un
polished about the lower hal
of the shaft of each column.
The driveway forming the en
trance has a celling of very
heavy panels of copper. Pass
ing through the votibule the
main central hall is reached by a flight of
six marble steps. This vestibule is lOxli
feet in size. It will have walls of Eschall
lon marble. The ceiling is of polished oak
in very heavy panel.
The main central hall on this floor is
24x78 feet. It is decorated with 20 scagliola
columns. On either side of the hall are
the stairs and elevators, which serve all
the floors in the building. Turning toward
the rorth end of the building through the
west corridor running from the main hall,
the treasurer's office is reached. This
covers a space of 24x62 feet. Outside the
counters is a space for the public This
has a floor of marble tiles. This space for
the public is provided for in all the main
offlce3. The polished cak counter is 40 feet
In length, and counters slmlh r to this are
In all the other offices. Adjoining this
office- is the private apartment of the
treasurer, 12x14 feet. 1 his contains a tw -story
flre-proof vault. Just beyond the
trecsurer's office, and reached also from
the two main floors are the offices of the
c.ty auditor. The public office is 40x50 fot
in extent. Connected with the auditor's
office are two large two-story vaults. The
private office of the auditor Is 12x26 feet
in extent. There are three rooms here for
the ure of the cleiks and stenographers,
the dimensions of each of these rooms
being 12x18 feet. Adjoining the auditor s
department is the room for the public rec
ords. Tills is 16x12 feet in size.
On the west side of the building, north
of the entrance. Is the effice of the supe--Intendt-nt
of streets, 24x27 feet in extent.
Frc m this room entrance Is gained to the
offices of the deputies, and also to the
private office of the superintendent. The
rooms for the deputies are 14x26 feet in
size. The office of the superintendent jf
r treels, 12x12 feet In s?ze. adjoins this. At
the north end of the building, and ad
joining the latter offices, is a draughting
room. 20x26 feet in size, which is intended
for the use of the superintendent of
streets and the surveyors. From this room
access Is had to a two-story vault, 12x30
feet In size, which is i-sed for the storage
of maps and valuable documents. ,
On the court adjoining these offices are
two rooms, each 16 feet square. These are
for the use of the surveyors and superin
tendent of streets. The surveyor's office.
24x2S feet, is at the northeast corner of
the floor, with the entrance from the east
corridor. A polished oak counter also runs
through the center of this room, outsllc
of which is the space reserved for the
public. The surveyor's private office ad
joining is 12x21 feet m size.
At the east end of the main central hall
of this floor is the entrance to the council
ante-room, the extreme dimensions of
which are 16x2S feet. Adjoining this is a
toilet-room, 14x16 feet in siie. The council
ante-room is wainscoted to a height of
four feet with oak panels. At the east end
of the main central hall, with entrances
only from the council ante-room and room
of public record, are the council cham
bers. These occupy a beautiful seml-clr-rular
apartment, 46 feet deep one way and
50 feet the other. The council chamber is
directly over the semi-circular vostibuled
entrance to the ground floor on the east
side of the building.
Light Is admitted to the council chamber
by IS windows, which command a iew of
the river and the magnificent stretch of
country eastward. Including Mount Hood
and the Cascade range. Around the walls
cf this room are 4 elaborately ornament
ed electric and gas fixtures. Over the cen
ter of the chamber hangs a pendant chan
delier, with fixtures for S5 electric and 56
gas lights. The entire room J finished In
mahogany, with furniture of the same
material for the mayor, clerk and- councll
mcn. The front of the gallery which sur--ou&ds
this room is decorated with plaster
panels and 14 polished scagliola columns
gjj
which form a semi-circular colonade
which supports the gallery. This leaves a
space around the council chamber floor
back of the councilmen's desks. The ceil
ing of the chamber is SI feet high, the
walls running up through the first and
second floors. The gallery for the use of
the public has a seating capacity of 360.
The entrance to the gallery is from the
second floor by two corridors from the
central hall.
THE SECOND FLOOR,
And the Trro Stories AboveThe Pri
vate Offices.
T the southeast corner of the
second floor is a suite of
apartments for the mayor
which consists of a public reception-room,
17x39 feet, may
or's private office, 14x24 feet,
and two small rooms. 12x16
feet. Connecting with this
suite is a private staircase fcr
.l.-. ?a rt 4Via marny -hlrh
-s loaiiK to th auditor's depart
ment. Connecting with these rooms
is the mayor's official reception-room, 16x.
80 feet, which can be used also as a committee-room:
This latter apartment is
finished in mahogany, and wainscoted al
most to the ceiling with ornamental cor
nice. On the Madison-street side of the build
ingandadjolningthe mayor's room are two
rooms, each 16x18 feet. These are for the
use of the city attorney: On the north
end of this floor are apartments which
make up a series of rooms for the use of
the city council. These are en suite of
eight rooms, each of which is 16 feet
square Another large room, 24x30 feet,
with direct access from the main central
hall, will oe used as a committee-room for
public hearings. The rest of the rooms on
this floor arc as yet unassigned, but they
can be used by the bridge commission,
police commission. Port of Portland com
mission, school board, and for other pur
poses. They are well lighted and are pro
vided with three two-story vaults which
connect direct -w ith these apartments.
The rooms on the third floor are ?r
ranged around the main central hall, with
wall flnish and toilet rooms similar to
those of the floor belpw. The celling of.
the main central hall of this floor js
arched, and the hall is decorated with
scagliola columns, as are all the balls be-
iow. an connection wun me rooms on
this floor are three large flre-proof vault.
The third floor is not quite completed, but
the building is so arranged that this work
can be carried on without interfering in
the least with the use of the building.
On the west front of the building, out
sldethe rooms of the third floor, is an
open balcony or gallery, fronted by a
colonnade of IS polished granite columns.
The third is the top floor of the building,
and, while it is designated as third, it is
really three full stories above the floor on
the Fourth-street side entrance.
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PORTLAND, OR.
The toilet ac-ommodatlons of the build-
ing are good. The main public toilet-room
on the ground floor, and the four toilet
rooms on the second and third floors two
en each floor for men and two for women,
have a wainscoting of white marble which
rises to a height of seven feet. These are
fitted with the latest modern plumbing
fixtures. These toilet-rooms are located
at the north and south ends of the in
terior courts, from which light is admitted
on both floors.
The City Hall is flre-prcof throughout.
the floors being constructed of steel
beams w ith terra cotta arche3 leveled up
with concrete, and finished with wood or
marble tiled flooring. The roof is flat.
being tarred and graveled ard constructed
of the same supports as the Moors. It Is
entirely surrounded by a stone balustrade
with square pozts, and is decorated with
carved stone urns at the corners. It wo'ild
afford sin ideal promenade for a roof gar
den. On the street line are stone balus
trades, similar to that around the roof.
Concrete sidewalks surround the building
on each of the four streets. The floors of
the courts are of artificial stene
In the main central hall are four large
hollow piers, running from the ground
floor to the top of the building. These are
utilized to carry the service wires for the
electric lights and also to carry the gas
mains of the building. Ladders are placed
Inside the piers, and these run the entire
length of each pier. They are for the con
venience of the workmen. The fixtures for
lighting throughout the building arc com
bination electric and gas chandeliers and
brackets., finished in old brass. The trim
ming hardware is plain and substantial,
and is also finished in old brass. The ar
rangements for heat and ventilation are
perfect. Under the east and west corri
dors on the ground floor arc air ducts run
ning the entire length of the halls. These
convey fresh warmed air to all parts of
the building. On each side of the engine
room are two air chambers connected by
galvanized Iron ductb with the outside of
the building. Within these chambers :: a
s-ystem of steam coils, through which the
freslroutsldo air passes and becomes heat
ed. The air next passes through an enor
mous fan. which blows it with great force
into the ducts described above. Through
tnese ducts the air passes to all parts of
the building. The plan of ventilating and
heating the building provides heat and
fresh air to all the looms, provisions hav
ing been iriade for accommodating from
12G0 to 1503 people In the building at one
time.
MAYOR GEORGE P. FRANK.
Of the younger element which has con
tributed so largely to Portland's prosperity
tm?
Mryor fanRGF P Frank
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during the past decade is Hon. George P.
Frank, the present head of the city gov
ernment. Mr. Frank is a man of signal
r.blllty in business, and it was his careful
business training which has been a most
important factor in the political success
he has already attained. Mr. Frank has
had nothing to gain from politics but the
good-will of his fellow citizens, and his ad
ministration of Portland's municipal af
fairs during the short time be has held
the rauyor's chair has demonstrated clear
ly the necessity of placing business men
of ability at the head of the city govern
ment. Mr. Frank was born In Washington
county. New York, June 11, 1SS8. He lived
on a farm until he was li years -of age.
He had the benefits of the training, afford
ed in his early youth by the typical coun
try school. In 1SS4 be removed from New
York to Madison, Wis. In the latter state
he took the full course at the state uni
verslt . from which he graduatt-d in 1870.
After .-.ur':.g h.s dir-lcnia he cntercJ the
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employ of the Chicago. Burlington &
Qulncy Railroad Company, with which
company he was connected for a term of
four years. He next found employment
with the Chicago & Northwestern, and
located at his old home. In 1S75 he retired
from the railroad business, which he had
successfully followed for a number of
years, and opened a large agricultural Im
plement house in San Francisco, under the
name of Frank Bros. & Co. This is today
one of the largest agricultural implement
and machinery houses of the coast. In
the following year Mr. Frank came to
Portland with the special view of estab
lishing a branch house In this city. "Un
der the management of Mr. Frank the
Portland house has prospered, and an evi
dence of his personal popularity and of
the high esteem In which he Is held by his
fellow citizens is seen in his elevation to
the highest office within the gift of the
city.
Mr. Frank has always been active In the
councils of the republican party of the
state, yet he has never sought political
preferment. He has been a member of
the Portland .water committee for two
years past, and on the death of W, S.
Ladd, Portland's pioneer banker, Mr.
Frank assumed the chairmanship of the
construction committee, the important po
sition so long filled by Mr. Ladd. Mr.
Frank served for three years as police
commissioner, and at the last city election
in. June he was elected mayor of Portland
by a handsome majority.
The confidence reposed In Mr. Frank by
the citizens of Portland can be better ap
preciated when It Is stated that during
the term of no former mayor of the city
have the responsibilities connected with
that office approached in Importance what
they are today. The new city charter of
Portland authorized by the last legislature
practically gives the mayor entire charge
of the municipal government. It is to the
mayor that the people look as the head of
municipal affairs, and the appointments
for all the principal heads of the city de
partments are in his hands. It ha3 been
Mr. Frank's earnest aim since he assumed
the mayoralty to closely guard the inter
ests of the city, and that he has been al
lowed to make the decided Innovations in
the management of -be city's business
which the demands of the stringent times
have made necessary, w Ithout the protest
of the people who elected him. Is more
than satisfactory evidence that his course
hag met with the hearty approval of
everybody interested in Portland's pros
perity. FRANK HACHENEY.
A treasurer of the city of Portland who
has handled the public funds placed in
his hands In the same careful manner
that the conservative business man guards
his finances is Mr. Frank Hacheney, the
present incumbent of this important of
fice. In the performance of his duties as
city treasurer Mr. Hacheney has even
gone much further than was perhaps ever
done before by any city treasurer on the
coast, and in maintaining the city's credit
during the troublesome times of the panic
of 1S93, by giving his personal security to
obtain funds to carry on the municipal
government, he performed an act that the
people promptly decided entitled him last
June to re-election to this same office by
one of the largest majorities accorded
any candidate on the republican ticket.
Mr. Hacheney has been a resident of
Portland, with the exception of the time
he was In Eastern Oregon, since the spring
of 1860. Portland at that time was a small
town of about 6000 population, and it gave
but little promise of ever becoming the
metropolitan city it is today. Mr. Hach
eney carefully studied the situation here,
however, and, while he had confidence in
the future growth of the place, yet he saw
clearly that he could find an easier road
to fortune in some of the smaller towns of
the Interior. Soon after reaching Portland
he completed arrangements to go into
business at Canyon City, in Grant county.
Canyon City was then a prosperous gold,
minlng center, and it afforded Mr, Hach
eney a splendid fiejd for the dlsplay.of his
ability. He remained In business -there
until 1S70, when he disposed of.-his inter-
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csis In Canyon City and removed to Port
land. At that time the leading grocery house
of Portland was conducted by Oatman
& DeLashmutt. On Mr. Hacheney's re
turn to Portland, he purchased the inter
est of Mr. DeLashmutt In the firm of Oat
man & DeLashmutt- The following year
Mr. Oatman disposed of his interests in
the firm to Mr. Stemme, and fcr many
years the house of Hacheney & Stemme
was the leading retail grocery firm of
Portland. In 1SS5, after he had amassed
a competency, Mr. Hacheney on account
of ill health was compelled to retire from
active business. Since that time, however,
he has taken an active part in the direc
tion of Portland's affairs, and, as before
stated, he has earned the confidence of
everybody interested in the city's pros
perity. In 1SS3 Mr. Hacheney was elected a
member of the common council. He served
in this capacity for three years. It was
during this time that he displayed such
signal fitness for public life that at the
expiration of his term in the council he
was elected to the important office of
treasurer of Multnomah county. In 1SS0
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by a handsome majority at the following i
.-.. y .l w. wt..u, u.uu .c m ticvicu
June election. Mr. Hacheney is today in
vigorous health, and he gives promise of
long years of successful effort ahead of
him.
A. N. GAMBELL.
Mr. A. N. Gambell. Portland's popular
city auditor, was born in the state of Ver
mont in 1S41. Jn,.lSS0 he removed to Cali
fornia and located at Auburn, Placer
county, where he resided until 1S09, when
he removed with his family to Bellingham
A.IM.-GfifviBELL.
Pboto by jIcAlpin & L&inb.
Bay, Wash. At the latter place he took
charge of the large store of the Belllng
hamjSay Ccal Company.
Mr. Gambell first came to Portland In
1871, and ho has made his constant home
here s'-nce that time. He soon made friends
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Frank Hacheney. '
after he took up bis residence In this city, j
and, recognizing his ability, they secured
him the appointment In 1373 to the import
ant position of deputy collector of Internal
revenue, which position he filled success
fully until 1S79. On Mr. F. X. Shurtletfs
appointment to the office of collector of
customs for this port, Mr. Gambell was
selected by the new collector as one of his
chief deputies, a position he held during
Mr. ShurtlefTs entire term of office.
In 1833 Mr. Gambell was honored by the
republican convention with the nomina
tion for city auditor. He was elected to
the office at the following election by a
large majority. In 1S94 he was renomi
nated to the same office by the republi
cans, and was re-elected by the decided
majority of 2300 ever his opponent.
R. R. GILTNER.
A Portland boy who has attained dis
tinction in the legal profession is Hon. R.
R. Giltner, the efficient city attorney. Mr.
Giltner was prepared for Yale college in
the Portland high school by Professor J.
TV". Johnson. He has lived in Portland
since 1S60. He graduated from Yale col
leg In 1SS1, and was admitted to the prac
tice of the law In 18S3. Since he first hung
out his shingle at his modest little law
office in this city, he has been recognized
as one of the most promising young attor
neys of the state, and the success he has
already attained is evidence of the quali
ties he possesses, which will doubtless en
able him to earn a place among the great
lawyers of the state.
Mr. Giltner has been a close student,
and his ability was recognized by the last
republican convention, which tendered
him the nomination for the" important
office of city attorney. At the following
election he was elected by a handsome
majority over his opponent. Since assum
ing the responsibilities of office he has
been asked to give his- opinion on some of
the most subtle questions of law that were
ever submitted to any previous incum
bent. In construing the terms of the new
charter many difficulties have been en
countered, and the responsibility of pass
ing opinion with the view of a definite set
tlement of these questions has fallen alto-
R.R.GlLTNEFV
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gether on Mr. Giltner. That his decision
in no case has been contested is evidence
of his ability and of his fairness in com
ing to conclusions, and the record he has
already made in the office of city attorney
has earned for him a distinction which is
enjoyed by but few young attorneys of
the coast.
T. M. HURLBURT.
A- Portland boy who has attained dis
tinction as a civil engineer is Mr. T. M.
Hurlburt, the present city surveyor. Mr.
Hurlburt was born In Iowa in I860. He
came to Portland with his parents in 1S70,
and was educated-"in the local public
schools. From 1S77 to 1SS5 his services
were devoted enttrely:taarallroad engineer-,
ing; he-having'tfeenikntpl&y.ea during--that
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CbmpanyvChb'w thoT60uthehriPacific)ibnl
the West Side exteiisioii frdnr St: Joseplut
to,Crvallls. ficVv3rkeuvb"h thectfaWrn
uiinn.il xruiii jiiuaiiy iu Xjeuanuii, anu inc
Southern Pacific's extension from Rose
burg to the state line. He was also em
ployed on the Northern Pacific line in the
neighborhood of the famous Stampede
tunnel.
In May, 1SS5, Mr. Hurlburt was appoint
ed city surveyor of East Portland, now a
part of consolidated Portland. He held
the office until he was elected to the more
Important trust of county surveyor In
1SS6. He filled the office In a most satis
factory manner until July, 1831, when he
resigned to accept the office of city sur
veyor of consolidated Portland. Mr. Hurl
burt was re-elected to this position at the
last June election by-a large majority.
At the request of the Portland water
commission, Mr. Hurlburt explored the
source of the Bull Run river in Septem
ber. 18SS, thus settling the vexed question
of the purity of the water now supplied
the city. He made the railroad survey
for the projected line from Goble to Asto-
T M Hurlburt.
Photo by McAIpin & Lamb.
ria a route running, down the west bank
of the Columbia river. This survey set
tled the question of the practicability of
the route.
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,. cnrv,n-nr tbnt has nrnvprl his strnnir.
est recommendation to the taxpayers of
the city and county, who have repeatedly
favored him with their suffrages. Thor
oughly in earnest in any work he Tinder
takes, he is justly entitled to the distinc
tion he has attained as a civil engineer
and surveyor.
J. L. POOLE.
Two of the greatest abuses heaped on a
tolerant public are the adulterations of
food products and the practice of dealers
of giving short weights of certain articles
of every-day consumption where full
weights are paid for. The question of
wood alone is one of the greatest import
ance. Heretofore all wood brought into
the city was S feet 4 Inches and 3 feet 6
Inches In length. Now all wood dealers
are compelled to carry 4-foot wood, there
by stopping a very malicious practice. A
dealer who sells by short weight practices
the same degree of fraud as any impostor
who obtains money under false pretenses,
and it was the abuse of the quantities of
goods sold by unscrupulous dealers to un
suspecting customers, which allowed short
weights to be given through the tamper
ing with the counter scales, that led the
city some time since to appoint a city
sealer of weights and measures. This of
ficial Is held directly responsible for the
accuracy of dealers' scales and measures,
and the creation of this office has proved
of direct benefit to every householder and
legitimate dealer In Portland.
No greater recommendation of a man's
honesty could be given than his appoint
ment to the position of a sealer of weights
and measures. The man who can bo ex
pected to fill this office at all satisfacto
rily must be a man whose honesty Is
above question. In the selection of Mr. J.
L. Poole as the flrst? incumbent of this
responsible position In Portland en excel
lent appointment was made. He Is a gen-
jKpz- p
tleman who has had a thorough education
in mercantile pursuits, and he carries the
highest indorsement of every firm with
whom he was ever connected. He was
born in Newark, N. J., in 1864. He grad
uated from Seton Hall college, after which
he entered an active business life He
traveled for some of the largest houses
in the United States, during which time
he built up a large and valuable acquaint
ance Mr. Poole first reached Portland in
1837. He was prominently connected with
the Portland Preserving Company for a
time, after which he accepted a responsi
ble position with the well-known whole
sale house of Mason, Ehrraan & Co. When
the office of city sealer of weights and
measures was created for Portland in
1802, Mr. Poole's name was the most prom
inent one mentioned for the position, and,
recognizing his special fitness for the
place, he was given the appointment. It
J.L.PO0L&.
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has been through the earnest efforts of
Mr. Poole that the merchants of Portland
have been put on an equal footing regard
ing the matter of selling goods by weight,
and every scale used by dealers in Port
land today bears the official seal of the
city, attached by Mr. Poole himself. Mr.
Poole has the hearty support of the pub
lic in his position, and so fairly and fear
lessly has he performed his duties that he
has gained the united good-will of the
public and dealers alike.
E. J. FLOYD.
Mr. E. J. Floyd, the present efficient in
spector of plumbing and drainage in Port
land, was born in England in 1S3L In all
the old countries plumbing Is studied as
one of the arts, and the apprenticeship
Mr. Floyd served in the mother country
adrairably fitted him for his future suc
cessful career in the United States. He
came to America in April, 1870, and at
once secured work here at his trade of
plumbing, steam and gasfitting. He spent
some years at Youngstown, O., and in 1SS3
came to Portland. On his arrival here he
was appointed to a responsible position
in charge of the Westinghouse air brakes,
with which the cars of the entire South
ern Pacific are fitted. He remained in this
position for three years, when he pur
chased the leading plumbing business of
Sturm & Smith, of this city. Since that
time Mr. Floyd has conducted this busi
ness In a most successful manner under
the firm name of E. J. Floyd.
Mr. Floyd's appointment by Mayor
Frank as Inspector of plumbing and drain
age was a most fitting recognition of his
special adaptability fcr the position. Every
plumber doing business here is compelled
to have a certificate on each piece of
work he handles, showing that in every
particular on the work In question he has
fully conformed to the city ordinances on
plumbing. This is an absolute assurance
to the people of the city that no careless
plumbing can be done. Since Mr. Floyd
was made, inspector of plumbing and
drainage of Portland he,iias,given his per-
sonal attention to every pieceof -plumbing
Pi importance aone in me city, anu, wun
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Photo by McAlpln & Lamb.
the great care he exercised in watching
all plumbing work, the people are con
tent in the knowledge that during his in
cumbency of the office no plumbing that
is in the least inimical to the health of
the city will be attempted.
COLD WEATHER HINTS.
Care for Little Thins "Will Save
Large Fuel liills.
"I sold that man 18 tons of coal last
winter, and he burned it in a 10-room
house," said a coal dealer to the New
Yerl. Ledger, indicating a customer
who had just left the place. "And the
J interesting part of it all is that half
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every purpose, if the man had gone to
the trouble and expense of a few trifling
repairs and additions about the prem
ises. The price of two tons of coal
would have put the place in good order
and saved him a good deal of monev.
Of course, it is none of my affair, save
that dn general principles I dislike to
see any one do things that he cannot
afford. In this case, the family have
none too much of this world's goods,
and the $40 or $50 they might have
saved on fuel could have been much,
better expended in some other direc
tion." The coal-dealer's remarks might be
applied in more cases than one. It is
no unusual thing to see houses with
loose, rattling windows, .great cracks
around the doors, baseboards that have
shrunken away from the floors, and nil
sorts of slipshod management that
means an enormous consumption of
fuel, with little of the corresponding
advantages that one has a right to ex
pect. Any house that has been built for
any number of years should be care
fully looked over upon the approach
of cold weather, and all the crevices
and cracks should be closed. This is
but the most trifling expense when reg
ularly attended to. There are bits of
molding and strips of wood that come
expressly for such purposes, and any
one who can handle a saw or drive a
nail can put them in place.
A great deal of cold comes in around
windows and through cracks in the
wall. Whenever the house is papered,
en extra roll of paper should be put
away, then in case it should be neces
sary to close a joint between the plaster
and the casing, it may Oe done with
cement or plaster of paris, and the
patch neatly covered with a bit of
paper matched on so accurately that
it will never be observed. Wood or
paper pulp and plaster of paris make
a cement that will swell in drying and
fill ordinary spaces in woodwork. A
mixture of this sort, with a little glue
added, is invaluable to keep-out drafts
and save fuel, and every economical
and prudent householder should become
an expert fn the management of coW
weather fittings.
o
Hood's Sarsaparilla is a reliable medi
cine If sou have neier tried it, do so now.
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THE BICYCLES 0F;"'95
THE IXXOVATIOXS MADE IX WHEELS
THIS TEAR.
The Bedded. Cat In Prices The Silent
Steed Is Now Within the Reach.
ef AH People Who Will Hide.
HE efforts which have
been made by the lead
ing bicycle houses of
Portland during the
past few years to place
bicycle-riding on the
pedestal of popular fa
vor have been in the In
terests of the seller of
wheels and the general
public alike.
The remarkable hold
bicycle-riding is gain
ing on the American
people has been due di
rectly to the Improve
ment in the materials
of which bicycles are
now made. In the old ordinary (the high
wheel), weights of less than from SO to To
pounds were unknown. With the advent
of the safety came the drop of probably
four or five pounds in weight. So firmly
convinced, however, were the public and
the bicycle manufacturers alike, three
years ago, of the impossibility of making
a serviceable wheel under 43 pounds weight
for all-around use by the general rider
that a bicycle which a man could lift
easily In one hand was regarded as a
marvel. In 1893 the leading manufactur
ers turned out road wheels weighing from
33 to 40 pounds, and they did this with
considerable misgiving of these wheels
standing up during the season. In 1S94
the weights of road wheels ranged from
26 to 32 pounds, and even the bicycle men
themselves were surprised at the general
satisfaction these wheels gave under the
hardest usage even over the roughest
roads of thecountry. The weights of wheels
for road use during the present year will
run from 22 to 26 pounds, ard for special
wheels for heavy or extremely tall men
the weights will run from 26 to 30 pounds.
Ladies' wheels during the present year
will be made of as low weights as 0
pounds, in diamond frames.
Nobody who Is not an expert rider can
appreciate the full enjoyment of cycling.
There is a certain exhilaration in skating
which appeals to young and old alike, but
with from twice to three times the speed
attained in skating a speed that Is easily
made on the wheel under ordinary condi
tions bicycle-riding possesses a fascina
tion which does not attnch to any other
means of locomotion. The possibilities of
a bicycle in the hands of anybody who
can ride well can be appreciated from the
statement that scores of wheelmen leave
the city every Sunday during the summer
months and easily ride from 50 to 100
miles during the day without any great
fatigue. Enthusiastic nimrods or hunters
leave Portland late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning, reach their fishing
grounds at distances from the city vary
ing from 20 to 40 miles in time to enjoy a
good day's sport, and are back home
again on Sunday evening. The pneumatic
tire renders riding a wheel over ordinary
roads as comfortable an undertaking as
a long journey in the best upholstered
seats of the modern Pullman, and the
man who has once hardened his muscles
to bicycle-riding will never experience the
fatigue that the apparent necessary ex
ertion on the wheel would seem to en
courage. The first ride on a bicycle is sometimes
taken with misgivings on the part of the
rider, but if the beginner Is not too timid
a partial control over the wheel.ls gained
In the first hour, with the assistance of a
practical teacher. The second lesson en
courages confidence, and after a few more
trials the average beginner can safely
trust himself to ride on business thor
oughfares. The secret of riding "is confidence first
and speed second. The novice when he is
threatened with a fall, Invariably turns
his handle bars the wrong way. After
he becomes a little more experienced he
still slacks his speed Instinctively in place
of going faster, as all good riders do
when they get into tight places. A sug
gestion to riders that will prove of Incal
culable benefit to them Is to distribute
the weight evenly between the seat and
the handle bars. A rigid position on the
wheel jars the spinal column, it subjects
the rider to every trifling jolt and it
develops the legs only. Putting the weight
heavily on the handle bars allows the
rider to instinctively rise from the seat,
which all good riders do, in passing over
rough places, It gives a man a perfect
control over his wheel, which he could
obtain in no other way, and it develops
tne muscles ot the arms and chest to a
remarkable degree. Putting the weight
on the handles at first is a little hard on
the hands and wrists, just as rowing to
a beginner might be, but this trouble is
soon overcome and it is surprising how
soon a rider becomes fairly expert who
will learn to ride right in the first place.
Bending the body from the hips, too, as
Is necessary, to throw the weight on the
handles, does not bend the back, for the
line of the spine is straight and the best
authorities also agree that a correct po
sition on the wheel as outlined above,
rather expands than contracts the chest.
No man who rides a bicycle systematically
and who has fair lungs will ever incur
pulmonary disorders of a serious type, and
any party who rides a wheel as it should
be ridden will find that it is a direct bene
fit to his general health. There is one ar
gument regarding resting the weight of
the body heavily on the handle bars that
cannot be disputed. This Is that no rider
who assumes an erect position can ride
asphalt-paved streets or Belgian blocks
during the winter months with any de
gree of safety, and all the accidents that
have ever occurred in Portland from rid
ing on wet streets have happened to those
who ride as though they were posing for
a piece of statuary with the thought up
permost in their minds that they were
going to tumble, a catastrophe that the
position and the lack of confidence al
ways invite.
In the present article no attention will
be paid to the racing wheels, for the
reason that the light racing wheels are
of no special interest to the general rider.
It may be stated, however, that racing
wheels this year will be made of as low
weights as 12 pounds, while the average
weight will run from 13 to 20 pounds.
Tandems, to a certain extent, are pop
ular, yet the prevailing low prices of
wheels for single riders rather tend to en
courage -the latter machines. The price
of the highest grade wheels this year will
be $100, with prices of $123 for a few spe
cial wheels. Wheels will be sold as low
as $60, and moderate priced wheels wilt
run from $75 to $90. The improvements
this year in wheels are reduced weights,
narrower treads, the tread now ranging
from 4i to 6t: inches, and other improve
ments of note will be the absence of
brakes, which are unnecessary, adjust
able handle bars, detachable tlre3 and
greatly improved cranks. The prevailing
rims will be wood, which impart not
only a fine finish to a wheel but which
also reduce weight at the same time that
they add strength. The frames are high
and the general make-up of the '03 mod
el Is In the line of beauty, while it also
adds directly to the strength, in favor of
this year's patterns over the prevailing
types of wheels for 18S4.
Under the following head will be found
a list of the leading bicycle houses of the
city and the special advantages they are
able to offer patrons this year in the mat
ter of improvements over the old models
of last year.
RAMBLER BICYCLES
Represented by the Freil T. Merrill
Cycle Company.
The Fred T. Merrill Cycle Company are
pioneers on the Pacific coast In this par
ticular line of business, and are known
throughout the United Spates, from U.e
T
j Atlantic to the Pacific. At different
unes iney nave nanaieu all tne ieaaing
wheels and from the thorough knowl
edge gained through practical experience
have chosen the famous "Rambler
one of the oldest, best, and most widely
known wheels in America.
Mr. Merrill takes particular pride in the
1893 models, with new wood rim and
double-locking clincher tire.
Only three of the models have yet ar
rived, the No. 11, with 32-Inch wheels,
"for tall people;" the No. 12, at 26 pounds,
and the No. 14, at 22 pounds. The Racer
-will weigh 15 pounds, ladles' model "E."
20 pounds, and model "D," 23 pounds.
Gentlemen's wheels will have 21, 23 and
23-inch frames. No punctures in "Ram
bler" tires this season, said Mr. Merrill,
as the company has not adopted a "hose
pipe" tire. At this juncture, he mounted a
22-pound wheel and rode over a paper of
tacks, which one of his trained em
ployes had scattered over the salesroom
floor, nicking up no less than 30 or 40
tacks, many of them being buried to the
head in the tire, without causing a sin
gle puncture. The public may expect a
regular "cycling circus" in Portland dur
ing the next few months, but you can
safely count on the "Rambler" being the
center of attraction. They will sell a
line of wheels, either of wood or steel
rims, from $45 up to $100. and tandems at
$150. Good safeties for ladles or gentle
men, with wood rims and clincher tires.
26 and 2S-lnch, at $53 and $63; arso steel
finish "Ramblers" at $73. Ladles' and gen
tlemens copper-rimmers, at $S3, and the
latest and highest models at $100. ThU
G. & J. CL1XCRER TIRE AXD WOOD RI)r
Aq Rags, So Strings, So Qlue, So Cement, So
Profanity).
company are not buying up any of the
amateur (?) racing men, but will win
their races with class A, pure amateurs.
The company employs 60 of the most
reliable agents in the Northwest, and
with such men and such a wheel as the
"Rambler," propose to remain where
they have always been in the lead.
OVERMAN AYIIEEL COMPAO."
Offer the Finest Selection, of lHcyeIc.4
in Portland.
The 1S93 "Victor" is offered to the pub
lic as the best product of the best bicycle
factory In the world. It is a marvel of
mechanical science and skill. Light
weight, narrow tread, large crank hanger
with hollow axle, one piece rear hub and
sprocket wheel, direct tangent spokes,
Victor pneumatic tire, either double or
single tube, frame in five different
heights, fitting from 23-inch to 40-Inch leg
measure. The ladies "Victoria," with
fitting saddle, in two-height frames and
light weight, is the Queen of Safeties.
"Victors" are built to ride and wear,
and are made as good as it is possible to
make them. "Victor" double-tube tire Is
the only tire made with the tube remova
ble through the rim. This is its fourth
year without change. Other makers have
to change their tire once or twice every
year In an effort to get them right. Vic
tors are right. No bursting out the rim,
ho rolling or creeping. Buy the best. They
are within everybody's reach, as the price
for 1893 wheels, Including the "Racer," will
be $100. At that figure no person can af
ford to buy-an inferior wheel at any price.
All kinds of work is done here without
sending to the factory, which would de
prive you of the use of the wheel for one
or two months if it was sent East. Buy
your bicycle from a responsible firm, able
and willing to do right at all times. Take
no chances and make no mistakes. Ex
amine the full line of "Victors" before de
ciding on your mount. Victor pad desk
calendar for 1893 will be sent by mail for
five 2-cent stamps.
A. RECORD-BREAKER.
The Stearns "Wheel a. Favorite"
Among: ExpertM.
Where is there a person interested in
the health-giving and enjoyable exercise
of bicycling who has not heard of the
famous "Stearns wheel"? And where the
bicycle enthusiast who has not read of the
world's record-breaker, John S. Johnson,
who has performed his remarkable feats
of speed on the world's greatest wheel,
"The Stearns"? The Stearns wheels for
1895 are models of strength and beauty
combined, and the manufacturers have
made Improvements wherever it was pos
sible. They are light In weight, easy run
ning, narrow tread (4 inches), double
fork crown, three heights frame, and the
price is only $100. The Stearns special
racer (Yellow Fellow), which sells this
year for $123, is perfection itself, and It 13
doubtful if any Improvement can possibly
be made in this gem. Remember the
only place in Portland where you can
purchase a Stearns is at 330 Washington
street. This concern will also handle
"Clevelands," which require no Introduc
tion to the public of this coast, as their
merit i3 admitted by everybody who
knows a good thing when he sees it.
Examine the "Stearns" and "Cleveland"
before purchasing:
JIABIGHORST & CO.
Agents for the Celebrated Colombia'
BIcycIeK.
Habighorst & Co., agents for the cel
ebrated Columbia bicycles, can be found
at their new quarters, northwest corner
of First and Alder streets, with a full line
of wheels about February 1. This pop
ular wheel needs no Introduction, as It
Is recognized the world over as the stand
ard In both quality and price. The Co
lumbia for 1S93 will have more radical
changes and improvements than any oth
er wheel on the market. Their line ml
prices are as follows: Columbia, SIO1;
Hartford (which is the equal of any w hel
made), $80; Wizard, a good, reliable wheel,
$30 to $C0. A repair shop will be found in
connection with the bicycle department;
also a complete line of bicycle sundries.
AH men in charge of the various depart
ments will be found both competent and
popular.
(Eagle) Seaaot Brothers.
Seaquest Bros., corner Sixth and Pine
streets, are agents for the Eagle wheel3.
This wheel will have aluminum rims,
large taper tubing, reinforced cold-swaged
frame, 3 to 3 Inch tread. Dunlop, G. & J.
and M. & W. tire?, weight from 17 to 23
pounds. Aluminum mud and dress guarus
and trimmings for the ladies' wheel. Not
one aluminum rim broken or replaced la
the record. The Eagle Is the handsomest
wheel on the market.
Odd Electric Appliance.
A Manchester (England) man carries on
his person a complete pickpocket alarri
system. Removal of his watch, pin or
other jewelry causes the ringing of a bell.
The electric plant weighs 22 ounces.
m
A Weak Thing-.
Kansas City Journal.
With Vest advocating cloture and Voor-
hees shedding his cuckoo plumage, it nrist
be plain to everybody that something has
come oer the state.