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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1903)
1 THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY", aUGUST 15, 1003. DELAY Bridge May Be Closed Thirty Days WHILE NEW ONE 18 BUILT Committee Arranges Terms for Morrison Viaduct. HEW RENTAL THEN BEGINS City fc Snbnrbnn Object Valnlr Loiif? SnpenIoxi of TrnlHc Other Companies' Jlental liaised 3Iay IVorlc Xlght and Day. TEIUIS OP COXTKACT FOR. 11UILD1NG XEAV MOIUUSOX STKI2BT BIUHGE. SUSPENSION OP TRAFFIC Con tractors are bound to limit it to 30 instead or day, as proposed by the City & Suburban. PAYMENT OF RENTAL The payment of rental by the City & Suburban will begin at the expiration or the 3l days suspension. RENTAL. BT OTHER COMPANIES Despite their protests, the rental to be paid by other street railway com panies was fixed at a minimum of $0000 a year each. "WORK TO BE CONTINUOUS Con struction of the new bridge will con tinue night and day, the City & Suburban furnishing electric light at night. STYLE OF DRAW This will be a lift Instead or a plvetal draw, as now used. TIME OF COMPLETION The contract will be let this Fall, and take not less than seven months to complete, so that the bridge will be in use next Summer. (Manager Swlgert and a special commit tee of tho Executive Board had a big talk at the City Hall yesterday morning. The upshot o the conference was that the committee will advise the Executive Board to bind the contractors who build the new viaduct, not to delay traffic of the City & Suburban Railway Company more than SO days during construction and to require the company to pay tho new rental of J12.O00 minimum per year Just as soon as it begins using the new bridge after the delay period. Mr. Swlgert promised to refer the con ditions resolved upon by the committee to the directors of his company. The direc tors had proposed that the delay period be limited to 20 days and that the com' warn be absolved from paying rental be tween the signing of tho new franchise and the completion of the bridge. The committee would not, however. stand for tho propositions of the company and amended them as described above. The propositions were in writing and the documents thereof came In Sir. Swlgert's pocket. They were drawn up by C A. Dolph, attorney lor tnc company. City fc Suburban Discontented. The City & Suburban desires to get as favorable terms as possible In its con tract with the city. It has protested long and loud against the minimum rental of $12,000 a year which it will have to pay, but this payment is required by legislative enactment and the company will probably not light the law. Neither is the company expected to light tho above-mentioned terms, which tho Executive Board will place in the franchise. Mr. Swlgert was not satisfied with the result of yesterday's conference, but mem bers of tho committee believe that ho will put up with their terms. The committee regards the conditions which it is insist ing upon as reasonable and equitable. Other Companies' Mentals. O. F. Paxton, president of the Portland Hallway Company tried to convince the committee that it should not specify a minimum charge in the new contract for other companies which may desire to cross the bridge. The "other" companies are the Oregon "Water Power & Railway and Mr. Paxton's, chiefly the latter. Tho committee has resolved that the "mini mum" for the "other" companies shall "be J6000 a year. This amount was at one time prescribed in the legislative bill, but it was taken out on condition, as the com mittee understands, that the Executive Board should fix the annual rental at that eum. Period of SuHpcnucd Traffic Mayor Williams presided over the meet ing. Members of the committee present were II. W. Goddard, R. L. Gllsan and V. L. Boise. City Engineer Elliott said that tho "de lay period could be limited to 30 days without increasing the cost of construc tion, but that 20 days would materially augment the expense. Testimony of other engineers was to the same effect. Manager Swlgert, however, averred that 20 days would be sufficient delay and that the In terruption of traffic could- he restricted to that length of time without entailing extra expense. He said that bridges much larger than the proposed new structure wero built in other cities without Inter ruption of a single day. He pointed out that his company had once practically renewed the Morrison bridge, underpin ning and upper structure, with the loss of only one day's business." "Dolay of traffic for 20 days means heavy loss to us," he remarked, "and 30 days moans. much -more." The committee is willing to spend somo extra money to have tho new bridge ready for traffic early, and will accommo ' date the City & Suburban to a reasonable extent. It feels that the city at large Is as much Interested in early comple tion of the structure as Is the railway company. Liability for D&maKti. The committee declined to make the city liable for any damages that might come to the city from longer delay than 30 days. In the specifications It will be stipulated that the contractors shall limit the dolay to that number of days. Mr. Swlgert said that his company would waive any damages as between Itself and the city and that It would accept tho liability of the contractors. He insisted lhat the contractors should be made liable becauso otherwise they would hold up traffic as long as was convenient and profitable to them. The employment of two shifts of men rarne up for brief discussion as a means of hastening com traction. Mr. Swlgert jald his company Vvould willingly furnish electric lights for Work at night time. Portland Riilmn' Protest. Mr. Paxton nexttook a turn at address ing the commltti. He said that the proposition to charge "other" companies. In which' he classed "nls own, JwOOO a year minimum rental, -was "unjust to the com panies, bad policy from the standpoint of public interest and wholly annecessary to the new contract. His company in tended to build a line out East Salmon street and would desire to use the bridge. But the minimum charge of 35000 a year would preclude his company from doing so. He did not think it would be fair to charge his company $5000 for say 23 trips across the bridge and the City & Subur ban 512,000 for 11,003 trips, the number now made by the City &. Suburban. Mr. Boise responded that a line out East Salmon street would have to maintain as good a service as the City & Suburban does to Sunnyslde in order to compete with that company. If the City & Subur ban should pay 5 cents lor each trip of its Sunnyside cars over the bridge, the monthly payments would be more than 5300 a month or more than 56000 a year Mr. Paxton did not believe that Mr. Boise's view of the matter was fair. "The charge of 5C000 a year." said he In an interview last night, "will be prohibitive- to any other company desiring to get a franchise on the bridge. The people on the Base-Line road and out toward Falrvlew desire to have a line built through their territory- Such a line would have to cross the river, and Mor- -tnnn itnut rnillil V thn Tnrwf rUrprt- find convenient for all interests. This line ! would make not more than 40 or 50 trips a day over the bridge. The City & Subur- I ban makes about 1100 trips a day. How- , ever, the new small line would have to '. pay half as much as the City & Suburban . Railway, or J0O00 a year, for Its 40 or 50 J crossings. "Again, If the Portland Railway Com pany for its proposed East Salmon-street lino desired to run its cars over the bridge, a 10-mlnute service would be sufficient. On this schedule our company would make 216 crossings a day. This number would not be exceeded for many years to come on this line. And yet we should have to pay JODOO a year for the use of the bridge. "The City & Suburban is to pay but twice that sum for five times as many dally crossings. The result of this will be that we cannot afford to cross Morrison-street bridge, but must haul our passengers around by Burnside-street bridge. This condition would result In a virtual monopoly of that territory for the City & Suburban simply because a pro vision Is to be inserted In the new con tract with the City & Suburban binding the city not to allow any other line to cross the bridge on equal terms with the City & Suburban' Lift Draw "Will Be nned. Tho committee has unofficially made up Its mind to dispense with the pivotal draw In the present bridge. It will substitute a lift draw, of two elbows, each of which will swing upward to' allow the passage of boats. This sort of draw can be opened in less than one minute and closed on correspondingly quick time. The present draw opens 120 feet on each side of the pivotal pier. The new draw having elbows each of SO or S2 feet, would have an aperture of ISO or 165 feet. The present draw-pier sets up currents which are an noying to river commerce. This trouble could be eliminated by the "lift" draw. Furthermore, the lifts would afford safety to bridge travel by raising a strong wall at each end of the open space and dis pensing with the need of gates. Finished Next Summer. The committee will at once proceed to have plans prepared ior the new bridge. The specifications will be finished In time to allow the lotting of contracts this Fall. At least seven months will be required to build and complete the structure after the contracts are let, and it is probable that the time would lengthen out to eight or nine months. In all events, the new bridge will probably be finished early next Summer. Meier &. Frank Co. Store open tonight till 9:30. About 'Willamette' (Copyrighted.) NO ACTION ON FRANCHISE Street Committee Postpone Tele phone Question for Tito TCeekx. Again a final decision upon tho fran chise of the Empire Construction Com pany which wishes to Install a new tele phone system In Portland has been de layed. The street committee of the Coun cil has promised to take up the matter as a special order of business at its next meeting, August 2S. At the meeting of the committee yester day afternoon the franchise question was threshed over for the forty-'levcntlr time without anything in particular being ac complished for or against the new com pany's Interests. "There have been too many franchises requested here which wre riot on the square. Just as soon as you can con vince me that this proposition is on the dead square I will vote for it," said Fred T. Merrill. None of the other mciUDers of the street committee ventured so strong an opinion one way or another. F. H. Stow and two other representa tives of the new telephone company were on deck, and the committee listened to all the arguments which have filled the Council chamber and the committee-rooms since the franchise was first talked of six months ago. "I think we should set a time to go over the franchise section by section," said Merrill finally. "Does this committee ever Intend to ren der an opinion?" questioned the telephone men In chorus. The committee assured the anxious men that sooner or later something would be done. "I move that the committee take up" the franchise as a special order of business two weeks from today," said John P. Sharkey. As the committee had been in session for nearly two hours this went through very quickly and the committee adjourned. A petition from George E. Chamberlain and others to force the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company to lay sidewalks and Improve streets leading to the East Portland depot, has been before the Coun ell and the committee for some weeks. At the last meeting of the Council City At torney L. A. McNary was ordered to pre pare an opinion as to whether or not the railroad company could be compelled to do this. According to the opinion at yes terday's meeting the company can be so ordered. Before anything Is done, how ever, tho street committee wishes that those interested In the petition would ap pear before it and state Just what they want done. The petition of the Draymen's Associa tlon, asking that the ordinance against the use of heavy vehicles on the new Sev enth-street pavement be repealed, was passed upon by the committee. It recom mended to the Council that the petition be granted, and that a now ordinance be pre pared which will render the old provision void. PLAY ACTORS ARRIVE. Mordant-Humphrey Company Xotv In Portland. The Mordant-Humphrey company, that Is to begin an extended engagement on the Stair & Havlin circuit, and to open at Cordray s theatre, August 23, in "Puddln" head "Wilson," arrived here yesterday, and will be busy at rehearsals from now on. The proprietors of the company are Ed win Mordant and Ola Humphrey, and their support consists of Mortimer Mar tini, Raymond C. Uarent, Charles Belcher. William Marion, K. Owen Eversole, C. Norman Hammond. Jane Templeman, Ed na Keeley, Beatrice Bromfleld, and Anna Jordan. The company produces high-class royalty plays, and has proved Its enter prise by playing Oakland and Sacramento. for extended engagements, and has left hosts of friends la California. Mr. Mor dant last appeared here with Nance O Nell's company, in 1S9S, and Miss Humph rey appeared at the Marquam theatre several seasons ago. as leading lady with Fred 'Ward. For about eight weeks, the company will play alternately in this city and Seattle, and during teat timo Mr. Mordant's other company will appear here In the dramatic novelty, "Buried at Sea," written by Theodore Kremer. The latter made a hit last season In "The Fatal Wedding." The productions will bo under Simply for the purpose of introducing our UV i 1 1 a in cite" Sewing Machine did we offer 40 of them at the ridiculously low price of $18.50 each for our 721st Friday Surprise Sale. Our expectations were fully real ized we knew that the great reading public would grasp at the opportunity and we knew that every one who f 9 wanted or intended buying I a sewing machine at pres ent bought a "Willamette" yesterday. We sold 34 and we take this means of in forming purchasers that in order to look each one over carefully it will be impos sible to deliver all before Wednesday. We know ev ery purchaser looked else where before buying here y they told us so we had no fear of comparison we urged them to go not one H Don't pay $27.75 or $50.00 or $60.00 for any machine when you can get the best that money or skill can pro duce for $25.00 or $26.50 which are the regular prices of our "Willamette," every one fully guaranteed for ten years. Compare the "Will amette" with any machine in town. Experienced dem onstrator to teach you the workings of the attachments, parts, etc. Second Floor. IS Meier & Frank Co. the direction of Mr, Mordant and his co star: and they have enjoyed a wide pop- ularity In the East, for several years. HAS LIKING FOR GUNS. H. A. LIvlnKton Taken Weapons on Trial nnd Disappears. A free use of the names of well-known people, smooth manner and a fearless nerve are the characterlsUcs of E. A. Livingston, who Is wanted by the police for his operations In gun stores. His last victims were Lamb & Sawyer, of Oregon City. Livingston's game Is to walk Into a gun store and look at a number of valuable guns. He casually names a number of responsible people known to the proprie tors, and finally asks the use of the gun for examination. Then both gun and Livingston disappear. Those he has named so freely have never heard of the man. He apparently makes a specialty of gun stores, for so far as the detectives here know he has never ventured Into any other line of confi dence work. Livingston worked a gun store In Port land a few days ago by the same trick, but the gun was recovered. It Is believed that he will return to Portland and at tempt to work other games upon unsus pecting storekeepers. The description of the gun-store crook is as follows: Age about 25, light com plexion, easy manner, 5 feet 10 inches in height, wears a broad-brimmed cowboy hat, double-breasted suit of drab cloth. Often represents himself as a traveling salesman of a Michigan agricultural im plement house. He has said he was an Elk and gives his lodge number as 300 Colorado Springs. BRIDGE ORDERED CLOSED Death. Trap Is Ordered Barricaded by City Engineer. After standing as a death-trap to all who might venture upon Its dangferous surface, tho bridge at Sixteenth street between Morrison and "Washington streets has been ordered barricaded. The lumber was to be upon the ground yesterday, bat It did not arrive, so the work of safeguarding the entrances upon the bridge Is delayed. Not only is this portion of Sixteenth street In such a condition that parts of it could be overthrown by two men Jumping upon Its rotten planks, but for several blocks around the roadways ore danger ous. City Engineer Elliott has realized this and has ordered them barricaded. At present a driver unacquainted with the neighborhood might easily drive out upon the roadway In the semi-darkness which prevails. No barricades at either end would prevent him, but the holes which line the street would soon catch his horse. or the bridge would collapse with his weight. Every portion of the connected roadway In this neighborhood Js absolutely rotten. Tho gulch which the hrldge spans is being filled up by dumping dirt and refuse Into It, but should any one fall through the man-size holes with which It is strewn the city would be up against a damage suit, as the drop in most places is 20 feet or more. It Is probable that the City Engineer STOKE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL Meier Sh Frank Company Trunks, Traveling Bags, Salt Cases, Telescopes, etc. Third Floor. Picture Framing to your order Largest and best line of moldings Lowest prices. STOKE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL All remaining Refrigerators at one-fourth off regular prices Six sizes and styles to select from. Burnt Leather Kodak Albums in a big variety of splendid styles, all sizesand colors.your choice today, 60 per cent off regular prices. Fruit Jars and Jelly Glasses at the lowest prices All sizes, best styles Sugar for canning at the very lowest prices. New importations of fancy China now ready Beer Steins and Mugs and thousands of of novelty pieces. Ladies' Neckwear The weekly Saturday bargain news from the ladies' Neckwear Section teems with un usual values in desirable pieces of dainty Neckwear. Ladies' Lace Shirtwaist Collars in a large va riety of new styles, superior val ue for today only at Ladies' Silk Embroidered Turnovers, the very best styles in large assortment, the regular 50c values at the very low e price of 3JC Ladies' Wash Stocks in white and colors, madras and cheviots, best patterns, 35c values, today only at New line of Windsor Ties, best patterns, just received. Ladies' Knit Underwear Special Saturday bargains in Ladies' Knit Underwear A big saving on every item. Ladies' Union Suits, sleeveless, low neck, knee length, lace trimmed, all Q?rfc rfo "SI va1tifc today only at www Ladies' Knit Pants, knee lenth,l!fjjlA lace trimmed, all sizes, the regu-f4jpf Iar 35c values, today i SpSss i only ar, pair eSe Ladies' Vest, handsome ribbed stylejKLi low neck and sleeveless, lacefs trimmed, all sizes, the regular: 35c values today. only at, OH 4Jd each. Lace Bargains For today 1000 yards of Ven ise applique in a big variety of styles values up to $1.00 per yard your choice, 15c yard. Jewelry Bargains Comb sets consisting of back comb and pair side combs shell or amber, 60c A.1 f value, today 25c Chain Purses 17c 50c Chain Purses 33c 40c Stock Collar Sets 18c 60c Stock Collar Sets 37c Men's Furnishings There's a feast of inexpensive furnishing goods for men here today best values in just the things you want. Our men's store has an army of followers among the economical class built up through ottering just such values as these Men's Cotton Ribbed Underwear well made and finished, neat blue-striped pattern, all sizes, all the regular 50c values 9 in shirts and drawers, today only at C Men's Four-in-Hand and Teck Ties new colors and patterns in a big variety, unusually good values for today at, each IOC Men's Madras Gqlf Shirts fast colors, a big assortment of lead ing patterns and colorings, all sizes, regular 75c values, Aff great value today at, each Men's Light Weight Suspenders all the regular 25c values are yours today at IOC 1000 Pairs of Men's Fancy Half Hose in a very large variety of good patterns and colorings, all sizes every pair 50c e values, tndav vnur choice, nair Men's Japonet Handkerchiefs colored borders, great value today at, 7 cents each. 35c Ribbons, 22c Yd Splendid Ribbon bargain for today the ribbon buyer now in the market expressed to us 4500 yards of full 4-inch liberty satin ribbon, double faced, which he secured at a big reduction from the regular price. We place it on sale today at a re markably low price, consider ing the quality, colors black, white, pink, blue, reseda, old rose, mais, navy, cardinal, etc., full 4 inches wide, regular 35c quality, your choice f today at, yard Hosiery Bargains Ladies' Plain Black Cotton Hose, ''Onyx" brand, all sizes, 35c value, pair C Misses' Black Ribbed Hose, sizes 6 to 9j, 20c value, today, pair . C Puritan Hose for Boys, fine quality, all sizes, 25c value, 19c pr Undermuslin Bargains Saturday muslin Underwear bargains the facts and prices speak betterthan type ladies' cambric Skirts, $5.00 and $7.50 values, elab orately trimmed With fine embroidery, insertion aud' tucks, val. lace edging, insert ing and tucks, separate dust ruffle, extra wide, regular $5.00 to $7.50 value, your choice today a rare bargain tpOaJw $1.25 Corset Covers 50c An odd lot of ladies' cambric nainsook and lawn Corset covers, round and square neck, trimmed in val. and torchon lace, edgings, bead- tZfh ings, insertings, ribbon and.tucks, values to $1.25 Ladies' white Summer netting Corsets all sizes best q styles today only at, pair Saturday Clothing Barg'ns Supply the clothing needs for yourself and boy here and today. The offerings are the best in town. Our second floor clothing store is making hundreds of new friends these middle August days. Men's All-wool Suits in fancy and unfinished worsteds, meltons and blue serges, best styles, all sizes, suits "the ex- c 'Q fl 5E! elusive store asks you $15 for, our sale price p 1 J Men's Fancy Tweed, Worsted and Serge Suits, handsomely tail ored, latest styles, the exclusive clothiers' $20 tf A C suits, you can buy here at the low price of V All our Finest $22.50 and $25 Suits in the best and newest materials, latest styles, your choice at Boys' Clothing Bargains All $3.50, $3.75 and $4.00 Suits now $2.98 All $4.50 and $5.00 Suits now $3.85 All $3.75 Sailor Suits now $2.80 All Kilt and Wash Dresses less than cost. Great bargains in Youths' and Young Men's Suits. Stationery Great Bargains for Today. 150 boxes of hand stamped in itialed stationery, different col ored stamping every box 25c $1 value to clean it up x quickly, choice, per box. 100 boxes of fine Stationery in a handsome lithographed box regular 25c values all i go for I IC Satin finish box Paper 24 sheets paper and 24 envelopes reg ular 15c value, go today Qr at, per box 1 571- Cutlery Union Shears r. number 7, 8 9 18c per pair. Silver arid gun' metal Pocket; Knives, 2 and 3 blades,, pa triotic imprint, regular $1.25 value C Meier &. Frank Company Meier &. Frank Company Meier &. Frank Company Meier &. Frank Company will order the rotten roadways removed, that the gulch may be filled up without a shell of a dangerous bridge hanging over it. FLED FROM BURGLARS. "Wayne K. Stuart Deisert HI Home to Marauders. Hearing two burglars descend the stairs while he was in the house alone and unarmed was the experience of Wayne H. Stuart, son of Dell Stuart, the lawyer, Thursday night. Rushing from the side door the young man abandoned the house to its fate, and though a policeman prom ised to go with him. he could not be In duced to return to the burglar-haunted dwelling that night. The Stuart family is away from the residence. 35t Hall street, and as they will be at the seaside for some time, almost everything of value was taken to a safe place. Wayne Stuart, who Is a traveling salesmen for a local shoe firm, went home Thursday night to sleep. He had no sooner entered the front door and began to make some noise than, he heard two persons step from the second-story porch and make for the stairs. That was too much for the brave young salesman. The two men were rapidly coming down the stairs and he was alone In the house at a lonely hour without a weapon. Stuart didn't stop to secrete the silver ware or anything else of value which the burglars might find, but rushed to the side door, went out In a hurry, locked it behind him and ran oft down Hall street, "taking the sidewalk with him." as he said yesterday afternoon. ConUnuIng his flight downtown, he-soon met a policeman, to whom he told his troubles. The officer offered' t return with hiaf and make aa examination of the house, but tfee yeuag- mmn fca all he wanted of burglars for that night. When seen yesterday afternoon he said r he hadn't been near the house, and was not anxious about going last evening. MANILA MAKES) GLAD. Army "Veteran Celebrate Anlversary of American Occupation. m-atctt.a Auc. 14. Veterans of the I Army of the Philippines celebrated occu ! ntnr r!av -with tL oarade. In which SCO j men took part, clad In the old regulation r service clothing of blue shirts and khaki, i A banquet was afterward served, at i which the story of the campaign: during the stirring period, in the early occu- pancy of the territory, closed by the cap ture of the City of Manila, was .told and the battles fought over -again, around the r festive board. Commissioner Smith was I the chief speechmaker of the evening; Two-thirds of the veteran soldiers of thl campaign now serve m one position another under the civil government. Have you friends coming from the BhstTj! ji so. sena ineir names to tne Denver, j PJo Grande office. 12 Third street. PcwrS land, ur