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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1906. RAILROAD If! NOW Ifl COURT Harriman Forces Make Stub born Fight Against Hill at Vancouver. GOOD FAITH PROTESTED Claim Columbia Valley Is Not Paper Railway Senator Rands Tells of Rlght-of-Way Purchases on Witness-Stand. Stubbornly fighting every advance of the Hill attorneys, who would dlsposses them of strategic points along the Co lumbia, the Ilarrlman lieutenants are protesting that the Columbia Valley Rail road Company Is attempting in good faith to build a railroad along the river to care for the Browing busineBS on the north bank. Proofs of actual construc tion arc offered by the Harriman road in the condemnation suits brought by the Portland- Seattle, now being heard be fore Judge McCredie in the Superior Court of Clark County. . If the Columbia Valley can establish its good faith and show that It is en titled to every consideration that any bona fide corporation in the state may enjoy. It can place almost Impassable, harriers In the way of the Hill road at a hundred points along the river. The case at trial is one where the bur den of proof is-on the defense. To "make good" the Columbia Valley must prove Its right to exist by actually demonstrat ing Its good Intentions. Subterfuge avails nothing. Proof must be offered to show that the projected road, backed by part ners of Harriman on Wall street, is in the field to build railroads and not to block. the plans of Mr. Harrlman's rival, Jnmea J. Hill. The good faith of the Harriman road was attacked yesterday at Vancouver by testimony showing that the survey of the Columbia Valley shows curves of eight and even ten degrees. It will be argued at the close of the. case that railroads mapped out with ten-degree curves, hav ing a radius of 573 feet, are not Intended to be built. dnsel for the Hill line, which Is being built with a maximum curvature of three degrees, intimated in the examination of witnesses that sensi ble railroad men do not care to run trains over ten degree curves. Prrlty, but Not Economical. Throw a iruvton locomotive and a heavy train around a smart curve and the danger and cost of operation are In creased amazingly. Safety is ignored. trains are shortened, speed saenncea and neither motive power nor rolling stock can be used to the best advantage, while the wear and tear on equipment makes railroad officials old before their time. This Is why railroaders hate a curve as the dovil Is said to hate Holy Water, and engineers lie awake nights trying to get long tangents and "take the wrinkles" out of the line. A sinuous track along a river, with Bteep bluffs behind, looks good In folders and attracts the tourist, but railroads are not built nor operated for the pleasure-seeker, say the Hill law yers. Every railroad system In the country Is spending millions in straightening its tracks because of ever-lengthening cars and the growing weight of locomotives. Counsel for the Portland & Seattle will point to the main line of the- Oregon Railroad & Navigation across the Colum bia and will show that hundreds of thou sands are now being spent to straighten its tracks. One reason the surveys of the Colum bia Valley wind like a snake's trail is because It was originally surveyed by t'ieorge W. Hunt in 18S9. for the Oregon & Washington Territorial Railroad, the surveys of which were bought by Harri man. At that time curves were not so religiously avoided as thev are now. be cause trains were lighter, cars were Hhorter and speed not so important as it is now. If the road is really to be built, contends Mr. Kerr for the prosecution, the lines will have been straightened. Judge Pipes Makes Reply. Judge Martin L, Pipes sought to com bat the Inference of Mr. Kerr's remarks by stating that it is economy for the peo ple he represents to built a cheaper and more crooked railroad. In view of the comparatively small return to be ex pected from the investment Just now, and that when traffic demands, the curves will be eliminated. The cross-examination of State Senator R. M. Rands was concluded yesterday, when questions were directed at him to ascertain the extent of the rights-of-way secured by the Harriman agents and the methods used in each case to acquire them. The fact was brought out that purchases of right of way were made after the conflict of surveys was known and that Senator Rands rather preferred to pick up tracts where the surveys of the two railroads conflicted. Contracts held by the Colombia Valley on lands beyond the tone of conflict had in most cases been allowed to lapse. Contracts made iu 1S09 with one year and one and a half years limits had lapsed, said the witness, he supposed because of the merger between the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, which put an end to con struction. Right of way secured within the past year had been selected with cart-ful ref fence to strategic points. In all. the witness said, the Columbia Valley claims about 120 miles of right of way on the north bank. Deeds are held for 14 miles, while seven and a half miles Is under contract. The rest is claimed under Government provisions. J. Couch Flanders Testifies. J. Couch Flanders, counsel for the Portland & Seattle at Portland, was placed on the stand by the prosecution to show the close connection between the Columbia Valley and the Oregon Rail road & Navigation. It was stated that officials of the Columbia Valley held passes over the Columbia River A North em and were on the list as entitled to transportation because of their relation to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation. A deposition will be Introduced from President Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, which promises to connect the relationship of the two Western Harri man lines. President Elliott states he has received a letter from Julius Krutt schnitt, director of maintenance and op eration of the O. R. & N., as well as of the other Harriman lines, informing him that the Portland Seattle must, with draw from the rights of way of the Co lumbia Valley Railroad. W. D. Skinner, assistant general freight agent of the Harriman lines In the North west, was put on the stand to tetlfv to the amount of traffic handled through" the locks down the Columbia River by boat from the country to be entered by the Columbia Valley. This was to show the rapid increase In business In the terri tory since the building of the Lyle Goldendale. road in 1902 and to prove that traffic would justify the expenditure of millions to build the Columbia Valley Business has gromn by leaps and bounds, according to figure compiled by Mr. Skinner. In 1902. 5998 tons of wheat came through Cascade locks on the way down the river. In 1905, this had grown to 19,301 tons, flour increased from 1205 tons in 1902 to 2000 tons in 1905. while passengers tip the river in 1902 who papsed through the locks numbered 24.430. In 1905 the figure was 63.257. The increase of travel down the river was equal to that up stream. Engineer Wise on Stand. Having been engineer for the' projected Harriman road up the north bank of the Columbia for the past nine months. Chief Engineer P. L. Wise stated on the wit ness stand yesterday that he does not know which road he is working for, the Columbia Valley or the Wallula Pacific. However, this does not distress him any, as each name represents the same sur veys, the same officers and the same pur poses, with Harriman behind both. "I believed I was working for the Wallula Pacific at tirst," said Mr. Wise on the stand yesterday, "but I under stand that all of the present year it has been the Columbia Valley. I cannot say when the change came or how I got the Impression there had been a change. I have always had. my instructions from President Gerlinger, who is the president of both roads, and they are the same thing anyway." Mr. Wise testified that the Portland & Seattle can seek other locations for its tracks through the Munyon. Mclsaac and Mitchel tracts, which are involved in the present suit, without encroaching upon the surveys of the Columbia Valley. The witness said that oi these tracts his road has a gang of about 18 men at work who are busily engaged in shoveling rock off the right of way which is being blast ed down upon it by men in the employ of the Portland & Seattle. Nineteen or 20 other ftanprs are busy along the river, said the witness, and they are earnestly at work building grade by the most approved methods and with all the speed possible. Mr. Wise said he was getting all the men he could hire, as instructed by Presi dent Gerlinger, and while he could not say Just how many men are now at work because they come and go so rapidly, not less than 250 men . are In Ills con struction gangs. At several points grade had been completed for distances of from 2U0 to 300 feet. About 35 teams, together with graders and construction cars, are being worked, and the line will have a maximum grade of .3 per cent. Guilty of Bad Faith. The defense showed by the witness that the Portland & Seattle has been guilt- of bad faith in its building operations, for at-Wind Mountain, said Mr. Wise, con struction gangs began working at a point where a grade had been completed for several hundred feet. This was apparent ly to hold the point, for since then an other grade. 16 feet higher, had been built and the other covered up. The case now on trial will hold the at tention of the court tho remainder of the week. A wide latitude is being given in the introduction of evidence and numbers of similar cases in other Washington counties bordering on the Columbia will be settled In accordance with the decision given by Judge McCredie. Each side announces that an appeal will be taken to the Washington Supreme Court and for this reason a full record is being made that the higher court may have all the evidence at hand when it goes up on appeal. The Portland Seattle Is represented by James B. Kerr, A. I Miller, A.. G. Avery and George T. Reed, while the Harriman interests are being looked after by George W. Stapleton and Judgo Martin L,, Pipes. IjAY 7 2-POUXD RAILS. Portland Railway Company Begins Reconstruction of Tracks. The heaviest street-car rails ever laid in Portland have been distributed along the Union avenue tracks of the Portland Railway Company, and the work of pull ing up the old 40-pound steel and spiking down the new six-inch 72-pound rails will be begun very soon. Part of the - D . "Y; ;Y .i THREE OF line is expected to be ready for use when the new Vancouver extension is opened, which will probably be early 'In June. The work of relaying the Jefferson street line with 72-pound steel will be commenced this week and the old 38 pound rails will be pulled up. The old rails have been in service on Jefferson street for the past 16 years. New steel being laid on Portland street car tracks is as heavy as that used by the railroads on many lines, and its in troduction, will mean a rigid track, with a larger traction surface and more speed of operation. LAST MEETING 'OF YEAR Council of Jewish Women Elects Its New Officers. The Council of Jewish Women held its last meeting of the year yesterday with a very large attendance of members. Af ter the reports of the different commit tees were read and accepted the council proceeded with the election of the offi cios for the ensuing year. The following were elected: Mrs. Ben Selling, presi dent: Miss Ella D. Hlrsch. vice-president; Mrs. Max Hirsch, recording secre tary: Mrs. Morris Goodman, correspond ing secretary, and Mrs. Gustave Simon, treasurer. Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, the retiring presi- YSy. ... . HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CHARMING FACE BEFORE? NO. 8 0 ill) : rllf (. J Many sleepnees nights are being ppent by .the unfortunate members of the committee which will select a "Miss Columbia" for the industrial parade which will be held May 23. during the "Made in Oregon" week. The members ot the committee thought at first that thev would have a comparatively easy time, in selecting the moat beautiful girl from the many who have entered this unique contest, but now they have thrown up their hands and are in a sea of despair. Photographs of the pretty girls continue to be received by the spore by Sec-' retary Freeman of the "Made In Oregon" movement. He could make -an ex hibit that would make the leading Portland photographers blush for their dis plays. All are beautiful, or the members of the committee who will act as judges would have no trouble In picking out the prettiest. One member of the committee has suggested that it would be a splendid plan to place all of the photographs in a sack and then have cue drawn out of the bunch, as In a lottery. But he was overruled and the members of the committee will care fully go Over all the photographs and select the young lady whom they think deserves to oe Miss Columbia. The likeness of the young lady shown today Is a sample of the many sub mitted to Secretary Freeman. dent, presided at yesterday's meeting for the last time in the council. With genu ine regret the council parted with their president, Mrs. Blumauer, who during her four-year term did much to further the work of the council. Dr. Stephen S. Wise addressed the meeting, this being his farewell address to the council, as the latter does not meet again until Pall. In a short but eloquent speech Dr. Wise emphasized the noble work of the Coun cil and expressed his sincere regret at leaving. The members of the counell pe titioned Dr. Wise to reconsider his de cision to leave Portland, and at the close of the meeting presented him with several elegantly bound books. IDEAL CIRCUS PROGRAMME Xorrls & Rowe Will Provide Many New Features and Novelties. Norrls & Rowe term their show this season "The First Prise Ideals." and from the programme submitted it would seem that the term is not exaggerated. The bare-back riders include such Am- v :-;s,. v Y ; 's.'Y; Y:'YvYY v ftiililiii THE TRAINED HORSES WITH NORMS ROWE'S C1RCC8. erlcan and Europeafi celebrities as Edna. Maretta, lady somersault bare-back rider; Prank and Dolly Miller, with their superb four-horse carrying act; Ed Hocum, prin cipal riders; Janet Melville and her high school horses; Evie Stetson, one of the very few women who can turn a com plete somersault on the bare-back of a horse while he is running swiftly around the ring. Edith Maskelyn and Mark Hayden are riders from the Paris hippo drome. They are considered the champion trick riders of the world; Herbert Rumley is a dare-devil rough rider, his sensational dashes around the ring creates conster nation among the more timid spectators; William and Edith Stack perform a two horse carrying act, always one of the most graceful and pleasing of numbers. Mr. Stack rides two horees at once, at the same time carrying his sister in bis arms. In the meantime Miss Stack is assuming all sorts of picturesque poses while the horses dash steadily around the arena: Austin King is the famous Jockey and hurricane hurdle rider; Little George Settler hag the best chance to show off for he has four pure white, well educated Shetland ponies and . these he rides and drives in a startlingly original manner. The number is a pretty one and appeals especially to the little ones. Norris & owe will exhibit at Twenty fifth and Raleigh streets today and to morrow at 2 and 8 P. M. The big parade will start at 10:30 each day. HILL WILL 0 WHARVES FOR OCEAX LIXERS IX NORTH PORTLAND. C. M. Levey Says They Are to Be Erected on Wcidlcr Tract Watcr-Front Securing Data. A big dock for ocean-going shipping will be built by the Hill interests on the Weidler tract, in North Portland, where the Portland & Seattle owns 1100 feet of water front. Plans are now being con sidered by officials of the company, and as soon as the type of structure to be put up Is settled upon, work will be be gun. President C. M. Levey, of the Portland & Seattle, was in Portland yesterday and said that data Is being collected on the shipping situation to determine the draft of vessels entering the harbor, the charac- i X I I ter and extent of cargoes, and other de tails that will have an effect upon the kind and size of dock to be built. With the entry of the Portland & Scat tie Railway into Portland, which is prom ised for 1008, the Hill interests will prob- aoiy put on liners irorn tnis port, both to the Orient and Coast points. The Har riman. lines are well supplied with docks. while the rival, system has as yet no facilities here for handling shipping. It is expected that from time to time. before the completion of the Portland & Seattle, the present Hill holdings of water-front property will be added to to give the needed room for docks that will be required to handle freight in transit between vessels and trains. SAN FRANCISCO MUSICIANS Eilers Piano House will continue to furnish musical instrumens free to pro fessional musicians who suffered reverses In the San Francisco disaster. Apply to Mr. McCormick, Park and Washington streets. "SEE AMERICA FIRST." The Denver & Rio Grande has resumed the operation of its open-top and parlor observation cars through Colorado's famous scenery scenery not found else where in the world. AH reduced rates. Apoly via this route. For whatever in formation you may desire call upon W C McBride, 12i Third street. illllifpSfa WANT CITY WATER Residents of Many Suburbs Seek Service From Mains. ANNEXATION IS FOSTERED Municipal Board Will Try to Grant - Relief When New Pipes Are In. Branch Pay Stations Are Being Established. Bull Run water is the magnet that is at tracting all the suburban communities to wards this . city, and operating as an in centive to annexation. It is jocularly es timated that If interest in this direction is maintained much longer, Portland will embrace more territory than any other city in the country, and that her water mains will extend almost to the limits of Multnomah County. The Water Board yesterday listened to petitions from residents of Piedmont and Woodlawn, besides the new district ad joining St. Johns that .was annexed at the - general election last Fall, and all were clamoring for Bull Run water. At a recent meeting of the Council a large delegation from Montavilla was on hand pleading for annexation, and their strong est argument was baaed on the fact that their families would . be deprived of a pure water supply until such time as they became a part and parcel of this munici pality. Practically every member of the Water Board sympathizes -deeply with the ef forts of the suburbanites to secure con nection with. the Bull Run system, and Engineer D. D. Clarke was instructed to devise a water system for Piedmont, Woodlawn and the new territory auja cent to St. Johns. All Suburbs Must Wait. In the meantime, the residents of the localities were requested to file petitions setting forth their desires, and efforts will be made to Install the sections with laterals In advance, so that when the 24 inch high-pressure main now being laid from the Mount Tabor reservoir to a con nection with the present mains in Kil lings worth avenue and Commercial street is completed, the people of the Piedmont, Woodlawn and otner districts can be sup plied at once. Mayor Lane and R. B. Lamson, of the Water Board. Inspected the big high-service main yesterday morning, and the Mayor informed the petitioners who -were present at yesterday's meeting of the board that very gratifying progress was being made in laying the main. Bids were opened as follows: For fur nishing the Water Department with 100 fire hydrants, Oregon Foundry, $5500; alternate. J5250; Smith & Watson .Iron Works, J6114; Phoenix Iron Works, 15850. These bids were referred to the super intendent and engineer for tabulation. For furnishing gate valves, Hoge & Swift, J5453.40: Caliwell Bros.' Company, of Seattle, 5o22.09 alternate bid. J6068.27; Crane Company. $5561.05: alternate bid, J5428. These were likewise referred to the superintendent and engineer. Sole Bid Is Accepted. Only one bid having been received for furnishing sleeves and valves, the A. P. Smith Manufacturing Company was awarded the contract on its proposal of $2345.10. The Crane Company was also awarded the contract for supplying the department with 60.000 pounds of pig lead on its bid of $5.85 per 100 pounds. Bids for the removal of the Irvington stand pipe and its erection at Highland, resulted: Portland Steel Shipbuilding Company. $13,715; W. C. Sorsby, of 354 San Rafael street. Portland, $11,075; Paquet, Gieblsch & Joplin. $15,330; Stand ard Construction Company, $13,390; Phoe nix Iron Works. $16,360. All were re ferred to the superintendent and engineer. Dr. Raffety stated that the amounts bid were fully equal to the original cost of the structure, but one of the con tractors explained that there was little difference between the expense of two ar rangements of providing a new stand nine, or installing the old one. The Board decided to expend $2481 for a tract 260xiW:35 at Prescott and East Nineteenth streets as a site for the stand-pipe after its re moval. The recommendation of Superintendent Dodge for four additional Inspectors was adopted. They will be drafted from the eligible list of the Municipal Civil Serv ice, and each receive a salary of $72.50 a month to start with. The appointment of these inspectors is a direct result of the extravagant use of water prevailing dur ing the sprinkling season. Every effort will be brought to bear to put an end to this wastefulness, and the Increase of force is in keeping with this idea. Assignment Will Be Equal. The new men will be distributed equally on both sides of the river, and will have instructions to shut off the water In I' Hty LIITweiCOj.'. . TO ACCOMMODATE NONRESIDENTS Mail orders will now be received from Portland and all points,' when accompanied by express money order, Postofflce money order or certified check and stamped ad- dressed envelope for reply. Address and make check payable to EILERS PIANO HOUSE, 351 Wash ington Street, Portland. - - i SEATS NOW OIN SALE p'S HOTEL Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Booms, ti.ee to ts.ee Per Par According to Location. J. F. DAVUSS. President. St.X3har.es Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED) FRONT AND MORRISON STS., PORTLAND, OR. European Plan Rooms 50c to $1.50 First-Class Restaurant in Connection MOTEL -OREGON CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STS. Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $ 1 per Day and Up. European Plan Free Bus. WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL CO., Props. every case where the rules and regula tions ot the department are being vio lated. It was decided to establish branch of fices during two days of each month in some store at Sellwood and University Park for the accommodation of rate payers In those localities. If the system works satisfactorily, it will be extended to other districts. These applications for mains were granted: W. H. Nunn and three others for a d-lnch main in Cook avenue, be tween Vancouver and Gantenbein ave nues; L,. B. Rice, for a 6-inch main In Habershaw avenue, from Division to Tagsrart. and a 4-inch main west on Tag gart street to a connection with the present 4-inch main; T. A. Kitchens and 89 others for an 8-inch main on Ports mouth avenue, between Bluff and Hough ton street. Several Petitions Are Denied. The following were denied: Mrs. W. J. Christmas, main in Morris street west from Delay: Ben A. and B. F. Campbell, on Union avenue, from Harrison to Lin coln; Charles E. Parker, East Eleventh from East Washington to East Morrison; and Mrs. S. G. Allen, at intersection of East Twenty-sixth and Holgate streets. TRADE IS DRIVEN NORTH KLAMATH FAIiLS COMPELLED TO BUY IX PORTLAND. Heavy Orders Are Sent In That Or dinarily Would Have Gone " to San Francisco. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., May 9. (Spe cial.) Owing to the destruction of ware house stocks of big wholesalers and job bers of San Francisco, a heavy demand is being made upon' the stocks of Port land Jobbers by the . merchants of Kla math Falls. The representative of ons jobbing concern in Portland, who visited this place a short time since, was de tained two days beyond his alloted time limit, so numerous were the orders and so extensive the bills required to replete stocks that have been kept low await ing the season of good roads and conse quent lower freight rates for the wagon haul from Pokegama. . The rate has been 2 cents a pound for the wagon haul for the past two months, owing to the condition of the road during the period, while the snow has been disappearing. This rate will now be reduced one-half or more on large shipments and many stocks of Summer goods and groceries .ordered shipped about May 1 or 15, from San Francisco houses, will now come from Portland jobbers instead. This will give Portland dealers an insight into the large volume of business in Southern Oregon that has been almost exclusively controlled toy the Bay City. Ties of long business relation, coupled with sympathy for the loss sustained by the California houses, will induce many of the merchants to continue their connections theret unless Portland offers advantages, but ' the Portland market just now has a splendid opportunity to assert its ability to meet the emergent demand of an immense territory to the south and southeast in both Oregon and California, which is being improved by the progressive jobbers. Packing Company Is Dissolved. MONTESANO, Watfh., May 9. (Special.) -The Nlnemire & Morgan Company, the Lt WORLDS? GFCEATXST ARTISTE -.SAMysW,LEE. V V I.- I V Friday Evening, May 11. . . SAPPHO Saturday Matinee, May 12 . CAMILLE NO PERFORMANCE SATURDAY NIGHT PRICES-$3.00, $2.00, $1.00 THE ARMORY PORTLAND, OREGON , PERKINS PORTLAND, OREGON First-Clans Cheek Restaurant Connected With Hotel. . C. O. DAVIS. Sec and Treaa. - largest mcHt packing concern in West ern Washington, has decided to dissolve its corporate powers, a transfer of all its property to Georse W. Nineniirc. one of the largest- stockholders, having been re corded. The consideration- wns Jtj'i.'fjO... . This company has operated iis on stock ranches, slaughter-houses and mnr kcts. with distributing depots at- .Mowte. sano. Aberdeen, Hoquiutn and other towns on Gra-y'-s--Harbor. MARION COHN WANTED. J. Miller. 24111 Jackson street. Sun Fran cisco, wants information of Marlon t'ohn, or his wife, formerly of San .Francisco. Mr. Colin left' for Portland immediately after the earthquake, MK'.. Miller has been unable to locate him since-'tliat time t" nited Artisans'' Convention. PBNDTjKJTON. Or.. Ma? (Special.) The United -Artisnns witl hnM -o rifetHt convention In Pendleton May 15, at which time a large class of initiates, will be taken into the order. The state urreme officers will be at the meeting. - Milwaukie Country Club. , Memphis and 'Louisville, races. Vis itors should take the Sellwood or Oregon City cars, starting from-First and Alder streets; - - - - - . Is daily being used by thousands of tea drink ers who were wedded to other teas for years. A proper trial of Cey lon tea properly made, has but one result that is the conversion of the tea lover to Ceylon Tea because of its purity, deliciousness and great economy in use. HOW TO MAKE IT. Use halt the quantity as of other tea. fresh boiling, water. Steep four or five minutes. TETLEYS TEA THR FINEST URADR OF LEAF AD MOST PERFECT METH OD OK PACKlSiti. SHU BERT IU IU I f CEYLON TEA ABSOLUTELY I "IF0B" T