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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1911)
12 TJIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911. RATE CASE TO BE ELUCIDATED TODAY J. N. Teal, City's Representa tive in Fight to Explain Decision's Effect. COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY Transportation Body of Chamber of Commerce to Confer on Spokane Tariff Stall Water Line Ship ments May Grow Here. Members nf the transportation com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet today to consider the recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission In the Spokane rate case. J. N. Teal, who represented the Port land commercial Interesta In the various hearings before the commis sion both here and at Washington, n. C will Hire his opinion on the probable effect, the decision will hava oa Tortalnd. Mr. Teal has been maktnc a careful study of the rullna since It was announced on Monday and will be prepared today tn alve his views." Other members of the Chamber of Commerce who are versed on the rate cases will -lo be heard. Although no definite steps have been taken toward meeting- the situation that likely Is to irow out of the de cision, a sentiment Is growing anions; shippers that In the future Portland will be forced to patronise the water lines to a greater extent. With the completion of the Panama Canal this course will be more practicable. Mr. Teal. In numerous Instances has criti cised Portland for not taklna advantage of Its water highways, which atve It a natural supremacy over all other cltlea on the Coast. ttaler Cargo May Crow. It Is probable that ona of the first steps the Portland commercial bodies will take as a result of the decision will be toward establishing; additional trade oyer water lines and diverting some of tht which IV can no lonaer afford to ship by rail, to the sfeamsblp route. While Spokane has won a theoretical victory In that the commission has ree ocnlsed It contention for a terminal rat. Portland traffic attorneys do not believe that the Inland Kmplre city will profit mark as a result. Every other loan In the Interior will have the same rates that Spokane will enjoy. As the local distributive rates will be Msh enouah to prohibit Jobbing out of i.kane they look for close commer cial alliances between these various small communities and the larae dis tributing centers of the Middle West. Reaalts East Better. Railroad men declare that they are unable to reconcile their loss of revenue and aay that It wilt result In a further dpreclstlon of railroad -rurl ties, la an effort to overcome the effect as much as possible the railroads are likely to encourage trade between the Jobbing houses of the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys snd the 'towns on their respectle lines. Whether thst business result" In trade for Portland or for the Interior towns will be of no (onivn to the railroads. -There was more rejoicing In Chi cago and Ft. Iouts oer this decision than there was In Spokane." said a prominent railroad attorney yesterday. -The Jobbers of those cities will be able to deal direct with every com munity of the West. The margin of 31 per cent that Port land will have over the Interior towns en New York shipments will not en able this city to do much trading In the Interior as the local rate will be sufficient to wipe this out and still place the terminal points at a disad vantage. It will par the Interior towns to buy direct from New York." It will be natural for many of the smaller towns to continue trading with Portland Jobbers, even In the event of a substantial reduction In their own rates from the East, and In thla bnstness Portland. It la believed, still continue to enjoy an advantage over Spokane. DMrlhutlve Rates, Seat. Tbe distributive rate casta now pend ing before the Washington State Rail road Commission will le a fattor In determining the estent to which Spokane will be able to Invade Portland territory or that Portland will be enabled to en croach on Spokane territory. While these caes themselves have no dlre.-t bearing on Portland, whatever action the Wash ington commission takes will be followed hy tliullar action by the Oregon commis sion. With the completion of the Celllo canal Portland again wV'l have an advantage In the distributive Iraite cast of here. Traffic attorneys are at variance on Interpreting the Intentions of le mm mlln as to point In the Willamette Valley. thlreni at Salem. Albany snd Mwlford declare thst they will be en titled to terminal rates under this ruling on the ground that they ara In a direct line with Portland from the East via the Southern Pacific's El Paso route. However, a short time ago the commis sion denied the Southern Pacific's appli cation to handle through freight to Wil lamette Valley towna by way of Bl Paso st the same rates that apply via Port land, on the ground that towns In North ern California now have a higher rate than those In Southern Oregon, and that consequently sorh a routing would be discrimination against the Northern Cali fornia town. It la understood that the commission Intended to grant the terminal rates only to points served by the direct lines of the Coast carriers, and under the ruling In the Southern Pacific case. Wil lamette Valley would not be considered In a direct line. PERSONALMENTION. Rev. J. P. Anderson, of Huron. 8. D-. Is at the Seward. R E. Wlmer. of Pendleton. Is regis tered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Murray, of Spo kane, are at the Bowers. Dr. A. R Starbuck. of I'atlas. reg istered at the Imperial yesterday. A. W. Ayera. a timber dealer of Kelso. Wnn. was at the Perkins yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Taylor, of Spokane, were at the Bowers yestetr dsy. K. M. Wright, a lawyer of South Bend. Wairu Is) registered at the Im perial. Bruce B'ake. s lawyer of Spokane, and Mrs. Blake ara registered at the Portlan J. r. A. Fisher. real estate dealer of Astoria, was registered at the Oregon yesterday. W. Good NeaL a banker of Boise. Idaho, was registered at the Perkins yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Ml E.' Watson, of Puy- allup. Wash., were registered at the Cornctlua yesterday. A. T. Wain. e-Deputy Sheriff of Marton Couaty. Is registered at tile Imperial from Salem. - John E. Gratke. manager of the Dally Budget, of Astoria, waa regis tered at the Seward yesterday. r. T. Esplng. a sheepmen of Shanlko. and tls brother. H. M. Esplng. a mer chant of Bend, are at the Perkins. Charles H. Grout, owner of the Idah na Hotel, at Boise, accompanied by Mrs. Grout, waa at the Portland yesterday. Albert Abraham, lawyer and State Senator from Douglas County, was reg istered at the Imperial yesterday from Roseburg. I. Rlumauer. president-treasurer of the Rlumauer Logging Company. Is registered at the Cornelius from Ta mno. Wash. Colonel John Biddle. who has charge of the river and harbor work at San Francisco, was registered at the Port land yesterday. Edward Metager. proprietor of the Granada Hotel, accompanied by Mrs. Metager. waa registered at the Port land yesterday. Truman Butler, cashier for the But ler Banking Company, accompanied by Mrs. Butler, was registered at the Ore gon yesterday from Hood River. Ira Aronson. a real estate dealer of Philadelphia. Pa., waa at the Seward yesterday. Mr. Aronson la arranging to open a branch office in this city. S. c. Reach. ex-State Senator, ae companled by Mra. Reach, will sail to day from Quebec for Europe. They ex pect to return to Portland early Id September. Mr. and Mra R. H. Pease. Mr. and Mra Watson and Mr. and Mra. Abbott formed a party of Los Angeles rest dents registering at the Bowera yester day. They made the trip by automo bile. Mrs. Mary Murphy, Miss Maa Connor and Mlsa Mary V Weldon. Chicago tourists, were registered at the Sew ard yesterday. They are en route from Yellowstone National Park to their Il linois borne, via California. BLAME IS SHUNTED Hawthorne Bridge Delay Laid to Wakefield. Is PENALIZED MEN COMPLAIN I'nlted Engineering Jk Construction Company Fixes Its Loss at $30, 000 and Argues That City Shoo Id Pay It. STREET SPACE HEEDED ONE BLOCK NOT BIU tNOIGH JTR ACDITORIfSI. Chairman Wilcox Asks Advice of City Attorney aa to Manner of Vacating Area Required. T. B. Wilcox, chairman of the Audi torium Commission appointed by ex Mayor Simon to select a site for the S00.oe0 auditorium which Portland la to build, haa written - City Attorney Grant asking what procedure the com mittee ahould take to obtain the vaca tion of a street for ona block, to have the auditorium built on two blocks. It baa been found that ona city block. 100 feet long. Is not large enough to ac commodate an auditorium seating mora than 0 persons, aa arc hi tacts usually figure on allowing about aeven and one half square feet for every person. Another difficulty which the com mittee haa encountered Is the Zlegler ordinance, preventing the vacation of any streets within 2000 feet of the river. Mr. Wilcox believes the Market block, which la considered as a pros pective site, wou'.d come within the provisions of this ordinance, the 5900 feet extending about aa far as Park Street. -The committee has obtained descrip tions of various auditoriums over all the country.- said Mr. Wilcox. "but found non loo feet in width. Most of them were to JS feet long and from MS to T'-0 feet In width. "On a IK-foot block we would not be able to put up a building with the seat ing capa.lt r that the people demand. continued Mr. Wilcox, 'that Is. a build ing to seat from (ooo to IS.noa persons. To obtain a proper alte It appears nec essary for m to use a street some where. I wrote City Attorney Grant today, setting forth these facta, and asking him what method of procedure we should adopt, and how long It would take. In hla opinion, to obtain tha right to use a street. In our deliberations we will be governed by the advice of the City Attorney. As soon as I re ceive his answer I shall call the com mittee together, and we will take other steps toward obtaining the site." C. H. EHRLINGER MISSING Soda Water Maker Not Seen Since leaving Home Saturday. Missing since last Saturday from his borne, at Hi Sumner street. C. H. Ehr llnger. manager of the Pioneer Soda Works, and a well-known cltlxen. ta sought by his wife and relatives, who appealed yesterday to Captain of De tectivea Moore for assistance. Wiien Mr. Ehrllnger left home he told hla little daughter that he would return eoon. He took no clothing or other articles with him. It Is feared that he ha met with font play. He Is 51 years old. weighs 0 piumls and wears a Masonic emblem. That the Hawthorne bridge would have been completed and opened to traffic on contract time except for Robert Wakefield's delay In beginning and completing tha piers, and that the city ought to bear a part of the ex pense Mr. Wakefield cauaed tha United Engineering & Construction Company by hla delay Is In effect the statement made to the bridge committee of the Executive Board in a letter submitted yesterday. Attorney C E. & Wood, representing tha engineering company, aald at yes terday's committee meeting that the br.ldge waa completed according to con tract, that the city la receiving the ben efit of It and that the city ought to pay for It. The bridge committee deferred action until Ita next meeting. In the meantime each member will be fur nished with a copy of the letter from the engineering company and of the opinion by City Attorney Grant cover ing disputed points. Blame Pot on Wakefield. The engineering company'a letter aeta forth that because Mr. Wakefield did not comply with the provisions of his contract, by constructing the pier nearest the East Side first and com pleting the others successively, so aa not to hinder putting up the steel, and because of acta by the city Itself, it loat more than 130.000. It la further contended that the bridge engineers. Waddell A Harrington, allowed the United Engineering It Construction Company I2S on account of tha piers not being completed on time, but off set half of thla on the theory that the company would have had to wait 10 daya for tbe sheavea over which the heavy steel cables run. Tha company aaya It could have had tha aheaves earlier, but that it regulated the arri val data according to the time It ex pected to use them. PIcr-Bulldlng Criticised. Pier No. 4. In the middle of tha river, waa built first, whereas pier No. 1 ahould have been commenced first, ar gues the engineering company. Pier No. 4 was not started until September I. 110. while It la said the contract called for commencement of the piers July 1. Tha first two were to have been completed by November Is. 10$. according to contract, but were not completed until February 12. 110. and February 1. 110. Piers No. 3 and 4 were completed March 12. 110. and May 1. 110. Then. It la pointed out. instead of putting In pier No. 6. pier No. 7. on the Weat Side, waa built, be ing finished May 1. 110. Then pier No. S waa finished July 12. 110. and Anally pier No. k waa finished August 1. 110. The company says It worked on the first two spans days, nights snd Sun days, under pressure, but May XI was unable to proceed further because Wakefield's acows and apparatus were In the way and the piers were not ready. This caused a delay of 30 daya. Delays Are Cited. Then, after the third span had been rushed to completion, another delay from May 31 to August I was occa sioned by Mr. Wakefield, saya the com pany, pier No. f not being ready. Mill another month's delay rame In putting . In the false work for span No. , It Is complained, because Mr. Wakefield had not finished his work and cleared away his apparatus. "We did not dare to disorganise and let auch Important men as engineers, superintendents, foremen and skilled steelworkers go. and our payroll during all tha period of delay waa an absolute loss to us. through no fault of our own." continues the complaint. "Yet the city's agents, the supervising engi neers. Waddell at Harrington, have re fused to allow ua this Item of loss, for tha reason, as alleged by them, that we ought to have foreseen the possibility of delay and have taken account of It In our contract, a reason which seems to us not good In either law- or morals, and which means that the contract would have to have been padded to be safe. Sloe I WflsM Increased. "The engineers, to get a better bridge. Increased the weight of steel, which Increase of weight cost us ap proximately f 12.000. They ordered steel rails put down, for street railway serv ice, which cost us about the same Cut Rate Drug and Toilet Article Sale aaraanaaa' FRIDAY AND SATURDAY s 12? IS? IS? Eg The Owl Drug Co., 7th and Washington Sts. 50c WhisK Brooms Special 33c Made of the finest quality broom stock, with fancy handles. Advertised Goods at Special Cut-Rate Prices &3 35e Prophylactic e Tooth Brushes,. . 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"Whatever they ordered unloubteai made a better bridge, and the people of Portland have the benefit of It. Is It tha Intention of the Board and Of the people of Portland to accept these bene fits and not pay for them? it i. intimated that these engineers are not the agents or ine cnj. contract of the city with us manes tham Its aa-ents. and compels us to be hound bv the r orders and decisions. When these engineers ordered ire weight of steel Increased, ought we to have atopped the work and refused to An anvthlnar until the City council voted Its approval or a new bond issue vii sanctioned? -With what temper would the people of Portland have treated us as con tractors if we had refused the orders of th i-itv's own enalneers and agents, and stood on fancied technicalities, and delayed the bridge every one was lmpa. tient for? And because we did not do this, hut nerformed our contract in good faith and trusted to the honor of the city aa to an Individual, shall we be penalised and made to surrer loss ox the city taking advantage of these very technicalities?" LINEMEN ARE ARRESTED Violation or Ordinance Charged Mount Hood Electric Men. to Use of the office of the City Attor ney to further the campaign being made by striking electricians against the Mount Hood Railroad is charged in connection with the arrest yester day of sir linemen, charged with plac- MTPfsjfasWllJI'..llillUll.il'll 111111,1 1 llllhlBflllllilbllsBBsnTrMgrTfW IIMMjlFIMWBamamTWTas is! ass-" sa jassaa Weatherly's Ice Cream Is Pure It is made of good, rweet milk and cream, gagar and pur fruit juiees and flavor, whir h in thmaeh-es are not beat-making units. Oar factory is absolutely hypnic. Th tobs, cans and bricks in wkioh ""WeatherlyV Is packed are sterilised before use they axe therefore perfectly clean. Given the same cosrrponent parts, almost anybody could make ice cream after a fashion! Tha Secret of the DeUdouaneae of Weatherly's Ice Cream la the Method of Blending end Freezing THXaB'8 A DEALER IX T0UB OWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPLY YOU Vanilla Strawberry Obocolats Mapls and Neapolitan MADE BY CRYSTAL I0E AND STORAGE CO. lng wires In conflict with the initi ative ordinance regulating such work. The men were arrested by Patrolman Sims at their work, some of them being called down from overhead. Numerous prosecutions have been undertaken under the ordinance against other companies, but It has been the custom to arrest only the manager or a director of a company. Several cases are now In the Circuit Court on appeal. This is the first time that the laboring men have been held responsible for the manner In which they placed the wires, and representatives of the company assert that It Is because there is strike on their system. The linemen gained their liberty by depositing 123 ball each. FRAUD LAID TO STEPSON Woman Declares Husband liin Made Her Swear Insurance Away. ,w Alleging that Frank E. King, a son of her husband, who died May 4 last, Induced her to sign away her right in an insurance policy for .1760 through fraud and coercion, Mrs. Alice K. Kin? has started suit in the Circuit Court to set aside the assignment and restrain the officers of the Ancient Order of United Workmen from paying the pol icy as directed over her signature. Mrs. King declare that J. R. Kins, her husband, was a member of the "Weston lodge of the A. O. U. W. She alleges that she was the beneficiary of the policy, but that on the day follow ing her husband's death, while she wag in a weak condition mentally and phys ically, Fred K. King induced her to re linquish her right in favor of her hus band's children, all of whom are over the age of 32. issiiSMMiaa.Jiaitiiii ilsi- aasaoaaas IN this Mid-Summer Holiday Number THE CENTURY has aimed to catch the spirit of the season. 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