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iq - THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBEIt 24, 1909. . r ! ' ' . ' - - v v v mp fWw TrS TK. 1 mmm mn Ml m nm SPiT .3 ifl vi a u M 7 M M M M LINE TO LOS Man Well Known in Portland Honored by the Shonts Lines Ernest Sylvanus Benson, for Ten Years Connected With the O. R. & N. Here. Is Made Controller-of the Toledo, St. Louis & ' Western and the Alton Railroads. ;. IS T NIN Harriman System Has Low Grade Route East of Si erras Under Way. ct t T-T7 rvr r.r? TrrirtV l COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH ( ss- St s ' jt UNITED WlKEEd SI ULIU1U1JILK5 ANGELES WAR G! . .. . , ht i , th owner and holder of ten shares of preferred stock of the I. A Staiger. of 292 wasnington oi., roumiu, v., c...0 SEAI. T subscribed and sworn to. before rrfe this 23d day of October, 19C9. lSlSINotary Public for 1 li e'gon. " V KLAMATH-NATRON, BRANCH Jtond Xotv Being Bnllt From Mojnve to Heeler Is Also Fart of Line. 8 59 Miles or Xr-w rroject Are to Be in Oregon. A new low-(tr'le rniit mft of the Sierras between Portland and Los An gers Is prfel in a statement Issued in X( York iiy JuIIub Kruttsclinitt concerning tli mor Important exten sions of the Harriman l!ns now under actual construction. The Klaniaih-Xairon line is apparently to form a part of this n?w low-crade rojte. and In Southern rnllfornla a branch H. miles lone, from Mojave north to Keeler. is unil?r construction which will also ultimately becon-.o a part of the new roi:te. Of the 3",K' mllrs of new road now under construction by the Harriman sys tem In the I'nited StaTs and Mexico. 3o9 miles are In Oregon. In the territory of the Oregon Rallroa.l Navigation t'om r,nv im m'!.s of new line are being Kradid. In On son 4G mil -a of road are being opened, between Klgin and Joseph, and a branch 110 miles Ions Is under way up the Deschutes River Into the central portion of the state at Redmond, while in Northern Idaho a line Is soon to run from Rockford. on the main line, east to a point on Lake Coeur d'Alene. op posite Harrison, 15 miles. Grays Harbor Branch in Progress. From Centralia. Wash., between Port land and Taeotna on the Northern Pa cific, the section now being double tracked for traffic of the Harriman lines, a branch is being run west to Grays Harbor. SS miles. This will ultimately run northward miles to Tuget Sound through one of the finest forest sections In the world. The Oregon & Washington, building from Portland north to Ta coma and Seattle. 2S0 miles, has started track-laying. The terminal at Tacoma Involves the building -of a tunnel STuO feet long at the entrance to that city from the south. At the present time over 14i feet of this tunnel has been com pleted, and work is progressing at the rate of 2 feet a day. Another tunnel Into East Portland. 5500 feet long, runs between the Willamette and folumh'.a rivers. The tracks then cross the Columbia over the Steel bridge, running Into Vancouver. At Sattle over eight mites of heavy work are under way between the -terminal and points outside the city limits. The finest station on the pacific -oast is to be erected In that city at a cost of over JjOO.onC". When plans were made to secure ter minal in Seattle for the Union Pacific, propsrty was secured sufficient to care for all the traffic that would come to the lines in 50 years, arsumlng the con tinued growth of the city at the present rate. When the busings demands It. over a half mile of frontage wiii- enough to provide plenty of warehouse and track age room will be available. Southern Pacific Build 400 Miles. Extensions under nay on the Southern Pacific total over V milea. Of this 173 miles ar? btlng added to the Oregon lints. About IS miles of new construc tion wre necessary to effect an entrance into Portland from lines or) the west side of the Willamette Valley. A branch 97 miles long is beir.g pushed through tim ber lands in Oregon from Htllsboro on the Portland-Albany branch, to the coast. Extension are being built from Natron, southward and from Klamath Falls northward, involving the present con struction of about 60 miles of a line to be. 152 miles. The amount of money Involved in the construction of the total 2000 miles, which will reach new territory in nearly every tte In which the lines run and cause radical ultimate changes of condition in Mexico, is placed conservatively at ll'JO. Ofi.OO). and is an unparalleled outlay for the construction of branches and Im provements of a system already so well Intrenched. Of this amount, about one half has already been expended, while the recent sales of Treasury securities, together with the aurplus accumulated from operation during tli? past year gave the svstem a further working capital In the neiehborhood of SSS.OOO.OOO. The cost of much of the construction under way will not have to be met for another year, or even two. so that the Harriman lines are able to carry on their improvement nrreramm"! without the necessity of making further provision of funds. - . - " , : 'f r PLEDGE SERVICE IX FEBRUARY Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Hurries Grays Harbor AVork. An officer of the Chicago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound Is quoted as saying that nassenaer and freight trains will be in nneration about February. 1S10, between fvattle. Tacoma. Aberdeen and Hoquiam Track laving on the Gate City-Grays Harbor section of the line, which is to be used Jointly by this company and the Harriman lines, is expected to be fin ihd January next. The section from Ciaif Citv east to McKenna to the Ta coma Eastern is expected to be finished as soon as the Gate City-Aberdeen line, and on completion of this work, train service is to be started between Seattle nd the harbor cities. The C. M. P. S. intends to build branch lines as quickly as possible and as soon as surveys now under way are finished, will build a line both north and south or Othello. It is the intention to build into the Moses Lake district. A line to tap the coal and timber sections near Enumclaw will be started at once, and I to be completed as quickly as pos- ihl Survevs north of Grays Harbor have been completed and next year work will be started on ft line north toward the Juan de Fuca Strait. The Tacoma Eastern line is being extended some 20 miu to tin new timber districts, but not as an extension toward Portland. TRA1X Xof TO BE CANCELED Portiand-VancouTer Special Still to Continue Its Run. Portland railroad men discredit the r.nnri nubllshed in Seattle that the Northern Pacific is to cancel the Portland-Vancouver special now operated Jointly by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern between this city and Rrtrixh folumbla. A rumor had been beard here of somewhat similar trendy j ran but It was to the effect that a Great Northern train would provide the same service under the trl-party agreement entered into bv the Northern Pacinc. Great Northern and Harriman systems affecting; the Portland-Tacoma line. r i ( r .. -V . . ' ? t S t ' ' . ' ' ERXEST SYLVASIS BENSON. ' RNESTT SYLVANUS BENSON, re 1 cently appointed comptroller of the ' Toledo. St. Louis & Western and the Chicago & Alton Railroad companies, which Theodore P. Shonts Is preeident. Is well known In Portland. From 194 to 1904 he was general auditor for the Oregon Railway Navigation Company ana tne Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company. operating steamers to the Orient. In No vember of JS4 he was transferred to the Southern Pacific lines east of El Paso, Tex. In April of the succeeding year he gave up railroad work to enter the serv ice of the Government a general auditor of Panama Canal affairs, whon Mr. Shonts left the Government service, resigning the chairmanship of the Panama Commission, business metnotis gave way to the red tape of and Navy, and Mr. Benson, a few months later, also resigned, accepting the position of consulting accountant for the Inter-horougii-Alctropolitan Company, of New York, the holding company tor wie York traction lines. This position he filled for the last two years, and he will con tinue to discharge its duties in addition to those of his new office. His new appointments necessitate a transfer of his headquarters from New York to Chicago, where when 16 years old Mr. Benson began his business career in the local office of the Burlington & Qulncy Railroad. . " ' Mr. Benson was born In Worcester, Mass. His father's mother was a Taft. a descendant of Ebenezer Taft, one of the earliest settlers of Massachusetts. His ancestors fought in the Revolution, three of them having stood shoulder to shoulder in the hattle of Lexington. I That is. the Great Northern woum op erate the train Individually. Northern Pacific, officials say tnai De reen Portland and Seattle the train Is popular and carries a neui nomv. From Seattle north, the Great Northern operates the train. The tnrougn Dull ness, it is said, probably does not Jus tifv the use of the parlor-car equip ment and the timecard between Port land and Puget Sound is not just what the Northern Pacific would like. If there is any change in trains. It is believed here that the present slightly undesirable features will be adjusted in some other way tnan Dy cancennB the train. ... STEEL. TO GO DOWN NOVEMBER 1 Harriman Deschutes 'Mne to Rush Its Construction. Track' laying on the first 15 miles of the Harriman Deschutes roaa win wm about November L according to H. . A. Brandon, construction engineer, who ar rived In Portland. from Grass Valley yes terday. . ' The track-laying crews now engaged in the Couer d'Alene district will be through by the end of the month and will then bo transferred to tne twscnuitrs. wi. hundred and nine miles of the work are now covered by sub-contractors, extend ing from the. mouth of the river to a point about seven miles souin oi jiuurao. UNITED WIRELESS EXPOSED A wireless concern, which calls itself United Wireless," rniu which Is little more than a snipwrecaeu j..crui Wireless 'revamped, has sold, I am in formed, over One Million- (tl.000.000.00) Dollars of its WATERED SECURITIES to the people of Oregon, at prices rang ing from $10.00 to I3S.00 per share. This stock is som ny a riuruo i uc luded agents upon the most flagrant exaggerations, misrepresentations and falsehoods. In exchange for about One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars in hard-earned cash. Oregon people can now- boast Of having about ten (10) small wireless stations, which can l.e duplicated for Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars. And what makes matters worse, these sta tions. I am Informed, are not even earning their operating expenses, let alone earning any dividends to pay on Seventy Million ($70,000,000.00) Dollars, the present selling basis. The money collected in Portland alone, I am informed, would build ten times the stations now in the entire State of Oregon. Eastern financial magazines have for months denounced this GIGANTIC FRAUD as a rank swindle and esti mate (taking the United W!reless-,-own financial statement) that this stock is not worth even $1.45 per share. United Wireless stockholders need not look beyond the State of Oregon to see what their company is doing. I made a public offer, published in the Portland papers, offering One Hun dred ($100.00) Dollars for -a 100-word message to be sent from the Perkins Hotel station, at Portland, to Astoria direct, an air line district of about 75 miles. So far my offer has NOT been accepted. 1 When this MONUMENTAL FRAUD IS EXPOSED, the faith of hopeful In vestors In these next to WORTHLESS SECURITIES will receive . a jo9 to which the San Francisco earthquake will seem a mere tremblor. To you whose money has been ob tained by the grossest misrepresenta tions and fraud, the LAW will tell you what to do. It will either mean for Fred S. Stew art and Geo. H. Parker, the unscrupu lous promoters- of this enterprise, to "cough up" or go to Jail. I am ready to help you in every way to bring these men Into the court and put them where they belong. John L. Schuyleman, 701-2-3 Oregonian Bldg. Advertisement. T NORTH BANK TO RCN THROCGH SOLID COACHES. Schedule to Be 72. Hours, Which Ne cessitates Change of Time on All Trains of Road. Important Improvements In train service on the Spokane, Portland & Se attle Railway (North Bank) will be come effective next Sunday. One of these will be the Inauguration of a solid through train between portiana and Chicago via the North Bank. North ern Pacific and Burlington systems. The North Bank has been maintaining a through sleeping-car service between Portland and St. Paul, making connec tion In Spokane with Northern Pacific trains. A solid, electric-lighted train' will take the place of this service, run ning on a limited schedule of 72 hours, or the equivalent of the schedules of other transcontinental limited trains. In addition, another through fast service to Chicago is to be provided by means of standard touriBt sleepers which will be attached at Spokane to the Oriental Limited of the Great Northern. A change in timecard will apply to all trains on the road and the running1 time between Seattle and Spokane will be cut down. The day trains, which have consumed 12 hours and 40 minutes between the two cities, will make the trip, beginning next Sunday, in 12 hours. The night running time will be 12 hours, a reduction of 50 minutes. An improvement in the local service will be made in the addition of a diner on the evening train to Cliffs. Train No. 2, which now leaves Port land at 8:45 A. M.. will became the solid through train, and the departing time will be changed to 9:25 A. M. This train will reach Spokane at 9:25 P. M. No. 3. the westbound companion train, will arrive In Portland a,t 8 A. M. This train will leave Spokane for Portland at 8:10 P. M.. Instead ef 8 P. M., as heretofore. Train No. 4, which will carry through ulrpppr connecting with the Oriental This office has recent information that agents of Ihe "Clark Wireless Co " in an effort to sell their stock, OR INDUCE HOLDERS OF UNI TED WIRELESS STOCK TO SELL THEIRS, have been circulating the most absurd reports about the said UNITED CO. and its management. It seems hardlv necessary to note these derogatory statements, in view of actual conditions, and our only reason for doing so is to protect our. stockholders. Thev state that the UNITED CO. is nearly bankrupt, and cannot last long The Provable fact is that the UNITED CO. was never so-prosperous as at present. We are building more stations pnd earning more money than ever before ($70,000 per month). Our three factories are running to full capacity. We have recently started in ENGLAND, have a large torce of men at work, with a number of contracts already secured The Com nanv has plenty of money in the treasury, bills are paid monthly, and we have NO DEBTS. - Both R. G. DUN & CO. and BRADSTREET verify this statement. . The Clark Co. has been in business for about six years having been reorganized several times. During five years they had a clear field, on , the Great Lakes, with no competition; yet the Government report gives hem only six stations and as many boats. The Clark Co s ates in their pamphlet that $150,000 has been expended on the work which is certainlj a huge cost. They ajso state that "about 700.000 shares" have been issued. Thev state that they have no promotion stoe so that these 700.000 shares must have been SOLD. This amount of stock a the par value of 1 per share, amounts to $700,000. They have spent $lo0,000 where is'the other $.j")0,000? r i Last March the UNITED CO. opened up business on the ( Great 1 Lakes In 60 davs vTe built more stations and equipped more boats than the had built or equipped in six years. Up to date, we have 1 stations and 30 ship equipments 0.1 the Great Lakes, and we are still building and equipping. So much for the Great Lakes field. Thev have no stations on the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf Coasts The UNITED CO has over 100, nearly 50 of which are on the Pacific Coast, anVShave put both the "Pacific" and the "Massie" wire ess companies (iVo were boh doing business on this Coast 22 years ago) out of exist ence Our UNITED stations on the Paeific Coast handled over --,400 comment messages during August, 1909 Ag. in-l - this -Pf - WORK ACTUALLY DONE, you are asked to accept the unsuppo.ted statements and airy promises pf the Clark Co. and their agents. At the last reorganization of the Clark Co., their charter was taken out under the laws (!) of ARIZONA, instead ofUlCAKBsbelove V. no not know why or care; yet it imjo""e o - that RIZ0NA (and until very recently, inuvawaj, "uw""" : able in its laws (or absence of laws) to the incorporation o wildcat or miest ionable enterprises; as the attached copy of an advertisement ol The quesuoiiauie p ti,0:, Ai-izona. taken from the la- k1 onVof Yhe stest in the Union, with regard -to the i i. a. TTXTi'i'hMi i ll nnri its man- vicious and scurrilous sianaers aoou VfvTX(i AND gemenl. Upon .request, we will mat. of Amil 3. T-.TrTX- u i v i h v or nun i in . . World' and its Mocictara ...v. 'i 014. elearlv shows. As a com- c tic Monthly" ror Atiguhi, j-. p- , r of MAINE whioh .1 .. I'viTun -n ic r,rrrnm7.ed under the laws or jiiai d, parison is know tinn nf coruorations. Much use is made by our enemies of a certain so-called financial paper .if nlnciaT World." which for two years, has been publishing : the tuv ..-.. most a t1c;n,'r. "' ..rV,' .ZZnt nf the "Financial 1909, which win give you 1.. We will also send, if you wish, copies editor much better than we "Mdo. -ILE REPORTS botftfc UNlEDCa0ndathde Clark Companies, and other authontative data. Finally JOHN L. SCHUYLEMAN, the general agent of the Clark Co SrS TiMEllNCE t0h h bn SgUed as a curbstone broker, in persuad H IS TIME bY-vTTFn WIRELESS stock (through misrepresentations) mg holders of 1' BR0KERS WORKING WITH HIM, to sell or turn oci iu y-, -- their stock certificates, at about the same figure that same had cost them. Having secured the stock by running down the UNITED CO., their tune was changed, and the stock was RESOLD to other persons. Al A 1 hOM l , WHICH WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN HE AND THE BROKER. The sale of "Clark Wireless" stock has been a side issue with him. His main object has been thegetting hold of UNITED WIRELESS stock as cheaply as possible, 'to resell it at a profit. He has recently advertised in the Portland, papers, asking VITET) WIRELESS stockholders to call at his office in the OREGONIAN build in for important information. Persons who have gone to see him. inform us" that after a lengthy abuse of the UNITED CO. and its management, and his -nssuranoe that, Clark Wireless stock "is very much more valuable -than UNITED stock," he ends his argument with AN Or I ER TO EX CHANGE 15 SHARES OF CLARK STOCK FOR ONE SHARE OF UNI TED At the Clark Company's price of $1.00 per share, this would be equal to buving UNITED stock at $15 per share, which he could reacnly -resell at $30 per share; since the UNITED company's price is now .?3.. This clearly shows his brokerage scheme to make money by dealing in our stock. He has advertised that the Clark Company will at once build ten 23 K W stations on the Pacific Coast, which will operate for from oOO to 1000 miles at anv hour of the day or night. Just how a company which the mercantile agencies describe as having judgments for $t,,.9,. and fo.t.oo rendered against them is going to erect such a string of stations is not quite clear. The instruments for the Portland station are supposed to oe on the way; and Clark was to have been here on October 15th, to superin tend the construction. We will deposit with any bank or newspaper in Portland, $1000, Mr. Schuyleman to deposit $500. If the Clark Company has in commercial operation,' by January 1, 1910, on the Pacific (oast, a wireless station capable of sending messages from 500 to. 1000 miles at any hour of the day or night, we will forfeit our $1000. If the Clark Company does not have such a station by that date, he is to forfeit h;s $o00. Also, as soon as our Perkins Hotel station is completed and turned over to the operators, we will give Mr. Schuyleman an opportunity to pay that $100 for a 100-word message transmitted direct to Astoria but we will insist that the $100 be put up. before the demonstration "fde Mean time, the interested public is invited to test the service of the LM1EU WIRELESS Pacific Coast stations, day or night. We trust these facts will clear the air somewhat. DO NOT BE LED ' TO DISPOSE OF YOUR UNITED STOCK. MAKE THEM PROVE THEIR STATEMENTS AND CLAIMS, and if any further information is desired, write or call at this office. Yours Very Truly, F. S. STEWAET, Fiscal Agent, Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho, 410 Corbet t Build ing, Portland, Oregon. The following is a copv of the advertisement appearing in the August, 1909. issue of the "PACIFIC MONTHLY," on page 214s, which is re ferred to in the above-letter: INCORPORATE IX ARIZONA. Costs less than elsewhere. A a u-a a 1-.. worth tllOtSaildS. "Vo tax irf Arizona. No stock subscription's required betore in- liability, riu t-L BMt. n .j' ";:" ," .7 .v. v. V, erty, services evi-mtit from company tTOIS virED AZONA. Resident Stoddardt FORMKR I V SECRETARY OF ARIZONA, was for years officially, in charge Vt Mncor&VatinB buiinesV and president agent for many thousand companies. Alf blanks, law. by-laws and particular, free . lom- thorized debt. ... References Any bank In Arizona. STODDARD INCORPORATING COMPANY, Box 8E, PHOENIX, ARIZONA. Limited at Spokane and w leaves Portland at 5:40 P. M-. i" part under the nw -Module it '.M r. M.. and arrive in Spokane at .7 A. M. . 1 will leave Spokane at s a- j- rhe present departing time. in Portland at 8 P. M.. or 50 minutes earlier than at present. The Columbia River local, or No. 5. -will leave Cliffs at 7:45 A. M. and arrive Z Portland at noon. No. 6. now depart ing at 4:15 P. M.. will leave Portland at 5 P. M.. arriving in Cliffs at 0:1. .P. M. Instead of 8:50. as at present, and wilt have a diner added. On the Goldendale branch train No. 55 will leave Goldendale at 7 A. M- arriv ing at I.yle at 8:40 A. M.. and connect ing with the Columbia H'er local, reaching Portland at joon. No. 66 will leave Lyle at 12:45 P. M-. after No. 2 has arrived there, and reach Goldendale at 8-It U the understanding here that the new through North Bank train does not take the place of any through train now operating over the Northern Pacific and Burlington between Puget Sound and the East. It will be an additional train on that route between Spokane and Chi cago It does not add to the number of trains now running between Portland and Spokane. Xotcs From Railroad Row. I,. W. Landman, general Western pas senger agent of the TAke Shore Road, with headquarters in Chicago, Is in Port land on his wedding trip. Mr. Landman was formerly secretary and later presi dent of the Transcontinental Passenger Association. , The steamer Harrison, a new vessel pntlt on Lake Coeur d Alene by the O. r & N. to run In connection with a nail road cutoff now building from Rockford to ft point on the lake opposite Harrison, will be given a trial trip next Wednesday. Several railroad officials will go from Portland to .participate in the event. By means of the cutoff and "ewt "teamr.lT O R & N. will shorten the time between Spokane and Wallace, Idaho, about two hours. W. W. Cotton, counsel for the O. R. & N has returned from San Franciaco. where he participated in the distributive rate hearing before the Interstate Com merce C ommission. larassaassss When You Do Purchase That New Piano If you care for the money you spend for a piano, it is worth your while to see that you get full value for it. The annual production of trro1 In tralia is valued at about S12S.000.000. A us- Paaig 'ui ! 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