tttt? crrvniV nnrnnvTiV PfiT?TT, A T). .TAXTJAKY 1. 1911.
BU1LD1NGPERMITS
TOTAL 80,604,957
Increase for Year is 53 Per
Cent-Other Northwest Cit
ies Show Losses.
REALTY SOLD $100,096,060
Great Ituh of Construction Marks
Clo of Year, Ix-crmbor Rein
by $2,000,000 Larsntt Month
In Portland Building.
porti-axd" biiowio woxdeb-
nt BT COMPARISON.
Portia d.
Fiitldlns penults In Portland for
cmtKi-. iin. war I4.T1S.420; for
timnlwr. lon. $1.4.1.s. Total
for 1010. t20.CO4.1KT: total tor 1-JOU.
iu.4Ai.wo.
ftnatll.
SKATTLK. Wash.. Dee. 31. (Spe
cial. Pulldlns permits In Seattle
for lcimbr. 1!10. were. It.OoO.
t: for nwrnbr. 103. 11.00.470.
Total for I17.4H.C73; total for
1 19.041.333.
Kpofcaa.
SPOKANE. Wuh.. P. 31 (8p
rtaLft Building permits In Spokane
for lslrt. were. S&.1.4P4: for laws.
.7lt .-. " Dvtmbtr. lOtO. shoved
14.-5: Dmnibn. lo9. $2t3.33.
The loaa shown by the permits thla
J.r la fSH.T4
Vmm Ana-rlea.
LOS ANGELES, CJ . Dm. 31.
(Spctl. Ilulldlna- permit, tn Los
Anolt for lsin. were. f21.GSI.lm.
an Inc r. a ovr tba pravlous Tear
of M.423..10T. In Efrfmbfr. 1U10.
permits totaled. fl.472.Twl; Ixc.m
br. 1W9. tl.23s.244.
Portland tanned SS01 building permits
In 1910 for structures worth an cere
rate of $.'0.(04.95;. This was a sain of
1 per cent over the total for 1909. It
telf a banner Tear, with a total of $13,
441.380 of permits.
In Ieeember 59 permits were issued
for buildings amounting to $1.715,4.0,
beating by more than 12.000.000 the
largest previous month In Portland's
buildin? history, August last year,
when 4C permits were Issued for struc
tures worth $2, (5, 375.
In the rear Just closed IS. 704 real es
tate transfers Involving property of a
stated value of $ 100.06.0t) were re
corded, the total Including the $70,000.
09 transfer Involved In the Oregon
"Washington Railroad A Navigation
Company consolidation, which was re
corded In December. The remainder of
$3O.0C.0(0 compares with the total for
109 of 1J.1S7 transfers recorded with
a total valuation of I2C.48S.927.
December Transfers Big.
The realty transfers for December.
1910. numbered 14(1 and amounted to
f72.420.I89. Including; tha $70,000,000
deal referred to. as against 1510 trans
fers for $2,042.05? In December, 1909.
A portion of the Immense building;
movement In Portland Is the result of
the new building; code which takes ef -fei-t
today. The new law Imposes re
strictions on construction of all classes
of buildings and la particularly severe
on apartment houses. As a result there
was a rush of persons who contem
plated building; apartment houses to
f;et their plans passed on and permits
ssued before the old code expired.
The greater part of the building; Is
accounted for by the rapid growth of
the city and the building; code has no
bearing- on this part. Among- the
larger structures fur which permits
were Issued last month were the 12
story steel-frame Wilcox office build
ing to be erected on the southeast cor
ner of Sixth and Washington: the
klaltnomah Motel, which will cover the
full block bounded by Third. Fourth.
COMPARISON OF PERMITS
1908. 1909
I9O0 10 1910
Permits. Vslue. Permits. Value. Permits. Value.
January -.".- 0 e.'.l .Its IT'.t f 411.413 3-'-' $ S2I.UO
February M f O.M-U S22 l.S'.'u. MO 424 l.-".0iS
Xaxcto f.4 4 Ml.SU 44 e.V:.3 ef. 1.47;l.iM
Asrtl &7 KUl'll B"J I.e-M.IMS si7 -f.ol4.7T2
Jar .174 7:.4.S 3-i .I42 4'" 5 1.R03.44S
jun 3.1 I41. IV-.1 4s MVi.:i0 l.iS7.7Js
July 4.19 1.:4 3 4i-S VII.3TO B.'.i HOi,li
A us tut 412 77-'.3"'& 47S !xi.341 Oil 2..V.4 373
f-ert-mbw 411 H7.'..:i5 t"U 1.2.3"0 "7 , l.:ft.5l3
October .1.7.-..1 44 I.7'7.07.1 2l 1.41K.7l
November ;M7 IM4.'.3 3..S M.1.4aO 4.J I.IH.M
Iwctnlsr 27S IMO.Oii 2U1 1.4 .0 VJJ C.-K . 4.71.4-S
Total 4S40 $10,403,131 473t S13.4S1.3SO CIOS (2-..OU4.UST
Pine and AJ-h. the Wlllumbla audito
rium to be built on the Peninsula, a
full-block warehouse for Marshall
"Wells Company In North Portland and
the eight-story concrete hotel for L
Lowengart at fourteenth and Washing
ton. January Outlook Brl;lit.
While the total will not approach the
I ecem ber record, building permits this
month promise to be large. Among- the
large buildings for whtct permits will
be granted are the Syndicate. 12 stories,
at Fourth and Washington: the new
"Lincoln High School. Multnomah Club
and a number of large apartments.
The building record for December.
1910, follows by tluys:
Permits. Values
pecember 1 ............. . 1
leetriber S. ...,, It
I December X H
lecintir 24
J decern ber C. 19
Jieeember T. .... 17
Xiecember ........ 12
liecember S. 24
Xrlti ber IS. ...... .. 13
Jiei-ember 1 5 23
liecember 11 . 1
Xirember 14.............. 14
liecfmder IS. 14
liecember 14. IS
1 mbr 17. 14
I December IS. .. 19
liecemser 14
le-emoer 21. 34
1-ecember 1-. ...... -.... -
Iecmber 23 . 14
lermber 24.
1 ..rem xr J7. ..... 84
1 ti u-r ZV 47
Jieeember :4. ......'... 4t
1mabr 39. 4S
Oocemoer 31. 89
Total $9
3 43. .'.-S
H.UjS
14. lie
t -.400
i.jse
: l.sne
;i.4;s
t:.3?o
17.750
44.:s
;-i.4
74.304
1J..104
H.i4
kZ.li
i;.o
:s.i;
;.:o
2J7.-.0
40.-04
L21.44
:i.4e
Sf.4S
t22.iit
.740
$4,715.42
Steady Gro-aLb Is Shown.
Tie building record la Portland far eleven
years loikwa:
Ptnrltl
T41
1 ?I4
l.24
I.T20
S.3IS
3.lrt
3.to
4.4U
Valuation.
4 4. -'. o
1 5J. 14.1. o
7.u.4riO.O
42sl.01H.oo
4O.-ljri5.0rt
fto2.o.-.2.0
.444.n2.
10.41.1. 1 .".I. Oil
13 4..:t".io
lte
ll
11
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! 3
17
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I'M
isie
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show log the
The foIUelag statistics
Portland
In 1BO0 and ISin by months were
by the Portland Dally Abstract :
1901.
January ( 3.2"l.04 . $
February S.otn.rtt
March S.OM.3.10
Apm iWHi
May .22.i.l.V
June 1.TS4.10J
July 1.72T..-.H
Ausust 1.00.4
September 1.S24.20T
October 2-.Vil-1;
November .MI.tJ
December 2.042.0iT
furnished
loin.
2.32. 2
3.f.l.Y28
4.20O.at3
2.17 fl!
S.n4.14
2.30.1.110
2, 4i2.34
1.78I.S40
1.H42.3
1.72. 11.11
l..i:ts.:rii
72.42h.1SS
Totj I2tl.4S3.02T 100.09.0M
BIRTHS FAR EXCEED DEATHS
Baby Increase In Oregon for Y
Is S87.
During the year 1910 there were S905
i ... i- the sta.te of Oregon.
Compared with the year 1909 the birth
rate shows an increase oi omy
inrr.ni, tn nonulati
by Immigration, there Is really , a fall
ing off In the blrtn rate.
l j ,w ....... for 1910 was
compared to 5479 In 1908. or an Increase
of only 42.
.....Urinrn nf births O
ver
,. i inn was 2384. and In 190
9.
.... nf Sli.
Tlie City of Portland contrlbutcd.34
4
babies during the year w. -
fr 1909. an Increase
m
of
220. Considering the Increase In popula
tlon in tne ci.y oy ---
the year, there Is also an apparent fall
Th.ro were 2295 deaths In the city
during- the year Just past, compared
with 1574 in or mtt
431 giving 4V preponderance of blrtni
ove'r deaths, during the year 1910 oi
1047. a falling off of 101 births Iri
. kiHhi nd deaths In 1909
Tuberculosis takes the lead, as usual.
. - - ...... nr rientn in tne sisic.
Durtng the year K succumbed to the
the year 1909. Typhoid fever, comes
next with 15 victims In 1910 and 13
In 1909. The third Is diphtheria with
73 In 1910 and 08 In 1909. Scarlet fever
claimed 47 In 1910 and 13 In 1909.
lnramnleta flinires In tne omce oi
Dr. Calvin !?. White, secretary of tn
i- . - n..j nf Health, show that th
flair . - -
birth rate almost Invariably Increases
with distances rrom tne cities.
highest birth rates are in the most Iso
lated counties.
AT THE THEATERS
"HONEIXOON TRAIL."
A Mastral-Comedy by Ilowch and
Adams Presented at Ibe Ilelllg
Theater.
CAST.
Mrs. Hemingway, the second
Laura Castle
Mrs. Simmons. .... .Eunice Phllbrook
Harold Hemlnswny Larry Fuller
Mrs Prances Hemingway
Arllne Bollng
Jeffrey Page Win. A. Cornish
Dr. Voa winkle Lew Lawson
Mrs. Morgan Irene Calder
Mr. Morgan Charles 8eagra'e
F.dna Kennedy Clara Dalton
Daniel Maeon Fred Wyckoff
Mrs. Jessie Terapleton Mason
Rose Olldea
Tommle Perkins Louis Kelso
Prans Von Mohr Carl Geo re
Hiram Stark Robt. Taylor
"Detroit Charley Will Dupont
ALWATS tuneful, really musical and
replete with clean comedy, "Hon
eymoon Trail" has returned to Portland
and at the Helllg last evening; made a
host of new friends and admirers. Con
trary to the usual rule. "Honeymoon
Trail" has a plot and budding counter
plots that Invest It with Interest and
action. The story Is a whirlwind re
cital of a war of wits and Ingenuity
between a prosperous snd plump and
peevish manager of a baked-bean con.
cern and a young advertising manager
for a rival beanery. Of course the old
man's lovely daughter figures attract
ively In the plot and. when the gay
young man secures the daughter and
consolidates the bean-house he repre
sents with the one father owns the
usual blessing Is forthcoming- and
everybody lives happy ever after. The
big comedy lines are. fortunately, put
Id the keeping of two natural come,
dians of the real fun-making variety.
Kred Wyckoff as Papa Mason, rotund
and suspicious of everybody, affords
excellent entertainment. He sings well
and dances nimbly, despite his girth.
I.ouis Kelso Is cast as Tommle Per-
ISSUED BY MONTHS YEARS
AND 1910.
kins, the glib chap who promotes his
own Interests and those of Barlow's
Boston Beans at one and the same time.
Carl George gives a very fine bit of
characterisation as the German noble
man, and carries the part faithfully.
Of the women. Arllne Bollng in the
mm
-. s i A
I
4
11
M. I. Beyer. Kcw Chief Depety ef
Tag Departmeat, "W he Took
Oath Yesterday.
role of the widow Hemingway sings
best, although none of the feminine
voices are of much Import. Clara Dal
ton made a pretty little heroine and
was dainty to look upon. The same
hill all week, omitting Tuesday night,
with matinees today, tomorrow and
Saturday.
amount of real estate transfers in
NEIrVDOUBLETHAGK
READY III AUGUST
Work Between Portland .and
Tenino Will Involve Outlay
of $5,000,000.
GRADES BEING REDUCED
Elimination of Many Curves and
Shortening of Koute of North
ern Paeiric Will Itelleve
Congestion in Future.
When the double tracking of the North
ern Pacific Is completed between Port
land and Tenino. Wash., a distance of
or. miles, next August. $3,000,000 will have
been spent In the work.
Officials of the railroad company de
clare that the double track system be
tween Portland and Puget Sound points
will soon pay for itself by relieving the
congestion of traffic that has been ex
perienced on the single track system and
by cutting down the running time be
tween Portland and Seattle to a consider
able extenL
Grading for the part between Van
couver and KaJania was done In 1906 and
1907. but only a single track had been
laid. This covered a distance of 29 miles.
Between Kalama and Tenino, a distance
of e mllen. the old line has been relocated
for practically the entire distance, re
ducing both grades and curvature. On ac
count of the narrow valleys of the Olequa
River and the Cowlitx River, In making
changes of line only about a mile and a
half of distance Is snved In the 66 miles
between Tenino and Kalama. The curva
ture of the old line, however; has been
reduced by about 43 per cent, or nearly
one-half. On the old line the maximum
curvature was eight degrees and 30
minutes, while on the new line the maxi
mum will be three degree.
Heavy Grado Shortened
On the old line the heavy grade over
what la known as Napavine Hill ex
tended from Castle Rock to Newaukum.
On the new line this heavy grade district
has been shortened about 11 miles, or
from Sopenoh to Newaukum. Instead of
from Caetle Rock to Newaukum as on
the old line. '
Outside of throe limits the maximum
gradient Is J p;r cent, compensated for
curvature, or about 15 feet a mile. Over
the Napavine Hill the maximum gradient
Is 1 per cent, compensated, westbound
nd 3 per cent compensated, enstbound.
Numerous grade reductions have been
made at various other points where
grades steeper than J per cent were cut
down to that gradient. Across the top of
Napavine hill, which Is about three miles
wide, lhe old velocity grades, or what
were commonly called "saw-teeth," have
been cut out and there Is now a perfectly
level grade.
Between Kelso and Kalama the old
grade has been raised about six feet
to bring the track above extreme high
water of the Cowllla and Columbia
rivers.
Heavy Cnt and Fills Made.
The heaviest portion of the work lies
In Olequa Canyon, or from Sopenah to a
point 44 miles south. In the east one-
half of this distance the canyon is very
narrow and to adhere to the three-degree
curve as maximum and S per cent grade
It was necessary to make some very
heavy cuts and fills and build two re
taining walls, each approximately 400 feet
long and about 35 feet high. These walls
re built of reinforced concrete and re-
qirired about 60000 cubic yards of concrete
and about 300,000 pounds of reinforcing
steel. One of the nils on this portion of
the line la about 60 feet high and 1800 feet
long and contains about 24O.O0O cubic
yards of material. On this same portion
of the line a new crossing of the Cowllts
River la required. Involving a brides 650
feet long, consisting of four 100-foot plate
girders and one 2o0-foot through span.
with a height of 56 feet above low water.
Thla structure alone Involves about 4000
cubic yards of concrete In four piers and
2.600,000 pounds of steel In the superstruc
ture. New Bridge Required.
One other bridge Is being built entirely
new over the Toutle Kiver. Mere one
through ppan of 1S7 feet and two 75-foot
plate girders win be used. At tnis point
KM cubic yards or concrete ana jw.uju
pounds of steel will be used. At Kalama
and Coweman rivers the old single track
structures are being replaced with double
track steel bridges on concrete masonry.
At Coweman River "00 cubic yards of con
crete and WO.OfO pounds of eteel will be
used. At Kalama River 12o0 cubic yards
of concrete and 820,000 pounds of steel will
be used. On all the work, about 25.000
cubie yards of concrete. 4,MO,000 feet of
timber and 600.000 pounds of reinforcing
steel will be usd. AH of the foundation
work Is sunk 10 to 20 feet below the bed
of the stream and where solid rock Is not
encountered the concrete Is placed on
piles driven below the bottom of the ex
cavation. At Castle Rock there Is a considerable
change of line, the-new line being about
a quarter of a mile to tne east or tne
old line. Immediately at Castle Rock
there Is a 60-foot cut about 2200 feet long
which Involves the moving of about 450,000
cubic yards of material.
Tunnel Saves Distance.
Between Ontrander and Kelso a double
track tunnel has been built through what
is known as Reltx Point. This tunnel is
1160 feet long. 37 feet high and 2S feet
wide In the clear, and Is concrete lined
throughout. Traffic was turned through
tills tunnel on December 19. The building
of this tunnel saves considerable distance
and eliminates some very bad curvature
around what haa always been a more or
less dangerous polnL
The grading for a double track roadbed
between Kalama and Vancouver was
done In 19C6 and 1507, but only single
track was built at that time. The second
track was laid between these points be
tween August anu uecemoer, ivu. ana
since December. 1909. double track be
tween Kalama and Vancouver nas been
In operation. -
To grade tne new anuoie iracK roadDea
between Tenino and Kalama han involved
the moving of approximately 4.jCO,0U
cubic yards of material. Active work was
begun In September, 1&09. but on account
of the exceedingly heavy rains of the
season beginning in October and lasting
until March. 1910, little equipment was put
on the work antf very little yardage was
moved until last April, beginning with
April, active prosecution of the work
was begun and an outfit consisting of 17
steamshovels, Ave channon excavators.
200 teams, ten worKirains ana about zjo
men wore engsgea on tne woric until
November 1, when the grading was
practically completed. During the period
Anril to October, inclusive, about 450.000
cublo yards of material were moved each
month. Since November 1 about 600 men,
tw0 steamsliovels and ten worktralns
have been engaged laying track and bal
lasting, and double track Is now In op
eration between Tenino and cnehalls.
Newaukum and wintocic ana Detween
K-.lsma and Vancouver.
, Ail new track Is laid with 90-pound steel J
rails, fully tie-plated. Within 60 days
double track will extend from Tenino to
Sopenah and also from Carrolls to Kalama
and Tilllcum to Kelso. The work prob
ably will be completed finally by next A
gust.
n...1n. V. nMMKiitlnn of thn work
heni-v trsfrv ha been handled over the
ooerated track, with little delay. The
number of passenger trains a day has
been ten each way and as many more
freight trains, which, with worktrain
n. nn . morlA th r nrnhfthle ave
age number of dally trains each way
about 46 to 50. When this Is taken Into
consideration, together with the fact that
the relocated line crosses the old line 62
times In the 66 miles between Tenino
and Kalama. and the necessity oi cross
ing and recrosslng the operated main line
with grading outfits at work on the line,
some idea may be given of the diffi
culties encountered.
The cost of the entire Improvement will
be about is.cw.uw.
LARGE POWER IS DEVELOPED
Mount Hood Company to Expend
$0,000,000 During Year.
The work of constructing the water
power development of the Mount Hood
Railway & Power Company Is being
carried on with maximum speea ana
energy under the supervision or J. a,
Goodwin, as field engineer for Smith,
Kerry Sc. Chace and superintendent of
construction for the Mount Hood Rail
way & Power Company.
. The work consists largely In the
building of the Dower-house for the re
ceptlon of the hydraulic and electric
machinery; the building of feeder pipes,
which carry the water from the reser
voirs to the water turbines; the build
ing of large storage reservoirs; the
building of wooden flumes, open chan
nels and tunnels for leading the water
to the reservoirs; the building of dams
at the intake of the flume and canal
lines, and the erection of transmission
lines radiating from the power-house
to Portland and vicinity.
All of these different works are be
ing carried on under full pressure. In
face of the fact that the weather con
ditions prevailing at this time of the
year are not favorable to easy construc
tion, one of the big difficulties en
countered being the transportation of
supplies, construction tools and ma
chinery to the work. This Is being ac
complished to a large extent by the use
of a heavy motor truck running con
tinuously from Portland.
The company now has on this work
approximately 600 laborers. The en
gineering staff is very large and the
company is erecting large artistic resi
dences for the accommodation of the
staff.
The transmission lines, which are of
wooden pole construction, with large
porecelaln Insulators carrying the
heavy aluminum cables, are being con
structed under the direction of A. Dale
Harris, engineer.
Careful and exhaustive study has
been made of the water available for
this development. The drainage area
Is 260-odd square miles, wh'ch does not
include that area drained by the Bull
Run River supplying Portland with
water. A large percentage of the pre
cipitation is in the form of snow on
Mount Hood, and the supply is there
fore large during the dry season. The
regulation of the water supply to the
hydraulic machinery Is, however, to be
regulated more closely by the construe
tlon of a large reservoir at the base
of Mount Hood.
The amount expended up to the pres
ent time by the company Is over $900,-
000. Before the system Is completed,
it is estimated, $2,000,000 will have been
spent.
CITY LEADS IX TELEPHONES
Pacific Company's Record of Daily
Calls Much Increased.
"A review of the past year from a
telephone standpoint has shown Port
land to be one of the leaders," said J.
L. Tarnall. commercial manager of the
Portland office of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Company.
"The company expended large funds
In improving and extending the ser
vice In Portland and vicinity In 1910.
In addition to Installing a new central
office and equipment at St. Johns, the
company laid a new submarine cable
across the Willamette River, contain
ing 150 pairs of wires; underground con
duit wires were laid to the extent of
420,900 duct feet, in which 98,700 feet
of lead covered underground cable was
placed, and 3050 poles were erected
upon which were placed 214.000 feet of
lead covered cable and 650 miles of
open wire.
"The number of mesages handled
each day has grown from 164,599 on
January 1, 1910, to 204.000 on Decem
ber 31. 1910. showing the number of
calls handled during the year In Port
land to be nearly 75.000,000. The gain
In the number of subscribers was 4000,
the total at present being 29,000."
The, new office building at St. Johns
has been completed and is In opera
tion. The building was constructed to
provide for additions to the various
departments. The switchboard as at
present constructed will accommodate
2000 subscribers.
Plans are under consideration for ex
tending the service and installing new
lines during the coming year. The
amount expended by the company tn
1910 was in excess of $800,000.
MAYOR'S HEART IS GLAD
KIGCRES GATHERED FOR MES
SAGE BRING CHEER.
No City More Prosperous or Better
Fitted to Enjoy Prosperity, at
Beginning of Year.
"This la the last day of the week, the
last day of the month, the last day of
the year and the last day of the first
decade In the century." said Mayor Simon
as he left his office promptly at 5 o'clock
last night. "I wonder when such a con
dition will come about again?"
The Mayor talked enthusiastically con
cerning the prosperity the city had en
joyed during 1910. and he told of his
pleasure In considering the promising
outlook for the new year. With the ex
ception of few statistics that are to be
added In a few days when they are com
pleted, the Mayor's annual message has
been finished. The. preparation of the
message has caused the Mayor to study
carefully the present condition of the
city, and this has Impressed him and
made him optimistic concerning the fu
ture of Portland.
"This being the la.' i. day of the week,
the month, the year, and the decade,"
said the Mayor, "is a rare circumstance,
but I think it is not more unusual than
is the present prosperity of this city. I
doubt that In all the land there is an
other municipality which can show more
advancement for one year than Portland
has during the last 12 months.
"The fact that the city haa taken In
and paid out almost twice as much cash
as it did during 1909 Is an undisputabie
evidence of what has been done here dur
ing the last year. The city's credit Is
good, a new year never found commercial
affairs more satisfactory, money more
available, the demand for real estate bet
ter, or "a more contented people; and
with the good health all seem to be en
jovlng. I don't see what more we can
ask. As a citizen I enjoy the prospect
the new year brines, and as Mayor I
am prompted to appreciate It still more."
HILL SYSTEM TO
SPEND SI 5
1
Work Projected for 1911 Is
in Excess of That Accom
plished in 1910.
OREGON TRUNK PROGRESS
United Railways Service to North
Plains to Be Inaugurated in Few
DaysOregon Electric Will
Press Southward.
There was expended by the Hill Sys
tem in- Oregon in 1910 approximately
$14,000,000 In the construction of new
lines and In Improvement in the sev
eral properties throughout the state.
Of this amount more than $9,000,000 is
represented in the Oregon Trunk line
building from Clarke, on the Columbia
River, south to Bend.
In addition to the 60 miles of road
completed on the Oregon Trunk, work
was prosecuted on the Pacific & East
ern, which is belns built between Med
ford and Butte Falls, 33 miles. The
road was completed from Medford to
Eagle Point, 14 miles, at a cost of
$1:50.000.
Extension of the United Railways Is
virtually completed to North Plains,
and it is announced that regular ser
vice on that line will be inaugurated
January 10. One of the expensive fea
tures of construction work on this line
Is the driving of Cornelius tunnel,
which will be completed In a short
time. The tunnel will be 4000 feet
long and Is being driven at a cost of
$40,000 a month.
Electric Line to Extend.
It Is announced that construction will
be started early In the year on the ex
tension of the Oregon Electric line
from Salem south to Albany and Eu
gene and a branch southwest to Mc
Mlnnvllle. The completion of the Oregon Trunk
to Bend, 160 miles, will Involve an ad
ditional expenditure of $10,000,000. Con
struction on all lines In the state will
aggregate a total outlay in 1911 of
$15,000,000.
From Clarke, 107 miles east of Port
land on the North Bank Road, the Ore
gon Trunk Ra'lway crosses the Colum
bia River on a bridge consisting of 24
spans, the total length being 3348 feet.
The longest span is S2u feet and the
draw across the Government canal is
250 feet. The highest point of the
bridge is 94 feet above low water. The
bridge Is unique in that It crosses a
great river by comparatively short
spans, all of the foundations of which
rest on islands which are dry rock
during low water. These islands are
In the middle of the celebrated Celilo
Falls of the Columbia. Flve.tenths of
1 per cent grade Is maintained on the
bridge.
Tunnels Are Noteworthy.
In the 110 miles between Clarke and
Madras there are six tunnels through
solid rock, aggregating 3550 feet in
length. The longest of these IS at tne
mouth of the Deschutes River, where
the line pierces 850 feet to reach the
side of the Deschutes Canyon from the
Columbia River. Forty-four miles from
Clarke and three miles east of Sherar
the line crosses from the west side of
the Deschutes River, cuts through a
tunnel 820 feet long and rebrldges the
river to the west side within a distance
of half a mile. Two miles east of
Madras, within a distance of a quarter
of a mile, are two tunnels aggregating
920 feet In length.
The line follows the Deschutes Can
von for 92 miles. The elevation at
Clarke Is 140 feet above sea level and
at Madras 2316 feet, the distance be
tween these points being 110 miles.
The ruling grade from Clarke to Meto
lius, a division point 115 miles from
Clarke, is six-tenths of 1 per cent or
81.6 feet per mile. The maximum cur
vature Is six degrees.
Bridge Highest In Country.
One hundred and thirty miles south
of Clarke, three miles east of Hlllman,
the track- Tosses the Crooked River on
a bridge which is Interesting from the
fact that it is the highest railroad
bridge in the United States and the
seventh highest in the world. It is a
steel arch bridge 360 feet long and
350 feet above the water.
There are three great power generat
ing projects on the Deschutes River.
The Moody project, seven miles from
Clarke, proposes a dam 140 feet high,
which will develop 80,000 horse-power
at low water. Twenty-three miles from
Clarke is the location of the Govern
ment damsite, which calls for a dam
100 feet high, developing 67,000 horse
power. At Sherar's Bridge. 47 miles
from Clarke, a power project calls for
a dam 60 feet high, developing 34.000
horse-power. The grade of the rail
road track is 10 feet above the high
point of each of these dams.
From Metolius to Bend, 156 miles
from Clarke, the maximum grade
southbound is 1 per cent and north
bound five-tenths of 1 per cent. The
maximum curvature Is three degrees.
$1,500,000
WILL BE SPENT
Pacific Power St Light Company to
Continue Development.
t. onmlnr vpar the Pacific
Power & Light Company will spend ap-
i . i n ivuiiVA in PrtfliiH In" flnH
prUXUIlUlCV - a
improving its power and light lines and
Its gas and water pianis uirougii me
-aCtllC - l,i
carried on in territory that Is tributary
jortiana ana win mean 51cm
r the commercial supremacy of this
city. . .
The Pacific Power & Lisnt company is
sister corporation of the Portland Gas
", ti v Tlie Pacific Power A
Q V.l,",,' -
Light Company operates gas, water, elec
tric and street railway plants in such
towns as Astoria, Tne uanes. -enaie-
ton. Walla Walla, Lewiston, Kennewlck.
Pasco, Sunnyslde and North Yakima. The
company does approximately $1,000,000 of
gross business per year so far, and Its
organization was effected the past Sum-
i . v, .n.fil Irint ion of nrnnertietg
mer -- '
oreviouely owned by other companies.
We expect iu opnv .x,wv,vw uumie
. t A n.... T. TV , 1 ,-, .
the coming year,
president of the Pacific Power & Light
Company yesterday. "It Is our desire to
cover the Irrigation situation In the Co
lumbia. Takima and Walla Walla Val
leys with a net-work of transmission
lines. We have a very heavy irrigation
pumping load and by the end of the
present year we expect to double it. We
now have a 66,000-volt transmission line
extending 150 miles from Naches power
house above North Yakima to Walla
Walla, the stretch from Pasco to Walla
Walla having Just been completed at a
cost of over $125,000. We also have 60
miles of 22.500-volt line from Walla Walla
to Pendleton and 35 miles from our
White River plant at Tygh Valley in
Wasco County to The Dalles.
"We already have under way the ex
tension of about 70 miles of W.OOO-volt line
from Kennewlck to the Hanford Irriga
tion & Power Company's power-house
at Priest Rapids, on the Columbia River.
We will put in about 50 miles of 6600-volt
distributing system extending from the
Milwaukee crossing on the Columbia
River at Beverly to Hanford. "Washing
ton, thus completely covering that terri
tory. "In the Yakima Valley we are extending
our distributing system from the htgli
tension lines at Sunnyside and Toppenlsh
to such towns as Wapato, Parker, Zillah.
Granger and Outlook. In the Walla
Walla Valley we will put in about 20
miles of high tension and distributing
system from Freewater westward toward
Touchet serving a large irrigated district
in that vienity.
"Among the Important construction
work which we now have under way is
rebuilding the White River plant south
of The Dalles at a cost of $50,000; the
building of new sub-station at Walla
Walla at a similar cost; the installation
of 1000-horsepower generator at the Walla
Walla. River plant, and new sub-stations
at Touchet. Toppenish, North Yakima,
Richland, Hanford, White Bluffs, Benton
City and Beverly. We have also ordered
additional gas benches for Pendleton,
Walla Walla and North Yakima and ex
pect to put about $35,000 worth of large
pipe under sround at Walla Walla
which will greatly Increase the effici
ency of the plant at that place. We are
adding new boilers to our Kennewlck sub
station, which will practically double the
capacity of that station.
"We also have plans on foot to In
crease our capacity greatly at The Dal
les, but we have not decided at present
whether this will be done by steam or
water power, but we believe there will
be a large demand for power In this
section in the near future and we ex
pect to be fully prepared to take care of
the business."
The general offices of the Pacific Power
& Light Company oocupy the 12th floor
of the Spalding building. The company
also controlls the Walla Walla Valley
Railway Company, which operates street
railway lines In Walla Walla and the
interurban line between Walla Walla and
Milton and Freewater. Or.
IESE PEOPLE HAPPY
ELABORATE PROGRAMME EX
JOYED AT MISSION.
Cantata by 12 Children Is Feature
of Christmas Festivities Dr.
McDougall Speaks.
Of the Christmas festivities held In
Portland, none was more interesting than
the celebration held by the Chinese Metho
dist Episcopal Mission Wednesday night.
There was an entertainment, a Christ
mas tree and Old Santa, with his red
suit, snowy beard and jingling bells.
More than a month was required to
prepare the programme, which was re
plete with musical numbers and readings,
all of which were rendered by Chinese in
the English language.
The feature of the entertainment was
a cantata given by 12 Chinese children.
After the presents were distributed re
freshments were served and the celebra
tion was brought to a close with an ad
dress by Dr. J. W. McDougalL
Following Is the programme:
Address Rev. S. K. Chan.
"All Hall the Power" .Congregation
Readir.e To? Way
Prayer Rev. W. E. lngalla.
of Trinity Church.
onir Cong-reEatlon.
Reading Hui bhunB.
Piano Solo Bertlo Chan
Vocal Solo Louis Yuen
Readlns Chan Gum
Chorus "Star of tha mornlnfr" Girls.
Reading Moo Hln Shims
Vocal Duet "Thro tha Gates of Gold"
Ida Chan and Mrs. Gain.
Reading Charley Tons-
Son "Paradise" Heroert Jewel.
Readlns James Chan.
Duet Mabel Lura and Id Chan.
Chorus "Star of the Night" ....Girls.
Readinc -A,f,rei. Nk'
Trio "While All the Earth Is Sleeping- ... .
Ida Chan, Toy and Fannlo Chan.
Recitation "My Dolly". ..... ..Mabel Lum.
Quartette, "Sine for Joy" Ida Chan, Nettle
Foy. Daniel Goom and Herbert JeweL
Piano Duet Ida ad Bertie Chan.
Duet Fannie Chan and Nettle Foy.
Quartette - - -
Cantata "Santa Claus on Land.
LONG TRIP IS li
FRED MERRILL REFUSES TO
SELL TO GRAND JURORS.
Owner of 12-Mile House Escapes
Indictment Owner of Seven
Mile House Arrested.
Under authority of an indictment re
turned by the December grand Jury
Deputy Sheriffs arrested Eugene West
at the Seven-Mile House on the charge
of selling liquor without a license. The
arrest was made early Saturday morning
after Edgar Hollenbeck and Mrs. A.
Fitzgerald had been seized at the Holly
Lodge, , near Lents, on the same charge.
In both cases the evidence was obtained
by grand Jurors who visited the road
houses Christmas eve and were sold
liquor at the places under investigation.
In West's case, A. Anderson, of the grand
Jury, is the complaining witness.
All three resort owners have been re
leased under bonds. Of the five secret
Indictments returned by the December
grand Jury there are three yet to be
accounted for. It is not believed that
they concern other roadhouses, as only
three were visited by the grand Jury, and
at the Twelve-Mile House, Fred Merrill s
place, the grand Jurors met with refusal
in their attempts to buy liquor. How
Merrill was informed that the grand Jury
. . -i.wi0,n.oo visit to his re-
pinnneu a ihid.i., -
sort is mystifying to the grand Jurors.
COURT'S GRIST' IS LARGE
Municipal Tribunal Reports New
Month and Year Records.
... a fsf XfnnlHnal Court re-
fslsi --
ceipts are greatly exceeded, as shown in
the monthly and yearly reports compiled
by Clerk Beutgen. Cash for December
exceeded any previous month by $1200.
More than $5700 was collected in lines and
forfeitures in December, the next largest
sum being about $4500. ......
Vor the year, total receipia ero n.uo,
also a record.
In the city's annual budget, $30,000 was
j . thA -nrnbable revenue of the
court, and the treasury Is ahead nearly
$15,000.
nv. imnunu! amount of business Is
shown by deposes $166,000. In addition
to the amount turnea over 10 me cny,
this included bail received and returned.
Samuel R. Mason was installed yesterday
as deputy clerk to help care for the
constantly increasing business.
Blow With Brick Brings Luck.
.TAPLIN. Mo., Dec. 31. Washington
Hamilton Jones, colored, a hotel porter
here, deem- himseir a very lucky person.
Yesterday another negro hit Jones on the I
head with a brine. Tne mow oroke the :
brick, and a diamond ring, said to be
worth $50, dropped out. Jones grabbed
the ring and ran. His head was not se
verely injured. It is presumed the dia
mond fell into the clay while the brick
was being formed.
NUN Tffl
SHOWS
PROGRESS
Oregon Expenditures in 1910
Are $14,977,600--Estimate
for 1911, $12,388,000.
CHANGES IN LINES COSTLY
Deschutes Work, Klamath-Natron
Cutoff, Tunneling and Better
ments on System Mark Big
Advance Made in Year.
During the year the Harrlman system
made great progress in construction work,
improvements and additions to Its vari
ous properties In Oregon. The total
amount expended in Oregon reached $14.
977,609, the largest item of which was in
road construction. Plans for the present
year Include general betterments and
construction work, which, according to
estimates now prepared, will cost $11-
sss.ooo.
Work on the new Deschutes line prog1
ressed satisfactorily with 66 miles of
road completed. The line between Na
tron and Klamath Falls was steadily
pushed forward, and 52 miles of con
struction was completed at the close of
the year.
One of the engineering feats was the
driving of the Peninsula tunnel, which
Is about completed. The tunnel is 6425
feet long and the cost so far on this
work has reached $120,000. Nearly $200,000
In addition will be required to complete
the tunnel and track.
Tracks Made Better.
On the main line between Portlanfl a
Pendleton plans were carried out In re
ducing grades, straightening the road
and making general changes in the line.
This work aggregated a cost of $1,620,000.
In addition, block signals were Installed
at a cost of $92,000.
The sum of $806,500 was expended i. the
construction of bridges, trestles anu cul
verts on the various lines. Work on the
Willamette River steel bridRe. started in
August, entailed an expenditure to date
of $100,000. It is estimated that the bridge
when completed will cost $1,600,000.
Additional tracks laid during the year
aggregated 73,922 lineal feet and double
tracks 77.SS0 lineal feet. The. work rep
resented an outlay of $749,S0O.
In equipment $S69,000 was expended. The
equipment consisted of 11 new locomo
tives, 25 passenger train cars, 296 freight
train cars, two wrecking cranes and four
gasoline motor-cars.
Improvement Cost Large.
Improvements In station grounds, track
ballasting and fencing cost $571,500. New
buildings, stations and miscellaneous im
provements reached a total expenditure
of $379,S00.
The following Is a resume of the con
struction work for the year:
NEW LIXE3 CONSTRUCTED.
Deschutes Railroad 68 miles con
structed In 1010. (0 miles In
lilO'JI cost this year $ 8.800.000
6t. Johns to Troutdale branch
6.31 miles -
Beavarton & Willsburg Railroad, 3
miles. Including high bridge over
Willamette River at Oswego.
(7.5 miles In 1909.)
610,000
230.000
Narnnens !?. . . . ...777.1 4.000.000
000.000
420.000
Peninsula tunnel 04--0 reel long
Second main track. Albina to tun
nel 1.25 miles
ti t,i t...Unav X. tjnvtcratlnn Co.
49.000
Hillsboro to Tillamook 1U miles 1.750.000
Total $10,730,000
Plans for the present year Include a
general programme of construction work,
betterments and extensions. The com
pany has orders accepted for new equip
ment which will aggregate a cost of
$2,735,000.
Deschutes Line Near Completion.
The completion of the Deschutes line
will cost $275,000, being a distance of 28
miles. The remainder of the line to Red
mond, a distance of S3 miles, will be con
structed Jointly with the Oregon Trunk.
An estimate of that part of the construa
tlon has not been announced.
The St. Johns-Troutdale branch will re
quire an expenditure of $350,000 before it
Is completed and the Peninsula tunnel
will bo completed by an additiona. ex
pense of $180,000.
Estimates announced yesterday on the
cost of completing the Natron cut-off are
$4 200 000. When the 195 miles of road are
completed, the total cost of construction
will amount to over $8,000,000.
The following is the construction pro
gramme contemplated by the O.-W. R.
& N. for the present year:
NEW LINES.
Complete Deschutes Kauroao.
! miles - .-.--.. - - a
Balance to Rf1"?'' 0'tt
miles) to be Joint with Ore
gon Trunk Rnllroad. ..,.
Complete St. Johns to Troutdale
branch. 13 miles..
279,000
850.000
180.000
Complete Peninsula 5""""..-1: 1 ;
rnm,,l,ta Natron to Jvlamaui
Falls line. "3 miles. . . . . . .
Complete Pac. Ry- & rav- co-
4.200,000
250.000
SO mues
Total "
CHANGE OF LINE.
..... Thn Dalles to Des-
amptete, i nw .
80.000
S'.O.OnO
425.000
Complete. Yoakum to Pendleton.
Bices to Blalock. 2a miles
(Saving 770 feet In distance
B44 degrees In curvature and
854 feet In adverse grade).
Total 885'000
AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS.
installation ' SO-00
VP.W STEEL BRIDGES.
Complete Willamette River bridge
at Portland V VnY
Three now steel bridges and fill-
lng live oiner.
Total ' l.0.000
TRACKS.
Additional tracks .........$
Double tracklnn. complete The
Dalles to Deschutes -. -
Double tracking. Biggs to Bla-
225,000
310,000
6S0.0O0
200,000
110,000
loclc zo mutia
BALLASTING.
Work to be done $
FENCING.
New work planned $
BUILDINGS.
New depots
Engine houses and turntables.
New shops
Fuel and water stations
xricnllnneous buildings
100.000
13,000
320.0O0
7B.000
50,000
SHOP MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
Installation
60,000
EQUIPMENT.
80 locomotives
3T passenger train cars
812 freight train cars
Total
Grand total
. .$ 1.175.000
3.10,000
. . 1.210.000
. .$ 4.878.000
. .$12,388,000
Auto Manufacturers to Organize.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. An organization
to be known as the American Motor
Vehicle Manufacturers' Association is to
be formed at a meeting here next week.
The call form is signed by Thomas Aid
corn, of Chicago; Carl F. Johnson, of
Milwaukee, and Carl W. Kelsey. of
Hartford, Conn. The association will take
In all the independent manufacturers of
automobiles.
Cough Stop Is a sure stopper. Don't
forsret it. Pluvnmer's drugstore, 260
Third st,, corner Madison.