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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1914)
'rFWJWTtVj t- - - --- i r . ..i J- ffWw-MV n TWO THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELC, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914 EVENING EDITION. BTf-jrM r -f tj, v BAtLWAY WORK S En&ineer Fontaine Tells of Status of Construction on Coos Bay Line EUQI3NK, Or., March 19. Tho Guard snyB: Except tor the tunnels, tho Willamette 1'nclfic Railroad trade bctwocn Bucolic and Mnrsh- lloltl will bo completed before tho end or tno summer. The grade to Acnio Is complete, rails are laid from Eugeiij eight miles prist tho summit of tho mountains, and tins only factor to prevent thorn reach ing tidowaler within thirty days Is tho uncompleted masonry of five out of sixteen bridges. Work on tula mnsonry la ready to uogln, and, with conditions right, will bo finished in a fow wcoks; work all along the Willamette Pacific Railroad Is be ginning. Hctwcen 1000 and 2000 men will bo placed ut work between Eugene nml Marsltflehl within twenty days, within this time 1014 railroad activities will bo In full blast on the lino that will tlo to Eugene the vast resources of the untouched Pacific Coast region. All tills Is told by R. Fontaine, assistant engineer, who rot timed from a two wcoks' trip of Inspec tion In which he supervised tho work of opening up the camps for tho year's work. It Is also told by J. II. Porter, member of tho firm of Tortor Brothers, sub-contractos un der tho McArthur-Porka Company, having tho contract to build the lino from N'otl to MarsUfioiu. Mr. Por tor has charge of tho work between Not! ntiil Kivo Mile Lake. Prepare ( PWiilliiitc Supplies Work has begun during tho past few days upon the construction of onl docks, warehouses and tho nnr-jow-gaugo tramway at Olunndn from whoro supplies will be distributed during tho summer. From now on tho construction work will bo con cent rn ted hot ween Acme and Mu run Held, and from those two points supplies will be Hhipped In by boat. Coos nay coal will oporate tho steam shovels and compressors tear ing tho rlght-of-wuy through tho mountain lake country along tho coast. It will bo shipped to tho dockH at Glonnda; there It will Ik dumped in little tram rare. Theno will bo elevate 1 up an Incline to tho top of tho hill, and carried to tho edge of Clear Lake, thn-o miles distant. Hero a barge, solf-pro-pullctl by gasollne-drlvon sldo whools, will receive tho diminutive1 train, engine, cars, coal and all, carrying to tho "Isthmus" between Clear Lako and Tslitcoos Lake. Tho train will leavo tho ferry, cross tho nar' row strip of land on another nar row gang, road, and a second bargo will await It on the other sldo. Weight Kerns Eliminated Tho lakes follow clogcly to tho railroad grade, and with theno barges and tho tramway tho Horn of roads for "freighting" will bo llm inatod. The barges are being ship pod from Portland, knocked down, and will ho set up on tho water's culue. Tim hnrnns will be built to sold three parall I tiurks with cars. I Work on the tram and docks liar alroady commenced, and the crew ot men Is being Increased dally. ! Gamps hnvo been built on Tdlltcous LuKo and op Takoulch Lake. Work has already begun on th four tunnels between Slunlaw and tho Umpqua. Tho compressed nlr drills nro IS00 feet underground in tho big I Jl 0 0 foot tuiitiol south of uardlnor, Within two weeks n sec ond cr w will commence to nttack tllo south sldo of the mountain for an entrance to tho tiny hole through which tho steam trains from Eugene will whistle within u year. t.obh than 1000 root remain In tho 1570 bora of tunnel numb r six north of Gardiner. Crews lire working In numbor three, 1 00 foot long, Just south of Acme, on number four, GOO foot long, mid on numbor five, 1000 foot long. All summer long tho comprised nlr drills will be pushing Into these bores, bombard ing with thousands of blows a min ute. Clearing Wuy for Shovels Crow a have already commonced flouring right of wy to make way for tho steam Hhovels which will tour out the mountain sides, mil bank up th.' level grado which pierces the mountains, stopping for nothing. Already tho shovels aro working, building tho grade north from Cooa H.iy. They have com plotod it two miles up tho North Slough. Tho rushing of tho rails from Ku gono to tldowat r may mean tho development of a summer tourist triivol to tho Lane County Coast this Hiimmor. Promotors hnvo nl ready plans for tho development of vast summer resorts on the lake and on tho beach. "It won't tako long to build tho bridges, and the bridges nre all that provonf us from having rails to Acnio now," said Mr. Fontnlno, "Wo con lay tho track to tidewater in thirty days. Rut the mnsonry on tho thro crossings of tho Sluslaw and two crossing of tho Wild Cnt is not yot coinploted. Tho high water and the winter caught us bo foro this was finished last fall. Tho spans vary from l!i0 to GOO fe-t, but wo can uso fnlso work If tho bridges aro not roady." FOIl V. S. SENATOR vVwflT t V'"" ' R. A. IIOUTH Of Eugene, Candidate for the Re publican Nomination for U. S. Senator From Oregon but some of It they will do them selves. Among some of tho changes to bo nmdo this year will bo tho ad dition of six now steam shovels which will bo on the ground and at work within two weokB. ews off ttne Lujiinnilbeir Wortdl INTERESTING NOTES OK THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IjUM RER TRADE AND CONDITIONS LUMBER TRADE OF COOS BAY News From Nearby Towns m:vs or sirsiaw W. M. Wolihmler has bought TiO foot of lot 1 block 7 In Ulonada and will build a lodging house upon It. The building will bo ItOxr.O. two stories high. John Nicholson, of Tacomn, and J. A. Robinson, of British Colum bia, bridge builders, nro now in Ulonada working on the wharf and waiohoiiBo for Porter Irros. Grant Smith & Co. J. P. Ozment, who has lived on Indian Creole for s.veral years, has leased the Glouada Hotel. The Hevory boys have a custom of going Hwlmmlug at least once each mouth In tho year, and no last Saturday they made good for March. Sometimes It Is a cullly proposition but th.' boys grin and bear It. Florence Pilot. NEW ROAT TO RANDON J. P. PORTER AT El'GENE. Says Work on Ooos Hay Line Will Re Hushed. Tho Eugene Roglstor says: A. It. Portor and J. P. Portor, of tho firm. of Portor iirntuors, contractors ri the Willamette Pacific, left Eugene Tuesday aftor n short business trip to this city. Mr. Portor said that fu two weeks tho ontlro lino would bo covorod with forcos of men and that this yoar work was going to bo rushod to completion. Most of tho work will bo sublet by Portor Bros., The Uecordor Ik Informed on good authority that a boat had boon se cured for the IlJiidon Portland run that will make regular trips and will bo ndeiiuulo for tho freight and pr.sHO:igcr ii rvlio between hero and Portland for some time to come. Thu details hnvo not all been arranged jet. but will be In a very fow days and then full announcement will bo made. llnndon It cordor. .ll'IKIH t-OKE TINES PHVSICIAN. Dr. tl. h Parks, of Junction City, who had been Indicted on tho charge of violating tho local option law, and w.i) had previously pleaded nor guilty, yesterday entered a plea of guilty in tho circuit court and Judgo Jo' n S. Coke Imposed n fine of $250, Dr. Parks was accused of drawing proscriptions calling for whiskey too frequently. Eiigono Roglstor. OIL Rl'RNING STEAMER SEATTLE, March 20. Tho Bteam shlp City of Seattfe will today return to the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany's Southeastern Alaska service. Sn has been converted Into an oil burner, equipped with steam steer ing gear, her passenger accommoda tions rebuilt throughout, refurnished nud refitted, nml lias a largo ob servation room construct d for warn on the promoiiudo dock. This stonmor was always speedy, but It is expectod to gain u knot or two with tho now equipment In the in glno rooms. Continues to be Principal Source of Supply for San Francisco Coon Ray continue to lead till other coast points In tho amount of fir lumber shipped to Snn Fran cisco. During tho first two weeks of March Euroka was tho only point shipping more lumber to tho Golden Gate than Coos Hay. Th? recolpts at San Francisco for tho first two weeks in March aro given ns fol lows: Kir nml Spruce Abordoon .1,000,000 Astorln 2,700,000 DandoTi 2,i'27,000 Columbia RIvor 3,300,000 Coos Ray C, 132, 000 Eaglo Harbor lifiO.OOO Evorett 1,050,000 Grays Harbor 1,050,000 Mukllteo 050,000 Port Ludlow 1,100,000 Raymond 700,000 Willnpa 1,310,000 Total 27,150,000 Redwood Eureka 7,780,000 Albion 1,050,000 Fort Irragg 1,883,000 Greenwood 723,000 Mendocino 717,000 Cr scent City CCO.OOO OREGON Ll'MRER RUSINESS Some Interesting Kncts Concerning Last. Year's Trade Oregon's combined water ship ments of lumber In 1013 Increased 118,774, 478 feet last year over tho 1012 showing, the total foreign busi ness exceeding that of tho previous year by 71,332.070 foot and tho gain In tho constwlso movement was Co, 174,232 feet, according to tho statistics published In the annual number of tho West ConBt Lumber man. It Is sot forth that San Francisco shipments from Oregon nlono nd- vinccd 70,500,055 feet over tho year before and In shipping tho bulk of th? timber dispatched to the Panama Canal, totaling 17,402,800 foot, this made a gain In that trndo of 11,557, 172 feet. Lumber sent to the Ha walln Islands from tho Northwest was less than In 1012, yot that from Oregon waB 1,700,110 foot nbovo tho previous showing. In r ferrlng to other ndvanros inndo In lumber commerce, the Lumberman says: "Tho state made Its greatest gains, howovor, In the Australian and China markets. Thcso twq marketn alone took upward of GO, 000,000 f ot moro thnn wns pur chased In 1012. Shipments to the West Const of South Amorlca also showed a nice gain of 11,820,855 feet. Europe inci eased Its purchase in Oregon, as did India. Shipments to Africa dovolop n loss of 2,158, 200 foot. Th? total foreign busi ness of Oregon milts amounted to 233.522.S13 foot, compared with 101.700,113 In 1012, an Incrcaso of 71.732.C70 foot, or the output of two gooil-Flzod mills." OREGON'S NOTED TRIP (II; AMOitmrJ l'rot THEN Sixteen years ago today tho bnt tleshlp Oregon btgun the most re markable long-diHtniico race against tlhio In all naval history. On this date. In 1808 It loft Sail Francisco to Join tho warships In Atlantic wat ers. There was an effort to Biir round the Oregon's movements with secrecy, but ov rybody guessed hor mission nud bets were made on the success of the trip. Tension rolax ed for n tltno after tho Orogon ap peared at Cnlhto, Peru, h first stop, but It became tho more ncuto ns she steamed southward toward tho Straits of Magellan where a Spanish torpodo boat lurked and tempestuous seas mud'' tho passing of tho straits hazardous. After 33 days out of San Francisco tho Ore gon dashed Into tho Atlantic, and up the coast, evading tho Spanish warships reported lying In wait for her. On tho evening" of Mny 21 she steumni Into Jupiter Ray, hav ing (ovmeil the 11.000 mllos In 07 days. Tho record trip mado her com mander, tho now Rear Admiral CharloB E. Clnrk (retired), n Nat ional hero. to Coot III, TlmM.I NOW. Today tho Oregon's trip may bo saf ly rocordod as tho only one nud the last of Its kind. No other warship Is likely to bo called upon to make tho circuit of South Amor Ica. Ileforo nnother war enn como to pass, tho gateway of tho oceans will have been opeuul at Panama. Then a modern battleship steaming nt tho sumo rate of tho Oregon, might ninko Jupltor liny, Florida, from Snn Francisco, In less than twenty dnys. Sho would not suffer for want or coal as did the Or gon. She would need to refill hor blink ers but once, mid this wllo passing through the canal. During the S to 12 hours passage of tho Isthmus tho engineers could repair or over haul hor macliiu ry mid barnacles, the bane of high speed, would be cleaned. Thus rofreshed the bn tleshlp could dash across tho Gulf of Mexico and into battle Hue w II utocked with both fuel nml ammun ition. "Blame It om the Tiire" RANDON STREET CASE lu tho case of Mao L. Wnlkor vs. tho City of llandon In which tho plaintiff asked for a permanent In junction against tho sale of hr property on Atwnter stroot, for tho street improvement, Judgo John S, Coke, nfter hearing tho ovldonce, granted th- request and tho city Is thoroforo compellod to refrain from further proroduro In tho miittor, un less the enso is nppoalod to tho Su promt Court, which will probably bo dono, Handon Recorder. BUY THE VERY BEST Marshficld BUTTER uecimeiy MARR UNDER SAN1TARV CONDITIONS IN A CLEAN AND , MODERN FACTORY. STERILIZED MILK AND CREAM. PURE ICf Fiee delivery. 8 a. m. and 2 p. m. Phono 73 He didn't pump it full enough though nil tho nlr is free; Ho loft It soft and spongy like, and scooted on with glee, Ho sklddod and he grldiUd and whooped through dust ami mlro, And when It burst lio cursed and cursed And blamed It on the tiro. Ho drovo It on tno street-car tracks with confidence superb; Ho scraped it on tho lamp posts nml ho scraped It on tho curb; He slnmmod It and ho Jammed it any way ho might desire; And when It popped Right out ho hopped And blnni'd it on tho tiro. Ho rut it on somo broken glass, but said that didn't hurt; He kopt right on through sand and mud and filled tho tiro with dirt It spotted thoro and rotted there, nml soon ho howled In iro; Whon up It blew He blow up too Ami blamed It on tho tiro. Ho put on chains that ground and chowod nml gouged Into tho trend Ho knew Ills wheels woro out of line. "Rut what of thnt?" ho said. Ho whlzzod along and slzzod nlong, ho picked up nails and wire, And whon It banged Ills fist ho whanged And blamed It on tho tiro. Who Is this mnn? Go nsk tho boys who meot him overy day. Go nsk the boys who have to hoar tho things ho has to say. Ho bores lu mid lie roars in with words of angry fire. . ' Though lio's to blamo, it's all tho samo He blames It on tho tiro. Wilbur D. Nsblt. ALRANY The street-ear servlco lias been stopped until May 1, when a now car will bo put on. Tho old car Is so noisy, dirty and dlsreput ablo thnt Albany folks rotuso to rldo in It and asked tho Council to ditch It. It Ib tho entire rolling stock of tho road, which bolongs to the P. E. & E. ROSERURG Tho ngreoniont of t'U city with the Douglas county Light Company Is tho acceptanco of $1.50 per month as tho rato for each of the GO-cundlopowor lamps for street lights; $2 per month for each fivo cluster, and G per month for each arc. This will cost $387 per month for street lighting. 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