OEEGON CITY ENTEKPJSE
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THIRTY-THIRD YEARNO. 22.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MAYlf1907,
ESTABLISHED 1866.
BRIDGE MAY TUMBLE
DOWN AT ANY MINUTE
MEN WILL
SUSPENSION BRIDGE NOW CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
Southern Pacific Expert Bridge
Engineers Declare Suspen
sion Bridge Unsafe
CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC
Pedetrlnt Still Crossing At Their
Own Risk Cable Strand
Broken Pontoon Foot-Bridge.
"Tin' lirlilK" It unsafe. It may go
down any minute; It might IiihI for
two niiintlm aH It la," TIi a I wax tlio
verdict of the Houtliern Pacific bridge
eipert brought to Oregon City Mon
lay Id lithpcct (tin NiirtitiMliii bridge
and pfixH iiHiri the Immm for repair
iiiihIm by J, V. Miiffi'tt ami E. I). Old.
Acting iiioii that opinion ('ommlrt
aloner liw-llcii with tho HKMiMit of
'onnty Judge Dimick closed the
bridge In traffic Tuesday morning. A
bar Im placed acnmic tint fiilrHiici' to
the bridge ami tint floor planking I"
taken up tor uulte a distance at (with
end of tlit atructuro. No rig an
allowed io pan over, hut fool pasKeng
r are still uhIiib the bridge at I heir
own risk. Home funny InclilcntM ate
toi of the closing of the bridge, A
delivery niiKiin wa marooned on the
west nIiIi'; to-vtriil farmer ami their
rig on HiIh aide, Several owner of
family row who take the animal
arroND to West Khl pasture each
moriiliiK. c-omplnlni'il bitterly this
morning of th? closing order.
The bridge expert approver! of the
tentative plan for raisin I lie cable
ami ptitiltiK steel cap on the towers,
Thla work will ho proceeded with a
iukiii mn ill" IuiiiImt for tin falsi) work
around the tower arrives. It la ex
pected In thi niornliiK. Heavy Iron
tie strap have already been put or.
to hold the cables toother when they
artt Ilftnl from the tower. Horuo
maMoiiry work fur foundation of the
tower false work on the went aide
will Imvi' to ln done.
Cable Strand Broken.
Tin- iincovi'i Ihk of the up fftream
cable anchored hy Hurmelster & An
drescn store show that for a apace
of ahout two feet many atranda are
broken In two. Mr. Lewellen xnya the
HlrnndK don't appear to have, been
rotted through, hut when the tar In
aeraped off. a number of strand aro
completely broken In two.
Win. Andreaeu aaya Iron water
pipe buck there for hla bulldliiK kept
rottliiK until they llnally hud to put
In lead pipe.
PAMOON BRIDGE
POR MILL WORKERS
Thn paper mill will nt once put a
pontoon brldnt! across from the wont
aide lo the O. H. & N. dock for use
of the mill employes. Jt is expected
thla biidnti will be completed by Wed
nesday eveing.
IKH will ho wired toother and
anchored arroaa the Htroum and a
ilfk laid on top of thorn.
FREE FERRY IS NEEDED.
llllW lollK Will tllO NUHpellHlllll
Iii IiIko be Hoard lo I radio? In the rpioa
Hon of niont oonoorn In Oregon Clly
IiuhIikhm oIicIoh. If tonitia will not
be alloweil to ciomm for aeveral inonlha,
It 1h the 11 ii u i I tn t i m opinion a ferry
Hboiild he atarled at once, and thi
majority of thorn aeen by u roproaen
tatlvti of tho Htar Wed r. ad ay for
ikkiu were of the opinion It wiih tho
duty of the county court lo provide tho
ferry and for It m operation.
If a ferry la put on, It, Ih llkowlao
the K'nt-nil opinion ll. xhoiild bo a
free ferry.
An ImprcMNioti prevail around town
that aa far aa team tmlllc la concern
ed the btldKo will ho Honed for
montha. Dno of tho heat Informed,
and coiiKcrvHilve biiHlneaH men In
town aald h didn't expect to aeo Iho
repalra rmnplotoil before fall, and lit
tle or no ime of the hrldKo thla Mum
mer. On the other hand. County Judge
IMinlck ami CommlaHlonor Lewellen,
the latter of whom haa rharKo of tho
hrldKo, aay llnht tramc will he re'
aumed In a week or two. "Juat aa
mi a in an the falae we'rk la up around
tho tower, ao we have a aupMirt for
the cablea to keep them from allp
IilniC. we expert to allow Unlit trufllc
over the brlilKo," aald Mr. I'wellen
County Judno l)lmlck aald the court
hal not eonaldered the mutter tJ ea
tabllahlnK a ferry.
Mayor Cauflehl aald If thero waa
any likellluaid of a prolonged Honing
of a bridge, a ferry ahould ho atartod
by all ineana. That waa tho Klat of
the Heiitlmcnt of tho following who
wore aeen hy the reporter: C, I). Lat-
ouretle, II. K. Croaa. K. T. Unrlow,
Judge T. F. Ryan, W. A. Huntley, It.
It. MrAlpIn, Win, Andreaon and
Charlea II. Cauneld.
"It la undoubtedly tho duty of the
county rourt to run a ferry." aald ex
County Judge Ryan. "I am In favor
of a railed meeting of tho board of
trade to take up the matter at once,"
Mill I W. A. Huntley.
V. T. Harlow, grocer, Atypical of
the bualueaa men. Ho la aendlng
giaida aenwa the river by Ixiut und hna
a man hired over thero to deliver.
J. V. Montgomery, tho oxproaaman,
managed to get hla team acroaa to the
eaat aide Wedneaday morning. "Flrat
man to drive aoroaa the pontoon
bridge," aald Mr. Montgomery. "If
ho came acroaa the xntoon, It la lo
cated 10 mllea further down tho river
than I thought It waa," aald another
man.
No Landing For Ferry.
"I am afraid It would he difficult
am! ooally to provide landlnga for a
ferry," aald Mayor K. (J. Cauflehl. On
thlM aide It might land at tho aand
bar but It would ho a hard pull up
from there. On tho other aide the
old ferry lauding, or rather tho ap
proach to It, haa been filled up with
dirt and traah. Mr. Cauflehl Is going
over to examine It.
The Lat Ferryman.
Charlea Ilolda of Mllwaukle, who op
erated the last ferry at Oregon City,
waa-In town VvVdnoaday. Mr. Holds
la a pioneer of 184.1, and la now well
up In yeara. Ho realdeH at Mllwaukle
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The main trouble with the bridge I located on the top of the tower nearest to you as you look at the picture.
The saddle on which the cables paisover the top of the tower has sunk down through the iron plate and Into
the rotten logs that criss-cross at the top of the up rights of the tower. It is the plan to build false work around
this tower to give secure foundation for jacks to lift the cable off the saddle. The criss-cross logs will then be re
placed by short steel beams and surmounted by a heavy steel plate.
with hla daughter H. E. Croaa of
thla city la hla step-son.
Mr. Holds' ferry waa run by strong
arm power applied to long sweeps.
The laat trip waa made the day the
RUHpenalon bridge waa ripened.
WAT
Farms to be listed with us.
WHY?
BECAUSE r
We advertise extensively.
That gives ua a market.
BECAUSE
We have many Inquiries.
That gives us customers.
BECAUSE
We go after busIneBa.
That helps ub to sell your farm.
BECAUSE
We are wldo awake.
That brings quick returns for you.
Cooper & Co.
DEEPER THEY GO
CABLES ARE WORSE
The excavation of the cable anchor
hy the rear of Hurmelater & Andre
aen's store la not completed. The
deeper they go the worse they find
the cables. The two or three feet of
bad place uncovered yeaterday haa
grown to five or alx feet and the end
la not In sight. Bo many strands of
tho renter rablo are rotted, broken
and apllntered at one place it looks
aa If a light tap would cause the cable
to fall apart.
Lumber for the tower falae work
had ma arrived at 2 o'clock Wednes
day, making more delay in beginning
work. Every effort will bo made by
Contractor Olds to hurry the repairs.
The remark of Mr. Lewellen regard
ing tho time when light traffic would
he allowed on the bridge was made
with the proviso that no delays were
encountered because of non-arrival of
material. The foot-bridge. Is ready
for use of employes of the mills.
WILL LAY INSTITUTE
CORNERSTONE MAY 25
DATE SET BY FATHER HILLE
BRAND GOVERNOR AND
OTHERS COMING.
Work on the McLonghlln Institute
Is progressing rapidly, and Father Hll
lebrand hopes It will be completed
enough for the laying of the corner
stone by May 20. The laying of the
corner stone will be an event long to
be remembered in thla city, as several
prominent men of the state have ex
pressed their willingness to he pres
ent. Archbishop Christie will have
charge of the dedication and will de
liver an addreaa. Senator Gearln will
also give an oration, and if things go
as planned, Governor Chamberlain
will also be present.
Tho school will be ready for occu
pancy by the owning of the new term
next September. At present the pu
pils are very much crowded, and the
teachers are forced to turn away pu
pils on account of the lack of accommodations.
REED ASKS $5000
E0R ALLEGED LIBEL
Papers lii a $5000 libel suit suit will
'bo filed tomorrow In the circuit court.
Mayor J. W. Reed of Estacada says
I ho was damaged to that extent by
I John R. Cassldy et al, who brought
J the recent suit to enjoin the street
improvements in that village. In the
complaint filed in that suit it was al
leged that Llndsley was acting for
I Rood, who was the real party In in
terest in the contract. Thla allega-'
'tion is the basis of the libel suit. Dim
ick &. FMmlck are Reed's attorneys.
VAN DUSEN DENIES
WEBSTER'S REPORT
MASTER FISH WARDEN 8AYS DEP
UTY WAS INSUBORDINATE.
Salem. May 8 In his report to the
Board of Fish commissioners for
April, Master Fish Warden Van Du
sen explodes the theory advanced by
former deputy warden H. J. Webster
of Oregon City, to the effect that hun
dreds of small fry are devoured by
the Dolly Varden trout and white fish
as they are released from the hatch
ery, and that hundreds of small fry
are killed by passing through tur
bine wheels at Oregon City. Van Du
scn indirectly Bcores Webster and ac
cuses him of deliberately contriving
to obtain records with which to verify
his alleged cross contention for the
purjxwe of maligning the reputation
of his superior officer.
Webster based his statement that
hundreds of thousands of small fish
are devoured on the strength of ex
aminations made at the McKenzie
river hatchery where he says he
caught eighteen fish, In the stomachs
of which he found from 9 to 182 young
fry or an average of 62 fish.
Van Dusen produces an affidavit
from other employes at the McKenzie
hatchery to the effect that dead fish
and offal were fed to the fish for sev
eral days prior to the arrival of Web
ster. The streams were swollen by
! freshets and the troughs were let out
into the supply stream above the
hatchery, which was filled with thou
j sands of dead fish. Two days later
I former superintendent Talbert and
j Webster caught the fish from which
jthe examinations were made.
Van Dnsen's men are of the opin
ion that Jbe fish were dead when de
voured. In regard to the fish being killed
by the turbine wheels, affidavits were
presented from the men who installed
the wheels of the Willamette Pulp &
Paper company mills stating that the
openings in the wheels were laree
! enough for the fish to go through and
I nn 4n.t A..U , -
unu uau were ever louna in me
wheels.
WOOLEN MILLS
SUSPEND WORK
The woolen mills were forced to
close down Wednesday forenoon on
account of the scarcity of water In
jthe flume. This scarcity is caused by
the dam that is being constructed by
the Portland Railway, Light and Pow
er company across the basin just
above the intake of the flume.
The mill will be closed till Mon
day, or possibly longer, In order to
: allow carpenters time to extend the
flume about two hundred feet further
up the river. The flume, which was
built after the high water last winter,
seems to be having more than its
share of bad luck, scarcely a week
passing without there being a mishap
of some kind to the waterway.
CLEAN UP
MountPleasant Males' '.Will
Renovate Suburb While
Women Serve Dinner
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Judge Dlmick and F. A. Miles Tell of
County Road Building at
Meeting of Hustle
Club. '
The Mt. Pleasant Improvement club
held Its second enthusiastic meeting
at the school house, Tuesday evening.
Judge G. B. Dimick was present and
gave a very highly appreciated talk
to the club, full of practical Informa
tion. He spoke of roads 1 and road
building and different kinds of roads
in the county and lent much encour
agement to the improvement club of
Mt. Pleasant. F. A. Miles also made
some remarks that were listened to
with Interest.
Mrs. C. Pearly Andrews read a well
prepared paper on civic Improvement,
outlining the natural beauties of Mt.
Pleasant and showing the bright pros
pects In view for the development of
that part of Oregon City under the
work of this organization.
There were between 40 and 50 pres
ent and several new members, all men.
were admitted into the organization.
There will be an all day meeting
Saturday, known as clean-up-day,
when the men will devote the day to
a general cleaning of that section of
the country and the women will serve
dinner at the school house at noon.
Tuesday evening of next week, there
will be special meeting at the school
bouse to discuss the work that has
been accomplished and also future
plans.
The club Is starting out with flat
tering prospects and certainly has a
worthy object
WILL INSPECT JACK'S BRIDGE.
The county court has been asked
by the Marlon county court to meet
at Jack's bridge at Marquam Friday.
That Is a joint bridge of the two
counties, and is very old and unsafe,
and needs to be replaced. County
Judge Dimick and Commissioner KI1
len will go to Marquam, but Commis
sioner Lewellen cannot go as he is
in charge of the suspension bridge repairs..
Mrs. J. D. Rentier is seriously ill
with bronchial pneumonia.
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