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Business and Residential Streets
Economical Because Durable
Just-as-Good is Seldom Good and
Never Just
WARREN
CONSTRUCTION CO.
PORTLAND, OREGON
FORD STREET, PORTLAND
RELIEF IMPROBABLE
Congress Dislikes to Worry Roads
with More Legislation;
CAR SHORTAGE WILL GO OVER
Roosevelt interested in the Matter,
but Me Holds Out Little
Encouragement.
Wellington, Dec. 20. PreHiclent
Itoosuvelt. iu IntciiHuly interested in tlio
offortH being nuulo by Western men in
congress to discover somo legislative
remedy for the ear shortage Sonutor
Uansbrougli, of North Dakota, has tak
en tliu lead in the movement mid is at
work on u bill eompolling interstate
railroads to anticipate extraordinary
movements of fuel, grain and othor
products, and to prepare to liundlo such
Hhipments when they aro offered. .Mr.
Uansbrougli laid a conference with the
president today, and when ho left the
president expressed theliopo that some
thing beneficial would result.
It can bo wild with authority, how
ever, that the president is not banking
too heavily on the Hansbrough plan.
His talks with influential men In con
gress show that thoro is u prevalent
Hentlment against tho enactment of any
legislation bordering on actual manipu
lation of ruilroads, and many men who
earnestly supported tho rato bill last
session deem it unwiso for congress to
legislate to requlro railroads to supply
cars to every shipper upon demand un
der somo tlxed penalty. ,
Texas has a state law of this charact
er applicable, to local trade within that
state, and railroads in that state, upon
reasonable notification, must furnish
froight cars for shipments within Texas
limits or pay a penalty for each day's
delay. Texas, however, cannot compel
railroads to furnish cars for shipments
billed to jiolnts beyond tho Toxaa line.
M far as it goes, the Texas law gives
good results, but It does not afford ma
terial aid to cattlemen, whoso most Im
portant shipments constitute Interstate
commerce.
THREE STEAMERS TIED UP.
Unable to Buy Coal to Git Away
From Puget Sound
Seattle, Dec. 20. Three steamships
with tnmip cargoes have been tied up
on I'uget sound for a week awaiting coal
which they have been unablo to buy.
Tuosteaniets which .made a social
trip to Comox, It. C, for fuel had to
return to ixrt on this sldu of tho lino.
iiHwt of tho Interoit centers aro tlio-o
against the Ann Arbor Itallway toiu
I winy and the Toledo Ice and Coal com
pany, for giving and accepting rebates
on ice shipments. The Toledo Ice and
Coal couiiNiany was indicted on Ififi
and in the steamship trade, at least, counts for receiving and tho Ann Arlxir
the lliitish Coluiubla coal famine is as Hallway on a like number for granting
acuto as in American ixirts. Seattle rebates on Ice shipments. Tint maxi
coat comimnfcs, giving tho shipping mum tine is $20,000 on each count,
trade tho preference, have bcennblol
thus far to take care of the licet out of
this imrt fairly well, but other I'uget
sound ports have been extremely short
on coal.
It was estimated by ono of tho most
Important steamship eoninnIes on tho
coast that there Is a shortage of 10,000
Ions of coal iu the steamship trade, of
I'uget sound. These figures simply
cover the fuel that is needed by coal
burning steamers running nut of Paget
sound, but they glvo something of an
VAST IMPORTATION OF RUBBER
Half
United States Consumes Over
World's Production.
Washington, Dec. 22. The 1'nltcd
States will have imported an aggiegate
of nearly fr0,000,000 worth of crude
rubber at the cIdso of tho present year,
according to a statement made public
today by tho bureau of statistics of tho
department of Coiumorco and Labor.
Ills rescuers were talking to him and today says: I
laid pasid to him ulmidunf water with A systematic inspect ion of the term
which to bathe Ills face. An Improvl- inal railroad yards here shows that
ed hospital has been set up in the tun- there are .'1,000 empty freight cars I
uel, warm water to luthu tho face of standing idle In tho Kansas City yards,
Kicks, blankets to protect him from because the railroads have not sulllcient
tho chill air.
LARGER SALARIES.
Movement to Pay Members of Con
gress More Gains Force.
Washington, Dec. 18. Tho tlino is
not far distant w lien congressional sal
aries will be increased, tills despite tho
aiut hcartcducss shown by members of
tho house iu tho vote on the amend
ment to tho legislative appropriation
bill last Friday. It is the universal
opinion of senators and Representatives
that tho present salary of f5,00() is
entirely inadequate, and that view up-
motive power to move them. There
aro not less than 1,000 loaded ears
standing in the yards here and the
dates of loading sumo of them showed
that they had Ik'oii ready to move for
tro weeks. There is no shortage of
cars here, but a shortouo of enulues.
A) Hedalla, Mo., there aro 2(11 empty
freight ears by actual count and at
Sprluglleld there aro :70. At ToMka
there are more than 1100 empty cars iu
tho yards; at Wichita about 200 and at
Hutchinson aliout CO cars.
Prairie Land Sinking.
HI I'aso, Tex., Dec. 22. Mining men
who arrived hero yesterday from th(
SHORTAGE A PUZZLE
Prosperity One ol Main Causes
of Lack o! Cars.
MANY SMALL SHIPPERS FACE RUIN
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idea of tho extent of the fuel shortage
in industrial lines.
Japanese Almost Rule Hawaii.
Fan Francisco, Dec. 20. Frank 1.
Sargent, commissioner of Immigration,
returned front Honolulu yesterday, ar
riving on the Juixmcno liner Nippon
Maru. Itegarding linmigrution matters
in Hawaii, commissioner Fargent salrl
that the Japaueno were fast displacing
all shop keepers, contractors, carjien
ters, and tradesmen generally of other
nationalities In the islands. Tho Jap
anese imputation in tho islands is, how
ever, rather on the decrease, on account
of the rush of tho Japanese for this
coast. Hundreds of the brown men aro
monthly arriving at Honolulu, but
their stuy there is brief, tho great army
being bound in tho direction of the
mainland.
Both Indicted on 155 Counts.
Toledo, O., Dec. 20. A long l!t of
indictments was returned iiero tills af
ternoon by the United States grand
jury. Tho Indictments around which
If to tills is added tho value of old and
scrap rubber intended for re-manufacture,
tho total will considerably exceed
that amount.
The value of rubber importations has
Increased moro than 200 per cent n a
decade. The United States consumes
more than ono-luilf tho world's pmduc
tion, and tho enormous growth in the
importation is attributed to the popular
ity of the bicycle and automobile. '"U
pled with tho increased iiHoof olectrWy.
The statement says the indications
seem to justify tho belief that the Phil
ippine ami Hawaiian Islands aro capa
ble of producing largo ouantities of this
Railways Aro Also Losing Revenue
Becnuiu They Cannot Handle
Sh'pments Offered.
Chicago, Dec. 22. The ruin which
the small shipper faces, tliu inlurv
which tho big shlpiK'r Is suffering on
account of ear shortage, and tho offoilH
the railroads are making to meet phe
nomenal trallle conditions and profit by
the wealth of revenue that is IioIiik
offered them were brought out iu sharp
contrast today before tho luleistalo
Commerce commission meeting in Chi
cago. The hearing relatlse to ear short
age iiiid ilH causes and pnrslhlo leme
duw is being eomhuted by Commission
ers I .lino and Harlan.
Witness after witness testified to
conditions which are now pretty gen
erally known, and mi I way men who
have attained more than national repu
tations as railroad operating n.eii
frankly admitted they were unable to
nuK-n' " imeiiiimu remedy, wil lliu
pears to bo generally indorsed by the Sierra Madro mountains report that a ono hand, the shipper, who is suffering,
pooplo. Just how largo an increase large tract of prairie land at the foot of injury, if not being ruined, and the. in-
will bo mado Is yet to lie determined, one of tho spurs of the range Is gradu- dustrles which are being crippled weru
Somo are contending for 7,r)00, others ally sinking, and that a largo lake of shown, while in contrast witli tills pie-
for $10,000. Tho chances seem to fa- pure water lias formed. The lake Is lure was revealed the great railway
nearly a mile iu circumference and the systems of tho country, which had Ik-cm
water tliree feet deep, the depth gradu- rebuilt iu (lie last fle years at in -ally
increasing within tho last few lienrd-of cost, and which had onlered
years. Two other large lakes have been equipment and power with a lavishness
formed Iu the foothills of the Sierra almost parsing belief.
Madres In the same manner. So puv.llng has become (lie situation
. ," I to shippers, to railroad men and to tho
Torpedo-Planting Boat for Coast. commission alike that Commissioner
Wellington. Deo. 18. Tlie secretary Harlan declared it almost seemed that.
gressumri could save money on a 5,000 of war today approved tho recommend- the country is souring from Indigestion
is pasi. n is anon ot mo cruel of artillery In thai an caused hy too great- prosper!
vor tho smaller amount.
There is a great deal of merit lehlnd
(ho movement for increased salaries for
senators and representatives. Iu times
jmst $5,000 went farther than it does
today; it was a larger salary, as sal
aries went, and was more of an induce
ment than it is at tliu present time.
Tho time was when tho average con-
salary. Hut that time
article as a result of this government's doubtful if a doen men iu congress aro appropriation of $170,000 should lo
estimate of nurseries iu those jswres
slons for tho distribution of rubber
plants for use of rubber plantations.
Hicks Saved At Last.
Chicago, Dec. 22. A dispatch to tho
Tribune from JJakersfleld, Cul., run:
Hicks, tho miner who has been entomb
ed in the Edison tunnel for 1.1 das,
was readied by his rescuers at 1 o'clock
this morning. At that hour it wu an
nounced he would njeedlly bo released.
nbio to save a single cent of their pres
entBalaryj u vast number of them ex
pond much larger amounts each year,
and in u perfectly legitimate way.
NO ENGINES TO HAUL CARS
made to com-truci a torrsxlo planting
vessel for use in the barters of tho Pa
cific coast. They deem the construe-!
tion of such a vessel highly lmjxirtant.
i-rity.
It developed during the day from tel
egrams received hy tho commission that,
tliu car famine iu the Northwert was nl.
last Iwlng broken, and that relief wan
In sight for tho suffering of that section.
I he railroad men who testified today
N.arly 3000 Empties Are Idle In
Kansas City Yards.
Kansas City, Dec. 18. Tho Journal
Coal Train on Passenger Time.
Superior, Wis., Dec. 22. Tho (ireat admitted they wero at fault for the ear
Northern road today Is making up a shortage, but Insisted that only half
train of HO cars loaded with coal to sup- the blame was on their shoulders. '1 ho
ply immediate wants in (Jraiid Forks, shippeis were made to carry their
N.I), Tliu train will be run on pas- sharo of nsponsibllity, without any
scnger time. apparent effort.
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