p THE HORSING- OKEGOyiAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 190G. WILL EXAMINE SITE FOR BRIDGE Port of Portland Commission Will Make Inspection by Steamboat. CONTENTION OF RAILWAY ortn-jannk Jlond Shows Why the Swan Island Crossing Is the Best Place to Span the "Willamette River. uo study" iho Swan-Island hridRC question, members of the Port of Port land Commission will examine that part of the river from a steamboat In a. few days, accompanied by river pi lots who aro opposed to allowing the bridge at Swan Island, or want It built fiO feet above low water, and by engi neers of the North Bank railroad, which seeks an inlet to Portland at that point. The commission will then hold a con ference with the pilots and represen tatives of tnc railroad. This, meeting: t-xppcieu i or toaay. dui cnairman Pease, of the Commission, said last night that It would not be held for several days. "Will Submit Report. At the meeting, the railroad will sub mit a report settintr forth that the Swan-Island site is the best, not only lor its own interests, but also for those of navigation: that 44 feet above low water is as high as the road can afford to build its bridge and that (50 feet would, be prohibitive. Tho report lias been prepared by B. U Crosby, princi pal assistant engineer. Vancouver- rortiand bridge, and X. D. Miller, chief onsineer of the road. Tue railroad plan to establish a big ireight yard north of Guild's likc, at the western end of the bridge, owing to the Inability of present freight yards io Handle its traflie. The only ground available tor the new yards is that which the road lias selected. Track Free of Curvature. To the new yards, the railroad seeks iiacK free of curvature and heavy Kraoes. j ne bwan-Island brides will- Afford that kind of track, but a bridge nownere else will do so. If further down stream, extreme curvature would rosult. which tho road has avoided at nigii expense all the way from Kenne- WICK. -uid ii me bridge were raised to M i t above high water, this would cause a heavy grade, on the western ypproach, "...v.,uui,, 1-urvamrc 10 eignt- hhij. ui one oegree. which would bn lour um.-s as heavy as the maximum graue on the railroad. Report of the Railroad. The report of the railroad follows: nAV.VIPJ,carlnB bofore the commission. n i w,tn regard to j-.vi.uacu uiiukc 01 me j'ortland & w!f.I" .i"waf. a,cross tc Willamette Co . " viiiiiuy 01 tne drydock, it v,an urged upon the commission that the clearance under its bridge above low to i,aV Vwl 111 onier to accommodate what Is known as the "mosquito licet." fn towln pt,cularl" the boats employed that the yards be kept above the deration of that high water. Tou will see that if the bridge In raised to an elevation of 60rfeet above low wa ter a connection with the present Xorth Pacinc tracks could not be made until the foot of Nineteenth street In the City of Portland is reached, and that this would require an embankment across Guild's Lake averaging 30 feet in height, with a maximum height in places of near ly 40 feet, and over what is known as Kltrldge Lake an average fill of over 45 fecL anrf m-pr ti-hat l l-nns-n nn TVnra np' Lake a fill of 60 feet. The enormous quan tity oi material required to make this em bankment can be imagined. As at present located the ground that would be available for a yard between the proposed location and the nresent North ern Pacific main line will have to be tilled to an averace of less than ton feet. s- cepting the most southerly portion, which ior a snort distance might require an average of 15 to 20 feet. If the higher grade line which runs out at Nineteenth street is used, to use this same property for yard purposes would require an addi tional fill over the entire length of over 20 feet. AVouId Exceed Maximum Grade. ,s the line Is loeaipd. this lnrmlnal vnnl will have to be raised sufficiently In or der to reach it on lh maximum irrarfo ho that it will be itself on a trade of 0.2 nor siujiini, towards tne south. A slight grade of this sort in a yard, while not aiways oesiraulc. is not a fatal objection; iui u msicaa oi carrying out the maxi mum grade, the track was carrion" Hnw-n from the proposed greater elevation so as to reach the crane of th xnrthpm Pa cific track near the south end of the pro posed yard and the yard built on that Kittue. ii would thpn rmulrp n croon through the entire yard of 0.6 per cent, or wirce times tne maximum trade, and very tram going north out of tho yard nuum require to he immimhi nut nvr grade of three times the maximum of the J'ortland & Seattle Itailway. It would be out of the question to raise the yards to any such extent or to adopt any such kiiuc ii. as would ne necessary, the yard was kent down to the nresrnt nm- posed elevation with a grade of 0.2 per io reacn it irom tnc proposed eleva tion oi w ieet aoove low water would re quire a grade , of 0.8 per cent. In case there should be misunderstanding with regard to nirures shown on ihi nrnnio where 0.C1 is shown, we will explain that the. resistance due to the curvature at inis noint manes un th luianno nr th 0.8 per cent. This grade would be four times the maximum .of the Portland &. Seattle Kallwav. and would moan that a given engine could pull less than TA per cent of its train over that grade as com pared with what It could null on th hni- ancc of the road. "What the Profile Shows. Reference to iho nrofli win cin- u-, the adODtlon Of this lilehor nlnu-ittftn .-IU also raise the srnri north nf tUn nnmn, crossing, and that, using the maximum grado of 0.2 per cent. It will not intor-sort with the nresent located irmAn iin ,,..n it reaches a point nearly 2 miles north f the north end of the bridge; that the embankment between n ntu the bridge and the hill at St. Johns will have a maximum height of 70 feet and that It will averaco Oi fiv v .m notice that Hie grade through the hill will fc iifp very materially, reducing the amount of earth which will be available' . r V'?rn,bankmpnt on the north side of the MIIamette and al.n nn of the Columbia River north of the cut and for .the large amount of filing iiccp. sary on the south side of the Willamette ' vonKineni and yards. It would annrnr in nu ilmi slon can clearly see. from the forecolng statoment that any action on their part plac iig the bridge at such an elevation "um iiu pivicjiiiy pronioitivc. iiuiuciiunj- sunmitted. Principal Assistant Jiiiciner Viitifv..fi. Portland Bridge. N. n "rit.T.T?r Chief Engineer l'ortland & Scattie Ry. HANDS WON'T TALK Refuses on Witness-Stand to Answer Questions. WALLULA PACIFIC OFFICIAL Hill lcn Declare That Road Is Harrlman Dummy, Purpose or Which Is to Block the Xorth-Bank. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 21 Adopting the tactics of -well-known Eastern magnates who refuse to answer when trust Inquiries arc instituted Senator E. M. Rands, of Vancouver, secretary of the Wallula Pacific, for merly the Columbia Valley Railroad Company, has declined to give the names of the owners of the road or the intentions of the stockholders In regard to its construction. In a suit now pend ing, in which the Columbia Valley is the plaintiff, and William McCready, homesteader o Klickitat County, Washington, is defendant. It which the railroad company is suing for the per formanco of a contract, alleged to have been entered Into some years ago be tween the corporation and the settler, and involving the transfer of a right of way across the McCready farm. Sen ator Rands has defied the authority of the courts to make him tell the secrets of the company, and while Special Com missioner Frank E. Vaughn, before whom the examination of Witness Rands was conducted, had not the power to commit the recalcitrant for contempt, a second hearing is expected to come up before Judge W. W. McCre- dle, of the Superior Court, when Sena tor Ran.Is is liable to be lined for con tempt of court if he persists In his re fusal to answer the questions put to him. Backed by Hill Attorneys. JOINT RATES FOR SOUND j.n-v.'i.v .uj Settle rrM. PETE WITH PORTLAND. O. R. & Gives Tlin.cn f"lflc Samc Tariff Into Eastern Washington. . The reason advanced for th!. hoin it would be dangerous for these towboats to atteillDt to take a raft nf lnn the bridge if they were limited to tho i'A .draw,Ic.nlnSS which it Is proposed to Joint rates on hay. barlev. and nni. t Joint rates on merchandise from Ta. u-uinn. ana Seattle To all no nts on the a. in fc-astern Washington, and O. R. OPWlDW M 'eit Tjeona and Scattie from .nVl T Eastern .lauiiisiuii puinis on tne u. R. & x. line have been decided upon and will be made effective on Fehrtmrv t h. " -'tt'"'i oy me parties who urged ihit fri,CqU,fSr.,.enL , upon, the commission . nj additional grade which would be ,-1'"" un uie ranroaa would not be anv particular disadvantage, as it would not be excessive. 1 Presents Its Statement. In answer to tho claims mo.i i. ,i the railway company presents the iiKflu,1? the j'upstion of danger to T,. ,ui " Jl woulu nard y seem that this Doint was -n-oii toi.. i Tc S, fact ,that the opening prodded is A.. !,.,," ' l,,u" ai an other bridce Xcth; wi,Ianiette River "rough which un- wining raits of loc fvery day. and in a location where ever? I bR. to e Passed at a different r.V?..u t . nerp, mere is not room -..v,ue,n uruirt'ii me two Wldges for tho boat to get her tow of logs straightened out before reaching the next bridge whereas In the case of the bridge as ro- ffiV1 18 ,a 5lra-ht run for ' the ftrldge for nearly a mile and a half b". uw,,d 11 wouII sent as though there o?nUld,?c n diffleully whatever in a boat going through either one or the other of the two openlnge. AVouId Give Temporary Relief. i,.n if th? i,n.dCp raised to the height requested, it would only accommo- il X b2ats dur5n,T a Portion of the jear. as whenever the water was un in freight department of tho. HnrrimnA iin These rates are made in connection with 11,1 -uriaeni macule via Wallula Junc- liun. ana anect tne entire O. R. & X. ivrmory in iastern Washington. These new rates are the samo a lhnc, which apply from Portland to the terri tory, and will allow the Pinroi fin.mrt ciwcs io enter tne Jobbing field on an equal footing with Portland in what has heretofore been Portland Similar tariff- In connortinn linnot really prevent the new road U a. Great Xorthern are In course of prepar- surpd- I,ut It can doubtless obstruct con- uuuii. ana n is n oped by the freight dc- I ""-""" " nunn-oaiiK line -and post partment of the O. n. x. v . , pone its entry Into Portland " into effect on the same dato n-ift, "Tlie men whose names annear behind other innovations. the Wallula Pacinc could not 1.1.11,1 - The ner' rates are the final ron 'wheelbarrow track through Vancouver on ...X, -Muiiiuu iiiHi was oeen carried on by I , , , w. ' wn-u a urn oin- the jobbers of Piicoi- Snunj - i - cla'. but It is conceded that hi .iu wiiil-u .iMiation nas toeen championed I - i yperuoic. The homesteader, McCready. was rep resented by James B. Kerr, assistant general counsel for the Northern Pa cific, with ofllces at St. Taul and at torney also for the Portland & Seattle Railway, and A. L,. Miller, local counsel it Vancouver for the North ern Pacini. Senator Rands was repre sented ly .Martin U Pines, of Portland. and it was upon the suggestion of his counsel that the witness remained mute. Mr. Kerr aked that tho min utes of all the. moctlngs of the hoard of trustees of the Wallula Pjrlfl l.o Introduced. This was declined by S rotary Hands, with tho oxcention that he offered to exhibit the minutes of tiie meeting at which the line was located. uecds for the right of way and the cor respondence concerning proxies from the New York stockholders were asked for. but Mr. Rands declined to produce them. Mr. Kerr wanted to know where th money came from to organize the corpo ration, but no answer was forthcoming to this query, cither. Secrctarv Rands was asked If the New York stockholders instructed him about the construction of the road. This remained unanswered. Mr. Kerr asked the witness if there was a resolution of intent to build the road. As to all these pertinent questions Sena tor Rands returned the stereotyped answer that he declined to answer for the pres ent, upon the advice of his counsel. Mr. Kerr wanted to know if the Wallula Pa cific had any authority to go through -th military' reservation at Vancouver Bar racks. Secretary Rands also refused to answer this. Gcrllngcr Xot Disturbed. L. Gerllnger, president of the Wallula. x-u:j.ic views aenator uands action with equanimity. "Rands could not tell who owns the road If he wanted to. h de clared. "He does not know who owns It." There arc a score of other railroad men who. although not so near the workln affairs of the mysterious Wallula Pacinc claim a closer knowledge of the road than Its own officers. "There is nothing to ft." say railroad men. 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Th sion was a business one. :iml sonm foa tures f th by-laws were disciisecd with a view to Improving tin organization. It was deckled that hereafter absent mom. bers might retain membership by the pay- im-ni ui . inr, uisinu or 9 cents a mouth, as is now renuireI. which Ik "th same as the dues coik-ctcd from resident memlers. Sliort discussions of various advertising were discussed hv S H t.vii- janoer. t,eorg. Estes. R. M. Hall, chair- f man of the exi-cuHvo committee, who. In 7- . TYPEWRITERS APPEAL TO YOUR SENSE. AND . YOUR SENSES The Smith Premier is the most silent type writer on the market. The action is quiet; no shift key. Endorsed by mechanical experts. The Smith Premier Typewriter . Co.' Syracuse, N. Y. n.. T? U yr , uwim.Ii ocorcs nverywnerc. 247 STARK STREET, PORTLAND. OREGON the absuiK-e of rreWent II. c. 'hitiir occupied the chair: C. J. Owen. Kmil Held. . B. Porter. Secretarj- Soil Dozorth ami oiners. It was deckled that h t-HmiMirii for .. members shouM le begun, as it luut found there are many residents of Port land eMeible to ntembership who havf ihH beu Invited to Join. Upon the suggestion f Mr. Kites, a novel ilan will im-.IujKk- Ih adoptwl to lengthen the membership roll. On a certain !ay r man who has been selected as a dt-sirabb tne i-ague win revive a runiber or lottcrs irom morns asking lam to join tl' ganizatkiii. In i-ase he does not imme diately sign an application, an equal num ber of other members will write to him ihi the day followlnr. .umI ench duy he will receive numerous InvUatloiis to join. In case tiie apjrals !tllf go unheeded. It is propoeed thtit each memlier write to the prospective Ad. Man on the same day. asking him to Join. Mr. Kt-3 to'd his experience- in organ izing the telegraphers on thu Southern racilie some years ago. which ho accom plished by this means, unionizing the men. from Portland to New Orleans, rim- man in t tan proved obdurate.' and at Iat 1000 letters were sent this operator on on day. asking him to join the union. The appeal failed, and Mr. Kstes said he then wrote to tho Czar of Russia, asking him to write the man and ask him to join the union. Whether the Czar ever did or not. Mr. Estes said he never learned. Prompt relief in sick headache, dizzi ness, nausea, constipation, pain in the t ?wi ByarantS!?, to those usln Carter's Little Liver Pills. by the 'Washington Stato nnitm rv. mission. Tliey divide what im fore been practlcallv Poriln,i 'frrH. alone with the Seattle and Tacoma mer chants, and enlarge the jobbing and iwiuu-Hie ai.trici8 or tho oIMm -n-uii It acts in the reverse with Portland. The esiamisnment or the rates means that jrwiwrtiiu jooDcrs win nave active com thnxtSlixkSfS ,wIamette Rivers petition in the intermounUdn field, where bnoVe 1 aa uuuer tno ciurc mis time tnoy nave had no more .With regard to the statement thai tha" PBlVe increase in c-rade rennlrwi nr,,,i,i c a serious inconvenience to the railwav company, it is to be considered that this o?monLlsspc!dln a cO' large amount of money to obtain a low-srade line as an entrance to the City of Portland- thai anVKTi Rrade from P8CO to Port! and is 0.2 of 1 per cent, or practically 10 -feet per mile. We are now nifcnrf 'ti,-. uSo6"!1 Lth.e lnr expenditure A A.YJiX l .i. 1"U''ULU io mtiKe ana Intro TAUTFEST HAS XARROW CAPE FROM DEATH. ES- As an Inrtlontlnn nr ... . filling to do Tto avoid heaVycK fJSS Y ? mrUkem."J. cite the-cso buildimr a linA r.YucV w,"Lcn .to.dn5' ,rSc;'t ?.u"? "SiLiSftt over tlie ri o Z " L5.r,"ana ani Trout- Hcscucd by His Brother and Two Firemen, Who Hastily Dig Him Out. Dummy for Hnrrimnn. The consensus of opinion Is that ih mysterious road is a dummy, deftly worked by Harrlman wires for nutmcM of guarding the rich territory so lonir monopolized by him to the last possible moment. The surveys for the routo nf ih w.iin. la road were made from Kennewick to Hwaco. "Wash., six years nco. umlir tiiA name of tho Columbia Valley. This cor poration claims the right of way by vir tue of contracts executed at thai ina with the owners of land nlnnr- t jected route. Recently th propertios were irauficrrca io tnc wallula Pacinc, and It. Is said the thin disguise of thn ruirrkAcn the road fell off revcallmr a cchnmn V nurriman people to block the entry of the J mil road. That it Is to be used to wrinr ' concessions from the Hill forces in return J for the removal of the obstacles to a j speedy entry Into Portland by HIU ts said ! iu oe tne coven purpose of the nanor mil iuiu. ivnai i esc overtures ix-iii v ir mis is me intention or tne Harrlman man agers, has not been divulged, and no prop ositions have been made for an exchange 4viviiw. mj lar as Known. uiH3' I! UK dale, notwithstanding iV 7."u..ou.t- a i ' j .,7. . "- wi iiiaL in I " '"'he ijjvu ui men. irnmnn onH .Viii 20 miles of addi ionVlnn'nr f ren Std Jlth bated "hW talf an their trains over a dlStanS fof nra fS hour yesterday afternoon on a vacant lot ,,yuV' as against -the present distant 3,lcei,l-n ano 'aer streets, while M. dUI " fher words. they Increase their A' Tautfest worked desperately 20 feet . " -" . "y ' vein, xxi oruer to put out that grade. cut Tract for Freight Yards. our commission will understand that in order nroDerlv to hanrii 'rii"a5 that will be brought in over this r-il S inS n-.?ie.5f,?V Pvide a rgc tract of .v., ounuuig mi niu puriioses ot lavlni out a yard in which the freight trains as they are brought in can be broke ? tor purposes of switching to the various in- irTinc no k Cl' anxi in 'n'ch also the inr r t,. ' V"'"u" "-Torture, from tvilioi, f?;:if"Yi "t we think. commission. who tion or underground to dig his brother out fm a heavy cave-In. Assisted by Captain El- 11011. or xrucK uno. j. ana captain Delanev or engine .o. 3. or the fire department, and Patrolman Venable. the man whoe life was despaired of was lifted out and he nu-s u.vea. It was 30 minutes of awful suspense for the man under the crushing weight and 4U1 "'V Promcr wno was working so des perately 10 save His life. Although the exact extent of the injuries Is not known Assistant City Physician Spencer states uiai e oeueves mere will be no serious results. The victim's head and left arm -u"iovu. uui ne is oeneved to be In good condition otherwise. The Tautfests were engaged in digging loubtediy familiar with the condi- the hanks nf Mm Wlll . Ti1!110 country adjacent thereto, that fn3Sd-y-r,land h'fh is a-ailable :w ir.r. .f"oco. 01 a yara jyjnjr south of nronosed line t a own Detween the " locate a sewer that empties intr. th .OTedpr?seenrhPer SiTS? i" &t St South of ther tho fi r , i 1 ' a 1 had a large hole down to a t. thr i,in7v;.(v. yl oeiween fr tx',u- .u... " . "4 ooui - . j-. .vui. ..uiuieru i-ac np Hniirno ri i - v-v-- iiicv were n-nrvini, t -v tiie rtver narrows tr.. "7: ".cl"u n'rinntr vt... " . short distance. ha J irr.,?."uJ" I Z.ZTi" .f tne banks After crossing SSiiA--. T ?""B 'Ke u.uu.c"iy. vea ,n' ourying A. 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