THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANTJAKY 31, 1906.
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PRESIDENT LEVEY "
IE I1W
Bascule Type Never Tried on
so Extensive a Scale
as Suggested.
!T WOULD BE UNWIELDY
Purposes of the North-Bank Road,
Its Grades, Terminals and the
Selection of Swan Island,
as Place for Span.
All that stops the North Bank road
Irom proceeding to build the Swan-Island
'bridge Into this city is the Port of Port
land's delay in sanctioning its bridge
plans, dun to protests against the loca
tion of the bridge at Swan Island, the
horizontal draw and the 39-foot elevation
of the structure (as being too low), pro
posed by the road.
This and nothing else prevent? the road
from going ahead with the bridge, says
Charles M. Ievey, president of the com
pany, nor will the fight against the O. R.
& X. over Maegly junction, whereby the
2Corth Bank road is to gain access to the
bridge, retard the bridge a single day.
Mr. Levey, while in Portland yesterday,
said that the bridge would be built within
12 or 14 months after the Port of Port
land and the Secretary of War shall have
sanctioned the structure, because the
company has a large order of steel ahead
and will not need to wait long for struc
tural materials. "Within 15 months, Mr.
X.evoy remarked, the new road on the
north bank of the Columbia will be tak
ing trains in and out of Portland, pro
vided an agreement can be reached as to
the bridge.
Awaits Return of Committee.
The Commission Is waiting for return
of a special committee which It sent East
last Sunday, to examine bascule draw?.
The committee, composed of Captain A
jL. Pease, John Driscoll and J. B. C.
Lockwood, expected to be gone two or
three weeks, and until it should come
back the Commission agreed to do noth
ing about the bridge.
The bascule type of draw is wanted by
river pilots Instead of a pivot or hori
zontal draw, but is deemed Impracticable
by Ralph Modjeski, chief bridge engineer
of the railroad, and other engineers,
among them "VV. B. Chase and "VV. C.
Elliott, former engineers for the City of
Portland.
Mr. Levey, while not opposing the bas
cule type, prefers the swing draw, as
being more serviceable and reliable and
better adapted to the river channel. Said
be:
"As to type of bridge, I favor the swinging-draw
span, rather than the bascule or
lift bridge. As I understand the discus
sion, the contention Is for a span that
will cover the 300-foot channel. I do not
Itnow of any bascule type bridge that
even approximates this. The Portland &
Seattle proposed to build a double-track
railroad bridge designed sufficiently heavy
to carry the largest locomotives. Mr.
Modjeski says that lie thinks a lift bridge
of 200-foot span Is feasible, but would be
unwieldy and unreliable. If this is true,
-what would we do with 300-foot lift span?
Vhat wq want, and what the Interests,
of navigation require. Is the best type of
-workable bridge. It seems to me that
Mr. Modjeski covered thlp matter very
clearly in his argument before the Com
mission. Advantage of Swing Draw.
"Another point to be considered is that
with only one opening a boat coming up
the river might have the channel about
the 'same -time that a' largo boat . would
be going down the river. 'With a swinging-draw
span of two 203-foot openings,
the boats could keep moving, one boat
taking one opening and the second boat
the other, without confusion or interfer
ence. ,
"Toji understand .that Ve are not oppos
ing the bascule type except on the ground
that it has not been tried under such
conditions as mentioned, and -would be in
the nature of an experiment, whereas the
swinging-draw span io simple, and can be
supplied with duplicate machinery and
with hand-operating mechanism, making
it absolutely serviceable under any condi
tions," I Meets Other Objections.
Two other objections against the Swan
Island bridge were discussed by Mr.
Levey, first that raised by persons who
Insist that the new road should use the
O. R. & N. bridge instead of building an
other across the stream: second, that
raised by W. B. Ayer and others, who
insist- that the bridge be built 60 feet
above low water instead of 39 feet, as
proposed by the railroad. A third ob
jection thatraised by persons "who want
the new bridge further down-stream was
not mentioned by Mr. Levey, and he
seemed to be ol the opinion that the
Swan-Island site was coming to be S-e-arded
In navigation interests as the
best, Just as it was regarded by the engi
neers of his road, for although a site fur
ther down-stream was once proposed, lit
tle argument Is heard for it at present.
Mr. Levey showed that the O. R. & N.
bridge would be entirely 'unfit for the
traffic and the purposes of the new rail
road, and that a .CO-foot height for tho
Slew bridge wouljd.make too heavy a grade
out of Portland. In commenting on the
letter senfbyW.-B. Ayer to the Commls
Eion, he said:
That Bridge Clause.
"First, as to Mr. Ayer's statement "with
regard to the clause'Jnserted by the Leg
islature in the grant to the O. TL..&.N. for
the steel bridge, and his argument- that
this wjis inserted to the end that no..other
bridge should be permitted' to cross the
river.-v-If 'this argument was a valid one.
It wdiild mean-' that the United States of
America having once granted the right to
bridge a .navigable stream, forever after
prohibited the construction of another
bridge across'that stream, for the reason
that the clause Inserted In the O. R. & N.
grant is identical with the clause Inserted
by Congress in all of the bridge charters
granted by It for many years past, except
ing tbat in the case of charters granted
by Congress, the Secretary of War is
made the arbiter in case of the parties
tailing td agree as to the rate of com
pensation. "The real intent of the clause is that if
other parties wish to use a bridge already
constructed, instead of going to the ex
pense of building one for themselves, they
shall have the right to do so, upon pay
ment of reasonable compensation.
Lacks Terminal Facilities.
"For the sake of argument, suppose the
Portland & Seattle Railway could reach
the O. R. & N. bridge -with its trains, and
assume that the bridge was rebuilt to car
ry four tracks and placed above high
water, what then? Trains -would enter
the Terminal Company's tracks at the
neck where business is now very badly
congested, as any Portland shipper will
tell you. Our aim is to give to Portland
adequate and comprehensive and terminal
facilities, not excelled by any other city
in the Pacific Northwest, for the prompt
handling and shipment of freight
"Second, as to Mr. Ayer's argument in
Javor of raising the bridge to a height of
6$-fcet above'low -water," so that aufTng'a
portion of the year only & certain class of
vessels may pass under the bridge. If tho
owners of those vessels see fit to go to
the expense of rebuilding them to meet
the requirements outlined.
"I have as yet to hear of any protest
from the owners and operators of these
vessels, who. It would seem, are the par
ties most interested.
Log Towage Unchanged.
"At tho public hearing recently; Mr.
Ayer made his argument upon the ground
that the obstruction of the present bridges
in the river Increased the charge for the
towing of logs above those bridges.
"The printed schedule of rates for tow
ing logs,- issued by the towboat owners
of Portland, makes no distinction in
charges for towing logs, whether above
or below the bridges.
"With the bridge at this elevation, the
-profile submitted recently to the Port of
Portland shows the, grade would not run
out until Nineteenth street and Sherlock
avenue are reached, making the embank
ment of onr track a barrier 'between the
property on the west and the river, which
of course is impracticable and would not
be tolerated. "
"Mr. Ayer says traffic from the north
(Goble) can be taken directly through to
a yard at Vancouver, on the Washington
side. It is the company's intention to
have a Portland outside yard at the west
end of the bridge, where all Portland traf
fic and business tributary thereto from
any direction will be assembled and made
into trains, either for the East or for
Puget Sound way.
Thc property acquired by our company
cast of Hoyt street, between Tenth and
Twelfth streets, to the river, is to be
used exclusively for city purposes, ware
houses, team tracks, etc Cars to and
from this property. Including the Termi
nal Company, will be handled by switch
engines to the outside yard at the west
end of the bridge.
Question or Grade.
"'With regard to the grade decided upon
by the O. R. & N. Co. for their line
around SL Johns Point to Troutdale: If,
as Is stated, they have -decided to adopt
a 0.5 per cent grade as their maximum.
It Is probably due to the fact that that
is the ruling grade on the engine division
out of Portland and there would be no
advantage to them In going to the ex
pense of going below the grade which
already limits tholr trains.
"As opposed to this. the grade of the
Portland & Seattle from Pasco to Port
land is laid out for two-tenths of 1 per
cent, and to change this grade at. Port
land would mean a limitation of the cn-glne-load
for the entire division for any
given onglne.
"The suggestion that whatever tho
grade established it would be a down
grade Into Portland and-would therefore
be an advantage rather than otherwise,
can hardly be taken seriously. It would
look as though Mr. Ayer figured, that
everything was to come into Portland and
nothing going out.
"As to the grades between Pasco and
Spokane, they have nothing whatever to
do with the Portland & Seattle Railway,
but the question of reduction of such
grades as there are on that portion of
the line is now under consideration, and
will be undertaken at an early date."
ACCUSE INSPECTOR HEY
PLUMBERS SAY HE PASSES
WORK DONE ILLEGALLY.
He Replies, Denying the Charge, and
Makes Counter Accusations
in Cases Cited.
Several members of local union No. 51.
United Association of Journeyman Plumb-.
ers, are opposed to the methods of Plumb
ing inspector Hey, whom they charge
with showing favoritism towards certain
members of the Master Plumbers Asso
ciation In violation of the city ordinance
relative to plumbing fixtures.
They claim that in the case of the work
done in piping the Brooke-Giesy building,
at Second and Stark streets, and also the
new Concordia Club building, the inspec
tor has violated city ordinance 14,110, sec
tion 7, requiring that In case of larger-size
traps than two inches the vent shall start
from a lead bend and lead soil pipes which
connect the closet with cast-Iron vent
pipe. There must be 15 inches of such
lead In vent connections.
The plumbers assert that in these in
stances, as well as in several others to
their knowledge, iron piping connections
have been run, and also that rubber coup
lings have been used in several Instances
In connecting waste vents or soil pipes on
the sewer side of trap seal, which is also
in violation of city ordinances. These
faulty connections cause the accumulation
of sewer gases, in the case of the settling
of a building, causing the Irop pipes to
crack, and. in tho case of the rubber
couplings, it is claimed that they are like
ly to rot quickly, allowing the escape of
the gases.
Plumbing Inspector William Hey yester
day denied that any work he had passed
on in his omcial capacity had not met
with legal requirements, and says the
plumbers who are making all the fuss are
sore because James H. Morrow, whom the
union recommended, did not get the ap
pointment as Plumbing Inspector.
"I am a member of this organization,
too," said Mr. Hey, "but was not recom
mended, and had no idea that I would be
successful when I took the civil service
examination. So far as slip joints are con
cerned, as near as I can find out, the ordi
nance does not allow them, but they have
been in use for some years. It is up to
the discretion of the Plumbing Inspector
to say what kind of piping shall go into a
building. The union has known for three
years past that galvanized Iron piping is
being used in lieu of lead joints, and Is
aware that this system of plumbing pre
vails in the Failing, Fenton, German Aid
Society and other prominent buildings, be
sides the Good Samaritan Hospital. It is
considered better than lead, for a variety
of reasons, chiefly because it withstands
sudden climatic changes to better advan
tage, and also on account of being better
adapted for hot water. Quite "a local fad
exists in this respect, and the Idea seems
tbe growing. Trouble has been frequent
by reason of the rapid expansion of the
lead joints causing leaks, and on this ac
count -galvanized iron is fast superseding
lead piping in making the connections al
luded to.
"The Brooke--GIesy and Cbncord.ia'"'buiId
Ings were almost ready for the plasterers
when I assumed office, hence my liability
there is comparatively smalL Moreover,
the plumbing in the two structures Is
without fault, so I fall to perceive where
the plumbers have any particular griev
ance, and It is very strange that all this
agitation on the subject should be begun
now, after the union has known for more
than three years that It is the local cus
tom to use galvanized Iron piping instead
of lead in all instances complained tf, .and
that it answers the purpose to better ad
vantage." Ten members of the Plumbers' Union
are to open a shop of their own in the
near future, and will compete with the
master plumbers.
J -
Croup, asd How to Prevent It.
The cold weather of the Winter is usu
ally dreaded by the parents of young
children, as. be as careful as Ihey may.
colds are liable to be contracted, croup
to follow and the wisdom of the house
hold tested. The first requisite in the
treatment of croup is promptness. Given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or
even after the croupy cough appears.
Chamberlain's Couzh Remedy will pre
vent the attack. When this is not done,
or when the attack appears suddenly in
the middle of the night, as it sometimes
does, give this remedy freely until vomit
ing Is produced and a cure will be effect
ed. It has been in use for more than a
third of a century, and has sever been
knows to Sail? For sale by all druggists.
BLACK HAND AS AO.
It Startles Merchants Who
Fear the Mafia.
THEY APPEAL TO POLICE
Portland Business House Startles
Citizens of 3Iany Cities by Its
Postal-Card Method of
Addressing Them.
Let that blithe creator of theatrical sen
sations, the press agent, stand by his
laurels, for they hang in jeopardy. Here
tofore he has been uncontested in his field
as the champion producer of choice and
sensational prevarications. But now com
petition has come into the field from a
force that uses methods somewhat simi
lar, but much more potent, in the mat
ter of creating a furore The force in
question Is the professional adwritcr.
Communities have been thrown into
high excitement by tales of diamonds
worth $30,000 being stolen from actresses
T t
A-JL SJojj w3S-
The Sim of the MaOa.
who probably never owned a piece of
Jewelry worth more than a couple of dol
lars. When that ruse got too common,
there came divorce and domestic scandals
of all sorts to bring attention to some
star of questionable merit. This was the
work of the unblushing press agent.
Now comes a Portland business adver
tisement, and throws, not one. but many
communities into a turmoil of fear and
excitement. For it used the black hand
of the Mafia for a trademark. It would
have been a roaring success had a life
insurance company floated the ad, but
for a wholesale house it doesn't seem to
have been an undivided success. Too
many of the recipients took the thine in
dead earnest. Some notified the police;
othors got mad.
The ad in question was sent out by the
Oriental-American Company, exporters
and Importers, of this city. It was printed
on postal cards and mailed to a thousand
merchants throughout the city and coun
try. "When reported by local merchants
to the local police, the solution was easily
obtainable by telephone, but to merchants
In the Hast it was not so easy. Many
police departments were put to work, and
in some quarters it was really feared
some treacherous, murderous body of as
sassins was again at work.
To each merchant on the list five cards
were mailed. The first said, "You have
four more days." Under this legend was
the black hand, the insignia of death af
fected by the Mafia.
By the next day, when the merchant
had about ocncludcd lt was some little
joke, there would come a second card,
"You have three more days."
By this tlmeyour suspicious merchant
was In a turmoil, especially if he had
enemies among laboring men. Imagine
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IMPORTANT!
Our JANUARY SAE has been such a suc
cess that wexhave decided to continue it until
the last of this week. REMEMBER yqu have1
only FOUR DAYS in which to take advantage
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First and Taylor.
"The Store That Saves You, Money r
the consternation of such a merchant
upon receiving, the next day, a third card,
informing him. "You have two more
days." and then "You have one more
day."
Dispatches have been received from a
number of points, notably Boston and
Spokane, showing the precautions against
assassination taken by the victims of
these cards. Some sought police protec
tion, others probably tried the efficacy of
prayer, and it Is possible not a few de
parted suddenly for Europe, noted for
good hiding places.
Those who waited with the fear of death
upon them experienced, an anti-climax on
the fifth day that must have nvide them
feel like the man who reads through half
a column of thrilling descriptive matter
to find at the bottom he has been perus
ing a patent medicine ad. For the fifth
card stated simply. "This is the day to
buy Borem's pillows for sleepy congrega
tions." or some equally unpretentious
article of merchandise.
Says He "Was Itobbcd.
It. Davis, arrested by Patrolman Gollz
on a charge of drunkenness yesterday, as
serted at headquarters that he had been
robbed the previous evening in some place
about the city. He was unable to tell
where he had been. He said he lost 5123.
Captain of Detectives Bruin Js working
on the case.
dmVwim
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