12
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRTL 23, 1907.
TACOMA TUNNEL
TO SAVE-CLIMB
Harriman Line Will Avoid the
Steep Grade by 8700
Foot Subway.
SURVEY IS NOW COMPLETE
Vnderground Rome Will Be Easy to
Bore, but Loose Soil Presents
Danger of Mtdes Grade to
Be 1 1-4 Per Cent.
' SEATTLE, Wash., April-21. (Special.)
Harriman has solved the problem of
avoiding the ruinous 2.7 per cent (trade
at Tacoma and will be able to get a
maximum grade of 1U per cent on his
PuKet Sound extension. A tunnel STOO
feet in length will be bored under Ta
coma to cut down the almost prohibitive
Krade that was encountered in paral
leling the Northern Pacilic's present line
into town.
Nearly a year ago the Harriman line
secured a franchise in Tacoma for a line
that paralleled the Northern Pacific
trackage from South Tacoma into the
city proper. This line involved the use
of a grade that averaKed about 2 4-10
per cent and ran as high in one place
Ha 2 7-10 per cent.
After the franchise ha3 been granted,
the Oregon & 'Washington Railroad Com
pany allowed its limit for acceptance to
pass by without a sign that it had any
intention of considering Tacoma serious
ly. Then it was announced that a study
of grades showed it would be impossible
to use the old route and that the en
gineering corps . hart been given orders
to find a low grade at any cost.
Tacoma presents the most serious rnil
road proposition on the Coast. The
ground rises by a series of benches to a
high tableland in the south that any
railroad building from Portland must
cross, or any extending southward must
climb up to in some manner. The North
ern Parlllc may have solved the problem
by evading the tableland and following
the shore line to Olympla. but this route
was not open to the Harriman people.
Only Route Practicable.'
There are three gulches in Tacoma that
lead southward and each was thoroughly
investigated by the Harriman engineers.
No satisfactory grade could be found in
any one of them and finally the engineer
luff corps was ordered to work out a tun
nel scheme. This lias finally been done
and a new franchise, providing for such
a tunnel, was completed here this week
and ordered Introduced In the Tacoma
Council tonight. Harriman officials are
advised the ordinance was presented.
By the new tunnel scheme the ITar
liman road will locate Its southern portal
on unsurveyed land immediately west of
the line of Center street. 'The point is
easily recognized by those who have
traveled on the Northern Faeific out
cf Taooina, for it Is near the spot where
the Hill road emerges from the gulch
and reaches the prairie that leads to
South Tacoma.
The tunnel will be driven under Center
street for Its entire, length, crossing under
. Jefferson avenue between Twenty-seventh
and Twenty-fifth streets and coming out
of the northern portal near Twenty-fifth-street.
The Oregon & Washington has
purchased five blocks lying east and
south of Jefferson avenue and the new
trackage arrangement brings trains Into
Tacoma by that route. The proposed
Harriman passenger depot will be lo
cated at the intersection of Seventeenth
nd C streets with Jefferson avenue, two
blocks of land having been received for a
passenger station that will rival the pro
jected station at Seattle.
Soil Easy to Bore.
This new route Involves a tunnel 8700
feet in length, but It gives a maximum
grade of l'i per cent, something that
It was decided had to be found to make
the Puget Sound extension practicable.
The tunnel work will not be so difficult
as that in Seattle, for the soil at Ta
coma, ag indicated by a cursory examina
tion, is gravelly and easy to bore. There
will be more danger of slides than in
Seattle, where a cement gravel formation
and hard blue clay makes a tunnel under
the city arch naturally. There Is nothing
serious in the tunnel-building problem
at Tacoma and the railroad will be under
the street deep enough to bo away from
municipal improvements.
A big Eeries of condemnation suits were
filed at Tacoma today that show the
Harriman system - will locate Its local
freight yards on Puyallup avenue, direct
ly opposite the Northern. Pacific's big
local freight sheds. The Chicago, Mil
waukee & t. Paul right of way along
Twenty-fifth street adjoins the Harriman
holdings on the south.
The compromise with tho Northern Pa
' cific whereby tho Harriman lino will alter
Its tideflat line so as to avoid the prop
erty Hill wants to develop as Northern
Pacific terminals is also reflected in the
new Harriman maps and the Tacoma
franchise.
Route Officially Announced.
. "With the completion of tho Tacoma ter
minal plans and tho application for a
franchise in that city the route of the
Oregon & 'Washington from the Columbia
Ttlvcr to the Pierce County line has been
officially announced. The rumor has been
current for a long time that when the
Harriman Interests reached this point
there would be no difficulty In effecting
in agreement with the St. Paul -for Joint
trackage between Seattle and Tacoma.
That possibility Is reflected at Tacoma
and at Seattle, where the entrance to this
city has been recently changed so aa to
parallel the tracks of the Columbia &
I'usct Sound, which tho St. Paul will
use between Black River and the city
limits.
Franchises are now pending in both
Seattle and Tacoma. The first Council
committee meeting to take up one of
these franchises has been called at ?cat
tie Thursday ntght. Tho entire Harriman
terminal problem will b gone over then.
All the differences between the Harriman
snd Hill Interests have been settled and
there is believed to be a practical ccr
tainty that quick action can be had on
the Ovccon & v ashington grant. Antici
Jutting such action ttie board of public
works in Seattle gave the Harriman line
permission last week to commence work
cn its tunnel under Seattle.
This Seattle tunnel, is unlike the one
at Tacoma. It U a mile In length and is
to be built to do away with congestion
of traffic on the water-front streets and
not because of any grade complications.
Seattle has forbade switching of trains
on Railroad avenue between 7 A. M. and
T r. M . and both the Kill and Har
riman lines must send freight trains
under or around the city. The under
ground route Is simpler.
Snnlic Bites Workman In Face.
S1LVERTON". Or.. April 24. (Spe
clal.) Jese Kephurt was bitten in the
fBt-e by a small snake yesterday while
engaged at work in a field near this
city. He reached down to the ground
to ylck up a stick with which to kill
one reptile when another, which he had
not noticed. Jumped and bit him on the
cheek. The accident did not prove seri
HOLDS OPTIONS EV' PORTLAND
Booth-Kelly Company Will Purchase
Waterfront Property.
EUGENE, Or., April 24. (Special.)
Members of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
Company, when asked today where their
terminal grounds in Portland are located,
said that they were not ready to an
nounce .which of a number of options
along the Portland Water front they will
close. In speaking of 'future plans, the
management said:
"Unless satisfactory rates and arrange
ments can be made with the railroads the
company will be compelled to purchase
vessels and go into the export and coast
wise shipping business. Of course this
will mean more of an outlay, but it seems
i to be the only course open."
The Booth-Kelly Company is tne larg
est firm of its kind in Oregon and could
certainly make a success of Buuh a busi
ness, when other smaller concerns are
doing so.
THROWN HIGH IX AIR BY PRY
Workman Falls on Rock in Peculiar
Accident.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 24. (Spe
cial.) Thrown 20 feet in the air and
falling on a heap of crushed and broken
stone, Leopold Geiger. living on the
Brown Schoolhouse road, southeast of
Oregon City, was seriously injured this
morning, but will probably recover. He
suffered contusion of the spine and was
bruised about the head and shoulders.
Geiger was working with a crew on the
county rock crusher and was using a
long rail for a pry, when the huge piece
of steel was caught under a heavy weight
and Geiger was hurled In the air, the
rail forcing him up with catapult-like
force. He. fell heavily on fragments of
rock. He was at once removed to his
home and a surgeon called.
Geiger Is 60 years of age and has a
wife and several children. It is consider
ed miraculous that death did not result
from his terrible fall.
FINDS SIX INDICTMENTS
IDAHO GRAND JTRY ENDS ITS
INVESTIGATIONS.
Two Are Held for Trial for Ship
ping Elk Teeth and Heads 1
to California.
POCATEUjO, Idaho, April 24. (Spe
cial.) Six indictments were returned
by the Federal grand Jury here today.
William Brinkley and Charles Purdy
were separately indicted for shipping
elk-teeth and elk-heads from tne
Jackson Hole country In Wyoming,
through Idaho, to Los Angeles, srnd
George Walters was indicted for as
sault with Intent to commit muraer in
a saloon in this city and on the reser
vation. Alfred L. Gustofferson was in
dicted for robbing the Postofflce at
Preston, and Fred Shepherdson was in
dicted for selling liquor to the Indians.
All the defendants took the statu
tory time to plead, which will expire
tomorrow morning. The grand Jury
has been discharged for the term.
Over 20 witnesses have been sum
moned in the Purdy-Brlnkley case.
The highest fine possible of imposition
on the defendants is $200 for each
count, while the rest of the cases will
approximate J5000. The indictments
are an evidence of the Interest of tho
Government in putting a stop to the
wanton destruction of elk in this part
Of the country. The trial of Luther
Bearskin, the Bannock Indian Indicted
for murder in the first degree on two
counts, has been Bet for next Monday
morning.
GIVE VP FAITH IN "HEALER"
Aberdeen Couple Deserts Colony
Founded by Mclnturff.
-ABERDEEN. Wash., April 24. (Spe
cial.) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Y. Fcn
wiek, long-time residents of Aberdeen
and converts to the . doctrines pro
pounded by Dr. Mclnturff, the alleged
divine healer, who held sway here
some weeks ago, have returned from
Ritzvllle, Idaho, where Mclnturff is try
ing to establish a colony. Mr. Fenwlck
says that Mclnturff in some way healed
his boy of the grip ana then induced
him to sell out here and Join the col
ony.
Fenwick says the colonization scheme
is a delusion and a snare, that at
present it is a small collection of poor
ly-built shacks, with only a few half
starved occupants. The advocates of
divine healing here have received a
severe shock by the return of the
Fenwtcks, who are out several hun
dred dollars.
HERMISTON TO INCORPORATE
Commercial Club Takes Initiative in
the Movement.
HERMISTON. Or., April 24. (Spe
cial.) The Hermiston Commercial Club
at a meeting tonight decided to in
corporate the city of Hermiston. The
boundary lines were established and
two square miles will be included in
tho city limits.
Francis Bartlett was employed as
attorney to draft the Incorporation pa
pers and carry the matter through the
courts. Hermiston has a population of
BOO people. The Commercial Club also
took the first steps toward Eecnring a
Government . experimental station for
the Umatilla reclamation project.
WILL NOT MEET EXCURSION
Sumpter Declines Invitation of Port
land Commercial Club.
SUMPf Ell, Or.. April 24. (Special.)-At
a meeting tonight of an appointed com
mittee of the citizens of Sumpter It was
decided to make a formal declination of
the invitation of the Portland Commer
cial Club to meet them in Baker City on
May T. The occasion for the declination
Is recited in the resolutions, which set
forth that the arrangement of the pro
gramme is not to the interest of 8umpter
and its contiguous mineral territory.
Initiative for Tax Reform.
SILVERTON. Or.. April 24. (Spe
cial.) A meeting of the farmers and
business men of this vicinity has been
called for Saturday, May 4, in the opera
house for the purpose of organizing a
taxpayers' league. The object of the
meeting is to take advantage of the
initiative and formulate laws to be
submitted to the next legislative body
for reform in the system of taxation.
Form Company of O. N. G.
SILVERTON. Or., April 24. (Spe
cial.) That Silverton will soon have a
company of the Oregon National Guard
seems to be a settled fact. Mayor
Adams has had the .matter in hand for
several days and 72 name are alrcady
cnrolled.
STATE HAS THREE
" MORE WITNESSES
McManus Defense Will Strive
to Prove Estes Was Moral
Pervert.
HAND SHOWN BY QUESTION
Chief Remaining Witness of Prose
cution Threatened With Pneu
monia, but Is Expected to Be
Able to Testify Today.
PENDLETON. Or., April 24.-(Speeial.)
Owing to the illness of the only remain
ing important witness for the state, the
McManus murder trial was unexpectedly
adjourned at 1 o'clock this afternoon
until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Dike Mumford, the witness. U serious
ly threatened with pneumonia, but his
physician thinks it will be possible for
him to be in court in the morning. Dis
trict Attorney Phelps said that it ought
not to require more than an hour to
complete the Introduction of the state's
testimony and therefore It Is probable
that the defense will take its inning j
about 10 o'clock and will begin by placing
McManus on the stand in his own
behalf.
It is understood that the state will
undertake to prove by the testimony of
Mumford and C. S. McGinnis, two "bar
tenders, and Ed Boynton, a carpenter, the
only remaining witnesses, that a few
days before the tragedy McManus mis
took Estea for McCarty and apologized
to him at -that time for so doing. Also
that about half- an hour before the
tragedy McManus and Boynton were
standing In a saloon drinking and that
McCarty came in and was leaning against
the wall behind the drinkers when Mc
Manus saw him by means of the large
mirror behind the bar: that the defendant
then suddenly formed the determination
to kill McCarty and that he went direct
ly from the saloon to the hardware store
to get the gun.
It is expected that the defense will in
troduce witnesses In an effort to prove
that Estes was a gambler, pickpocket,
dope fiend and in every way a moral
degenerate. The attorneys for McManus
have endeavored to bring out testimony
to this effect in the cross-examination of
nearly every witness that the state has
placed on thestand, but the objections of
the attorneys for the prosecution, have
kept this out.
Witnesses were introduced tills morning
to show that McManus had McCajrty ar
rested for the larceny of his watch and
some money about a week before the
shooting: that McManus purchased a
drink for McCarty during the afternoon
of the homicide, and that the defendant
said immediately after the killing that ho
had shot the man who had robbed him
before, the man for whom 'he had pur
chased a drink that afternoon, and who
had been following him around and was
trying to rob him when the bullet was
fired.
Some of the evidence brought out on
cross-examination tended strongly to sub
stantiate the contentions of the defense.
Bert Wilson, a bartender, who as
sisted in taking McManus from the sa
loon to the 'police station immediate
ly following the shooting, was the first
witness on the stand this morning and
the first to testify that he heard tho
defendant apply the name of Bob Estes
to the man he had shot- Wilson said
the conversation took place while they
were going from the saloon to tha
police station and that the defend
ant repeated three or four times that
he purchased the gun to kill the man
because the latter had robbed him
twice before. He also said that his
victim was trying to rob him when
the shot was - fired, declared Wilson.
All other witnesses so far have tes
tified that in conversations following
the tragedy the defendant referred to
the man he had killed only as the man
who had robbed him before and was
trying to rob him again.
WANT BETTER FREIGHT DEPOT
New Oregon City Passenger Station
Is Satisfactory.
OREGON CITY. Or.. April 24. (Spe
cial.) Agent El T. Fields, of the South
ern. Pacific Company, desires to correct
a paragraph that appeared in this morn
ing's Oregonian relative to the condition
of the company's depot at this point.
Thf Southern Pacific Company several
months ago constructed a new depot at
Oregon City, and the structure is modern
and entirely adequate for the business
that is transacted here. The visit of the
Railroad Commission to Oregon City this
week pertained to the lack of facilities
of the company for unloading and load
ing lumber freights, and was made at
the request of local shippers. Mr. Fields
says that Oregon City now has one of
the best depots on the Oregon line of the
Southern Pacific.
SIRS. BULGER WANTS DIVORCE
Alleges Desertion Against Husband
at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY. Or., April 24. (Spe
cial.) Mollle I Bulger has filed a suit
in the Circuit Court against Thomas H.
Bulger for a .decree of divorce. They
were married August L 1SS9, in Portland,
Or., and the plaintiff alleges desertion
January 26, 1906. She wishes to resume
her maiden name of Mollie L. Huott.
A decree of divorce was handed down
this afternoon in the suit of May Shea
vs. Daniel Shea, and the custody of Fred
G. Child, a minor child, was awarded
to the plaintiff.
YOUTH MAY DIE FROM AYOUND
Justin Reed, Shot by Marshal, In
Serious Condition.
WESTON, Or., April 24. (Special.)
Justin Read, the young man who was
shot several weeks ago by Marshal
D. F. Lavender while attempting an
arrest, was taken yesterday to Spok
ane, accompalned by his physician. Dr.
J. L, Rogers. Until the last few days
it was thought the patient was out of
danger, but another operation is now
considered imperative. This will be
performed by Dr. Thomas of Spokane.
Weston Council appropriated $300 to
meet the expense. When he left.
Read's pulse was high and his condi
tion very serious.
High Wages In Brickyard.
WESTON. Or., April 24. (Special.)
A hew wage schedule took effect yes
terday at the Weston brickyard, which
employes 28 men. The average in
crease of pay is 10 per cent- The mini
mum wage is $2.25 per day, while
brick3etters will make $5.00 or more,
and moulders will average $3.60.
Every woman 'who
this week, selecting a
delighted -with the
which has. been laid
so as to give the greatest possible variety of desir
able location and frontage.
East fronts, west
I J
whatever the preference of tho housewife, she can children. The lots are largo enough to provido de
still make selection according to her wish, from tho hghtful lawns tor each home, and there will be nu-
large variety of choice locations remaining ill this merous
beautiful residential
t
I
V.
I
I
The pioneer has power to shape the future. Choose pleasure ground, and the abundance of well-placed
jour place of living where there is opportunity to trees will make this a permanent characteristic.
!
I 4p '''fu . lire X
1' ?4 ' 4
Car tracks are daily
leaping along Sandy
Koad, toward Rose City
Park; streets are being
graded, curbings outlined,
water-mains are being
placed and all improve
ments are progressing
like magic. Pioneering
has no hardships but
many advantages for
those who build early in
this favorite suburb.
Our Autos will call at your home, or you may join parties leaving our office almost hourly. Come in, or
make an appointment by telephone. v
HARTMAN'ScTHOIVIPSON
Chamber of
PLAN FIGHTS iff BARGES
SEATTLE SPORTS fTUli EVADE
SUNDAY REGULATIONS.
Syndicate Organized to Conduct
Weekly Excursions on Water Be
yond Grasp of Obnoxious Law.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 24. (Special.)
A syndicate is beins organized by the
sporting fraternity for the "building and
equipment of a number of barges to han
dle Sunday excursion parties and to take
collections of sports who are wllUng to
pay liberally for the privilege across the
King County line to see boxing matches.
The Sunday closing movement in Seat,
tie has spread to most of the suburbs,
and the seaside resorts that will be open
for the Summer months will have to be
conducted along moderately -temperate
lines, owing to orders from the Sheriff's
office. The sporting fraternity was for
bidden two years ago to pull off any more
fights In tills county and the game was
stopped In Kitsap after the Gans-Holly
go.
It is believed by the promoters of the
barge scheme that Seattle is hungry for
a reopening of the fighting game and
would pay well for barge excursions
across the county line. A wet Sunday on
the water Is also believed to be a big
winner.
New Bank at Centralla.
CENTRALIA. Vash., April 24. (Spe
cial.) The United States National
Bank: of Centralia has recently been
organized with a capital of 100,000 by
C. S. Gilchrist, Charles Gilchrist, F. B.
Hnbbard, George E. Birge and J. A.
Veness. This bank will take over the
business now held by the State Bank
of Centralia, of which Institution C S.
and Charles Gilchrist, are respectively
cashier and president. In connection
there will be organized the Centralia
Loan & Trust Company, with a paid
up capital of $50,000. To accommodate
the latter company, a three-story ce
ment building will be built on one of
the most desirable locations on Tower
avenue.
Bullet Lodges In Hand.
SILVERTOK, Or., April 24. (Spe
cial.) Harley Rogers, a young man
living on Waldo Hills, was accidentally
shot yesterday while trying to extract
a loaded cartridge from a 22 rifle. The
bullet penetrated his left hand Inflict
ing a painful wound and lodging In
the palm of the hand. Dr. Brooks ex
tracted the lead shortly after the ac
cident occurred.
Abandon Street Improvement.
WESTON". Or.. April 24-. (Special.)
A majority of the property-owners on
What a Woman
iome in Rose
has visited Rose City Park make your permanent abode exactly what yon
lot for her future home, is like it, in everv detail and choose the Bite
large area ot frently sloping land your
out in streets and boulevards
fronts, northeast or southwest-
plenty
district.
.---..-: .:: i V X TT . -
V ' ;.. -fr?r -v Wi
- " -, .
Commerce ' BAINKI
SPECULATDRS,
Best bargain ever offered in Portland. Acreage
between the rivers, adjoining the O. R. & N. Co. ter
minal and Swift Company property.
Why pay for a 50x100 lot when the same money
buys one acre of land having rail and water frontage,
which will become in the very near future Portland's
shipping center?
Become wise by carefully investigating this ex
traordinary bargain. Call on
W. M. KILLINGSWORTH
323 Chamber of Commerce
Take Notice Only a few acres left each acre a
fortune. Price, $1000.
J
EVERYBODY GOES TO WAVERLEIGH
FREE TALLY-HO RIDE
Reserve Your Seats Now by Telephone
Tally-ho Will Start Running Saturday
H. W. LEMCKE COMPANY
Main 550 Home Phone A2357 6th and Washington
Main street have signed a remon
strance against the proposed improve
ment of this street with crushed rock,
and the project will probably be aban
doned. FOR WOMEN ONLY
Dr. Sanderson's Compound
Savin and Cotton Root Pills.
The boat and only reliable
rerapdy for DELAYED PE
RTODS. Cure the most oh-'
stinate cases in 8 to 10 days. Price J2
per box. mailed in plain wrapper.
Address Dr. T. J. PIERCE, 181 First
street, Portland. Oregon.
Hunks of a
City Par
ideal is to be had.
Everythinsr that contributes to the makmc of
pleasant, healthful homes is found in Rose City
Park, including those most important features-
of pure air, and nigh, dry playgrounds
pleasantly located small parks. Tlic
suburban fact, reminds one of a great,
. -- - Xfir "M-' :?.'
ATTENTIO
- !
I
would
while1
tor the
ww
whole
peaceful
5 Va Jv" fj
, .User i'Wriv.V'
S' ! t'-0lf'&-Wtai
,ValTiKiiTri -He;. , ArfaaBwfe
Ground Floor
4 t
CGeeWo
The VTclI-Knowa
Rellabla
CHINESE
Root and Herb
DOCTOR
Has made a life study, of roots and
herbs, and In that study discovered
and is giving to tha world his wonder
ful remedies.
NO MEHCIKY, POISONS Oil DKIJGS
USED. HK CUKES WITHOl
OPERATIGX. OR WITHOUT
THB AID Of THE KNIFE.
He guarantees to cure Catarrh,
Asthma. Lung, Throat, Rheumatism,
Nervouencss, Nervous Debility. Stom
ach, Liv-or, Kidney Troubles; also Lost
Manhood, Female Weakness and All
Private Diseases.
A SURE CANCER CURE
Just Received From Petdnga China,
Safe, Sure and Reliable.
IF TOU ARE AFFLICTED DON'T DB
LAT. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
If you cannot call, write for symp
tom blank and circular. Inclose 4
cents in stamps.
CONSUUTATIOX FREE.
The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co
162Vfc First St., Cor. Morrison,
Portland, Or..
Please Mention This Paper.
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever
rR. T. FEUJ COURACD'S ORIENTAL
CREAM 08 MAGICAL BEAUT1FIER
RmoT Tan, PImpIm,
FrecUea, Moth Patcbtt,
Rea. nd Skin DlneMt,
ana every oiemi
on bmatr, and da
fles detect ion. It
ha stood tbo teat
of 67 yearn, aad
is so faarmleas w
tast It to be sure It
Is properly mad.
of ilmlUr
name. Dr. L. A.
Carre said to a
lady of tba baut
toil pAtiCEt)!
" Aa you ladies
will use them,
I reeomtnand
'(sflsraod'a fTreum as the least harmful of all tb
kin preparations." Fr tale by all drnx.n and Fancy
Goods Jueaiera In the United States, CanMi and Europe.
FLUT.KQPIlllS.Ptcji, 27 fret km Sir:etJeYsrL
1 Giact. Spermstorrhcva,
I t nnut, unnatural am
1 ehftrsen, or nor inflamm
aTHEEwm 0HEW0M.C. brao. Kou-utrlngcufc
1 aoi ny ifrastwia,
or sunt Is plain vrappr.
by JxproH, prpid, fnf
l.m. or S botfw.
ucnuc asaw un
V yosusaX
fcsS
V IHOISMATI .r.