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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1907)
THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAT 1, 1907. HARD SNUB Hid J SOUTHER PACIFIC Railroad Commission's Opin ion on Lumber Rates Is Ignored. NO CHANGE IN TARIFFS Question of Recently-Raised Sched ules on Shipments to California Will Be Considered by Inter state Commerce Commission. Despite the opinion of the Oregon Railroad Commission that the present rate of H per ton freight on rouRh, green lumber from the Willamette Valley to San Francisco Is excessive. Illegal and in conflict with the Interstate Commerce laws, the 9outhern Pacific will make no chanpe In the tariff unless compelled by the Interstate Commerce Commission. This is the stand taken by R. B. Mil ler, head of the traffic department of the Oregon lines, who placed the rate In effect. What the Interstate Commerce Commission may do, the railroad com pany does not know, nor. apparently, does it care. The company merely states Its position when It says the rate will stand. "We are not Koing to change the rates." said Mr. Miller yesterday. "The j tariff will remain as it is." The opinion of the Oregon Commission was given last Thursday after an in quiry into the rate, made upon complaint of the Southwestern Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' Association. Manifestly, the Commission had no authority to or der a change In the rate, which is an in terstate one. but the commissioners an nounced a hearing where both sides to the controversy could, present their con tentions. The hearing was held at Salem and after a lengthy Inquiry into con ditions governing the California lumoer trade, the Commission agreed upon an opinion that the former rate of $3.10 per ton was a sufficient charge for the ser vice and that this rate should be re stored. The opinion further stated that the rate is excessive, discriminatory and unlawful. . A certified copy of the opinion was ent to Mr. Miller, head of the traffic department. The Commission had no au thority to enforce its stand in the mat ter and accordingly made no order or tiireats. However, it was thought that the railroad m'ght replace the former rate upon the strength of the official opinion of the Commission. There is no doubt that the tariff will tie made the subject for a hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which will probably take the rate up some time during the Summer, and will undoubtedly hold a hearing in Portland to consider it. The railroads defend the rate because of the necessity for hauling empty cars back from California to carry lumber South. This is expensive and unsatisfac tory to a traffic official, whose ambition Is to see his cars hauling loads in both directions. The lumbermen say. the rate is prohibitory, and will throttle the trade Into California. They say many mills will -be bankrupted by the rate, and that those having existing contracts with Cal ifornia purchasers of lumber will lose heavily in delivering the product under the new rate. The railroad officials say the demand for cars by Valley mills is as great as before the rate went Into effect, and it is almost impossible for the company to mpply cars, so great Is the demand. This Is taken as an indication that the new tariff has not cut the Valley- mills off from their markets, or shipments South would cease. ARRANGES D1RKCT ROUTING Ilarrlman Freight Department Se cures Steamship Connections. By arrangement with the Frank Water house steamer line, consignments of freight from the East may be routed direct from the East to the Orient via tins port. Announcement was made by the freight department of the Harriman lines yesterday that rates providing for this routing will be published within a short time and the change will become effective in about 40 days. Notice must be given the Interstate Commerce Com mission 30 days before the change is made. The Frank Waterhouse line steamers have been sailing from Portland to North China and Vladivostock for the past three months. Two steamers have aailcd every month Muring that time, and as they go direct to North China points, thus avoiding transhipment at Japanese Torts, this method of routing freight .'rora the East direct to destination will ne 4i benefit to shippers and promises to iargely increase the business to the Ori ent through this port. The change was made largely through the solicitation of shippers who have considerable business at North China and Siberian ports in order to do away with reshipment en route. Lower tariffs will probably be, realized in some cases by the new arrangement. On account of .the expected increase in the trade, addi tional steamers may be placed on the run out of Portland in consequence. IATK OF FX TRY rOSTPOXED Canadian Not Yet Ready to Give IVeight Service to Portland. , On account of the delay consequent upon the publication of tariffs and rates, the Canadian Pacific will not be able to begin its freight service out of Portland today as had been planned, it is ex pected that everything will be in readi ness by the last of the month. Advices to this effect were received here yester day by F. R. Johnson, general agent for the Canadian line. The delay is due entirely to getting out tariffs and arranging rates, which is a big task, requiring a large force of men. Copies of the tariffs have to be tiled with the Interstate Commerce Commission and all the rates published. ' The work is going along well, however, and the Spokane gateway will be opened to Port land traffic within a few weeks. DISCUSS DUST NUISANCE Executive Board Members Talk Over Street Improvement Plans. "Building streets and keeping them in repair is not only a serious, it. is an Im portant matter," said Mayor Lane at a meeting of the Kxecutive Board yester day afternoon. "But we do not have suf ficient fund to do the work that should be done. The principal trouble is we have been building our streets too hur riedly and too cheaply. "I would suggest that we ..decide on a pystem for Improving streets. Outside of the business district I m-ould so construct ch alternate street that it could serve Coi ArniTain fori With These Wnrrl HH mmm- They Mean Money to Yen If You'll Follow Them " J In view of the many excellent subdivisions on the Portland market at this time, we know we must offer something extraordinarily good or it won't tally up with the rest. - q But we have it. TABOR TERRACES can give "cards and spades" to any other real estate proposition in Portland and still come out winner. We are grading streets now and the water mains are being put in. the tract will be ready May 12, but you may see it before that; we'll take you any time. If you like it, select a lot or two and we'll save them for you till we open. We can't sell the lots till we get the tract recorded, but we can reserve as many as you like. . Where Are Tabor Terraces ? Just east of Mt. Tabor, between the Base Line Road (Portland's great east and west thoroughfare) and Villa avenue Take an "M-V" car ot Second and Yamhill streets, or nome to our office and go out in the auto. The time you take to investigate Tabor Terraces is well spent. J TERMS From our opening prices (May 2) we will give a discount of 10 per cent, pro vided you select the lot or lots before that date. We plan to sell a hundred lots the first dav. q Why?' J Because we offer undoubtedly the finest residence tract in Portland for less money than other choice residence sections are selling for. (J Our prices $300 to $500 $10 month, and if you 11 say so before Christmas next, we will give 3rou your money back, so sure are we of their increasing value. AVe'll tell you more about the railroad part of it later on. j TABOR TERRACES will be a beautiful suburb in less than a year. Quick transit is a certaintv! . ' ' OTF No ho tine will be buI( In Tabor Term pen that coat lea than 100. We will build ft for you 0n Installment. J See us todav The Spanton Company Sole Agents for Tabor Terraces. 270 STARK STREET. OPPOSITE CHAMBER OP COMMERCE. I I at I . I J' T U--'' IifB M mm W W W 1 mm ' & m - AaaV abaa AM 'trt K. ' t CLEMSON Real estate is the basis of wealth. The great accumulations of the country are due largely to judicious investments in real estate. You can not miss it by buying lots convenient to good car service in a growing city. , Portland has every assurance of making a great city. With the increase in population, realty values will increase accordingly. Clemson was selected on account of its.- ad mirable location and unique surroundings. The ground is just undulating enough to give it per fect drainage. It is located right in Lents within 200 feet of the Mount Scott carline. The large graded school of 450 pupils adjoins Clemson. There are stores of all lines; Postoffice and many other advantages right at your door. Clemson has 2-51 choice lots every lot is clear of stumps and roots and has nice graded streets and will have water mains. CHOICE LOT BARGAINS ON EASY PAYMENTS If you build a home, you will be protected by building restrictions. From your home you will have a panoramic new of the entire mountain range, and the view of Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens will be perfectly charming. Mr. Spring, postmaster of Lents, has pur chased a two-lot corner in Clemson for a home.. Other residents of Lents are taking advantage of the lot bargains in Clemson for homes, which proves their faith in the future of the locality. Prices range from .$100 to $2.50, but will soon be advanced. Buy now and take the raise. Rumor has it that certain developments V to take place at Lents, which will boom the town. Keep your eye on Lents and seeure a lot in Clem son today. Terms exceedingly liberal or 5 per cent discount for half or all cash. Take Mount Scott car at First and Alder, get off at Lents and come to ouf office in t'.e hotel. Always someone there to show you over the ground. Or call at our main office for par ticulars. ' Clarke-Clemson-Blumauer Co. Main Office, 319 Abington BIdg. Branch Office, Hotel at Lents SEE BIG SIGN ON THE ADDITION the heavy traffic. Every other street, then, should be reserved for lighter traffic. The improvement of each alter nate street would not be so expensive and the needs of the xeneral public would be served. I recommended this plan in my annual message and I honestly believe it is the best scheme that has been sug gested." Portland's streets and their condition were discussed at length at the board meeting yesterday. The members of the board would like to do a great deal of work on the streets this year but they are confronted with a shortage in funds and are laying plans whereby they can make the best possible showing. The need for a more thorough system of sprinkling the streets was informally discussed, as was also the proposal to purchase two additional road rollers. "The dust in some of the streets is abominable." said tv. G. McPherson. who Introduced the street-sprinkling discus sion. "It is a fact that, on Twentieth street there hangs in the air a constant dust-cloud." "We have to put up with the same con dition In our part of the city." complained Commissioner Sabin, "but we are eating the duet without a word of protest." "Well I have eaten my peck of dust," replied McPherson. "and am willing to eat another peck, but it is my wife who is complaining. She thinks it is useless to be a member of the Executive Board unless I can succeed in abating the nuisance." Commissioner Greene suggested that the city provide an automobile as an am bulance to replace the vehicle now used for that purpose. He proposed that the chaufteor should be a policeman. But the board took no action. The principal business transacted was to audit the monthly payroll of the city employes. BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL J. w. Qutnn, Shot at Wallace, Idaho, Interred at Rlvervicw. The body of John William Quinn. tne ex-pollceman who was shot by Deputy Sheriff Hicks, April 25, at Wallace. Idaho. In a Quarrel over President Roosevelt's letter relative to the Moy-er-Haywood cases, was laid to rest in Riverview Cemetery yesterday. There was a short service at St. Lawrence Church, the Order of Eagles, of which he was a member, having held their services at Wallace the day before. The esteem In which Quinn was held was attested by the large crowds which came from Burke and Wardner on a special train. Tor over 30 minutes there was a constant stream of men and women who had come for one last farewell to the man whom they all knew and liked so well. The Wallace Times said of him: b "With the death of William Quinn, one of the saddest chapters in the history of this country has -been closed. Good natured. whole-souled, big-hearted Bill Quinn has gone to his last rest. His friends, who are found wherever he was known, feel keenly the terrible tragedy that so suddenly and so vio lently ended the life of a peaceable I ii!' ! 1 "T i nn nnn po'l ""ft'' Rose City Park is less than two and one-half .miles from the busi ness center oi Port land. Sandy road runs to and. through t Rose City Park as straight as an arrow. Rose City Park can easily be seen from any part of Portland. On the other hand, Rose City Park overlooks al most the entire city. Rose City Park is so close in that it may be reached by walk ing m less tnan an hour; by driving in 10 minutes, and by the streetcar in 15 min utes. It is closer than v most other ' Portland residence locations. These advantages are obvious. They make home-going easy; the trip to the office pleasant and quick; home luncheons pos sible and evenings spent in the city at places of amusement very convenient. The distance is so short that shopping is easi ly done and visiting friends an exhilarat ing pastime. Best of all, it lengthens the time that a man may spend at home. - i AA i I A man may leave his office at 5:30; get home at 5:45; have his dinner and prepare for the theater, with time to spare. The wife may spend the afternoon with friendr. and reach home easily from any part of the city in time for early dinner. Rose City Park is close enough to the activities of Portland to make it far more desirable than the average sub urb. i BANKERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MORPHINE tad otrwr drag habiU ar potttlvelj cured by HABIT IN A. For hypodermic or laternal uaa. Sample ant to any drur habitue by rap tnall. Regular price $2.00 per battle at your drugfflat or by mail In plain wrapper. DELTA CHEMICAL CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. Far sale In Portland by Skldmoro Drug CO., lfil Third St. ! t - -? v - - I The Tjitc John William Quinn. citizen of the cUiss most needed in this great nation. Though he suffered ex cruciating pains he did not complain, and when the end drew near his forti tude and grit did not desert him. With a last good-by for his mother, he met what fate had in store for. him with but the one rep-ret. that he could not live till his mother arrived, the calm est, the coolest of any in the room. Never once during; his last hours so far as has been able to be learned, did he speak a harsh word of the man who fired the bullet. "I thought he was my friend" was his repeated declaration, but not once did he denounce his slayer. Quinn lived 21 hours and was conscious till the very last. He made an ante mortem statement and a will. He re ceived much comfort in the spiritual consolation administered by Father Becker, of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. The unfortunate man had been released from the nest-house the ! H - v nf thp flhnntlnc. u r-H jntpnd.J leav ing the following morning for Saltese, Mont., where "he had property In terests.'" Beautiful Floor Coverings Our long-looked-for Carpets and Rugs have at last arrived. Never before has there been such a large assortment of high-class goods shown in the Northwest. We are now more fully prepared than ever before to furnish your home com plete with the latest patterns, and in the most artistic style. We are always glad to give you the benefit of our experi ence, whether it be regarding a rug for a single room or for carpeting the whole house. You are cordially invited to come in and examine our immense stock. J. G. MACK &CO. 86-88 Third Street THE EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J Paying $275 Per Month NyN If I Under secured 5-year lease, made in 1!)03. Now easily 1 worth $350 per month. , Good 3-story improvement and one of the best busi- I ' ness corners in city. This property has an exceptional I . future and is one of the best buys on the market today. I Our contract is out in three days and this is the last I chance to get it at above pike. AVe solicit immediate in- i vestigation. Ik The Hart Land Co. A 109 Sherlock Building. sf I PHIL METSCHABr, Prealdemt an Huifti. . Y7 Seveath and Wukli(tn Streets, Portland, Oresm. , European Plan $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day. FOR SALE 300x100, corner of Third and Montgomery. .50x100, corner of Fourth and Davis. 50x100, corner of Fifth and Clay. 40x75, on Third, near Jefferson. 25x100, on North Third. 75x100, on North Third. 2-5x100. on West Park, near Stark. Two fine improved. Brick Properties, one on North Third street, and one on South Third street, both central. . KING'S HEIGHTS The best residence property in city Have a few sites leftx FOR LEASE Some desirable inside pieces, suitable for business or warehouse to good tenants. for long term. 46 Concord Bldg.