TII13 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1903.
FRANCHISE REPORT
TO RECONSIDERED
Charter Commission Will Hold
Important Discussion at
Tonight's Meeting.
QUESTION OF REGULATION
Severe Restrictions Proposed in Op
eration of Public Sorrico Corpor
ations Mayor and Coun
cil to Have Control.
When the Charter .Revision Cominit
re meets at . th City Hall tonight.
It will resume consideration of the
report of the committee on public
utilities and franchises, a subject of
great importance in the compilation
of the new charter. The report con
tains some of the. most stringent pro
visions over considered for the regula
tion of public service corporations, and
from what has already been done in
the way of revising the present char
ter much attention has been drawn to
the subject. Capitalists and their rep
resentatives, especially, are concerned
about the action of the members on
this feature, and are watching it with
deep interest.
Representatives of public utility cor
porations are particularly interested in
the action of the committee with re
gard to vestins with the Mayor and
Council the power to "reasonably regu
late" the service of corporations hold
ing franchises under the new charter.
Another clause In the report that has
attracted much attention is that which
provides that the Mayor and Council
may make "periodical valuations of
such franchises." It "has been con
tended by capitalists that this might
make it difficult to sell bonds; in fact,
it is the belief of representatives of
capital, expressed before the committee,
that the Incorporation into the charter
of the many stringent rules to govern
corporations will result In frightening
away outside Investments.
The report contains a clause, making
it the business of the applicant to pay
for the publication of the complete
franchise In a dally newspaper of gen
eral circulation. At present, the city
bears this cost. The report also con
tains clauses forbidding any railroad
to cross streets at grade, and to resu
late fares, and vests this authority
and the authority to regulate the serv
ice in the Mayor and Council. Some
of the more important paragraphs of
the report to be considered tomorrow
uight are as follows:
Th Mayor and Council have power and
authority by ordinance duly passed to acre
with any corporation, firm or person con
structing a commercial railroad and desir
ing to eater the city, upon the extent, terms
and conditions upon which the streets,
alleys, or public grounds of the city may
be appropriated, used or occupied by such
railroad, and upon the manner, terms and
conditions under which the cars and loco
motives of such railroad shall be run over
or on such strets, alleys or public grounds;
such agreements shall bo subject to the
provisions and requirements of this char
ter, and shall have' no validity until ap
proved by a majority of the electors votlns
at a special or general eloction. No ex
clusive right for the aforesaid purposes shall
be sranted to any corporation, nrm or per
son, and the use of all suh rishts shall be
subject at all times to regulation by the
Mayor and Council.
livery ordinance Brantinn such riRht shall
be upon the conditions that no track shall
cross a city street at grade: and that such
grantee shall allow any other railroad com
pany to use In common with It the same
track, each paying an suitable and proper
portion for the construction and repair ot
the tracks and appurtenances used by such
railroad companies Jointly, and shall be ap
proved by the electors as herein before pro-
The Mavor and Council of the City of
Portland shall have at all times power to
r-sulate by ordinance struct railroads, tram
ways and other railroads, and the use of
tracks and cars: to comiol the owners of
two or more such roads using or having the
right to use the same streets, bridgv-e or
elevated roadways, to use the same tracks
and to divide the cost of construction and
maintenance thereof equitably between
tlicm; to regulate the rates of speed and
tl use of streets by street railways and
otlx-r railroads, and to pu. ordinances to
protect the public from danger or Incon
venience in the operation of such roads.
Kvery grant of a franchise which provides
for the charging of rates, tares and charges
shall contain a provision fixing the max
imum raus of fares, rate and charges which
the grantee, his. Its or their successors or
assigns can charge or collect for services
rendered or performed iy virtue of and
during the llf cf such franchise and the
operation of his. Its or their plant or prop
erty thereunder: and said grant shall also
provide that the city reserves the right
thereafter from time to time to change,
altor. regulate and tlx res. rates or charges
which the grantee," his. Its or their suc
ce'sora or assigns can charge or collect
thereunder during the life, of such fran-
1 When permission shall be granted by the
Mayor and Council to a public service cor-
puration to tear up a pavement on any
street within five years after such pave
ment shall hare beoo constructed, such pub
lic service corporation shall be required to
pav In full the expense of restoring such
pavement completely to It former condition,
and shall also pay a penal sum of not less
than $500 and not more than J1000 In each
such case.
DEMAND VOTE ON LOCATION
jPrlcnds of Hancock-Street landing
for Bridge Circulate Petition.
Friends of the Hancoek-srtreet lo
cation for the proposed bndpe across
the Willamette River are circulating pe
titions asking the City Council to place
the matter on the ballot alongside the
Broadway-street location. , At the meet
ing of the Multnomah Improvement Club
Wednesday night Dr. L. M. Davis, chair
man of the bridge committee, reported
that these petitions are being generally
signed up on both the West and East
Sides of the river, and that no one had
refused to sign so far.
He reported that It was not Intended
to resort to an initiative petition at pres
ent, but these petitions now in circula
tion are to show the Council that the
people want a vote on the question of
location, as between Broadway and Han
cock streets, and expressed the opinion
that the Council would" not refuse to
place the Hancock-Street location on the
lallot when the petitions bearing names
of prominent people are presented. A
lawyer has been engaged to pilot the
movement through the legal shoals and
rocks.
INDIAN PLAY DANGEROUS
Boys With Firearms Muot Appear in
Juvenile Court.
Whether the study of early American
history, with Incidents of the Indian
wars, so inflamed the Imaginations of
about 30 boys that they nenrly enacted a
tragedy In the woods between Arleta and
South Mount Tabor, or whether' it was
the reading of yellow -.hacked literature,
is a question which the officials of the
Juvenile Court are pondering. The boys
had come into the possession of danger
ous weapons. They are to appear before
Judge Gantenbein, In the Juvenile Court,
this afternoon.
The lads formed themselves Into two
bands, one being, known as the "Sitting
Bull" crowd, and the other as the "Chip
munk" gang. A platform of small poles
was erected- in .ome young flr trees,
about 10 feet from the ground.- with a
second platform 10 feet higher. A short
distance away, in the woods, a llule
cabin was built. The platforms In the
trees were designated "the Fort." One
crowd defended it against the onslaught
of the others with bows and arrows. Of
late a crowd of large boy has tried to
dislodge the youngster In "The Fort"
with revolvers and guns, supposed to be
loaded with blank cartridges.
Chief Probation Officer Teuscher found,
upon Investigation, that the platforms
were of such flimsy construction that
they might have given away while th
boys were on them. He says the fort
grew from playhouses built In the wood
last Summer.
BUYS SECOND-STREET LOT
I). Mackay Acqnires Valuable Prop
erty Other Important Sales.
Midweek realty business In Portland
brought to light several transactions of
more than usual importance. Through the
agency of Wakefield. Fries & Co.. the lot.
26 by Pf.. on the west sido of Second street,
between Yamhill and Taylor, which be
longed to the estate of Arthur Daven
port, was sold to D. Mackay for H7.O00.
Through the same agency Mr. Mackay
bought 16 2-3 feet Immediately adjoining
on the south for J11.325. The former own
era of the piece are K. Dalton and Mrs.
Dowling.
A lot on the north side of Hall street.
11 feet west of East Fourteenth street,
which belonged to the H. J. Corbett es
tate, was yesterday sold by Wakefield,
Fries & Co.. to Mrs. Margaret Bartch, of
Seaside. Or. It is tho Intention of the
purchaser to erect a modern dwelling on
the site.
John McKinney. a foundryman from
Woodburn, Or., has purchased from C.
Aerne. Jr.. a two-story concrete and cor
rugated iron garaso on the cant side of
Chapman street, between Yamhill and
Taylor streets. The lot is 43 by 100. The
consideration was J10.500. The sale was
made by II J. Daly.
QUITS CANADA FOR OREGON
Christian Stern, of IJaal, Will liaise
Sugar Beets.
Christian Stern, of Baal, Canada, was
a visitor to the Portland Commercial
Club yesterday. Mr. Stern brought with
him a letter written to him by the Com
mercial Club in ia07. He has come to
Oregon for the purpose of looking over
this section with a view to engaging In
sugar beet culture. Should condition
here he favorable to this undertaking,
ho will undoubtedly be joined by other
settlers in his home district.
Mr. Stern says that while the country
In the vicinity of Baal is extremely fer
tile and yields large crops of grain, the
weather condition are o uncertain that
harvesting is delayed and frequently
rendered impossible. Two years ago a
fall of 16 inches of snow Just as the
grain was about to be gathered spoiled
the entire crop. Snow storms often oc
cur there in August.
TO OLDMEXICO.
The regular mid-Winter excursion to
Old Mexico will leave Portland Decem
ber 12 and 13, joining the Southern
Pacific solid Pullman excuirsion train
out of San Francisco Tuesday, Decem
ber 15.
The return fare. Portland to Mexico
City, will be 104; tickets bearing a
limit of two mor.tns, with stopover
privileges at pleasure on the return
trip.
Passengers will be given the choice
of the Southern Pacific or the Santa
Fe returning between El Paso and San
Francisco,
Coming west over the Santa Fe you
can make a side trip Into the Grand
Canyon for 16.60'.
Ask for "Mexico.' a little booklet
story on this charming and historic
country.
Tickets, reservations and particu
lars at Third and Washington streets.
Bullet Would Fall to Ground.
PORTLAND. Dec. 8. (To tho Editor.) I
herewith submit a problem for your solution.
The problem 1 purely theoretical and the as
sumptions made ere none that could occur
In a demonstration :
First, assume a train to travel at the rate
of one mil per second, and a bullet to have
the same velocity a- ino imu. j umu
stands on the rear platform of the above
train and shoots hi bullet In the opposite
direction from which the train Is traveling.
Will the bullet travel with Tespect to a
stationary object when It .leave the barrel
of the gun. or will It drop toward the center
of th earthT D- P. HAYES.
The equal and opposite velocity
would destroy each other and the bul
let would fall to the ground if it con
trived to get out of the pistol. But
the question is not practical, since the
Initial velocity of the bullet would
necessarily be greater than for the lat
ter fraction of the mile.
Onlv One "BKOMO QUTNTXK"
That Is LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of E. W. GROVE- Used the
Worm ovr to Cure a Cold In One Day 2o.
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FATHER AND SON
Both Gained Health on Went Food.
A food that will buld up, the health
of a man and that can be digested by a
baby, certainly ha value worth consid
ering. The following report from an Ohio
wife and mother Is to the point and
Interesting.
"My husband had suffered great
agony from stomach trouble at times
for five years. Finally, after six
months In the hospital, he was operated
on for appendicitis.
'From that time he grew weaker
and thinner until, when we brought
him home he was reduced from 145 to
10S lbs.
Then he began to eat for breakfast
Grape-Nuts with creain and a soft
boiled egg. For dinner a dish of Grape
Nuts and cream, toasted bread and a
glass, of warm milk. For supper same
as breakfast with a baked potato, one
or two poached eggs, and a glass of
warm milk.
"After two months on this diet he
had nearly regained his normal weight.
He took out-door exercise, and got
plenty of sleep. He has no more trou
ble with his stomach, and can eat any-
These results Induced us to try
Grape-Nuts on our 6 months baby, who
from birth had been puny. Nothing
seemed to agree with him, although.we
tried the whole list of Infant Foods.
"When I began to feed him Grape
Nuts with warm rnilk poured on to
make it soft, he weighed only 13 lbs.
After six weeks of his new diet he ha
gained 7 lbs., and Is healthy and
happy."
"There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
vllle," In pkgs.
i. - rmA th above letter? A new
one appear from time to time. They
are aenulne, true, and full of human
ijalercat.
ATURDAY
We will put our stock of Imported and Domestic
Woolens on sale at your mercy. We must keep our
working capacity going in full blast. Suits and
Overcoats we sold for $40 to $60 made to order will
be put on sale at the following prices for two days
only. We positively will not sell over 100 suits at
these prices, as our shops know nothing but first
class work. You can readily see we cannot afford
many at these prices. Blue Serges, West of England
make; Black Cloth in Worsteds and Broadcloths,
sold from $45 to $55, on sale for
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All Fancy Worsteds and Tweeds,
sold from $40 to $50 a Suit or Over
coat, on sale two days only for
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Now remember, we will make all these
garments first-class, use A No. 1 work
and trimmings. You will never get a,
chance like this to get a first-class gar
ment for such a low price again. Come
early, select the best.
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