14 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1910. OREGONTGUUD P.&E.RDADSTO JOIN Revision of 0. T. Charter Re veals Plans of Hill as to Medford Line's Future. WILL NOT CONNECT AS YET rower to Build Across Cascades From Butte Falls to Klamath Reserve Taken Stevens Says Coast Line In Dim Future. To permit a revision of the charter, pecial meetings of the trustees and stockholders of the Oregon Trunk Rail way were held Wednesday afternoon at Vancouver, when it was agreed that the charter be revised to permit the construc tion of the Oregon Trunk Railway to Medford from the present proposed ter minus at the northern boundary of the Klamath Indian Reservation. This re vised charter will be filed shortly in the State of Washington and at Salem. Medford Is distant some 70 miles from the Oregon Trunk Railway surveys. Part of this distance will be covered by the construction of the Pacific & Eastern, which is now controlled by John K. fitevens, as far as Butte Falls. President Stevens said last night there was no intention immediately on the part of either the Pacific & Eastern or the Oregon Trunk to construct from Medford to a connection. Personally no present arrangements had been made beyond Butte Falls and nothing further was yet contemplated. He admitted that the power had been obtained, so that either road could con struct from Butte Falls to the Oregon Trunk when it was deemed necessary. "Butte Falls is the present terminus of the Pacific & Eastern," said Mr. Stevens, "and there is no present intention of going further. "As to any thought of the Pacific & Eastern building to the Blue Ledge mine or to the Coast, that may be denied with every possible force. There is not the slightest intention to build to the mine and never will be. "The Coast line may be built in the dim and misty future. But it will tw a very, very long time off, if ever. "But most prominently of all I want to deny the thought of any extension of the Pacific & Eastern from Butte Falls or in any other direction." 6TRVENS GENERAL MANAGER Formal Announcement Made of His Position With Oregon Electric. Formal announcement was made yes terday by Guy M. Talbot, vice-president of the Oregon Electric that John F. Stevens, president of the Oregon Trunk, had been appointed general manager of the Oregon Electric Rail way. , This appointment is In accordance with the announcement made by James J. Hill that Mr. Stevens would head the Valley lines, and, indeed, alt the construction work he was undertaking; In Oregon. Mr. Stevens was elected president of the United Railways Tues day and it was Inferred at that time that he would be appointed general manager of the Oregon Electrio until he could be eleoted presidet In place of President Moffatt, of New York, at the stockholders meeting in June. 1UU BRIDGE CONTRACT LET Forters to Build Piers for Oregon Trunk at Celilo. With the letting of the contract to Torter Bros, yesterday for the con struction of the sub-structure of the big bridge across the Columbia River at Celilo, work has been started on one of the last links of the chain that will shortly conect Portland with the great plains of Central Oregon. While no statement could be obtained from the Oregon trunk office as to the cost of the bridge, on the grounds that all estimates were on a unit basis and a total, had not been arrived at, it can be authoritatively stated that the li.K-ure for the sub-structure of the l-rtiige Itself Is practically $650,000 ; with the stone work and concrete for the ap proach, which was let at the same time, the contract will total over $700,000. Steel Contract to Be Let. There yet remains the letting of the contract for the steel work, the re sponsibility for which has been largely left by President Stevens to Ralph Modjeskl, the advisory engineer on the bridge. In all probability the contract for the steel work will be let in a few days so that preparations can be made tor assembling the 9.000,000 pounds of steel that will be required in the con struction of the vast structure. The steel contract, including the con struction of the T's at each end of the bridge, will be somewhat over $450,000. In this way the bridge -will approxi mate $1,150,000 in total cost. The specifications call for the com pletion of the Celilo bridge January 1. 1912. Porter Bros. are required to have the sub-structure completed April 7. 1911. which gives a time limit cf about 10 months. Twenty-nine Piers Needed- Twenty-nine piers will fee required In the construction of the bridge and work on these will probably start next month. The enormous plant Porter Bros. will require at Celilo will necessitate considerable assembling, so that active construction work can hardly be started until the end of June. At this point the Columbia River is filled with rocks with good sub-soil for foundation purposes, so the digging and blasting for the foundation will insure the bridge resting on a solid founda tion without an unusual depth, having to be reached to obtain safe bottom. The contract specifies fixed charges for a number of varying units. These comprise concrete and stone work, roclc excavation, earth excavation, gravel excavation, digging rock foundations, etc.. all of which are on a yardage basis. Bridge to Contain 29 Spans. The bridge will be over $960 feet In length and will consist of 29 spans made up as follows: five 75-foot spans. one 250-foot span, one 350-foot span. six 230-foot spans, sixteen 102-foot spans. The longer spans will be bridge spans, the shorter ones, decks. Some idea of the size of the great bridge can be gathered from these particulars: Each of the T5-foot spans will be sim , pie deck girders; there will be one swing draw bridge; one 320-foot through bridge epaa the ISO-Coot spans will be through bridge spans: the 102 foot spans will be deck plate girder spans. In all there will be 45,000 tons of steel in the bridge. As the Oregon Trunk is due to the personal recommendations of Mr. Ste vens to Mr. Hill, whose personal in vestment the Oregon Trunk is, special pride is being taken in it by the "Em pire Builder's" right-hand (man and when the first train rolls into Central Oregon it will be over track and bridges complete in every detail. ROAD SITUATION MYSTERY Coos Bay Capitalist Does Xot Know What Really Will Be Done. Mystery surrounds the railroad situa tion at Coos Bay. according to John R. Smith, a capitalist of Coos Bay, who is at the Portland Hotel. 'There has been a great deal of talk about building a transcontinental railroad into Coos Bay," said Mr. Smith, "but what is being done is kept in the dark. Major L. D. Kinney, of Korth Bend, who fe he is backed by Cleveland and Canadian capital, has done $30,000 to $40,000 worth of work on an electric line from Marshfield to North Bend- No body knows what he Intends doing with lt- "Frederlck Haines, who was locating engineer for the Great Northern for 21 years, surveyed a route from Coos Bay to a point within 12 miles of Roseburg, obtaining less than a 1 per cent grade. He did the work for the Coos Bay, Ore gon & Idaho Company, which was or ganized for the purpose of financing the survey. It was agreed to turn every thing over to Haines when the work was done, and the matter is now in his hands. I do not know what be proposes to do. The whole railroad situation Is shroud ed in mystery and secrecy. No one at Coos Bay knows what is going on, or if they do, they are keeping it to them selves. There are lots of rumors of what is contemplated by both Major . Kinney and Haines, but nothing definite has been given out." PASSENGER MEN MEET JUNE 1 Expect to Finish Business in Time to See Rose Festival. The Transcontinental Passenger Asso ciation will meet June 1 at San Francisco. Following the meeting a large number of the passenger ' men will travel through Oregon. Last year the association met at Seattle, but the attractions of the Rose Festical were too much for the passenger men and they decided by unanimous vote to ad journ to Portland, where the concluding sessions of the association were held. This year the meeting date has been set earlier and the members hope to r In Portland for some of the Rose Festival days. Schumacher Harriman Man. Thomas Milton Schumocher, whose appointment Wednesday was announced as traffic director of the Harriman lines. with headquarters at Chicago, is an old Harriman man. Although at the time of the appointment Mr. Schumacher was vice-president of the Denver & Rio Grande, his whole railway history has been allied with the Harriman lines. Mr. Schumacher was chief clerk to the general agent of the Union Pacific at St. Louis 20 years ago. He then filled the following appointments in the order stated: chief clerk, general freight department. Union Pacific, Oma ha; general agent Union Pacific, Oma ha; traffic manager, Oregon Short Line, St- Louis; traixic manager. United Fruit Company, New York; traffic manager. El Paso & Southwestern, Chicago. Coman and Adams to Attend Meeting W. E. Coman, assistant general freight agent of the Harriman lines, accompan ied by his assistant, J. G. Reschke, left yesterday for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the Transcontinen tal Freight Bureau, which convenes at Chicago, May 16. II- M. Adams, gen eral freight agent of the North Bank, Is In Chicago to attend the same meet ing and the freight men are en route. It is expected the question of the in creased freight rates to the Northwest will be one of the matters to come before the meeting. Special Car to Convention. En route to the Sunday School Con vention at Washington, D. C, a special car of 25 delegates from Oregon will be attached to the Chicago Express leaving Portland at 8 o'clock tonight. The delegates will travel over the O. R. & N., the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific the Chicago & North western and the New J'ork Central lines. Nehalem to See Orchards. On the Initiative of the Chehalem Val ley orchards, a special train of Nehalem people will leave Sunday, May 16, to visit the orchards. Considerable interest has been aroused In the excursion, which promises, to Include a large number of Nehalem business men. 0. A. C. WliERAT HOI DEFEATS WASHINGTON STATE ON SHIP SUBSIDY. NONPARTISAN CRY FOR JUDGES HEARD Multnomah Bar Association Goes on Record to Clear Judiciary of Politics. NO DISSENTING VOTE OUT Though One or Two Oppose Resolu tion it Passes Without Difficulty. "Lawyers Want Lawyers to Select Judges for Bench. The Multnomah Bar Association last night adopted resolutions favoring, a nonpartisan Judiciary and that judges for the Supreme Court shall be nomi nated by an assembly composed of none but lawyers. The resolutions will be presented to the State Bar Association, which meets May 17, by a committee representing the Multnomah Bar Association, which will urge their adoption. The resolu tions follow: We. your committee, heretofore appointed to report upon a method of nominating and electing Judges without regard to politics, to be reported to the State Bar Associa tion at Its adjourned session May 17, 1910, beg to Ncommend tbe adoption of thefol lowlng resolutions: Political Considerations Hit. 1. That the Multnomah Bar Association is in favor of the nominating and electing of Judges without regard to their political opinions or affiliations, because judges are required to decide questions presented to them upon legal and not political consid erations. 2. In order to accomplish that result we favor the nomination of Judges for the Su preme bench by a proper and legal assembly called for that purpose only, composed of lawyers representing the bar of every sec tion of the state without regard to politics. 3. We recommend these resolutions to the favorable consideration of the tate Bar Association for such action by it as may be deemed advisable and expedient In order to accomplish the purposes here announced. 4. We recommend that a committee of five members shall be appointed by the president of this association to present these resolutions to the State Bar Association and to urge their adoption by said body, and otherwise to promote b before the State Bar Association the principles here advocated. (Signed) MARTIN L- PIPES, Chairman. A. K. CLARK, ALEX BERNSTEIN. RALPH B. MOODY. DAN J. 31ALASKTST. Newton McCoy, while he said he was in favor of a nonpartisan Judiciary, ob jected to limiting the assembly to law yers. "The other fellows might have some thing to say," said McCoy. "I do not believe It is a practical proposition to lilmt the assembly to lawyers only." Lawyers Are Best Judges? ' Chairman Pipes explained that the committee had gone over the sltimtion thoroughly and came to the conclusion that lawyers are the better judges of who should sit on the bench. , Dan J. Malarkey said legislation will be needed so that no party may name candidates for judgeships tnd that It was the Intention to nominate pandi dates for the Circuit Court Judges by the same method as applies to Supreme Court judges. He said the Supreme Court was specifically mentioned be cause the State Bar Association is state-wide in its scope. McCoy then suggested that all can didates for all offices be placed on the ballots without political designation attached to their names. Harry Yanckwich declared that It Is as necessary to remove Justices of the Peace and the municipal judge from politics as judges of the higher courts. and asked that the resolution apply to all judgeships. "I want to know the occasion of this sudden nonpartisan movement," said John XMtchburn. "I have practiced law In this county for many years. We have been getting along nicely, and I want to know what this is all about. We have had Republican and Democratic Judges; we nave had .Republican and Democratic Governors, and we have been getting along alright. What Is the matter? Are you afraid of your Judges of the Su preme Court? Are you afraid King will have to go back to practicing law?" No Dissenting Vote Given. The resolutions were passed without a dissenting voice. IPresldent Charles J. 6chnabel then ap pointed the committee that prepared the resolutions to present them to the State Ear Association and carry out the re com -mendaions contained in the resolutions. A resolution introduced by Mr. Schna bel asking for an examining commission. 1 " "IT TSD ADDITION BIjDG.JUJS77irCTfaV JfOTfES EEAITIFZfZ; YPZtBZIC HWK YIZTtZNUFRACT IfAGMITCEJrr VIEW OF MPS. JJfIGJfi rCLBAJfAJW JfEALTJfFZm r. In. ISPS! 4 T 52JZLSOF CZZSTEX ZZGffTS 'SZMOES'OF. 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Note the tremendous improvement work which is going on now. There will never again be an opportunity like this one. We are offering this property 50 per cent below what is being asked for residence lots which adjoin Laurelhurst and which have none of the high-grade improvements or restrictions. Laurelhurst offers yo the opportunity to reside in a neighborhood where the environment to which you subject your wife and family is of the best a neighborhood where culture andrefinement predominate. 8AI-EM AGBN CT, A- N. Moores. 1-2 JBasn-Breymsut Block ECGEVE AGENCY, Matirladry & Shumate. BAKER CI TV AGENT, Ira I), gturg-e.-ALBANT AGENCY, A. X. Stark. CONDON AGENT,. J. W. Cochran. TFA1LA TVAXiA AGENCY, Dromseller A nnis, W. C. Koehne. DAYTON, WASH.. AGENCY, Gerken ttard. Take Montavllla or Rose City Park cars direct to the property. Take Sunny side or Mount Tabor cars to Kast Thirty-ninth street and walk four blocks north to Laurelhurst. Or call at our office and we will show you the property in our automobiles. C22 CORBETT BI.DG. PHONES MAIN 1503 A-1515. composed of lawyers, shall pass upon ap plicants for admission to the bar, instead of the Supreme Court, whose duty it would be to recommend admi&sions to the court, was referred to the legisla tive committee. EL e. J. McAllister moved that the com mittee that had prepared the resolutions to be presented to the State Bar Asso ciation be Instructed to work out a method of applying a similar ssytem tor a nonpuartlsan judiciary in Multnomah county. Mr. Malarkey offered a substi tute, providing that a committee of five be appointed, and on motion of Waldemar Seton the whole proposition was laid cn the table. James. H. Brady to participate in the ceremony. The old stage, which for over 50 years has been the' only means of transportation over the mountains Into the rich mineral zone around Sal mon City, passes with the advent of the railroad. The line will not be in operation . before July 1. Developments are' bearing out '.the prediction that the North Coast and the Gllmore & Pittsburg will connect at Lewlston, for this is shown by the fact that the North Coast has com pleted Its survey north of Lewlston, through the Palouse countrv while th Gllmore & Pittsburg is finishing its SUrveV into 7 .Owlstnn The resources of all the banks of the coun try amount to about S21.00O.0OO.O00. or about one-flfth of the entire wealth of the county. GOLDEN SPIKE TELLS TALE Salmon City, Idaho, Gets Railroad Terminal; Big Celebration Due. BOISE, Idaho, May 12. (Special.) The golden spike, marking the linking of Salmon City, Lemhi County, wltn the railroad world, will be driven in that city on the . Gllmore & Pittsburg, making its -present terminal there, on May 18. Elaborate preparations are being made for the event and excur sions from all parts of Eastern Idaho and Montana will be run to Salmon City on that date. The spike contains $850 In gold and and after the ceremony is over, it will be extracted from the ties and cut Into small pieces to be distributed among the prominent officials In at tendance as souvenir stick pins. An effort is being made to have Governor Opposed to All Principles of Eco nomic Ijavr, Is Argument Put Forth by Oregonians. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls. Or, May 12. (Spe cial.) At the Corvallls end pf the de bate between O. A. C and Washington State College tonight. O. A. C was an easy winner. The question was ship subsidy, and O. A. C. upheld the nega tive. Washington State's principal con tention was that with a ship subsidy trade with foreign nations would' be developed. O. A. C. affirmed that trade did not depend on a subsidy and that it was against all principles of eco nomic law. For O. A- C the speakers were E. B. Stanley, A. A- Asbahr and A. C Gibson; for Washington State, L. J. Brislaws. Harold Sewell and L. F. Har rison. The Judges were Professor S- E. Toung, of the University of Oregon; Dr. A. C. Schmidt, of Albany, and Dr. Franklin, of Albany College. Rev. A. F. Bafford was chairman of the evening. Clnbs Will Meet Again. For the eecond time this season, the Multnomah Club and Columbia Univer sity baseball teams will play Saturday afternoon on Multnomah Field. In the game played two weeks ago, Columbi defeated the wearers of the winged "M' by the score of 6 to 2. Multnomah will use its best team tomorrow afternoon. In hope of conquering Dolly Gray s frisky- team. Captain Ed Morris will probably hurt for Multnomah, wttn Shearer or Bob Twohy as battery partner. Eugene, Oregon. 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