Morning Oregonian., January 04, 1911, Image 1

r . PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY JANUAK1 4, 1911. ,.
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COREY RESIGNS US
STEELJRESIDEfiT
Retirement IsTriumph
for ex-Judge Gary.
MAGNATE VIRTUALLY OUSTED
Gigantic Corporation Is Un
likely to Name Successor.
FUTURE PLANS NOT KNOWN
Judge Gary Says Head of Concern
Quits Post 'Willi Feelings of
Cordiality on Both Sides 1I
Is to Be Ileal Chief.
YORK. Jan. l-CSpeclal.) Will
lam y Corey. president of the United
State S'ecl Corporation. resigned today,
ind it Is probable be will have no suc-.-essor.
His r-elnnatlon announced
late this afternoon by Elbert H. Gary,
hnlrman of the corporation, to take ef
fort at the pleasure of the director
lUirk of th announcement of Mr.
"orey's re'.gnatlon Is the hitherto untold
tory of the manner In which the Morgan
Interest overrode an expressed stipula
tion of Andrew Carnegie regarding the
prvsMenry of the corporation and of the
Hire and certain manner In which Judge
Jarr completely won the confidence of J.
JMerpont Morgan, causing the resignation
of G-org- W. Prrklns from the chair
manship of the finance committee of the
steel trust and his ultimate re.-tgnatlon
as a partner of Mortt.in.
Corey Forced to BeVgn.
Corey's fall from power for It became
authoritatively known ton'ght that he
wa practically forced to resign after
seven years of service follow the en
forced resignation of his predecessor.
Charles- M. Schwab, the favorite of An
3rew Carnegie.
When tt:e steel trust was formed and
th proteges of Andrew Carnegie became
millionaires over night, Carnegie made a
stipulation or his agreement to turn over
tils properties; to the merger that Charles
M. Schwab should be made president.
Interests Agree to Plan.
That was agreed to by the Interests
represented by J. P. Morgan. ex-Governor
Roswcll P. Flower. 11. H. Rogers and H.
jr.- Porter, bat Gary. organUer or the
Illinois Steel Company and president and
organiser of the Federal Steel Company,
was celled upon by Morgan and his cor
freres to write the by-laws of the newly
Jorn steel trust.
Thereupon. Schwab became president
jf the giant merger with great eclat,
but when he awoke to the full realUa
tlon of his position, he found, as did
Andrew Carnegie, that Gary so stripped
ihe presidency of Its powers that he
was in reality only in control of the
manufacturing department of the in
dustry and had no hand In Its financial
destinies.
Chairman Given AH Powers.
Two sections of by-laws of the steel
trust, complied by Judge Gary and ap
proved by the Morgan Interests, fol
low: "That the chairman of the board and
chairman of the finance committee, to-
gether. shall have all powers of the
board and of the full committee when
they are not In session.
-The chairman of the board shall be
rhlef executive officer of the corpora
tion In general charge of affairs of
the corporation."
Mr. Gary was chosen chairman of
the board of directors. Whet George
W. rerklns resigned the office of
chairman of the finance committee.
Judge Gary was immediately elected to
fill the vacancy, while remaining; un
disturbed as chairman of the board.
Gary Makes Statement.
Fx-Judge Gary's statement on the
resignation of Corey says In part:
"After more than seven years of
faithful service as president of the
I'nlted States Steel Corporation. W. E.
Corey has tendered his resignation to
take effect at the pleasure of the board
ef directors. The resignation will be
presented to the board for action.
"It Is the present opinion of the
members of the committee that there
should not be elected a successor as
president In the Immediate future, if
at all.
"The experience and talents of Mr.
Corey have best fitted htm to take
charge of the commercial and manu-
fa- turlng departments.
However, as the manufacturing; com
panics are thoroughly equipped with
the very best talent. Including; such
is the above mentioned branches need,
the strength of the organisation will
not be diminished. The finance com
mlttee mar recommend the election of
a vice-president or two vice-presidents.
who will take charge or different de
cartments.
"It la Intended to strengthen the
whole organisation In every respect.
practicable and useful.
"The relations between Mr. Corey and
the members of the board of finance
oramlttee. respectively, as well as all
the officers of the United States Steel
Corporation and subsidiary companies
lave been most pleasant and agree
able.
"Mr. Corey eereres tils connection
with a feeling of loyalty to and friend
ship for the corporation and all Its In
(Concluded ea 3.1
WOMAN BETRAYS
JAP WAR SECRET
PATIUOTISM OUTWEIGHS LOVE
FOK SrVIXG OFFICElt.
Letter From Missouri Tells Cannon
of Maps Made of Defenses on
Pacific Coast.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S. (Spec'al.)
Warning from a new and unexpected
source of the activities of the secret
service agents of the Japanese military
establishment was received In Washing
ton today. From St. Joseph, Mo., there
came to Speaker Cannon a letter which
created surprise. The writer was a
young woman, who. through acquaintance
with a Japanese of standing, came Into
possession of embarrass'ng facts and
who had been earning her secret for a
long time, but whose patriotism moved
her to write to Mr. Cannon. In her Iet
tar. after telling who she 1V which fact
the Speaker gallantly concealed and ex
plaining that she is in love with the Jap
anese officer, she says:
-I have Just found out his mission in
this country. While reading a news
paper the other day he came across some
thing about what they are discussing In
the House of Representatives and said.
'Vou have a fine lot of fools there.' I
asked him what he meant and he said:
They are as ignorant of what we are
preparing to do' then he caught himself,
realizing that he was about to tell hi
secret.
"While he was away I searched his
suitcase and found a secret pocket. In
It there were diagrams of rarts of the
Pacific Coast. The weak points were
hv maun of arrows. I kept out
a very small diagram and have it still.
It vu some part ot the cooai 01 ..
lngston S'.atc. He does, not know that
i hv it. but I am expecting him to miss
It any time and nek me for It.
AUTO PLUNGES,MAN KILLED
Car Goe Over 60-Foot Bank Int
Sullivan Gulch.
ea a stiff) mnhlle down a 0-
foot embankment Into Sullivan's Gulch
on East Hoyt street, between s-evenm
and Eighth, at 2:30 this morning, a
unidentified man met his death. The
1.1.. .-r,..l nver several times and
Its occupant was pitched against one
of a string of box cars In the gulch.
The car was reduced to splinters.
e,,e . is known, there were
r,n..ea to the accident. The body
of the man who was at the steering
wheel when the auto tumbled into
..ik ... i.irtrd ud where it had
fallen, in the railroad yards. The head
was caved In. Death naa ewu..w
been instantaneous.
i-,rr, the ruin the wrecked car wm
In and from the fate of the driver. It
... .vl.ient that there were no pas
sengers In the machine.
The body of the victim was xnai
e v.r old. of medium build.
with brown hair, and was dressed In
boots, flannel shirt, dark trousers
a macklnaw.
The auto bore the number ureguii
.ota TV-. t number is neia u r i
Harlow, a merchant of Troutdale. The
dead man Is thought to nave -garage
helper.
TUBE SKIRT IS SENSATION
Vancouver roiK rouow
an Negotiate Curb Steps.
r.vr-nrvn! Wash.. Jan. 3. (Special.)
A quiet little woman, with a mincing
gait. In a light gray iu
. ,.v.r moving ur Main street
seen in -
this aftrncAm created a sensation and
Interrupted business,
x... ,i,- tim.fce skirt renched Seventh
ertrect. people were standing oren eyed.
Men and wonssn In secona ana nnu-w.,
-(.,...- cranea their necks.
When she reached a cross Kreet. she
u .iv. - little Jump and she always
landed safely. But when she attempted
to step up on the curb on me oimr
she was forced to halt, grasp a small
handful or skirt. Just above the knee.
where there w.s a slight rui.ness, i
give a little hop. Thus she would gain
A crowd rollowed. The lime woman
i n.nh.r rieht nor left. One wkp
of hair, which was not gathered under
ner uii-iw v
disappeared Into an apartment house and
i ..dn wn l elit in color, ouo
Vancouver grew caim agaju.
SHIP OREGON SOON READY
Famous Battleship to Be Assigned
to Asiatic Fleet.
BREMERTON NAVY-YARD. Puget
Sound. Jan. 3. (Special.) The old bat
tleship Oregon was placed In the dry
dock today to have her hull cleaned and
to receive a new coat of paint. Those
who are Interested in whether the his
toric old craft can "come back" will
be glad to learn that she la fast round
ing Into her old-time form.
She will be ready to go Into com
mission In snout two more months and
probably will be assigned to duty with
the United States Asiatic fleet. With
.all the latest appliances of fire control,
gunslghts and having been overhauled
from keel to fijthtlng top. the Oregon
will be a more formidable fighting ship
than when she aided In the destruction
of Cervera'a Spanish fleet at Santiago.
FILIFINO SHOUTS FpR JAPS
Barncamlne Says They iVlll Blow
Americans Into Bay.
MANILA. P. I.. Jan- J. (Special.)
Felipe Buencamine, who was a member
of Aguinaldo's cabinet. In an Inflamma
tory dialect speech today, told the native
rabble here that the Japanese will blow
all Americans Into the sea some time In
May.
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LODGE DEFENDS
HIS STEWARDSHIP
Senator Upholds His
Action on Tariff.
TELLS GQOO THINGS IT DOES
He Believes in Protection to
Maintain High Wages.
ALSO TARIFF COMMISSION
If ExpcrU Find Duty Too High, It
Should Bo Ileduced, He Says.
Free Kaw Material Welcome If
Producers Are Willing.
BOSTON, Jan. i.On the eve of the
convening of the Legislature, Senator
Henry C. Lodge, In an address at Sym
phony Hall, tonight defended his 18
years' record In the Senate as a plea for
re-election for a fourth term.
A majority of the Republican members
of the House and Senate sat immediately
In front of Mr. Lodge. The hall was
crowded and an overflow meeting was
held In an adjoining building, where Mr.
Lodge repeated a portion of his speech.
There was much enthusiasm.
Mr. Lodge said he had never yet lenrned
to ppeak In favor of his own election and
continued:
Without strong reason It would 111 be
come me now, after having been honored
with the confidence of the people of
Massachusetts for so long, to depart from
this rule. But a compelling reason ex
ists In the misrepresentation, going far
beyond the ordinary mlwepresentatln
that disfigures all public life, which has
been poured out upon me."
Why Lodge Voted for Tariff.
After telling at length of his vote on
various other measures, Mr. Lodga took
up the tariff, savins' In part:
"I have been a member of the commit
tee on finance only two years, but during
that tlma the committee, which dealt
with all matters relating to the revenue
and the Treasury as well as banking and
currency, considered and reported the
tariff of 1909. I knew that It had defects,
like all tariffs, but I also knew that It
was a great Improvement upon the law
which It supplanted.
"I voted for It, because It established
a customs court, the maximum and min
imum provisions, a great measure of
reciprocity, and the tariff board, the first
step In which I think a great reform.
"I voted for It because It removed the
duty on hides, for which I had labored
for years nnd upon which I broke with
my committee and led the fight In the
Senate. I voted for It because it made
art free and mineral oil free and reduced
the duty on meat, lumber, coal. Iron ore
and scrap Iron; because it readjusted the
schedules on Jewelry, watches, cotton
goods and other great Industries of vital
Importance to New England and Massa
chusetts'. Tariff Commission Supported.
"I am a Republican and a protectionist.
I believe that a protective tariff is ab
solutely necessary to maintain the level
of American wages, which Is a higher
level than exlets anywhere else. I be
lieve that there should be a permanent
tariff" commission composed of Indepen
dent experts, whose duty It shall be to
collect all facts showing comparative
costs of production and to submit them
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. 44
degrees; minimum, S3 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Foreljn.
Deadly battle of desperadoes with London
police leads to discovery of anarchist
plot. Pate 2.
Puerto Cortes. Honduras, expects capture
by Bontlla's gunboat Hornet. Page 3.
National.
Government loses famous libel suit against
New York World. : Page 2.
Hawley and Ellis work for fair share of
reclamation fund fur Oregon; Senators
' do nothing. Page 3.
Western railroads cut freglht rates. Pago 3.
Supreme Court upholds bond guaranty laws
ot Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Page .
. . . Politics.
Talk of next city campaign already begins.
Page 11.
Senator Lodge addresses Massachusetts Leg
islature in defense of his action on tarlti.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Three die from cold in the Sunny South.
Page 1. -
Missouri woman betrays secret of Japanese
spy. whom she loves. Page 1.
Five men arrested on suspicion of Ogden
train robbery. Tage S.
Corey resigns as president of United States
- steel Corporation. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong outlook In all hop markets. Page 10.
Top grade livestock brings high prices.
Page It.
Bulge In wheat at Chicago. Pase 19.
Wool values steady at Boston. Page 19.
Steel contract for Harrlman bridge awarded.
Page 18.
Sport.
McCredle gives out names of 1911 team's
pitchers. Page 8.
Frank Gotrh. champion wrestler, surren
ders honrrs to Turk, whom he backs
for 120.000 match. Page 8.
Joe Tinker. Cubs' shortstop, to live In
Portland when he retires. Page 8.
National commission makes new rule to pre
vent abuses of drafting system by major
league clubs. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor-elect West may name Salem room
mate as State Bank Examiner. Page i.
Railroads halt retrenchment of 1910 by an
nouncement to spend 3.000,000 In Wasa
lngton. Page ?
State officials to participate in dedication
of Albany's $.10,000 armory. Page 0.
Urgent recommendations to Legislature may
i-bange accounting system In various
state Institutions. Page 0.
Supreme Court Justices find no blame In ex
ttanker Koss. Page ,12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Simon In annual message advises
econcmy. Page 1.
Juvenile Court official says picture shows
and skating rinks good for children.
President Taft and Senator Beverldge criti
cised at Oregon Woolmens' convention.
Pane 12. .
Wyoming woolmen td demand tariff protec
tion indorsement by National association.
Page 12.
J. TV. Ballev admits use of state property
but defends actions. Page 14.
Cornelius tunnel will be ready for tracks In
March. Pago 18.
Girl witness, apparently Insane, breaks up
hearing of Greek by shrieks in i ederal
Court. Page 9.
Board of Health asks 15,000 tor hospital
for eontaKious diseases. Pago 8.
Committee Bnd constitution block to effort
to retire Port of Portland. Page 12.
Lumber mills of Oregon cut 1.7GO.0UO.00O
feet In 1110; market Is poor. Page2j1
50 YEARS WEDDED; SUIT ON
Divorce About to Separate Couple
5 Days From Golden Anniversary.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 8. (Special.)
Lacking only five days of the golden an
niversary of their marriage O. P. Town
send today commenced suit against
Jlercla T. Townsend for divorce.
The couples were married In 1861 at
Spencer, Mass., and have five children
now grown to maturity.
The plaintiff husband charges that In
189S at Denver his wife deserted him
and Is now living at the old home In
Spencer where the couple were married
nearly 30 years ago.
CHINESE TO OUST JAPS
Big Secret Society In Manchuria Or
ganized for Purpose.
PEKIN. China. Jan. 5. It Is reported
that the Chinese In Manchuria have or
ganized a secret society of large mem
bership to drive the Japanese out of the
country.
OREGON GETS THE "CHICKEN TEED.'
3 DIE FROM GOLD
IN SUNNY SOUTH
Middle West Is Also
Frostbitten.
GARMENT WORKERS SUFFER
Chicago Charitable Institu
tions Are Crowded.
MANY STATES SHIVERING
Tampa, Florida, Is Ten Degrees
Colder Than Los Angeles Texas
and Xcw Mexico Suffer Heav
ily in Extreme Weather.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. (Special.) All
doubts that Winter of the old-fashioned
variety has settled down upon the
country were dispelled today, when dis
patches from all points West and South
told of temperatures near or below
zero. In some Instances cold Is accom
panied by fine snow frozen to the con
sistency and sharpness of glass, and
which is drifting badly, driven by high
winds.
In Chicago a new mark of four de
grees above was reached, which means
Intensely cold weather because of the
proximity of Lake Michigan, and the
moisture, which penetrates the very
marrow of one's bones.
vtUnr from tha extreme Northwest,
British Columbia and the Upper Michi
gan Peninsula, where 20 to 50 below
zero is not uncommon, suffer Intensely
frorh the damp cold In Chicago.
Garment Workers Destitute.
All the cltj', county and private
charitable Institutions are crowded to
the limit. The garment workers" strike
has thrown 45,000 destitute persons
upon the bounty of the city and county,
and this additional load, with the al
ready large number of helpless Inhab
itants, is taxing the resources of char
itable bodies.
These thousands of dependent per
sons are too poorly clothed and nour
ished to take advantage of any other
work that is offered them, so they con
stitute a constant drag upon the charit
able organizations, and will continue eo
all of the Winter. Work In comfortable
factories at top wages is open to all
the striking garment workers, but they
prefer to remain dependent upon char
ity rather than surrender their "prin
ciples." The majority of them are not
citizens of the country and have a very
remote idea of what the row is all
about, taking the word of inflamma
tory orators for It.
Sunny South XIpped.
A feature of the present, siege of cold
weather Is its penetration of the more
or less Sunny South. Dispatches from
San Antonio, Tex., say all records have
been broken there, and all over South
ern Texas, where early crops of gar
den truck have been destroyed. Similar
conditions are reported in New Orleans
and vicinity. Texas reports two deaths
from freezing and the destruction of
thousands of dollars' worth of livestock.
Snow fell today in Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee. Kentucky and the northern
parts of Mississippi and Alabama.,
Woman Freezes at Santa Fe.
At Tampa. Fla., the extreme souther
ly point, the temperature was almost
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CHILDREN IN NEED
OF PLENTY OF FUN
ATTACKS OX PICTURE SHOWS
AXD SKATING HELD WROXG.
Juvenile Official Asks Churches to
Suggest Substitutes or El.se
Withdraw Censure.
Moving picture shows and roller skat
ing, as a means of amusement to chil
dren, are held to be harmless, and in
fact beneficial,- by Miss Emma L. Butler,
of the Juvenile Court, who addressed
the Oregon Congress of Mothers at the
Y. W. C. A. building yesterday after
noon. Miss Butler further said that the
churches and other organizations which
are fighting these forms of recreation
among children are doing no good as
they suggest no suitable substitute and
without something to take the place of
these, Miss Butler held that conditions
among the young people would be really
worse than they are at present.
Miss Butler contended that much of
the cause of wrong doing among chil
dren Is lack of proper amusement and
to this end she l aintained that mothers
should co-operate In the prevention of
crime by inventing the right sort of fun
for the growing boys and girls.
A remedy which she suggested is that
all school houses should be kept open
In the evening and provided with suita
ble gymnasiums and libraries, that the
permanent interest of the children
might be ardused. She suggested furth
er, in connection with this plan, that
the girls nd boys of each district who
do not attend school, but are compelled
by necessity to work during the day.
be allowed to share in the amusement as
well as the more fortunate.
at,. nva that it has been her experi
ence that it is for no purpose of wrong
doing that juveniles attend me p.iu.c
shows and skating rinks, but only for
the sake of having a good time and then
when a substitute is supplied there will
be small need for a battle against these
so-called temptations.
LOSS OF KEY LUDICROUS
Detectives Handcuffed to Prisoner
Seeks Long for Freedom.
Precautions taken by Detective West
caused him a bad half hour last night.
He was bringing Hugh Meade, an ac-
a ,..i- nver the ferry from Van
couver, and. as a precaution against
escape, he handcunea om'
prisoner.
When police headquarters was reached
West endeavored to let go his charge.
n-y .is n.-.!3 -1 cot-id nui u
The- handcuffs would not unlock. The
key absolutely refused to fit.
Cold beads of persperation stood out
on the officer's brow and the other
members openly laughed at the hand
cuffed sleuth, but refused to offer any
assistance. Captain Bailey was for
locking the detective up along with
his prisoner.
Suddenly West remembered that he
and Detective John Maloncy had
"swapped" keys during the afternoon.
Captain Bailey advanced the informa
tion that Maloney was attending the
theater with his "steady." No hope
on that score. The captain refused to
accept the warrant without the pris
oner and West couldn't deliver the
prisoner without going to Jail himself.
At last he took prisoner, warrant and
all with him and set out to find John
Maloney and deliverance from his hu
man burden and ended his search at
the detectives' department with his man
still In tow. Here deliverance was
given by Detective Hyde, who pos
sessed the much-sought key.
CANNON INHERITS FORTUNE
Widow or Man Ho Befriended
Leaves Speaker $2,500,000.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 3. (Special.)
Speaker Cannon received a letter to
day from King, King & Co., bankers of
Bombay, India, notifying him that a
woman client of theirs, having been
warned by her physicians that she had
less than six months to live, had de
posited with them her will for execu
tion upon her death. In which Joseph
G. Cannon, of Danville, 111.. Is made
sole heir to an estate valued at $2,500.
000. According to the letter, it is ex
plained that many years ago Mr. Can
non did a great deal of kindness for
a man then poor and struggling, from
whom he could have expected no re
turn. That man went to India, worked
hard, made investments, was phenom
enally fortunate and accumulated a
great estate.
Upon his death he left his entire es
tate to King, King & Co.'s client for
life,- with the stipulation that upon the
death of his wife it was to revert to
Mr. Cannon.
DECOY GETS BLACKMAILER
Seattle Deputy Sheriffs Grab Man
Who Demands $2000.
. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. S. Detectives
arrested Chill Rossi today Just as he
reached for a decoy money package
placed under the Spokane-avenue
bridge over the tideflats in answer to
letters demanding J2000 from Fred
Marino, a prosperous Georgetown Ital
ian. The men who caught Rossi spent 17
hours lying on top of the big water
mains under the bridge waiting for the
writer of the threatening letters to ap
pear. A package done up in the man
ner prescribed in the letter demanding
the money was placed In a specified
nook under the trestle.
When Rossi climbed under the bridge
and reached for the package the Dep
uty Sheriffs pointed their revolvers at
him and ordered him to surrender. He
offered no resistance.
MAYOR'S MESSAGE
ss
ECONOMY
Efficient Work Being
Done, Says Simon.
CITY'S HEALTH EXCELLENT
Prohibition of Frame Docks on
Waterfront Advocated.
BRIDGE TROUBLES OVER
Clean Streets Are Good Advertise
ment and Proper Lighting is
Heal Economy Water llc
celpts Are Growing.
Portland's progress is reviewed and
suggestions are mado for the improve
ment of present conditions in Mayor
Simon's annual message, which was com
pleted late yesterday afternoon and will
be filed today. The message, which will
be presented to the Council at its meet
ing next week, gives a detailed statement
of the city's financial condition, and the
members of the Council are aeked to be
economical with the city's funds.
The Mayor calls attention to the effi
cient work done by the various depart
ments of tlio city, and expresses his ap
preciation of the way the city employes
have dono their duty. Tho criticism that
haa been made concerning the Police De
partment, the Mayor says, was prompted
by selfish interests, and he insists that
the department is well organized, proper
ly diclplined and effective.
Fire Danger Keviewed.
Concerning the Fire Department, the
Mayor has no recommendations to make,
but calls attention to the rapid growth
of the city and the increased expense
necessary to protect property from fire.
One of the more Important parts of the
Mayor's message is his recommendatiou
for better buildings along the water
front, lie calls attention to the danger
the present frame buildings present, and
suggests that the patching up ot these old
structures be prohibited. All buildings on
the waterfront should he provided with
concrete foundation he says.
Various features of the new building
ordinance are reviewed. The Mayor calls
attention to the value of the clause pro
viding for a board of appeals. Inciden
tally, the Muyor calls attention to the
high class of buildings being constructed
for business purposes In the city.
Health of City Good.
The healthful condition ot the city Is
pointed out and the necessity for insuring
the people of the city pure food is ex
plained. That few patients have been sent
to the new Isolation hospital is commented
iinnn. Tiie Mayor looks upon the new-
garbage crematory favorably, and eayi
it seems to be an up-to-date plant.
The citv laid more hard-surlace streets
during 1910, the Mayor says, than in all
the previous history of the municipality.
The hard-surface streets laid during tha
year total TO miles in length.
Considerable attention is given by the
Mayor to new bridges. The Hawthorne
bridgo seems to have been well built and
a credit to the city. The fact that bids
for the substructure of the Broadway
bridge have been opened Is pointed to as
an evidence that the project la to ma
terialize in spite of the opposition against
It. The legal fight against the bridge is
evnlainral and the Mayor expresses his
belief that further opposition of this kind
to the bridge is no longer possiblo.
While the Mayor admits that the East
Twenty-first-street bridge is a necessity,
he explains that the other-bridges re
cently built near it make It possible to
delay the completion of the bridge until
the city can spare the necessary funds
for it.
More Mains to Be Laid.
Now that 'the city has a law govern
ing the laying of water mains by the
Water Board, work of this kind can
proceed without interruption, and tho
city's growth and development will be
a'ded.
After going into detail in explaining
the Improvements made during the year
in public parks, Including playgrounds,
the Mayor says that a definite policy
has been adopted, providing for the
preparation of preliminary plans for
each park before It is Improved.
Approved apparatus for the cleaning
of streets by flushing them haa proved
a success in Portland, the Mayor says.
The growth of the area of good streets
is Increasing the expense for cleaning
them, but this work is of much Import
ance, he intimates. Street lighting is be
ing extended, and is considered a pro
tection against crime.
It is the opinion of the Mayor that
the Department of Sealer of Weights
and Measures virtually has stopped
wrongs against the public of this nature.
' In selecting men to fill the positions
of dock commissioners, the Mayor has
endeavored, he says, to choose men of
the highest Integrity and business abili
ty. While he lias done all he can to
promote the best interests of the Com
mission, the Mayor does not express a
belief In the success of the plan of pub
lic ownership of docks, nor does he
definitely condemn it.
Purchasing Agent Suggested.
That there Is much loss in the present
system of purchasing supplies for the
city. Is the Mayor's opinion, and this
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