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O - . h.T. irnnvivil niJWI'llTllV WKllVEsnAT. FEBRUARl 1. 1911. " I' ll JlUlVli'" VJ.J-J j.... . ' - ' I ' " I SSSSSSSSSSassaasasassaasssss u JOY OF VICTORY IS FELT IN BUY CITY Whole Population Breaks Into ' Music, Dancing, Exuberant Din Over Fair. COURTS STOP INSTANTER K-hools IiKwlre Into Delighted Crowds of TonniplfM Ia Meeting Overflo! ilerohanla Excliangr, Womrtw KlnU WAS GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND IS SEEIOTJRLY ILL. I ...I. mu jui.-i A .linilH,UVW. ''H'-'T t K SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. J I. With a irala .plrlt that excelled any of the far famed festivals ever held In this city. San Francisco today and tonight cele brated the adoption by the Houm of KepresentatWes In Washington of the resolution naming the metropolis of the I'artilo as the alto for the I'aname-Pa-clllc International Exposition, to be held In ISIS to commemorate the opening; of the I'anama Canal. The receipt of the noma was greeted with a burst of enthusiasm seldom wit nessed, even In the spontaneoua West. The flrln of bombs from the newspa per buildings announred the victory to the expectant city and was the slfcnal for the sirens and steam whistles of every craft In the harbor and of fac tories and power planta on land. Outburst of Joy Spontaneous. As by maffW'. the srt.it steel and ICranlte piles of the business district, reared since the fire of lOt. broke out In bunilnK. wreaths and pennants, and from every flagstaff fluttered the Na tional colors. The courts adjourned In the midst of testimony and argument; unable to keep within bounds tne en thusiasm of their pupils, the city's school closed spontaneously and sv their children a half holiday in honor of t:ie event, while down town staid mer rhanta threw business to the winds and danced In the streets to the music of brass bands, which auddenly appeared from various directions and paraded the streets during the afternoon and to-ntsrtit. The central telephone offices were fairly aa-lntr with the little red llfthts of subscribers rlnr 7 In and asking- for details of the vote In Washington. "The fair Is ours. was the cry everywhere, and It was fully an hour before the downtown section of the city fettled .down to routine business attain, while In the cluba. cafes, theaters and an the streets Impromptu celebrations continued during the afternoon and to tlsrht. Scrnew Ilex-all w Year's Kvc The downtown streets snd'eafes rival 'he scenes of New Year's eve tonight. T.- be prepared for the revel and carni val spirit. Chief of Police Seymour ordered out all the reserves for traffic lu'y tonight In the congested streets. The entire city Is In festival array: immense electric signs with "San Frmn tsco 1911" have been put up, while the California bear, garlanded with the yellow poppy, the state flower. Is danc ing on huge pouters on the billboards under the prediction. "A million popu lation In lli." When the final vote .was announced, a miu meeting of citizens waa called n the floor of the Merchants' Ex change. So many sought admission that, when the speakers of the occa sion arrived, the police had great dif ficulty la forcing an entrance for them. Several women In the crowd fainted and a number suffered minor Injuries from the crush. The crowd displayed good nature and the police finally suc ceeded In closing the doors. Thou sands were left In the streets outside and were entertained by the numerous hands 'which had been parailing the streets from the time that the first news was announced. Hose Mass Meeting Held. James Holph. Jr.. president of the Merchants' Exchange, presided over the ma meeting and epeeehea were made by cx-Sovernor James N. Uillett. Benja min Id Wheeler, ex-president of the , . ... .... ix . . iii..tni., jicung -ayor dent ,ould ivnn jk. ivcuj, v . ii. i rocirr ana rrini . . I- Frown, acting; president of the ex position cornrany. A lengthy telegram from It. R. Hale, prealdent of the ex position company, who haa been direct ing the light at Washington, and a proclamation telegram from Washing ton by Mayor 1. H. McCarthy were read. The proclamation congratulated the people of thla city on the result of the fight before Congress and en joined them to celebrate the occasion fittingly. A resolution adopted by the mass meeting thanked President Tart, his Cabinet, the California delegation, the Representatives who voted for San Francisco and the committee sent to Washington, for the favor extended to this city, by the House of Representa tives. A separate resolution thanking the San Francisco boosters In W aldi ngton also waa adopted. A . V I, t PC" V V V. WILLIAM SPHAGIF- NKW TORK. Jan. 1. (Special.) The health of Wllllnm Sprague. one tlmo Governor of Rhode Island. Is such that his death would not be a surprise at any time. The "War Governor" Is In his !lst year. He Is now in Parle, where he went last year after the burning of his beau tiful home near NarragansetU R- L Mr. Sprague was born In Cranston, R. I.. September II. 1831- He was active In raising troops for the Civil War and participated In the first battle of Bull Run. He served throughout the Peninsular campaign. He served two terms In the Vnlted States Senate and was Governor of Rhode Island from 1S60 to is.l. value of the property In Clatsop County Is 9.E:i.M this levy will raise a total of i:J.')6.&1 to aid in carrying on the Centennial celebration. The court also took up the matter of a special levy of two mills for the construction of an armory, and decid ed not to make the levy for the an nounced reason that according to the written opinions obtained . from the best state authorities neither the city nor the county would have any equity In the building or site, notwithstand ing that they would be compelled to provide the funds for half the cost. OHECOV TO SHARE BENEFITS Govrrnnr West Glad Exposition Is Coming to Pacific Coast. STATR CArrTOr. Falem. Or.. Jan. SI. (Special.) Governor Oswald West In commenting on the selection of Fan Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Ex position said: "The coming of the Panama Kxposl tlon to San Francisco will result In great good, not only to that city and the State of California, but to the whole I'aclflc Coast. The whole West will be extensively advertised, cheap rates will prevail and travel will be enor mous and most of all will Inure to the benefit of the state for the reason that at least three-fourths of the tourists will come or return via Oregon and trip through our state will mean a re turn at a later date for the purpose of permanent location and Investment- SAN FRANCISCO WINNER CLERKS TOO FEW Hawley Finds Reason for Port land's Poor Mail Service. DEPARTMENT IS STINTING (Continued, from First Page.) I'OTK TLEASIXG TO FOItTLAXD Civic Bodies Telegraph Congratula tion to San Francisco. When the news of San Francisco's success In defeating New Orleans for the Pacific-Panama Exposition was re ceived In Portland there was general rejoicing in business circles. The progress of the campaign conducted at Washington by the City on the Bay has been watched In Portland con stantly, and the announcement of the vote In the lower house of Congress was eagerly looked forward to. G. F. Johnson, chairman of the pro motion committee of the Commercial Club, and C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Oregon Development League, sent a Joint message last night to W. H. Matson, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; H. H. Robblns. Jr, president of the Merchants Associa tion, anj James Kolph. Jr.. president of the Merchants' Exchange, which was worded as follows: "Portland and Oregon congratulate San Francisco and California. We take pride In thinking our work for the ex position has been effective.- Results re ward us for efforts we gave In your behalf." lie closed with a dramatic tribute to the people of the South, which called out applause and congratulations from both sides of the chamber. Kahn closed for San Francisco. California to Italse $15,000,000. After the test vote had been taken the Kahn resolution came up for con slderatlon. It provided that the Preal- lnvlte foreign nations to participate In the exposition when sat isfied that 17.600.000 had been raised for the fair. Kahn asked that the amount be raised to $15,000,000 and the amendment waa agreed to. Tawney then sought to amend the resolution by providing for the ap pointment of a commission by the President to supervise matters relating to foreign participation. The amend ment provided that all the expense of the commission should be borne by the exposition company and that a deposit should be made In the treasury to cover promised awards. It also ab solved the I'nltod States from all 11a bllltles whatsoever growing out of the exposition. Gardiner made a point of order against the amendment, and It was lost. Orientals Will lie Welcome. Gillette of Massachusetts, declaring he was naturally opposed to all expo sition propositions, took -the floor to ask Kahn If San Francisco would guar antee courteous treatment of the Japa nese visitors to the exposition In that city. Kahn declared that visiting Japanese and other Asiatics always had been ac corded the most courteous treatment In San Francisco; that there waa the friendliest possible feeling between the cltlsens of the state and Japan and he predicted that the exhibits from Japan and China at San Francisco would ex cel anything previously seen. GRAIN COMPANY FORMED LEVY MADE FOR CENTENNIAL CI-Uop County Court Authorizes 3.5 Mills for Celebration. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. St. CSpeclal.) At Its adjourned session this morning the County Court made a special levy of m milts on all the taxable property In Clatsop County for the benefit of the Centennial fund In accordance with the special act recently passed by the Legislature t and signed by Governor West this morning. As the assessed Eastern Capitalists to Bnild Eleva tors In Washington. SEATTLE. Jan. 31. Announcement was made today of the organisation of a grain company by Eastern capital ists, who will build a chain of eleva tors In Eastern Washington. Among the stockholders are J. B. White, of Kansas City, and Q. M. Du laney. of Hannibal. Mo. J. A. Pease, of Fort Dodge. Ia.. has been made man ager of the company, which will es tablish general offices In Seattle. The first elevators will be built along the Warden branch of the Chicago. Mil waukee & Puget Sound Railway. Eugene May Get Convention. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. II. (Special.) Rev. Charles A. Phlpps of Portland waa In Eugene Monday Interviewing local people regarding holding of a State Sunday School convention here some time in April. While Malls Come Into City rnsort ed for Lack of Men Po6tofflce Has Surplns in Appropriation for Railway Mall Men. OREGONIAM NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Jan. II. Representative Haw ley has been endeavoring for some days to secure an order from the Postofflce Department which will insure the bet ter working of malls on trains en route to Portland. Complaint was made to him by the East Side Business Men's Club and other business Interests of Portland, and It was stated that, be cause of Inadequate attention and handling on the trains, much of the mall to Portland Is delayed from It to 14 hours. If the malls were properly "worked" while en route, they could be expeditiously handled by the' Portland Postofflce. The trouble appears to be that the Department la not allowing enough railway mall clerks for the trains run ning Into Portland, and the limited force haa more mall than It can hsn 41e In transit. The result Is that much of the mall goes Into Portland unassorted, and tliere another hand ling is necessary which could be avoid ed if there were enough mall clerks on the trains. Hawley haa been In cor respondence with the Postofflce De partment In regard to the matter, and has been assured that the complaints will be Investigated. If this Investiga tion shows the need for more clerks. Hawley will Insist upon their appoint ment. Hawley Digs Vp Cause. Willie the postofflce bill was recently pending before the House, Hawley brought up this subject and tried by legislation to compel the Department to aupply all mall trains with as many clerka as may be needed to "work" the malls before reschlng the point of de livery. His amendment went out on a point of order. There was a brief colloquy between Hawley and Chair man Weeks, of the postofflce commit tee, which appears as follows In the Congressional Record: Mr. Hawley: In the chief city of our slat, the coiftplalnt has ben mad. for a ooDilderabl. period that the malls com. tnto Portland unworked. and that they ar. dalared In Ui.ir delivery In the city many hours frequently: that this condition arlsxs from the fact that not only are insuf ficient clerks put upon th. runs but that when vacancies have occurred In higher elaaa.. no promotions rrom tn lower classes were mad. to tnou positions ana we zorce Is reduced thereby. 1. that necessitated by any lack In the appropriations? Mr. Weeks: It Is not. Mr. Hawley: Then they have the money to make th. promotions If they want. Mr. Weeks: Th. department estimates It will have a surplus of 1464.000 at tb. end of th. year. Mr. riawiey: inco ins piimsrainfy ao im- quently mst with about the depleted condi tion of th. appropriation does not apply to thla appropriation. Mr. Wet Its; cviaenuy mere is sutnclent money. ... Mr. Hawley: nnere is ins isuit tnsnr Not Enough Clerks Employed. Mr. Waeka. Well. It is a Ions story. There ha. been an attempt to equalise th. eerv lr. of tb. men in the railway mall service. Hunt of them were working less hours than the general requirements of the department, and there have been changes In such cases, possibly In some cases men have been taken from trains, and In other eases men hav. been added to trains where ther. was an Insufficiency, but th.r. has been a general taking up of alack. I want to make this comment- When th. work of men Is chanced so that they are employed more hours than they hav. been, whatever the reuse may hav. been, there la pretty sur. to follow a complaint, even In cases where they were doing less work than th. standard required . . at r. nawiey: i n. cnainnan win recog nise. I think, thnt where a chronic condi tion exlsta lik. that 1 nav. mentioned or mall solna- to a vary large city unworked so frequently, they had not as many clerks on the line as were necessary to do Lh. work prop.rly. Mr. Weeks: I will say . that. If that Is a fact. It is Inexcusable. Mr. Hawley: Tbat has been stated to me by a very large number of business men and those who are familiar with the facts. Mr. weeks: i nave inveaugatea som. aes ef that kind, and I have found Lh. complaints were not warranted, but X hav. bo rtsjos to deny or doubt any atat.m.nt v.-. gentleman MEXICAN REBELS HOLD TWO TOWNS Residents of Galaneo and San Buena Ventura Abandon Their Homes. FEDERALS EXPECT SIEGE Government Officials Fortify and Gather Provisions for Casas Grandes Isnrreclos Victors In Three Battles. EL PASO. Texas. Jan. 81. Galinea and Ban Buena Ventura are held by the Insurrectoa, according to dispatches from Casas Grandes tonight. Colonel Rabago reached Casas Grandes early todav with 150 of the 600 men with whom he entered upon his campaign on Januarv S. Four battles have been fought, in three of which the lnaurrectos were Successful. Colonel Rabago losing the two rapid Ore gruns and four pieces of light artillery with which he Invaded the Galenea district. San Buena Ventura was abandoned to the Insurrectos Monday and Galenea deserted last night. Today Federal officials were busy preparing Casas Grandee for a long siege, gathering; provisions and fortifying the town. Today United States Consul Edwards made formal demand on the Mexican authorities at Juinea for an Immediate hearing In the case of William Boy kin, the American negro porter arrested Saturday night for complicity in smug gling into Mexico ammunition found on a southbound train. The bearing will be concluded tomorrow. WHISKY INSPIRITS REBELS Bolstered by SO Bottles They' Face Rain With Impunity. CALEXICO, Cal., Jan. SI. Sheriff Meadows, of Imperial County, received a message late today stating that a de tachment of United States soldiers from San Diego would arrive here tonight. The Insurgents made no move upon Mexican, just across tne border, today. They still maintain their camp about seven miles southwest of Mexican, and have recruited a number of Cocopah In dians. Rain has been' falling- all day. but. stlmulted by the contents of B0 bottles of whisky and as many bottles of other liquor, taken when they sacked Mexi can Sunday, the insurgents do not seem to mind the weather. The members of the band had been up two nights, and their leaders. El Gen eral Leyva. Simon Berthold, the Los Angeles Socialist, allowed them to rest and sleep all day. Scouts, however, were sent at Inter vals to Mexican. TIA JCAXA FEARS ATTACK Bull Ring Is Made Defensible by Officials of Town. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Jan. 31. In antici pation of an attack upon Tla Juana. Mexican officials of that town are making the bull ring defensible. It Is stated that 60 troopers are on the way from Ensenada to Tla Juana and will arrive there tomorrow afternoon. Ex tra men are being employed by the San Diego and Arlrona Railway Company to guard its property on the Mexican side of the line. In San Diego this afternoon the Gov ernor of Lower California was quoiea as saying that 2500 Mexican soldiers are on the way from Manzanlllo to En senada. but thla statement la not gen erally believed here. COURT ORDER ATTACKED WEBB SAYS TWO JTTIXiES D1U NOT SIGN' RlEP DECREE. One California Supreme Judge Out of State, Other Sick, When Re hearing Given Grafter. RAM FRANCISCO. Jan. 31. (Special.) Attorney-General Webb, of California, today gave notice to tne supreme Court that on February 6 he would make a motion to vacate the recent order of court, granting Abraham Ruef a rehearing before the Supreme Court fter judgment In the District court of Appeals against Ruef. Webb makes affidavit mat ne nas examined this order of the Supreme Court and Is positive that Justice Hen shaw. whoso slgnsture Is appended to the order, was out of the Btate at the time the decision was rendered nnd that Justice Melvln was sick in bbd, yet the names of both were signed to this order. Webb says he has good evidence that this order was signed first by Justice Larlgan and on the v following by Chief Justice ueatty. but there was never any session or con ference as the law provides, and that Melvin and Henshaw never saw the document to which their signatures were affixed. This is the first time In the history of the state or perhaps in the country that an Attorney-General has called upon the Justices of the State Supreme Court to defend their action In giving decision. DEATH ENDS HONEYMOON Wrestler Has Fatal Contest While Traveling With Bride. DENVER. Jan. 31. Stanley Lake, the wrestler, who died at Amarlllo, Texas, last night, as the result of Injuries re ceived In a wrestling bojt with Joe Mayes Saturday night. Is believed to be Joe .McCray. of Longmont, Colo.. heavyweight champion wrestler of Colorado. Mayes, it ! thought. Is Billy Edwards, of this state, with whom McCray has appeared In wrest ling matches. McCray was married January 17, and he and his bride were on their honey moon. DOUBLE HARRIMAN TRACKS (Continued from First Page.) pletedi Thla will leave the stretch between Troutdale and The Dalles with but a single track, but a part of that gap will be filled. We already have planned to lay the second set of rails from Troutdale to Bonneville, and from a point five miles west of The Dalles to The Dalles, leaving only a 40-mile piece that Is not double-tracked. Then we will put In the second track from The Dalles to Deschutes early this year and complete the line from Deschutes to Blalock before the end of the year. "Work will be rushed on the Echo Coyote cutoff so as to make this com plete before the beginning of 1913, which will give us a system of double trackage over this portion of the lines, as the old road can be used as a sec ond track. That will leave only 25 miles between Blalock and the end of the cutoff not double-tracked. "I don't know just how much money the directors have allowed ue, but that they have authorized the completion of the system is sufficient Information to warrant us to proceed with our plans." No immediate provision has been made for the continuation of the double-track system east of Echo, but the extension from that point to Hunting ton, the end of the Oregon-Washington system, likely is intended by the Har rlman official. Local officials understand that a complete double-track system from Omaha to Portland is desired by the directors. Yesterday's action is al most sufficient to carry these plana Into effect. Extension of the line Into Central Oregon also may have some bearing upon the plana in th's connection. The construction of an extension of the Ontario-Vale road, as outlined in The Oregonlan yesterday morning, it la be lieved, will have a bearing upon, fur ther arrangements. L mm LAWYER FROM PORTLAND WILTj RTJX FOR CARTER'S SEAT. Walsh's Friends Call Bryan to Help In Montana Senatorial Fight, Deadlock Is Tight. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 31. The can didacy of ex-State Senator Thomas D. Long of Flathead County, for United States Senator will be announced this week, and it is reported that several other new aspirants will enter the field. It la also reported that one of Walsh's supporters has gone to Lin coln, Neb., to get W. J. Bryan to come here in the Interests of Walsh. The Walsh men think that with the state committee and Bryan lined up In his behalf he will win the coveted toga. Conrad gained one more vote in to day's ballot, making his total the highest yet recorded. The result follows:- Carter, Republican, 33: Waleh, Democrat, 27; Conrad, Democrat, 19; scattering. 11; necessary to a choice, 45. Long moved from Kallspell, Mont., to Portland a few months ago, began the practice of law and bought a home In Irvlngton. Within the last month he sold his house to C M. Balr, the Montana sheepowner, and returned to Montana. His candidacy for Sen ator Is the sequel to this move. DEPOSITORSSEEK RELIEF VancouverltcB to Make Effort to Get Funds From Bank. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 81. (Spe cial.) A meeting of a number of de positors of the Commercial Bank of aVncouver, which failed to open its doors December 19, 1910. will be held In Elchenlaub's Hall at 10 o'clock, Feb ruary 10. G. M. Spencer, who has de posits amounting to 34000 In the closed hank, has started the movement, and signers having $10,000 In the bank have signified a willingness to attend such a meeting. The officers In the garrison who were depositors In the bank have held a meeting and appointed a committee of three to Investigate conditions and de cide what shall be done in-thelr Inter ests. , Officers of the bank refuse to say any thing about the condition of the bank's aafflrs. WAREHOUSES SHOW PROFIT Walla Walla Valley Farmers Find Earnings Are Big. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Jan. 31. 'Special.) Farmers' warehouses In the Walla Walla Valley have proven profit able, and last year the dividends on the Investments made by the stockholders ranired from 15 to 22 per cent. This Lenses Replaced 1 V. " T-iW &rV V 1 l ; ; ; L j . .- y V , i , -J ELEVEN YEARS I PORTLAND, AM) THE LARGEST PRACTICE I.V THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST You Save the Pieces; Well Do the Rest We do all our own grinding, and. can replace almost any lens while you wait, no matter who pre scribed It. In order to prevent possible de lay, drop in and let us see your glasses, ana we win For your convenience may need them. It nothing extra. keep a pair until you costs you WE TAKE CARE OK TOUR EVES IN THE WAV OF LENS CHANGES FOR OXB TEAR FROM DATE OF PURCHASE THOMPSON S. SECOND FLOOR CORBETT BLDG, Fifth and Morrison. Headquarter In Oregos for Genu ine K.ryptobL Leasts. S3 to $15 Trimmed Hats at $2 3 c Fast Black Hosiery torWomen 21c $6 Cowhide Leather Suit cases are selling today for First Floor $3.95 mil Another Timely Bargain in Finely Tailored Suits Regular $25 Values On Sale Today. Worsteds, Serges and Fine Broad cloths in grays, browns, navies and blacks; styles built to give perfect service in a broad range of sensible weaves and fabrics that good dress-; ers will surely appreciate. The max imum of value at a price far below regular, is your opportunity today." Suit Section, Third Floor. FURS AT REDUCTION so great that prices will do their own selling. GOOD GLOVES Which Usher in the New Season AT INTERESTING PRICES ALL UNDER REGULAR Oar Dent's make of good Gloves fitted to hand at, rf - ff per pair X vl J Our Glove Section is undergoing interesting changes. Bright, new lines are being added, which include such celebrated makes as Dent, Kaj-ser, Unique and Silverfield's. .Odd sizes in Imported Kid Gloves, small sizes, fair Q values, can be purchased for JUC Odd sizes in $1.25 Cape Gloves, can be purchased Q7 : U V These specials on sale today. All odd lines are being repidly closed out. SEE OUR GLOVE DISPLAY CENTER WINDOWi at does not represent tha earnings of these lrarehouse, companies, which are reported to have reached as high as SO per cent in some cases. These warehouses are operated by companies of farmers, usually members of the Farmers' Union, who have en deavored to reduce the handling ex penses. They have not only done so but they aver they have made handson;-. profits on their Investments. Ther. are about 15 of these warehouses in tli countiy, operated by six or seven dif ferent companies. Wild ducks srs estimated to fl 90 mile, an h"nr; swallows fly rather fmter. BULLETIN No. 24-A (Continued) The Public Side of Street Railroading By PATRICK CALHOUN President United Railroads of San Francisco San Francisco, Cal. These propositions involve non-political questions of a business." nature. Their discussion 6hould create no heat and arouse no rancor. All classes are interested in their correct solution. The railroad man ager freely acknowledges that it is his duty to the public to give the best and most efficient service, and he knows that by doing this he best serves the stockholders of the company. In every city of the country the problems of street railway transportation are receiving the attention of the most skilled and competent men, and yet, no ques tions affecting our city life have created more virulent, demagogic at tacks, have been discussed with less intelligence or more bitterness. The politician, the yellow journal and. the muckraker have combined to misrepresent the position of the railroads. Managers and owners are falsely charged with being the chief source of corruption in city gov ernment, and the effort is being made to separate them from the bal ance of the community. They are denounced as the enemies of society. The result of these attacks has been in a notable instance, in the City of Cleveland, to throw a perfectly solvent, splendidly managed prop erty into the hands of receivers ; to make many conservative investors fearful of the future of the securities of street railroads, and to place such securities in the speculative, instead of in the investment class, where they properly belong. The reason for this is twofold : The railroad management is brought into contact with every phase of city life ; every character of request for assistance is made upon it, from a contribution to a church bazaar to a contribution to an international exposition; from furnishing a special car for an infant's baptism to a funeral car for a man's last ride ; from the just demand for increased service during the busy hours of the day, to the unjust demand of the real estate speculators, that unprofitable roads should be built into unpeopled suburbs. No other business comes in contact daily with so many people, so touches the daily life of the citizen, nor is so important to the orderly conduct of the people's business. The railroad man has no control over the street traffic. Often times its tracks are the only well-paved part of the street; wagons and teams crowd upon them, and an inefficient or inimical city admin istration, neglectful of the people 's comfort, allows the ordinary street traffic to delay the cars. I have known the unloading of heavy build ing material to hold up the cars for 30 minutes. You know that effi cient service requires that the cars should move at equidistances, like units around an endless chain; that if the headway if u-y!?- minute in fire minutes' delay there will be a blockade of 10 jar with a cor responding space left vacant upon the street. The hurried and im patient patron, who does not see the cause, blames tiie railroad for the delay. While a large majority of the people are reasonable, the rail- road must haul all kinds, the halt, the lame, the old, the blind, the thoughtless, the careless, the impatient, and even those most unreason able of men who do not demand merely a cheap, first-class and effi cient service, but that the complicated machinery of a street railroad , shall so operate that when they pass through their front doors in the , morning a car shall be at the corner of their street to take them speed ily under ordinances which limit the speeo and traffic conditions upon the streets which the railroads cannoJ control to their places of business; that, at every moment of the lay, whenever one of them f wishes to fill a business engagement or mce a social visit, there shalty be a car waiting his pleasure to convey m where he wishes, and, if, he desires to go to another section of the.-ity from that through which; the car he first entered runs, that he b given a free transfer and an- other car shall await his pleasure at tbfc point of intersection. y (Contind) Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. 1 ( i 7 r i