lG THE 3rORXIXG .OREGOyiAN. TUESDAY, JTTLT 33, 1912. FIGHT BEING IDE ' FOR HEW BRIDGE NEW CAEBXER FOB, POETLAND-SAN PEDRO SERVICE LAUNCHED AT LONG BEACH, CAL. f" j "j ' ' --XCC Prfu3d bet! and some Wjplpl Vm..,,,:. . 3 i. ' llsaL! I !imf)C V smoke too! ilMM North Bank Asks That It Be Given Rights to Viaduct for Handling Freight. STV.'- . w..'--v .-jo.-... --1 T S3. HARRIMAN LINES OBJECT President Toting Believes a Satisfac tory Solution of Arising Diffi culty Can Be Found if Right Is Granted. When official!! of the North Bank Railway presented a plan to the street committee of the City Council at a spe cial meeting yesterday whereby the problem of placing freight tracks on the East Side on a common-user basis can be solved by the routing: of North Bank cars over the new Steel bridge and the approaches, which are subject to common-user provisions, the plan was adopted by the committee over the vigorous protest of the officials of the Harriman line, and it is believed a long step has been taken toward solving the Kut Side freight competition puzzle. The plan was Introduced Into the street committee meeting by Charles H. Carey, counsel for the North Bank line, and placed the whole East Side common-user tight on a new and in teresting basis. The plan is for the Hill company to run Its cars from its main line and spurs down North Front street, over the new Steel bridge, over common-user tracks to East Second street, thence south to East Ankeny, across block 65 to East Third and south to common-user tracks at East Third and East Pine, thus opening up the East Side freight district to the use of the cars of the Hill lines as well s to the use of the Harrlman lines. Mr. Carey announced that this plan was not a substitute for the plan, as previously announced, of operating the cars to common-user East Side tracks by means of a ferry plying across the ti'illatnette River from the West Side to and across property recently pur chased by the Hill Interests. Dock CommlKalOB Approves. The plan as submitted provided for the use of the tracks for freight cars only, and their operation was limited to the hours between 6 r. M. and 6 A. M. Mr. Carey announced that his plan has the approval of the Public Dock Commission, which body has been conferred with by his line and the Steel bridge route decided upon as the proper solution of the problem. When the plan was introduced at torneys and officials of the O.-W. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific interposed many objections, which resulted in more than two hours of heated debate on the various phases of the situation. Representing the North Bank Company were President Young and Mr. Carey, whil? General Superintendent Camp bell represented the Southern Pacinc, and Vice-President J. P. O'Brien, with W. W. Cotton, general counsel, ap peared for the O.-W. R. & NY The East Side business men were represented by Dan Kellaher, Edward Xewbegln. C. A. Bipelow and others. The city was rep reseited by Mayor Rushlight and City Attorney Grant. Members of the street committee present were Councilmen Baker. Burgard, Monks, Maguire, Joy and Schmecr. Mr. Campbell, of the Southern Pa cific, interposed objections in behalf of his company, declaring that the plan would tie up the service of that corn pan on certain of the streets and would interfere with through passen ger and freight trains operated on First street. He made special objection to the common-user provision being mud-- effective on East First street. Attorney Cotton, for the O.-W. R. & X., objected particularly to the opera tion of trains on North Front street as early as 6 o'clock at night, declar ing this would Interfere with service at the freight depot. Gonapronilfte It Proposed. TMs latter objection brought up the first point of argument, several of the East Side business representatives de claring that the freight depots are closed at S o'clock and. therefore, trains passing there at 6 o'clock could not In terfere with them. Attorney Cotton declared that it might not interfere at present, but later, when the depot might be required to maintain longer houis. it will. This led from one argu ment to another until President Young, of the North Bank, expressed the willingness of his company to' change the hours from " P. M. until 7 A. M. Commenting on the East First street proposition President Young said: "The Southern Pacinc now occupies this im porttnt street to the exclusion of all other lines or companies. I doubt if a person could find room to push a wheelbarrow through there. For thnt reason it is necessary to use the South ern Pacific tracks to get into this part of the shipping center because there is no other way. I will say that if this right is granted the North Bank Com pany, the two competing lines will work out a plan whereby one company will do the switching for the other and eliminate the proposition of congestion of cars and traffic and the Interference with through trains. If we can get the right to use the Southern Pacific tracks and spur tracks I am confident the wording plan can be arranged in such a way that there will be no Interfer ence or Inconvenience on our part to the Southern Pacific or to the ship pers." Chairman Baker CalU Halt. The First-street arguments drifted from one phase of the situation to an other until Chairman Baker called the squabble to an end and presented the quention to the committee for action. The first section of the proposed East Side franchise as amended by the plan of the North Bank line to provide the Steel bridge entrance was put before the committee for adoption. Council man Burgard moved that the part of the section pertaining to East First street be eliminated from the general franchise to give the companies an op portunity to get together and settle on a plan satisfactory to themselves. This brought a storm of objections on the ground that the companies could not get together on a satisfactory basis because the Harrlman lines had the upper hand by having control of the tracks. Councilman Maguire and others urgrd the committee to include East First street in the franchise and to make it subject to the common-user provisions the same as the other streets. A motion to that effect was made and carried. The first section of the franchise which establishes the. common-user was adopted by the unan imous vote of the committee. At this point the meeting was adjourned until afternoon. Committee Approves FraarkUe. At the afternoon session every sec tion of the proposed franchise grant was adopted by the committee ex cepting section 1-, which brought up a ron-.plex problem. This was referred to the City Attorney for interpretation. Ur.ter the terms of this section, ac- STEAMER CAMIXO. Frank Bollam Portland ticket agent for the steam schooner lines, received the photograph of the launch ing of the new steamer Camino, which Swayne & Hoyt will operate from Portland to points south as far as Los Angeles. The vessel was built at Long Beach. Cal., at the Craig yards, and will be commanded by Cap tain K. A. Ahlin, formerly master of the steamer Navajo, owned by the same firm, and also of the steamer Redondo. The Camino Is modern and, like the Navajo, was built to carry a large lumber cargo, with provi sion for a number of passengers. . cording to the opinion expressed by Attorney Cotton, the Hill line is given an advantage on East Third street by beins granted a franchise for use of Harrlman sidetracks to be laid here after, while no such franchise is grant ed the Harriman lines for Hill-con structed tracks. It was the opinion of members of the committee that the proper pro cedure for the Harriman officials was to apply for a general franchise now, as the Hill officials have done. After much discussion. In which Harrlman officials maintained that the effect of the adoption of this feature of the proposed measure was to place a club in the hands or the Hill line, me question was referred to the City At torney for lnterpretion. The question will form the backbone or anotner meeting of the committee next Monday morning. A letter from the Public Dock Com mission, approving the plan of the Hill officials, was read at the meeting. In this communication, signed by F. V. Mulkey, chairman of the commission, it Is said the plan is the only feasible one for opening up tne joDDing ter ritory of the East Side to uniform competitive railway conditions. it adopted," read the letter, "the plan will practically furnish tne r-ast Mae municipal docks contemplated by this commission with common user rail facilities available to any railroad now operating, or which in the future may operate, within the corporate limits of the city of Portland. City Will Have Power. "It also lays the foundation for the future operation of a municipal com mercial railway belt line with but slight expense to the city. If it should at any time acquire the power to op erate such a line." Mr. Mulkey was at the meeting and explained the advantage of the situa tion as worked out by the North Bank line officials. "It is natural," he said, "for competing railway lines to flcrht for monopoly. The Harriman interests now have the strategic position to control the business of the East Side. It is natural for them to fight to hold it. I dare say that if the conditions were reversed and the Hill interests held the position of the Harrlman peo ple, they would be opposing such a move as the present one as vigorously as the Harrlman officials are opposing this today." Valuable Territory In Conflict. The portion of the East Side cov ered by the franchise grant asked for by the Hill line in common with the Harriman Interests includes the follow ing streets and blocks: On East First from Hawthorne avenue to East Pine, On East Second from East Market to East Pine, on East Third from Haw thorne avenue to East Ash and from there across private property to East Second, thence to the east approach of the Steel bridge; on East Oak from Union avenue to Water street, also on blocks 10, 13, 22, 41, 60, 53, 62, 85. 86, 87, 88 and 89. The only new portions covered in the franchise as it stands now from what was provided originally is the stretch from Third street to the approach of the Steel bridge. In entering this sec tion the Hill line will have to buy the block, or part of it at least, surrounded by East Ankeny, East Oak, East Sec ond and East Third. Attorney Carey says negotiations are in such form for this that the company can close the deal when the franchise for tracks there is granted. The granting of a franchise undoubt edly will mean much litigation be fore tiie whole situation is cleared up and the East Side business men enjoy the competitive freight service sought. The bone of contention will be the right of the city to enforce the com mon user provision over the property owned by the Harriman interests be tween the East end of the Steel bridge and the entrance to Second street- While It Is said the tracks there are subject to common use by the terms of the grant under which the bridge was constructed, there is a difference of opinion as to the right of the city to enforce the terms over the property owned by the Harriman people private ly. Mr. Carey declared yesterday that this undoubtedly will be the issue in litigation which follows the grant ing of the franchise. PORT INSURES ALL BOILERS Committee Favors Inspection for Other Than "Donkeys." Commissioners of the Port of Port land, acting as a special committee to pass on the insurance of power boilers in service or fit for operation, have de cided to recommend that all be covered and the policies will be written by the United States Casualty Company. There are 12 boilers, other thaji "donkeys." and the limit of Insurance on each will be J20.000. They will be covered against explosions, collapse or damage and protect the Commission against losses arising from claims for personal injuries or deaths. The principal aim of the Commission is to have all boilers inspected. While some of those are passed on annually by United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller, because of being on steamers others are not and under the Insurance clauses a few will be given double inspection. SHIP CHAXXEIi TO BE SOUNDED Orklahama to Carry Party or Pilots and Official.-). Skippers representing the Columbia River Pilots' Association, also the independent pilots. Captain Tom Crang. agent and pilot for the Union Oil Com pany, Manager Talbot, of the Port of Portland, and others who .may Join the party will leave aboard the steamer Ocklahama Thursday on a trip down the Columbia to complete soundings. They will be absent until Saturday. Captain Archie Pease, of the Com mission, also of the Columbia River Pilots' Association, made a report at the last meeting of the board of sound ings taken July 8. As the water has fallen since and opportunities are bet ter for viewing the localities wherein dredging will be carried out, it is planned to conduct a complete survey of the troublesome places. MICHIGAN SOCIETY PICNICS 200 0 Former Residents of Great I.nkes Section Expected at Oaks. For the annual picnic of the Michi gan State Society of Oregon, to be held at the Oaks Amusement Park this afternoon and tonight. It is expected that 20(J0 former residents of Michigan will travel out to the pretty resort on the Willamette River. Inasmuch as the Michigan Society in tends to entertain at dinner at 6:30 in the park all former Michigandcrs, whether members of the society or not. an unusually large attendance Is ex pected, according to Mrs. Harriet Hendee, secretary of the society, last night. Among the speakers will be Post master Merrick. Judge Frost, Sr.. presi dent of the society, and J. H. Bingham, ex-Senator of Michigan, who lives at Eugene and has come to Portland spe cially for Michigan day. SHIPS ARE SCARCE Tramp Service to Orient Is All Exporters Expect. MO NEW LINE MENTIONED Portland Grain Shipments Expected to Decrease With Withdrawal of AVaterhon.se Ships Work on 1 City Docks Will Ceae. Exporters, concerned in the Oriental steamship line situation, agree that with the withdrawal of the Waterhouse steamers in another month, there will be but one means left for directly reaching- the Far Eastern market from Portland, and that will be to charter tramp steamers. In their own words, such an arrange ment will "take care of the big fel lows," as the heaviest shippers are known, but the "little follows will be fortunate if they can secure space on tramps or can get their stuff to Puget Sound for shipment on a reasonable basis. So long as the present scarcity of steam tonnage continues, exporters say there will be no line established. There are so many things that cause the demand for steamers from natur ally greater commercial transactions on the Pacific, to war between the Turks and Italians, that no one pre dicts when the stringency will ter minate. f "So New Linen Are Proposed. T. B. Wilcox, of the Portland Flour ing Mills Company, said yesterday that he knew of no move under way for a line at present, and spoke as though the refusal of the O.-W. R. & N. to put on steamers was the last hope. There will be a number of steamers taken for single voyages during the season If they are obtainable. It is also assured that Mitsui & Co., leading commercial men of Japan, will send steamers to the Coast with sugar and hardwood, and load back with what Is offered, mostly flour, if the demand remains. It is also thought that some of the steamers under charter to carry lum ber to the Far East will take small lots of Hour, but how the shippers, forced to depend on such transporta tion, will come out with high rates is another feature. Dock "Work May Be Stopped. It has been suggested that so long as the Oriental line has been officially and thoroughly executed, work on the system of public docks cease, there by saving what remains of the author ized bond issue of $2,500000. With no Oriental commerce, there will probably be little use for the docks now main tained. Interior millers, who cannot reach Puget Sound with their product, be cause of not being in the district where the same tariff applies, would be taken care of should the O.-W. R. & N. place in effect the talked-of "milling in transit' tariff, so their flour could move through to Portland to Tacoma or Seattle. If such a step was taken, however, Portland millers aver they would then demand a lower rate from Of Smoke the interior to this city, so the country plants would have virtually the same differential to overcome in reaching the Oriental market, via Puget Sound. OLD AGREEMENT SATISFACTORY Grainliandlers Have Not Asked for Xew Contract Since 1910. Accompanying the better tone of the grain charter market is a renewed in terest In the prospective movement of wheat this season. This has naturally caused queries as to the labor situa tion on the waterfront, with the result, it has been recollected, that the Grain handlers' Union has worked for over a year without a contract with exporters. The last agreement was signed in September. 1910. It was then stipu lated that the men were to receive 40 cents an hour until April, 1011, when the agreement terminated. The men have labored for more than a year at the same scale of wages, and as the season is about to open, and no move ment has been made toward bringing up the question of pay, it is assumed that the scale will remain as lixed nearly two years ago. The first wheat will probably be loaded the latter part of September, and there will be a good- sized fleet dispatched by January 1, 1913. BAXGOR LOADS FOR. PORTLAND East Asiatic Line Has Decided to Keoognize This Harbor. Advices have been forwarded to Al fred Tucker, representing Meyer, Wil son & Company, agents lor tne .E-asi Asiatic Line, that the British steamer Bangor has been placed on the berth for Portland, loading at Copenhagen. Antwerp and London. This is the first vessel flying the flag of that firm to be positively placed on tne Derm ror Portland, though It Is not doubted that the liner Arabien, which is to sail from Europe the latter part of next month, will have cargo aboard for this harbor, and pick up more at Santos in the way of coffee. The East Asiatic line will De given plenty of business if a regular schedule is maintained. A plan is being worked out to dispatch a vessel every 60 days with possibilities of ships every month if sunoort Is given. x nn tne opening of the canal more trade Is looked lor and it is principally to become estab lished in advance or tne Dig aitcn De ing available that the company is now in the field. Marine Xotes. Inspector Beck, of the 17th light- NORTH BANK RAILWAY OFFICIALS PLAN INVASION OF EAST SIDE FREIGHT DISTRICTS BY USE OF STEEL BRIDGE AND COMMON-USER APPROACHES. DC OR I qp ddoo Ha dq ad U8J LU SEBiEtMU U DP P DQ OP DO DEEP DC- gDDDQODnaD ,. ii rrnenmn -ODD IZTDDDDDDDQC ODGq. u ( The plan as worked out by the North Bank officials and approved by the Commission of Public Docks for the entrance of Hill-line cars into the East Side districts provides for the moving of cars from the North Bank yards down North Front street to the west approach of the Steel bridge, thence over the bridge on the tracks of the Harriman lines and across their property to East Second, down East Second to East Ankeny, diagonally across block 65 to East Third and East Asli, thence south to the present common-user tracks, which begin at East Third and East Pine streets. From this point the tracks are subject to common-user provisions to the proposed new North Bank terminal between East Main and East Mor rison and East Water and East Third streets. This will give the line access to the entire East Side by use of present tracks in common with the Harriman lines, or by the new tracks to be- built in streets now occupied by Harriman tracks. , " '''' i chew, you k ! and some 'W ijl e too! litSWa wri mm ':: mi On BOY'S SHOULDER Just clean longcut without flavor the "real stuff" and nothing more. Smokes as natural as you breathe does not f spill or blow away when you fill your pipe, it s longcut. And, as a chew well you don't know what the smooth, real natural tobacco taste is until you try it. A Sc package of old reliable Peerless will give you more satisfying smokes and more good chews for the money than any other tobacco. Sold eveiywAere house district, has received authoriza tion from Washington to reimburse members of the crew of the old tender Manzanita who lost effects when she sank on the Lower Columbia, after having been in collision with the dredge Columbia. The accident oc curred October 6, 1905, and the claims aggregate $1642.55. Aboard the American - Hawaiian steamer Isthmian when she sailed yes terday for San Francisco and Salina Cruz was 104 tons of wool. 11 tons of hides, 169,000 feet of lumber and a miscellaneous assortment for New York, while considerable grain was taken to be discharged at San Fran cisco. The American-Hawaiian placed its new schedule in effect June 5, when the large steamers were sent here, and. the first cargo to move from New York in that service arrived on the Isthmian. Carrying 650.000 feet of lumber the steamer Coaster cleared yesterday for San Pedro. The vessul proceeded to Linnton to load and the steamer Nehalem went from Linnton to Rainier to finish. The steamer Yellowstone probably will get away from St. Helens today. Captain John K. Bulger, supervisinc inspector of steam vessels with head quarters at San Francisco, arrived luat STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Ine to Arrive. Nnme. From Date. Alliance .Eureka In port Roanoke San IJieKO. ... In port Bear San Pedn In port Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook In port Breakwater. .. Coos Bay July 22 Anvil Bandon July Rose City San Pedro. ...July 21 Geo. W. Elder. .San Diego. . . . July :! Nevadan. . Salina Cruz. . -July 30 Beaver San Pedro... July SI Lyra Salina Cruz. . -Aug. 13 Nebraakan Salina Cruz. . .Aug. 21 Isthmian Salina Cruz. . .Sept. 1 To Depart. Name. For Date. Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook. .. July 23 Willamette. . . . San Francisco July 23 Harvard S. F. to L. A.. July 24 Anvil J3andon July 24 Breakwater Coos Bay. ...July 24 Roanoke San Diego. ... July 24 Alliance Eureka July 24 Bear San Pedro July 26 yal S. F to L. A. July 2G Geo. W. Elder. .San Diego July 31 Rose City San Pedro July 31 Nevadan Salina Cruz. . Aug Beaver San Pedro. ... Aug. 5 Lyra Salina Cruz. . .Aug. 17 Kebraskan Salina Cruz Aug. 25 Isthmian Salina Cruz. . .Sept. 5 evening from Seattle, where he listened to objections of steamboat owners to carrying the added life equipment re cently prescribed. Captain Bulger. may remain until the departure of the steamer Bear for San Francisco and meanwhile will be under the chaperon age of United States Inspectors Ed wards and Fuller. Changes were made among skippers in the Shaver fleet yesterday by which Captain S. S. Dalby resumed command of the steamer Wauna, relieving Cap tain G. B. Wiggin, who was signed as master of the No Wonder In place of Captain E. H. Berry, and the latter was given charge of the steamer Shaver, succeeding Captain W. C. Monical. The new steamer Henderson is being placed in readiness to start ou her first trip and the company has released the steamer Vulcan, which was held under charter. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. July 22. Arrived Steamer Breakwater, from Coos Bay; steamer Al liance from Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed Steamer Isthmian, for Salina Cruz, via San Francisco. ... Astoria. July 22. Arrived at S and left up at o:30 A. M. Steamer Breakwater, from Coos Bay. Sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Pleiades, for Grays Harbor. San Francisco.. July 22. Arrived at 1 A. M and sailed ait noon Steamer Yosemite, from Portland, for San Pedro. Point Lobos, July 22. Passed at 9 A. M. Steamer Geo. W. Fenwlck, from San Pedro, for Columbia River. Falmouth. July 20. Arrived German ship Thielbek. from Portland. San Pedro. July 22. Arrived Steamer General Hubbard, from Columbia River. Sailed Steamer Rose City, for Portland. Seattle. July 22. Arrived Steamers Argyll. Watson and President, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Jefferson, for Skagway: Hornet, for Dupont. San Francisco, July 22. 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