1C THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1913. - ' -
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LONG DEBATE HELD
Of! DOCK QUESTION
East Side Business Men Hold
Important Meeting With
Commissioners.
PORT COMMERCE TO FORE
Xecessity for Deeper Loading and
Unloading Facilities Below Bridges
Brought Out. at Conference.
Teal Leads Discussion.
Virtually every argument advanced
In" favor of delaying the construction
of a public dock 520 feet long between
the foot of Kst Washington and the
foot of East Oak streets, until dock
No. 1 should be built at the foot of
Seventeenth street, was corAbated by an
East Side delegation yesterday before
the commission of Public Docks.
A morning session continued until
after 1 o'clock and It was reconvened
at 3:30 o'clock to hear further debate.
Besides Insisting that the need was
apparent now for public dock facili
ties on that bank of the river and that
shipments were increasing rapidly, the
East Siders placed stress on the fact
S the Commission had employed a board
of consultation, composed of New York
engineers, to pass on the dock situa
tion, accepting their recommendations
as to where docks should be located and
that after the expenditure of such an
amount of money as the retention of
the engineers demanded, it was admit
tedly a poor investment to proceed op
posite to their advice at this time.
J, N. Teal Leads DIcusion.
The Chamber of Commerce. Tax
payers' League, East Side Business
ilen's Club and others were repre
sented. J. N. Teal led In the discussfcn
and prefaced his views by saying that
the situation was not one in which the
. question iof whether the East or West
Side, North or South end should be
benefited by a change in the location
of dock No. 2 from the East Side to the
lower portion of the harbor, but that
only the matter of bringing about ths
most good for the commerce of the
port should be weighed. He said he
had talked with longshoremen, mem
bers of the Sailors' Union of the Pa
cific, vessel owners, dock owners and
managers and thqse of various lines
that had a common Interest on the
waterfront and that they decried the
Intention to erect an East Side dock
between the bridges as compared with
the necessity for deep-sea loading and
unloading facilities below the bridges.
"It Is not a question of minimizing
the tonnage handled by river steamers,
for the problem facing the Commission
Is not whether the docks shall go on
this side or that side of the river, but
as to where the docks should go foT the
most benefits." said Mr. Teal.
W. J. Burns, of Balfour, Guthrie &
Co.. said the main need for a dock on
the East Side at present was for han
dling building materials and as for other
purposes he said the dock site was
small and did commend Itself in the
general shipping proposition. He said
cement was the biggest item handled
to the East Side and that soon the ma
terial would be manufactured in Oregon
nnd tribute would be paid no longer on
the California product.
Burrell Give Views.
"vT. F. Burrell said that when he was
n. boy ocean commerce was handled on
the West Side from the foot of Alder to
the foot of Main street, and that while
he was an East Sider he believed the
docks for ocean commerce should be
located below the bridges.
"It was largely the efforts of
Mr. Teal and a few others, not the
Commission of Public Docks as It Is
now constituted, that were responsible
for the dock bonds being voted and
the people worked then for the general
good of ocean commerce, not to make
fine docks for river commerce," said
L. A. Lewis. "At . best you will have
the hardest kind of work to pay in
terest on the investment."
F. C. Knapp said the question should
not be made a sectional one, as the
commerce of the Columbia River was
hanging by a thread in view of com
petition that would follow from coast
cities in Washington and British Co
lumbia with the opening of the Canal,
but because of the rapidly-increasing
cize of vessels it was best that they be
taken care of below the bridges.
"I cannot see any immediate necessity
for dock facilities on the East Side,"
said H. A. Mitchell. "The deep-sea ship,
ping is of the utmost Importance. Some
'lay the railroad terminals will be on
the East Side, but there seems to be
no need for this dock there now."
L. M. Lepper. Edward Newbegin W.
E. Wilson, O. E. Heintz, Dr. G. B. Van
Waters and others were heard in the
discussion and as all talks were taken
by a stenographer the Commission will
consider them at length before deciding
on the Issue.
VICTORIA DOCK IS FOR SALE
Commission Is Offered 786 Feet on
RiTcr for $310,000.
Owners of the " old Victoria dock
property on the East Side below the
bridges and Bouth of Irving dock yes
terday offered the property to the city
for 310.000 to be used as a public dock.
Commissioners Jjloores and Kellaher
were named as a committee to inves
tigate the proposition. The property
has not been used since the burning
of Victoria dock several years ago.
The offer was made through R. F.
Bryan as agent. The property has a
frontage on the river of 786 feet, and
the average depth is .250 feet, so it is
regarded ideal for dock purposes. The
one drawback is that there is a high
bank to the rear of the site, along the
base of which the O.-W. R. & N. main
tains tracks, and probably an overhead
roadway might have to be devised to
expedite hauling from the dock. As
the property of the Pacific Milling &
Elevator Company, at the foot of Sev
enteenth street, on the West . Side,
brought J310.000, and has a frontage
of 365 feet, the Victoria dock site is
viewed as reasonable, though it is
not located so close to the factory and
warehouse districts. ,
ASSOCIATED
ADDS .TAXKER
Ship to Carry 6 2,0 00 Barrels of Oil
Is Contracted For.
News of interest to Portlanders con
cerned in shipping has been received
In the way of the dimensions of a
new tanker ordered by the Associated
Oil Company from the Union Iron
Works, of San Francisco, which Is to
have a capacity of 62,000 barrels of
fuel oil that -will be carried in 18
tanks. She is to be completed In 13
months and will ply between Portland
a iid Monterey.
The vessel is to cost approximately
, $1,000,000 and will be the largest of
her class under the American flag.
She is to have a length of 410 fet.
beam of 63.3 feet and depth of holdof
27 feet. She will be equipped wfth
v triple expansion reciprocating engines
and will speed at 10 knots. Her decks
are. to be teakwood and the officers'
cabin finished in mahogany. Wireless
equipment and . submarine bell signal
apparatus will be installed. F. J. Trlst,
constructor for the company, designed
the ship.
S
ARXA STARTS FOR EUROPE
Kona Clears for CuIIao and Harp'
aljco Leaves for San Francisco.
In addition to 1,575,000 feet of lum
ber, valued at $20,500, which she load
ed at Westport, the Norwegian steamer
Arna, of the Maple Leaf service, cleared
yesterday for London and Dublin, with
97.632 bushels of barley valued at
$60,561, and two shipments of tallow,
one of 182 barrels that goes to Lon
don and Dublin, and another of 175
tierces for London intact. She sailed
last night and will complete her
cargo at San Francisco.
Another shipment of lumber cleared
was aboard the schooner Kona, bound
for Callao, which has 858,381 feet
aboard, worth $11,GG8. The Falls of
Orchy is working lumber at Inman-
Poulsen's for the Orient that will con
clude her cargo, and the- Danish
steamer Arabien will shift Into the har
6TEA2LEB INTELLIGENCE.
Dae to Arrive. '
Nam. From Date.
Rose-Cl'y an Pedro. ... In port
Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook. ... July 10
Beaver . Los Anveies. . July 11
Breakwater. .. .Cooa Bay July 1'Z
Roanoke San Diego. . . . Julv i:
Alliance Eureka .July 11
Bear . Lo Angefes. . July 14
Geo. W. Elder. .San Dlogo. ... July HI
i To Itepart.
Name. For. Date.
Camlno San Francisco July , 10
Sue H. Elmore. TlUamook. .. .July 11
Rose-City l.os Angrelea. . July 11
Harvard S.K. to L.A JuW H
San Ramon. ... San Francisco-July ; 1 1
Tale &F. Id L.A July 12
Klamath I.os Angeles. . July 12
Breakwater. .. .Coos1 Bay July 1-4
Beaver Jos Angeles. . July 16 .
Roanoke San Dfego. .. .July 16
Alliance Coos Bay July 17
Bear.. Los Angeles. . July 2t
Geo. W. Elder. .San Diego. . . . July ' 23
European and Oriental Service. "
Name. From. Date.
Falls of Orchy. London ...... In port
C. F. Laelsz. .. .Hamburg July 39
Cr"n of C'stle. . .Antwerp Aug. 15
Brisgavla. Hamburg. ... .Aug. 27
Vestalla London Sept. U
XJckermark. ... Hamburg Oct. 1
Name. For. Date.
C. F. Laelsz. . . .Hamburg Aug. 1
BriEgavla. Hamburg Sept. 1
Vestalla London. ..... .Sept.
Falls of Orchy. Orient. . . July 10
XJckermark. ... Hamburg, ... .Oct. 8
bor next week from Monarch mill to
finish for China. The British steamer
Harpalyce. which was taken by the
Royal Mall to load here, sailed from
San Francisco yesterday.
DIESEL EXGIXE IS ADOPTED
Olson & Mahony Have Plans for
Twin-Screw Steel Coaster.
First of the commercial maritime
concerns on the Coast to adopt plans
far Diesel fuel burning engines is re
ported to be Olson & Mahony, of Sari
Francisco, who operate steamers be
tween Portland and California ports,
as they are credited with having de
cided to build a twin-screw steel
steamer and equip her with the new
oil motive power. The New London
Ship & Engine Company, of Groton,
Conn., are to be awarded the contract
and the vessel is to be ready early
In 1914.
The company recently added the
steamer Oliver J. Olson to the Pacific
Coast fleet and last month the - hull
of the Rosalie Mahony was launched
on Grays Harbor to fly the same house
flag when completed.
Marine Notes.
Lines belonging to the Trans-Pacific
Conference are to increase the rate
on cotton from Puget Sound and Port
land August 1 from 40 to 60 cents on
each 100 pounds.
Gibson & Company of San Francisco
have chartered the tramp steamer
Hartington to load lumber for Mel
bourne In August, the rate from San
Francisco being 40 shillings, or 42 shil
lings if redwood is loaded, and the ves
sel comes here to finish with fir.
Latest advices from Hakodate are
that the Japanese steamer Manshu
Maru, which went on the rocks there
last week when bound for Portland, Is
a total wreck.
With 726.000 feet of lumber for Los
Angeles the steamer Olympic was
cleared yesterday at the Custom-House,
also the. steamer Yellowstone for San
Francisco with 400,000 feet.
Operations of the launch H. W. Scott,
of the Custom-house patrol service, for
the last year, as reported to Collector of
Customs Burke, show that she saved
four persons from drowning and towed
ten disabled boats to shore. During the
year 261 violations of the steamboat
Inspection and navigation laws were
reported. In the way of fines $1378.40
was collected.
United - -States . Inspectors Edwards
and Fuller will conduct a hearing to
day bearing on charges against Cap
tain Roselle Coburn, of the tug Reso
lute, that he navigated his vessel o,n
the course of the marine parade the
opening day of the Rose Festival.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. July 9. Arrived Steamer
S. Porter, from Monterey. Sailed Nor
wegian steamer Arna. for London via San
Francisco: steamer Geo. "W. Elder, for San
Dle,;o and way ports: steamer Breakwater,
for Coos Bay: steamer Shasta, for Los An
geles; steamer Nehalem, for Grays Harbor.
Astoria, July t. Arrived at 6 A. M.
Schooner Nokomls. from Caleta Buena. Ar
rived down at 11:50 A M. and sailed at
4:30 P. M. German steamer Saxonla, for
Hongkong and way porta. Sailed at 4 P.
I. Barkentlno Amazon. for Valparaiso.
SalleS at 4:30- P. M. Steamer Breakwater,
for Coos Bay; steamer Faraiso, for San
Francisco.
San Francisco. July 9. Sailed at 5 A. M.
British steamer Harpalyce, for Portland.
Sailed last night Steamer Rochelle, for
Portland.
Marshfield. July 9. Arrived Steamer Al
liance, from Portland.
Redondo. July 8. Arrived Steamer O.
M. Clark, from Portland.
Aberdeen. July 8. Arrived Steamer Aro
llne, from Portland.
Astoria. July 8. Arrived at S:30 and left
up at 10:4.- P. M. Steamer W. S. Porter,
from Monterey.
San Francisco. July 9. Arrived Steam
era Catania. Admiral Farragut. Atlas from
Seattle: Mongolia, from Hongkong. Sailed
Steamers Nile (British), for Hongkong: X
braskan. for Sallna Cruz; Schooner Lily for
Umpqua.
Seattle. July 9. Arrived Steamer Prince
Rupert (British!, from Prince Rupert. Sailed
Steamers Keemun (British), for Liverpool
via the Orient: Elaegundo. for San Fran
cisco: Prince Rupert (British) for Prince
Rupert.
Vancouver. July 9. Sailed Steamer Ml
rama (British) for Australia.
Tacoma, Wash.. July 9. Arrived Steam
schooner Nome City, from San Francisco;
Tamba Maru. from Yokohama. Sailed
Steamer -Kllhu Thomasen, Alaska.
Los Angeles. July 9. Departed 8an
Jacinto, from Grays Harbor; Siskiyou, from
Belllngham: Wasp. Willamette, from Co
lumbia River: George w. Fenwick. from As
toria; J. B. Stetson, from Grays Harbor.
Freemaritle. July s. Arrived Steamer
Frank Mount, from Everett.
Montevideo. July 9. Arrived previously
Steamer slsak, from Tacoma, via San Fran
cisco, for Hamburg.
Colombia River Bar Report.
Condition at the mouth of the river at 5
P. M.. moderate; wind, south 30 miles;
weather, .cloudy.
Tides at Astoria Thursday.
- High. Low.
5:3. A. M T.l feetl 0:01 A. M 2.0 feet
0:25 P. M. . .8.4 feetlll :5S P. M....1.2 feet
The Mexican War sounds like ancient his
tory to most of us today, but three Army
officers -who served in that war still sur
vive. They are: Brigadier-General H. C.
Gibson. Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Kauffman
and Major William Fletcher. A fourth.
General Robert Murray, passed away In Bal
timore recently.
E RATE FIXED
North Bank to Pay for Use of
0.-W. R. & N. Span.
CHARGE IS 85 CENTS A CAR
State Railroad Commission Xaines
Price to Be PaidPresident Far
rel Thinks Old Controversy
Is Now Adjusted.
Early adjustment of the controversy
between the O.-W. R. & N. Company
and the -North Bank road over the
application of the- latter line to cross
the new Harriman bridge in this city
is made possible by the decision of
the State Railroad Commission yes
terday fixing a rate of 85 cents a car
for all traffic- hauled across the bridge
by. the appellant road.
On this basis an engine and tender
count as two cars, the charge being
i.7U. A minimum rate of $5000 a
month is prescribed.
While the O.-W. R. & N. Company
sought to have the North Bank pay
one-third of the annual interest
charges on the bridge, in addition to
paying a wheelage rate to be fixed
by the Commission, it Is probable that
the plan suggested will be accented.
"If this rate is reasoable, and 1
assume it is, said J. D. Farrell, pres
ident of the O.-W. R. & N. Company,
"we probably will make an agree
ment to let the North Bank use the'
bridge on that basis. It is not our
purpose to prevent the road from using
the bridge. We merely want a satis
factory rate established.
J. D. Young, president of the North
Bank, was in Spokane yesterday.
w nile olllclals of the North Bank gen
erally expected a lower rate, it is be
lieved they will accept the Commis
sion's decision.
Improvements involving the expen
diture of $3,000,000 east of the river
have been planned by the North Bank
and - affiliated lines and much of this
work has been temporarily suspended
pending the Commission's decision.
Destruction of the old building at
Union avenue and East Morrison street.
where the North Bank freight house
will.be built, has been started.
REHEARING NOT SOUGHT
Tidelands Decision to Be Accepted
by Dock Commission.
As attorneys advised that a rehear
ing of the tidelands case before the
Supreme Court would be productive of
no good results to the Commission of
Public Docks, it has been decided to
let the mandate come down and at a
meeting yesterday it was voted to
authorize the payment of $210,000 to
the Pacific Milling & Elevator Com
pany if interest was waived on the
amount and the Crfmmlssion then would
pay $950 interest on a mortgage of
$100,000 against the property, their ob
ligation to pay interest dating from
the decision in the condemnation case
May 1 and extending to June 27.
As the Emerson Hardwood Company
has the northwest corner of the Mar
tin dock property under lease and
utilizes it for the storage of hard
wood materials, it was decided to arbi
trate to determine the amount to be
paid by the city if the company va
cates the premises at once instead of
waiting until its lease expires Febru
ary 14, 1914. W. B. Honeyman was
named as arbitrator for the Commis
sion. rtlVEJX PALLIXG STEADILY
Passing of Freshet Permits Repair
Work on Damaged Docks.
Dockmen have taken courage from
the fact that the river is falling at
the rate of three to five-tenths of a
foot every 24 hours here and along
the Columbia, . and are preparing to
reoccupy lower docks. While some
snow remains in the mountains,
Weather Bureau officials feel that all
danger of another rise is passed and
any rain that might fall will prob
ably be of a light nature that will
have no effect on the stage of water.
The freshet has played havoc with
some dock slips and outside roadways,
but in most places the wqrk of re
pairing them is under way. As soon
as the water is sufficiently below the
dock floors to permit of debris being
cleared away and the piles of sedi
ment hosed off, the reoccupation will be
inaugurated. .
Repforts From Vessels.
(By Marconi Wireless.)'
Steamer Fenwick. northbound, off
Point Firmin. at 8 P. M. July 9.
Steamer Coronado, northbound, 20
miles north ofRedondo at 8 P. M.
July D.
Steamer Willamette, northbound.
passing Point Vincent at 8 P. M. July 9.
Steamer Carlos, southbound, off Point
Conception at 8 P. M. July 9.
Steamer Herrin. Honolulu to Monte
rey, 1522 relies out at 8 P. M., July 8.
steamer ttita, Honolulu to San
Francisco, 1570 miles out at 8 P. JL,
July 8.
Steamer Aorangi, Tahiti to San
Francisco, 820 miles out at 8 P. M
July 8.' ,
Steamer Enterprise, San Francisco
to Honolulu, 773 miles out at 8 P. M.,
July 8.
Steamer Hilonian, Honolulu to San
Francisco, 721 miles out at 8 P. M.,
July 8.
Steamer Beaver. San Francisco to
Portland, 28 miles north of Tolnt
Reyes at 8 P. M., July 9.
Steamer - Nile, San . Francisco to
Orient, 80 miles out at 8 P. M., J4ily 9.
Steamer Honolulan, San Francisco
to Honolulu, 360 miles out at 8 P. M-,
July 9.
MONTAG MAY YET GET JOB
a)
Delay in Appointment as United
States Marshal Explained.
Word has been received from -Wash
ington, D. C, to the effect that the pro
posed appointment of ex-Councilman
John Montag. of Portland, to the posi
tion of United States Marshal has been
delayed solely because of congestion of
work In the office of the Attorney-
General. It is said that there is no
reason for holding up the appointment,
other than the inability of the At
torney-General to get to it. It is said
the appointment will be announced of
ficially within a few days.
The report of the proposed appoint
ment of Mr. Montag was first received
last Winter. Since then the mat
ter has been dragging along without
an appointment being made.
CIVIL -"EXAMS"-' NECESSARY
Requirement of Commissldners to
Be Named Soon.
Private secretaries to City Commis
sioners must take a civil service exam-
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lnation and must be appointed in the
regular way, from the eligible lists of
the Municipal Civil Service Commis
sion. This was the decision yesterday
of City Attorney LaRoche. who has
been investigating proposals suggested
for the elimination of secretaries from
the Civil Service regulations.
Mr. LaRoche says the charter pro
vides that all employes must be under
civil bervlce, excepting those speci
ally mentioned as being subject to ap
pointment by the Commission as a
whole. Private secretaries, the charter
provides, are to be appointed by the
heads of departments and accordingly
must come under Civil Service. This
does not include the private secretary
to the Mayor, who is specifically men
tioned in the charter as being exempt.
A form of examination for the other
private secretaries will be prescribed
by the Civil Service Commission and
the test will be held in the near fu
ture. CROP REPORT' BULLISH
AVIXTER WHEAT CONDITION
PLACED AT 81.6 PER CENT.
Spring Grain Estimated by Govern
ment at 73.8 Total Yield Fig-,
ured at 70 1,000,000 Bushels.
WASHINGTON, July 9. The Department
of Agriculture's crop report. Bhowlng; con
ditions on July 1, issued today, shows:
Winter' wheat condition, Jt.6 per cent of
a normal; indicated yield, 15.6 bushels per
acre: estimated total production, 4S3.00O.00o
bushels, compared with 300,019,000 bushels
last year, 4:10.656,000 bushels In 1911, 434.
142,000 bushels In 1910 and 418,000.000 bush
els In 1909. . " !
Spring wheat condition. 73.S: yield, 11.7:
production, 21S.000.000 bushels, . compared
with 330,3-19,000 bushels last year, 190.6S2,
000 bushels In 1911, 200.979,000 bushels in
1010, and 263.000.000 bushels In 1909.
All wheat condition, 7S.6; yield, 14.1; pro
duction 701,000,000 bushels, compared with
730.267.000 bushels last year. 621,338.000
bushels in 1911, 035.121,000 bushels in 1910
and 683.000,000 bushels in 1909.
The amount of wheat remaining; on farms
July t la estimated at about 35,015.001)
bushels, compared with 23,876.000 bushels
on July 1, 1912, and 24,271,000 bushels on
July 1, 1911.
Corn acreage. 106.SS4.000: condition, 86.8;
yield. 27.8; production. 2,071,000,000. com
pared with 3,124,371,000 bushels last year.
Oats- condition, 76.3; yield, 26.9; produc
tion, 1,031,000.000.
The condition on July 1 of Winter wheat.
Spring wheat, corn and oats and the acre
age or corn by states west of the Mississippi
follows:
Winter Wheat 10-yr.
State 1913. 1912. ave.
Kansas 6."i 75 74
Nebraska S6 72 81
Missouri 90 6S 78
Washington i 94 .94 90
Oklahoma i .' 36 77 74
Texas " ..83 S." 73
Oregon 92 102 90
Montan '. 87 8S 91
Iowa 92 SI SS
Idaho 91 94 94
California 0O 79 77
Spring wheat
North Dakota i 70 92 S3
Minnesota 81 89 80
South Dakota 60 83 82
Washington 93 90 87
Oats
Iowa 84
96
S3
87
80
85
73
S3
78
86
Nebraska 81
North Dakota
.71
91
83
So
87
91
Kansas
South Dakota
Missouri
Minnesota
Corn
6tate
. .58
..76
. .57
..SO
1913.
89
8.-
91
81
-.83
- V
113
81
10-yr.
Acreage.
, .9.947.O00
. . 7,393,000
. .7.609,000
. .7,242.000
1912. ave
Iowa
83
83
80
84
84
90
76
84
SO
82
83
82
78
82
85
84
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas 7.801.000
Oklahoma 5,176,000
South Dakota. . .2,620,000
Arkansas 2,5O0.00J
Minnesota 2.357. 1)00
91
78
82
Barley condition, 76.6;' yield, 22.8; produo
tlon, 165.000.000.
Rye condition. S8.6; yield. 16.1.
Potatoes, acreage, 3,6S5,O00; condition,
S2.8; yield, S9.0; production,
bushels.
Tobacco, acreage, 1.144,350;
S2.S; yield, 89. 0! production,
DOunds.
926.000,000
condition
926,000,000
Flax, acreage. 2.245,000; condition, S2.0:
yield, 8.7; production. 21.000.OOO. ,
Rice, acreage. S24.UOO; conaition. Ba.i;
yield, 33.0: production, 27.000. COO.
Hiv. condition, so.j; yield.- 1.33 tons.
Ad Die condition. D9.4, compared with 67.1
per cent on June 1. 67.9 per cent on July
1 last year, and 59.1 per' cent the average
for the past ten years.
ROADWAY TOJBE DISCUSSED
Residents of - Peninsula to Learn
Facts About "Boulevard.
To familiarize residents of the Pen
insula district with facts regarding the
proposed Willamette boulevard from
Larrabee and Hancock streets to Kil
lingsworth avenue and Greely street, a
distance of one and three-quarters
miles, a series of mass meetings will
be held in the district between now and
Monday. The first will be held to
night at the Fire Hall, Arbor Lodge, at
7:30 P. M. Another will be . in Car
ter's Hall, Peninsular station, tomorrow
evening, and a third at the Portsmouth
School Monday evening.
The city engineering department has
completed plans for the extension of
the boulevard and the report of investi
gators will be riled Monday. At that
time remonstrances" will be in order.
The improvement will open an arterial
boulevard from the Broadway bridge
through the Peninsula districts.
The way will be 80 feet .wide and -will
be as straight as it can be made. The
cost will be about J250.000, including
the purchase of land, grading, paving
and laying sidewalks. The assessment
district takes in 18,000 lots.
GEMS STILL IN LITIGATION
Actress Gives Evidence of Identity
as Owner of Lost Diamonds.
v
Another step was taken in the long-drawn-out
squabble over the restora
tion of Amy Butler's S7000 sMamonds.
yesterday when the vaudeville actress
forwarded from New York evidence of
her identity. She had sent previously
the $1000 reward offered for the re
covery of the. diamonds.
A bar to closing the case still exists,
however, in the form of a writ of re
view in Circuit Court, on the refusal of
District Judge Jones to turn the gems
back to Herman Haas, the laborer who
found them and held them for more
than a year before giving them up, on
a search warrant. Haas now asserts
that he is the rightful custodian.
COURT OFFICER IS NAMED
"s
Patrolman Sherwood Gets Appoint
ment in City Tribunal.
Establishment ' of the position of
court officer was, ordered yesterday by
Chief of Police Clark, and Patrolman B.
F. Sherwood was assigned to the new
duties, .Which he has discharged in the
past. -
It will be Incumbent upon him to con
sult with officers making arrests, di
gest their evidence and see that all
cases are in proper form to put before
the court. He will Jook up necessary
witnesses, arrange continuances and in
a general way act as go-between for
the police and the Municipal Court.
In this way. it is believed, much time
will be saved and officers will not be
kept in waiting unnecessarily on -the
court.
Edlefsen guarantees good 'fuel.
GROSS LINES ASKED
Power Company Seeks Fran
chise on East Side.
ROUTE TO SHORTEN RIDES
Under Proposed New System Passen
gers Could Go From Northeast
Part of City to Southeast
Portland Direct.
Formal application was made yester
day by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company for a franchise for the
first of the proposed cross-town street
car lines on the East Side. The pro
posed franchise was filed with City
Commissioner Daly, who ordered it ad
vertised within the next few days.
The franchise asked provides for a
line to start at East Twenty-fourth
street and Broadway and extend along
East Twenty-fourth to Halsey, on Hal
sey to East Twenty-eighth, on East
Twenty-eighth from East' Ankeny to
East Stark, on East Stark from East
Twenty-eighth to East Twenty-ninth,
on East Twenty-ninth to Hawthorne
avenue, and on Dekum avenue from
East Thirtieth to East Twenty-fourth.
In this way the cross-town cars will
connect tip East Side lines Irregularly,
following in many places carllnes
which are already built. Under the
terms of the franchise the lines must
be completed within a year after the
permit Issues. Provision is made for a
15-minute service between 6 A. M. and
11 P. M., excepting on Sundays, when
the service will begin at 6:30 A. M. and
continue until 11 P. M.
The line Is to be double-tracked, and
the cars are to be operated the same
as other streetcars of the city, with a
5-cent fare and transfer privileges. The
compensation to the city will be $200 a
mile, the same as provided In the fran
chise granted the company last Winter.
Residents of the East Side frequently
have petitioned the traction company
to establish the lines.
The purpose of the cross-town line is
to make it possible for passengers to
so irom Kortneast Portland to South
east Portland direct, without the neces
slty of riding to the heart of the East
iae Business district. The proposed
franchise will be handled according to
the provisions of the new city charter.
It must be advertised in the citv offi
cial newspaper, and persons objecting
iu me irancnise nave 20 days In which
to file remonstrance.
ROUTE IScilNGEj)
PROPOSED GRAXT FOR ELEC
TRIC UXE AMENDED."
Portland & Oregon City Would Come
In on Fourth Stret New Com
pany Wants Franchise.
Believing that there would be bitter
opposition to an- interurban electric line
on Broadway, M. G. Munly, attorney
representing the Portland & Oregon
City Railroad Company, which Is seek
ing a franchise from Oregon City to
the West Side business district of Port
land, yesterday changed the route of
the proposed line so it would go down
Fourth street to Stark street instead
of on Broadway to Washington.
The change of route was made in the
franchise and it was sent by City Au
ditor Barbur for advertising. As it
stands now the franchise provides for
a franchise through the East Side from
East Seventeenth street to the Haw
thorne bridge, west over that to Front
street, north to Salmon, west to Fourth,
north to Stark, west . to Tenth, south
to Salmon and east to the point of be
ginning. Formal application was made yester
day by the Heights Trust Company for
a franchise for a carline to property in
the heights west of the city. George
F. Heusner had a conference yesterday
with Commissioner Daly, in which Mr.
Heusner asked regarding requirements
for a franchise. Commissioner Daly
said he would, not favor granting a
franchise such as was asked for by Mr.
Heusner on the ballot at the last elec
tion, but would consider a franchise
such as that which was prepared, by
the City Council last December, which
proposed grant Mr. Heusner refused
to accept at that time.
CUTTING OF WEEDS URGED
Scllwood Board ot Trade Active in
Civic Improvements.
A meve to cut and remove weeds and
grass in vacant lots in Sellwood wn
started by the Sellwood Board of Trade
Tuesday night. A special committee
wa3 appointed to take up the matter
at once.
A committee also was appointed to
confer with the commissioners about
the immediate laying of sewers in East
Sellwood so that the half dozen street
paving contracts can be completed.
Street improvement contracts amount
ing approximately to $100,000, are held
up by lack of sewers.
The club will ask that the" fire engine-house
be lowered to the grade of
East Thirteenth street.
PAVING WORK IS RUSHED
Contractor Starts Surfacing Along
Foothills of South Portland.
Work was started Tuesday on the
paving of the south half of the new
Terwilliger boulevard, along the foot
hills in South Portland. The Warren
Construction Company, which has the
contract to improve the road with
Warrenite. expects to rush the job to
completion as soon as possible, so that
the way will be open for automobile
traffic daring the Summer and Fall
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In an effort to give
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probably next month.
Contractors who are extending the
boulevard from the present terminus
north over the hills to the head of
Sixth street expect to finish their work
the middle of next month,- at which
time it will bo possible for automobiles
and other vehicles to go over the en
tire course from the head of Sixth
street south to the Slavin road, in the
Fulton district.
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The strawberry season is drawing to
a close in the Hood River Valley. Car
load shipments from the Upper Valley
are about over with, although the fruit
will continue to-be sent from the higher
altitudes there in small shipments for
the next two or three weeks. Some of
the growers in remote districts there
will probably be able to supply the
Horticultural Chautauqua, to be held
during the week of July 21-27. with
berries.
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