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TIIE MORNIXG OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF SITE OF PROPOSED $10,000,000 HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL.
THE DRAMA OF
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Plan Includes Purchasing of
Swan Island.
ISSUE CF BONDS WEEDED
Stlicnie Approved by Committee ol
15, Port of Portland, and Coin
fj inUsion of Public Docks.
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tions upon land abutting the slips
leased from the municipality, accord'
in to plans formulated or approved
by the governing municipal bodies,
who in no instance should sanction
the erection of structures not strictly
firvi.roof.
-j'The piers and slips on the west
irtfcinland would not alone be ade
quately served by railroad facilities,
but in addition would afford berthing
fivf.-il:ties for 7G ships of 500-foot
ltsgth each. Provision would also be
O.gde for the development of a great
area in this district into industrial
sites, adequately served by broad
streets and railroad trackage facili
ties. It will be possible, according to
the report, to provide 75 industrial
sites llu by 200 feet, 69 sites 200 feet
square, with 40 acres additional to
be divided into industrial sites of
such dimensions as may be required.
In addition to these industrial sites,
a ti't-acre tract Is reserved, measuring
i&.'iii feet along the harbor front, with
a depth of about 1500 feet, a section
which Is proposed to be sub-divided
Into industrial sites or docks requir
ing both rail and water facilities.
Through creation of this gigantic
freight terminal, not only are facili
ties suggested which will serve great"
r Portland for years to come, but
It would also relieve present acute
congestion of the freight terminal
Dear the union passenger station, and
would give necessary room for the
development of a large passenger
terminal to properly serve the grow
ins city.
Development of Mock's bottom as
let forth in the plan would be chiefly
between the harbor line and the
main-line tracks of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation com
pany. An open wharf adequately
sprved by railroad tracks extending
the entire length of the harbor would
fiord facilities for 11 ships of 500
foot length. It is intended to divide
the property between the wharf and
the railroad tracks into eight large
industrial sites, consisting of one 24
are tract, fou 20-acre tracts, one
11-acre tract and two 10-acre tracts.
Industrial Site Contemplated.
Remaining property in the bottoms
would be devoted to a railroad ter
minal freight yard with a capacity
ot 2700 cars. The property lying be
tween Willamette boulevard and the
tracks would be converted into 62
industrial sites, served by railroad
trackage and wide streets, for ware
house and industrial purposes,. where
contiguous access to the harbor is
not a prime consideration, but which
, ill have wharfage facilities within
Short hauling distance,
ft Approximate costs of the entire
project are estimated at $10,000,000,
although It is admitted that it is al
njnst impossible to reach an accurate
estimate. The assessed valuation of
the property which must be acquired
is $1, 744, 923, Including the cost of
improvements installed on the pro
posed west side site.
The estimated cost of dredging 27.
S!S.fil7 cubic yards of sand from the
west channel, together with shore
work, is given at $2,207,881. The cost
of removing the present dyke in the
est channel and constructing a new
dyke to protect the mole from high
water is put at $5!.00O and engineer
ing and incidental expense at $30,174.
These figures are given in the report
as the initial expenditure, the remain
ing work to follow as quickly as is
ex pedicnt.
The dredging in connection with
the project includes the widening and
aliening of the west channel, the
building of slips on the west side and
the widening of the east channel to
A width of 700 feet. To accomplish
4his task will require the removal of
2'.o77,o72 cubic yards of sand and
uirt.
I'pon the completion of the work
a to;al of 15a0.7 acres of land will
have been reclaimed, of which SS8.2!)
acres will be in the Guild's lake dis
trict; 109. 20 acres on Swan island, and
4j.'i.3U acres on Mock's bottom.
I'nited ComiuLuioii Proponed.
Should the consolidation of the two
commissions be effected, it is pro
posed that the five members of the
dock commission become additional
members of the port commission, now
composed of seven members. This ar
rangement will be effective for one
year, after which the number of com
missioners will be reduced to nine,
three of whom shall hold office for
two years, three for four years and
three for six years. The reduction of
the board and election of members
shall be by the act of the commission,
but the successors to retiring mem
bers shall be elected by the legisla
ture. Issuance of bonds not to exceed
per cent of the assessed valuation
of the property within the port boun
daries is suggested to finance the
gigantic project. It is also suggested
that authority be granted the port
commission to acquire all property
now owned by the city of Portland
and held under the jurisdiction of the
dock commission as well as the issu
ance of $s.r00.000 bonds to retire a
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AGKKKU LPOl BY IOMJIITTEE OF FIFTKKK, PORT OF PORTLAND COMMISSION AND COMMISSION OK PLBLIC DOCKS,
similar amount of bonds issued by the
dock commission.
This authority must come from the
voters of the state of Oregon and it
is proposed that an initiative bill be
presented at the November election
which will authorize the bond issues
as well as grant the port commission
the additional authority necessary.
The committee of fifteen does not
deem It expedient to allow the project
to await the action of the voters, sug
gesting that the dock commission
proceed with its present programme,
and, if practicable, purchase Swan
island. It is also suggested that the
dock commission, following approval
of plans by the port commission,
proceed with details for the develop
ment of the island.
At the same time it is suggested
that the Port of Portland open nego
tiations for the acquisition of all the
lowland in ilock's bottom and in the
Guild's lake district by securing op
tions for long enough time to in
clude the time required to obtain the
proposed municipal and state legisla
tion at the November election.
George W. Boschke, author of the
"WARRIORS" VISIT CLUB
ADMEN" KXTERTAIX BLANKET-
CLAD GUESTS AT LUN'CIIEOX.
Delegation of Live Wires Attends
Session Where Talks Are Made
by Oregon City Men.
Big chiefs and young bucka from
Oregon City, clad in "homespun"
Indian blankets, descended upon the
members of the Portland Ad club yes
terday, tracing the "palefaces" at
noon to their hiding place at ,the
Crystal room of the Benson hotel.
For a brief time the air was por
tentous with possible conflict, but the
Invaders finally succumbed to the in
sidious odor of hot viands, and agreed
to smoke the pipe of peace.
About 50 members or tne "live
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN PLACED BEFORE CITY
COUNCIL CALLS FOR $10,000,000.
1. The acquisition of Swan Island..
2. The acquisition of all the low land In the so-called Guild's
lake district, lying between St. Helen's. road and the 'Willamette
river opposite Swan Island and required for depositing material
dredged from Swan Island and the west channel of the river.
3. The acquisition of all low land in Mock's Bottom on the east
side of the river to the island and the creation of a still water basin
between Swan Island and Mock's Bottom.
4. The closing of the narrow and unsafe channel to th,e east of
Swan Island by a causeway constructed from the mainland on the
east side of the river to the island, and the creation of a still water
basin between Swan Island and Mock's Bottom.
5. The removal of approximately the west half of Swan Island
and the- dredging of a straight channel on the west side of Swan
Island 1600 feet in width.
6. The filling of all land in the Guild's lake district above
described and the filling of dock sites and the dredging of slips
along the west bank of the river opposite Swan Island.
7. The filling of the easterly portion of Swan Island, the con
struction of a mole 10S7 feet wide and 5000 feet long extending the
full length of the island along the new west channel, affording
dockage for ships, and the construction of a causeway from tile
southerly end of the island to the east shore, affording access to
the island by rail and truck.
8. The filling of the low land in Mock's Bottom opposite Swan
Island from the easterly line of the present channel to the adjacent
high land.
the government under one depart
ment, was adopted, and another, urg
ing daylight saving for Portland,. was
laid on the table for two weeks, fol
lowing some discussion. When the
matter Is again taken up .-. warm time
is promised, as the club was shown
yesterday to be about evenly divided
upon the subject.
The delegation Srom Oregon City
included the following:
Linn E. Jones, W. B. Hempstead, Georire
Randall, I.. Adams, F. O. Howland, A. O.
Kae, K. R. Brown, B. T. McBain, R. J.
Tour.g, T O. Harding, W. P. Hawley Jr.,
Vf. P. Hawley Sr., R. L. Shepherd, T. O.
Smund, L Hipp, I F. Henderson, A. R.
Jacobs, John Collie, H. F. Schwigl, L. A.
Morris, E. B. Brodie, J. R. Humphreys,
T. F. Ryan, J. O. Noe. H. B. Hoss, R. C.
Parker, Jacob Rlsley, J. A. Brady, W. B.
Caufteld. C. H. Cautield, Frank Busch,
E. 8. Larsen, William M. Stone, W. B.
Cook, H. S. Andeuon, W. A. Huntley,
George Bannon, C Schwebel, M. t. Lat
ourette, R. P. Canfield, 1 B. Barlow,
J. W. Moffatt, A. E. Rugg, T. B. Hay
hurst. H. O. Edgar, V. N. Doake, U U
Porter. C H. Dye, M. J. -Lee, E. L. Pope,
O. I. Eby, Joa Schwarta. A. A. Price,
A. C Warner.
HOSPITALS ARE VISITED
Child Welfare Commission Plans
Beneficial Recommendations.
SA1JEM. Or.. March 24. (Special.)
Members of the child welfare com-
I mission, together with a number of
spent today making a survey of state
institutions. They were entertained
at dinner at the state hospital.
The purpose of the commission's
mission here was to make recommen
dations which it is believed will
assist the officials in improving con
ditions at the state homes and at
the same time be helpful to the
charges.
BOUTS TO SUPPLY WANTS
LINE TO OPERATE OUT
I'MPQCA TO SOCTH.
OF
Attorney Will Xot Run.
SALEM. Or., March 24. (Special.)
Max Gehlhar, who is serving his
fourth year as district attorney of
Marion county, announced vesterdav
that he would not be a candidate for
re-election. Mr. Gehlhar is a repub
lican and prior to his election as dis
trict attorney served two terms as
county clerk.
THE PROPER WAY
TO TAKE
First See That the Tablets You
Take Are Marked With
the "Bayer Cross."
The Bayer company, who introduced
Aspirin, ten in their careful direc-
iions in eacn pacaage or genuine
Bayer Tablets or Aspirin that to get
best results one or two glasses of
water should be drank after taking
tablets.
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be
genuine must be marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross." Then you are
getting the world-famous Aspirin,
prescribed by physicians for over
eighteen years.
Kach unbroken "Bayer" package
Contains proper directions for Colds,
. Kcadache, Toothache, Earache, Neur
algia, Lumbago, Rheumatism. Neuri
'.'tis. and for Pain generally,
i ilandy tin boxes of twelve tablets
eost but few cents. Druggists
also "sell larger "Payer" packages.
Aspirin is the trademark of Bayer
llanufacture of Monoaceticacidester
' of iaiicylkaciu. Adv. j
plan for the development of Swan
island, was employed for this special
survey by the port and dock commis
sions, who are paying the cost of his
services jointly. He was selected for
the appointment by a joint committee
from the two port administrative
bodies, consisting of Commissioners
K. M. Warren and George W. Kelly
of the port commission and K. C.
Knapp and John Burgard of the dock
commission.
Previous to his appointment on the
Swan island project Mr. Boschke was
widely known as the designer of the
famous sea wall at Galveston. Tex.
He was called in as a consulting en
gineer by the Portland dock commis
sion when the 1,000.000-bushel munic
ipal grain elevator at terminal Xo. 4
began to subside upon its base, and
under his direction the sinking was
effectively stopped. Mr. Boschke
came to Oregon as chief engineer for
the O.-W. R. & N. company.
The plan has the general approval
of Robert G. Dieck, advisory engineer
for the committee of fifteen, as well
as the approval of all the members
of the committee of fifteen, the Port
of Portland and the commission of
public docks.
Members of the elty council to
whom the report was made yesterday
expressed general favor of the pro
posed plan. All agreed that port d
velopment is necessary if Portland's
future as an industrial center is to
be assured. Consideration of the plan
will be taken up at a meeting of the
city council tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. It is probable that a public
hearing will be set when citizens of
Multnomah county will be invited to
express opinions.
The committee of fifteen appointed
by the city council is composed of the
following: Emery Olmstead, chair
man; F. C. Knapp, E. J. Jaeger. Gesrge
H. Kelly, C. D. Brunn (whose ap
proval came by telegraph), John H.
Burgard, William Cornfoot, F. S.
Doernbecher, Charles C Hindman,
Max H. Houser, James B. Kerr, Ira F.
Powers. Nathan Strauss, J. E. Wheeler
and F. M. Warren.
Alleged Red Bound Over.
Wires," headed by Ralph L. Shepherd,
"grand trunk," and E. E. Brodie, sec
retary, made the trip by automobile
from Oregon City, and were greeted
at the outskirts of town by a delega
tion of the Ad clubbers in automo
biles, who escorted the visitors to the
Benson, where they were the guests
of the Ad club at the regular weekly
luncheon. The visiting delegation
arrived wrapped in brilliantly colored; Sunday
Indian blankets, the product of the
Or.fefion City woolen mills.
f"'5f!jr programme of the luncheon
Wife 'ttiined over to the Oregon City
delegation, following a brief busi
ness, session, and Mr. Shepherd pre
sided, calling upon Mr. Brodie. A. A.
Price, Dr. H. G. Edgar and others to
speak. During th . business session
of the club a number of resolutions
were considered. One indorsing the
Jones-Reavls bill, which would con
solidate all engineering activities of
Fred Steward, who was arrested by
Patrolman Meacham on a charge of
criminal- syndicalism, was held to
answer to the grand jury yesterday
by Municipal Judge Rossman. His
ball was placed at $1000.
If you are proud to be an American
do not fail to see D. W. Griffiths'
supreme achievement "Hearts of the
World" at the Circle theater next
nd Monday. Adv.
S. & H. Green Stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co. Main 3S3. 660-21.
Adv.
SHEEP MEN TO ORGANIZE
Douglas County Agriculturist Calls
Meeting for April 2.
ROSEBCRG, Or.. March 24. (Spe
cial.) With the object of organizing
the sheep and goat raisers in Douglas
county. Agriculturist C. J. Hurd has
called a meeting which will be held
here April 2, when breeders will be
urged to improve the grade of their
herds by heading them with pure-bred
sires. Another matter to be con
sidered Is the co-operative uniform
marketing and grading of wool.
It is also asserted that higher
bounties on predatory animals, more
particularly coyotes. Is necessary In
order to induce hunters to make
greater efforts to exterminate those
pests.
Students to Present Play.
NORTH BEND, March 24. (Spe
cial.) The students of the North
Bend high school will present the
comedy, "A Pair of Country Kids," at
the Eckhoff hall, March 26. The play
la being directed by Mrs. M. Beeman,
a teacher in the high school, and the
following jttudents will take part:
Nellie Wlllmott, Harold Scott, Car
raelia Smith, George Daily, Archie
Vaughn. Myron Gurnea, Clara Kehoe,
Jason Robertson. The proceeds will be
used to assist in defraying the expense
of publishing the school annual.
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of ail that is pretty and grace foi and
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take off tne fat where ft ahows? Yon
can do so easily, safely and without
the tliirhtest fear of harm or bad
aftereffects by rant taking after each
meal and at bedtime a pteuant little
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wit your head
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The sensible, practical
man seeks shoes that will
give sensible, practical ser
vice, comfort and good
looks. These features must be
built right into good shoes.
And all these features are
combined built into every
part of Buckhecht Shoe.
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contain those sterling qualities made famous by the Buckhecht
Army Shoe. They are sold in a variety of styles and leathers
from $8 to $12 by principal shoe dealers in the West."
For Sale in Portland by
C. H. BAKER
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT .
MANUFACTURERS Sina tht tarly fifiin SAN FRANCISCO
I Shipping Allocation Mainly Dne
to Able Efforts of Well-informed
Local Emissary.
TV. D. B. Dodson, executive secre
tary of the chamber of commerce, who
has been in the east for several weeks,
last night met with members of the
I Oregon congressional delegation at a
dinner in Washington to talk over the
I matters of special concern to the busi
ness interests of the city and state.
Mr. Dodson has been busily occu
pied in helping to bring about the
allocation of ships to Portland, with
the success that haa been told in the
assignment to the various new lines
of the vessels mentioned in dispatches
of the past two weeks. With inti
mate knowledge of the entire ship
ping situation of the coast and a fund
of Information as to cargo awaiting
shipment in varioua ports on the oth
er side of the ocean, as well as of the
pressing needs of the lumbermen and
other producers of Oregon for plac
ing their products in coastwise ports
of the United States on both sides of
the continent, he was able to present
conclusive facts to the shipping board
officials. In this work he has had
the united support of the Oregon rep
resentatives and senators, and there
were a number of matters that all
wished to consider, so the meeting at
a dinner was arranged for last night.
At the chamber of commerce office
it. was stated yesterday that Secre
tary Dodson had not expected to re
main away as long as has been neces
sary, but so many things came up
that demanded his undivided effort
that he has continued the work, which
is regarded by President Van Duzer
as the most successful that has ever
been done in behalf of shipping.
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Bet Lost, Plunge Taken.
SALEM, Or., March it. (Special.)
Fred McGrew, manager of forensics
I at Willamette university, this morn
ing took a plunge In the icy waters
of the Salem millrace in payment of a
wager concerning the outcome of the
freshman glee. McGrew failed to pick
the right club as a winner. Hun
dreds of students from the university.
together with many Salem people.
witnessed the unusual fest.
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KATtRDAY
ELSIE FERGUSON
Gasoline Schooner Chartered
Carry 300,000 Feet Lumber
From Recdsport.
The establishment of a boat line
to operate between Reedspprt, on the
Umpqua, and San Francisco has
grown out of the car situation, ac
cording to information brought by L.
A. kelson, of the v est Coast Lum
bermen's association, who has just
returned from a trip through the
Coos Bay section. C. McC Johnson
has chartered a gasoline schooner
with capacity for carrying 300,000
feet of lumber and will use the vessel
to carry the cut of his mill to San
Francisco. The mill at Keedsport has
a capacity for 40,000 feet daily and is
marketing it in the rough. The com
pany is going to put in a planing
mill and will later be shipping tin-
ished lumber also. This development
is of special interest because it is the
first time that shipping has been go
ing out of the Umpqua river for
several years.
i At Marshfield a veneer factory is
beginning production of material for
orange and lemon crates, fruit baskets
and other like light packages. A new
box factory is being started at North
Bend, in connection with a mill plant.
and will supply the California trade
with its cut.
Reports received at the offices of
the West Coast association indicate
that the car situation remains acute,
but there is some measure of relief.
The railroads have not had time to
get their equipment back from
foreign lines, but are gradually im
proving the conditions.
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Have
. already seen the most daring motor drive ever
made. It is now being shown at our salesroom, a
free moving-picture show of the thrilling automo
bile drive by two young girls to the bottom of what
is known as the "Devil's Punch Bowl."
Also the trip of the Maxwell "Yank' into the
desert the most thrilling automobile motion
picture ever filmed.
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We have increased our seating capacity. The
public is invited from 7:30 to 10 P. M. all this
week. Come, and bring your friends.
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