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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1921)
r ' 1 ' 1 THE MORNING OltEGONTAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1921 ROAD STORM PROB E ORDERED Blf COUNTY Columbia River, Highway Said to Be in Danger. S. C. LANCASTER REPORTS Commissioners Rudeen and Iloyt Order Roudmastcr to Begin Thorough Investigation. In view of the findings contained In a report on the present condition of the Columbia river highway by S. C. Lancaster, County Commission ers Rudeen and Iloyt have ordered a thorough investigation of the high way by Roadmaster Eatchel. This action followed the refusal yesterdar on the part of these two members of the commission to adopt the suggestion made by County Com missioner Ilolman that Mr. Lancaster be employed by the county to clear the highway of Ice and snow. Danger threatens the highway through the movement of a mountain side between Chanticleer and the Vista house and the viaducts on both eldes of Multnomah falls are .endan gered by the weight of thousands of tons of ice. Mr. Lancaster told the Multnomah county commissioners he believed that conditions could be re lieved and the mountain-side "stabil ized," he asserted. Expense Halta Plan. Though Chairman Ilolman favored Civlng Mr. Lancaster full authority to remedy the situation. Commission ers Hoyt and Rudeen balked at the idea because of tne heavy cost in volved. "Just where the highway begins to descend toward Vista house from Chanticler, the whole aide of the mountain is moving elowly," Mr. Lan caster reported. "This condition has been noticeable for years and Is caused by dumping waste materials and the flow of storm water into the area." The tremendous weight of ice on the 840-foot viaduct a mile east of Multnomah falls and the 400-foot via duct west of the falls eeriously men aces the structures. Mr. Lancaster maintained. The engineer was on his way east when he learned of the storm which sheathed the highway, his dream realized. In Ice, and he turned back to Portland and has Just com pleted a survey of the situation. Need of Expert Doubted. Mr. Rudeen, who in the company of Hoadmaster Eatchel, made a trip be yond Crown Toint last week. Is op posed to the employment of any ex pert to aid the county In clearing the highway or to expending large sums to transport heavy machinery to the highway for that purpose. Mr. Rudeen mated that he is con vinced, by reports made to him by the roadmaster, that there is no apparent danger to the bridges or viaducts. "I havo been informed on good au thority," he said, "that the bridges and viaducts on the highway were constructed to carry a load of two row of 15 ton-trucks with a factor of safety of five, which means that the bridges can etand five times the maximum load without endangering them." Road Department Enough. The enow and ice on the highway, according to Mr. Rudeen, Is carrying a portion of Its own weight. And in addition is being taken gradually away by the recent Chinook winds. "The county has a roadmaster who has a competent department, and after making a comprehensive study of the Columbia river highway situa tion, I feel convinced that our road department can handle the situation. The highway Is now open to Mist Kails. While there is no chance for the complete opening of the highway for some time because of the high drifts, I feel that the best method to pursue is to allow the elements to assist us In clearing the highway, and thus save the enormous cost that would be attached to sending out heavy machinery and attempting to clear it at once. In fact, I feel that there would be more danger to the highway if nature was not allowed to take its own course." Tillamook Road Open. For the first time since the storms of ten days ago the highway to Tilla mook was open to continuous travel yesterday, according to Ivan Donald eon, assistant manager of the Cadillac Stage company, which operates a number of auto busses from Portland to Tillamook. As the result of the rains and high water, the road was blocked at sev eral places, and in order to maintain stage service through to Tillamook It was necessary for-the company to transfer passengers around slides from one stage to another. Immedi ately following the storm four trans fers were necessary, one near Dolph. where a washout had occurred, one near Hebo, where a bridge had been washed out, one near Beaver, where a big slide had bfirled the road, and a fourth between Beaver and Tilla mook, where a bridge had been washed away. Benrrr Slide Big. At three of the points the road was put in shape for travel within a few days, but the slide near Beaver proved a real job, and steam shovels did not succeed in making the road fit for travel until yesterday. The highway is In fair shape and regular trips are now being made from Portland to Tillamook without difficulty, Donald son said. The O.-W. R. & N. bridge at Eagle creek, which was temporarily put out of commission yesterday by high wa ter and high drifts, will he in condition for traffic today. Large forces of men were hurried to the structure as soon as the trouble started and pre vented greater damage being done. Trains over the line were routed around from Fallbrldge over the North Bank road yesterday. The Oregon Electric bridge ap proaches on the Santlam river were repaired and traffic to Eugene wai resumed yesterday. SIICTTLK TRAINS OPERATED Service Through Columbia Gorge Again Tied Vp. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) Shuttle trains were being run out of The Dalles today, connecting with east and westbound O.-W. R. & N. trains at Biggs, as a result of the damage to the bridge spanning Eagle creek, which early this morning caused another tieup of train service through the Columbia gorge. O.-W. R. & X. trains, both east and westbound, ere being routed out of Portland via the North Bank road. Eastbound train No. 24 was the last to get through last night before the bridge was damaged by debris car ried on the swollen waters of the creek. This train reached The, Dalles at 3:15 this morning. A number of, bridge bents have already gone out j and more are expected to go, should j the high water continue, it was eald j here today. The creek gorge is said to be about 30 feet deep at the point j where it is crossed by the bridge, at I normal stage. The flood waters now j are said to have reached to within three feet of the lower bridge timbers. River Again at Flood Stage. j EUGENE, Or., Nov. 30. (Special.) , A warm chinook wind and a heavy rain during the last 24 hours have again brought the Willamette and ; McKenzie rivers to flood stage. Ths Willamette, tonight was 13 V4 feet above low water mark, only one foot lower than the high mark reached last week during the freshet. The Eugeae-Coburg road is again blocked to traffic and the water is over the pavement on the Pacific highway in three places between Eugeno and Junctloi. City, and is over the hl&fc- , way betweien Eugene and SpringfleM. AValla Valla Streams Flooded, j WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Nov. 30.-'-(Special.) Heavy rains in the moun tains last night and this morning filled streams of the valley almost to flood-time proportions, but this afternoon the water began dropping rapidly. Precipitation totaling .88 of an inch at the intake brought Mill creek to within ten Inches of the height in the spring when so much damage was done. However, con- : etruction of dikes last summer pre- f vented much damage. Some small bridges were washed out. Klickitat Snow Disappearing. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Nov. 30. (Special.) Heavy rains in the Klicki tat valley are causing the snow to disappear rapidly. Higher ground was bare in many places this morning, but there is still plenty of snow left to protect the fields of fall grain in th wheat belt. Stockmen are pleased to see the snow leaving, but wheat (-rowers hope sufficient will be left cn the ground to protect the grain from a freeze. Streams have risen above a normal flow today for the first time since the snowfall. CONSTRUCTOR OF CANADIAN PACIFIC SUCCUMBS. Lord Mount Stephen, Chosen First President of System, Reaches Age of 03 Years. LONDON, Nov. 30. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Lord Mount Stephen, 92 years old, pioneer railroad con structor In Canada and first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway com pany, died last night at his country residence. Brocket hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Lord Mount Stephen (George Stephen), first Baron Mount Stephen, was born on June 5, 1829, at Forres in Banffshire, Scotland, the son of William Stephen, a carpenter. The life story of Lord Stephen was a romance of early struggles against poverty, of a rapid rise to eminence after he came to Canada In 1850. of pioneer work in railroad construction which culminated in the connecting of the Atlantic and the Pacific by the Canadian Pacific railway, of the ac quisition of a 36,000,000 fortune, much of which he gave away to rela tives, and finally of an old age spent as a peer In a historic home known as Brocket .Hall, Hertfordshire, in England, which had at times been occupied by two prime ministers of England, Lord Melbourne and Lord . Palmerston. i Acknowledgment of his part In the I origination and consummation of the Canadian Pacific came from the shareholders, who elected him the first president of the company, and from the king, who, on recommenda tion of the government of Canada, conferred a baronetcy on him In 1886 and a peerage in 1891. He retired from the presidency in 1888 and soon afterward went to live in England. Animals obtain leas value from the food they eat than man. and there fore consume more. HAZELWOOD ORCHESTRA J. N. F. Colburn, Director. TONIGHTS PROGRAMME 6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30. 1. "Oregon, Where Love Is Best" Cecil Teague 2. "Valse des Fleurs" P. Tschaikowsky 3. Selection from the opera "Carmen" Bizet 4. "Panamersicana" Victor Herbert 5. "Sextette From Lucia".. G. Donizette 6. "The Baby". . .H. S. Perkins 7. "Humoresque" . .A. Dvorak 8. "Love and Glory" 'T Lee O. 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