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OnDS ftRE SOLDs t V ' MAP SHOWING PROPOSED ROUTES OF THE PORTLAND,
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OfiB TO BE BUILT
Portland, Nehalem & Tilla
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yJ NEHALEM & TILLAMOOK RAILROAD
CONTRACTS ALREADY MADE
"Work Will Begin as Soon as Right
of Way Is Cleared Bonds Have
Been Sold and Proceeds
Are Now Available.
WORK OX ROAD TO BEGIN.
SAN TOANCISCO. Cal.. July 1. The
Oregonlan, TortUnd, Or.: Contract for
construction Portland, Nehalem &. Til
lamook Railway Company haa been
Mcr.ed. Work will beeln an fsoon as
right of way la cleared up from Hllls
boro to Banks. We understand thl la
about completed, and our enplneers are
locating and cross-seetlonlnif and set
tins ready for the laborers to ro to
work. Entire road rhould be completed
within one year. The bonfifl have all
J able to romslete the work.
i ATLAS CONTRACT & SUPPL.T CO.
Rail communication between Portland
and the rich valleys lying west of the
Coast divide, watered by streams that
flow Into Nehalem and Tillamook Bays,
now seems assured as rapidly as contrac
tors can build the grades, tunnel through
the divide and lay bands of steel. As
announced In the above dispatch to The
Oregonlan. contracts for building therpid
and also with London capitalists who
have taken the entire bond Issue have
been signed. Both contracts bear date
of June 22, that with the Atlas Contract
& Supply Company having been signed
by President Edward Records the follow
ing day. On the same date the agent of
the bondholders afflxed his signature to
the contract with tlje London bankers,
and this was also signed in duplicate by
the Investors, who after exhaustive inves
tigation pronounced the project the most
promising American railway enterprise
that has been brought to their attention.
Control will rest entirely with the Port
land stockholders and English Investors.
Right of Way Pledged.
Right of way for the flrat section of the
road, from Hlllsboro to Banks, has been
pledged to the company free of cost by
the Hlllsboro Board of Trade, engineers
having announced that connection with
the Southern Pacific could be advantag
eously made either at a point about one
mile east of Hlllsboro or at a point near
Forest Grove. Chief Engineer George L.
Davis Is now engaged in cross-sectioning
the VP, miles of survey from the South
ern Pacific track to Banks, right of way
to which Is to be checked up and title
verified. Here the route is In a general
northwesterly course through an agricul
tural district highly developed under in
tensive farming, with land values rang
ing from J70 to 5100 per acre. Continuing
beyond Banks up through the narrowing
valley In Central Washington County,
along the course of the county road con
necting through from Forest Grove to
Clatskanle. at a distance of about 18 miles
from the starting point, the road begins
traversing forests of fir, covering the di
vide and embracing one of the largest
bodies of choice timber in the United
States that has not 'been disturbed by
the tlmberman. Here the ascent of the
divide is begun, the one per cent grado
from Hlllsboro, where the altitude is 215
feet above the sea, being succeeded by
gradients of two per cent In attaining an
altitude of about $00 feet at a point five
miles beyond Buxton. Here will be driv
en a tunnel through the divide, thus sav
ing a climb of 000 feet, and owing to the
rugged character of the divide the bore
will be comparatively short.
Beyond the tunnel a distance of eight
miles will bring the road to the upper
Nehalem Valley, and at an altitude of 700
feet. On the western slope the descent to
the sea will be made with about 50 miles
of track, and a maximum grade of one
per cent. Boundary between counties of
the Willamette Valley and the coast being
formed by the range, the road traverses
In Its course to tidewater Clatsop and
TTTiamook Counties, the .surveyed route
being through the populous sections cen
tering at Grand Rapids. Vlnemaple, Mls
hftwaka and Elsie, in ,the former county,
and Barbra and Nehalem in Tillamook.
Thence lines have been run southward to
a point on Tillamook Bay. 20 miles In
length.
The Tillamook line of the road as sur
veyed branches from the above described
line at a point between Hlllsboro and
Buxton, near the inland postofflee shown
on the map as Greencastle; crosses the
range to the head of Wilson Creek.
through Wilson, thence following the
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west side of he valley of the stream to
Tillamook Bay, some distance north of
Tillamook City. This route would pass
a few miles 'west of Illlngsworth.
Main Line Not Determined.
It has not been fully determined which
shall become the main line and which
the branch. Should It be the Nehalem
line, that track would then be extended
to Tillamook Bay. and the other would
become the branch, and stop at a point
In the Wilson Creek Valley. Should the
southern purvey be selected as the main
line, the Nehalem Valley branch would
terminate at or near Grand Rapids, about
CO miles from the starting point, whjle
the Tillamook line would be built north
to Nehalem.
These details are to be decided by the
company while work is under way on the
first section of the road, however, and
the important feature alike to business
Interests of both Portland and the Coast
Is contained in the authoritative an
nouncement that rail transportation fa
cilities will soon be supplied to that rich
region tributary to this city, but so long
closed to development.
Having succeeded in financing the pro
ject independent of either the Northern
Pacific or Southern Pacific companies, and
protected by provision of the Oregon law
enacted by" the last Legislature, the Port
landr Nehalem & Tillamook will probably
have connections with both roads, so that
shipper may elect by which freight shall
be routed.
Connection will first be made with the
Southern Pacific, but surveys already
made show that by constructing from a
point about seven miles from this con
nection a Junction can be made with the
Northern Pacific at Scappoose by build
ing 13 miles of track. By either route the
road will be the short line from Portland
to the sea, not exceeding 100 miles, which
may be reduced considerably when en
gineers complete cross-sectioning and
checking up of the entire line.
Grading was started in 1S92 on a pro
jected road to the Coast from Hlllsboro,
when grading was done over considerable
of the first 20 miles. Title to the grade
was forfeited within nvo years thereafter,
under operation of the law. but portions
of this grade are now Included in the sur
veyed line and will be made use of. Chief
Engineer Davis, who has charge of the
work under way. has built 11 railroads
In Michigan, Florida and New Mexico,
mostly lumber roads in timber and moun
tainous districts. He came to Portland
some three months ago to accept his pres
ent situation, soon thereafter taking up
the initial work.
Figures compiled by United States In
spector Batter disclose that the territory
between Portland and the seal comprises
1.SS4.000 acres of first qualify timber, con
taining wjthin a circuit of K to SO miles
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OREGON IMPORTING CO.
3S.OOO.OOO.CO) feet. About 15.120,000,000 feet
are tributary to the Wilson, Trask, Kil
chls, Tillamook and Miami Rivers, the
territory to be reached by the route of the
southern line projected. Tributary to the
Nehalem valley Is 13,560.000,000 feet, while
that on the east slope of the divide In
Washington and Columbia counties Is es
timated at 4,CQ0,000,0CK) feet. Some quarter
sections in the heart of this region have
been cruised that will produce in excess
of 9.000.000 feet of lumber. Estimates com
piled for Information of stockholders and
capitalists reveal that the timber supply
is sufficient to supply Portland mills at
their present enormous output tor 40 years
with only half of fr.e standing timber.
Agricultural districts of exceptional pro
ductive power have been developed in the
valleys of the larger rivers and their nu
merous tributaries of the Pacific slope of
the divide, while adjacent to the Coast
are the tldelands and marshes not sur
passed for dairy farming any place In the
world, with fresh vegetation the year
around, upon which milch cows feed, and
it is rarely necessary to feed grain or
forage from granaries or barns. This area
will be rapidly Increased as spruce tim
ber of the first 10 miles back from the
coast Is removed and fir timber cut from
higher lands toward the interior, steadily
Increasing the area productive of tonnage
of grain, cereal, fruit and dairy products.
One creamery company has assured the
officials of the. railroad that it will guar
antee traffic aggregating earnings of from
512,000 to J15.O0O annually from the region.
Additional to the sources of traffic it is
the purpose of the company to open to
production the Upper Nehalem coal fields,
having a mean length of about 13 miles
and from one to two miles wide, where
occur two coal beds, nine and six feet in
thickness and conveniently situated for
mining. In another locality occurs" bi
tuminous coal that has been found by
tests to be of good coking quality. Not
quite so conveniently located with rela-
j tlon to the line of the road are also Iron
1 ore deposits, llmonlte irt character, with
. a greater percentage of iron than in the
' ore used for manufacture of pig iron and
other raw iron products by the Oregon
Iron & Steel Company, and which It is
believed may be made the source of large
; traffic.
j Officials of the Portland. Nehalem &.
, Tillamook are extremely reticent concern
! Ing details of their plans. President John
McCraken declared it to be their purpose
to say little until actual work Is under
way, leaving it for such demonstration to
prove their good faith and that the new
short line to the coast, opening a new
trade territory to Portland, will soon be
realised. President Records, of the Atlas
Contract &. Supply Company, it is un
derstood, will reach Portland about July
12. when It Is expected actual work will be
ordered commenced.
HELD BY JOHN
Handsome Gold China Cabinet and Silver J$m.
MAYOR'S FIRST W
Dr. Lane Presides at Health
Board Meeting.
MISS TINGLE RESIGNS
Finds That the Salary Is Inadequate,
hut the Question of Providing
a Successor Is Tempor
arily Passed.
Mayor Lane's first official act upon
assuming the duties of his office yes
terday morning 'was to preside at a
monthly meeting of the City Board of
Health, which was done in a veteran
like manner.
Miss Lillian E. Tingle, the City Mar
ket Inspector, presented her resigna
tion, alleging that the salary was in
adequate. The question of providing a.
successor was temporarily passed.
The Union Meat Company and the
Pacific States Packing Company filed a
remonstrance against the possible re
peal of the meat inspection ordinance
recently passed by the City Council
over Muyor Williams' veto. The valid
ity of the measure is now being tested
In the local courts, hence the board
declined to take nny further action.
Claims against the garbage crema
tory aggregating $829 were held up on
account of the refusal of Auditor Dev
lin to pass favorably "upon them, it be
ing charged that purchases had been
made without the proper requisitions.
The superintendent of the crematory
was directed to attend the meetings of
the board In future.
A report was received from the City
Physician to the effect that there were
five cases of smallpox at present in the
pesthouse, all of which originated at
outside points and were brought here
for treatment. Dr. Tenney, secretary of
the State Board of Health, was re
quested to Investigate and -serve notice
No. 141
MAIR, NO.
on the country districts relative to the
observance of quarantine regulations
concerning smallpox patients.
Must Inspect Buildings.
In future the captain of each of the
22 fire companies comprising the mu
nicipal department will make a weekly
Inspection of prominent buildings in
his district for the purpose of famil
iarizing himself with details. The re
sult of these inspections will be duly
tabulated and filed with Chief Camp
bell, nml In this way It Is expected that
a comprehensive knowledge of condi
tions may be obtained that will prove
valuable in case of fire.
Battalion chiefs perform this service
now to a certain extent, but it has
been deemed advisable for the cap
tains to become acquainted with the
situation also. The inspection contem
plates furnishing details of the most
minute character, aijd for this pur
pose blanks have been provided that
cover every question likely to arise.
Street Permits Approved.
City Engineer Wanzer has approved
the following applications for permits
to make street Improvements: S. P.
Johnston, 130 lineal feet of grading on
Concord street. Riverside addition,
a-buttlng on lots 12, 13 and 14. in block
1, and T. C. Green, 10 lineal feet stone
sidewalk and macadam pavement on
East Gllsan street. 130 feet west of -the
west line of East Third street.
BUNCO MEN ARE FOILED
Detectives Prevent Swindle by the
Vnlise Trick.
By a clever piece of detective work Dep
uty Sheriff John Cordano assisted by
John Grusst. also a Deputy Sheriff, suc
ceeded In arresting J. LewLs. alias De
Martini, and D. Frank, alias Devencenso,
two bunco men. and saved 52000 for Pletro
Moresl. an Italian glazier. The prisoners
arc also Italians, a,nd arrived In Portland
about ten days ago. They picked up an
acquaintance with Moresl, who is an old
man of leisure, and told him wonderful
stories concerning Alaska gold mines, and
paid they would show him where he could
make 550 a day with ease. In the course
of these conversations they took pains to
ascertain if Moresl had money, and as
certaining from him that he was well-to-do,
the three then arranged to go to Alas
ka, together, and engage in business. Lew
Is. otherwise DeMartlnl, informed Moresl
he had money coming from British Colum
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29 1 11th STREET
Our semi-annual black or blue
serge or cheviot suit, with extra
trousers of same or striped material,
to order for
$25
N;ow, is the time
' j at small
Satisfactory fit guaranteed in all cases.
Garments to order In a. day, if required.
Full Dress and Tuxdo suits a specialty.
108 THIRD
bia, which he had sent for. and which
would arrive In a sealed package, and j
when It got here the arrangements for I
the Alaska trip would be completed.
Eight days ago Cordano ascertained that J
DeMartlnl and Devencenso were In Port- j
land, and that their line of -work Is what
la known as the valise trick. After hav
ing procured a victim with money, one
of the sharpers proposes a business part
nership and as his share of the capitt
the bunco man produces a sealed package
supposed to be full of greenbacks, some
of which can be seen sticking out through
a broken end of the package, which is
mostly filled with waste paper. The vic
tim is asked to bring his money, and the
two packages are presumed to "be placed
In the valise, but by a shrewd slelght-of-hand
trick the "victim's money ts not put
in the valise. He is entrusted with It.
and when he opens It. after the bunco
man has gone, finds he has been swindled.
This Is the trick Devencenso and DeMar
tlnl planned to play on Moresl, and Is the
reason the latter made the statement
that he had sent to British Columbia for
a package of money. A package such as
has been described was found on DeMar
tlnl when he was arrested. The men said
they did not know each other, but they
roomed in the same house. Sheriff Word
and his men are keeping a close watch
on confidence men.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage License.
J. Frank Graham. 32. Spokane; Beatrice
Auarusta Ogden. 2t.
Fred Alban Well. 31. Chicago; Ellen Smith
Eliot. 30. ,
E N. Tempest. 20; Ethel May Earl. 16.
L. C Lamb. 28. Kelso: Margaret Yonce. 23.
G. E. McCrow, 22. McCoy. Or.; Clara E.
Humphreys. 18.
Real Eatate Transferi.
W. H. TlSany and wife to the Hlbr-
nla Savings Bank. N.Ev U ot N.B.
Sec. 33. T. 3 S.. R. 4 E. ..i. I 500
O. E. Larned et al. to Oak Park Land
Co. N.W. 60 feet river lota 216 In
clusive and fractional block 0; J.
Johns Add to St. Johns 1
Oak Park Land Co. to M. L. Holbrook.
lot "C," Oak Park Add. No. 2 to St.
Johns X'-U-'Ar'L"" 5,300
Oak Park Land Co.. to C. E. Bingham,
parcel land betlnrflny at N.W. corner
fractional block T and river lota 3-8
Inclusive and fractional block 0. J.
Johns Add. to St. Johns 15,000
L. L. Hartman et at to T. E. Hills, lot
"R." St. Johns Heights 1
J. K Gill and wtfe to F. W. Currey.
tract "H." Skyland 675
C. E. Elwert and wife to C. M. Elwert.
lots 1-T inclusive. Hodjon Place I
C- B. Sewall and wife to H. J. Morri
son. W. 4 lots 1. block 113. Couch
Add - 19.000
C. Campbell to Thomaa Hodson, lota T,
8. block 42. Carter Add. 500
M. L. Fraley. guardian, to W. O. Wlck
ham. lot 11. block 4. Alblna Home
stead, and lot 4. block 6, Paradise
Spring Tract -iwz.' 4M
W. O. Wlckham and wife to W. T.
Mlnde, lot 11. block 4. Alblna 'Home
stead ' 1
M. L. Fraley and husband to same.
THE BIG FAMILY
LIQUOR STORE
to dress well
cost.
STREET
came
Land Co. of Ore con to J. M. Nlckum.
lots 1. 2. block 22. City View flark.. 1.3M
H. M. Weaterwelt to L Westerwelt;
S. 13 feet lot 12. bloclc S. Lons Fir
Cemetery 1
W. J. Mabelln and wife to r. G- Hof
sta'd, lota 6, 7. 8. block 6, Good Men-tin
Add. ... 1
L. F. O'Conner and husband to A.i Sul
livan, parcel land beginning 35 feet
S. of N.E. corner lot 7, block 31, Cen
tral Alblna
M. Jengerdorf and husband to K. Live
ly, trustee. lot 4, block 1. Woodward's
eubdlvlsion lot 1, Itlversldo Home
stead 1
I. E. Norgard and wife to H. Israel,
73x50 feet, beginning- 30 feet E. of E.
lln of Fifth street and 100 feet N. ot
N. line of block 6S, Caruthers Add.
to Caruthera Add I.67S
C. Bills to H. A. Tries et al.. all In
terest lota 5. 8. block 154. Couch Add. 1.7S9
S. Vlnaon t al. to W. S. Vinson. lot
15. block 13, Cook's Add., and lota 1
io iu inclusive, oiock i. mira tiieciriu
Add ........r ur
A. Harold to G. Vow. lot 6, block 12. J
"Weflt Portland I.
Sheriff to Real Estate Investors Asso
ciation, sundry lots Sellwood W
K. W. M. Cxerwlnskl and wife to J.
C. TezerakI and wlfei Jot T. block 9.
, Feurer'a Add. 1.700
Union Trust & Investment Co. to.F.
Confrey, lots 13, 14. block 10. Ivanho 330
Same to A. Confrey, Iota 15, 10. block
10, Ivanhoe 390
Body Found In the River.
The body of Edmond J. M. Subra.
French tailor, who came to Portland from
San Francisco a short time ago. was
picked up In the river at noon yesterday
and Interred by Coroner Flnley. Subra.
had been emoloved bv C H. Lane, who
last Mondav reoorted his disappearance
to the notice, and that he had suddenly
quit his employment the previous Friday,
declaring he was pursued by three men.
apnarentlv suddenlv seized with the delu
sion. There were no mrv of violence on
the body and It Is supposed to have 'been
suicidal death. Wages for a half week.
had not been collected, and the-dfifitaw
left his tools at the shop where employed!
Will Establish Hebrew School.
The Hebrew Sick Benefit Association:
has bought the church building at Second'
and Jefferson streets and will move it to
First and Hall streets, where a synagogue
and Hebrew school will be established.
The members of the association are. anx
ious to interest their co-religionists. In thlsr
school, and have secured as a teacher1
Mr. Metzger, who has been engaged tor
years In similar work In Rochester and
New Tork.
Winners at Bowling".
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McMenomy beat Hay on., tft1 KJ
howllns: alleys last nlsht. wIhkrz 91
out of five games In the s c cokd ' "sc t 'a.-.
series ot -u Karnes, xne next noiettiitt, ,
be rolled Wednesday. Brllf aR,st4v.pr
unicago. win oowi trausg --jRnii, ,. M.U7
Thursday ntgnt. ana ivrcse na ismmea
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