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JTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 28, 1906. MOTHER GOOSE BROUGHT UP TO DATE JINGLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY MURPHY What Engineers W. B. Chase and W. C. Elliott Say of the 'Proposition. AGREE WITH MODJESKI 8 BASCULE DRAW IW1PRAGT! CABLE BHD lit MRT i Declare That the Working of Such n Bridge Would Be Impos sible and Point Out Alleged Defects. . a bascule draw for the Swan Island bridge, instead of a pivot draw the kind now used for the four Willamette River bridse is declared impracticable and un desirable by W. B. Chase, who designed the Burnsido bridge, rebuilt the old Mor rison bridge, and as City Engineer rebuilt the Madison bridge, and by AV. C. Elliott, who as city engineer, supervisee! the building of the new Morrison bridge. Thse two men say a bascule draw long enough to span the channel would be big ger than any ever builL They bear out the opinion of Ralph Modjcski, chief engi neer for the PorthRid-Vancouvcr bridges of the north-bank road, who says that a bascule draw spanning the COO-foot chan nel bejow Swan Island would be so huge and ponderous as to be impracticable. River Pilots Want Bascule. But the bascule type Is what the river pilots want, in order to avoid placing a pivot pier 40 feet wide in the middle of the channel, for the swing draw to rest on. A "bascule draw consists of two sec tions or leaves, which lift and hinge up in the .air, opening a gap for passage of ships, and when lowered fit together at the ends, thereby affording a surface like Uie re.t of the bridge for traffic across the river. The pivot draw Is the kind that is known to ail residents of Port land; It swings on a pier in the channel, opening a gap on each side o the pier. Gaps In Bridges. These gaps in the Burnsldc bridge are bach 157 feet wide: in the steel bridge, 150 feet: Morrison bridge, 146; Madison bridge, 122 feet. In the draw proposed by the north-bank road, they would each be 203 feet. To span the channel at the Swan Island bridge, the bascule draw would "have to be between 250 and 300 feet long. To determine the merit of the bascule ppan. a special committee of the Port of Portland Commission will start for the East this morning over the O. R. &. X. A. Ij. Pease, acting president of the com mission: John Drlscoll. member of the commission, and J. B. C. Lockwood, engi neer for the port. The committee will visit ports where the bascule draw is in use. and will endeavor to learn whether at Swan Island it would reduce to a mini mum the objection of the pilots to a bridge. Says ,PIan Is Foolish. "It is foolisli to propose a bascule span for the Swan Island bridge," said "VV. B. Chase yesterday. "The committee's mis sion will be simply a Junketing trip." Of the same opinion was V. C. Elliott, who declared that the bascule draw never yet has been made so big as to span the channel below Swan Island: that If it should "be made big enough to span 250 or SCO feet, it' would be so huge as to require a large amount of power to operate it; that the wear on the machinery would be very great, owing to the extreme weight of the structure, and that the machinery could be repaired with difficulty, owing to the fact that the bridge would be con stantly In use: that the span might get "stuck" In operation, as in Eastern cities, and obstruct navigation, and that if power or machinery should give out, the span could not be opened by hand, as could a swing draw. Points Out Objections. Mr. Elliott also pointed out that for a 250-foot bascule opening, piers at least SO feet broad -would have to be placed at each end and on each side of the channel against the river current, making 180 feet for both piers; whereas a pivot pier for a swing draw would be only 40 feet wide. The biggest bascule draw ever designed, 250 feet clearance, was built for the sani tary district of Chicago. It has piers at each end more than 90 feet broad. Such piers in the Willamette River could proba bly have a detrimental effect on currents and injure the channel. Says Operation Is Impossible. Mr. Chase contends that the operation of a 250-foot bascule draw would probablv be impossible in a heavy wind; that the pivot draw, as proposed by the railroad, would be better and safer from every point of view; that, while a 250-foot bascule span might be possible. It would be impractica ble; that the two massive piers for the nascule span would be a more serious menace to the channel and cause more shoaling than the one 40-foot pier for a Pivot draw: that two STKUfnnt each side of the pivot pier would be better iur navigation tnan one 2o0-foot opening in a nascuic draw. Xo Bascule Draw. "No engineer would recommend a bas cule draw for the Swan Island bridge.' said Mr. Chase yesterday, "unless, ner haps an engineer for ts patentees, and I very much doubt that even he would do so. The span would have to be of ponderous size and I have not yet heard of one big c-nough to open a 300-foot passageway in the Swan Island bridge tins Being the width of the channel. The railroad engineers have cone Into this question very thoroughly and are right in recommending a pivot draw. Mr. Modjcski's reasons for a pivot draw and against a bascule draw, as contained in his report, printed in today's Oregonian, are clear and convincing. "Every time a draw is built in Port land, this same bascule question comes up. and caen time has to be argued over anew, resulting in rejection of the bascule type, when I rebuilt the Madi son bridge, the bascule people proposed a 160-foot span of their style of draw, but It was rejected as unsuitable. When the present Morrison bridge was designed it was rejected again, and very wisely too. Operation Would Be Unsatisfactory. "While it is perhaps not Impossible to build a bascule draw for the Swan Island bridge, big enough to span the 300-foot channel, or even 250 feet of It. the opera tion of the draw would be unsatisfactory and I believe the structure would prove itself impracticable. Each leaf of the draw would have to be raised 125 or 150 feet in the air. To support its massive weight, a heavy pier would be needed for each span and the two piers would be several times as broad as the one 40 foot pier for a pivot draw. In a heavy gale I believe the bascule span could not bo operated, and should the machinery .get out of order it coukl not be worked at all as a pivot draw could be worked by hand. "Two openings through a pivot draw, each 205 feet wide, are more desirable than one through a bascule' draw 2W XV. B. AVER. Trouble and care Has Mister Ayor. He wants the bridge high 'Way up in the sky. The bloomin' cars Will bump the stars. If Mister Aycr Does not beware. feet wide, because vessels can pass each other easier when going through the draw and can pass log rafts with more safety. "The pilot who can t steer a vessel through a 205-foot opening Is cither blind or drunk." CALM AND SERENE SENATE (Continued From Fngc 1.) out for years in New York, and Chauncey M. Dcpcw, his colleague, has represented at home the New York Central Railroad and other big businesses which have bought me out for years. Then there is Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island. I know Rhode Island, and I know Mr. Aid- rich's standing in that state. Senator Aldrich represents the state organization which has systematically corrupted the people of his state, the very voters them selves who for so much a head have let their Legislators give away to Aldrich and his friends franchises and privileges which they have capitalized and sold out for fortunes to Pennsylvania promoters. And Mr. Aldrich's colleague. Senator Wetmore he is not so important. But he contributed largely to the campaign funds which were used to corrupt the people of Rhode Island, and therefore he was sent to the Senate. He represents Newport in the Summer time. So with other Senators from other states. I know a dozen of them, and their stories, and I know what they represent at home. We can go into these circumstances later, after we see enough here to form some notion of what they represent here, they and their colleagues, the W Snators sent to Washington to represent all of us In all of our 45 states. Let Us Watcli and Sec. It is the fashion In Washington to ig nore the past of "our" Representatives. That is one reason why the city is so pleasant for them. And it is a fair and a practical attitude. Why should Wash ington question the wisdom of our choice of Governors? But we don't expect to dwell long in Washington. Our view is different. We want to forget the past, too; and we will if "our" Representatives in the Senate, no matter how they gqt their seats, will represent us. It is only fair, for me, however, to admit a preju dice against the Senate, and having con fessed, to explain it. Since the Senate is made up so largely of men such as those I have named, how can it represent you and me in the Senate? I can well believe that there is no bribery there. I can believe that men may reform after most successful careers of corruption; for I have seen such reformers. And 1 can admire dignity, and courage, and court esy, and ability. But what I want to ask now is this: Aren't these Senators likely to repre sent honestly here that same systematic dishonesty that they have stood for at home? Let us watch them this session and see; not without prejudice, but with minds reopened, willing to see the Sen ate as It sees itself, but insisting also on seeing It as It seems to us to be. (Copyright, 1305. by Lincoln Steffcns.) BASCULE This spaa opens for navigation a palace 135 feel wide, about halt aa wide as the pusaxe dealred Ihroagfe the proposal Swan Island fcridre of the North Bank mHrod Into Portlasd. The piers at tach end or the span are -40 feet broad aralnst the current the same wMtH as the oa plrot pier ptanccd for the Swu Island swIbr draw by the railroad. "Willamette River pilots want a bascule lift draw If practicable, but Ralph Mo4Jfcl, easteeer for the railroad, says that type would not be Kdltable far Ravlyation. Mr, Modjkl Seslcncd the draw In the accom panylnr cut. A 236-foot spaa, the slse wasted at Portland, would have to he supported by piers about 19 feet bro4 at each end and on each side cf tha channel. This type of draw Is declared impracticable alf by W. 8. Chase. cx-Clty EctBeer, who designed nIdeHreet. brltre and by W. C Kill exit, ex-City Engineer, who eupcrvlied ccastrwctloa of the aew Morrtso.ctreet brldse. A committee of the Port of Portland CcimSh4or will ttart for Chlcairo and other Ewtcra ports this morning to leans the merits of the basctle bridge. O. T. S. ri.UM.MKR, OF HARMOXV , J.KAUVK. "lvc-Fcast" Plummcr Is a hummer. L.lkc the dove. He's for love. , . A suspension Of contention. Says he. by Jing. Is sure the thing. 115 GLORY GREATER Full Story of Admiral Clark's Trip With Oregon. HE TOOK ALL THE RISKS Navy Department Feared to Order Him From Rio, hut He Steamed on to Aid in Winning: Santiago Battle. OREGOKIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 27. A complete biography of Roar-Admiral Charles E. Clark, who com manded the battleship Oregon In the Spanish war, is soon to be published in The Yermontcr. a magazine published in Admiral Clark's native state. This bi ography will give to the world for the first time the complete official corre spondence between Admiral Clark and the Navy Department and other hitherto un known facts about the Oregon's famous trip around the Horn and her participa tion in the Santiago flclit. Some of these revelations will be sen sational, particularly that part of the of ficial correspondence which heretofore has been supprewed by the Navy Department. This correspondence' shows that Admiral Clark made the trip from Rio Jdnelro to join the American fleet solely on his own rctponibl!lty. The Xavy Department feared that if the Oregon pushed north ward without escort she might be cap tured by the Spanish fleet, whose where abouts, was then unknown, and for this reason the department refused to take the responsibility of ordering Admiral Clark away from Rio. Having entire confidence in his ship and men. Admiral Clark assumed the whole responsibility and sailed northward. But for hi fearlessness In taking the respon sibility which the department would not assume the battleship Oregon would not have figured in the battle of Santiago and her name would not have been writ ten, as it is today, at the head of modern American warships. Other facts quite as interesting, bearing on the Santiago fight, will be brought out. Admiral Clark has repeatedly refused handsome offers from leading magazines to write Just this same etory, but he finally consented that his biography be printed in his own state, he himself fur nlshinr the facta National Bank nt Wcnatclicc. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash DRAV-SPAN, ACROSS CHICAGO THE BRIDGE CLOSED FOR A TRAIN. FRANK XV. WATERS. Give us a franchise And you'll sec dust rise. We'll lay a track To you an back So quick 'twill seem. Just like a dream. We don't bluff. Here's the stuff! ington. Jan. 27. The First National Bank of Wcnatclicc, Wash., has been author ized to begin business with 50.t capi tal; W. T. Clark. president: Conrad Rose, vice-president; George R. Fisher, cashier. PRESERVE MULTNOMAH FALLS Land Around Them Reserved and Power Plans Arc Foiled. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 27. At the solicitation of citi zen? of Oregon and on recommendation of the Forest Service, the Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn from entry one section of land on the south bank of the Columbia River, which Incloses Multno mah Fall. This action was hastened by recent reports that Multnomah Falls were to be harnessed for power purposes. The land on which the falls arc located having been withdrawn from entry. It will now be Impossible for private Inter cuts to destroy them for commercial or other purposes. What disposition is to be made of this land remains to be deter mined. It may be decided to make a diminutive National park, or the with drawal may merely bo made permanent and the land allowed to remain in Its natural state. Whatever Is done, the falls will be preserved for all time. AFTER BANK -WRECKERS. Moody Collects Facts, but Is Not Ready to Announce Tlicm. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Jan. 27. Rev. A. C. DIeffcnbach. pastor of the Reformed Church of the Ascension, jjf Allegheny, who ban recently carried on a corre spondence with President Roosevelt in connection with the failure of the Enter prise National Bank, of Allegheny, made public a letter today which he received from the President's secretary. William Loeb, Jr.. and which contained a report made to President Roosevelt by Attorney General Moody. The letter quotes the Attorney-General as reporting to the President as follow: "The bank was looted and the records destroyed. It is exceedingly difficult, therefore, to ascertain the facta with suf ficient accuracy to Justify the beginning of criminal action, and It would be very unwise to give out any statement until we know exactly the situation. Rev. Mr. Dlffcnbach asks for information which I think it would be highly improper to fur nish now. As the result of patient and laborious investigation we hope eventually to prosecute the parties who were respon sible for wrecking the bank. , Used Name Not His Own. ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) A petition was filed In the County Court to day by Gustaf Alfred Kook. asking that his name be changed to Gustaf Alfred Carlson. The petitioner states that, not knowing he had no right to change- his name, he has purchased property, been married and secured a life Insurance pol icy under the name of Carlson. DRAINAGE CANAL AT CAMPBELL BRlDGE OPEN " REV. G. I TUFTS. V Reverend G. Tufts - Met one of those roughs Who with a gun Solicit mun. Hc read to the crook From the holy book; The reverend gent Made that thief repent. DRASTIC NEW HULE5 College Football Men Will Al low No Brutality. PENALTIES MADE SEVERE Suspension for One Year for Second Offense Strict Provisions Against Striking- and Holding Neu tral Zone Is Adopted. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. The National In tercollegiate Football Rules Committee, after being in session in this city all day. announced tonight the adoption of new rules which, it Is believed, will eliminate brutality from the game. Before becom ing law. the rules must be ratlflcdat a meeting of the committee two weeks hence It was decided that striking with fists, elbows, knees or deliberately kicking- an opponent shall be punishable by disqual ification for the remainder of the game, and the offending team shall lose half the distance to Its own goal line A sub stitute shall bs allowed in place of the player disqualified. A player disqualified twice in a season shall be suspended from playing football for one year from date of second offense. Suspension for Striking. For unnecessary roughness-, such as striking the runner with the ball in the face with the hand, meeting with the knee, piling up. striking with the locked hands by linesmen In breaking- through, tripping, tackling runner when out of bounds and all acts of unnecessary roughs ness. the penalty shall be a loss of 15 yards-. For unsportsmanlike conduct, in cluding abusive or insulting language to opponent or officiate, a penalty of suj pension for the remainder of the day. It shall be the duty of all the officials to penalize for the above offenses. Players of the side that has possession shall not hold. lock or otherwise obstruct except with the body, but a player run ning with the ball may ward off an op ponent with his hands. Holding or unlaw ful obstructing Includes grappling oppo nent with hands or placing hands on opponent to push him away from a player. The definition of holding was finally held over until the next meeting for further discussion. The neutral zone proposition, as ex pounded by Harvard, was adopted. It AVENUE SENATOR GJ5AJUN. Mister Gearin Got to fearln That to aspire, Hope or desire His country to serve And his job preserve. Register he must. So it's home or bust. was agreed that there shall be a referee, two umpires and a llnossnan to each game. For small games. If necessary,- there shall be but one umpire. On the question of opening the game it was decided that any man -back of the snapper back shall bo allowed to make the forward pass, provided It docs not extend beyond the line of scrimmage. He may also pass to a man who Is in the line of scrimmage He may also pass to a man who Is in" the line of scrimmage when the ball Is put in play. Six Men on Scrimmage Line. Six men shall always be on the line of scrimmage. The five center men shall always bo on the line except that one of the center men may drop back at least five yards or more, another man to take his place on the rush line. Not more than six men shall be on the line of scrimmage on defense, the other shall be clearly be hind the feet of all the linemen and in side the men on the end of the line. Thre shall be no tackling- below the knee, except by the men on the line of scrimmage on defense, but two men on ends of scrimmage cannot tackle belo.w the knee. Will Tunnel tjie Alleglienies. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. A dispatch to the Times from Pittsburg says the fa mous horseshoe curve on the Pennsyl vania Railroad is to be eliminated. Two methods are proposed and four sets of plans have been prepared. Two plans are jor tunneling through the mountains, one nine miles and the other 11 miles long. Other plans are new routes across the mountains, one SO and the other 105 miles long. The nine-mile tunnel plan prob ably will be adopted. The tunnel would enter at or near Kit tanlng Point and emerge between Cres soon and Lilly. This would be tho sec ond longest tunnel In the world. It would be ventilated with shafts reaching the crcsto of the mountains. All operations through it would be by electric power. The cost of the tunnel and making con nections with the main line Is estimated at more than 513.000.000. Salvlnl Gets Big: Judgment. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. A Jury In the State Supreme Court yesterday returned a verdict for 520.000 In favor of Tomasso Salvlnl. the Italian actor, who sued Thco dore A. Llebler and George C. Tyler, comprising- the firm of Llebler & Co.. theatrical agents, to recover that amount for alleged breach of contract. Salvlnl and the defendantf entered into a con tract by which the tragedian was to come to the United States and give a scries of 30 performances In various cities during April and May. 1201. Owing to the burn- READY Frequently Doubles the Purchasing Pow er of Your Dollars NicolTs Great of Suits and $25 to $50 Gives you double value for your money over the prices charged by the credit-giving tailor We are closing out stock on hand for cost of material and making, to make room for New Spring Woolens Satisfaction guaranteed In all casc3. Garments to order In a day If required. Full Dres3 and Tuxedo suits a specialty. 103 THIRD STREET JUOUE J. B. CLI.A"D. If from some mut You'd fain be cut: If you're in trouble. Can't work in double Harness, why sec Cieland. Sure, he Will set you free Dern quick, by gee! Ins of the Iroquois Theater, in Chicago, postponement of the tour was agreed on, but the original contract was never car ried out. TEN YEARS FOR CAPTAIN Commander of the Slocum Convicted of Negligence. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Captain William H. Van Schalck was today found guilty .of criminal necllsencc in falling to have lire . drills on the steamer General Slocum. which he commanded In June. 3901. when the steamer burned with the loss of over 1000 lives. He was Immediately sentenced to ten years' imprisonment by Judge Thomas, of the United States District Court. The jury disagreed as to two other counts In which he was charged with criminal negligence for tolerance of life preservers of a poor quality on the steamer. The conviction of Captain Van Schaick was the first resulting from prosecutions of persons indicted on account of the Slocum disaster. Late today United States Marshal Hen kel took Captain Van Schaick " to ' tho Tombs where he was locked up. The friends of the Captain then gave bail and he left the city temporarily. He expressed the belief that great hope lay for him In the appeal and that it would ultimately result in his acquittal. Captain Van Schaick has been for over 40 years In the steamboat service on tha Hudson and waters about New York. DELIGHTFUL, NKWTOKT. Splendid Weather at This Topalar Pacific Coast Resort. Delightful in every, particular is tha weather at Newport, and the Southern Pacific and the Corvallls & Eastern rail roads have resumed their cheap rates to this place for the Winter. Particulars by asking at Third and Washington streets. Portland. Schilling's Best make gen erous business. Your grocer is generous with it. Moneyback costs him nothing; costs no body anything. MONEY Reduction Sale Extra Trousers