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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1913)
11 THE . SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLASD, OCTOBER 5, 1913. CAMAS PAPER HILL HAS GIT MOTOR One Unit of New Equipment Has Enormous Capacity of 180O Horsepower. ELECTRIC PLANT RUSHED High Tension Line, Carrying 66,000 Volts, Between 'White Salmon and Portland, About Completed. Distributing System Grows. The largest induction motor west of the Mississippi P.lver has been In oper ation at the plant of the Crown Colum bia Paper Company, at Camas, Wash., since April 28 of this year. This slant motor, which is part of the electrical equipment installed in the paper mill at that time to replace much of the team equipment then In use, has the enormous capacity of 1800 horsepower. It is one of IS motors, ranging from 1800 down to 25-horsepower, which were Installed at the same time. Ol power. Prior to the Installation of this J electrical equipment, wmcn was put in operation shortly after the completion to Camas of the high-tension power line of the Northwestern Electric Com pany from its 20,000-horsepower hydro electric plant on the White Salmon River, the motive power of the mill was furnished by 37 steam engines. Most of these engines have already been replaced, and the gradual replace ment of the rest with more electrical equipment, which has been found much more ' economical in operation, planned. , Mill Uses 4500 Horsepower. Even with its present equipment,' th Camas mill Is one of the largest sing! factory consumers of electrical power on the Pacific Coast. It uses approxl mately 2,000,000 kilowatt hours of cur rent a month. Expressed in othe terms, the operation of the mill rc quires about 4500 electrical horsepower which is an immense development for a single factory plant. Including the big motor, part of the equipment is operated 24 hours a day and seven days a weeicwlthout letup, This motor runs the "grinder," a curious machine in which sticks of cordwood are thrust by steam pressure agalns an enormous revolving grindstone. The stone grinds the wood into the pulp from which paper is manufactured. All the power used is furnished by the Northwestern Electric Company from its White Salmon plant, which will also supply power for the big elec trical development which the North western Electric Company will carry out In Portland with tho completion of Its plant and distributing system here about January 1. Camas is on the main high-tension power line between the White Salmon and this city. The finishing touches to the Portland end of this high-tension line, over which current will come at a pressure of 66,000 volts, will be made early this week. The line connects in Portland with the East Side sub-station of the company at River and Alblna avenues. Immense Cable Used At this sub-station the high pressure of 66,000 volts is stepped down" to 11,- 000 volts and to 2400 volts. At a pres. sure of 11,000 volts, part of the current Is to be carried across the river by submarine cable, and thence by under ground conduit to the main West' Side distributing station in the basement of the Pittock block. To carry electricity at such an enor mous pressure as 66,000 volts a cable of peculiar construction is used. The power line is of aluminum, with a steel core, the line itself being five-eighths of an inch in diameter. Unlike trans mission lines for current at compara tively low presure, it is not insulated. At a pressure of 66,000 volts no insula tion would be effective. The entire line from the White Sal mon plant to Portland is 73 miles long. For 4 84 miles it is built on the Wash ington side of the Columbia River as far as Camas, where current is supplied to the paper mill. At that point it crosses the Columbia River, suspended between two steel towers 150 feet high. to the Oregon shore. To give the line extraordinary strength where it crosses the river, the 1200 feet of it between the two towers is of three-quarter-inch steel stranded cable. Portland Plant Progresses. Work on the Portland development of the distributing system of the North western Electric Company is progress lag with rapidity. With the laying ot conduits in Fourth street practically completed several forces of workmen are laying conduits for underground power wires and for the steam pipes through wnlcn steam heat will be sup plied in the downtown section from the auxiliary steam power plant In the Pit- took building. All this work Is to be finished by January 1. at which time it la expected that the sub-station and auxiliary power plant in the basement of the Pit took block will also be ready for oper ation. The basement, which was exca vated with the housing of this plant in view, is so deep that the plant cannot be seen or heard from the street after it Is installed and in operation. At one end. that near Tenth street, the base ment excavation went 63 feet below the street level. MOJTET SITUATION EASIER General Business Shows Improve ment, Says Bank's Report. "The general situation is better than for some time past." says the monthly letter on business conditions issued by the Merchants National Bank yester day. "Money is easier and foreign trade is good. Manufacturing and merchandis ing lines should show steady increases for the balance of the year. The total dividend and interest disbursements show an increase of nearly 85,000,000 for the month. "The principal European banks have abcut $150,000,000 more gold than they held last year at this time. The pro duction of gold for the first 11 months of this year promises to exceed that of any previous entire year except 1813. "The demand for building materials continues good and Fall prospects are normal The metals situation is healthy and both the production plants and the markets are fully up to normal activity for the season of the year. "There is every indication of in creasing strength in the steel market and prices have firmed up. Buying is in good volume and is nearer to pro duction now than for some time past. "For the month of August business failures numbered 1145, the same num ber as in June and less than any one month since August of last year. The number of business failures for 1913 to date la 173 fewer than for the same period of last year. "The gross earnings of the principal railroads which have reported for Aug ust show a gain of a fraction of 1 per cent over August of last year. Out side of New York building activity for the entire country has been about the same as last year."- i - 4 f .Mmk$&Wf iT? sLU-&3 sari ,rfss3 tz EAST GLISAN STREET, IN LATJB.ELHURST Twenty-six miles in this residence district improved with Standard Asphalt Pavement and laid by FJptj avin MONEY ASKED Merits and Defects of City's Beauty Spots Shown. LIGHTING SYSTEM NEEDED Commissioner Brewster Invites Rest dents ot Portland to Visit All Recreation Centers and Ob serve Their Many Uses. . BT COMMISSIONER W. I BREWSTER. Visit the parks and boulevards. Not one, but all of them. In no other way can you obtain a knowledge of their merits or defects, of the different uses they are put to, of the improvements which should be made in them. Seeing the Park Blocks, the Flaza Blocks and Washington Park does not give anyone the right to speak author itatlvely of the parks at Peninsula or Seilwood. Each park has its own at tractions and its particular patrons and no one can know the parks and boulevards in Portland and their needs unless all have been seen and the size of the problem appreciated. In round numbers there are 20 parcels of parjc and boulevard property, con taining 6a8 acres, of which 240 acres have been donated and 66.4 acres trans ferred by the Water Board. Somewhat more than one-half, therefore, has been purchased by the city and at a cost of J6oj.000, of which amount 1135,000 has been spent for 71 acres on the west side of the river, including 381,000 for the extensions to the Terwilllger boulevard, and $522,500 has been spent for 281 acres on the east side of the river. Of the land donated or transferred by the Water Board, 56.4 acres lie west of the river and 10 acres east. Low Coat Explained. The low cost of the land on the West Side is accounted for by the fact that the 40 acres in Washington Park was purchased in 1871, at a cost of 332,624 All of the East Side property (except part of Columbia Park) has been pur hased within the last five years- Out of the sale of bonds producing 3978,717.50, we have obtained parks at Seilwood, Kenilworth, Mount Tabor, Laurelhurst. Lincoln, Peninsula and (in part) Columbia; also extensions of the Terwilllger boulevard, and construc tion work in all of them. The chief development work for 1913 will be seen in the paving of the Ter willlger boulevard south of Hamilton avenue and the grading north of that point to Sixth and Sheridan streets, the grading of the drives bn Mount Tabor, the erection of the recreation building t Peninsula Park, 'and of the comfort station near the Postofflce. The proceeds ot the bonds mentioned above will be exhausted by the end of this year, and until new bonds are voted it will be necessary to rely on the regular tax levy. This year the tax of mill for park purposes produced about J150.000. The budget lor 1914 will be ready on October 6, and in ex amining it the public should bear in mind that the sums recommended for park purposes cover not only operation and maintenance, but also construction work to complete projects already un der way, like the drives on Mount Ta bor and the paving of the north end of Terwilllger boulevard, and improve ments like roads, walks and lighting. The operating and maintenance ex pense will amount to a greater sum than a levy of V mill will produce. From all parts of the city come de mands for better service and more im provements; and most of these demands will appear entirely reasonable to any one who will carefully observe the parks and the great use they have. Let me cite some of the instances on which I believe there can be no disagreement. The west half of Washington Park con tains about 50 acres, and they have never been touched. It is poor business policy to allow a valuable and beautiful piece of park land to lie idle, and yet it will require a considerable amount to build roads and walks and do the necessary grading to make this land serviceable. Kenilworth Park shoulo have walks, a shelter and a drainage system. Mount Tabor, in addition to the building of walks and paving of its drives, needs a playground and a swim ming pool. Drainage and water are among the most urgent requirements of Laurelhurst. These items are meant as suggestions only. We should not allow another year to pass without lighting the parks, so that they will not be a menace to the safety and morality of the city.' No mention has been made of play grounds, and certainly no argument Is needed to prove that playgrounds are wanted and if supplied will be used. ' Improvements Are Permanent. It will be noticed that these improve ments are of a permanent nature and are Just as much of an investment as the land itself. We cannot expect to pay for all of them out of current tax levies any more than we can buy land out of tax levies. When land is bought or permanent improvements made, it should be through a bond issue. As the parks, playgrounds and boule vards which we now possess are brought to a better condition, the pub lic will appreciate still more the great advantage they give the city. They furnish the possibility of a healthy out door life as nothing else will, and they invite men, women and children to spend their leisure hours in exercise in the open air. Boulevards are good for automobiles, but as long as we remain a race of bipeds, boulevards will be Just as convenient for pedestrians in reaching the real country. Along the higher levels we will get views extend ing for miles. No one can stand on the prospect points of Terwllliger boule vard, with the river at his feet, the city beyond, and further still the open country and the mountains. STORE BUILDINGS RISE THREE EAST SIDE STRUCTURES ARE UNDER WAY. Warehouse and Business Block to Be Built at Hawthorne Avenue and East Eighth Street, Plans are being drawn for a brick storage and store building to be erected at Hawthorne avenue and East Eighth street for W. W. Christensen and A. Cauferthnut. It will be one story high and will cover 90x100 feet. It will cost approximately 312,000. Irish Bros, are the designers. Work will be started at once on the structure. Plans have been drawn by Camp & Du Puy for a two-story brick building. 50x50 feet, to. be built on East Eleventh nnH "Fnsfr Plnv Rtreetn for P. Lt Lerch for an undertaking establishment. The cost will be 310,000. Work has been started on the founda tion of the one-story brick building, 50x 100 feet, for W. H. Mall and C. B. Cooper, at the southwest corner of East Sixth and East Burnslde streets. The building will cost about 36000. It will contain six storerooms, facing East Burnslde street. Mr. Mall has moved the frame residence which formerly occu pied ' this corner to East Ankeny and East Twenty-eighth, where It has been remodeled into a modern dwelling. Street to Be Paved. The contract for paving East Glisan street from East Forty-fourth street to East Sixtieth street was awarded to the Oregon Independent Paving Company last week and work will be started on the improvement at once. The improvement will cost about $38,000. Mount 'Scott Church Rise. The new Anabel Presbyterian Church, in the Mount Scott district, is nearlng completion. When completed, the ex penditures will be 35500. An attrac tive and enlarged building Is the re sult. The auditorium will seat 600 per sons. A social room will be provided In the basement. A dedication service will be held In the new church In about twa iteeks. Fire Station trader Way. Work on the new fire station at Third and Glisan streets, at the ap proach of the steel bridge, is progress ing and it Is expected that the build ing will be ready for use this month. It Is a two-story structure and with its exterior of clinker brick, It has an attractive appearance. I Are We for Good Roads? I COUNCIL CREST PARK HOME ATTRACTS - 1 1r I if ISM NEW BUNGALOW OF DR. W. ARNOLD LI1VDSEY. An attractive dwelling has Just been completed in Council Crest Park for Dr. W. Arnold LIndsey. The house is of the bungalow type, with modifications of Southern architecture. It contains six rooms and is equipped with modern convenience A commanding northern view at this location is obtained. Dr. LInd sey and family are now occupying the home. A-b-s-o-l-u-i-e-l-y ! (We are members Portland Ad Club.) f ' We are boosters for Oregon, first, last and all the time. But we must acknowledge she has B-A-D ROADS. We have no road machinery to sell ; we handle no kind of road material. But we claim we are doing our part in helping while we still have the bad roads by furnishing to motorcycle riders the only machine that will satisfactorily carry them over these roads, including all hills. i THE GREAT AMERICAN EAGLE 9-12 horsepower always enough and some to spare. It has the strongest frame made; the lowest saddle position ; full rod control, etc., etc. The 1914 model is as near perfection as it has been possible to reach in a motorcycle. We are distributers for Oregon and Washington, and are now appointing agents in each county. Write us for descriptive booklet, terms, etc. PREER TOOL & SUPPLY CO. 74 Sixth and 311 Oak Streets, Portland, Oregon 1 ? 1 06.2
