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12 THE SUNDAY OBEGOtflAN, PORTLAND, JULY 12, 1914 WONDERS OF SCENIC COLUMBIA HIGHWAY ARE BECOMING MORE APPARENT AS WORK OF BUILDERS NEARS COMPLETION Magnificent Vistas Meet Eye of Traveler From Score of Vantage Points, Majestic Works of Nature Stand Guard at Every Tnrn and Masonry of Constructed Walls and Artistic Con crete Bridges Carry Out Idea of Strength, Dignity and Beauty J. B. Yeon and S. Benson Win Praise of Fellow-Citizens for Efficiency and Patriotism. THE Colombia Highway, soon 10 be one of the world's scenic won ders, is about 75 per cent finished. That is, the first unit, Multnomah bounty's Bhare, extending from the be "glnning of the Columbia Gorge to the county line on the east, is almost all graded ready to receive the first coat of hard surfacing, something .which, however, will not De done until Cthe Spring of 1915. Hood River votes on a bond Issue this week. It Is thought that this will carry, and then another step of the best route to California will be made and opened before the heavy travel of 1915 comes through Oregon. The present route to California is impassable at least six months of the year. Some automobiles have gone through in April, but they have not termed It a pleasure. Usually the car belonged to some dealer attempting to make a mark for some particular type of car. This new route from Portland to The Dalles and then south through Eastern Oregon, will be open 10 months of the year. If not all the time, and driv ing will be a pleasure. How much those, with an eye to business, appreciate this new road is shown by the elaborate appointment of the several new hotels which have been built or are about to be built along the scenic road. The newest is the one at Latourelle, a bis log bungalow, looking -much like, ONEONTA FALLS. 2, THE BRIDGE AT LITOIRELLE. 3, THE TRUCK. VABMYtUB THE IN sf eiCTtUH PARTY OVER THE ROCKY SURFACE OF" THE INCOMPLETED ROAD. 4, ONE OF THE SMALLER CONCRETE BRIDGES. 5, NICKING THE ROCK OF THOR'S HEIGHTS FOR ROAD ROOM. 6, BUILDING THE ROADWAY ALONG THE RAILROAD, ELIMINATING A CROSSING. 7, ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CONCRETE ttAl. the end a big rock wall remains to be leveled, but four or five big blasts and the consequent removal of the debris will leave the road open for two miles further. Half way. down .the face of the Co- the comfortable mountain houses of the Alps. In the background is Latourelle Falls, roaring from its heights and blowing its mist out over the verandas of .the new. hutei. .This ina is but one of several to be equally well appointed. The road itself is now in such shape that the work can be full appreciated. It is a road of marvels from the east ern line to Chanticleer Inn, where the first section of, Iho. new. road, begins. The work at present is at three sec tions, principally, the western, the mid dle end and eastern parts of the coun ty road. On the western end the work now is fairly. Jih$, Aboui half a mile from I - fl IESS asssl I II I I ilsPMW' l IHllilllllP ill HIP mm III I . iHBBHHHtf; Jl' r Hurry Now If You Want to SELL! Listings Must Close Soon We are gathering, examining and appraising the most important assortment of Portland city real es tate in years properties improved and unimproved, large and small, belonging to estates, banks, trust companies, corporations and individuals all to be submitted at Great Public Auction New Blood! New Ideas! New Methods! New Money! New Buyers! GET IN NOW GREAT ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Write, Telephone or Call But Call if you Can The Fred A. Jacobs Company Auction Department 269 Washington St. Telephone T&T In Conjunction With A. J. RICH & COMPANY "Greatest Realty Event in the Northwest" lumbla Gorge a big steam shovel, the onlv niece of machinery on the Job. has another month's cutting through soft sand. The last Diece of work to be fin ished in this stretch will be the bridge over the deep ravine Just east tsf Thor's Heights. This, like all other bridges along the road, will be of con crete. These take a little longer to construct .and cost more, but are economical and will be in keeping with the general beauty of the road. Concrete Bridges Preferred. According to Amos Benson, they will last forever, while the steel bridge will demand attention all the time and will last but a comparatively short time. The bridge at Thor's Heights will be surpassed by none, from an engi neering standpoint. It will be 100 feet above the bed of the gorge, with no supporting columns, the entire weight being borne by a single con crete arch anchored in the rocK cnrr on both sides. From this span the Columbia can be viewed for many miles in both directions. Just when the Inspection party was crossing the sun was low In the west and the Columbia looked like a stream of molten metal. Just alone this stretch Is some of the heaviest work of the entire road. A thousand feet further east the road hangs on the face of a cliff, the base of Thor's Heights. Cemeut Gravel Hampers Work. Here the workmen have a scaffold and are cutting away the road width from solid rock. Beyond this begins the descent to Latourell. The road 1 finished in places, while in others the workmen are struggling with ce ment gravel, which offers as much resistance as solid rock. Smaller bridges, all of concrete, are nearlng completion. The biggest span of concrete on the road is at Latou rell. It Is a three-Bpan bridge with steel re-enforclng. When completed It will be one of the finest pieces of concrete construction in the Northwest At Latourell the road comes close to the railroad tracks and from there to Oneonta Is never far away. Through all this part the heaviest work is done. One of the wonderful parts along this stretch is the stone masonry built by experts brought from Italy for this particular Job. One of these men has been building such stone walls for 30 years. Just east of Gordon Falls the road is down along the railroad. Here again the builders have worked out a beau tiful plan of preserving the beauty. It Is a hanging road of concrete, fol lowing low on the mountain side and anohored with concrete pillars. The road could not have been cut into the hillside here because of gravel slides which would cover It constantly. The rail along all these bridges Is of the same construction and design. A massive style, in keeping with the great out-of-doors, has been utilized exclusively. Oneonta Gorge will be completed in two weeks. The men in charge would like to make the Oneonta Gorge more accessible and are talking of building a hanging stage of steel over the tur bulent waters which kept all but a photographer for The Oregonian from seelnsr the Falls Thursday, when tne Portland party went over the road. The wonder expressed by all is the speed with which that work has been pushed through by J. B. Yeon, S. Ben son and Amos Benson, who have fathered the project Dally Inspections Made. Just how well they know each foot of that road was demonstrated on this inspection trip. A. 8. Benson could tell at a glance Just how much was done since the day before. Each day either A. S. Benson or Mr. Yeon passes over the entire distance. That means leaving Portland at 5 o'clock in the morning, and many a time their auto finally picks them up at the west end as night falls. ' To Hood River's delegation the work was the best inspiration towards voting for its $75,000 road bond issue. To Portland's representatives it wus a lesson In the administration of pub lic affairs. The road at present is run ning below the estimate and it in ad mitted that the work will be the besf Multnomah County ever got for its money. Those who care to make an inspec tion of the work can take the train to any of the Columbia River stations and view the road. Every foot shows some wonder and, while It is still sur faced with broken rock over the en tire distance, the walking'ls all right In a heavy pair of shoes and the trip is well worth while. To undergo inoculation with typhoid prophylactic will be the duty of the members of the Fifth Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Oregon National Guard, of this city, next Tuesday even ing. Colonel M. II. 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