The Sunday Oregonian., February 21, 1915, SECTION TWO, Page 16, Image 36

TnE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 21, 1915.
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"RESCUE" TESTS ON
PLAN TO ELIMINATE
Inventory Sale Player Pianos
THREE DAUGHTERS OF ONE FAMILY' EACH THE MOTHER OF TWINS.
The presence of a Player Piano in your home indicates advanced
idtta progress refinement love of good munic.
Three Goals Set for Entrants
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Elevation of Roadway and
FIRST AID SHOWN IN TANK
Lowering of Tracks Near
Sullivan's Gulch Advised.
Class "A" Is for Those Who Swim
50 Feet, While "B" Kequires
3 Strokes and "C" Includes
Red Cross Llfesavlng.
$750,000 ESTIMATED COST
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Greater Part of Expense of Several
Viaducts Will Be Put on Kail
way Company Council Will
iet Kcport This Week.
In a detailed report completed yes
tor.hiv hv H. W. Holmes, special engi'
nei'r of the Municipal Department of
Public Works, recommendation is made
that the City Council in adopting plans
for the elimination of grade crossings
of the O.-W. R. & N". Co. from the
head of Sullivan's Gulch to the city
limits, adopt the pian of partial eieva
tion of the roadways and partial lower
ing of the railroad tracks. The report
will be sent to the council tor ran-
kideration this week.
Accompanying the report, which goes
Into the grade crossing- question at
great length, is a remarkable photo
graph with an exact visualization of
the viaduct and approaches which Is
proposed over the railroad tracas i
liast Thlrtv-seventh street and Sandy
boulevard. A photograph was taken
and the proposed viaduct and ap-
,.r,u-liM drawn in by O. V. Gongve
wo that the photograph presents an
actual and accurate view of the via
duct as it will appear wnen compil
ed. Mr. tlongver is a draughtsman In
the department or public worn.
Adoption of Plan Likely.
The filing of the report of Engineer
Holmes is one of the most Important
meps in the grade crossing proceed
ings which have been under way for
rome time. It is probable the City
Council will adopt the plans as uui
lineri hv Mr. Holmes and send the pro
readings ahead to the point where
ai'tual construction can oe siarteo.
The entire project involves an ex
nenditurn of more than I750.0O0. pro
vision having been made for the con
struction of viaducts over eight streets
now crossing the O.-W. It. & N. tracks.
en ih. total amount the O.-W. It. &
v fnmnanv will be called on to ex
pend all but about J150.000. Of this
tlSO.000 the property owners near the
crossings will be called on to pay half
and the other half will be paid out of
the cltys general fund derlvea rrom
aeneral taxation. The railroad com
pany in addition to paying 60 per cent
of all the city's costs will have to
pay the cost of lowering and recon
structing all of its tracks.
The viaduct proposed for East Thirty-seventh
street and Sandy boule
vard is the largest of the eight. It will
cost J67.000. This project involves, in
addition to the spanning of the tracks
of the O.-W. K. & S. with a viaduct,
the construction of approaches from
four streets which center at this point.
The other proposed eliminations of
grade crossings and the estimated cost
of each include East Forty-second
street. $3i.300; East Forty-seventn
ftreet, $59,600; East Fifty-second or
East Fifty-third street. $26,000; East
sixtieth street, $36,000; Barr road,
$63,000; East Seventy-fourth street,
$27,000; East Eighty-second street,
$6,500.
Plan Studied In Dual I.
In his report on the subject Engi
neer Holmes says the proposition has
been studied in great detail by himself
and a corps of others, including George
i. Edmondstonc, M. L. Dowling and E.
T. Fowler.
"Before adopting a general plan for
eliminating the grade crossings in this
city," says the report, "a comprehen
sive study of the problem has been
made throughout the entire city and
the many matters to be taken into con
sideration have been thoroughly inves
tigated from the standpoint of both
the railroad and the municipality and
the entire project treated as a unit.
Complete Information was first ob
tained relative to the movement of
traffic and types of street users, precise
level were run, benchmarks estab
lished and topographical surveys cov
ering not only the property immedi
ately adjoining the right-of-way. but
the entire area likely to be affected
directly and indirectly by the project,
were made and carefully studied.
Three Methods Considered.
"Preliminary plans and comparative
costs were prepared for eliminating the
grade crossings by the following meth
ods: Complete depression of the rail
road; complete elevation of the rail
road; partial elevation of the highway
combined with partial depression of
the railroad.
"Complete studies were made of the
present and proposed methods of pro
viding industrial service, the matter of
disposal of materials from excavation,
methods of providing for the movement
of traffic during construction, and
plans for regradlng certain areas in
close vicinity of the railroad right-of-way,
were considered, utilizing in this
connection a portion of the excavated
material which, in some instances, may
be very advantageously placed. In con
nection with the ivarlous approaches,
plans were prepared for the substitu
tion of earth fills without retaining
walls. After a comprehensive tudy
of the project in its entirety, based
upon the above detailed information
and data obtained from other cities
relative to the practical advantages of
the various methods of elimination, the
method involving partial depression of
the railroad and partial elevation of
the highways was found more nearly
to meet kral conditions and topography
of the area affected than any of the
other practical methods of elimina
tion from both a utilitarian and an
esthetic point of view, and, at the same
time, to be the most economical method
wh?n due consideration is given the
location of additional viaducts that
may be required in the future.
Otbrra Are Considered.
"The compromise plan thereupon has
been taken and plana and estimates
prepared for eliminating the grade
crossing at East Thirty-seventh street
and Sandy boulevard, and other cross
ings that appear at this time to be
necessary as a result of the grade
change at East Thirty-seventh street,
as follows: East Forty-second street;
East Forty-seventh street; East Fifty
second or Fifty-third streets; East
Sixtieth street; Halsey street (Barr
road); East Seventy-fourth street; East
Eighty-second street
"Although crossings are being con
sidered at both East Fifty-second and
East Fifty-third streets, it is recom
mended that a crossing be provided at
only one of these locations. In either
case, our plan contemplates the con
struction of a cross-street between
Fifty-second and Fifty-fifth streets.
Just north of the railroad tracks, so
that easy access may be had to the
crossing at whichever location the
Council may deem advisable. From an
engineering standpoint. Fifty-third
tract offers a few minor advantages,
but from the standpoint of general
public benefit, Fifty-second street
T. T. HARPEK, WIFE AND DESCEND AiTS.
-w p,tv r,. tt.i... ?(). Sneclal.) M. J. Harper, of Junction City, has Just received n photograph
of his uncle." T. T. Harper, of Brodhead, Wis.; his wife, three of their daughters,
pair of twins.
each daughter with a
seems to be the more desirable loca
tion.
"A crossing was proposed at n.ai'1
Seventy-fourth street, but It is recom
mended that this crossing be not con
sidered at this time. In every case It
has been found to be more economical
to construct a skew bridge rather man
to change the alignment of the streets,
except at East Eighty-second street,
where a right-angle crossing proved
most economical: although necessitat
ing a slight change in the alignment
of the approaching streets a consider
able saving in construction costs is
made possible with reduced consequen
tial damages.
"Th mnthui adonted for elimlna-
of way of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. calls
for a change in gradient of the rail
road tracks from a point 600 feet west
of East Thlrtv-thlrd street, eastward
to a point 2600 feet beyond the city
boundarv or East Eighty-second street.
Involving an average track depression
of 11.5 feet below the present gradi
'The proposed gradient oners a min
imum rate of grade. The depression
is not so great as to Interfere with the
very Important matter of efficient road
bed drainage or necessitate the recon
.irm'tinn of the Sullivan Gulch trunk
sewer or other sub-surface structures.
The partial elevation or tne nignwaya
in no way lnterieres im ""
of the street but. in fact, greatly im
proves traffic conditions and drainage,
and will make possible the abolishment
of many adverse grades which at the
Interfere with efficient
drainage and generally impede traffic.
Some Property Benefited.
Primsrtif damages will be compara
tively small, particularly along the un
improved sections, as it is the value
of buildings and permanent structures
that is most seriously depreciated by
grade changes. In several Instances
the structures will tend to beautify
the adjoining property and prove de
cidedly beneficial. The track depres
sion proposed allows practical con
struction of industrial tracks and
makes access to all the property along
the gulch possible on a reasonable
grade.
"Anticipating that property owners
win differ as to the relative merits of
retaining 'walls along their building
lines and earth fills without retaining
ti-.iIIm and as the proper solution De
pends a great deal on Just what dis
position the owner intends to make of
the property, we have prepared accu
.nntnnr ihidi. tosrether with plans
and estimates of cost of each method of
dealing with the approaches and are
prepared to consult with the owners
and supply them with accurate infor
mation relative to the matter. we
are also prepared to submit plans for
the construction of Industrial tracks
at each narticular location and invite
all property owners and others Interest
ed to confer witn us as 10 mo ueot
eans of providing for the luture de
velopment of their property.
Footway Is Provided.
The estimate of cost of the cross-
ng at East Thirty-seventh street in
cludes the cost of a suspended foot-
-nv for the passage or pedestrians ana
streetcar passengers, as it appears that
the most satisfactory method of hand
ling the latter during construction will
be to establlsn a transier point at me
crossing. A consioeraDie venicie ton
nage is routed over sandy Boulevard at
nresent. and as this is partly made by
an average of 222 loaded auto trucks
per day. It would not be advisable, ow.
ing to the expense, to attempt to pro
vide a temporary crossing for such
heavy and severe loadings. During
construction it would be advisable to
divert all Sandy Boulevard vehicle
traffic over the East Twenty-eighth-street
bridge to Broadway until such
time as the present timber structure at
East Thirty-third street may be
strengthened, when traffic can with
very little inconvenience, be routed
over this latter structure.
"An effort has been made to design
all structures from an aesthetic as well
as a utilitarian point of view. A city
may have splendid buildings, streets
and parks, oil of which may be dis
figured by utilitarian bridges worthy
of existence only in remote regions.
Bridges are a distinctive feature of
modern cities and according as they
are attractive or not. they influence
public estimation of the place in which
they are located.
Effect Will Be Wide.
"If the question of maintenance as
related to original cost be given ' full
consideration, a type of structure ex
pressing conformity with environment,
an economic use of material, together
with exhibition of purpose and con
struction, pleasing outline and propor
tions, with an appropriate but limited
use of ornament, will be the result. The
effect of bridge building, if based upon
the above consideration, is felt
throughout the entire community and
the entire population is iiv one way or
another benefited.
"Our investigation and comprehensive
studies of the entire project involving
the matter of abolition of grade cross
ings within the corporate limits of the
city have clearly indicated that, in con
nection with a general city plan for
the betterment of the entire community,
there is no factor more important from
an aesthetic, social or economic stand
point than the matter of grade cross
ing elimination.
"The introduction of the street rail
ways and their intersection with the
lines of the railroads, together with
constantly-Increasing development and
density of traffic movement, are in
creasing the complications involved.
These factors, combined with the mat
ter of protection of life and property
have made the solution of the grade
crossing problem imperative."
GARDEN PLANS ARE Li
WOODLAWS SCHOOL IS ' TOLD . OF
FAME WOV IX EAST.
LABOR LEADERS LOSE HOLD
Spokane Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers Quit Central Body.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
For reasons which they refuse to
state the local Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers' Union has withdrawn
from the Spokane Sectional Central
Labor Council, and broken off affiliation
with that body. The move on the part
of the painters follows the recent report
that the Typographical Union would
withdraw from the Central body.
Delegates to the Central Council to
day stated that the local Sheet Metal
Workers' Union also had withdrawn
from the Council, but members of the
local refused to confirm the statement
that no announcement of their stand
could be made at this time.
The withdrawal of the painters still
further depopulates the Central Council
and withdraws financial support from
that body, which Is far In debt, accord
ing to its own statements.
Superintendent Alderman Indorses Use
of Vacant Lots for Planting of
Flowers and Vegetables.
In his Illustrated address , to parents
in the Woodlawn School Wednesday,
City Superintendent Alderman said
that the Woodlawn School had secured
a National reputation for its fine gar
dens, and that where he had gone in
the East he heard of Woodlawn
School's wonderful gardens. Mr. Al
derman gave his hearty indorsement to
the plan to plant vacant lots with
flowers and veegtables.
"Some people have criticised these
community and home gardens," said
Mr. Alderman, "and say they take up
too much of the time of schoolchildren
from their studies. On the contrary,
we find the community and home gar
dens great helps. They give the pu
pils zeal in their work in school and
they make better students. In the
community gardens, the spirit of co
operation is developed and the home
gardens promote industry. We had 24
acres in school gardens and home gar
dens last year and more than 6000 pu
pils made gardens. We hope to more
than double the area of gardens this
year, and want more children to make
parpens."
The City Superintenednt described
the stereopticon views of the work in
the Portland public schools. The views
were of garden scenes and illustrated
the character of the work.
Principal Stafford, of the Woodlawn
School, announced that that school
again will cultivate a community gar
den this year and will endeavor to
excel former achievements. Mr. Staf
ford announced that it was planned to
clean up and beautify all the lots
fronting on Union avenue south from
the Woodlawn School to Killingsworth
avenue.
Mrs. Williams, president of the
Woodlawn Parent-Teachers' AssociaT
tion outlined the programme to plant
vacant lots In flowers and vegetables.
Mrs. Williams announced that the chil
dren of Woodlawn will be organized
and work started as soon as possible.
At the Young Women's Christian As
sociation, a series of tests in rescue
work, diving and swimming now are
in progress. The work has been di
vided Into three classes, as recognized
by the Panama Exposition committee
of the National board of the Young
Women's Christian Association for its
honor roll. The city association that
has the largest number of girls in
proportion to the enrollment In Its
physical department who are able to
pass tests are put on this roll. Each
division has its roll, which is open for
entry from June, 1914, to March, 1,
1915.
Class A work is for beginners, who
have . learned through association
classes to swim 50 feet by any stroke,
while Class B includes swimmers who
have learned through association
classes to swim 50 yards and who know
three standards strokes; and Class C
is for swimmers who have passed the
requirements of the American Red
Cross lifesaving tests.
To enter Class C the swimmer must
be able to make 100 yards, using one
or two different strokes: to dive prop
erly; to swim on back for 50 feet and
to recover objects at various depths.
As another requirement to enter the
"lifesaver" class, the entrant must tow
a pereon of equal weight for ten yards.
This must be done first by carrying
the head of the "rescued" persons above
the wter; second, with the head under
the arm, using both hands to swim,
and, third, with the head across the
chest, using one-arm breast stroke.
For Class C a demonstration in the
Sylvester and Schaeffer method of res
piration also is required. The entrant
must be able to show three methods of
being released when grasped by the
"wrist hold." "front-neck hold" or
"back-neck hold."
The work at the Portland Associa
tion will not close with the sending in
of the names of the successful con
testants to the National headquarters.
Free instruction will be continued for
all who desire to take it.
S. P. L0GKW00D IN RACE
PETITION'S CIRCULATED FOR IN
DORSEMENT AS DIRECTOR.
Pythians to Gather at Ilo.
ILO, Idaho. Feb. 20. (Special.)
Members of Pythagores Lodge No. 57,
Knights of Pythias, are making elab
orate preparations for the entertain
ment of the Craig Mountain district
convention to be held here Monday.
The session will begin at 7:30 A. M.
and last all day. The day being a
legal holiday, a large attendance is ex
pected. The district includes the lodges
of Grangeville. Cottonwood, Ferdinand,
Nez Perce, Vollmer. Ilo, Winchester
and Culdesac
$23,000 Farm Trade Negotiated.
Property valued at $23,000 changed
hands recently when A. Ackley traded
hi3 237-acre farm in Polk County, near
Oak Grove, for a 40-acre prune orchard
located near Liberty, owned by William
Cockerel. The trade was made even
and each principal will take up resi
dence on his new property.
Many Prominent Persons Reported Fa
voring; Proposed Opponent to Dr.
Sommer in June Election.
Many petitions are being circulated
Indorsing Samuel P. Lockwood, who has
been brought out by his friends as a
candidate for School Director to con
test the re-election of Dr. E. A. Som
mer, Incumbent. The election will take
place In June.
Friends of Mr. Lockwood will or
ganize a campaign committee early this
week to undertake the work In his be
half and look after his interests. They
say their candidate will have a large
following and they predict his election.
A number of members of the Parent
Teacher Association are active in their
support for Mr. Lockwood, it Is said,
and the petitions have been signed by
a large number of people, many of
whom are prominent.
Mr. Lockwood is not pledged to the
interests of any faction, it is an;
nounced In his behalf, and he approves
of the recommendations of the survey
of the school system made by the tax
payers' committee. He announces that
he believes religion and politics should
not enter Into school affairs and that
efficiency and economy are the sole
considerations in administration.
He has lived in Portland for quarter
nf a century and has been engaged In
the life insurance business as general
agent for an Eastern concern for al
most 19 years, resigning to undertake
the general management of a new life
insurance company organized by Port
land men. He has been engaged in
that work for the past six years.
Up to the age of 19 years, Mr. Lock
wood lived In Chicago, going through
the public schools of that city. Through
the association of his company, he Is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce,
the Commercial Club and various civic
organizations. He is In close touch
with school affairs of the city and has
taken much interest in them. His wife
ShU io.oo
Price. Monthly.
$550
Lesslng
Player Pia
no $345
This
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J550 Lessing, or the then $245 balance at IS monthly.
In Addition to the Following Greatly Reduced Prices
To Induce you to draw on jranr savins account, we Ium, during this tlmo or
our Inventory Sale, a
fWhra ronlrmrtlnr for to ? riaaeo. mm yon nay ' cefc.
you will be alven rp lor
When roatracOnr for '! m Plaao aad you mmf VI eneh.
you will bo given iwcelpt for $30
Vbra contracting lor $3eo (o none aod yon nay J one",
you will bo given receipt for MO.
If rou pay on a SAM or mer rtaao or flayer rlaan, tno re
script will be !
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Von eaa afford to pay 1 or 1 monthly, you
can, thereto, afford to bay a Mayer nee.
Inventory Pianos $65, $135, $165, $190, $210, Etc.
OUT-OF-TOWN BBTKIW It 1 af and eatlefartorv to buy on ef h
Bianoe by mall Write ua and w will and vou full deecrlptlen. or. If you Ilk
anip the piano oubjoct to your approval V o py fralght lo any painl In Urin
or Washington. Buy now and have It ehlpped at one.
KVERV FIUIO OR rLAYKR n.4KO purchaend rarrle with It lh Ora4
Mule Company guarantee of eatlfctlon. aa alao the uaual guarantee by each
mau-jfacturer of thee new mualcal lnatrum.nl.. bealil.a. ae take It In ai.-hang
within one veer for a new piano, alloalng th full amount paid If deelred
Open Wedneaday and ftaturaay erenlaga for the accommodation of tbox wb ran.
net com during the day.
Graves Music Co., 151 Fourth Street
was, before her marriage, a teacher at
South Mount Tabor and a alater-in-law
is now a teacher in the Portland
schools. His eldest son was Braduated
from the Holladay School and Is now in
college. A daughter Is a pupil In the
Jefferson High School and a younger
son Is attending one of the grade
schools.
PANORAMA IS OFF FOR FAIR
Scenes of Columbia Higliway Also
I. cave for Snn Franci;-co.
After being admired by thousands of
passersby during the week, the 20
hand-colored piclurea of Columbia
Iliahwav scene, were taken from' th
riianinv windows in the Ycon building
vxinriav and dispatched for Han Fran
claco to be displayed In the Transpor
tatlon building on the ranama-Pacifi
Fairgrounds.
Tha lonir nanoramas will be us
Herl at a' height of 18 feet from th
floor and riubona will run down from
ctrtirlnir nnlnts in the panorama to
large detailed pictures of thoae par
titular scenes, so that each famoui
beauty spot may be seen close at hand
and in true color.
The 20 color pictures ware enlarged
PROPOSED OVERHEAD CROSSING OF RAILROAD ON SANDY ROAD AND VIEW OF SAME CROSSING TODAY.
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hand In oil hy Honjamln A. Clffor.l ami
hlB studio partner, Miaa Itarhcl Mor
gan. Many artisla wlio viewed the plrture.
laat week marveled at the naturnl
atmOKphcr and fait hi til coloring
created by Mr liiffnrd and Mle Moi
gan. The entire set of vl wai con
signed to the Oregon t'ommliiFion m
the fairground.
I'ralee for Vbotograpb..
Howe'n Monthly .Muxlni'.
The beat plclurea I have ever ireit
have been photograph; 'luilogrj.h)
has attulncd such perfect hut thnt th"
demand for brtlh work. la.ia Mtin'l
ia lees every year, and will irulalv
entirely disappear with portty
Joke en Town Rnlcbrr.
KxchnnRC.
A farmer'a Men of a good Joke 10 i
"Upply a town butcher with real, genu
ine pork aniixe.RO. A fanner doe
take profit Into conelili rntlon when he
makes sausage and will add mora fat
or more lenn without healtnt lm, ,
SEE THAT
urve;
SERVICE FIRST
fflWe have fitted
glasses that returned a
LOSS to us instead of a
GAIN.
CJ Our profit went into
service.
I While these cases arc
unusual, we will con
tinue to meet with them,
for it is our unswerving
intention to make
glasses RIGHT, no mat
ter what they cost us.
t And yet our prices
are fixed they arc low
in everv case and arc
made 15 E FORE wc
start work on your
glasses.
(Q We give you Service
and Value.
THOMPSON
OPTICAL INSTITUTE
209-10-11 Corbet I Uldff.
Firth and Morrison