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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1920
PORTLAND REALTORS
VISITING III EAST
TERMINALS OF NEHALEM BOOM COMPANY ON WILLAMETTE SLOUGH, WITH CAPACITY FOR 3,000,000 FEET OF LOGS DAILY, OWNED BY HILL-ECCLES INTERESTS.
LARGE LGG DOOMING
PLANT BEING BUILT
F. E. Taylor Arranging for
Next Convention in Chicago.
WiJIamefte Slough to Have
Great Industry Soon.
DELEGATES HOME SOON
VALUE TO BE $250,000
"ccessitT for Making Money More
Casily Available for Home
Building Observed.
One of Biggest Projects of Kind
in Aorthwes-t Is Rapidly
N earing Completion.
1
After attendance at what was con
sidered the biggest and moat suc
cessful national convention of real
estate men ever held in this country.
the score of Portland realtors who
were on hand at the bis Kansas City
session a week ago are on their wav
home and are expected to arrive in
Portland during the coming week.
Several of the delegates arrived home
yesterday.
Nearly all of the delegates from
Portland and vicinity took advan
tage of the trip to Kansas City to
visit other middle western and east
ern cities following the convention,
and thus prolonged their return. A
contingent went up to Chicago to at
tend the republican national conven
tion and to meet members of the
Chicago Realty Board, which is the
largest organization of the kind in
the country.
Chicago rat Convention CHy.
Among tho.se who went to Chicago
were V. K. Taylor, new president of
the national association; Kred W.
Herman. president. and Kred O.
Brockman. secretary of the Portland
board. Chicago has been designated
as the location of the national con
vention of real estate boards for 1921,
and Mr. Taylor is already making
plans for the coming year's activity
on the part of the national associa
tion. The visit in Chicago, it is
understood from word received here,
was made by Mr. Taylor largely to
confer with the Chicago leaders rela
tive to the session next year and to
make general plans for the year's
work in which the Chicago board will
take an active part.
Mr. Taylor. Mr. German and Mr.
Brockman will return via Montana,
it is understood, and will visit a
number of the Montana cities with a
view to helping establish realty
boards among the members of the
profession there. They are expected
to return to Portland about June 18.
West Coast Well Represented.
Never before has the Pacific north
west been so fullly represented at or
received such recognition from a
national convention as this year, and
the delegates who attended from here
are unusually pleased at the results,
judging from word which has been
received from them. In the election
of Mr. Taylor to the national presi
dency Portland won for one of her
active realtors the highest honor of
the kind which it is possible to con
fer in the entire profession, and for
the first time in history the position
of chief executive of the organiza
tion was brought to the Pacific coast.
Other honors won by members of
the northwest delegation were as fol
lows: President Oerman of the local
board was named as a member of the
board of governors of the farm land
division: Kred o. Brockman was
named vice-president of the secre
taries' association, and E. B. Arthaid
of lloquinm was elected one of the
Vice-presidents.
Of the many matters of interest
taken up at the convention, perhaps
the foremost, according to news re
ceived from the Portland delegates,
was the subject of national legisla
tion along the lines of stimulating
home building. The Calder. Noland
and Mclaughlin bills were discussed
at length, and the Noland bill, which
purposes to tax lands of great value
for government revenue purposes,
was particularly opposed. The Mc
Laughlin bill, the purpose of which
Is to encourage home building by
providing that incomes from real
estate mortgages up to $40,000 in
value and not exceeding 5 per cent
be exempt from income taxes waa de
clared a step in the right direction,
although the belief was expressed
that there should be no limit to prin
cipal or interest involved. The feel
ing was freely expressed- that some
methods must be provided for making
money easier to obtain for prospective
builders if any improvement is to be
brought about in the housing sttua
tion.
POULTRY
SEW ORGANIZATION" POKMLNG
IX WINLrOCK DISTRICT.
Owners of 40,000 liens Plan
Join Pacific Co-operative Poul
try Producers' Association.
to
WINIiOCK, Wash., June 12. (Spe
cial.) Owners of 40,000 hens in the
Winlock district signlfied their Inten
tion to join the Pacific Co-operative
Poultry Producers association at a
meeting held here Tuesday night.
This is the new association organ
ized to take over the business of the
Oregon Poultry Producers' associa
tion, which has been successfully
marketing the eggs of its members
for the past year.
The new association is organized
on the plan of the big Petaluma, Cal.,
association, and the Winlock poultry
raisers believe it will benefit pro
ducers and consumers alike by stand
ardizing quality and stabilizing prices.
Among the speakers at the Tuesday
meeting were Arthur L Goldsmith,
attorney for the Petaluma associa
tion, who told how co-operation has
helped to build up the poultry indus
try in California; U. L. Upson, man
ager of the Oregon Poultry Producers'
association : Russell E. Butler of Jen
nings Lodge, A. S. Weiant and C S.
Brewster of Portland.
Winlock poultry raisers are helping
to make Lewis countv one of the big
producing districts of the state.
BIGGER QUARTERS REQUIRED
. Slubhs Electric Company Plans to
Enlarge Establishment.
Enlargement of the Stubhs Electric
company establishment is contem
plated through a lease closed last
week, by which the company takes
over the Acorn building. 50x100 feet,
three stories in height, at the north
west corner of Sixth and Oak streets.
The lease is for five years.
The electric company at present oc
cupies th3 southwest corner of Sixth
and Pine streets, where it has been
.for about 15 years. The new quarters
will give considerably more floor
apace. The building leased by the
company Is owned by the Portland
Realty company, controlled by J. N.
Teal and the Lewli estate.
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IS IIKJjD IXVAIiIDATIX.
Presence of Witnesses Oesirable
So lleoeipt of Consideration
Cannot Be Denied.
BT W. B.
SII1VELT.
Chairman tecal Com-niittee,
Tortland
Kralty Hoard.
Where one takes an option on real
estate which recites that '"in consid
eration of one f$l) dollar," the owner
grants for a definite period an option 1
to purchase certain lands, but no con
sideration is in fact given the owner
for his option, can the owner, prior
to the expiration of the period of the
option, revoke the same and there
after refuse to convey the land upon
a tender of the agreed price?
The giving of options upon real
estate is a frequent occurrence. Most
options are given upon printed forms
which recite that the c- tion is given
'in consideration of one fjl) dollar"
Most of these forms also provide a
seal opposite the owner's signature
and the question to be discussed is
whether or not such an option un
supported by any actual considera
tion, though acknowledging receipt of
one, can be legally enforced should
the owner after giving the option re
pudiate the same.
It is elementary law that everv con
tract in order to be enforceable must
be supported by an actual considera
tion. And by consideration is meant
the thing which is paid or given to
the owner in view of his promise to
sell and convey the thing whicn '"in
duces" him, as the courts say, to bind
himself to perform the contract. This
t consideration miy be money, services.
a counter agreement to do a snecifled i
act, or anything of value. Conns uvrct
that a very small consideration, as for
example $1 paid at the time of the I
execution of a contract, will render
valid and enforceable any agreement. I
though it involve millions. But courts not been so active during the last
also agree that there must be some few weeks as had been expected by
f,al 'nsiderat" '" every con- u men from the early- spring
tract, otherwise the agreement is not r . l . ri fnr ,ot, and
enforceable I movements, the demand for lots ana
In the case of Sprague vs. Schotte, ! building sites has continued unusual
49 Or. 603, 87 Pac. 1046. an option had ; ly brisk and has more than made up
been given on real esiate. The option for any shortage In the other regard,
recited that il was tK oe in force i.:.. li ! according to realty men generally. In
April l, 1905, but no consideration practically all portions of the city
was named therein. About three ; there has continued a keen demand
weeks prior to the expiration date the J for nomeslf.es, and in nearly all cases
owner repudiate I the option and re- tno property is being obtained for
fused to be bound thereby, whereupon I h0me building purposes, with prac
the party holding the option sued the i tically no speculative features enter
owner, seeking to compel him to con- i inK into the buying. On a large pro
vey the land upon the payment of the j portion of the lots purchased during
purcnase price mentioned in the writ- I
ing.
In settling the rights of the parties
the court said: "Tho 'nstrument sued I
on is not a contract. There is no mu-
tuallty and it is not tupported by any I
consideration. It is merely a written I
offer by the defendant Schotte to sell '
the land therein described to the i
plaintiff at any time within the period j
st ited and was subject to revocation ;
prior to acceptance. ... it was
capable of being converted into a
valid contract by the tender of the
purchase money within the time j
stated and before its withdrawal by
Schotte. . . . But. until such ac
ceptance, there was no contract which i
could affect the title to the land or
give the plaintiff vested rights there
in. .. . Where an offer like the
one in question is accepted, the minds
of the parties meet and the contract
becomes complete and binding on the
giver of the option and all who claim
from him with knowledge thereof,
and may be enforced against them.
. . . But, until acceptance. It im
poses po obligation whatever on
either party and is subject to revoca
tion." Whereupon the court held that
the owner had an absolute unquali
fied right to rescind his offer to sell
the property at any time prior to the
date fixed In the writing.
In Friendly vs. Elwert, 57 Or. 599.
the facts were that an owner of reaP"
ty gave a written option in which she
acknowledged receipt of $300 as part
of the purchase price of the property.
No money was actually pa.d for the
option itself. Prior to an acceptance
by the prospective purchaser of the
terms of sale imposed by the owner,
the latter repudiated the option and
sold the land to another and offered
to return the $300 paid. The prospec
tive purchaser i ef used to accept the
return of this money and brought suit
to compel the owner to convey the
property.
The court held that the option itself
was not supported by any considera
tion whatsoever, that the $3: 0 was
not a consideration for the option, but
merely an advance payment on the
purchase price of the property in case I
the buyer elected to purchase unde
the option, and that the option, being
without consideration, was merely
an otter which the seller could with
draw at any time prior to acceptance.
Whereupcn the court held that inas
much as ;he ttwtifr had withdrtwr. her
offer to sell prior to the tlm- the
buyer accepted it in its precise terms.
the owner could not be compelled to
convev th; property.
In Brown & Co. vs. Duda. 91 Or. 402.
179 Pac. 253, it was held that a recital
In a contract of a $1 consideration
was not conclusive and that it might
be shown by oral evidence that no
consideration was actually given.
In Mossie vs. Cyrus, 62 Or. 17. 119
Pac. 486, 624, an option was given
wherein an owner agreed to sell cer
tain propertv for $700, "the receipt
of $45 of which is hereby acknowl
edged." Opposite the seller's signa
ture to the option was a seal. About
two months after the giving: of the
option and before its acceptance by
the buyer, the owner notified the
party holding the option that she
withdrew her ofter to sell the prop
erty, whereupon the buyer tendered
to the owner the purchase price men
tioned in the option. Upon Ine len
der being refused the buyer brought
suit against the owner to compel her
to convey.
The court held tnat wmte me seal
opposite the sellers signature to the
option imported a consideration, it
was not conclusive evidence of the
giving of consideration, but merely
prima facie evidence thereof: that the
seller had shown to the satsfaction of
the court that there was in fact no
actual consideration paid for the op
tion itself; that the J45 mentioned in
the option was merely a part'payment
of the purchase price and that there
fore the owner had the right anytime
prior to the acceptance by the buyer
to withdraw her offer
The conclusion is to be drawn from
the foregoing decisions is that an op
tion which acknowledges the receipt
of $1 as its consideration when in fact
nothing is paid therefor is subject to
revocation by the owner at any time
prior to the actual acceptance by the
buyer of the terms of sale. A recital
of a fl consideration, when nothing i3
in fact paid, lends no strength to the
option. If a prospective buyer desires
an option which he can enforce ac
cording to its terms, he must pay
something for it. One dollar will be
enough. It is always advisable to pay
the consideration in the presence of
witnesses- so that its receipt by the
owner of the property may not be suc
cessfully denied.
VACANT LOT TRADE BRISK
HOMEBUILDDiG IS VIEW
MOST PURCHASERS.
OF
Many Sales in Irvington and Pen
insula District Concluded
During Week.
While the market for bouses has
,, snrine houses are already rising.
while other purchasers are waiting
for a possible reduction in building
costs before going ahead with their
plans.
Owing to the fact that vacant prop
ertv is nractically the only com-
n-.odUy which has not increased from
.,i tn three times its cost within
lhe last fjv6 years many people are
,urning to real estate at this time as
a vaiuable investment, this being true
ns,,ii,riv nf those who wish to nur-
chase homesites, and fear a possible
increase in property values. In most
sections of the city desirable residence
property is selling at this time at no
higher than before the war, while
building materials have been climb
ing steadily.
A brisk demand for lots during the
month of May was noted by Ritter.
Lowe & Co., according to E. J. Lowe.
This particularly was true in Irving
ton. where the company is acting as
agent for the Hughes Investment
company, which owns a large propor
tion of the vacant property still ex
isting in the high class east side resi
dential district.
Swinton and the new Principle ad
tion near Peninsula park, placed on
the market last fall, 'are experiencing
much activity, according to the John-son-Dodson
company, agents for the
properties. Sales have been brisk and
in practically all cases the purchasers
have had home buildings in view. As
a result a considerable number of
dwellings are in process of construc
tion. Among the recent lot sales con
cluded by Mr. Lowe for Ritter, Lowe
& Co.. in Irvington and elsewhere are
the following:
Ella. C. Holbrook to J. W. kiddle. lot on
Webster street, near Concord. $550; Maria
r. Hnehci to Charles H. Fox. lot on
Weidler. near Twenty-econd. $1700; Hushes
Investment company to A. M. . lark. lot on
Seventeenth, near Stanton, $1i00; U.
I.t-eb to E. M. Erlcksnn. lot on East Forty
first, near Brazee. $100: Mrs. Katherine
Mcintosh and Elisabeth A. Cole to Maria
Wandra. apartment house site on Benton,
near Broadway. $2500; Hughes Investment
.-rmpany to C u.. AtweU. lot on Seven
toenth. near Stanton; Kenneth M. Xorrls
to Emil Nilson, lot on Eighteenth, near
T.-ti..t,u, CI mil- V Mnrr h In TI I'
Althaus. lot on East Peventy-ninth and'
Sandy boulevard. $000; Dr. J. M. Adams to
E. V. Harper, fetxty-cignth, near Hassalo
J. J. Meili to E. A. Quick, lot on Willam
ptte boulevard, near Interstate. $S?,0: A. I
Brown to F. H. Benedict, lot on Stephens,
near East Twenty-ninth: Harry Waters to
M. H. Williams, lot at northwest corner of
East Sixty-eighth and Sandy. $1400; f. W.
ci.risienson to e.. jwisner. lot on f-ast or-
vestment company to A. Bergstrom, lot on
East Seventeenth, between Klickitat and
Fremont, $120O; Hughes Investment com
pany to Walter J. O'Dotinell. lot on East
Seventeenth, near Fremont, $1775.
The purchase also was negotiated
of a strip of land on Fremont street
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets for the Hughes Investment
company from the Shaver estate for
$1250. The property was obtained by
the Hughes Investment company in
order to bring out several lots owned
in that-block by them to a full 100 1
feet in depth and Uuis to correspui4 '
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L'pper
at liorflriiboe-flliaped trent lct
half mile Ionic,
in size with the other lots offered In
Irvington.
DWELLINGS IN" GOOD DEMAND
New Residences In Rose City Park
Find Ready Sale.
Moterate-priced Swellings in Rose
City park are in demand, according
to the Carey-Savidge company, which
is handling a considerable number of
properties in that vicinity, and new
dwellings particularly are meeting
with ready sale. Among residences
sold by the company the past few
days are a number just completed by
Shaw, Larson & Seymour, builders.
This new firm began operations here
this spring and is erecting a block
of dwellings on property of the Hart-man-Thompson
company in Rose City
park, the homes being of modern
bungalow construction, priced in the
neighborhood of $4000.
Among the residential properties
sold by the Carey-Savldge company
recently are the following: Shaw,
Larson & Seymour to S. I. Hibbs,
dwelling at 660 East Fiftieth street.
$5750; w. P. Kaiser to Henry Free
man, HIS East Twentieth. J4000; O.
E. Walker to George K. White, 686
East Fifty-eighth . street, $4000; J.
Bewley to R. V. Frost, 686 East Sixty-
EX -TA CO MA MAN WILL OPEN
HANDLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.
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PAIL X. SHAW. PRIvSIDENT OK
COBTOBATED.
nhowinfc blgthway nnd railroad cro i n K . Lower
where four log dump a will be located.
ninth street, J4000; L- W. Graham to
W. P. Kaiser, 5830 East Forty-first
street, $3500; Mary Buckley to E. M.
Johnson. 478 East Thirty-ninth street,
$3800; Lawrence Redlinger to Frank
Essley, 325 Wasco street, $4500.
HOSPITAL SITE IS PURCHASED
Emergency Institution Will Be
Built at Morton.
MORTON, Wash., June 12. (Spe
cial.) Dr. A. W. Bridge of Eatonville
has just closed a deal for one of the
best business sites in Morton, buying
from Homer Johnson 100 feet front
age on Second street by 200 feet deep.
He will erect a modern emergency
hospital. He already has a similar
institution at Mineral. These two will
be used for emergency purposes in
rendering first aid. while the splen
didly equipped hospital at Eatonville
will continue, to be his main institu
tion. Dr. Bridge will begin construction
of his Morton hospital Just as quickly
as he can let the contract. He will
maintain in connection with It an au
tomobile ambulance.
Dr. N. W. Newell, formerly of Ta
coma, will be in charge of the hos
pital. Mrs. Newell is a trained nurse
and will be associated with her
husband.
WHOLESALE HOUSE HERE TO
Photo by C. Elmore Grove
XHK. SHAW SUPPLY COMP.VM, IX
Bulkheaded waterfront
WHOLESALE FIRM COMING
NEW SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
PLACE TO BE OPENED.
Shaw Supply Company, Inc., ol
Seattle, Decides to Hold Formal
Opening June 18.
Another strong wholesale house will
be added to Portland's rapidly grow
ing list of commercial institutions,
when the Shaw Supply company, in
corporated, will hold its formal open
ing on Fridays June 18. The com
pany, which was Incorporated In Ta-
coma in 1905 and now has houses both
in Tacoma and Seattle, has spent ap
proximately $100,000 here In purchas
ing stock and fitting up its quarters.
The company recently purchased the
Woodward. Clarke & Co. stock of
surgical instruments, hospital sup
piles and bacteriological laboratory
aDoaratus.
The Shaw Supply company nas Deen
engaged for two months in remodel
ine the entire basement of the Med
ical building, corner Park and Alder
streets. A handsome marble entrance
has been constructed on Park stree
and the Interior has been fitted up
with latest appointments, with or
fires, display rooms, etc. A hospital
operating room. X-ray laboratory and
dark room, dentist s room ana otne
display rooms are provided where th
various instruments and appliances
used in modern surgical practice may
be shown in the most convenient man
ner.
No expense has been spared In fit
ting op the quarters, and the place
is declared to be by Paul T. Shaw
president of the company, the largest
and best appointea surgical ana nos
pi Lai supply house west of New York
city.
In speaking or the matter yester
iIst Mr. Shaw declared that the in
creasing importance of Portland as
a great distributing center ror tn
north Pacific coast, and also the de
velopment of the city as a medical
and surgical center, caused his com
pany to establish quarters here.
Mr. Shaw is deeply interested in
foreign trade developments and was
chairman of the trade and commerce
bureau of the Tacoma chamber of
commerce for some years. He was
delegate from Tacoma to the recen
foreign trade convention at San Fran
cisco. Mr. Shaw is also an enthu
siastic member of the Shrine and has
rushed remodeling of the company
quarters in order to have things com
pleted before the convention here,
He expects to do his part in provid
ing sleeping accommodations for vis
itlng Shriners by taking care of
number of Afifi temple members 1
the new store.
Friday, June 8, has been announce
as formal opening day for the new
house, and the general public as well
as members of the medical and sur
gical professions, dentists and nurses
are invited to call and inspect the j
quarters.
Sugar Test Causes Wrath.
A woman who declared In court
that her husband was the meanest
man In England had unusual grounds
for the charge. During the sugar
shortage. he said, he kept his per
sonal supply f sugar in a separate
bowl, which he left every morning,
with a fly in it and the cover on. If
the fly was not there when he came
home .at night, he jumped to the con
clusion that some one had taken some
of his sugar, and he was very dis
agreeable about it. It is a pity that
his wife or some one else did not sub
stitute a hornet lor the fly.
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BUILDING COST MAY RISE
IXDUSTKV PECLARK1) TO
FAR FROM STABILIZED.
Bulletin or Straus & Company Says
Higher LtcIs for Materials
to Be Inspected.
That building costs are still far
from being stabilized and that further
ncreascs may be expected, is the
onclusion reached by S. W. Straus &.
Co., New York, follow ng an investi
gation of conditions throughout the
ountry. Th i conclusion goes counter
o the general sentiment in this sec
ion. where it was felt by most build-
rs and realty men that the peak had
been reached. The latest bulletin is-
ued by C.raus & Co. relating to this
ubject follows:
There are abundant indications
hat building costs are far from
condition of stabilization, and we may
reasonably expect that thev will con
inue to seek higher levels for an in
definite period. While the Industry
continually making new high rec
ords for contracts awarded and the
amount of actual new building is ef
fecting little If any inroad on the
general shortage, preliminary estl
mates indicate that new contracts
throughout the country for the month
of May may reach the haif-billion dol
ar mark, a gain of substantially
$100,000,000 over April.
Mowever, contractors and pro
ducers are not able to go ahead with
their work to tnis extent, owing
largely to the freight tie-up. which
has accentuated the acute building
material shortage.
With improved transportation con
ditions, and more favorable weather.
uch progress may be expected dur
ing the ensu'ng summer months. The
industry will not reach its full and
rightful stride, however, until all In
terests come to realize that housing
conditions In this country can never
be brought back to normal until we
are all willing to settle down to a
period of hard work, thrift, efficiency
anl Increased production.
"It is encouraging to note that the
various efforts that are being made
throughout the country to increase
the supply of homes are beginning
to hear fruit and the percentage of
new residential structures to other
operations is increasing. In this work
some of the producers of basic mate
rials are lending assistance to good
purpose. One of the large cement
companies, which has heavy contracts
on hand for- road work, has obtained
the consent of the purchasers to al
low the company to divert these or
ders to other customers who desire
the material for home construction.
While there Is a shortage in all type
or construction, the most acute deficit
is in houses.
"The co-operative idea Is being
worked out with success in some com
munities, both in detached houses and
apartments. On the whole, conditions
in the building industry have been
somewhat Improved during the last 30
days and announcement of large new
Duuaing projects are coming out with
greater frequency throughout the
country.
EUGENE MASONS BUY SITE
Lodge Contemplates Erecuon of
Xew Temple for Order.
EUGENE. Or.. June 12. (Special.)
Eugene Masons have purchased the
residence property of S. M. Yoran, at
Tenth avenue West and Olive street,
and announce that they will erect
a lodge borne.
The building will be devoted ex
clusively to lodge purposes, it is an
nounced, and will be fitted up with all
the conveniences of the various
branches of the Masonic order in this
city.
The old Masonic temple on Eighth
avenue West, which' was erected in
the '80s. will be sold. For many years
it has been inadequate to meet the
demands of the order.
Plans for the new structure have
not yet been completed.
The Shrine Arch Is Covered
WithOurPeters Wall Board
Go and look at the arch built nt Sixth and Alder streets. You can
see there how superior Peters Wall Board is for covering the walls
and ceilings of any size room. Make an extra bedroom in the attic
or buy a ready-made house and finish it inside with Peters Wall
Board. It will not buckle or swell.
We have
small pack
ages for
household
use of
Klre Clay
Cement
Mall Plaster
Plaster of
Paris
Lime
Take home
a package
of each.
We Sell at Ketall and Whnlrralr.
Send for Our Price List of Building Materials.
We Ship Anywhere and Give Q,tICK !ERVKT.
Send l a Your Mail Orders.
P. L. CHERRY CO. ,
Down along Willamette slough the
argest log booming plant on the
great rivers of the northwest is near-
ng completion, where the Nehalem
Boom company is installing equip
ment of railroad terminals and dumps
that represent an investment of $250,
000. This undertaking is linked with
the construction of the Portland, As
toria & Pacific railway, building Into
the virgin timber of the Nehalem-
Tualatin watershed, but the delivery
of logs will begin from the cut on
Jales creek, brought in over the
United railway line.
Connecting with the line of the
United railway at a point about five
miles below Linnton. the track crosses
the highway on a pile trestle that car
ries it over the tracks of the Spokane,
Portland. & Seattle railway main line
and the trestle in the form of a
gigantic horseshoe 2200 feet in length,
terminates in the railroad grade car
ried for more than a half mile along
the bulkheaded water front. The high
er section of the trestle is 60 feel
above the mudsills. our loads of
ong logs may be dumped at the same
time, and under this arrangement they
speed with which timber can be
placed in the water will make this '
a rapid part of the operation of pro
viding provender for the saws of the
mills along the river. The capacity
of the terminal will permit the Uump-
; of 3,000.000 feet daily.
Pilings Caed for Bents.
Piling from 50 to 65 feet in length
were used, for the bents of the struc
ture, and for that portion subject to
overflow and in the water cedar pil
ing wa4 driven, capped with mudsills
and the trestle carried up from this
foundation. For tho roadbed on top
of the piling and timbering of the
structure between 600,000 and 700,
000 feet of lumber was required for
the job, and In the piling is repre
sented more than 1,000.000 feet of
timber.
The overhead crossings are of a
type that is unusual, supported by
rows of piling parallel with the high
way and railroad tracks, giving an
unobstructed view for drivers and
enginemen. Although the trestle car
ries a track curving from the point
where It leaves the grade on the bluff
above the highway, the engineer
worked out a method of construction
that affords the requisite strength
without placing bents in position to
present either physical obstruction or
interfere with the view of the road
ways below, ltth of which are on
tangents at this point.
Postal and Pacific Telephone & Tele-
grapn lines are carried under the
trestle.
Company Provides L!nk.
The Nehalem Boom company is a
link between the Hill and Eccies
interests, organized as a consequence
of the construction of the Portland.
Astoria & Pacific railroad. It is
capitalized at $500,000 and acquired
the valuable waterfront properties
owned by the Ruth Realty company,
extending from a point beyond Linn
ton along Willamette slough for sev
eral miles. The situation is favor
able for the establishment of in
dustries that seek locations with the
advantage of rail and water trans
portation. There are already a number of mills
and factories in the locality, and no
great ir.gir.ution is required to
vision acreage between the water
front and railroad and highway oc
cupied with industries that will man
ufacture the giant logs of the for
ests into the products needed in the
markets of the world.
W. F. Turner is president of the
Nehalem Boom company. R. B. Karly
vice-president and manager, and E.
W. Schauer, secretary. The corpora
tion owns the terminals at the boom
ing grounds and will handle logs for
a large number of timbermen and
Spokane, Portland & Seattle, and a'
new line building by the Eccies in
terests there are several logging
roads owned by timber, operators that
are reaching out to tap this stand of
splendid timber, of which it is rough
ly estimated that probably more than
10,000,000,000 feet will be brought
to this point on Willamette slough.
Waterway Is Not Swift.
Desirability of the conditions of
navigation that are found in this
waterway is denoted by the plants
located along its shore. It has some
current but is not swift enough to
interfere with handling logs econom
ically and satisfactorily at aJl sea
sons. Lumber schooners come to the
mills along Its course to take their
cargoes for far ports and river
steamers, towboats and tugs come
and go with their towage of great log
rafts, supplying mills up or down
stream. Along the bulkheaded wa
terfront of the booming grounds the
channel was cleared by dredging ma
terial for the grade of the tracks.
The contracting firm of A. Guthrie
& Co. are the builders of the trestle
and terminals of the boom company.
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