THE MORNING ASTORI AN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH M, 1906.
NEW YORK LINES
Govern Storage and Handling of
Freight in New York.
FOR A PRODUCE EXCHANGE
It a Party t th AgrtamsM and l
ths First RsvlsioH of rt Aflf.msnt
Mad on September last and Effscts
Strong Combination.
New York, March IS. After a ser
ies of negotiations extending for more
than a year the New Tork Trunk lines
hava reached an agreement to govern
the storage and handling of grain at
New Tork. The new conditions will
become operative April 1. The roads
thB Agreement are the New
Tork Central system. Erie. Pennsyl
vania, Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, On
tario and Western and the Baltimore ft
Ohio.
The new agreement defines the in
spection, grading, consolidation, de
velopment of all grain ariving by rail.
Besides the various railroads, the New
Tork Produce exchange Is a party to
the agreement This is the first V
vision of an agreement that was male
on September 1, 1S75. It provides thaf
the railroad companies may put to
gether in elevators, warehouses, boats
or barges, provided by themselves for
the purpose, grain of the same kind
and grade without regard to its owner
ship after the same has been Inspected
and weiehed in accordance with the
agreement, but nothing therein shall
be construed as depriving receivers of
grain the right of preserving the Inen.
tity of ex-lake grain if they so elect,
nor as depriving shippers of the right
of preserving the identity of all grain
consigned to this market If they shall
so elect; subject only to such uniform
conditions as may be made by the
railroad companies for that purpose.
All questions of difference between
the New Tork produce exchange, or
any member thereof and their com
panies or either of them, parts to the
agreement, growing out of the inspec
tion and delivery of all grain arriving
at the port of New Tork are to be set
tled by a private arbitration commit
tee, consisting of three persons,
t.
BLOCKADE RUNNER.
German Ship Captain Does a Land Of
fice Business.
San Francisco, March 27. The sec
ond mate and three seamen of the Ger
man' ship Cassius arrived here today
from the orient on the mall steamer
uoric. i ne cassius succeeaea in run-:
ning the Japanese blockade of the port
of Vladivostok no less than six times,
landing a cargo of coal there upon
each occanioa Her captain, after mak
ing all the money he could out of the
Russians, ran into Kobe where he suc
ceeded in making a sale of the steamer
to the Japanese.
The Doric also brought over t!?
captain and chief engineer of the Brit
ish steamer Sldonla. which they took
out to Japan and there sold her to that
government
WILL INVADE ARCTIC.
Gasoline Schooner Fitted Out for
Whale Fishing.
San Francisco, March 28. Four large
schooners using gasoline as well as sail
for motive power, will invade the Arc
tlve.this sea.on in quest of bowhead
whales, the species producing bone.
The vessels ar the Monterey, Charles
Hanson, Olga and Barbara Bernster.
Taking advantage of the good fortune
attending the cruise of the Monterey
the past two seasons, when, with a
huge standard gas engine, she was
able to cruise extensively in the arctic
and make good catches, the other
schooners in the trade have outfitted
with engines at considerable expense
and will be early in the whaling I
grounds. The Charles Hanson is ready
to sail and on Saturday the Monterey,
Captain Frey, Is to put to sea.
WILL HOLD POW-WOW.
Governor of Canada Accepts an
Invi-
tation.
Montreal, March 28. An invitation
lias been received by Earl Grey, gov
ernor general of Canada, from the
chiefs of various Indian tribes In Brit
ish Columbia to attend a pow-wow.
It Is to be held at New Westminster
during the Dominion fair in Septem
ber.
They have assured him that 12,0f0
red men, loyal to King Edward, will
be present to give him an enthusiastic
greeting. His excellency has accepted
the Invitation.
JAPANESE ARMY.
Engineers Ar Rapidly Repairing the
Railroad.
The Japanese Left Armies In the
Field, March 28, 11 a. m. (via Fusan)
The Japanese army near Mukden is
clearing the battlefield, sorting the
enormous quantities of stores and ma
terials captured and attending to the
prisoners.
Engineers are rapidly repairing the
railroad bridge across the Hun river
which was badly damaged by the Rus
sians. Trains are now running to the
Hun river. They will reach Mukden
In a few days. The weather Is very
warm and the ground Is thawing rapid
ly, making the movement of guns and
transport wagons difficult.
STRIKE BREAKERS.
Ordered to Mov from New York
to
Pittsburg.
New Tork. March Several hun
dred strike breakers, Who .came here
to work on the Inttrborough lines, are
reported to have received postal card?
ordering them to be prepared to move
to Pitsburg at short notice should a
strike become probable 'on the trolley
lines there, where the employes are
demanding increased pay. The Inter
borough officials say that only one naif
of the original strike, breakers are now
In their employ.
Electric Power Plant.
San Francisco, March 2S. A 1250..
000 contract bos Just been signed by
an eastern syndicate for the construc
tion of an electric power transmission
plant to be located In California, Just
across the line from Nevada, at a ptace
called The Wells, where there is a
plentiful supply of water, to furnish
electric light and power to Tonopah
and Goldfield.
Southern Pacific Making Arrange
ing for Extensions.
ARE PRINCIPALLY IN NEVADA
Curves to Be Cut on All Lines and Dis
tance Shortened Giving Quicker Time
to All Points on the Road and to
the Eastern Cities.
San Francisco, March 28-The
Southern Pacific Company la engaged
on a number of important improve
ments of its roadbed, the most exten
sive of which is the revision of the line
through the state of Nevada, Between
the east and west boundaries of Ne
vade much of the road Is being re
built. Excluding the Salt Lake cut-oft
there will be 219 miles of new road
constructed, saving more than seven
mnes In distanec and reducing the
maximum grade generally from one to
0.4 percent Between. Montavbo and
Burbank, CaJ., a new line 55.4 miles
in length is being built, saving 6.97
miles in distance over the old line be
tween the same points. On this new
line there are three tunnels located be
tween Santa Susana and Cbatsworth
Park. The length of tunnel No. 1 is
7369, tunnel No. 2, 920.6 feet and of
tunnel No. 3 538.3 feet
On the coast division between Soleda
and Santa Margarita, Cat, there will
be 28.567 miles of new road. Between
Elwood and Santa Barbara there will
be 10.08 miles of reconstruction, which
will reduce the length of the road 0.89
miles, the curvature by 14.10 degrees
and the grade rise by 13 feet vertical.
Between Santa Barbara and Ventura
construction has been recently com
pleted which reduced the length of the
road 0.42 miles, and reduced curvature
87.6 degrees. The grade was reduced
32 feet vertical.
Another important stretch of recon
struction is found between Strausa and
Rogers, N. M. The saving in distance
of the new line over the old one is
about half a mile. But the maximum
grade has been reduced from 52.8 to
31.60 feet per mile and the maximum
curvature from 10 to 5 degrees.
Marine Notes.
The lighthouse tender Manzlnltta
made an unsuccessful attempt to pick
up the North Head cable yesterday.
The oil tank Whlttler and the barge
Santa Paula arrived down from Port
land yesterday and will cross out this
morning.
The steam schooner Aberdeen Is due
from San Francisco this morning' to
load lumber.
The steamer Columbia left out yes
terday morning with freight and pas
sengers for San Francisco.
Election of Officers.
Astoria lodge B. P. O. Elks held in
iatlon and an election of officers last
evening. The following officers were
elected:
Exalted Ruler, Malcom Barger; lead
ing knight, W. E. ' Schlmpff; loyal
knight, John McCue; lecturing knight,
N. D. Johnson; secretary, J. R. Clin
ton; treasurer, Charles Abercromble;
trustee, three years, O. C. Fulton. A
banquet was served and a very en
joyable time was had.
railroad
rumors
CROTON
RESERVOIR
Gates Thrown Open to Save the
Croton Dam.
DUE TO GREAT SNOW FALL
The Village of Croton, One Mile Below
the Dam, Is Threatened With De
struction Should the Dam Break or
the Reservoir Overflow.
New Tork, March 2S. No breiik has
yet occurred In the 15,000.000 dam
forming the New Croton reservoir,
which was menaced yesterday by a
flood of water from the great Croton
watershed. Workmen are reinforcing
the structure nt all points of danger
and a patrol has been established to
give Immediate warning should a break
threaten. The village of Croton land
ing, with a population of 1100, Is one
mile below.
When engineers In charge of the
reservoir learned of the flood they hur
ried to the dam and threw open the
gates, but the outflow to the Croton
river and thence to the Hudson wiu
insufficient to curry off the rapidly rls
Ing waters entering from an area of
365 suunre miles and steps were at
once taker to avert a break.
It was expected thn the dnm ,vouU
be completed late this summer. Ex
perts had figured that It would take
about two and a hair years for the
reservoir to fill, so, lens than a month
ago temporary gates were Installed
and closed, the reservoir was denuded
of houses, trees and brush were burned
over and the basin was allowed to be
gin filling.
The great snow fall of the past win
ter and recent rains brought about con
ditions on which the engineers had
not reckoned. The reservoir began
filling with amaxlng rapidity. The
dam is nearly a quarter of mile In
length. With the unexpected flow it
filled rapidly and reached the 100 foot
mark before the danger was appreci
ated. The maximum which the dam
was Intended to hold when complete J
Is 155 feet The engineers believe that
the danger will be to protect the wo-
men and children.
SPRING CLEANING.
Interesting Article on This Important
Subject
"What Is being done In Seattle and
other cities on the coast can be accom
plished in Astoria. The following from
the Seattle Post Intelligencer will be
of Interest to Astoria Interested In a
better sanitary condition and beautify
ing Uie city:
The executive committee having In
charge the matter of clearing up Seat
tle is doing practical work. The meet
ing on Saturday afternoon was notic
able for the soundness of the sugges
tions which were advanced nnd for the
showing of work already accomplished.
The movement for a cleaner and a
handsomer city has taken good root
among people In -every walk, and evi
dences to that effect are seen all over
the city. Already the streets and the
dooryards of the city present a far
better appearance than they ever did
before at this season of the year, and
the work has but Just commenced. The
street department, the fire department
and the board of health are all co
operating in the movement.
Not the smallest of the good results
already accomplished has been in
arousing true interest of the school
chlldrfn. It many of the schools of
the city the children have be.?n active
ly engaged In cleaning up and beauti
fying the giounds, to their marked and
general Improvement.
Back to Lift.
Victor, Col., March 28. Unconscious,
but clinging with a death like grip to
a cable, Fred Bhend was hoisted 1350
feet at t:ie Bluebnrd mine and revived
after teaching the surface. With two
companions he had been overcome by
carbonic acid gas. Charles Jacobs was
dead when taken out of the mine. His
brother Edward was rescued alive.
WOFJlAtl'S BEST FRIEND.
Women suffer all about tts with headache, backache, loss of
energy and spirits, Nervous Dyspepsia and many other ailments
which make -life almo unbearable. Every woman can be im
mediately relieved olf this suffering if upon the first sign of
derangement she would take a dose of
By following the instructions with each box of pills thousands
, of women all over the world have saved their lives.
BEECHAM'S PILLS purify the blood, give strength and
vigor to the digestive organs, give vim and tone to the nerves
and put the whole body in a healthy condition. A box of
BEECHAM'S PILLS should always be kept in the house as,
like a "stitch in time," they will invariably have the most
beneficial effect and save much future worry and anxiety.
Sold everywhere In Coxo$, 10o and 25o.
STATEMENT OF
11 M
At the close of business March 20, 1905,
RESOURCES.
Loans and dis
counts 5522.635 67
County warrants 24,199 90
City warrants . , . 38,527 41 M5.MS 90
Real estate 21,000 00
Due from banks 75,912 12
Cash on hand.... 42.195 SS 111,507 59
Total 1725.170 5
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid In ,.,100,000 00
Surplus 25,000 00
Undivided profits 3,302 40
Dividend unpaid 165 00
Deposits-
Subject to check.$39.757 21
Time certificates. 195.021 45
Demand certifi
cates 18.924 74 586.703 47
Total $725,170 87
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
T1IR
At Astoria, In the Slate of Oregon, at
the don of business, Murcn 11th.
1905.
RKSOURCKS.
Loans and discounts i:S3.07l 88
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured 5,535 14
U. 8. bonds to secure cir
culation 13.500 00
Stocks, securities, etc 73,380 00
Other real estate owned.... 6.000 00
Due from national banks
(not reserve ugunts) 9,244 60
Duo from state banks and
bankers 93.794 73
Due from approved reserve
agents 135.S51 99
Checks and other cash Items IS 90
Notes cf other national
banks 105 00
Nickels and cents 463 53
Lawful Money Reserve In
Bank, vis: '
Specie 3114.200 00 114.200 00
Redemption fund with U. S.
treasurer (5 per cent of
circulation 625 00
Total
.,, (739,815 76
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock aid In S 60,000 M
Surplus fund 60,000 00
Undivided profits. lsa ex-
pensei and taxes paid.... 25.764 76
National bank note out
standing ...... 12,f0P 00
ndivldual de
posits subject
to check $443,064 51
Demand certifi
cates of de
posit 153,386 47
Certified checks. . 100 00 601,550 96
Total $739,816 76
State of Oregon, County of ClaUop,
ss:
I, S. 8. dordon, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON.
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of March, 19)S.
J. il. MANSELL.
Notary Public,
(Seal)
Correct Attest:
O. C. FLAVEL.
W. F. McGRKOOR.
JACOB KAMM.
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Good as new. $20.00 per ton.
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Astoria, Ore.
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