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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY T.IORNINQ. APHID 15, 1C:3. II 1 ! i V BARRIERS REMOVED TO HILL'S EfJTRY TO CITY OVER IVILLAHETTE Concession Secured From Rail- road That Practically Settles Chief Points at Issue i UPPER DECK BRIDGE ; : i ; IS FINALLY GIVEN UP Structure Will Have Next to Longest Span of Any in the Country Fif teen Hundred Dollar' Annually Will Be Paid to Dredge Harbor. V Three important concessions, which are generally retarded as sufficient lot all requirements, have been secured by : the Port of Portland commission from the Will companies in the controversy ' ovtt the Willamette bridge charter. Thus concession are; A draw span 410 feet long, with one exception tha long-eat draw span in me Vnlted Blatea. - ' r . . An ' offer of $1,600 annually to pay for dredalna- In tha channel above the - brldie. - - .. . J . . ' ' , . An assurance given privately to mm- - bera of the commission that the Hill ' lines will absorb the ahlp owners' dif ferential acainst the port, the same aa tha Harrlroan lines have agreed to do. After a conference yesterday between - counsel for the HU1 lines, a special com , ' mlttee of the commission and lis -attor ney, W. E. Thomas, it was stated that the Hill attorneys had made a new proposal to their principals In St. -Paul, and were In telegraphic correspondence concerning the points raised. It was riven out lhat these points Involve some of the disputed matters and that there Is a strong probability that the Hill attorneys will be able to present a prop i esitlon tomorrow that will bo acceptable ' to tits commission. ' :. ' 1 "A meeting of the -commission and ' attorneys for both sides- will be held ' Monday afternoon, at which time. It is believed, tha matter will be finally ad justed, and the commission will take action settling the whole controversy, . aald Mr. Thoipaa last night. . . -BrlAga Qaesjsjejsi Is)- Helved, j a :V It la expected -that action will- be ' taken recommending; that the secretary j. of war grant a charter for a bridge to 4 be built by the Great Northern and Northern .. Pacific ; railroad companies across tha Willamette river at the dry " dock site in accordance with' plans here tofore agreed to,. In tha, main, between . the commission and the railroad's rep . naentatlvee and stripped of objection- ' able restrictions that are not regarded - 4 as lust to the railroad companies,. Three members of tha commission are known to be already favorable to aucn a , aetUement of the Ion-,, drawn-out con ' troversv . and a fourth; will, it la be lieved. Join them and very probably the - remaining three members win maae ii unanimous, , Having . disposed of --the . upper deck. proposition and secured the t consent ' of the -railroad -companies . to : construction of the Ions; drawspaa it is ' said there is no ground left upon which the . commission can reasonably stand j out against the bridge charter.; , ' t ; . Another Concession. -; ' Another considerable concession thst - has been secured by the commission is r the' railroad company's consent to pay an, annual charge of $1,600 to assist .'! in dredging the . channel above i tha ' bridge. The proposition of forcing tha companies to pay large sum annually ' for towage charges., to .be applied by : J the commission ia payment to towboats for extra eervtcea la towing , ahipa through tha bridge, la regarded ia moat quarters with dlafavor. - A statement made bTT1 McKanna ' that there Is capital ready to build a high bridge across the Willamette river at 8t Johns, and his assertion that such- a bridge would be vastly better . and cheaper for the city than the proposed upper deck on the railroad bride, has received endorsement from local engi neers not a mils ted with the interested ; railroad corporations. ' ' . . hide traffic, complete-with approaches, can- berbuilt-et 8 1. -Johns -tor. U2S.0A." said Captain W. W. Ooodrlch; who was a consulting engineer in tha project started by Austin Corbfn In 1800. to build the Donahue railroad from Ban Francisco to 'Eureka, Tillamook, Nehalem. Astoria and Portland, and extend it from- this point along tha coast to Olympla and Seattle,. - . " .'" . Coat, of Good Bridge. v"At that time complete surveys an estlmatea were made for a high bridge to span the Willamette river ..at the lower ,p nd of the peninsula, i Toe bridge tfriuld have' been a cantilever structure. l.Sie feet between the piers, and high enough above the water to clear ' the tallest masts. The surveys ere made by Thomas M. Swift Tba Corbln plan was to come by way of Forest drove and Gales creek., pass to - the .Willamette crossing and descend to Portland by a grade only seven eighths of one per cent. . . Tha economy of a high bridge at St Johns is obvious from, the fact that it would ' have . short approaches ana ne cheaply maintained. Aa against about 4.000 feet of approaches to tha Portland te Seattle bridge, the high bridge would have an approach est feet long on the Llnnton end, and 470 feet on tha St. Johna end, Jving the whole structure a total length of but 1,301 feat, only half tha length of the approaches alone on the railroad bridge now under con sideration at tha drydock site. Electric cars and wsgons could turn at tha west end of the bridge and coma straight Into, the city via the St. Helens road, on a grade that would not exceed ona and a half per cent., Financially con sidered, it would be a splendid propo sition for an Independent .bridge com pany, and would also furnish tha best' route 1 for . an aiectrtc . , railroad irons Portland to Hitlsbora and Forest drove." "" 7ii- '" -t- --'- . CapUiu . Goodrich, speaking of the objections that -exist against tha use by electric cara of a a'team railroad bridge said: .:-..':.'- ', - Whn electric equipment and atrong trolley currents are placed on a steel bridge the whole,, structure becomes electrified. Where there la a draw- span, there-Is also concussion. - - in every case concussion,, granulation and electrolysis soon destroy the safety of tha bridge." i MEETS DEATH ON WEDDING EVE ; Vppar 2eck Mot Available. y Mr. OUcKenna baa favored the upper ' deck prooosltlon. but came to the con- 1 elusion that It was Impracticable from a mechanical point of view. : He said -that. ' In addition to Its cumbersomeness, the ' bridge would be opes a large part -af the tune, being the bridge farthest down the ' harbor and therefore to be pasaed - through by every ship and steamboat that enters from - the Columbia river. Such a bridge, he concludes, would prove to be wholly unaulted to the demands of -trafflo from bank to bank by streetcars, vehicles and foot passengers, and. the great cost of maintenance of the upper " deck sjid 4.000 feet of approaches would -be a heavy burden en the people. . "A high bridge for streetcar and Ve Sergeant Roger C Cornett Killed by Passenger Train Near r .r .' Interbay. ''' r, ' HAP LEFT FIANCEE BUT : -: SHORT TIME BEFORE After Completing Arrangements for Their Marriage Was on Way' to , Poat arid WhUe Absorbed in Com- 7 bg Event Is Fatally Injured. : SPMTS' FABRICS We are just In receipt of J artother large invoice of Latest Novelties FLUE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS Drop - in- and lookZthem .over. : No trouble to show ; -goods, and. you won't be 'asked to buy, yet we fully " i- appreciate your orders. V"' . ' ' ' - Batlsfactidn guaranteed in all ' cases. ;.' - -; ;. " Qarments to order In a day if ' - required. Full dress and Tuxedo, Suits '.''a specialty. ' . ! Suits $20 to $50 Overcoat. $20 to $50 Trousers $5 to $rf William Jerrtms' Sons, Props. 4. '; 1". T. oody, Maaafar.V" lee raiBs wt vobt&ajtd, osv. OWNER IS HILL OF ROAD? Portland Southern Right of Way Sold Presumably to Great Northern Magnate. GIVES LINE TO SALEM ' FROM OREGON CITY (BpecUl Dhpatcs te TU JearsaL) Seattle, . Wash.. April 14. Returning to his poat of duty at Fort Lawtdn last evening . from Ballard, where ho had spent- his three-hoars' leave of absence with- his fiancee. Miss Alma Carlson, perfecting arrangementa tor their wed ding, which was to take place lmmedl ately upon his discharge from the army aervlce on April 1, Sergeant Roger C Cornett. company C. Tenth infantry, was struck by a paasenger train on the Great Northern tracks, near Interbay, and InatanUy killed. -- Sergeant Cornett was on a four-hours' leave of abaence when tha fatality be fell him. Within five daya, on April It, he was to have been discharged, after a six-years' aervjee, and was then to be wedded to Miss Alma Carlson of 'Ballard,-they to make their home In Seattle The absence from his post was spent In attendance on his fiancee andwhen-ha left -they- had - perfected the arrangements-for the wedding.-- Absorbed In the contemplation of tha eventful occasion. Sergeant Cornett re ceived hla fatal Injuries. - , Wan Waoa T. Athena 4. . (8peelilpiipatcb to Tse Jon mil.) renuieion, ur.t Apru 11. in the re turn game of baseball played at Walla Walla today between Walla Walla and the Athena Tellow Kids the former won by a score of T to 4, 1- 9 t "see JOHN H. AITKIN. 'OAimttAW 0OstCTATXOaT AS STATS) nuBAStrBBSk John H. AlUIn of Hnntlngton, Oregon, the candidate for the nomina tion aa. mtmim' Areajturer. fa .nr. tha . , . , - . f- r- . v, v. urinmiigrm IUT lull fundi, and the passing on securities by a auta board. He believes that Interest on slate funda belongs to the state, an if nomfnt. .. .iaoi will sivo the people a straightforward, economical, buslneas-llka admin istration of the ofnre. - ' ; '..-. . , , ; mHvHvvfmmvfmHTMMMMMtMMMMt Guesses Alao Are k Hazarded That Oregon Water Power or United Rail way . Companj Maw, 'Be Pur ,' chaser. 7 - . A aala of tha Portland -".out hern Elec tric Railway company's right of way, M mllea long, from Oregon City to Balem, was closed yesterday. The consideration was approximately tlO.OOQ. .. purchaser waa F, a Morris. It Is said tha rlg-ht of way was bought for tha Hill Interests. Mr." Morris left-Tuesday- for- Phil- 4 ueipni ana no autnorltatlve Information can be . secured on , which ta base tha statement that the property Is to paaa to the Northern Pacifio and Great Northern. It has been repeatedly stated on semi of octal authority that aa soon as tha north bank . Una of the Hill roads - is completed to Portland these companies will Invade tha Willamette valley. It la said U B. French, who waa ona of tha promoters of tha Portland Southern, and who negotiated tha sale -of tha right of way. has stated privately that Hill Interests will acquire the righta and franchisee. -. .- . - . , " The " Portland - Southern . waa incor porated about two years ago b; L B. irencn. u. w. Miller, M. J. Klnnev. a. W. Waterbury and W. J. Cook, but the company was never- organised. 'Owing to a disagreement among the promoters over the policy to be pursued in financ ing and construction, tha project never got any further than tha aecurlng of contracts covering period of three years for deeds for the rights of way and a complete aurvey of tha route from Oregon City to Salem. It waa the in tention of the incorporators to. build this portion of the line and make a trafflo arrangement with tha Oregon Wa ter rower Railway company to op erate over its line between Portland and Oregon City. Recently tha property waa brought to the attention of the United RaUways company, and was Investigated by that corporation. - The- interests -owned by Messrs. Miller, Waterbury, Kinney and Cook were acquired by Frenoh. through the Merchants' National bank, and the deal was closed yesterday.- It la aald tha United Railways company la prob? ably the purchaser. ' There Is another report, with atrong color of fact, that the right of way has been - purchased by the O. W. P. company for lta own use between Oregon City and Wood burn, and that It will dispose of the portion between Woodburn and Salem to the Willamette Valley Traction -company. The truth of this story la de nied by traction company Interests. They say they would have no use for the right of way, aine they have al ready secured a complete right of way between Salem and Woodburn, and have done a large amount of grading. NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND ; REGISTER IN CLACKAMAS (.pedal tHspetrb to Tbe Jonrnel.) ' Oregon ity. Or April It Deputy Clerk MeAnulty today completed the registration in Clackamas county which ahows that there is 4,tt voters regis tered. Out of these 1,M have regis tered as Republicans, SH aa Democrats and 400 are scattering Socialists and In dependent voters. The true Democratle strength In this county is not shown by the registration, aa many Democrats have registered aa Republicans to help oertain candidates who Sre aspiring for nomlnatlona. ' .-.: ' ........... Bay marrtmaa Xs Bluffing. - ' ' apee!l rtlapetrh te The Jooraat.) Seattle, Wash.. April 14. In tba fight between rival roads that are working for a foothold la thla city, it Is alleged by tha Hill lines that tlartiman'a ac tion In building on-rha north bank of the Columbia la merely a bluff to save his rights under the congressional aot , - ' '; , 7- ' ' GOOD AS GOVERNMENT BOND Chickeriai, Boetow Weber, New York lisabaH. Oueeie) .Tba riaaola, Pianola Plaaja 4fla-shoe trails, and ovar u yy,. t is, v i xi II StTTT.f? j? ' '. j T7 ' . " t "r'-Vr - MtAo coNomoNsr'oN stcvensc sidb. "' " '-"''t 'lla " 1 " T ' ' " " ' !- 1 -T .5-:.:7'.t.t-.; i..V-v-- ; LAf6tSrRTAILtR3 Of FlNf. PlAN03 INTHE WORLD- iff . . (Fac simile' of one of the eighty $i00 prize credit certificates issued by Eilers Piano House.) . Each and every prize credit certificate issued to the successful contestants' in Eilers Piano Publicity Contest worth just 'that much in actual cash when buying a new Piano, Pianola Piano or Orchestrelle. If you have a credit certificate for $55.00 or $60.00 or $70.00 or : even -$100.00 it is worth its full face value at Eilers Piano House toward payment of a new piano. Remember, positively no ad vance in prices. - Get the price of your neighbor's piano and convince yourself that. this is a fact. If it is not. we will give you a piano absolutely free. Bring in your credit certificate during the big demonstration sale. New. pianos that have here tofore retailed for $275 now ?17 at $5.00 .a month. Regular $375 styles now $265 at $6.00 a month, and the elaborate, cased fine $475 styles now $322 at $7.00 a. month. The fanciest regular $485 styles now $333 at $8.00 per month. The , strictly highest grade and costly $850 styles now $485 at $12.00 a month. " , ; . - : 'j ; .J. " 5ALE OF SLIQHTLY USED PIANOS L ' i During the past week we sold over 100 brand new costly Pianos, Pianola Pianos and Orchestrelles on which we ae- cepted as part payment many second-hand instruments, which in numerous instances are practically as good as .new. A Fischer, ebonized case, good condition... ...... 4. $ .90.0 A Cable (not the genuine Hobart 'M. Cable), quartered oak , . case ............... ............$ 05.00, A Kingsbury, fine mahogany case, excellent , . " ; : ' condition ........ . . .$125.00 A'Singer, pretty mahtjgany case.'.V... . . . T. t i -. . $138.00 A Wellington, oak case, cannot be told from new. .$136.00 A Wing & Son, Circassian walnut case, fine condition . '.".. . . . $142.00 ' - A Hamilton, walnut case, only.been "used one month. $145.00 A, Franklin,' pretty mahogany case, elaborately- - - - H CJirVCd m 9 a a aft 1.0 5e00 '. A Brinkerhoff, mahogany case, excellent condition. . $175.00 -jrA Whitney (exchanged for a Pianola Piano), only .'.$100.00 T' An Everett, pretty Circassian' walnut, perfect . " " . . . . .. vw.wv condition A Packard, largest size, most elaborate case, burl , -:' . , v walnut ........................ , . . ; . . . . . u $210.00 Many other bargains too numerous -to mention. Payments' as small as $10.00, $8.00 or even $5.00 will put one of these great bargains in your home. .We must get them cleared off the. floor to make room for new stock. Pianos will be held for twenty-four hours on telephone order. Mail orders will also receive prompt and'immediate attention. Now is; your, chance. Act quick: : --rt 'Z-:,'r'Zl':' S !i z Zrr&l: 'i i.v'.'"''.;V: c: E LERS ID ANO HOUSE LARGEST AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS 851 WASHINGTON STREET 4 t.: J.-: PHONE EXCHANGE 23 CHOOSE A SITE FOR CLUB (Continued from Page One.) T.- B. Wilcox was appointed to look after the building and alta mattara and draft a preliminary sketch of tha best method of procedure In aecurlng a building for the club. They were-also Instructed to Interview some of tha business men owning property adjacent . to the pro posed elta at Fifth and Oak streets and if they found conditions favorable to tie up any suitable property that might be secured, by a caab payment If neces sary.' ,' - Jk Has, Xs Offered. - ' 1.' H. Page Son. who own the quar ter block at the corner ' of Fifth and Oak streets, offered tha committee a highly satisfactory option on their prop erty and made a price of 115,000 for the purchase of the ground. Later they sub scribed $1J,00 te the building bonds fund and tha son subscribed - a like amount.' .. ... . "I am informed by conservative real estate men. said Mr. Leadbetter, "that the price at which we have been of fered the property la from $11,000 to (25,000 below the market value. . Cer tainly most flattering terme have been given us." ' Tha option, was taken without delay and the members of tha building com mittee Immediately notified a number of prominent club members of the deal and the terms upon which thla desirable site could be secured. During tha day theaa members have subscribed to $67, 600 worth of building bonds. Among the subscribers and tha amounts - they have signed for are: J. H. Page, tlt.SOO; F, H. Page, 112.000; F. W. Leadbetter, $11,600; T. B. WUcox, $6,000; William M. Ladd. $5,000: Henry. I Pittock, $6,000; Leo Frieda, $5,000; Julius Durs balmer, $6,000; Russell tfiytn, i,ovu. -- .. Mar aa (Ux-atory Building. . . . "We already have almost enough to purchaae the property," saia r, La better. "but of course will not buy un less w- can raise ths full sum that we desire to erect the building. I do not believe we will have - any trouble in getting that These bonds are good Investment and I don't think It wlU be difficult to make tha membare see it We -will probably have a als-atory building and the club wlU occupy at leaat three floors. We nave every as surance that we can rent the other floors until such time aa the growth of pur organisation might demand that we have more apace, we can saieiy figure that our Interest taxes and In surance upon the bonda will not amount to more than $18,000 a year; and with an Income through - the club of $$,000 a month ws can meet thie cost and re tire the bonde very rapidly. It wlU take but a comparatively short time to remove thla Indebtedness and leave the house and alta the unincumbered prop erty of the club. Besides these bonds, we figure, are a batter Investment than putting money into the banks at inter est. Our bonda will pay per cent while money, In the bank -Woyld draw 4 per cent. " Considering the' matter from every side, I think a club building Is assured." . -. Appeal Members. ' In view of the large subscriptions re ceived since the option was secured, and Ithout any effort being put forth to secure money. It was decided to Imme diately print notices and send them out to the various members of tha club. Tba following ie a copy of tha notice mailed last night: . "It Is proposed to organise a building association of membera of the Portland Commercial clubfor tha purpose of ac quiring a permanent home for the club. The plan will Involve aa investment of some. $350,000 and 1 contemplatea ulti mate ownership by the club. There will be an issue of bonda bearing six per cent Interest for an amount not exceed' Ing the cost of the site- and building, which wUl be subject to retirement by drawings at any Interest data at $1.06 and lntereat Tha Income of the club, and tha earnings from portions of the building not now needed for the club's accommodations, will, it la believed. Insure an early retirement of the bonda. Something over $60,000 of tha proposed Issue has already been subscribed. This proposition should appeal to our menv bere not only aa a good investment but as a great benefit to the club. Mem bers who think favorably of tba plan are requested to Indicate tha amount for which they wish-to . subscribe, upon the assumption that' the legal details ef the plan will be arranged promptly. . - "The affairs of tha building associa tion will be placed in tha hands of a bondholders' committee selected by. the subscribers to the bonds. An option has been secured on the quarter block sit uated on the northwest corner of Fifth and Oak streets, at aa exceedingly fa vorable figure, whloh gives us a few days In which to complete oar arrange ments. - . ... "The Portland Commercial club baa a reputation for doing things, and your Interest in lta welface requires a prompt response. . "Please address reply to E. L. Thomp son, secretary, 2(7 Btark street." - Thla communication la. signed by the board of governors. . ', . - ' "No better proof of the faith of con servative buslnesa men in tha bond scheme could bo offered than the action of Page a Son in subscribing for $25,000 worth of them," said Mr. Leadbetter. With -an- assured -tenant in ralf-the building and the assurance of 1,000 membera of ths club that tha other half will be rented, the proposition cannot but appeal to tba friends and well wishers of the organisation, but to people throughout the state,- Any sub scriptions from this source will be wel comed aa ahowing the lntereat they feel In the development of oommereial In terests by the people at large." - of promlnenoe and trust with the people of Lewis county. At the time of hla death he waa past-master. He leaves a widow, aged . parents end many other near relatives. ' - Be had been a resident of tha county for many years. , Hla na tive state was Kansas. ; SLOSSON AND SHAEFER BEATHOPPE AND SUTTON E. F. CARPENTER OF TOLEDO PASSES AWAY Toledo, Wash.," April 14. E. T. Car penter, a prominent cltlaen of thie place, died Friday after a brief illness of pneumonia. He had held many places New Torky April . 14. Sohaefer and ' Blosaon, the hoary veterans of the ' green table game, were tha. victors to- day in the 16-Inch balk-line billiard . championship tourney in progress at r tha Madison Square Garden. The Wlsard defeated Sutton and Blosson took Willie ' Hoppe Into camp. Hoppe waa beaten by the score of 600 to 146. Blosson averaged JO 10-14. ..;,:,. In the tenth game, which took place In tha afternoon, Jake Schaefer won a clean-cut victory over Oeorre Button by a score of 600 to 2T. The Wlsard'e success was mosUy due ' to hie quick start Sohaefer ran the gams out In the twentieth Inning with an unfinished run of 66;, Schaefer averaged 24 and But ton's average was 10 1T-1, both good performances.. '.. , ; Special Sale of the '.'' K :i. .'.-';' . - . :.TTTT;vi;- TT O ' raw smmm. I, ' Royal ; Range Which has been in progress during the past four weeks will continue-, this week at the same prices. Quality and prices have combined to make this an unusual, sale and over a hundred new Royal Rival Ranges have been sold, within the past four weeks. '- - An especial feature to be noted In connection with the sale of the Royal Rival Range is that we guar, antee this Range In every particular. First arid Yamhill Streets .. . ... . r - 1 1
