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1 e, r.: 7 1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4,- 1908. BIDS FOR JETTY OPEIIEO Three Firms Tender - Proposal and EacrvWill Receive Share o Contract. MONEY IS AVAILABLE - V FOR JM MEDIATE WORK targe Quantldes of Rock Will Be Needed From -the' Start and Firat Delirery Will Ba Made Tueeday y ; , ; Work to Be Puahed.""' Three firm tendered proposals tbia orning to supply rock lor the exten 'on or the government Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river.. The bid " "i dors and the flguree they eubmltted are ;'.'". follows. The -Columbia Contract company, to furnish and deliver the rock . - oy me water route, il.lft a ton; Caa- V-'-r es Construction company,- by- the same. route. H-a ton. and W. H, Pole,. oy nu, si.ii a ton. Colonel B, W. Koessler wUl forward the bide to Washington, but It la be- lleved that he will be authorised to let the contract ' tomorrow, as the govern -, tnent Is anxious, to set the work started wunoui unnecessary - delay. As big quantities of rock are needed, . there Is thought to-be no doubt, that the business, will be divided, between . the Columbia Contract comoanv and - the Cascaded Construction company, the lowest bidders. They are the- same firms which supplied material for the -, jetty last year, and by Itself neither one 77- of- them would be in position to make . deliveries as rapidly, as the government "J desires." There ts possibility that W. 2L. Cola will also ba given a small part of the contract, although ' his bid Is somewhat higher than those of his com- - , petltors. The Columbia, Contract company Awns ; the'Flsher quarry., whlch.ha supplied the greater portion of the rock out of which the existing Jetty has bean built. The Cascades Construction company owns the Sweeney quarry. ear Stella. tract be will ges material from the 1""" ' htuygawm, , mi lb. Inaiar '. lumoia river.' r It is situated on the railroad add some distance from' the ' river. . ' ' - - Money Is Vow Available. ; An appropriation of 1400,900 was made by congress' for the extension of the leMv. an,! Mils sum Is nnw availaMa for immediate Much of this muiiey will be spent for piling and other lum ber which will ba needed for the con struction of additional trestle work. - Workmen are now being employed at the Jetty. It Is estimated that 160 men will-be needed - at ' the start. Train erewa will be required to operate the 'cars carrying rock over the trestle lead Ing out to the sea for a distanoe of - . seven miles, laborers are needed to dump the rock over the outer exten '. a Ion of the Jetty. Mechanics will be -v-omploye-t-to keep the plant In-good to pair. The engineers looking after -the ', employment of men" eay ihey " do " not . anticipate .any difficulty In securing a -full - feree.- The; -first delivery of-rock "s"epKorTonbinadaext Tuesday i Is i 'bv Improvement work on the rivers also receiving considerable attention 'by the United . States . engineers Wednes day they sent the snagboat Mathloma up the Willamette river, where she will , be kept the greater part of the season. The point at which she will first be placed In commission will probably be . near Devil's Elbow, on thla side of Sa lem. It is the Intention of placing her at work wherever It Is thought that she can do the most good.- This matter will be left to the Judgment of the men hav ing charge of the craft. Before leaving Portland Wednesday the Mathloma removed a ariag-a feet In -length-from a. polntuenr the (touring -mills .it proved to be tree- wi-K-n-nsa floated down stream and lodged during the freshet of last winter. - The trunk i'-'. was cut Into many pieces and carried snag Tiad proved a constant talned no aralnT annoyance to the steamboat men,' who had to be extremely careful' In getting around it to avoid an accident. , YAR DSTC ROVy D E P. -- Salt a Soaea Steamers la Seed of Be- r, ' paly Lying fm Harbor. ;"-. - i On account of the large number of "barges which are -being-buHt-t-the supple yards for the Portland 8e , attle Railway company, half a dosen Jsteajners In need of -repairs are lying Idle In the harbor. The yards are led with barges and will be for the next two or three weeks. A contract ldrng-nt-mOTT-Of-tBeefiirrfor , the railway company has been let and .the.-work of tPrnlng.jlheraoultjwas ' Started thla morning. These barges will be used at the pro posed site of the bridge which will pan the Willamette river. - They are of about the same site as those being used . at- the . Columbia Jlver bridge. Four other barges will also be built for op eration at the latter structure, making II In all which will be constructed at the Supple shipyards. They will soon ba needed and a large force of mechan ics, has been employed to get them ready for service as quickly as possible. The steamer Volga, which la now on the .ways at the same yards, will be JjtuacUsd. itt a U-4 tw tako tu Astoria, ; where she will be placed In commission on the lower river aav4. ireigm ana passenger Doat. She is owned by Captain Babbldge. who will have command . of her. . The .- ateamar Jordan, another-Astoria boat,' Is being given a general -overhauling,, and will soon be ready to launch. ' The manage ment aaya , that applications for other boats to be hauled out and repaired are coming. In more rapidly tharr" they can ba attended to Just at present' . - FROM SAIL TO STEAMER. taster of Costa Bios) Used to Command Ship Bell of Batik Tears ago Captain C. Curtis, master of the steamer Costa Rica, which sailed Isst night - for San Francisco, was in command of a sailing vessel plykig regu larly between New York and Portland carrying general merchandise.- The ves sel waa the American ahlp Belle of Bath, well known to the pioneer shipping men of the port. - She waa one of a fleet operated by- Sutton V Beebe, a firm long tncs gone out of existence. After discharging their freight St Portland the Belle of Bath and other craft of the Una usually -were chartered to transport grain to the United King dom ThM" they would salt In ballast for New York and again take oa cargoes of .general merchandise for. Portland, They usually gave service here of ona vessel a month. Captain Curtis wss calling .on a number of - his old-time frlenda yesterday afternoon renewing their acquaintance. He says he has been around the Horn-so often that aa haa forgotten the exact number of times, and still-his vessel never met with a serious mishap. -"' ."I waa also in command of the steam er -Barraeouta, -which waa recently In the harbor, when aha was captured by the- Japanese on the charge of carrying contraband of war to the Russians," aald the skipper. "Wi were overhauled .at the north 'extremity of Bagalln Island, near Japan, and taken to naval station Jn-the .vicinity of Yokohama. After being held prisoners seven days the of ficers snd crew were released, but the ship was detained. - In October she waa finally turned over to the owners. ""She had on a cargo of salt and I took her. to Vladivostok. I arrived there on November If. a few days after the big riots and fire ' which nearly laid waste arrived on the scene and restored order. resumed on an extensive scale. After discharging the cargo of - salt I went -down to.MoJl and took on a shipment of cement for Vancouver, British Columbia- From there I went to Ban Fran cisco, reaching the latter-place after an absence of abeut two, yeaie." ? RAT$ STEAL GRAIN. ' aanpto Wheat Stolen by BodentsWho - .'Bate Of flea Throng Ttsjsmsb. V r For the past two weeks T. M. Stevens A- Cor have- been- missing . samples of wheat-.whlch. were kept In their office for exhibition purpoaee. Some of the grain via of the famous Walla Walla bluestem- variety and other samples came from t-the-Palouse country, Soon after the sacks which contained -the ceivsX were refilled they would be fonn4 empty and the causa became a most per plexing question to the of floe fores. HEARST W0 BUT RODDED So Says . Congressman Baker, Who Will Speak at Unity -' Hall Tonight, v" MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP " FAVORED BY THE PEOPLE New York Member of National Houae ;; of Repreaentetivea - Says Herat,WilLMakeRace for Oo - ernor of New York.. . .V Congressman Ralph W. Baker of New York and .Mrs. Baker are at the Hotel Portland.. They arrived last -evening and expect to resume their trip south-. wardiomorrow.He will, add reea the Democratic dubs tonight at Unity hall. Mr. Baker took an active part la the campaign of William R. . Hearst ., for mayoriof New York. " He Is also one uf . tha jnoat widely J- known slngls taxers ofthe country and haa taken a prominent, part In the campaign - for municipal ownership. Tn fact " hta trip to the Paclflo coast Is In favor of that doctrine. He delivered a' speech tn Spokane and after a trip to Los Angeles will go to Denver, where he Is to make several addresses prior to the municipal election there.' '". .' ; -T -- ThetS Is no'douht. said Mr." Baker this morning, -'Hhar William R Hearat was elected mayor of New York. Thla feeling la not only held by the frlenda of Mr. Hearst but I feel confident thst It Is also- ield.J)yvlargenumbr of Republicans and Democrats, those that are not tied to the wheels of the ma chines. In Brooklyn. -where we had a fairly - good - organisation, we accom plished great results and gave Hearst a good majority. Unfortunately, the campaign In New -York waa so short there ' was nq, opportunity to- organise perfectly. . but. even without hle organ isation r the results -. were- saeh -as to demonstrate that municipal ownership lathe thing that has the.-hold on the people. - The day of. monopoly . haa asult nf.j.ttia J nearatCAmpali Baker: - ' " "I have-, not had all the papers know fully Just what haa-become the bill before .the legislature ordering a recount, only enough to know that it did not pass. The failure to thus give Mr Hearst M. rights- thnsa whlrh ware for governor of New.-.Yorki ' On what ticket, whether on tba Independent i or As the grain disappeared Irf the nlghf on a' Joint ticket tf.4h IndepwndatoU n't jLvriiiuvi st Ttwas aeclder that one of-lh men should remain in the office until morn Ing to see If he could determine whet became of the samples. Near the mid night hour the vigilant watchman aaw a string of rats scampering- through the open transom and make their way to the little wheat blna. After they bad eaten their fill the rodents would climb up the hard-ftnlshed casing of the door and make their exit .'out through , the transom. Climbing down from the out side, it is supposed that theyscurrled away toward Chinatown. But the first drove was' followed by anpther and the rats kept coming as long as' the grain held out The watchman did not dlsturt) them, aa he waa Intent on seeing how easily -they-managed to ell rn to the casing. which looked to be a feat impoesibie or performance. Before daylight the room waa clear of rata and the tiny page con- Now the clerks close the transom at night and the grain Is not disturbed. How the rodents got Into the building is s mystery, ss it Is modern In construc tion and supposed to be rat proof. - WILL RUN' TO COAS1 It earner : Yelerrapn . to . Adopt. Schedule Between Portland and Astoria. Beginning May It. the stenmer Tele graph will be placed la regular service between Portland and Astoria In - the freight and passenger business, making dally round tripa. She will leave here at T-TJclockr-ln the mornlnr andr-ls lachedulcd loar at o clock In the evening. - The steam er will make -the -following nine -way landings: Kalama Rainier. Stella. Oak Point Cathlaraet, Bkamokawa, Brook- field. Pillar Rock and Altona. Since last, fall the Telegraph haa been given a general overhauling and Is said to be In far better shape Aan Inst sea- son: She will have a Uoense for ear- i: Rot Strawfl f" fc9pr-i G Panamas $10.o6-y$25.C)0-- SFelt5 $3.00 to $10.0Q HAVE A STYLE AND LOOK OP BET TERNESS 'NOT . FOUND " ELSEWHERE Kob mson 889 WASHINGTON ST. ,. 7 . ; HOTEL PERKINS BLDG. Co. given to lilui by the votes uf Hie peo pie, means, as I told the committee at Albany when the bill for a recount waa nndnr -consideration, -that New York City would annihilate the upper part of the state In the - November election. - X found this sentiment met with a hearty response from the. good people of the stater in fact the feeling of the people toward Mr. Hearst Is growing more ef fecttonate each day." W1U Mr. Hearst be a candidate, in VAvamriap f1 i , - meBjsVSrtrr Be cditawaf htadly he will be a candidate like to predict but I can saM that he will be a candidate. - He will be, 1 think, the leader around whom the Democrats will rally, and he will also have the Indorsement . of the Independents, 'but ahould the machine - try to - set-up Democratic candidate thf Independents will , have Mctr Hearst . The campaign will betfiade on the queatlon of munic ipal ownership of public- utllltlest-There will be a flat-footed declaration for municipal ownership. If we can get the Democrats to put It In their plat form, Mr. Hearst will be their candi date. If they refuse trach a plank, the declaration of the independents-will be for such ownership and will take Mr. Hearst as -their candidate. It may not mean that It will force municipal own ership, bat provision will be made to jJbl-BH munlnlpavMs "pp"f"n1', I TO-MOIRlROtf' 'i ' . vU at the slgn-of the UNITED Shield a UNITED CIGAR STORE will be opened 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tf A IT INDUCEMENTS AND SOUVENniS. And somethlnd to ILAAJLi-nk for nn rnmlntl In a-IIMTED QGAR STOREvalqe -CAPT. MARRYAT Invincible. The price 4-for.23 ct&w boxTof 23, SI .50 the cltiar a proof of our proposition. .0 H UNITED CIGAR STORES 0 0 0 I-VILLMAICILDAILYLTRIPS. I .... . ..iiiui la atl 1 '- faiiv-uufvi, IO cquir W wiuiio uuuiiv. wiiAij-v. , R4vnoti. 1.V UTCiaiW .VI l II, MMVIVII . w. franchises for their full value until the utilities lhat control such franchises can he- taken ever. This will mean an addition of several millions to the reve nues of New York CltyTTheTIgTiTwTrr be one of the greatest ever held in this .country. It. will mean the people com- Ing into their own.-righta.lJt will mean the disintegration or the old parties. That-is what we are doing. We -are disintegrating -the 41d partlea. poaaibly not as fast as you people here on the Pacific coast, are doingJ)Ul4uBt the same we are doing It'-' The mooting tonight at Unity hall will ber under-the-aueplces of -tha-Young oc ratio club. The meeting was called for that club and the"Mull- nomah elub to ratify the-csiate and coun ty . Democratic ticket, and . u pen urgent request Congressman Baker has agreed to make an address. The meeting will be publio and all are Invited to be present rylng JSC pwssengers Captain U. B, Scott, her Owner, says he expects the yessel to make a better showing than a year ago. It Is thought that the tour ist travel to the beach will be particu lar! heavy this season and that much of the traffic will be handled tt the Telegraph. The vessel will be In mand of Captain E. Copeland. " TARIFF SHEET MADE. Steamship Companies Agree on,, rare ' Schedule for Alaska Travel. . , Two hundred dollars will pay trans portation charges and- defray all other expenses of a 1000-rntle trip from Port land to the Interior of Alaska and re turn. A Joint-tariff sheet has Just been issued by the steamship companies, showing the passenger ratea to and from the various- points. While . the sound ports are mentioned In particular, O. MTXee, looangra Steamship company,, says the fare would be practically the same from Portland. e ruui!ulilu rates'n.re- as- foUowST To Dawson and return, 1160; Atlln and re turn, taO; Nome and return by way of Bkagway, Dawson and the Yukon river, (200. This Is a new-route -picked out by tha companies and covers a distance f ,X miles. - - - - . -.. CAPTAIN CROWE ILL. Yeteraat Ship Captain Bear Death at BU Borne U This Olty, Captain A. Crowe, of the firm of An derson aV Crowe, and one of the best known ' retired ship captains In the northwest, la lyUig ofltlcalljT 111 at his home. Ill Boas street. While physi cians say that he will recover, triey state that his condition Is very serious nd ' that the crisis Is not yet past. Captain Crowe was taken 111 -a week ago with tonsllltls, and' during tha past four oayg hexolo measure . have been taken In order to keep him alive. Cap tain Crowe is a native of Nova, Scotia and for many years was master of the British - ship ' Muskoka and with her madeveral record passages. . Steamer Charles B Spenoer to Baa Be- -. tweea Portland and The Banes. On -.Monday the ' ete'amer Charles R. Spencer will begin making dally round trips between Portland and The -Dalles. with . the exception of Sundays, when she will be operated in the excursion trade. Between-here and The Dalles she will stop at only the following land Ingg: Vaiicuuver. -Wssliuugal, CascadeT Caraon, - Collins, White : Salmon. Hood River and Lyle. She will leave Portland at T- o'clock In the morning and return at o'clock in the -evening, :ntly Lh machinery . of - the Spencer waa given an extensive over hauling' and "since "then- lr- Is claimed that her-wheel makes four more revo lutlona.A Jnlnuta than It did previous ly. -There Is considerable rivalry be tween the' . Spencer and - several other boats, and when- -starts on her dally round-tr,lp schedule lt is expected thst many races will be pulled off. The ateamer Telephone, another swift boat, will very likely be placed on the same ruBaoon.-" . V SWEPT BY STORM. taamer Bedoado Poroed to Bat Back to Ban PraaelBco. .-With her - smokestack- carried - away by a violent -northwester and possibly damaged -la- other waye. the steamer Redondo. when off Eureka and headed for Portland, was forced to return to San Francisco for repairs. A brief ac count of her mishap was received by Taylor, Young tt Co. yesterday after noon.. Mr.. Taylor says he thinks she will be ready for service by the early part of next week, when she will again salt for Portland. She will atop in at Coos bay and take on a full cargo of coal to bring north, which - will be the first large conalgnment of fuel from that section for a number of years. That the storm was among the heaviest ever experienced off the coast at this' season of the year la shown by the long passages being made by all of the Vessels com In a In this direction. Tba steamer Alliance, which was sched uled to arrive -here yesterday, only reached Astoria this morhing. Jhe wat tt hours- between Marshfleld and the mouth of the Columbia, a run she usu ally completes in- IX Jioura-She waa than' a day. The ateamer left up from A storla tr a-o'clock tWa mor nln g -and will rmrh tha harbor late In the after noon. She Is bringing a full cargo of freight" and" tl " pssssng-ere. ' Pnrser ''' ' v' ' ' ' '"- : II 71a kit tunshint bread (f 25 25 - J) - V - 0rsnr( s : -:.-: - - ' Baker telephoned, from Astoria this morning that a fierce storm was raging off the coaat all day yesterday. ' It is also supposed that the steamer Breakwater, which sailed frdm San Francisco for Portland -Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, will be delayed by-the - strong- adverse ' winds. Under ordinary circumstances she should bsvs reached tha mouth of the river before noon today. She la bringing a cargo of 800 tons of sugar. r ALONG THE WATERFRONT. Captain duedo Mlaner will leave New York today for Portland to take com- mnl nf h orljntnl linn TTlnnHt. now In the harbor, for one -round trip between here and the far east Captain Wagemann, the regular master of the vessel. Is. suffering from water on the knee cap. He has recently undergone two successful operations, hut . Is ..ex pected to bo confined to his room for a month or so. - The Ntcomedla Is sched uled to sail on May 10. : - Tr Balfour, Guthrie A--Co. hava chartered the British steamship Tottenham to load lumber at Portland ror the orient-Hsr carrying capacity Is about 1,600,000 feet of fir. She la now at Manila, but la ex pected to reach her-early In June. The-) Tottenham wss at Portland last winter, taking out a cargo of lumber, for the Phillppl jrQraorro.TrjJtht-thw steamer Cascsde Is scheduled to sail for San Francisco and Port, Los Angeles with a cargo of lumber. - ; I ' . 7 With - a shipment of sugar, the steamer Csarlna is expected to arrive tomorrow night from . San - Francisco. On the return trip she will take out a cargo of wheat which will be shipped by the Northwestern Warehouse com pany. ., -. Laden with 1,100,000 feet of lumber, the barkentlne T.' P. Emlgh left down this morning bound for San Pedro. George D. Oray, president of the Cali fornia A Oregon Coaat Steamship com pany, writes that the firm's safe at San Francisco haa been opened and the papers It eontatned are In ashes. He also said that all of the coin waa melted. .United States Inspectors Edwarda and Fuller are at The Dalles today inspect ing a number of steamboats. Front there they will go to Newport Wash ington, on a similar mission. MARINE, NOTES-, Astoria, May 4. Arrived at B:1B and left up at 7:50 a,- m. Steamer Alliance from Eureka and way porta. Astoria. May l.-?8alied at l:SS p. m. nnm hsy fnr mar l U.' 8. steamer Heather and lightship for Arrived down at 7 p. m. BrU- BASTXBV OVTPXTTXBa OOMPABYI BASTBBB OVTTZTTXBflr OOHBABT t,; $3.5U Smyrna "Rugs Tomorby wc offer bhoicevaricttz of 30x60 inch fringed end all wool reversible SmyrnaRugs. which regularly Bell for $3.50 Special . . 50 cents a week $a225 To Our San Francisco Patrons Te 'ear 'eld tea rraaeisoe satrsas aad tkoh frisads whe ate sew lustat la Portlaad we wiak to eall year attssrtira te the fast that the loaal . astera Oatltting OempaaywlU se everythisg la tta te eatead te yea . every passible aaooaueedatioa ncardiag f aralaktag year Basse, Jast as ear late, Baa rieaelsee at era baa aea aoiag. We eatdlally lavtte ya te cell e eaa aters, get eeeaalatea aad M aa aeaat with as. akesld ytm destra te Durohua-KoiuafurBisiiliMra er Wearlag Asparcl fa Baa, Wataea er Caildrea we ahsU ae alesaed to akarse tae -suae to yea aae extsad aa liberal aaay toxins aa sar store la Jtaa Pimaoleae asstt to , Seattle. imh- ateamer Oceano San Francisco. Mar t. Sailed Amer- . --ri 1 -Ma . -i. i; ........ - lean snip coiumoia ior wsiorio. Astoria, May Condition of the bar at - a a,,- m smooth; wind northwest; weather cloudy. , . , . . . SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS CLOSE THEIR CONVENTION Last night's open meeting at 'the First Congregational church' closed tl)' twen- ty-nrst convention or me maie eunaay School association. Rev. John-'M." Dean, who has been giving a aeries: of lectures on "Christ, the Master Yeacner, epit omised the sense - of tha lectures In a sermon on "Teaching, a, Olft of the Holy Ghost," A. A. Morse of tha inter national executive committee gave a short farewell, which was followed by expressions of appreciation of tha pres ence of the International workers at the convention. Mrs. Marjf Foster Bryaer "Eastern Uuttitting Co. r Tha Store Where Your Credit la Good -Washington and Tenth of Peoria, whose talks on lesson, con struction have been especially helpful, gave the final farewell. . . m ii ...... 1 Tomorrow the Day ' Of the grand opening of the big aast side store, the New York Market and Grooery, at 477 and 7 Williams ave nue, near Eugene street. There are many, large Inducements offered by the new enterprise and the ' economical housewife can save several dlmas by reading tha ad oa tba market page at - ' . The Journal today. Han McKlnnon, formerly with tha McKlnno" o-"'" company on Third street, will Be I' J manager. Goods are ail hew nn. . and the public who haa traded-with oui -genial friend Ous Hlnnenkamp of thi New York Grocery. Eleventh snd "r--sba streets (who is proprietor ef t new place), ' realise they alwe. t value received. Better attend- the t. ing. ladlea, or phone East Advice) ot frlenda piakaa a i of anemlea. . , t5 I: i: