-THE ORECO:i
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STREET U,
. j:nanc Calling for Opening of
th Striet Is Passed by
v " the Council, v ;
t lAtVTHORNE ESTATE'S '
OPPOSITION DEFEATED
IcilaWelMinoritj -Report iRwom
mending ', Opening of the ' Street
Untouch - to Grand Avenue It
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Adopted
Property-owners'whe nave oeen flt"ht
ln for the openin of East Taylor
street; Including a nil across the Haw
thorn slouch. . won a victory In th
council chamber last nlsht. W, U Boise,
representor the Hawthorn estate,-op-
" posed them la vain. v
Incidentally It was brought out that
HSO.eoO- had. been offered for the Haw
thorn park tract , for commercial pur
poses. The eltr baa aa option upon the
property to buy it for I169.009. The
park board wishes to us tha property
aa a park.
Mr. Bote has all " along contended
that tha nil would confiscate tha abut
ting property.-
N "I am authorised by the corporation
.to state that they will sell the abutting
property for $.O00." said he. "The city
" engineer says tha nil wUl coat at least
110. BOO, and I think it will cost mora."
Councilman Kellaher called attention
to the fact that th eity had been aaked
to pay I ltO.M for a tract of which thla
louch la a nttt. rtmt .: Mr.. Bolsa declared-
this had nothing tJ do.wlth jhe
case. -. ' ' r . -
"We bay refused 110,000 more than
we asked the city for tha property."
said . be. ."Mrs. Hawthorn does .not
wish th park to b put to such pur
poses aa was proposed. A building
. would hay been, erected and th water
' from the spring utilised."
Minority Beport Adopted. ;
Finally, after a long parley, Kella-
net's minority report recommending the
opening of th street through to Grand
' avenue waa adopted, only Annand and
Sharkey voting against It. -
One of th most Important feature
. of th meeting waa-the Introduction by
Bharkey of a measur prohibiting oil
tanks anywhere oa. th west side and
on tha east side ozoept north of th
south line of . Portsmouth, addition,
where th tanks of tha Union Oil com
pany and soma of th tanks of th
Standard Oil are now situated.
' This will force th tanks of th
Standard OIL now located on Bast Madi
son street and , vicinity, to move to
Portsmouth. .. - -
The measur prohibits 'th mainte
nance of any tank containing 19,000 gal
lons of petroleum or Its products, and
declares such tanks a nuisance. Any
violation ahall be punished by a tin of
$500 and each week such tanks, are
maintained In violation of th ordlnane
.- shall constitute a separata offense.
The council went Into a commute of
the whole for- a few minutes and the
reported to th council that it wtahed
' further time to consider th ordinance.
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OF EAST TAYLOR
VICTORY
It will probably be brought up at the
next meeting. ' ' , , ' , - ' '
, The a R. N. Co. was granted a
franchise on East Third street. Kella
her succeeded in attaching to the fran
chise a provision which will compel th
company to maintain a depot - for .out.
going and Incoming freight oa th east
side. ' ' : " ; '
Th Portland at 8eattl company
withdrew th petition for the vacation
of Nortbrup street Th petitions for
the vacation of Eleventh and Twelfth
streets were mated. Nortbrup. Love.
Joy, Overton and Petty grove streets are
to be left openr bowever,-and Twelfth
street Is t be closed only from Qulmby
to Javier. Gray. Rushlight aad Vaughn
Voted against th vacation...
. . It la apparent that tpe council con
siders th Subway project of Thomaa
McCuaker and JU T. Keady feasible, for
tha ordinance for th filling of East
Stark atreet was repealed. On of. the
provisions of - tha application for? the
ubwav franchise la that Eaat Stark
atreet ahall be ft Had free of charge with
th material from th tunnel. . , .
. . atowa? OreJnaaee aesed...
v The time and manner ordinance for
tha construction of th Brooklyn dis
trict "sewer waa passed. Thla will cost
$180,000 and will, be th largest- sewer
ever constructed in the city.
By a resolution adopted last night, th
poundmaater need not cover , ino terri
tory recently added to th city, as-he
has a Small number of men .In 'his de
partment and there is not enough money
on hand to hire more. Another resolu
tion -was adopted placing tha Forestry
building under th control of tha park
board. .
.By a vote of 10 to 4. th ordinance
prohibiting the sale of indrawn poultry
whioh have been in cold - storage was
defeated.' Shepherd tried to bav th
matter referred to th sewer committee
and. then to the commerce, landings and
wharves committee any old tning, in
fact, to get It away from his health and
police committee. .
Wills Introduced. a resolution by which
tha mayor ahall appoint a committee
of three to Investigate streetcar fenders.
This was adopted and the commute
will soon be named. Th Northern Pa
cific Terminal company was granted a
franchise on Tork atreet and th ordi
nance was sent to th executive board
forJxlngjof compensation.
EASTERN EXCURSION RATES
July t aa S, August T, , a, September
. : an 10, .;-.-
' On the above dates th Great North
ern Railway will bav on sal ticket to
Chicago and return at rata of $71.50. St
Louie and return K7.60, St. Paul. Mln
neapolls and Duluth, Superior or Sioux
City and return, $10. Tickets flrat
class, good going via the Great North
era. returning same or any direct rout,
stopovers allowed. For ticket, sleeping
car reservations or any additional in
formation call on or address H. Dickson.
C P. T. Ai.UI Third street. Portland.
: . Special Sleeper for Elks.
On Saturday - morning, July H, the
O. R. A N. Co.-will run a special stand
ard sleeper, Port&Aid to Denver, by the
way of. Huntington and Union Pacific,
for - the Elks,, account the annual con
vention of the grand lodge of Elks at
Denver. July 17. II and 1.. -v.
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tlbn. If you are out of work, "'',
X-ozjflealre .bettex poaltton
come to -The Journal ofnee and
leave your ad. or epd ' It by .;
mail, or' .
Iraoiiei tIdn?50()S
DAIRYING EXPERTWItL
V MAKE TRIP IN OREGON
. Professor Q. L. McKay of the Iowa
Stat coUege of Amee. Iowa, probably
th most' eminent authority on dairy
ing in the United States, will reacb th
city tomorrow and will make a tour of
Oregon for the, purpose of arousing a
greater Interest In the subject He-will
be accompanied by Mrs. McKay. -
Prof eaaor McKay will also be aooom
parried by. J. W. Bailey, atat food and
dairy commlasloner, - They win visit
th various dairies about th city and
will then make a tour of the dairying
sections of the state. Professor McKay
will -make suggestions to the dairymen
aa to the methods of obtaining the best
buttsr and the -moat . aatiafaotory re
sults from their work. ;
- Th following permits have been -is
sued: Alfred Zslafelt, one-story dwell
ing. East Seventh between Tillamook
and Thompson, cost fl.aOO; W. Wack
row, two one-atory dwellings. Twenty-
fifth between Upahur-and-Vaugha)-eot
$00 each; G. Hasan, two dwellings.
Weldler between Eaat Twenty-third and
East Twenty-fourth, cost. $3,000:
Beuta, one story dwelling. Beech be
tween - union and Grand avenuee, oost
1100; A. H.Goddard. repairs to dwells
lng, Cherry between Williams g venue
and - Eaat .First, . coat $800: Martin
Be hade, repairs to dwelling,: Front be
tween Woods and Porter, cost $ S 0 ; A.
S. Hill, two-story dwelling. Broadway
between Eaat Seventh and Eaat Eighth,
oost 11,100: E. L. Petty,' one-story
dwelling. Atlantlo between Cliff and
Portland boulevard, cost fill; H. W.
Lytle, . one-story dwelling. Falling be
tween Williams and Vancouver avenues.
cost 11.000; Belle Benbrook. two-etory
dwelling, - East Washington between
Eaat Thirty-fifth and Eaat Thirty-sixth,
coat $2,000; T. 8. Brooke, repairs, Wash
ington corner Seventh, cost 11,000.
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Cholly I -wish - I could - find some
thing to absorb my mind. L -
Molly Have you thought of trying
blotting paper? .
T. J. POTTER." O. R. A Ns BEACH EXCURSION STEAMER.
C W. STINGER City
SALE OF mm
IS ADMITTED
Purchase of Coos Bay Road
From Spreckels Acknowledged
'-'t San Francisco. ,
STEAMERS, MINES AND
LAND CHANCES HANDS
Rejjtorted IntenholHar
,-tcreata .to Construct Ling From
; Drain to Cooa Bay and Down Coast
- - to. Momboldt Bay Is Confirmed. ;
Purchase of the Coos Bay,. Roaeburg
A -Eastern railway, ' from - Marahfleld to
Myrtle Point-announced six weeks ago
by -The Journal, baa. been, officially ad
mitted at San Francisco.. Th purchase
Includes J miles of railway, equipment
la acres of terminal around a at Marsh
field, agrloultural lands, . mines : and
bunkers. -th-steamers Brakwatr and
Cxarina, stores, saloons, dwelling-houses.
SO acres of coal land at Beaver Hill,
100 '' acres of ooal land at Isthmus
slouah. l.ltl.town loU at Marshfleld.
The deal Includes all coos Day prop
erty of the Sprockets family, front whoa
th purchase waa . made. - it oonrirma
tha reported Intention of the Harrlman
companies to construct . a. railroad line
from Drain to Cooa bay and down the
coast to Humboldt .bay . to connect wita
tha ' Santa - Fa. - Construction work - be
tween Drain and Cooa bay will be com
menced' at once. . .''."
A long eootroversy'ovsr the price of
the properties was followed by the tak
ing of an option -by Harrlman some
months ago, and It is said be rinaiiy
paid tha Spreckels people something
over tt.000.o6o for mil their Cooa bay
boldlnaa. No authoritative atatement
ae to the amount- of money that paased
has neen given.' nor is It likely to be
learned from official aoureea. -
v BoaA aad Klnee lrofl table, v .
The railroad and coal mlnee, operated
Jointly under the direction of. Manager
Chandler for th Spreckels people, were
said to be profitable, and the owner
werenot anxlour to ratlnqUTshr-It waa
recognised, however, that the building
of a coast Una and interior connections
by ths Southern Psclflo would change
conditions materially and that this com
pany could handle the properties to
much better advantage ny naving note
rail and water transportation facllltlae
for delivering .the eoal to Interior and
coast markets, -,-y" -
Construction of the Coos bay line of
the Southern Paclfle will be of vast
benefit to the people and business In
terests of Coos and Curry counties, and
it la believed will lead to rapid develop
ment of that laolated portion of Ore
gon. 77 Thes counties are rich In tim
ber, coal, dairying and agricultural re
sources, have a rich eoil and a splendid
climate, together with the beginning of
one or tne bent harbors on the Paclfle
coast.: The people of .Coos bay country
are enthualaatlo over the prospect for
Immediate opening' of their - section of
the state to direct rail communication
with Portland. , - -
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Fine Mackinaw Straw Hats,
former price $3.00, which we; will
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