The Oregon daily journal., August 26, 1906, Image 9

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PORTLAND'S PROGRESS
Chow HawJt Ha Grown From
River Hamlet to Present ''U.
: V Vi .; Great CUvtT. - ,
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TALI. BUILDINGS JOIN ! '
OLD-FASHIONED SHACKS
a? Lines Show Growth and Tranal
tlon of Otjr QrtphUlly-Ztg-tg
Aspect of Top of Buildings Em
phatic Indication of Improvement
DM you vr study th sky lines
stand on on slls ot a trt, look at
.the row of building on th other aid.
br their top Interrupt roar "tew
of th aky. and try to figure out Just
what that long, broken and sometimes
'slg-sag Una la midair mean to tha elty
In which you reildet ''
If you have not. basin ' with Port
land and learn tha laaaon ot 1U - aky
line. For tbar la a lson hr. ta
'dleacing th growth and transition of
. thla north wee V metropolis mora gradu
ally and mora elaarly and mora truth-
fully than . tha mlt accurate writer
could' describe, upon reams of printed
.pages. ' . ' ,-
. Just1 as tha rth pesssed throng
-'varloue atagea of evolution in reach
ing Its present atate, as geologists avr,
Portland la passing through tha vari
ous stages ot architecture In attaining
' .-among the great cities of the world tha
.position It claims. At present It . Is
fairly advanced In what might b termed
the steel structure age.
And It is. because of tha brief period
- of time that has elapsed slno that be
' grinning of that age that the aky Unas
.from Portland's streets present a more
broken, peculiar and dlveralfled view
than tha Tugged aides of a Rocky moun-
. tain- canyon. ,. Here and there along her
-streets rise-abruptly to , a- towering
height a modern skeleton ot steel Ilka a
t aoliury peak In a mountain gorge. ;. -. ,,,
, . . . xamocaas im om Oases. i
.Adjoining that stately Structure that
see ma to ba trying to pierce a hole In
. .the sky may ba a low. one-etery, moa
roofed shanty, or perhaps a less ante
ouated building of two or three stories.
Side by aide aland the Indices ot Port
' land' a transition from a rural com
. tnunlty to modern city; the low. flat,
' one-story building which atahda In the
heart of the bualneas section even to
'this day telling tha story of Portland's
beginning as a town, when the veriest
"" optimist never dreamed of the greatness
that was to com to the village by the
'"Willamette; th more substantial two
atory building representing - tha sec
ondary stag of Portland's growth, when
It began to put aelde Us rural aspect
.- and taks unto itself airs somewhat com
. menaurate with Its growth some score
of years ago; th tail and imposing sky
scrapers telling, In boldest and most
- spectacular . Taeiiloh the marvelous
growth and prospeect of tha present
city, "that etretohes Itself along both
' sides ot the Willamette, seeking, the
, bank ot tha Columbia for its northern
, boundary. ; .tj . .' .. -.v. .A-.-.y
' ' ky Sin) U ta aHevjr. ,,
' But tht vartod Sky line, the ragged.
Jg-cag aspect et fc top ot th build
ings which Una Portland's streets, is the
most mptaattar Indication of Its growth
.and prosperity.' -Tha- aky llnea tell of
the, things -wSloh. were, of those which
are,'- .ad slooientlyt prophesies of the
things whtch are to be. The lofty eol
nmn that are rising la starUlng num
bers throughout the business districts
cauls astonishment - to visiters - and
other wb study th Oity aky lines,
but 'tell in strongest terms of Port
land' awakening.' of th coming of the
age' when relicts "of the early days,
though teeming With Interest and ro
mance to the pioneers, must mak way
for ,'that things "which great olile d-
mand. ' . ..v.. . '. - r
' If th owners of only a few of tha
" sites ' now occupied by unpretentious
and. ramshackle buildings ware to make
tmprovemeata. At would not doubt ba
an incentive for owner ot similar alto
to make Improvements that would In a
ahort Urn do away with tha present
vneven ; akyllna at rortianove ousinsss
action. w v -
, O Washlngtoa anjeet. ,
Both, sides of Washington street pre
. sent a moat ragged appearance, but the
. oonatructiorf ot the "Buchanan and Swat
land building at Fifth atreet la making
a change for the better la tnat vicinity.
The south side o( "Washington street.
from , nf th to- Beventn, is very nnin-
wtt!nrfln U .. J' . i
Fifth' street, tha present soene of
much building activity, also has many
contrast between Yamhill and Pin.
Considerable of th ragged skylln of
. this street Is disappearing by reason of
; th Corbet t. Failing ana nweusna ouua
Ings now under construction. "While
marked Improvements are being made
on the ast aid I this tnorougnrar.
there is room for further betterments.
Th wes slds of Fifth strt, now-
over, can ' stand great - iraprovtnnrnv
On of-the corners on that aide ..will
probably 0 Improved within a year by
the Building oi a noma xor me wro
, merclal club.-. --v',j; t '1 r , ,-,
U. On attzth sttreet. . 'y'
Sixth street, th thoroughfare of th
skyscraper, presents possibly th most
uneven skyline of any atreet In the
byslneSs dlstrlot.. At Oak street la. the
tall Walla, Fargo Co. .building, and
at Morrison street th attractive Mar
auanv building, while between these
two are a number of small structures,
with th. exception of the Oregonlan
building at Alder atreet. Of the other
tructures on this street '.none .are
greater that three stories In height end
many Of them are only two. Sixth
street today possibly "presents tha moat
ragged skyline of any atrset In the
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OH VERGE OF BIG
RAILROAD 17AR
Prominent Financier Say Rail
yvay Men Are Preparing for .'
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It III ISWI UlnVIl, , -
coast country nothing "would be easier
than for him to take over the A. .Jfc C. R.
and extend it south from Seaside down
th coast as far as - he desired, even
to Eureka, wher a connection with tk
Santa Fa would be a master stroks tor
both." .' ' :t . '.-..j
UNLOADING STOCKS
TO BEGIN THE FIGHT
Hill an Aggressive and. Vindictivt
Fighter, H DexUres, Who VVUl Do
- His Best to Outwit Harriman t
'Every' Turn, ;.
T ballav w are on tha verge -of a
great railroad war In the west, and I
think ths big interest are trying to un
load certain stock in anticipation of IV
Is the .declaratiou'of : a' prominent
financier actively ' connected with . the
great western systems. . "The antagon
ism between Hill and Harriman Is scute.
St. Paul la looked "upon 'a an ally of
Mr. Harriman and whatever It does Is
with his consent and approval." ' i
" There never before u a time when
uch lnduoement were offered for
building competing railroad lines. Bvery
period of prosperity gives birth to such
undertakings, but the fact that railroad
are earning from IS to 40 per cent on
th amount It would now oost Jo dupli
cate them I attracting very-serious
attention among financial' men and Investors.-
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- Aggiesslt aad Tladlottv Fighter.
Mr. HiU ha th reputation of being
n aggressivo and vindictive fighter,
said ths financier above quoted. "The
properties he represents are said to have
accumulated an "enormous surplus.
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(Spielal Otipatcfe to Th Jearael.)
1 Grande. Or- Aug. II. It is un
dsrstood that Within a short time the
O. R N. company will burn oil In th
locomotive running gilt of La Grande.
The Erie conitnictlotrootnpany has the
contract for making two oil tanks of
11,000 gallons capacity too used at La
Grand, and they will b located near
the new supply department pulldlng.
itrKaTXSX.' ' ,
W aVIl IBI llaaTi V1 la a as vaaa vaws wis asvgi
part of th body, th ppl Teat Ion of
aOBUatrw en'W -t n iMwaa vniii
rUf. ., E. W. BuUlVAn, Prop, $u 111 van
Jloiiea, El RenO. O. T., Writes. June I,
1803: "I take pleesure In recommend
ing Ballard's Snow Liniment to all wh4
s " tha only remedy I have found that glvee
-Immediate relief." -1&. 10 and , 11.00.
Woodwrd Clarke A Co.
c
he 1 In a position, to build new lines
with ths caah on demand. His sudden
activity In nsw railroad, building Is at
tracting th attention.' of railroad men
throughout th country. Hi Invasion
of Canada, his main line down th north
bank of the Columbia river and branch
line Into Oregon, his projected line
through Idaho and th Lolo pass to
Missoula giving a "direct rout from
Portland to St - Paul for th Northern
Pacific and- his 'latest project In. South
Dakota . represent enormou changes In
ths routing ot traffic and tha develop
ment er new business." .. - ,
. -Working la Somtlr. Bate, :'t.
' A dispatch from Sioux City says I B.
Otddlnga,' In South Dakota, la buying
rlghta of way for th Dakota Midland,
which la to build a Un from Sioux City
to a point 100 miles weat In Campbell
county,- South Dakota; and that h haa
made extensive purchaass of South Da
kota lands. This move Is directed
against th Chicago; Mllwapke A St
Paul, In retaliation for- that company'
affiliation with th Harriman Interests.
There is no doubt that ths building
Of ths St Psul road to th Columbia
river basin and th sound, on ths short
est line and lowest grades posnibls, will
be met by radical changes and better
ments la the Northern Part no. The
latter road, built by Vlllnrd "to obtain
a land grant -and .without special re
gard for economy in distance, goes
many time "around Robin Hood's barn"
between Its transcontinental terminals
It will never be able to- offer a winning
battle unless it cut out some of Its
loops and curve . ,. -;
. SaUeved to a XU1 Kara. '
- Seattle men back - of the propoeed
Oregon Trunk Lin railroad now being
built by-W.F.-Nel eon from the mouth
of th Deschutes river to Madras are
believed to be Hill associates. Thslr
engineers have made reconnolsance for
a continuation of ths line to Lakevlew,
wher a meeting with the Western Pa
clflo would give at Hill-Gould alliance
highly Important to, Oregon and danger
oua t th Harriman monopoly.
Observant ones even begin to bellev
that Hill has plans in western Oregon,
and that a coast line and alliance with
the Santa Fe I not beyond the proba
bllltle for th Hill line now coming
down the north bank. Purchas of the
Maxwell coal mine in Coo county by
th Pacific Coast company, a Hill eon-
esrn, 1 regarded as th first significant
move In this direction. The tslk of ex
tensions of the Hammond road also
has a tinge of Hill color. I .
Th Astoria Columbia River rail
road la logically a Hill Una. and If pur
chased by any one, Mr. HIU would be
most naturally suspected. In fact no
body else could buy It and b credited
witn ssniiy. ins roe ends miles
from Portland, and at Kalama becomes
a beach feeder for the-Northern Pa
cific ' It HIU wished to tap th Oregon I
MINING COMPANYJS . -
, SUED, FOR DAMAGES
- Suit for $40,000 damage from th
Bunker Hill and - Sullivan Mining
Concentrating company waa filed In th
circuit court yesterday afternoon by
Martin Jasper, who allege that he waa
permanently disabled while working in
a mill owned by, the -company at Kel
logg, Idaho. Jasper was employed as
Jig tender on the concentrators. ,
The complaint alleges ajhat a drive
belt had come -off one of the Jig, and
that Jasper and the foreman tied a rope
about 10 feet long to th belt and tried
to pull It back Into place) on th pulley.
The belt started suddenly, and the rope
flew around and aught Jasper, throw
Ing hint Into the machinery. ' H says
he waa uneonaelou five day from bjsj
injuries, which are alleged to b a
fractured Skull, enopthalmuo of-tha-lsft
eve. Parklyala of the left Bids and arm.
almost complete loss of sight of right
eye, and such a sever shock to th
nervous system that Jasper Is unabls
to sleep. . H 1 S years of age and ha
a wife and five children. ' He allege
In his complaint that hi expectancy
of llf waa 21 years and that his sarn
Ing capacity waa ta.SS.per day. Thomas
O'Day and Robertson A Rosenaugh ap
pear as attorney for Jasper. . r .
TORONTO AND RETURN
faVi.13 Aooonnt I. O. O. T. OoxventloB.
The Canadian Pacific ha announced
a round trip rate of 114.1 to Toronto,
aocoOnt Odd Fellows convention, and
eorreaponaingiy low rate t
terminal. . Ticket on sal I
I and. 10. good for stop-overs.
astern
eptember
CANADIAUS AWAIT
AN ELECTION
Actions of Premier Mcfirlde Are
v Being Anxiously Watched by
the Politicians. '
APPEAL TO ELECTORATE
AFTER THE HOUSE MEETS
Timber Revenues Have Been In
. creasedV Taxes Reduced, Railfoads
: Are to Be Buflf and Circumstances
Art Favorable. " -.. :' y i,
(Speetal Dlspateh to The Jesraal.)
' Victoria. 6. Cv Aug. ia Bver alnoe
th laglalature eloaed th mevementa of
th premier of th provlno of; British
Columbia have" been very : carefully
watched by politicians in the. bop of
deriving ;, from them soma clue as to
when th next election , would ' b
brought on In th province. Ther waa
n , Impreaalon ' In eome sections that
Premier McBrlde had In mind an appeal
to th -country before th legislature
again assembled. Visits of himself and
other members of his cabinet to differ
ent parts of the province since the house
closed have tended to strengthen this
belief. ' . .-1
. From reliable sources It "IS" now
learned, however, that the premier will
meet the laglalature agsln and than,
taking dissolution In the natural, order
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J7 25) ROLL.
ot things, th parliament having lived
its Urm. will sppeal to th lectorata
-. : To atodnoo TaxM. ' '.' , ""
' As a preparatory move In that direc
tion It 1 aald th coming session of the
houa will see very radios! reductlor
In th taxation.' Th direct taxea which
are always objectionable to th people
will undergo a very marked reduotlon.
The condition of th flnanoea of th
prevlnc when the preaant administra
tion took office wersuch that money
had to bo raised In soma manner with
out delay. Th tax war therefore
Increased In the fae of a moat vigorous
outcry. Th credit of th provlnc waa
reatored by this lncreaae In revenues
aad the deoreaa la the expenditure en
publlo works. Both of these moves
were extremely unpopular.
Th revenue of th provlno. hwvr,
since that time have undergone very
great changes,' The Income from the
natural resources, especially from tim
ber due and th sals of timber lands,
ha taken a rapid advano. Th govern
ment naturally take th credit for hav
ing produced thla chang and haa begun
th lowering of th rat of direct tax
on and at the sam time Inoreaalng the
appropriation for work. The are,
of course, very popular, movement and
were begun last session.- Th work will
continue thla coming session to a mora
marked degree. -
When it 1 taken Into account that
collection of th government front tim
ber alone thla year will b about ITfO.
000. as compared with about !I7S,0O
last ysar. It may b seen that there la
good opportunity afforded to oof down
th tax.
Th -coming ummr will see without
doubt considerable work under way la
connection with railway oonatrnetlon.
Th O. T. P. will. It I fair to snppoee,
b building It line by next season.
Under thee circumstances th time. It
1 believed, will be- opportune to take
a verdict from th people and thla
Premier McBrld I too good a pollttotaa
to allow to pasa unimproved. -
Thar la, in view . or ueo eareuia
atancea, not much likelihood of any sp
peal to th lctorat before th next
session Is passed.
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' t Only a few more days of this GJREAT REMOVAL SALE.
Wc move JabouESeptcm
building at the southwest corner of Second and Morrison 'streets.
iThef Furniture, Carpets, Etc., of bur present locgliQnJs, of the best
-butrwe desire to save sthe-necessit
therefore we make a reduction in price oh all goods. " COME
THIS WEEK IF YpU WANT BARGAINS. -
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