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VOL. V. "NO. 210,
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BRINGS' Ol)t HEAVY
VOTE I YORK
Hughes Votes ili a Barber Shop and
Hearst in an Undertaking Parlor.
RorMeller Casts Ballot Early and
Hopes for Best
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" (Joartul Sparta Service.! -".
New Tork, .Nov. 0. From every part
ef the atate clear aklaa and Indian eum-
mar weather la reported. In oonaa
. quence a heavy vote la being "polled
everywhere. .. In tha city the rush of
votere waa unprecedented. More than
. half of tha vote was in before 10 o'clock
In. scores of precinct. All previous
record for early voting were surpassed.
: i Heerat and Hughes both voted by t
- o'clock- Hughee whose whisker were
"" something of a campaign issue, voted
in e barber shop. Hearst caat his bal-
lot la an undertaking establishment
' - " Vote" In" the "Bilk stocking-' precincts
J , wera early and heavy. Over a third of
- the total registration In many precincts
- waa voted before o'clock. John D.
Rockefeller voted at 1:10 o'clock.'. Asked
what ha thought of tha election ha aald:
"I hope for the beat." . f ...
Hughes' father. Rev. Dr. D. C. Hughes,
' vo'ed soon after. ' Many members of
- wealthy, well-known f amillea wera- er
' .' rested and forced to prove realdence be
fore being permitted to votav -
' Hearst la claiming 200,000 pulrallty In
-. New York city.- He 'saye that there la
.. danger that tha oppoattlon will try to
, : count him out up-state; .
i Few Scratched Ballots.
'. In King and Quaena counties the vote
i waa even heavier thaji ,)" New "York
" county.. In several districts mora-than
i votes " weraastln tha firat hour.
iAJI Indications showed that a compara-
- tlvely email number of acratched bal
' lota wore being cast At tha various
... .i headquarters eonfldence 'of victory waa
' expressed, though at Tammany ball no
claim waa made for tha success of the
state tioket, C F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany, Isaued a atatement Just be
' fora noon - In which he said ha still
' ' hoped that Hearst would be elected, but
added that tha state ticket waa in doubt
Ha aald that the Tammany Judiciary
, ticket would have a, majority in this
county of 40,000. " t
At tha offloa of the Independence
' league the claim waa made at noon of
'. S00.000 majority for Hearst. ' At Re
' publican headquartera Chairman Wood-
ruff exhibited lettera received In the
. lata mall from up-state leaders ennounc
. Ing that the election would be a Repub
lican landslide. Woodruff aald that be
had no reason for changing hla estimate
' of yesterday, unless It waa to increase
. r tha else of tha majority, which ha placed
. at 100.000 for Hughes. . -
Utile Dloordat- at JroUaT'"
Thus far no attempt at dlaorder haa
- been made. - The police ara active and
doing good service. Very few arrests
have been made, and aa soon aa the
unruly element found that the police
wera not In sympathy with ithem, they
aubsided. - " ' -
The firat returns will coma from
Buiialo and Schenectady, where voting
- machines are In use, and also In 40 up
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Solicitors of Y. M. C. A.-YMV. C. A. Building
Fund to Make Attempt to Get Needed
' : Sum by:First--oLthe-YearJ.. - -
By 'a unanimous vote of the hiembara
of the .executive comm'ltteea tof the T.
M. C A.-T. W. C. A. building fund cam
paign. It waa decided to continue the
work of eoclcUIng funds for tha hew
, building until tha entire amount of
$160,000 had been raised. The meeting
waa held at f o'clock yekterday after
noon at tha T. M. C A. headquartera,
Sixth and Aldet .streets. .
. But ona axpreaaton prevailed ax the
' meeting and that wa that tha anrtfunt
aaked for was , small In proportlohto
'tha needs of tha associations and that
. tha money could and would be raised.
. Not a .cent less than $350,04.9 Is to b
aakedTTdr." Tha "members agred that
they -could not conelsteutiy and in falr-
ness to those who have already aub
scribed atop abort of $10,000 and that
they would not .
tadd Off et Ooatlnaed,
Tba offer of tha Ladd estate of $0.
000 waa continued until January 1, and
tha tnCmbera were -confident that tha
amount' would bo aaved by tha work
which they will perform In tha remain
'' Ing days of the year.
. Some of the members expressed dla
" appointment because tha money had not
been raised In the time originally epecl
fled, but all wera confident that -the
money would ba - ultimately secured.
' Tha ihembera allowed for tha Ignorance
of tha publlo aa to. tha real needs- of
tha associations and atated that In
their future canvassing they would
conduct a campaign of education that
would doubtleaa bring many of tha env
trlbutlon from persona who have stood
out against subscribing up to tha pre.
' anttme. ' V "
Another factor whrch will have an
-irrfrynt bearing upaw tha soliciting,
for Tha reit of tha money will ba the
HEATHER
Roosevelt Votes It
DisorderTaC Pol Is
state eountiea which . ara partially
equipped with voting machines. Buffalo
and Schenectady - will . ba heard from
between C and o'clock, and by o'clock
there will b no shadow of doubt which
way the election la going. . .
v ' President Casta Vote.
Little betting waa apparent, though a
number of . wagera wera placed on
Hughes at 4 to 1.
Long before the polls .opened at I
O'clock linea of voters were waiting' to
cast their . ballots. There waa no dla
order. Tha police ara armed with war
rants for thois who have regiatered il
legally at each polling place. . Sixteen
arrests were made In the firat hour.
On tha east aide the votes wera cast at
the rate of .on a minute.
At Oyater Bay ' President ' Roosevelt
voted ballot No. 4 In 1& seconds. Ap
parently he lost no time scratching the
ticket. It ia surmised, that ba voted
straight Republican. Loeb followed the
president, who drove to tha pells with
hts cousin,. Mr a. J. West Roosevelt, and
boarded a special train at 10:10 o'clock
to return to Washington. .
TACOMA WATCHES EAST
Mora Interest Za Takes ia Toting-In
..L-JTawJror -Thaav at Xosaa.
. '..(SfwctaJ Dlspateb ta Tb lomntLf
rTacoma, Nor. (.Net maok Interest
la -being . taken In tha election her to
day, and up to 1 o'clock only a light
vote haa been polled-. A fight la being
made by Republicans against several
of their own nominees on tha legislative
ticket, and W." H. Faulbamua, who la
running for aenator in tha Puyallup
valley district. -may be beaten by E. R.
Rogers, son of the lata Governor Rogers,
the Democratic nominee. .- ,
In Tacoma a atrong . fight la being
made by the Republicans against Ralph
Metoalfe, aenatorial nominee In the
north end, which may result in 'Ernest
Lister, tha Democratlo nominee, being
elected, but the Republican majority
there la atrong, .
The Republican county ticket will
doubtleaa be elected without exception.
Mora Interest is being taken here In
tha New Tork election than In tha home
election, and the labor vote la also watch
ing the results In tha Colorado election.
HEAVY VOTE IN UTAH
later Oeatars im Salt Xka, Waara
Anti-Sformoas Axm Waging1 IMfht. -(JonnsI
Specist arrlr.)
Salt IJike, Nov. . The weather la
clear and froaty, and tha Indications ara
for a heavy vote early. Tha state, con
gressional and legislative tickets will
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aubacriptlona promised Jy persona who
have been out of the city. Many of
theaa persons signified their willingness
to subscribe but were called away
while . tha canvass waa going on and
have alnca been unable to arrange their
business affairs to allow them to con
tribute. Moat of them ara ready now
to give their donations, which will In
clude aeveral large ones.
Saaa Tea Veoded. '
Tbera la atlll- about lllt.000 to col
lect that tha total amount will" rench
$$50,000. Tha men'a committee has
been working In a desultory manner 4n
tha past tmonlh and raised about $10,
00, trtft no acttva campaign" waa carried
on. Tha women's committee haa not
been working alnca the original cam
paign closed, but will now resume and
work in conjunction' with tha men. The
business women's committee and the
young men'a committee will also enter
the canvass and the members ara confi
dent that "felr efforts will ba euccesa
ful. The business women's committee
was tha only ona that raised tha amount
each committee sought to attain when
tha cmptgev-atarted. They will seek
to secure mora money from their fellow-worker,
and Miss Ada Stark
weather, who la secretary of tha com
mittee, la already marshaling tier forcea
for tha -new campaign.
Tha building headquartera at Sixth
and Morrlsqn atreeta will ba vacated and
tha woman' Committee will have
their headquartera at tha T. W. C A,
while tha btisinea men and tha young
men'a cornmtUeea will meet at tha T. M.
C A. building. The big dial will be
removed from Ita prominent poaltlon
and-atored for tha time being. Later
It may ba erected at aom conapiououe
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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. EVENING;' " NOVEMBER :, 6, 1906. SIXTEEN 'P'AgeS.
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LARRY SULLIVAN
fJOVV A DEMOCRAT,
OUT FOR SPARKS
Erstwhile Portland Leader of
Republican Party Deserts the
Caus, Opens Headquarters in
; Reno and ls Working Tooth
and Nail for Sparks. "
(Special Dltpatek to The Joorsal.l '
Reno, Nev Nov. 4. Despite his years
of activity aa a Republican, 'hla appear
ance upon Republican ticketa aa a can
didate for of ilea, and hla previous ap
parent loyalty to tha Qk'O. P.. Larry
Sullivan of tha Sullivan .Trust company
of Ooldfleld baa experienced a complete
"change of heart' and baa opened large
Democratic headquartera, here and la
lighting - tooth and nail with a big
"sack" for tha election of tha ticket of
the party which haa ao recently won bla
allegiance., -
''Sullivan" blater that T la reason for
changing hla politics Is his great per
sonal friendship for Governor Sparks,
whom he ia endeavoring to, reelect. He
la In conatant communication with tha
Sparka forcea throughout tha atata and
la assuming a leading place in the fight
Sparka ia president of numerous mines
floated by Bulllvan.
That tha organisation formed by Sul
11 van will be a great help in tha election
of tha Democratic state ticket, is be
lieved JT Governor Sparka and hla
henchmen, and great faith la pinned
upon- its workings by th -candidate. -
Sunday night Larry Sullivan arrived
in' Reno from Ooldfleld, making the an
nouncement that ha would opea Demo
cratic political headquartera and enter
the campaign. Ha engageo. a aulte of
room on the aecond floor of the Golden
hotel and Immediately entered upon tha
task ba had laid out for himself. Since
hi arrival he baa been working night
and day and la apparently untiring.
. Sullivan, until -recently, was-proprietor
of tba Portland gambling-house at
Portland, and a year ago last June waa
a candidate for the Republican nomina
tion aa councllmen. Ha waa for years
one of tha atanch ' Republican ward
workers of Portland.
RUEF FORGEO TO REMOVE
CHIEF OF POLICE .
Boss? Announces That Dinan
1 Must Go Hunting for a New
Head Wittman Wanted, t -
(Joarsal Bpeelal Berrlea.t
San Francisco, Nor. 8. Boas Ruef
haa been forced to consent-to a change
in ' tne head of tha police department
and all that stands In tha way of the
removal of J. V. Dinan la tha Inability
of tha commissioners to find a aultable
man An whom they, can agree. . A atrong
movement haa been on foot .to induce
former Chief George W. Wittman,
whom the administration ousted a year
and a half ago,, to - aVcept the place
again, but he has thus far ateadfaatly
refused. He Is said to prefer the. pros
perous lumbering business that ba la
now engaged in.
For some time past rumors have been
rife of the contemplated ousting of
Dinan. It haa been known that two of
tha commissioners, Harry T. Creawall
and George H. Umbsen, have been de
cidedly displeased with tba administra
tion and eager to plaoa tha department
In other hands, but they could do noth
ing with tha other commissioners, W.
H. Leahy and William Hagerty, who
were awaiting orders from tha admin
istration. NotTcome tha commission
ers' announcement that Ruef baa aald
Dinan muat go. That means Leahy will
Join Creawall and Umbsen.
Ruef gtve aa hla reason for saying
tha word against Dinan. tha associa
tions of th-chlr with "Kid" Sullivan,
a notorious pickpocket .Tha head of the
police department hss made a boon com
panion of Bulllvan and Ruefs words
were that tha "administration cannot
stand for auch crude work.'
Indians Art TotUf. , , -
(Journal Special srvlre.)
Tulsa. I. T., Nov. , The weather la
clear.- There Js Intense Interest in the
election and a larg vote la being polled,
many Indlsns voting, though tha Indian
vote 1 smaller than anticipated. ,
- Cleveland Tot tight,
(Jnstrasl Ipeclal aerrlce.)
Cleveland, Ohio,- Nov. t. Tha. early
vote In this county Waa the lightest In
many yeara . Much scratching la being
done. There Is also much scratching in
Toledo. There la general apathy la the,
rural Uatrtat , , '- . . v . ,
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ELECTION SIGNALS I
- Flashlight signals from the top
L dicate, tonight the Jesuits of the
Until it is knowm definitely whether Hearst of Hughes is elected.'
the flashlight will point either to the east or the west, remaining
Stationary. ,.;.."..-;. : ' ,
.: When the flashlight Is thrown to the west, it indicates that'
Hearst is in the lead. : . -,
- When the flashlight points eastward, it indicates that Hughes is
ahead. ' 1 ' ' V ; .
When the result is no longer in doubt, the flashlight will sweep
upward and downward, through an are of 45 degrees, for a period
of half an hour, pointing westward if. Hearst is the-vtctorr eastward
if the election 'has resulted in favor of Hughes.
Remember Westward for Hears; eastward for Hughes.
TERRIFIC STORM OFF COAST
Increases in Fury.Today and Ships Are Un-
able,, to Enter, or Leave Across the
C r Bar Iverna-Not Seen ' .
Instead of subsiding, aa waa expected.
tha atorm.off the mouth of tha Columbia
river -increaeed 'In fury ; thle morning.
At 10:10 -o'clock tha lookout at North
Head ' reported - to tha ' weather bureau
here that tha wind had attained a ve
locity of t( mile an hour and that tha
ocean waa a veritable masa of foam.
Tremendoua eeaa ara running from tha
eouth and tha bar la naturally rough,
although the misty condition of the
atmosphere obscure It from view most
Of the time, even .from tha elevated
poaitlon-'of tha lookout vbn the cap.
Storm warnings nave . peen displayed
for the past four daya and ahlpping la
practically at a tandstlll.
The barometer' ac tna JNortn Head
station continued falling this morning,
slthough tha wind at that time waa
tearing along - from tha eoutbeast at
tha rata of 71 mllea an hour. Steadily
It Increased In violence until an hour
later It aped along at the rata of OS
dun an hour. District UDserver Ed
ward A.3eala says that thla h ona
of tha most stubborn storms aver ex
perienced at tha mouth of tba Columbia.
In view of thl fact it la a credit- to
tba ervic thtt the wlrea from North
Head and Tatoosh have remained in
tact Only by guarding them carefully
baa thla been mad possible, for they
run through heavily wooded district in
many- jltceav-r-: : .- - - - -----
. . Shipping Xs Tied TTp.
Tha lumber-laden tam achoonsr
Noma City, bound for San Francleco,
tried to' croaa out -over the bar yes
terday, but had to return to Aatorla,
FIREMAN RAILROADED INTO
jSSAHE, ASYLUM
Hoeernan Injured in Collision
Hustled Off While Surgeons
. - Prepare to Operate. 1 '
-Ufflirasl Special sVrvim.)
Los Anaeles Nov. 0. Railroaded Into
an Insane- asylum at Highland In leas
than two- daya even While tha physi
cian's were planning ah operation that
would restore hits to hla normal faoul-
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and tha three-maated American bark B.
T. Cheney managed to get In about aa
hour later - during a brief lull in tha
torm. No movement were reported
thla morning. -.In hla-comment on the
torm thl morning District Forecaster
Beals aye that the disturbance yester
day near Tatoosh Island Increased in In
tensity, and that lsst night the wind at
tained velocities ef fo miles southeast
and It 'miles south; at North Head and
Portland. - respectively. This morning
southwest storm warnings were extend
ed to include all atatlona In the Puget
aound country. -
Xverna Mot Sees. '.
- Nothing has been seen of tha missing
bark - Iverna which waa reported off
tha bar a week ago. She is undoubtedly
far to tha north by thla time unfesa her
crew managed to get her far out to aea
beyond the reach of tha awful galea now
weeping along tha coast t'nder pres
ent conditions she will probably not
reach wrthln-sight of tha mouth of the
river for aeveral daya unlea tha wind
veera around to 1h north, which 1
not very likely. It I now generally
conceded that she must have received
oma aevere buffeting by the wavea ba
cause aha could harAJy have escaped
being caught by one or mora of the
blowa recorded alnca she waa first
sighted October 10. .A strange feature
of tha storms has been that they have
been accompanied by unusual electri
cal disturbance over tha. ocean. -.
In Portland tha wind ahook things up
pretty severely during tha night No
great damage waa djrne, but anme win
dow wera demolished and amallar tree
Uprooted.
tlea, while hi wife, mother and three
small children depended upon him for
bread, waa tha pitjable axperlenca of
Charles H. Orldley, a hoseman, who
aerved tha city faithfully for It yeara.
. Three firemen. Including Orldley,
wera Injured aerlously In a collision
with a atreetcar a few weeka ago.
Oridley'a injuries appeared to ba Only5
a deep. gash on his hand, but later his
brain became affecwd and last Tuesdsy
night ha ran out of bla house In a rav
ing condition. . '
A policeman aent him to tha receiv
ing hospital. The following day he Was
sent to the county hospital and his wife
wss Induced ' to swear to a warrant
charging hlra with Insanity. , The
sheriffs office attache promised to
notify her when hla lunacy trial came
up, but failed.
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PRICE"" TWO :
Hearst Claims It All and
Shouts Corruption at
Plunderbund Talks
of Landslide
Republicans Also Certain of Suc
cess and Predict ; . Hughes'
Election - by at: leasts Fifty
Thousand Tammany Local
Ticket Will Probably Win. -
(Jsarasl Ssedal aervlc.)
New Tork, Nov. 0. Hearst haa -ao
broken down party lines that astlmatea
ara very difficult- but there Is general
confidence in tha Hughes victory. Con
servative Republican. ' astlmatea give
him the etate by 00,000. According to
them, in Greater New Tork Hearst will
probably not r-celv mora than , the
normal Democntlc majority of 71,000.
Tba antagonism of many 4 Tammany
leadera largely offset hi Independent
strength.
- The Democratic local ticket will win
generally by a somewhat smaller vote,
with : tba possible . exception of tha
Judgea In New Tork county. The Re
publicans have a bare chance of elect
ing the Judicial ticket with the aid of
Independent Judiciary nominator. Tha
court have thrown (0 per cent of the
local Independent league candidate off
ballot Few of thoa left bava any
chance axoept auch a also ara on tha
regular Democratic column.;
V Above city Republican claim Hughe
Will probably have not Jose than -100,000
majority. .-Hearst seems to have made
little Impression upon the country vote.
but -the above aatlmata allows for Dem
ocratic gain in the up-state cities. The
legislature will be Republican In any
event
Hears. Claims It All.
At Hearst headquartera it waa an
nounced today that despite tha flooding
of nearly every election district In ths
stste by plunderbund corruption funds.
William R. Hearst will be elected gov
ernor of New York by a great plurality
whiclr "will reacft loo.eoo or more wnea
tha vota ia counted.
"Those figures are given after a care
ful and comprehensive canvass of the
entire atata, the astlmatea aupplled by
leadera of the Democratic party . and
Independent league being combined
with private information secretly deliv
ered to tba Republican boases, who ara
thoroughly convinced that nothing but
tha expenditure of great sums of money
for the-purpose-of corruption can keep
tha Hearat plurality down." -.
Charlea F. Murphy, after receiving
tba latest reports from his local lead-
era today, predicted "confidently .that
Mr. Hearst would have a bigger Demo
cratic plurality than that secured by
Bird 8. C'oler four yeara ago, and Coler's
plurality wss 120.000. Murphy, of
course, gives only Democratic figures,
attempting to make no forecast of tha
(Continued on Page Two.)
BOTH SIDES
COIIFIDBjT
m MARKET IS AFFECTED
Car Shortage Ties Up Wheat and at the Same.
Time Has Other Far-Reaching Effects
Which Are Felt Throughout; State
i- ..?'nt. condition of affairs
exists with regard to tha wheat crop of
Oregon and Waahlngton- The men who
v..... ... mnA .mnrt this cereal have
hundreds of thousand-, of dollara In
vested ln wheat tord in-inwner ware
houses and cannot move It to tha sea
bo rd because the railroad companies
fail to furnish eara. The altuatlon haa
made money omewhat tight In Port
, . Hi,t,i. w. l.t tm-m rlava at the
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two or three banka that are known to
be back of the wneat ana uour ex
porters. a,-.-mna made todav bv leading ex
porters Indicate that tha altuatlon la the
worst In th niiory or xn wrai nu
flour bulnea on thla coast There bava
been car shortage and hard struggle
to get th wheat .to- tidewater, but
i k.. th,. ItMn a tle-un ao
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abaolutely complete and unyielding a
tha preeent ona Th reeult la eeen ta
the dearrted appearance of the wheat
.m in TniHunrt anil an th-. Bound.
Ons Portland milling firm has had two
ships waiting at a aound dock a aolid
month to get loeaa, ana irwy mrm am
rt readv to clear with wheat cargoea
for tha orient Tha aame firm will
have alx ahlpa waiting in Portland har
bor during the'month ef November, with
not tha allghteat prospect at tha pres
ent time, of getting tha wheat moved
from -the interior warehouses to th
docks.
Ooadltioa. la oppressive.
a' Vlafi1 tinArir. who declined ft
permit asa of hts aama on the ground
that the railroad company would re-
talltaelnt him. aald: - - " -
"The preaant condition-in 1'ortiand and
also on the sound la the most opiir-slv
in the history of the whea.buslness on
thl coast. Mlller and epvrtr mieht
a woll go out mC hiiHlnev ao far as
being "" t n:ov th v ' at j rc r t
CENTS.
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siamc. riva cam
City Attorney SaysThat
Council Has Power to
Regulate Traffic on
Fourth Street
Says Southern Pacific Has Legal
Right to Franchise, but Coun
ciL Has. Power . to Designate. .
Kind of Motive Power to Ba
Used. V '
Th'af tha Southern Parlfla has a lent
right to lta franchise! on Fourth treat"'
1 tha opinion of City Attorney M diary.
He haa answered tha request of Mayor
Lane for a written opinion, of tna la-,
gallty of tha franchise by a detailed
atatement filed this morning :
But. according 'to Mr. .McNary. tha. 1
council baa the right to regulate tha
traffic on Fourth atraet by ordinance.
For Instance, it can compel tha Harrl
man system to use electricity instead
of ateam If It la a physical possibility;
tO 'dO' SO. -. - -r-
Tha mayor had called the attention
of the council to the fact that the fran
chise ordinance -passed in 1861 said
nothing about tha operation of tha road
under auccessors or assigns, a phnasa
almost alwaya included In ordinance
bearing franchise privilege. The fran
chlee was not granted to the Southern
Pacific but to tha Oregon Central,
company practically out of exlateaoe
for SO years. .'. '"'''
By the laws of Oregon aa wall aa :
several- decision f the supreme--oourt 1
of the United States, Miv MeNary aaya,
thls ia not -essential. . - ' , --What
City Attorney Says,
A franchise haa been held subject to
sale on execution, and it haa alao been
held that anything in thla claw la In
the nature of thing assignable. The
city attorney aay:
"Franchises of the kind granted by
ordinance No. 50 ,ar property subject
to sale by voluntary conveyance, op upon
execution, 4 and tha absence of auc
cessors' or "assigns' or similar worda.
under the authorities, which have been -carefully
examined, doea not altar -the
rule. , ' - .:.
. "A franchise without limitation of
time or reservation of right .to repeal,
may ba . perpetual, and not subject to
repeal without permission of the owner
or compensation therefor rendered. A
careful examination of the autboritlea
haa also been made bearing upoa this
question, although not referred to In
your communication. , . . , 1. .
"It would appear mat no act or omis
sion of tha grant of the franchise or
Ita aucceorai' makea It lawful at thle
time to absolutely prohibit tha uae of
Fourth atreet for railroad purposes, nor
doe It appear that there Is any prin
ciple of law that may ba Invoked for the
accomplishment of . such result, dl-
recti y, but that the relief for the pub. .
llo can be moat fully accomplished by
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la concerned. It la abaolutely Impoaw
slble to gat wheat from tha Interior t
th docks. We have hundred of thou
sands of dollara tied up in the crop and)
It I atored In Interior-warehouses while
our.ahlpe wait In the harbors, and we
are paying heavy demurrage and ware
house charges, and all because th rail
roads fall to furnish cars.
"Naturally.. Portland la hurt worea
than tha sound cities, for they have the
Great Northern and Northern Paetfla
to bring eastern Washington wheat Into
aound porta, while Portland ha only,
the O. R. A N. to render the same aerv
lv her. Of course, two railroads will
be bound to furnish- more eara than ona
road, and the result I that th sound
Is Just now getting the largwrvpart of
the Uttle wheat tonnage that Is moved."
Walt foe Haw Boads,
Business interests - ere waiting and
longing for completion of tha north
bank lines of - the Northern Paoiflo and
Oreat Northern Railroads. .' When these
line are finished and In operation ther
will be three wheat-hauling railroad
running directly from tha what field
Into Portland, with a downhill haul all
tha way; A train of 70 carload f '
wheat can then be brought from eaatern
Washington into Portland wlrh the '
am easees 10 are now hauled bet wee)
the am 'points.
It Is also expected that the railroad
companies will taHe warning from ti
troubles bow eeperleaye.!, i provide
themaevea wl'h sufticl-nt r-'HIng ftm k
to tnke care of th busings liii.tr.Mi ,f
the Paclflo nortliwt h.-Ctn ar,otl.- r
year pasaos. If they iIt m l. V !e
of Orcion, Mf tha .n.i!.i. . c , u tn
vide th!msilvc wl'n fn..i f .r nv
pelting tti milrnnit n-i" i tl i
rnsonaile s.ifvl-e In ! : '
chrtr s'i IitoUtti'ju i
fry-t t i a is