The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 03, 1907, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGbN SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY- MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1907. I METERS AND SECOND BULL RUN AQUEDUCT Water Board and Local Push Club Delegates Agree on New Measures. CUT OUT USELESS WASTE OF WATER Knough la Now Being Brought to Portland by the Present Big Pipe line to Supply City of Over - Three Hundred Thousand. ' ' That a meter patera be la etalled, providing for tha pay ment of 10 eanta par month for a household of Ova parsons, the consumption of water not ta ax, eeed 1,000 gallons a month. That a bond issue in the sum of 1 J, 100, 000- be voted upon, by the people at the June election for -the construction of a new main Una to the Bull Run river and the building of reservoirs. That all vacant lota In front ef which water mains are Uld be taxed at the rate of li eenta per month for- tha extension of mains. - That the city be compelled to pay -He water rent, which amounts ta 110,00 a year. That tha Aftv h iinmnA)lJI fta ' pay II a month for Are hydrants e - installed and the water supplied the fire department Tbat all these provisions be r embodied In a resolution to be submitted to the water board and to be- considered later at a meeting of the board and tha local push clubs. . : : ;e ' It took tha jointmeetlng of tha water hoard and the committee from the Portland . push clubs Just four hours to. pass ..upoa fiveImportant. matters affecting the water department of the 'city yesterday afternoon. Mayor Lane ;' presided at the meeting. He explained Its objects, and InoldsntaJly remarked 'that SO per cent of tha waste of water ; could be saved by tha installation ef , the meter system. ! The mayor said that tha fire under writers demanded six-Inch mains In twtrta -of tha -city now served by four- Inch mains. The price of pipe was high, and If tha mains were laid It Is not certain Insurance ratea would be re duced. . . The city, ha said, paid . nothing for 1 water fui file protection and other uiu hlelpal purposes.- - The meter system, - however, ""was the Important point. fcnouKh water, was being brought in to supply a city of 1(0,000 inhabitants, and Portland has only 180,000 people within Jts boundaries. v. i Tax tha property. ' j "The mains also are important' said !rr. L. M. Davis, a member of an Al ,ktlna push club.-""It is not Just to tax -vacant lots to what will be equal to 6 oar aenr af the oat of the main, and that seems to be the' object of some of the push clubs. In tha old days in Al- blna we had to lay mains to our prop erty at a oost of tliO, and then we had to attaoh them to the city mains." . "Every front foot of property should be liable for the extension of mains," said W. O. Haines of the Holladay Park Improvement association. "The pres ent mains in soma parts of tba city are too small. B)x-lnch hydrants are attached to four-lnoh mains. Ws should have eight-Inch mains and a meter sys tem, and then every person will pay for the water be uses, in Berkeley, California, they allow (0 gallons of water-a day.. In Portland yeaterday one person uaed 100 gallons. In London, England. 40 gallons are allowed, but there they have a greater flush than wa have." , . - -s Big Wastage Vow. "First ourtail tha waata of water." advised Vtank J. Perkins of Mounl Tabor. "We are wasting 0 or TO per oent of our present supply. If we change to tha meter system, wa will need mora money, but the making of a flat rate 'to families of five will not ourtail tha revenue." "Foroe tha olty to pay a tax ot U SO a month per fire' hydrant and we Shall get more revenue still." said Haines. "We might Install the meter system," said Commissioner Roswell B. Lamson, reverting to one of the Important sub jects of tha meeting, "but meters cost from ft to 110 each. Tha total cost would be about $26,090. That looks Ilka a great deaL.of money tb spend, but think of the saving of water. Under tha meter system tha first month shows an abnormal run af water, but tha see- ond month showed a normal run." "There has certainly been a great waata," said Haines. "Oat our way I found hoses playing In six'' yards In three hlooks one night last summer." . "And ' the people who allowed those hoses to ba played unknowingly Injured their lawns," said Mayor Lane. "The flow of water caused the growth of a species of moth whloh is very injurious to lawns."" . Two Motions Carry. "I move that a meter system ha In stalled and a oharge of SO eenta a month for 1,000 gallons of water to be supplied to a family af five persons," said Perkins..- 'The man who takes out a meter may deposit tba price of tt snd the meter shall ba considered as his property." The motion was carried. - - A motion for a tax upon 'tha front footage of property for the extension ef mains was mads and was opposed by M. H. Carter of the Peninsula -Push club, He said the Peninsula received no lira or ponce protection, and he be lieved the lots should not bs msde to bear tba tax. C. Ben Riesling made the same statement for Woodstock. - - - Mr. Haines moved that tha tax be placed at ti cents per lot on unim proved property. Dr. Davis and 3. H. Nolta, president of the North Jttelna Improvement club, both opposed tbs motion, but It was' carried. Commissioner Qreenbury W. Allen said tba water board would ba In better financial circumstances if the city would only-pay its water bllL The city runs a bill of 160,000 a year with the board now,' and It has never manifested the slightest disposition to settle up. I 'S ': V JsSj ''-M l u if ' jzrfzsrMOi.- ,o kit PHYSICIAN DISCOVERS REGULAR EPIDEMIC His Famllytook It At a Brother's East Side Home Symptoms and - Treatment ' . "I have discovered and classified a new disease," said a pliysi-. cisn to us the .other day. "The symptoms are," he continued, al ways exactly alike, and the diagnosis is very easy. It affects old ' and young alike, and all my family are taken with it. The, patient betrays an intense desire for music, and there is great warmth and enthusiasm in speech. 1 have named this disease Pianolapianomia,"- -Onr medical" friend "did not overstate the case. The epidemic was carried to his family through the closest association with a MetroBtyle Pianola Piano in the house of a relative. In such cases therg is but one cute to purchase a -Pianola Piano for oneself. No one who familiariiea himself with this wonderful instrument but . wishes to own one. ' . With the genuine Pianola Piano anyone can play without having knowledge of the keyboard. Through the aid of music rolls and treadles tha non-player can quickly become a satisfactory performer, playing at will classical, popular, dance, vocal instrumental or any other class of music. v This instrument in the home changes a place that may have been dull before into one in which there need never be a dull minute, for music is at command, for piano-playing is within the reach of all. This instrument is not only a piano for playing by the 'non player, but it is also a superb instrument for playing by hand in the usual way. It is really two pianos in one. We mail -catalogue containing fine halftone pictures of the vari ous styles," to any address, on request. We can take your present piarto in part payment, and can arrange to receive the difference in easv sums month by month. . ' . We venture to say that if you will but examine this instrument for yourself Tianolapianomia will manifest itself in your home in the mot virulent form. . . ' . . " Beware of imitations. See the genuine Pianola Pianos at S.estso of &r&y The House of Highest Quality. --BIGGEST, BUSIEST-AND BETTER THAN-EVER.-. 3S3 WASHINGTON STREET. V. Juflre Allen suggested that If the. con science of the council were awakened an appropriation might be secured. That Conndlmanlo Conscience. The idea of awakening the eonsolenoe Of a council was so amusing that sven Judge Allen Smiled, and Councilman Vaughn and Thomas Q. Greene of tne executive board, who had journeyed all the way from Woodlawn and piedmont and way points to attend the meeting, nearly went Into hysterics. Mayor Lane bit off half the end of his cigar and would have swallowed the re mainder If Commissioner C. H. Baffety had not "proposed a motion that smoth ered the rising laugh. Dr. Raffety's motion was In the form of a substitute and proposed that the relnforoing and supply mains be paid for out of the revenue from a district tax and tha lateral mains be paid for by the consumers. The substitute did not find a second. - "There are too many straight assess ments now," objected Haines, and Oeorge B. Frank of the Northeaat Im provement club seconded the objection. Upon the advice of Mayor Lane the original resolution was passed to the water board for consideration, and Will ba. reported back to the push clubs for necessary amendments. afjiks City ray Its BtU. Resolutions providing that .the eounoll ba oomoelled to make an appropriation to pay the water bill of the city and for a monthly tax of 15 upon the hy drants were adopted without discussion. The resolution providing for tha sub mission to the people of a bill for tha appropriation of $9,800,000-for the con struction of the new main and reservoirs was adopted with little opposition. Mr. Perkins said the Improvement would not oost the small taxpayer more than $1 or tt a year in addition to his present as sessment Only 150 men, he said, paid a tax upon valuations of more than 20,000, and they would have to stand most of the expense. The mala must be completed before January 1, 1911, but it may ba built sooner If the water board deems it for tha beat Interests of the city- Dr. Raffety said tha main could be built within II months. The reasoa for allowing the extra time Is that the price of pipe Is high at present and the board may be abls to get better terms if early construction is not forced, ' A committee of five was appointed to draft a resolution embodying all the motions and present it to the water Doaxo at lis next meeuns;. a lie commn-1 y..1T.rt.A nf n.i... , tee is composed of C. Ben Riesling, 1 r. mnrlr K-u ... I Councilman W. T. Vaughn, T O. Greene, ueorge m. crump ana w. u. fiaines. - Before adjournment of the meeting Mayor Lane said that parks and play grounds were a matter for the consid eration of .tha push clubs of all parts of tha city. Hs suggested that the olubs take up tha matter. The suggestion was received with applause, and the dele gate promised ta bring tha subject be fore their respective organlsatlona. SMALL ROADS (Continued from Page One.) Western roads generally, that at tempt to keep up with the times, have aeven to nine care to the mile. The Santa Fa baa nine care to the mile, to take care of. . .. - . ' rurnlsh no cars. Lumber is regarded as very exhaust ing to railroad equipment since moat of tha lumber tonnage eaatbound moves more than 1,000 miles to tha eastward, and tha ears are a long time returning to the Paciflo coast Railroads that handle a large lumber tonnage ahould, it la naturally assumed, have . the heaviest equipment and the largest av erage of cars to the mile. - -'The Corvallts s Eastern has increased its squlpment only 10 cars in three years. In 104 it had but 111 freight and miscellaneous cars all told. It is generally understood that this road Is operated nnder a trafflo agreement with the Southern Paolflo by whloh the C.-r E.-road receives from- Harriman a certain percentage - of receipts from all trafflo originating within a given territory, and that the Southern Paciflo furnishes the cars. This agreement. It Is said, requires the C O. to elosa the Taqulna gateway. The Astoria Columbia road In III!, according to its own report, possessed but . 151 oars. The road is 121 miles long, and to operate this trackage had but a. little more than one car to tha mile. In ISO it had Increased its equipment by purehaalng 41 ears, Since that time It has added three cars. In the aame period its trafflo haa steadily Increased. The road baa from the be ginning depended almoet wholly upon tbs mala Una for cars, and there haa been no pretension that It couid supply cars for eastbound shipments. Vo Zffort for Equipment, The' small railroads havs mads no effort to get equipment, and for years they have hung about - the -.Harriman neck. It Is said, relying on their trafflo' agreements. There is no reason to be lieve that these agreements could or would be broken by tha main line com panies, It is evident that tha main lines are anxloua to get the trafflo from the feeder roads, from tha fact that the main Una . companies have cheerfully furnished the qulpment for operating the small roads. Had the so called 'independent" lines in Oregon, none of which a re actually Independent, bought and owned adequate equipment for their own use, Oregon's railroad trafflo today would ba better off by about 1,000 Jlars. For ths snlul and delinquent roads to come forward now and attempt to defeat- a measure of relief for ths whole state, to savs themselves from buying reaeonable equipment, the sutler lug shippers -say is the 'height of effront ery. While one . or two of the small roads may be owned by stockholders outside of ths Harriman Interests, their dependent condition in relation to the Harriman main lines would not ba In oreaeed nor diminished by the pro posed eiemurrage law. The railroad commission bill would, on ths whole, give them relief by placing them la a position to come before a state com mission with any- grievance they might bave against the main lines and secur ing the righting of wrongs. tried as Stalking Horses. Managers of the small roads are. It la wall known, being used simply as stalking horses for the Harriman lines In their light against a reciprocal de murrage law and a railway- commis sion. Every one of these small lines eonectlng with the Harriman roads and depending on them for trafflo outlet are either owned or controlled by tha Har riman companies, and without excep tion are operated under trafflo agree ments that compel the large roads to take cars of ths export business from inland terminals. These trafflo agree ments could not be annulled or repudi ated, even If the main line companies desired so to do. . The main lines would not refuse to take care of the -business of the feeder lines even If they could do so. Feeder lines are all-Important In swelling the trafflo of ths main lines. ' Ths refusal of tha Southern Paciflo or O. It A N. companies to operate under their, trafflo agreements would be met by the Inter state oomraeroe commission with an Immediate-investigation, The main- line companies know this and ths managers of the little roads probably know It too. ' So far as control .goes In tha meas uring of fires eat or future eonCitlona, aaasaaaaTaaaayaTaaaa I ML Dto I QOUGH CURE iflix It Yourself Oo to your drnggiat and gel One half ounce Concentrated oil ef pine, two ounces of glycerine, half a plat of good pure , whis key mix it tfp and shake ther ougaly, glycerine- aad oU Brat, then add the whiskey. Use - in tablespoon doses every four hours. Ths Concentrated oil of pine eomes put . ap for medical see ia half-onnea bottles each; en closed In a small screw-top en This protects It from heat and light, - If yon do not gad it sealed yon know that yoa are not get ting the real article. There are also several patent medioines put up to resemble tha Consent fd T oil of pine and eaUed by similar J iwidh, x ius; proa - wu nvi pas yL. yuur ranuwi ens eg orasT eJ&a s deblUty will foUow. The "Oosv- X oentrated" oil of pine Is what yoa 2 wans, ana a reuaot arnggiai wui tell yoa that this Is strictly a pharmaceutical ' preoaratioa aad xV the oaiy pine proanot that will make a soluble, mixture aad net x aaasea. , x t cause a . , . . . a a a a a a a everybody who knows anything about rallroadlngs knows that the main line today- absolutely control the small raMroads that branch off from them, and the little roads are snuffed out. as was the Columbia Southern, at any time the mala Una regards such- action as advantageous to It. Under the pro posed railway commission law that Is demanded by-ths people from the Ore gon legislature such a eourse by a mala Una company would ba rendered Impos sible, and the little road a would be In much better position than they are now to resist possible sncroaohment or absorption. CASTLE ROCK WAILS - FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT (peelsl tnseatca te The Itaaalt Castle Rock, Wash., Feb. 1. About rap work on tha river bank north of town has been completed. Thle secures the properties of the Robin- Shingle company and the Castle Rock Kleotrlo Light company. All new machinery and other mate rials for the construction of the new electrlo light plant are on the grounds except tha new boiler, which was or dsred last October and arrived In Port land about throe weeks ago. Its ar rival at thle plaoe Is dally expected and the patrons are waiting Impatiently fat light servloa. TWO SHIPS PUT TO SEA .WITH NON-UNION CREWS ' (Resrst News by Tensest Wire.) - Ban Prrlrn, FahXJCyQ of the fleet of -sailing vessels lying In ths outer harbor, the Sequel and Defiance, ee oared enough men to go to sea with today and sailed. Four other vessels are ready te go, but cannot find the men. The agent of the Sailors union stated today that he had more trouble to get sailors In the last two weeks than aver before. Be tween 40 and 10 lumber laden vessels are on the way to thle pert new from the north. The MOYER CLOTH 1NG CO. announces the purchase of the entire Stock, Fixtures, Good v will, Etc. of the C P. BISHOP SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE The entire stock without re serve will be . CLOSED OUT at cost and less at the present locatioh-iduo announcement of this sale will be made in the : evening papers- this Z rr'" week I 1 ' " ... 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