THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL), PORTLAND, ; SUNDAY MORNING, : JUNE 30."' 1007. " :
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JMTEfilOZ OF VWEJ5 ' WCAVT
sxEEKom vpQ&r&z ca
m m Y ATER-PO WER development that
1 A I "in have an- important bear
WW ins on the future of Sumpter
II, and the surrounding mining
' diatriot la juat being- com
plated bjr the Fremont Power com
pany of Sumpter. backed bjr Fremont
capital., Ray Nye, an Omaha whole
sale atatl6ner, la prealdent of the com
pany, anf John . Thomeen, a practical
hVdraullo and electrical engineer, ' la
itt manager. "-. '.-;";.- i- ra :"'V'
' - About $600,000 baa been spent thus
far In power plant and transmission
lines, and the latter are, being rapidly
extended to the various mining: districts.
Current will reach Bourne by Septem
ber l, to furnish power for drlvln ma
chinery of the Columbia and North
Pole mines, and thence the line will go
to Sumpter, five miles distant, to fur
nish llftht and power for publio uses.
The main power plant Is 20 miles west
of Sumpter. Transmission lines have
been surveyed southeastward to the
Alamo mining district, where , electric
' power will be applied to mills In the
.Alamo, -Quebec, Stranburg, Belcher, I.
X. L., Hicks, Phoenix. Psyche, Snow
Peak snd other quarts mines. . From
here the Una will be extended to the
Quartsburg district, for use ln the
Btandrd, Copperopolis, Present Need,
and Gem mines, then to ' the . Bonansa
district where the bonansa mine Is
already operating SO stanps and other
mines wiu install mcninery. . ,
Need Transportation Facilities. "t.
'The' greatest Bead of the Sumpter
mining district now Is for transporta
tion faculties," said R. X Nelll, pres
ident of the Sumpter ' Development
league. -7 "We have vaat resources In
minerals, water-power and agricultural
wealth, and ' the lack of means for
carrying; on ' trade and commerce : and
marketing the products is constantly
felt. The Sumpter smelter, operated by
the Oregon Smelting & Refining com
pany, la a live concern, and , rapidly
? rowing." Its dally average output Is
SO tons, and H is now employing 60
men. It paid in the last two years to
the Sumpter Valley railroad for, haul
ing ores outside of this district, 178,
179. It also has six 4-horse teams con
stantly hauling ore to the smelter. The
charges of this smelter are very moder-
ate. They run from $6 lo $li per ton,
which after all charges are paid aver
age about 17 cheaper than the .Tacoma
smelter of . Salt Lake. . ' . ;;;...-
"The trade Is mostly gold orea.- They
come from near and far, and a large
amount is nauied rrom tne united na
horn mine, it miles, and the Cornu
copla district, about 95 miles. The
finest lime dike in Oregon lies only
mile and a half from : the Sumpter
smelter. Baker county claims to pro
duce three fourths of all the gold pro
duced in the state. We have a favor
able climate, and fine yellow pine tim
ber belt, and water to operate logging,
lumber and mining the year around.
SumDter Is now a modern city with
paved streets, a gravity water system,
Tine hospital, a bank with $125,000 de
posits and electric lignts. xne city nas
a daily average school attendance of
175 pupils."
Supply AH Power Needed.
The Fremont Power company's devel
opment means ultimately the extending
of ' electrlo power and light . currents
throughout the region within a radius
of 60 miles. - Water supply from the ,
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Blue mountains furnishes the power In
stable quantity all the year.
The company own two . reservoirs
known as Olive Lake and the upper1 res
ervoir, witb a com Dined storsge capac
ity of .about 100.000.000 -cubic feet.
These reservoirs' are fed by Lost creek
and Lake creek which have a water
shed of about It to 20 square - miles.
The present capacity of the two reser
voirs is sufficient to furnish water for
8.000 working horse-power for the pe
riod of a year at 60 per cent load fac
tory. A power plant having reservoirs
to draw from is the only reliable source
of power in the semi arid region east
of the Cascade mountains, for the rea
son - that streams- get low before the
commencement of winter, and when cold
weather comes the springs at the
sources of the streams freese up and in
many Instances the flow of the streams 1
Is almost completely stopped.
From the reservoirs to the power
plant Is about six miles, and water for
driving the wheels of the power plant
will be conducted from Olive lake res
ervoir to the - power station through
about 6 H miles 'of wooden pipe and one
half mile of steer pipe, starting in at
the , reservoir with SStt Inches in
diameter and ending at the power house
with pipe 20 inches in diameter, tne
head from the lake to the power plant
belnr about 1.100 feet. The wooden
pipe Is made of staves and put together
on the ground, making a continuous pipe
rrom start to xmish ana oouna isgemer
with steel bands. The maximum pres
sure On the wood pipe wUl be about 400
reet head. All or the pipes, coin woou
DnH mtmt a ra laid In t rOTiri. finA f)V-
ered so there will not be any danger of
the water f reeling or the pipe being in
jured by falling trees. ; '
The power plant Is located at the
forks of Congo creek about a mile west
of the Red Boy hoist building. The
power house la built of concrete blocks
and la about S 0x60 feet. The roof la of
corrugated iron supported v. by rafters
and purllnes resting on heavy timbered
trusses with four-Inch beaded celling
between. , The floor Is of concrete. For
all practical purposes the building la
fire-proof. The-present machinery con
slsts of 650 K. Wr 600 R. P. M. .00
voltn. three phase revolving field type,
Westinghouse two bearing generators,
each driven by a separate 1,100 H. P.
Pelton waterwheer with cast steel discs
and buckets and combined needle and i
deflecting noszles. Tha water wheels
and generators are placed below th
general level of the power house floor
so that when the nosslea are deflected
off of tha wheels the stream will pass
out f rem under the power house with
out striking anything, and the use of
baffle plates will be avoided. All of the
fittings connecting the water wheels
with the pipe line are of cast steel. The
steel pipe, wheel nosslea and connec
tions will be protected from water ram
by a Lombard water balanced relief
valve capable of discharglngthe full
capacity of the pipe line. while but
two renerator sets have been Installed
at the present time, the foundation and
water wheel connections for a third set
have been installed and the Installation
of the third generator and Its wheel can
be made at any time without having to
close down me plant. .
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THE LID ON PORTLAND -FIFTY YEARS AGO
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. . UST 50 years and 5 months ago tne
, I "Sunday lid" was fell upon Port
I land. Not a dram shop vaas open
I ' after January 4, 1857, and the
.r ? thirsty were compelled to drink
Willamette nectar, on ; the day of rest,
'but for how long a time the city records
do not state. The same conditions that
caused District Attorney, Manning to lay
;the lid upon the city on Sunday, June
16, prevailed more than half a century
a go. Laws were openly violated. The
: cltv. then containing - about 1,000 or
1,600 inhabitants, did not have a suffi
cient police force the marshal wa the
only officer to keep the liquor dealers
' within bounds and so the council exer
cised its powers. The dram aeuers
were ordered to close their 'places on
Sunday, under pain of the forfeiture
sst their .licenses, go far as known not
lace was open after the issuance or
order. The effect upon the drinking
nulatlnn wn a awful Within a, few
4 weeks more than 120 voters asked that
me oraer ue noi eniorcea. j v
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Just Dram Shops Closed.
The ordinance providing for the Sun
day closing of dram shops the council
did not dignify, them with the name -of
saloons Is one of the forgotten entries
In the records of the Portland of terrlto
, rial days. The Shops had become a
nuteance, and 1 100 cltleena,- asked tha
council "to put a stop to the outrages In
.u the name of common-fleceney." Accord
t ing to the petition the shops complained
of -were In the "upper end" of town,
t Nothing was said about those , In the
i lower end. Just what portion of the
i city was knownaarthe,,f'upper end" in
rtkose days-la Jrot -Jthown, but tJts was
probably the district suuth of -.Alder
street running f roa the river west to
t Second or Third street. Alder street is
. supposed to - nave been the horthern
.- boundary because the council - rookery
which sailed under the Imposing official
- title of "city hall" was on Flrot street
near Washington, and the government
dads, believing themselves to be in the
heart of the city, would naturally call
. the Inclined street to (the south " and
within 200 feet of their chamber the I
beginning of the "un-town" district
Also because ' there were : notorious re
sorts "near Alder street as late as the
early '70s. The southern boundary is
believed to have been Madison street.
Jefferson' street Was a gulch at that
time, and it Is not likely that there were
any dram shops south of It If there
were the patronage could not have been
very extensive, .or the land was not
safe for travelers at night.- Marauding
Indians were hanging around, and there
also was the penitentiary on Front
street near Hall. , The prison block
was considered a dangerous place to
loiter about alter aarx, and , a aram
shop there would hardly pay expenses.
The upper end. It would appear, was
visited by tne -councnmen, and tne re
sult was that an ordinance was passed
closing the . shops on Sundays and -re
quiring tne proprietors to pay . an an
nual license of 1200. Lees than a
month later a number of,.,, people the
records do not state rheth'er they were
dram-shop keepers or merely Sunday
drinKers anaea mat Tne ordinance oe
repealed.?' But 146 other citizens filed
a remonstrance to the petition, and
the request of the dealers was denied.
In the following May the ' proprietors
of taverns asked to De exempted irom
the provisions of -the, ordinance, but
their petition was consigned.1 to the
of ficiaf-waste basket. Two years later
tha council went still ; further. . It
passed ' an ordinance prohibiting the
transfer or liquor licenses. xram-snop
proprietors or bad . reputation- naa ln
rinoed other ceoDle to secure licenses
and then purchased the establishment
The ordinance effectually? ended this
practice. Nothing more was done, for
uregon Decane a amie in ioo a-uu
the legislature passed the law which
the district is now enforcing.
Tors Down a Building. - ; ., - . ,
That relating to the " liquor traffic
Is not the only forgotten entry tn ,he
cltv records. 1 Here la one which; many
pioneers will probably1 remember. When
the city's suit for possession of the
nubile' levee -was pending In the
united States supreme court, George W,
Vaughn, who .whs mayor of the city
n 1856-58. erected a 'building on the
site of the Esmond hotel. The build-
ng was rut ud In the night, but the
next morning It was torn down by
Mayor Samuef J. McCormlck and City
Marshal S. R. Holcomb. Squatters
were continually ejected from the levee
until the suit was decided adversely
to the city when the claimants were
given deeds to the property.-
One of the - peculiar ; questions that
President Robert . Porter, of the coun
cil of 1867, was called, upon to deciae,
was aa to the lesralitv of the election
of an officer after one month of the
official year had elapsed. An ordinance
providing for the eieotion or a street
commissioner was pa ssea on May iu,
and a weex later s councilman a. u.
Shelby held that it would not stand a
test in a court of law. The city was
operating under a new charter, and so,
ha AAA r.n.l tha - rkfffrA ahmilrl have
been provided for at the first meeting
of the council, The president held that
city officers should have been elected
when the council organised, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, and without
regard to the time the old officers
might have served. The council took a
different view of the question, ana
elected Thomas J. Holmes to me ornce.
Graf t in Old Councils
Scandal circled 1 around - public 1m
provementg In 1858 as much as It does
today, - The council had appropriated
$1,600 for the building of a city jail,
and before even the plans ' had - been
drawn rumor was searching for a tar
get. Reports caused Councilman
Thomas J. Holmes to move for the- ap
pointment of an .investigating commit
tee, i If appointed the committee never
reported. Plans for the Jail ' were
drafted by E. M. Burton, and the con
tract was awarded to ex-City Marshal
William L. Higgtns. whose bid was for
$2,390. The jail had a foundation of
stone laid in cement and a floor of rub
ble stone. Mr. Higglns. the contractor,
subsequently' supervised the construc
tion of the postof flee building--
' In the same council Mr. King reported
that , the bell had been ' "clandestinely
taken from' this school house." ''The
councilman was Informed that the bell
was first In the. possession of Rev. M.
Wilbur and later in the possession tf
the Rev, C. S. Klngsley. Councilman
Stephen. Coffin moved that the clergy-,
man be, requested ; to return . the bell.
Th s council either did not want the
children's Instrument of torture or had
given It to the clergymen to summon
their flocks to service, for both mo-
tlnna were tabled. ,
To prevent such scandals In the fu
ture, councilman A. u. uneioy in l son
proposed that the clerk be required to
prepare full and correct accounts of
the proceedings of the council, and that
the city council newspaper be required
to DUbiisn sucn accounts rree or cnarge,
another which Mr. Shelby fathered and
which required- the councllmen to serve
without compensation. , , v .
The First Gas Plant
; Oaa for' Illuminating purposes' was
first mentioned In 1857. Ir Newfleld,
of San , Francisco, wanted ' to Install a
plant in Portland. A year later H. D.
Green asked permission to erect a
plant..- A committee consisting of
Councllmen William King, A. P. An
keny and, T. J. Homes had a conference
with Mr. Green and reported that there
was no objection to the. Installation of
a plant at a point north of 2 (now
Everett) street and on the : Willamette
river. Mr. Green's buildings were sub
sequently' .erected on the-v property
bounded ny tne river ana Front at ana
F (now Flanders) streets. Mr. Green
and his partner, a. IX Leonard, com
menced laying pipes in Front street in
April, 1860. The council decided to
have some of the street i lighted by
gas,' ana oraerea- la lamps ana posts at
a com. or Z70. The first six months
the Portland Oas Llaht . comDanv sud-
plied gaa free of charge. For February,
1861, the gas bills amounted to 1180.
The yens and nays upon the nasaae
of an ordinance were first required by
. ruie wnicn .me counoll adopted in
857. Fifty blanks, which, would bare
ly suffice for a single meeting of the
council of today, -were ordered printed.
At the end of the year Crk James W.
Davis .had a few unused blanks on
hand. - , v - " . ',. . '
The "orevloua Question" Was flmt de
manded In the council in 1868. .When
one ooposed or favored an ordinance It
was. According to the records, the prac
tice of the speaker te7 call for the ones- j
Inn as aoon aa ha tonic hla aAar This
shub off debate and only one side of I
the 'matter was heard. The Question
was Invariably moved whenever an ap
peal was taken from the chair.
Hot Times in Old Days.
There , must . have been some acri
monious speeches tn the council of 1857
58. W. M. King resigned the presi
dency and took the floor to oppose a
motion that monthly meetings be held.
King moved as an amendment that the
council adjourn sine die. . Only once
before and never since has a motion of
a similar nature been made. In the
council of 1851 Shubrlck Norris moved
that the -city of Portland, . which had
had a legal existence -of only a few
months, "do cease to exist" . His mo
tion, like that of Mr. King, was de
clared out ' of .'order. Unfortunately,
there is no record of the discussion of
dispute which . caused .,. councllmen to
propose tne motions.
In 1868 the fire ; wardens were al
lowed 60 cents for servlna notices of
the violation or me ordinance ror tne
prevention of fires, for the examination
of buildings after - serving the notices
and for entering -complaints before the
city recoroer.-. , .,..
First Fourth Celebration.
"Either the city was badly In need of
money in 1860 or the council or that
year was not very much in love with
fireworka.sfor .lt refused to aproprlate
$100 for on Independence day celebra
tion, and also refused to permit the
city marshal - to fire a salute at the
dawn of the Fourth. ' But 1 the council
of 1861 let the eagle scream. . It ar
ranged ror a parade or tne military ana
civic organisations and the representa
tives or foreign governments..-- wnat
might be characterised aa extrava
gance," the council said , when it made
the appropriation, . "will be considered
by every- patriot as a tribute . to our
glorious country- one and indivisible."
In 1881 the city had a belltower at
Alder and Front streets. The belL waa
given to Engine company No. 1, and the
belfry was offered - to. any one who
would cart it away.
The late united states , senator jonn
H. Mitchell was elected city attorney
in 1861. and his compensation was fixed
at $1,000 a year. , Mayor John M. Breck
declined to approve the ordinance, as
he believed the salary was out of all
proportion to-the duties required of
the now orneer. ; , ' .
Lieutenant General Wlnf leld ' Scott,
IT. 8, A., ' was a guest of Portland in
1859. The council paid camp mils zu
for the use of a hack from which the
general, then In bis 7Sd year, viewed
the fir-abounding blocks upon which are
the sky-scrapers of 1907. "
The first map of the city was made
by Mr. Brown in 1857.
Wharf-building was begun on what
waa then considered- an extensive scale
in - 1857. Portions of the riverfront
property between Burnslde and Ash
streets and at. the foot of Washington
street were lennea to a. u. men. Ste
phen Coffin. W. S. Ladd and Allen A
Lewis. The leases were for five years
and the lessees were , required to pay
$6 a year. At the expiration of the
leases the city had the priviiere or buy
ing the Improvements, but succeeding
councils ici tne opportunity Slip Dy.
Portland Without a Seal
During the first six years of city
government Portland s was without
seal or a fire and burglar proof safe of
sufficient . dimensions to contain the
city records. 5 In 1857 a seal and a safe
were ordered., : The total cost waa $205,
What a task was imposed upon City
Marshal James H. Lappens V in 1859!
That officer was directed by the coun
ell to apprehend all ; the vagrant r. dogs
In the city.; A few weeks later a price
or $2 was placed upon the head of each
unlicensed mongrel.
The chief, of the fire department was
made a salaried officer in 1858. Hia
compensation was f 1 xi at rSOO a vear.
The fire wardens occasionally made as
much as I8& a year.- Ordinarily, though.
their fees did not exceed $50.
The council Journal, waa first sta-ned
by the mayor and attested by the clerk
in 1859. Previous to that year the only
evidence that the business of a meet
ing had been finished waa afforded by
tha "single -word "adjourned," which the
clerk never failed to write In the records.
In the esiriv c-ni;noiis a motion to re
consider ntiu at be ma. is several niiet
lnsrs after U vot w.i-? t iif-n. t'ouncll-
man IX fcaattui k, at;' inaril a sute
circuit Judge, moved In the counoll of
1859 that the rules be amended so as
to require the presentation of a motion
to reconsider at . the session when the
vote la taken. The amendment was
lost.--. v :
Very little money was asked for by
and very little given- to the fire de
partment In the '60s. in 1859 engine
companies 1 and i were allowed only
$25 and truck company 1 116 per month
for contingent expenses. .
Opposed Convict Labor.'
Vigorous opposition to the 1 employ
ment of convict labor was offered in .
the councils of 1S58 and 1859. .- The
penitentiary was then located on the f
site occupied by the foundry buildings :
of ' Smith Broa - ' Watson in South
Portland. Motions to "abate the nui
sance" the guarded convlcte were con. '
sldered nuisances were made but failed
to carry. When the city decided to 1m- -
prove tne public squares later on it pro-
hiblted the emuloyment of convicts bv
any of the contractora -
Councllmen often contribted portions
or alt vt -their salaries to the contingent
funds of the volunteer fire companl-s .
of which- they were members. In 1860
J. M. Vansycle and A. 1. Bhelbv rave
a whole year's salary to Multnomah n
fine company No. and Columbia No. 3
he salary of each councilman amount
ed to $81. Such contributions enabl-1
the companies to make many neeileJ
Improvements In their houses.
Ronted by Snapping Turtlon.
Beaver Falls correspondence Pittsburg
- jespaicit. , ,
As John Patterson, a huckster, was
driving Into town from Partington tt,l
morning he came upon a drove of 13
or 20 snapping turtles creasing tin
road. Think-In a few of ' them "i! f
meet with reaJv sale he atfi ' : ,
catch tli-in, 1 in'tfui" n t
showed tttiht-and, ht-ai-r
far him Ith out.-ir--: . .. 1 i
rplr or
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