The Oregon daily journal., October 20, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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CLEVELAND publication U
u4 by the Municipal Traction
company of that city aaya
"Three-cent fare not only
paya operating expenses and rental
I but It la already creating a surplus
rOBEION ADVtBTlBlflO '' In fceitermenie of nAarl- million
Vr-alaiMl-fWaJafnta fd.l AArftMnM 7
ork, ioot-o B,. MuiMh.t. chici Th, , different story
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? Wtweneyer and whererer we
see ostentation substituted for
happiness, profession . ,! for
friendship,-: formality for re-'
Ilgion, pedantry for learning,
buffoonery for. wit, artifice for
nature " njd hypocrisy .for
' eTerythinf. these are the
signs of the times which he
that rans' may read, and which
will - enable , the philosopher
to date the commencement of
national decay.-rColton. ;
tides published during the pant
4 .so few months. The total receipts of
the Cleveland system for the pant
"Ifhl-Aft mnnthi In D(nhai 1. vera
f 1,274.110.65. and the toUl czpendl
tnres were $1,272,836.04. This looks
very closo margin, only $1,
9 profit, but during that time
000 was expended for new car
equipment alone, most of It for pay
88-you-enter cars, and ft 33,4 14 for
repair and betterment of tracks.'
The officers of the municipally
operated system assert, that 3-cent
fares not only pay for running the
roads, but are rebuilding the prop
erty. ETen at 3 cents the people of
Cleveland are paying at the rate of
about 11,000,000 9 year to go to bet
terments, Improvements, ne,w equip
ment, etc. What, then, was the prl
tate corporation, that charged" 5
cents and improved as little as pos
sible, making?
The Cleveland company is- also
making extensions, for Which it is
sues bonds, and these new lines will
pay all expenseof operation and in
due time pay off the bonds. What
Cleveland is doing other large 'cities
can do. Why should people who
ride on streetcars pay millions of
dollars a year to some private cor
poration? The time is not ripe for
such a movement In Portland; the
city Is not large enough and spreads
out over too much territory; but the
time wlll: come.
Detroit may be the next larse city
Jto try municipal street railways.
motto: "No. more street railway
NOWN detections by thousands franchlses on any terma! Restora-
or wonungmen, ana me siaie- t,on of government by the people,"
wide- dissatisfaction of old- Bn(. t bv Drjv.ts contoratlons."
a a ...1.11 iil. XL . I I
j ,,ume Kepuuacana una iu yui- fThla.' hv the why. idd es verV well
cagof platform and the known H lust now to national polities). But
nance 01 vanaiaaro uan wnn m Detroit has no Tom Johnson
trusts; maKe aDsura tne uregonian s
ages would probably hold KOod in
the case of millions of imuilgrants;
most of them may In the Atlantic
states, and1 the majority of theB in
the great seaboard cities.
The far west does not ue4 nor de
Sire this clans of immlKrallou, peo
ple who are bound to rurualn la or
near great cities, or who have no
ambition, if they go into the country,
but to beonu mere day laborers.
But the far went lins nbundanoe of
room and opportunity for Iramt
grants with a little menus who want
to make homes for thomsolves on
farms, preferably small farms. It
would bo mutually advantageous if
such immigrants could be attracted
to Oregon. They aru Industrious,
thrifty, and usually venoeahle and
law-abiding.
In Euetern Oregon, in Southern
Oregon, along the roast, even right
around Portland, is room for thou
sands of this class of immigrants,
and it would bo well to attract their
attention to this mate, and Invite
them lo rome here.
THE J A PS AND THEIR TESTI
MONIAL
N'
that have been reported bo killed
daring the'past half a century, there
must litre been an Immense number
of them. It la very strange that re
ports frooJJie same quarter seldom
mention Any Turks killed by Armen
ians. , The latter seem to be non
resistants.' ' 8on travelers say,
however,, that these reports are
greatly exaggerated, If not wholly In
ventions, and that as between the
Turks and these and other provin
cials., it Is about "horse and horse."
It should notbe surprising if La
Grande precinct, and others up
there, many of. whose voters are de
positors in the wrecked bank, BhouM
give a majority for Oryan.
Letters From the Pet pie
' Lattxra to Tba Jonrnal ahoald b written on
on aid of tka papar only, and atimihl t "
tompaultd br tka nam and addraa of tha
wriixr, 111 oana will not ,oa ui u
wrllac aaka (bat tt ba wtihbeM. Tba JoaruaJ
ta not to ba uiidcratuod aa luduraiuf tba
vr ata ttmaola of urraanoiidvnta. Lvttera abould
ba Diada a blirf aa poaalbla. Tboaa bo lo
their irttcra raturntd vbau not uard abuuU I"
ckM nata(a.
CorraapucJauta ara ootlflad that lattrra i
awdhif uO worda In ftugtb may. at tbr d
erttloD of Ua Mliur. ba cut dwa ta tbat Umit.
contention that Oregon will give
Taft -a? plurality; -of 19,200. The
break away of votera In Oregon from
the old party alignment is known to
be enormous. There has been noth
ing like It since the days of Pop
ulism, if even then. ; Republicans!
HOW. IT WOULD WOKK
T
IHEJ question is asked: Should
the rest of the bankers of the
state ' or countrj" have to pay
-the depositors who have los't of
uiinuu, i 1 ctcu tin. 1 . 1 ifuiiiauEi . , . . , . 1
.ho have voted nothing but their
ttntrof (trt vera o airorw u.mvMo , o
Jectlon by the Chicago, convention of fnd wouId mUm on reck-
the La Follette, plank for election of
senators by direct ,vote has driven
Oregon Republicans" in droves to
Bryan. The direct election of sen-
less or rascally banking
But let ns look into this a llttl')
farther. If an Insurance or gnaranty
law had been in force, Scriber In a
XJX J ail 1 Uv Ull Ct(r VJVVIJUU Va V, 1 , , , , , , - - , m
J, , ..Ma . probability would have been forced
Aldriche. Forakers and Standard out of bus.nesB long ago and prob-
I V. 1 I V. Inns Iado rt ll laft.nL-'c
Oll.x is regarded by thousands of ",lu J1"
- - - - . . i runna nornans Tin ns. news irtin
from Salem last week stated that
bankers and others there had Jons
suspected that Scriber was in trouble.
This was doubtless known to other
bankers In La Grande, and to some
thert as the most vital of all issues.
.The stubborn resistance of the last
congress to all remedial legislation
. and , the . domineering manner in
which the " Aldrtch-Cannon gang
i harenmlnat;d he;-Thousa; p?dlt'to fd
v good Oregon Republicans' of 30
ifnsfo' cfonrHntr rTha 4n oiof &Tifa nf
Mr, Taft that ""some tariff duties y, but as tt is now It is none of
should be raised" at a time when heir concern extept to keep a EharR,
r v... po m.r,. lookout for their own intereHt&
.rUM m r.,,r wn Under a guaranty law, such rol
factories very much cheaper than lapses would be very rare and losses
Americans In America can buy them 6ma11- beefu8G u , he KOOd, ban,er8
has flrlven thousands of Republican -a,reat niaJo-ity, nearly all
. - would hae an Interest in making
wbo they know will never consent to lthem B0' "d, t,he,wo",d B,"ot 8 bad
,..i.f ....t. i.wmtnttn banker as indeed they do now
.nd wrong, against the American " 1""!;
people. The refusal of the Chicago Teu"- ullu .&
convention to consider the request the depositors money, since they
iv. i . wuaiu uavc iu icuuj 11
ill l iio wuiailiSJucu lur a I canuuauir i
Injunction plank and the granting of
their request by the Denver conven
tion has aligned thousands of Ore
gon workingmen with the support-
era of Mr. Bryan, and they recognise
that now is the opportunity to vote
for their own homes and families,
. and against those who have, by the
mlsnso of the injunction, so long op
pressed tbem. The determined op
position of Mr. Taft to the guarantee
of bank deposits when all property
and all other units of society, includ
ing the banks themselves, have guar
antees against loss, and when de
positors are the. only ones who do
' not have guarantees, has convinced
thousands that Mr. Taft is standing
In with high finance Instead of with
the whole commonalty, and that 1s
costing him votes by thousands in
Oregon.
Instead of a majority of 19,2 00 as
estimated by the Oregonlan, It will
OXE OF THK MKXACKtf
T
HE ATTEMPT by a telephone
corporation to break down the
Initiative and referendum in
Oregon Is regrettable. That
measure Is of untold value to the
masses, as a defense against corpor
ate' aggression. It is so recognized
everywhere, and one by one the
slates are adopting It, Maine being
the last to accept It iu the election a
few weeks ago. The fart tbat It is
planned to kill it, If possible, in the
supreme court of the Vnlted States Is
another regrettable feature
O FRIENDSHIP so marked has
ever been shown the American
people a that now evident in
Japan. The reception to the
American fleet is, by the testimony
of the American officers, the most
enthusiastic that has been encount
ered on the cruise. The demonstra
tion permeates the entire citizen
body, from the mikado himself down
to the humblest peasant. Ten thou
sand school children sang "America"
In English, and with such effect thai
the American officers were deeply
moved by the scene. An American
uniform Is the open sesame to uni
versal homage, and to any privilege
within the mikado's realm. The
whole reception. in its every part Is
one-grand outpouring of respect and
esteem for the people and purposes
of theTnlfed States.- Our own rep;
resenfatlves on the ground say it fa
unalloyed, that it Is -universal, and
that it In deeply Bincere.
By this-outpouring of, friendship
for ua in the far away orient, It is
time for the American jingo to go
out of business. It Is time for re
hearsal of tfieae deep dark designs
that Japun has been alleged to have
on us. to end. It is time for Mr.
Roosevelt, and Mr. Taft to stop hold
ing up Japan and her alleged warlike
purposes toward us as a reason for
building four- $10,000,000 Dread
noughts every year, and to olher
Wise go to the extra vagant limits in
navy building.
jAs a people we have been duped'
and deceived with reference to Jap
an, whose first friend we have al
ways been, and , as the sequel shows,
not "without complete appreciation
and rafciprocation. As Rabbi Wise
said ImLNew York tlie "other day, the
A Republican Working Man's Views.
Portland. Oct. 17. To the Editor of
Tn Journal As a Republican work
Initman I am amused -at the tai ttoa tliat
tba Republican are reHOrtlna; to for tn
nurnnan of antiia-nnlclna- the union men
Against Mr. Bryan and boosting for Mr.
oobvmi a proxy. wow. n n
union label. I am glad that It wan men
tioned, as it Kivea me an oiinortunliy to
exptvfs a word of criticism.
Is It not a fHct that at the time or
thou. mihlicillonH neither nartv was
paying any attention to the union lnln-1,
aa in. the present campaign? Becauso
there was- no Uompora Influence belnn
brought to bear in favor of tlue cliam-
filon of the worklngman a cause naim
y, VV. J. HrVan: but a Mr. Powder! y. who
was working In the interest of McKln
ley. and who was expelled from t!io
Knlffhts of labor as their president for
selltnir them out. soul and body, and to
day is fillliiff the office of commissioner
of immigration.
Also, It was tho full dinner pan. nnn
workingmen were so tnlten up with this
rutchy word that they forgot all about
the iinh'n label. What lias become of
this full dinner pall? It has-been put
out or commission throuifli idleness arm
the bottom of it bus (hopped out. of
sight Just aa the honest dollar did
that tho- poor wiirumii.iaii was prom
ised In 18&6, and eventually turned out
to be a certificate during tho panic last
fall. And now, by force of compulsion,
they are forced' to find a new catchy
phrase in the way of union label. But
tho Oregonian fails-to show If the pub
lishing houses arejn (.Jumpers' untair
list an union printing houses.
If the Oregonian is so anxious to call
the eltontlon of Us roaders to this ar
gument, why docs it fall to have it on
the Morning OreKonian? fnlonlsm
knows too well tho stand that the Ore
gonian takes toward unionism. I would
advise the Republican party, before
using the union label as an argument to
antagonize union men against Mr. Bryan
through the Columns r the Oregonian,
tijut they Fee that the union label is on
the Morning Oregonian. Then do your
knocking,
'The other article Is under these head
lines: "Taft Stnnehest Friend of Labor."
"Roosevelt Writes to I'trion ., Lender;?
"Pr(5v's Mim ..Model Kmplcfyep of Mnl'&
Ingmen." ' i v:
Hut no you note the omission or
union men whilo lie appeals to theta?
He simply says workingmen, meaning
any union or nonunion men, or, In other
words, open shop.
Muw, us to this T. J. ISiJan. general secretary-treasurer
of the International
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge
Men, wBo declares in his letter to Presi
dent RuSisevelt that his organization was
man wifivwould incite one man to i oroud of Mr. Tart, an.i on. o J;om
i 1.J i, , j i note tre aosence of union labor? Why
niuruei aTiouier is n cuuupnuiur uuu
should go to the gallows. 'But what
of the man or men, who would Incite
a war, with Its daughter of thou
sands of men, between our country
and Japan? What should their por
tion bo in view of yesterday and the
day before, in. .the orient?
do they not define themselves while the'
are talking to union men, ami not write
in a KarOlel way: Is Air. Roosevelt to)
Afraid of Mr, Taft's past record to use
the word "union'' on account of the
many Injunctions issued by Mr. Taft in
the past? If so, we will excuse Mr.
Taft on the third of November next for
so doing.
Aauiii, I. J. Dolan no doubt IS a
union man at heart
onahle profit Ara not rnonopo-
Itea. combinations or fruata formed to
eliminate compel Itlou and overproduc
tion tiiat tha pronta may tia gramler in
proportion to capital Invested?
Ilua not tha publlo aa represented by
tha aovornment, authority and powar to
prohibit competition a It has already
dona In soma InatanceaT Dora not tba
hepubllran party acknowledge tho riant,
power and opportunity of oorporatlona
to rreci monopoly, wnvn may mmr wj
trol of corporations bavins power an.i
opportunity to affect monopoly'? What
la the uat of controlling corporation
that baa no power to effect monopoly?
Do they propose to control corporatlona
before they beoom o. monopoly or after?
Are competing corporauone easier wir
trolled than combined corporations, and
la that why Mr. Kovaevelt. Is called th
trust uuster? Are -ne miiuommni m
favor of competition and against It at
the same time? AJid does It propoae
control under both eondltlona?:
Who la able to understand the Repub
lican platform? It looks to ma iiks
scheme to catch suckers, -
1 honor rattle platform) "Prlvata mo
nopoly la Indefensible and Intolerable.
If private monopoly la Indefenslbls snd
Intolerable ere wa to Infer from this
Hint a publlo monopoly Is defensible
and tolerable? Does a monopoly admit
of or tolerate competition? Is not com
pel It Ion commercial and industrial war
fare and has not war its victors snd
vanquished? lf so, how can competi
tion he betienolal to the people? Will
It be beneficial for the smaller concerns
to be commercially snd Industrially
vanquished and are they not becoming
impotent at a rapid rate through com
petition? To Jegnllsn trusts snd merely
control them, would that make it any
worse than-It la at present? What are
tho I)emoiTftt coins: to do about it?
Do ther propose that the nation Own
the trusts, while the Republicans pro
pose control them In the interest of
tile puono or nauon r it ta rua
i, imieta nt nneexaltv 11k nrlcea arbi
trarily, not in response to the law of
supply ana oemanu, wnicn numrcu-n
been universally accepted as the very
fundamental of our social system. If
a trust has advanced so rar as 10 in
come a monopoly Is tt not In restraint
of trade whether legal or illegal, snl is
It not in restraint of trade because It
will not admit of competition without
regard to the prices it may (ix after t
becomes a monopoly? But if the combi
nation that amounts to a monopoly is
.nt.He trust, nlthnush It does not per
mit or admit of -competition as the
post office or the coinage or money is
It defensible and tolerable? Does Mr.
Hryan favor public monopolies, and does
he propose to make them defensible and
h in? If so: what is the
difference between Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Tnl't on the trust Question?. Is not the
trust plank of the uemocrai piaiiorm
Inconsistent and self-contradictory?
Hunnose the voters should decide to
relegate competition to the scrap heap
of useless and out-of-date things-, to
only he remembered, an 1 should demand
the TUIli products oi meir . uvuoi , iuu
should take control of all public utilities
to supply that demand, would not that
lie fulfilling the law of "supply and de
mand, which hitherto has boen uni
versally accepted a the very funda
mental of our social VystemT' "
Mr. Kdltor, election Is (drawing hear
and our heads are liadlyl muddled, as
vou can 'nee. Can you hel us? v
U A. SNIDKR AND MANX OTHERS.
Hern are a great many questions
which an editor could not fully ajiswer
wUltout using many columns of space,
mil It;-.-! the answers would probably
not be ritisfactorv to everybody. Most
of those cfueatlons, however, suggest to
the average man their own answers.
The Republican ptauorm pruimwa
that party will control monopolies.
Ku! Its ' record r.hows that mo
nopolies., or trusts ajid corporations
and combines, control it. The Demo
cratic' platform Insists- that there should
be no prlvata monopoly. There wu? no
ot-i-aon -to declare against publlo- mo
nopolies. . for there :s no fciich thing. n
to' nrudtwW. -Aeessura.--tranap,i tatlon'.
etof ' 'l iie dlsdnction between the , two
platforms isi clear enOtrfh, 0 pur ques
tioner eviienfly sees.-i-td.l
BASCULE
Enffinoer 3I(xljcsld Maws
His, Itciwrt, ou .lUffU
Bridge Over tlie Willam
ette to Joint Session of
City Council and Board.
i.ranea over high water of US
snJ wh'th " "so ! n the canl.r
i? ih. sieiain i while the claraiic ear
line. 1-121 feel 'Ya.Va!
:.lll VViile.fwhleh , wouW Wfe
to lower tlislr top-"nt "'
hlslisr stages 6t the rlvor. As lbs, num
Sir af sailing V.Mel- olng P the.
i . U.M M m Mil lltfl -
Estimated Cost.
Bridge "A" S.I50,000
Bridge "B"' ...''. 1.380.000
VeMcIs tunnels (21... . 7.1B0.0OO
Rsllway tunnels (J)... 5,00,000
BRYAN MANAGERS
TARE OFFENSIVE
thexe e:chaoces of letters between
llolan and Roosevelt for the .purpose of
Here is another willful, malicious "how ng the sincerity of raft to the
misrepresentation of Mr. Bryan by uoian. and 'in accordance with union
tile Oregonlnn. It Bays that'', he 'has now is jt mat union men- are
cihj .. . i I wftrlflnir with mi in n.t ittn uti'fllll R invpIR
for years advocated ther withdrawal on tha Panama canal?
of our troops and warships froml , ' n ,7' ' ? T(SC"
Oriental waters and Abandonment otT-Bougnt canal HhoveTs' of Knemv to
the country." Mr. Bryan has 4one I nions; Oovernniont Apparently infill-
nothing of the kind. He has btiject
ed "to imperialism and colonialism
as b' permanent policy, and has de
clared that the Filipinos should be
immediately guaranteed their inde
pendence and self-government at
suofi future time as it would be safe
to do so. This is essentially tne
same policy advocated by Mr. Taft.
The only difference is that Mr. Bryan
Wants the government to declare in
the face of all the world that it will
not subjugate and permanently gov
ern far distant lsiana colonies
against their will; that as soon as Is
practicable, it will do in the Philip
pines w hat it has done in Cuba. This
U an entirely different position irom
that in which Mr. Bryan is falsely
put by the Oregonian.
ment of an Ohio firm on tho unfair' list,
as t'haries I. Henry, the writer,
claims, and gives his authority that
proves the Marlon firm in Ohio is on
the unfair list, and would not i?ive a
day's work o a union man if he were
starving, and at that time they needed
all kinds of help.
I am a Republican and a union man.
Taking the past Into consideration, 1 am
forced to vote for Mr. Bryan on prin
ciple. -The workingmen have been
fooled often enough and are being
fooled today by Mr. Roosevelt. Taft and
such men as this Dolan and the Repub
lican press.
Hurrah for Bryan and the antl-ln-Junotion
plank, guaranty of bank de
posits ana tariff revision!
A RKPL'DLICA.V.
Friends! of Bryan and fvern .during the
past, few weeks have come to the aid
of the Bryan campalgri in Portland with
subscriptions and contributions reach-
And when I note ling a total of ,697.5(1, The clos,e. of the
campaign Is now near, and In order to
follow out tee plans of the committee
and cover the Stad'e with speakers dur
ing the time yet remaining it is neces
sary. that Btl'l -other loyal friends come
to the aid of the campaign managers.
It is planned thut spenkers be sent to
all large towns and cities in the state
during tlie next week, and up to election
day. Prominent Democrats from the
east are. being sent to Oregon, among
them Congressman Hnnson. The ex
pense of hiring halls for these speakers
Is great, and tlie state central commit-,
tee Is working; hard to meet them. '
It Is recognized on every hand that
Oregon Is debatable around. The claims
of tlie Republican headquarters are rec
oenlied to be based more on optimism
. . . . 1 lllinn . . I 111, nilhlll-
man on me rrm -
sentiment ror uryan tnrougn
Japan Is giving a cordial and even
an enthusiastic welcome to tne
American fleet of battleships. Nor,
we may believe, is it all mere for
mality. The ruler and prominent
people of Japan are friendly to the
United States, as ours should be to
and Mr. Taft Is bitterly opposed to
the initiative and referendum. Fur
thermore, the cabinet of which Mr.
Taft was a "member has put forth th
doctrine that decision should be se
cured from that coutt that will give
thp nrcuMpiit and federal eorcrn
mut air. i " lu ""' ment more power. 4f f illed Mr.
state at mo en un am bis T-f ,nrioint flnr n
nusuine. U w not at aii certain xoai h annreme cour. and Meob be
be will do IU TD claim mat tm- hold, ,nch Tlewgi Oregon want
nomaa connty win five mm a P''Ihlm?
raJlty or 7,600 u groiMqu. ana so
m f a A I
is tnat Of Jtiarjon connty oy fET IMMIGRANTS COMK WKST
Of like valueless value arc tne claims
of Jarkioa by 250, of Ltnn by 150.
hat country, though we may con-
That oidpr It necessary or best to restrict
court is appointive by the president, j japanese immigration. The fleet is
gaining a victory of peace, which is
far better -than any victory it could
gain In war.
According to a report, Turks are
massacring Armenians again. If
reports are to be believed this nap
pens every few months. If all the
Armenians have been killed by Tnrks
.Says He Is Muddled.
Newberg. Or., Oct. 23. To the Kdltor
of The Journal Republican platform:
"Control of corporations having power
and opportunity to effect monopoly."
By whose authority have corporations
obtained power and opportunity to ef
fect monopoly? is not the opportunity
derived from the power, or have corpo
rations the opportunity to effect mo
nopoly without the power? la it num
bers of individuals or the prestige that
wealth gives, or tho power of tne law
that gives corporations power and op
portunity to effect monopoly? If cor
porations are controlled will It be legal
control? Might no the court Bet th-j
law aside as unconstitutional? Rut If
legal and constitutional. In whose Inter
est will flis corporation be controlled:
will It be in favor of the corporations
or In f.wor of the public? Are not the
corporations capable f controlling Uielr
own business In their own Interest? If
corporations are to be controlled by law
In the interest of the public, do they
not then become public corporations,
and If public corporation hss iot the
public through Its dulv sutborlsed of
ficials power to combine all corpora
tions under one bead, and the presi
dent he that bead, is he Is the head of
all d'-partmente of government with
subordinate heads of each department,
each controlled by law in the interest
of s-H tha public? Can there ever be an
agreement between tha corpora ttnns and
the public, on what mar be called a fair
.... it.. ........ ta .n 1,Mruiie ami
should all Bryan voters go to the'polls cent grade crossing
and cft their ballots on Novemner a
it Is safe to sav that the state's elec
tora'l vote would le for the Bryan and
Kern ticket. Karnest and active work
and assistance, both personal and fi
nancial, dv an Bryan nuupui imn in .o
stite would Rive the stale to him.
Th.i finanee committee, which has
been aatherinn campaign funds for the
use of the state commltlie, ana oiaie
Chairman Pwcek ' working energet
ically, but It Is desired that all friends
of the Brvan cause contribute and aid.
All such contributions should be sent
to the Brvan and Kern campaign fund.
In care of The Journal, and all checks
should be made payable to Jefferson
Mevers. chairman of the committee.
The contributions to the fun1 received
and not yet. acknowledged are as fol-
Hrviouslv acknowledged I5SS 60
P II. McClure, Sherwood 100
P. Hutchlrmon. city 100
W. P. Wllkins. Medford 100
K C. Protxman, S6K Thirteenth.. 1.00
F C Protxman, SS Thirteenth.. 1.00
r. 3. Smith. Pendleton... &0.00
Mary E. Caldwell, Everett. Wash. 1.00
rs Knrlnser. Culver 6.00
Cash, Portland 60.00
P O. PeMaes, ue.Maas epringa.. j.iv
J. c. McCrea, Newberg 1.00
J. g LsrkJn. Newberg 1.09
Caali. Portland oo.uo
Total $697.50
In addlttnn to this sirsn several do
nations have been msde direct to th
stats central committee, or to National
Committeeman Miller. These donation!
are as followrs: J. K. WeeUherford, Al
lienr, ISO: J. IT. A. Bmlth. Astoria. Hi;
C. C Jackson, Halsey. $1; Ira E. Purdln.
Portland. '
Much wheat is coming la & the aerw
Prfnevllls flourtnc mill.
Ralph Modjeakl, the Chicago consult
ing engineer, to whom was rcrerrea Dy
City Engineer D. W. Taylor tha master
of the proposed high bridge over n.
Willamette, for a decision as to the besc
location, and for preliminary plans, es
tlmates of the approximate cost and a
report on the question of a tunnel in
place Of a- bridge, made bis report to
Mayor I,ane and the clfy council this
morning. Ha virtually eliminates the
tunnel proposition, on .account of its
cost, and recommends a drawbridge of
the tiasoule type in preu-rrauo v -bridge
high enough 10 give clearance to
all vessels passing beneath.
The bridge he recommends has. ne
save, the disadvantage of requiring
piers in the river, and of requiring a
bascule span with Its cost of operation
and occasional delay to the bridge traf
fic. These objections, however, lie does
not regard as very serious, as the
bridge would be high enough to allow
the passage under any of the three
ODenlnrs at any time of all vessels ex
cept hlph-masted ships. He thinks the
draw would not have to be opened on an
average of more than twice a week,
and Interruptions to traffice would
therefore occur only at rare intervals.
Great Crowd Bears Report.
The council chambers in the city hall
were crowded when the report of En
gineer Modjeskl. on the bridge and tun
til question, was read before a joint
meeting of the city council and the
executive hoard. Citizens from the
various Improvement clubs and well-
known business and professional mei
of the citv had gathered early In the
galleries and on the floor of the coun
cil chambers to listen with eager in
terest to the $3,000 opinion of the
eastern expert.
At the conclusion of the reading a
mlnuto discussion followed In which
nractlrally everybody Indorsed the sug
gestion of Mr. Modjeskl that the
bridge designated In his report as "B"
should be the one fur the city to con
struct. The council adopted a resolution to
Instruct the mayor to appoint a commit- !
tee of seven to examine the report of
Kngineer Modjeskl and prepare a. report
on this at the next meeting of the coun
cil. The city attorney was aiso in
structed to advise the council on the
validity of acting on the report of the
Chicago expert and as to whnt-procedure
bo used In going about the construc
tion of the proposed bridge.
, Details of tba Report.
Engineer Modjeskl, in his report, says
that In order to determine tne character
of foundations he had borings made in
addition to those which had already been
made bv the city engineer, near me
Greenwich dock on the west side and
near the opposite shore of the rver,
with the result that coarse sand and
gravel w'ere encountered at a depth of
78.6 feet below low water on the west
side and 84.8 feet below low water on
the east. ' These borings seem to Indi
cate conclusively the existence of a
stratum of gravel or hard material un
der the bed of the river.
Two locations are found to be partic
ularly favorable for a bridge. One,
which the engineer designates as 'line
A," consists of an approach beginning
at Davis and"Elghth streets, ascending
n-lth 4 ner cent trade aa far as
VnOinin ntr.at then tllminflr with a
curve until It reaches an elevation 170
feet above low water. 11 feet from the
center of the single 1,000-foot span. At
,1,1a r,,ln, tha D,nJ, hppnmpH ft Vertical
curve until 100 feet beyond the center of
, 1, .. u , . r. an4 than SlaveenflK Will U "
i.ar n,' ffm,1. rAUHlniT RSlltOn And
1 ? (i a .Ira, F m 'iTat Portland, overhead.
Tho grade ' then becomes variable to
accommodate the junction with Wheeler
and Hancock streets. .
This tirldge. contemplates a
1.000 feet between piers, placing no ob
struction In the river between harbor
lines. The width considered for this
bridge is 0 feet. 40 foet for the road
way and 20 feet for the two sidewalks.
The loading contemplated is equal to
the heaviest Interurban cars now In use
covering both tracks Over the entire
structure together with pedestrians and
vehicles. This b ridge, however, Mr.
Modjeskl does not recommend on account
of Its cost, which he estimates at 93,-
Plana fov Bridga "B."
The second bridge on what Is desig
nated as "line B." would havo a Port
land approach starting at tho southeast
corner ttf block Y. Just west of the
Grand Central station which it Is pro
posed that the city purchase and run
ning with a grade of 4 per cent until
the. west harbor line is reached. From
there) it continues on a t per cent grads
to the bascule) span. The grade on the
bascule span la 1 per cent, ascending to
its center, and 1 per- cent descendlng
past the center. From the east and of
the bascule spam the grade descends at
th rate of I per cent-until it reaches
th level of Larrabee street and Broad
way. The trucks of the Terminal company
are crossed with a single 441-foot span,
so ss not to Interfere with tba tracks
as laid at present. The bascule span
allows a clear width of channel of 200
feet. Tha bascule span is placed in
the middle of tha atream, which is on
a straight llns drawn from the drawspsn
of tbs ateel bridge to the center of tha
channel opposite the Portland Flouring
mills. ,
.Tha Line A bridge provides for a,
f - : : :
.iuA haul him III I ill im ivi j --!
would ba of no particular Inconvenient. .
to tha shipping.
Would raas Small Oral. ,
Ths brldas at location B provldaa for
a clalraiics "f 4 fct abova hl(t water
It ha o.i.ter of the basculs span, or 7
fiet Inches nr the harbor tines, and
of ! feet sbov. high watar !U0 feet,
from "he harbor Unas under ths fld
In7ia Boats Jrs than k t-t high
cot d J under thU bridle at all
Urnea. iven during tb. highest stages of
the river. Hailing vaeaols and ocean,
anlna- ateamera would generally require
flp"nTi"?of the draw, but this would
probably not bo more than once or
Pw-ce a w-ek. All the larger river
&n?Vn the MlssVaVp'pT.na Ml.souri
rivers could P under the structure
at all time., exc.ptln at wtmneiy
high water, without the opening of the
bCrU'M'o""'ltl estimates that tha sin-le-siian
bridge on xJne A would coat.
approaches, engineering and eontliigen
c e. and allowance for "d,d""',"1,of
possibly $0.000 a grand tot al t tS.- ,
i 0 000 The cost of the Line H bridge, .
which is recommended, Is estimated at
,,!ro0offset the operation of a bascule
bridge, which is its principal drawback.
ih i ina B bridge would have up
aeh'e"." only little over. 8.800 feet
long, as against about twice tnat lengtn
for he b?ldge on design A. while The
roll would "e considerably less than
half that of the Line A bridge. In con
clusion. Mr. Modjeskl says:
From all that has been said before
It appears, therefore, that the only ad
vantage of bridge on Line A over a
bridge on Line B would be the absence
of piers in the river, and absence of all
Interference with navigation, but the
bridge would not be as convenient to
the public using It and would, moreover,
be a great deal more expensive.
Has Some Drawbacks,
"The bridge on Line B combines a
greater convenience to tne people using
It with a much smaller expense, but
I ... .v.1 Hi..H.nte of niacin e piers in
he river, which might be objected to
by the navigation micr..,
has tha further disadvantage of requlr
.' J . ),.,-, l man with Its cost of op
eration and occasional delay to the
bridge traffic. The first of the two
ejections is not a very serious one, as
probably all boats can go undf r either
nt th three openings at any time, ex
cept high-masted ships,
ifhere are so few of such ships, how
ever that the bascule wouia noi vo
to be opened except st rare Intervals,
as is demonstrated above, and tha In
terruptions to Dnuge uuin
therefore occur on rare occasions only.
Both bridges are perreciiy "'"
practicable, but in view of the fore
going reasons I would recommend that
r,a ?,ri,i nn line B be considered m
preference to -the bridge on line A.
Altnougn, uii "ttuum u '
Modjeskl virtually dismisses the tun
nel proposition, he discusses it at
length. He eays:
"There Is only one advantage of a
tunnel over a bridge, and that ia the
fact that it aoea not iniBnore who
navigation. It is shown, however, that
a high, bridge, such as is proposed for
line A of tHIs report, would not offer
appreciably greater Interference than
the tunnel., The greatest objection to
a tunnel for your city is tne necessity
tor all venicies to oescenu w cu
alderable depth below ths river in or
der to come up again on .the other
side Thus, vehicles going from Port
land to East Portland, starting at ele
vation 32 feet, would have to go down
ot feet and if bound for higher points
in East Portland, they would have to
climb again 200 feet or more.
Heavy Tax on Traffic
., v. 1 A AM ,am nf WAtirtil Vina
to be dropped 91 feet and lifted again,
ho some amount, unnecessarily, ere-
atlng a heavy tag on the public.
"Other disadvantages almost as seri
ous In nature are the length, compara
tive darkness and dampness of the tun
nel It is believed that automobiles and
manv other vehicles would prefer be
ing delayed on a bridge, being In the
open all the time, rather than confine
themselves in using a tunnel The
writer knows of no tunnels In this
country uBed for vehicle traffic."
Mr Modjeskl estimates the approx
imate cost of a tunnel -at $7,800,000.
and says in conclusion:
"In view of the objections given
above to a tunnel, and the excessive
cost of such a structure, its construc
tion seoms to me entirely impracti
cable for your city. I would certainly
not recommend It."
STRAUS TRYING
TOFIIIDE
Post office Cashier Goes Over
Bobks With. Experts.;
RROR
Charles A. Btraus, cashier of the
Portland postofflce, who has been sus
pended because of discrepancies found
in his accounts, is before the postal In
spectors todayoing over his books
with them and endeavoring to explain
his side of the affair.
Owing to the fact that Mr. Straus is
nearly blind, having long been a suf
ferer from a disease of the eyes, tho
task is rather a difficult one for him.
He is being assisted. howeer, by O. C.
Riches and E. C. Clement, the two in
spectors who have their headquarters
in Portland and two other inspectors
from out of the city who were original
ly called In to make an investigation
of the -alleged shortage.
Mr. Straus has maistained from, the
first that at the time he left his desk
in -April his accounts were correct In
every way. On the other hand, the
government agents say a shortage tn
money of something like $4.Q0O was
discovered two days after Mr. Straus
went sway.
Mr. Straus books and others used Ina,
the financial department of the post
office are being gone over thoroughly
today by the cashier and the Inspectors
and the task will require eome time to
complete.
Mr. Straus is still confident that a
mistake will be found which will show '
thst he has la no way been responsible
for the loss.
Farmers around Brownsville are mak
ing many Improvements.
C Dourlaa by 260.' and areril othr
eo.ntfa. siany If not ail of which
arw ortla to go mora or Jew ieavily
for Bryaa. V
Ta all count! thera . It a ral
t vote-taat la ear lift to ttaelf
' 'bc Bryaa la tb orlglaator of
t ,-- R.noTe:t po!!csa. why
nil rin iRa1 of a pfory to
v , .-) to tir.c,'. trr
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low that for the quarter jr ,LL , w -. ''--.TTT - - ? .- i .:; -
June JO the number of i - ' ':' -. -.-jlir iv"-'" -' -r-sr-' .
here wag j - ' '
about 41 I ;f,!-':'- - T,
ECORJtS
lmtnlgrant admitted th
7C.44C. of whom 31,22s. or
par cent, wera detried to New York j -'
City or ftatfc The jrroup of fiveirj-
gtatea 7fw Torg, PenntriTacIa,
Nrw Jeraejr, Vaa(busttf and Con
f!rtltnt recfired 41,(43 of toe
arrlJ. or aboat t per eeaL fyu
t!a rf-Jf'd 7 tr cett, and fcnt few
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