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THE 01ir.COM SUNDAY - JOURNAL.-' TORTl AND. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL t!. lilt t PUBLIC DOCK PLAN II ENSUE OUJIIK REP! Engineers Urge Utilization of Most of the Waterfront Recreation Pier at Foot of Stark Street t i.iiU)i.i tiatri IV.U t CVrttt4 a to Tsp lU.Ur Af hKtpt4 1wwb4 mm hath tJM 4 e4 ! 4 IUir Ifr fbre. l rrthr fWwa fU - . . Ui I ttatvWi I lrf Jrfl41 lr far ClI. PSCOMPREH Immediate Development of the Harbor Urrjed; Portland Oc cuples. Great Natural Vant age Point,., . K I 1n 10 yeere Portland i "J rlty Kau Francl r. The report loirrt author.. Charlta W. I Tbe Vor4 f atlltg Mr I tU rWw remmieek U ff (Hal m4 a-it at a teiaatd im pablie sentiment tji fArilnlag tfu. U ctruriolea bt in. ael bJ4 a-sel si4 f the WlllaaMtl, - II rutni4 ttjhls tfucluk I eUe fiiivnta, m ita btlna) ai4 i ! Uil.raia ef kMli , ibe eet -t set i4aa at h rtvar. The tare 4i k develop! further do it Ibe riv et la eiperted la erve ail iaierveta la. partially. ala la v wara eomtiiial for iiMp a ebippUig While l ha fir. U 4 k la tfrteUd on iba Vaal nul lha r.cr.ailoa am molar boat .ir la reremmeiided la be ullt on Iba Waal i4. The MX1 af lb Uar4 of New York eagle to iba ?ublle dork iffimlaioa Mia4 public or lha flrei usie ivday daale aoi steae lib dork loralioa and Op a Iru'tlen It pror-he,.e lha greet ef Portland futuro II al.oa iba population l-ot t!,nl ahauld have In !:. Ill and IMt. Indtratre lha probebl. !" of manufacturing, and lha re ulla that mar ertalnlr be aprt4 frwm lha 4velupraeal of ta. mile tributary irrrllorr. Ahead af Seattle. II -lntlflrally romparee Portleod A4 Kaallle lo lha dleedreiitagf a of Me- 1(1 II ahowa that Portland la now rowing tha asm rale and with lha aarr.a promts as New Tor and Oil- o In former )eere II predicts litat n 10 yeere Portland will ba aa ret tea. to pagra. lit ttlainford. K. I" Ooodrlrh and William J. llarnry. all notad Naw York harbor anilnrrr. davrlop lha phlloaophy of aalrr ter minal uon.tr union Recognition la glvrn to the value of preliminary data aacured hjr Oeorga U. Ilrgardt. ronault- tng anglnrer of the dork commlaalon. They ahow that other cltlaa have made themaetvea great eaporta In .pile of dlaadvantagea auch aa ivirlland will never know, and II aaka. In effect: la PortUnd willing to follow tha plan and apend tha money nereaaary to a ecu re tha certain Pacific coaat com mercial aupremacy aaaured by natural advantage If complemented by munic ipal enterprlee la building and aggrea alvenaaa In trade eiteneion?" Though data, la lacking and congreaa atlll debatea the queatton of tolla there la yet enough knowledge to Indicate that tha Panama canal wilt ahlft trade ruatoma and routea and bring to tha Pacific coaat an Inrreaaa In ahlpplng. a lair ana re or which. Portland la war ranted and urged, In tha report. In mk inr a atranuoua effort to obtain. A paragraph In tha tummtry of the re port Indlcatea tha aoopa of the harbor board'a recommendaUona. Waterfront Xmproremaata. r"""Tlie waterfront Improvrmenta pro poaed, both for Immediate and future oonatructlon. have been fairly divided between Kaat Portland and YVeet Port land and a common trana-ahlpplng ter minal haa been located In the lower harbor, ample to meet tha needa of Greater Portland for many yeara to come. Tha plera and docka, their un loading tracka and warehouaea, have all been united by a public bolt line rail road to form one correlated and well organlied terminal port, with berthing Develop Your Bust In 15 Days A Full r rirm oust IS Worth More to a Woman Than Beauty don't care ow thin y o u a r e. how old you are. how fallen and flaccid are tha 1 1 n e a of your fig ure or how flat your cheat fa, I oin'flvt you a run. ,1 i I I J V. ; TTz8&&im 11 VfnlfWsr-! nnn n rn fer-ztt II 0 0 0 0 0 f) 0 fTjTwf.U, U, U I V-R ; S Pta. Um&Zy7'- II nnnn n , 0UMrr, r-i II I!' 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They say there is nothing new under the sun, but I have perfected a treat ment that I want to share with my sifters. What it did for me It oaa and will do for yon, and I now offer it to you. Others offer to build up your flgrura on "count of tb4. Very location mVnts and devices. I bar dona away which render it auaccptiblo for large with all theae iajnrioua methods and harbor, growth) provided' advantage ; la have given a legion jjt women a luxu- taken Of existing possibilities i of ln- "i h.rVrrTrV.rYh--ir creaslngr harbor facllltie.. IV ha No massagiji. nothing to take, nothing proper and aufficlerf room compared to wear. . with many of tha other very congested X was skinny, scrawny, flat and but most Important cities and harbors attractive to mm. how X aim of tha world, aa evidenced by the fact i?T Z'X?:?: that it haa already developed a river facilities of some 32.000 linear feet. over six miles, of docks and piers. Thu sufficient public docks are produced so that Fortland need not fear that her commercial growth will ba retarded through the selfish ejcpeulsion of now hipping by present or future Interests yet plans are Indicated whereby the present Inflammable and incfficlen docks and qUBys on private property may be reconstructed at low cost; an thus the cast and west banks the Willamette within the city limits will be lined with Imposing, efficient and fireproof public and private struc turea for the proper handling of the enormous commerce toat must ineviia bly. though the city of Portland, flow in and out of the Columbia and win amette valleys." XiOgloal Construction. "A port should be developed," read the introductory paragraph of the re port, "not as an aggregation of in ill vidual piers or wharves. Indiscrimin ately constructed to serve various kinds of shipping. ut rather a port should be developed as a terminal, each pier or wharf should have some logi cal relation to those already con adjacent,, and-should be but a definite iter forward In a well defined plan "In a port partially developed, espec ially, by private Interests, It is exceed' Ingly difficult to follow this principle. The expense la Often seemingly prohl blttva and leads to makeshift policies on the part of public harbor commis sions. In the long run, the larger ex penditure for these improvements under A logical, plan ia the more, economic. . The report recounts that nearly , all nf the great -potts tot the world -were originally narrow, tortuous, rivera de veloped and dredged at enormous ex pense, and adds that Portland has the these cities; rrmt approach ia considered an advantage because of the fresh water harbor and the closeireommnnication be tween sea shipping and. hinter or tri butary country. "The inland location of Portland Is no detriment -to ita development as a great maritime trans-shipping' center. Portland's Advantage. "It has, on the other hand, advant-j 1 Showing desired relation between dock and warehouse; transfer equipment. 2 Proposed motor boat landing foot of Washington or Stark street, 3 Endless freight carrier for publicdock; moving platform. 4 Cross section of typical pier recommended, for Portland, v 5 Overhead "Telpher'or monorail carrying system. 6 Portable self operating crane fqr dock use. 7 Auto dock truck of great powervland small Initial and operating cost, 8 Proposed recreation pier and boat landing foot of Stark or Washington street. eaa do what X did for mysalX l tar von. .. 1 don'tcar whaLyonr. i ask only tnai r,ni mn In Villi. develop your bust in 'two weeks. All I shall be held In abaolute confidence and secrecy. Write me today. Write to me Today for my Treatment It will osly ooat yoa penny for ! frontage over five . miles lo lenata which la now used by Teasels ranging irhatjronr. g jnay beXlf rom tha small river boats 4ip to quite y.t i l?!J3i,..i,1,i JrM ocen-golng tramp steamers." and. I will undertake to I Tk. t .,. .hn, VH wawaa. vaauvejawa VVJll" penaata the government's greai work on the channel t theyaea by providing better docks and harbor faculties at Uia Portland end than are represented by the rotten flretraps designated a docks, la a further obsarvaUaa of tha report. ' ' v .. . " .-. ' -. -5 Portland, In, the view ot the harbor a postcard, end X will mail yoa this wonderful Inform tiom ta a plala oovax se tliat mo oaa will ksaw your P01. . . . . ... I la Hii "funil a M Ik. Don ! let isib priaa ana a siuy i wTr ? ii lis noi,i vhci iijaF- w y , leaa 9tsjtf mil Mttarul grades of tha-rallroads are down The- valleys of tha- WilUmetta and Cotumbia. - ... "It U true that 4st-present freight rates In many cases are artificially the jt avMsa-of shame keep you from enjoying to the tw ATie Miint -yva vriw. h to be a perfect specimen- ef womanhood. Let mi nelp you. Kour communication hall be In absolute confidence and aa- creacy. Write me today. ELOSIE RAE 139S ICiclUria Aveane. STnita ITt . , . c&icago, m. iiim from different point and its great rival- Beattla. However, when this vast roads are taxed to meet the demands of the shippers and are thus Independent, there will bean Inevitable tendency to direct all freight by the most natural and econGraJc route, namely, down grade to the barbor of Portland." mtnre Is Assured. The great sums spent In improving European harbors are .not possible to Portland at present, "but after the in spectton of Portland itself and a Burvey or tne otner ports or the Pacific coast. your board is sufficiently sure of-Port. lamra ruture to recommend not only such public docks and wharves as will serve to loosen Immediately the present bonds of private control, but also when carried to their final conclusion will place Portland in a position to demand the fullest share of the large Atlantic hipping via the canal and much of the trans-Pacific freight heretofore as sembled at Ran Francisco and Seattle.'1 A elentlfic study of the lawa ot population inoreasa. ,- comparison with other cities 'and a noting of the rate of -Increase in Portland produces from the harbor board the following con clusion: -;'Tlie average rate of growth has been greater than that of any of the eastern cities shown. .However; 'the irate of growth of Portland and most . f the wes'teni qJtles" is not much greater than was that pt "few York during the periotj from" 1820 to I860; or Newark, rf. jr., for example, from 1130 to 1J60, and Is. even less- than that of Jersey City; N. J., between 1850 and 1870, The growth haa been consistent In llsiratajwj.th.in, narrowr--JiiaU--;ihaa, almost any other, city. "It is quite possible that the growth of the population of Portland may re eel re auch an impetus from the construc tion f port facilities and tha deepening or ine rivers leading to the city, as in a measure to reproduce the conditions already noted with regard to New York Uty during the decades-immediately succeeding the opening of the Erie, ca nal. 1 i . . . - .- , jr.r, Coaditioaa ravorable. - "If present ' conditions continue v in ny grt.t art'wic regard' t& thr pop ulation of Portland and an TTane.ac.1 it la evident that within 20 years Port land win nave., aa -large a, population as Sait .Francisco; . t . . -,!'-,....; Because the hinter land of Portland la Hecommendatlons made by Harbor Board: Immediate steps to loosen bonds of private water front control. Public docks east and west sides of Willamette river in business sec tion. Largo dock development In lower harbor; total proposed dock devel opment 32.000 linear feet or six miles of docks and piers. Warship launch, ' motor boat landing and recreation pier foot of Stark nd Washington streets. , , Coal pier below the bridges. '. Relocation of Alblna ferry landing from foot of Alblna avenue to Ran dolph on the east side; from foot of Seventeenth street to Fourteenth on the west side. . Flreboat dock and dormitory foot of Alblna avenue. The harbor board does not outline a dock development for Columbia sloughs or Peninsula district at this timet. It favora the ultimate construction of a belt line railroad under public control. Plan la made for the ultimate utilization of the greater portion of the harbor front for public purposes. Relation between docks and warehouses, rail and water transportation connection, . loading from ships to river steamer is defined. Various types of dock construction are outlined. Pacific coast : city the harbor board draws the conclusion with a large num ber of statistical tables and maps that Portland will excel the other cities as a port, distributing center and manu facturing city. , Portland, it Is observed, is as much a clearing house for tributary territory in the distribution of all commodities aa tha association ' of financial. Institu tions bearing that name.. In addition, the city, protected from atorms and with the deepening of the channel to 30 feet under the efficient cooperation of the government and the Port of Portland, wrrThavCnnexceTredTcimTes forTraas portation connection with tributary ter ritory and the world's markets. ;. "In the same manner In which a port is a general clearing house for a large territory, so the special transshipping. centers within the port are smaller clearing houses with a limited capacity depending- upon design -- and Jocatioa. Such 'A local clearing house may -ba ot any sis from a local distribution, ata tlbn to en - like tha Bush terminal which,: involves steamship piers, ware houses, - trunk line railroad terminals, local freight railroad terminals, ' fac tories, shipping room a for receipt of local freight manufactured In the vicin ity, store houses for local merchandise, terminals for local -harbor boat (river and ahal. etc . Oonaenuentlv the territory , is developed that. thA . rallv graater Aa thAt trtlMUary a. AaAothar alga cf such 'nail wlthlA tha main port should take account of many things, ob viously the approach from the sea must be secure and facilities afford to local water conveyancea auch as river craft ana canal boats. Transportation raoUltlea. "Trunk line railroads and local freight troueys must De given adequate local terminals; arid the plant must.be con nected to the street system with proper pavements so as to afford. ample facili ties for use- of motor and horse trucks from the docks to local manufacturers. to the local wholesale diatrlct, and that devoted to .produce, and th various see- da! trades, such as manufacturing, dry goods, groceries and so forth, if such exist." The reDOrt doea not noommMM h development of A special center for tha Clearing of grain or fish, or other arti cles dependent npon , the - season for folum. Rivalry between Portland and Seattle has forced the growth of both, the re port affirms. This Is belpfur until the hoem collapse, which it "will, -unless substantially supported by producing territory. In, the end the overcoming city will be center and clearing house for - all the ethers- With waiter grade transportation. . with ' 1241 navlkabie mV a tfte Columbia and .171 on the, Willamette, with 2t.W wqvmita nvtteaV of tributary territory f which the 4a-1 velopment h acarcaJjf) commenced Port-1 land has the advantage ef Seattle, the report states, with its limited terrl tory and mountain grade transportation which cannot compense for its fine na tural harbor. mall Conneetion. 'The great importance of developing these Inland water ways to their maxi mum use cannot be too strongly em phasized, declares the report. In the same paragraph showing how foreign cities place value on water transporta tion ny investments of huge sums In de velopment and than handle most of their ireigni oy water. "Portland has connections with four transcontinental railroads giving an al most ideal rail connection east at a point where ocean And inland traffic may be most economically interchanged so that the apparent anoraoly of un successfully creating a good and suffi cient harbor rapidly disappears. "Finally, Portland Is the first And only point which is reached by this com blnatlon of water and rail from -sn In terior, blessed as few other locations ia the world, by a hinterland with an agri culture now amazing although yet abso lutely In ita infancy, and, still further backed by a territory with the most aend.rful growth ef Umber la tha world At tha gsteaay ef Ibis sftgallVei eonfluanre of natural glfta ll baa gran until lie building operailowA la lha year 111 ranked third la the tailed Statee, nd i lha river tlem which roo- arlrd Pt.rtl.n4 with It hinterland ha ardly haoa drawn upoa aif.pt A errt.r. although it will some day afferd, - . , 'ww w n , ii i, i in i v. tap va , one third ef the total water paw.r af he rnlted St. laa. drawing from a lata I ralnase erae ef 1 , equate fallea.,, riaoAj WU1 D.aeaaae. riooda win be decreased by prea-- pertlTa dredging and Irrigation. .11 promlea4. and alao: If Portlan4 Is only nominally eaer tie and progresetve, aha may be able hold bar position at tha eeater ef he great Wiiamsaetie aad Calumbta vaj- , aye with tbalr proaeactlve millions of Inhabitants and billions ef reeourcee. It rannot behoove her, however, ta rest content with her present momeatvwt. de pending entirely upon aataral aoadltienai' because other cities eaa provide faeiu-i Ilea which are superior t the, new) found in Portland." -' Portland at a eonaarvallve eattmate III have bOe.OOi population la 1128; I,- , In III and I. . In ll.t, the report predict. ? On coat estimate of BlOf par lineal foot tha following InrraAae In equip- ent to keep pace with the populatloa recommended: ear. Water Frontage. Total Ceat-t It .?, feet I 4..' 14 III. feet 81. lit ll.i feet lXl,J,i Private owaeraMp has Injured the port, resulted la confusion and made In tanslve impossible. th hArber hoard, lAtea, therefore: . '' "It should be the duty of th pub lic dock commission slmllArly to Arrange Ita own beginnings In tha already built ' up section, to build In auch sections tructure that may admit of some en largements for tha same kind ef trade. to endeavor to create a publlo sentiment whereby ethers may Improve their prop erties on the aame lines. Host AVAllAsl XiSOAttOSA, The location for Any extensive muni cipal development should be at that point where the best railroad connec-; tlona are available, and where tha best further connections may ba effected In' the future between the two railroad In-j terests which are now divided by the Willamette river." The locating of the boat landing docks. at the foot of Stark or Washington streets Is based upon aa opinion of the city attorney that such action im legaff Th description of locations, In thd portion made pablle Is made to exelud specifically recommended locations for. dorks and to Include the general rec The docka on the Columbia lugh ar not recommended now because: - "These latter docks would hart little or no relation to the Portland of the present of tho immediate future. Neither would they be expected to handle any freight more quickly or Aeon. omicAlly than the dock system proposed , , for the lower harbor. Further bond, issue to follow the ex, pending of th first 2,&00,000 with firs. a Urge then a small Issue, alternating, until the entire cost ba been met over a long period, ,..-' XCanlfllpat Control. Its final eonclimlon." reads the on1f! ment, "is a plan for practical and posi ¬ tive railroad service unaer municipal enntrni. aervinc not .only -the public docks, but Alo Affording.. relief front, the present unprogressive rauruaa von- ., trel of waterfront and of Interchange of, freight between the east And west side." The nearlng completion or mm ran ma canal is urged a a cause for securing publlo, docks and an. Aggressive harbor policy Immediately. . . The report conclude with recommen dations as to dock construction, showing i how double decks will meet flood dan- , ger; auto trucks and monorail overhead . "telpher" earrler. movabla erne. belt , line connection, endiees carrier, war-' house nroximlty. end eorrlAtlve r rangement of various kinds of , julp ment for handling freight., -- WIJL.KIES130RQ Both in heart of famous Tualatin- valley " country. Reached from Portland over t United iUilwajrs. Fast electric train with .frequent . service.- .-" -i. :. .ii vr" -x--4"" W. i '- Excellent three, five and ten-acre tract, -suitable for FRUIT, BERRY. DAIRY and POULTRY PARMS.V Jotrn lotg and acreage on easy term. .. ; -. . ...... : . ... . - - Many opportohitie for tmall industries. ; ' ' " -112 2Cr DISCOUNT TQ ACTUAL SETTLERS "AT'-WILKESEOKO -h -:i' -;--- For bforrnatfotC H or write RUTH -TRUST-COr.4P I 2 Sttifc SC. r2c?T-i Ore . t I
