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7THE' OREGON DAIY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING," DECEMB
ER. 80,
1913.
PORT OF PORTLAND'S
DREDGING OPERATIONS
BREAK' ALL RECORDS
Channel Is" 28 Feet Deep in
,' Rivers, and -Safe for All Size
of Water Craft.
THE Port of Portland has done tha
largest amount of dredging Jn its
history during tlte year Just closing.'..
MONTH BY MONTH RECORD OF SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT, FLOUR, BARLEY AND LUMBER TO FOR.
J
Total Vilu.
All Export. 1
Xsntlu, 1918.
January .
February
March . .
April
Mav . . . .
Jun ...
July
August . .
September
October . .
November
Total .
1,767,656
1,482,306
$12,819,594
1 ! Wheat. , ) . " Flour. I ' Barley. ' " Lumber. ' -
I BuabeU. Value. Barrel. Value. Bushel. Value. Feet : Value.
. . , 1 ; , i .
1 1,525,761$ 1,326,057 32,315$ 116,529 354,357 $ 249,420 8,396,000$ 99,629
615,071 538,820 52,375 209,500 104,706 70,362 8,524,000 107,039
. 550,229 476,803 50,258 201,032 102,541 62,969 12,677,000 153,800
2,075 8,000 7,136,000 . 93,902
' . 277,831 248,279 127,472 508,844 30,333 18,199 24,818,000 310,944
i . 442,020 . 419,400 27,963 11 1,851 7. . . . -16,441,000 195,917
353,337 322,058 70,300 277,101 342,749 225,143 18,591,000 249,800
127,521 106,915 41,227 164,908 208,532 125,295 19,839,000 258,513
1,245,483 1,034,750 103,996 415,631 123,404 78,012 27,395,000 343,003
1,294,472 ,1,056,376 78,934 311,281 140,350 97,684 21,901,000 290,643
808,591 669,493 74,511 288,747 468,933 312,069 15,474,000 174,080
7,240,316 $6,198,951 661,426$ 2,613,424 1,87S,90S$ 1,239,153 18 1,1 92,000$ 2,277,270
Export of general cargo to all countries for 11 months, $490,796.
With lta three big hydraulic dredges,
tha '"Columbia," "Willamette" and
'Portland" having a combined capacity
Of 80,000 yards of material a day, al- j
tnost continuously at work, the channel
between Portland and the sea at no
Johns and thirdly to maintain an effi
cient pilotaRe service.
The construction of the drydock was
authorized In 1903 and in 1908 the port
was empowered to assume the operation
a tniiasra and nllotaee service be-
polnt la now less than 28 feet, which Is twcen portianrt and the Pacific. When
the port was created it was difficult o
sufficient to accommodate any seagoing
. that enterfc the Columbia.
Approximately 206,00O was spent for
flredglng operations during-1913 and it
is estimated that about the same amount
. will be expended donjng the forthcom
ing year. In addition the dredge "Co
lumbia" will be equipped with a new
ateel hull at a cost of $90,000, including
i the expense of transferring its machin
ery. This will make her equal to the
dredge "Willamette" and give to this
.port the distinction of having the two
larrpKt dredffes of their type In the
United Eta tea.
The port will also be called upon to
Trtioulder another big expense in '1914,
in order that continuous work may pro-
ceed upon the construction of the north
Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia.
Fort Fledges $475,000.
Fearing that the federal appropriation
may be exhausted In the spring, the
Port of Portland has pledged itself to
pay Into the United States treasury the
um of $475,000 to carry on the work
until congress makes another appropria
tion In the fall of 1914.
The Port of Portland was created by
an act of the legislature In 1891, in re
sponse to a general demand of the cltl
tena of Portland. Monies spent by It
are raised by taxation and are used,
ffrsfto maintain a deep channel be
tween Portland and the sea; secondly in
the operation of a dry dock at ft. i
hrine vpshpIs of more than 16 fool arari
to Portland, owing to the existence of
bars and shallows which srealways fn
evidence in rivers where freshets occur
annually. Commerce therefore was em
periled. '"
Harbor Is Bsep, SafS,
But thanks to untiring efforts this
'danger no longer exists. The harbor
is deep and wide, its facilities are
classed among the best, and a clean
avenue for water traffic exists from
wharf to deep water outside tho bar.
With the port ever growing in im
portance, and an-lncrease in both the
number and size of vessels entering the
port, the channel has been deepened,
widened, and straightened. Now ships
drawing 27 feet need experience no dif
ficulty In navigation. And the end is
not yet! Where a 28 foot channel ob
tains at present, one 29 foot in depth
will be dredged next year and another
foot will be added to the depth the
year following. This program is out-1
lined in anticipation of a much deeper
channel across Columbia's bar on the
completion of the noth Jetty, now un
der construction.
The Port of Portland's dredge "Co
lumbla" has aided Uncle Sam consider
ably this year also. Working from
March until July the dredge dug a chan
Bel li feet deep, 300 feet wide and ap
proximately 7000 feet long in Baker's
Bay, at the mouth of the Columbia. This
was done to enable the big rock scows
to land their loads at the north Jetty
docks for Jetty construction. The "Co
lumbia" returned to the work only a
weak or so ago for the purpose of com
pleting the channel. The government is
paying the bill in this regard.
Uncle Bam Directs Work.
The river improvement work of the
Port of Portland Is done under the di
rection of the war department.
The local commissioners of the Port
and the United States engineers co
operate In deciding the amount, manner,
and location of work.
In a general way the improvement
work and maintenance of the channel
between Portland and Eureka, about 65 '
miles below Portland,' has been done by
and at the expense of the Port of Port
land. The remainder of the channel
work and the construction of the Jetties
has been and is under the sole direction
of the federal government. The towage
and pilotage, service now maintained by
the port Is highly efficient and service
rates are much lower than any other
port on the Pacific coast. The port em
ploys five bar pilots. Three sea going
tugs and one stern wheeler river tug
boat are In continuous operation.
The dry dock at 8t. Johns likewise
offers opportunities for dry docking
boats at a rate much cheaper than ob
tains anywhere else on the coast
The port maintains a machine shop
on the dock premises and In addition to
IF
PORT'S COASTWISE TRADE
SHOWS INCREASE FOR YEAR
PORTLAND shipped during the first
r 11 months of the year a total of
13,350,489 more of wheat, flour, bar
ley and lumber to domestic ports than
were set afloat for the same period last
year. .
f Steamers and sailing vessels plying
-, between Portland and other domestic
pons aunng me lemonins oi ivn since
January 1 took out cargoes, of these
principal commodities to the value of
$10,318,659, tha greater part going to
California ports. For the same period
' In 1912 there were shipped lumber,
wheat, flour and barley-to the value of
$6,968,170.
These shipments are exclusive of the
various other commodities classed as
. general frelgh.t of which there are
large quantities shipped from' this port
;very' year to California, New York,
Charleston, Philadelphia and Boston,
and which amount to many hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
In all of the principal shipments this
year the totals were greater than last
year, as will behown by the following
figures, taken from ths records of ship
ments at the Merchants' Exchange.
iney are as follows:
Domestic shipments for 11 months
from January 1, 1913 Lumber, 210.484
984 feet, value 12,420,590; wheat, 6,612,
166 buhels, worth $5,787,283; flour, 385,-
598 barrels, valued at $1,601,640, and
barley, 838,282 bushels, valued at $509,
146. Shipments for the 11 months begin
ning January 1, 1912, were: Lumber,
157.448,257 feet, value $1,656,716; wheat.
4.269,681 bushels, value $3,730,196; f lour, i
340,633 Darreis, worth $1,437,657, and
barley 222,696 bushels, valued at
$143,601.
ROBERT WAKEFIELD
CONTRACTOR
Bridges and Steel Structures, Piers
Docks, Dams and Heavy Foundations
330 Worcester Building.
Portland, Oregon.
ft
affording facilities for repairing vessels
is also used by the port for attending to
Irts own equipment.
Port's Property Worth Bullion.
The total cost of the equipment of
the port, including its dredgers, ' the
dredge tenders "Wenonah" and "John
McCraken," the launch "Astoria," the
seagoing tugs "Wallula," "Oneonta,"
the pilot schooner "Joseph Pulitxer,' and
the stern wheeler "Oklahama," is $819,
066.48. The dry dock, which is valued
at $377,342.41, and the launch "Marie"
valued at $3325.58, brings the total in
vestment to $1,199,724.47.
The bonded Indebtedness of the port
is $760,000, against which there is an
accumulated sinking fund of something
over $205,000.
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Several years ago it wa determined to construct a number
of electric generating plants for the sole purpose of providing
Reliable Electric Service
With this end in view, the Portland Railway, Lights & Power
Company has finally completed and put in operation ten of these
huge plants.
They are located in Portland (2), Salern, Boring, St. Johns,
Estacada, Cazadero, Oregon City, Bull Run and Silverton. All
are intercommunicative, and thus are able to carry the load of a
sick plant, whatever unforeseen condition may have arisen.
This provision for good service required a very heavy outlay
of capital, but it has done much to give Portland its present repu
tation for being the BEST LIGHTED CITY on the Coast.
Experience has taught that where all is dependent upon the
production of a single plant, accidents will occur and the serviced
meet with interruptions.
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
Phone: Manhall 5100, Home-A 6131 v Broadway and Alder Streets