( 1 L THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY. EVENING, - JANUARY 91914. 13 bsSarIines Los Ankelaris 'Hauled at 3,27 Cents Apiece Last Year, , Says Report, : Los Angeles. Jan. !. Ultimate mu nicipal ownership of streetcar lines In . Los Angeles Is advocated In a report on the .physical valuation of the Los Angeles railway properties made to the city council by the board of putiic utll Hies here. The physical valuation of the properties is placed at $19,800,000 The report of the board was made after an Investigation of more than a year by a committee of expert engi neers. It further declares that the railroad company resorted to "danger ous practices" during the last year by paying a dividend of (800,000 that "was not warranted by the earnings." "The city and the company should Lt together on the basis or protect ing he rights of both parties." the re toort reads. A contract. It urges, should be entered Into giving the city the right o purchase the various rail way lines at reasonable intervals at a fair price, which Is not to Include the franchise values. The coat of hauling- each passenger during the last year, the report sal was 3.27 cents.- CONTRACT SIGNED . FOR BUILDING OF INTERSTATE SPAN (Continued Prom Page One.) $600,000 bridge bonds authorised. Com missioner Rawson said It is permit ted the commissioners to sell the bonds f o'r the ' best price obtainable without even advertising for bids. The Multnomah county commission era, said Chairman Holman, will act immediately In securing, first an opinion on the legality of the $1,250, 000 bridge bonds voted in this county, then advertising for bids. District At torney Evans announced that he would not permit any delay in work assigned to him in this connection. EarrlBgtoa Makes Statement. John Lyle Harrington of W'uddell & Harrington made a statement outlin ing several things Immediately pur loosed. . He will apply to the federal govern ment for permission to build the bridge across the Columbia river. Field par- Hm will set to work at oirra.rhle and topographical surveys $nd prelim inary borings in the river bed. Men in the firm's offices at Kansas City will proceed with plans and specifications for the bridge. Should everything go forward - ac cording-to intention, bonds will have been sold, surveys and plans will have been' made and bids may be asked for the construction of the bridge at the nd of 100 days, and the 60 days, ad ditionally allowed, would be required for advertising and getting work started. This should bring the be ' .ginning of actual construction of the 'bridge about the first of next June, and it should be completed within 16 months thereafter, or about September of l$19fA.M'M- .' . KMtlBff WU XBtrsStla. ,!" : The meeting at Vancouver yesterday. at which the turbulent discussion at tendant on the selection of the engi neers for the bridge was ended,! had great interest for the 150 Portland and Vancouver people who had gathered In the courthouse. Seated about the table were Bridge Commissioners Hart, Lightner, Lind say, Rawson, Secrist, Governor West and Chairman Holman. Major Henry L Bowlby. Oregon state highway en gineer. District Attorney Walter j Ev ans of Multnomah, County Attorney L. M. Burnett of Clarke and Becretary W. N. Marshall of the commission. were present. In the audience was M. R. Reed of Hedrick & Cochrane, Kan sas City, a firm that had telegraphed willingness to accept a flat fee of $66, 000 for the work. John Lyle Harrington announced his readiness to accept a flat fee of $65, 000 for the engineering of the bridge, provided that if the lift type of draw span is used he be paid $15,000 for the use of the Wadd'!l & Harrington pat ents. He also asked that the commis sion pay the premium on the bond re quired for the satisfactory operation of the bridge. , Engines! Pays for Bond. On Governor Wears question he said the bond premium would be about $12j a year, and theh 4n further c.scussion stated willingness to pay It himself. Mr. Harrington said he thought ha new proposal not different in effect from the original which would have netted him about $80,000 on a 6 per cent basis. Answering Chairman Hoi man's question S he said his firm had patents covering and could build either bascule or lift draw spans -and, as no patents cover the swing type of draw span, . there would be no charge : for royalties on patents if a swing draw should e qroe.ed. Mr. Harrington's estimate is that a bridge with a lift draw will cost $100,000 less than a bascule and $83, 000 less than a swinjj draw. : "They will pay me the $15,000," he predicted after the meeting. Should the com mission decide it wants another type of draw span than tnose patented by Waddell & Harrlngton. lt will pay for their use. ! Communications Bead.; The secretary said be had a number of communications. Holman asked If they should be read. Governor West insisted that all propositions and com munications be heard, and they were. Phillip E. Raque of New York applied for the engineering of the bridge. W. W. Lucius offered to do the engineer ing for a flat fee of $50,000, including royalties on draw span patents. The Taxpayers' Survey league ear nestly recommended the firm, of Lu cius & Lucius, saying report had gone out that Albert LucIub; senior, member, was either 78 or 87 years old.i but in vestigation had shown him In full strength and 67 years old. Ben Brick, J. LeRoy Smith and Mrs. Reynolds were present to support the recom mendation. Governor West moved that the propositions and communications be filed and Lightner seconded the mo tion, j Governor Moves Acceptance. Governor West then asked Harring ton if he would accept a flat $65,000 fee with reference to use of the draw span patents. Harrington answered that he didn't think he should accept such a proposition and that he would not, and on the governor's further re quest said he would eliminate the pre mium on the bond as an expense to the commission. Ths governor then moved that -Harrington's counter proposition be accepted and Rawson seconded rt. There was a" little discussion to clear the- terms of , the agreement and Hol man; ordered the roll called for the vote. At this moment James . P. Bta- pleton, Vancouver attorney, asked to be heard. . He was one of the promot ers of the bridge, and said in this In stance he represented Hedrick A Coch rane and that this firm should get the lob because . It had offered a better proposition. He added that Harring ton's willingness to accept a new proposition was a come-down unethical in the profession. . "It is morally unfair," he asserted. His attention was then called to the fact that Hedrick & Cochrane's first proposal asked a fee of $87,000, which had been brought down to $65,000, and Commissioner Rawson asked if one was more unfair than the other. Light ner Interjected that Hedrick had de Sired to take $3&0.OOO of the money voted for the Oregon - approach and spend it on the main span. Stapleton did not attempt to say much more. George Rae, who worked against the voting of the bonds for the bridge and who was one of the applicants for the engineering of the bridge, then said that he was speaking for Ralph Mod Jeski. and that Modjeski should have the work. Rae said afterward that Modjeski had not asked Mm to speak in his (Modjeskl's) behalf, but that he thought it was only" common justice to do so. . Arguments la Xrucius' Behalf. J. LeRoy Smith submitted argument in favor of W. W. Lucius. Governor West interrupted him. and addressed the audience: "I want to say that I don't know the people of Clarke county very well, but I expect to know them better. I notice there are pets around the country who have stuff to sell who want to dictate approaches, and have no other reasons for their activities. I intend that ror every dollar spent there shall be a full dollar's worth of bridge, or no bridge at alL ' "I am.oing to Insist on a thorough accounting system mat will shew where every 6 cent pjsce goes, who gets It and how much of the money is being spent in Washington and In Ore gon. I'll be frank to say that Hed rick & Cochrane had my first vote, but I made up my . mind that the first reputable engineer to have three votes of the commission I would support. wnethef Modjeski or Waddell . Har rington. , '..-s,i....'f'; 5 1 don't think it is nearly so import ant to save at few dollars in an engi neering fee as- to keep- from getting bumped In a bridge. Ws want integ rity and not aslninlty. I notice about all I get credit for is common honesty and a little horse sense e, good many contest my having that; but I want to say that no grafter Is going to get bis oar In on this deal." The governor was loudly applauded. West Cross Questions. Smith proceeded to say that an offer of $50,000 bad been secured from Lu cius, and Lucius, from the audience, said that on a $50,000 fee he could meet all costs to him and make a profit of $20,000 In two years. The governor cross questioned him. "How much would your plans cost 7" . "Between $7000 and $8000." ' "How much would your survey costr "Between $70Q0 and $8000." "What would be your office ex pense V Lucius did not answer directly. On further questioning he explained that his original proposal wis for a fes of $62,760 and irthat he had dropped to $60,000- Th governor questioned him very closely as to the way ha would handle the job. Ben Brick interrupted by saying that Lucius was a young man willing: to work for a modest fee In order to get the reputation of building a great bridge. . The gov ernor retorted that tbe commission wasn't building reputations but bridges, and the crowd laughed. Lucius called the governor's atten tion to the fact that be, among all engineers submitting proposals had filed complete plans, and that there need be no guess work. Tbe vote was then taken. Hart," voting negatively and later explaining his vote by say ing that he thought the fee too high and Lighter. Lindsay. Rawson, 8s crlst, Wes: and Holman voting af firmatively. The crowd applauded be cause the people were pleased that the controversy was ended. ' Canada exported 20,141,000 pound of cheese during October. RAILROAD CLEARING - .v LINE TO TILLAMOOK Division Superintendent M. J. Fields, of the Southern Pacific, has large forces of men at work on the P. R. A N. line out of Hlllsboro, which has been out of business for several days because of land slides and washouts. He expected to have the track cleared today as far as Timber and thence will work ag rapidly as possible en ths debris which clogs the track farther toward Tillamook. The worst slide is reported to be near Mayo, near a long tunnel that pierces the Coast range. Shin Bone Replaces Spine. Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 1. A sec tion of his shin bone was substituted yesterday for the tubercular portion of the spine of George Meier, aged S. and the surgeons believed ths opera tion was successful. Ten Per Cent Shouldn't Marry. . Battle Creek. Mich-, Jan. 8uper- WASTED ILiHIFE One Fifth of Your Life's Earnings Is Wasted in Paying Excessive Prof it Tomorrow's Prices at the Market are lUUFE AER lntendent H. H. Laughlln of the I eu genics record office at Cold Harbor. N. 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