, Ths Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
Goveraot .-.
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Supfc of Public Instruction
enators
Oougnwtfnnn ; .
State Printer
..S. Pennoyer
G.W. McBride
...Phillip Metechan
.'...,E. B. McElroy
J.N. Dolph
" f J, H. Mitchell
..B. Hermann
...Frank Bater
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge ..C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff 1). L. Cates
Clerk .-. ; J.' B. Crossen
Treasurer Geo. Ruch
Commissioner.. USd
Assessor . . .John E. Barnett
Surveyor . . E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shellev
Coroner William Miehell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
THE PA VI. MOHR ROAD ADOPTED. )
The Portland
Chamber of Oomn,
met last Monday night and listened to.
an elaborate report and made long
speeches and listened to others and then
"resolved" by a vote of twenty to seven
to adopt the Paul Mohr proposition for
the dalles of the Columbia. This plan
contemplates a road on the Washington
side commencing at or near Columbus
and having its western terminus oppo
site Crates Point. The Norton line was
left severely out in the cold. Engineer
Bogue estimated that it would cost not
less than $641,000, which is a wide di
vergence from the estimate of Lieutenant
Norton. Another proposed- line which
would parallel the present U. P. line
shared a similar fate. It is estimated to
cost $400,000. This is the line proposed
in the Raley bill which it was eaid
wDuld cost a million. Still another line
was talked of, the cheapest of the lot,
commencing at a point opposite Celilo,
on the Washington side, and ending be
low Three Mile rapids. The cost of this
line is estimated at $347,000. The line
adopted by the Chamber of Commerce is
estimated to cost $640,000. The citizens
of Portland and others are asked to take
$300,000 of the first mortgage six per
cent, forty-year bonds of-this Paul Mohr
company. These bonds are to cover all
ine property of the company and the
company binds itself to have the road
completed within eight months from the
time when it shall be notified that the
full subscription has been made up.
Jhe conditions on both sides are sub
stantially the same as those already pro
posed by this company and need not be
repeated here. The road will undoubt
edly be built sometime ,by somebody but
we shall be agreeably surprised if it is
ever built by any effort of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce. If it could be
built with wind that body would un
doubtedly let the contract forthwith.
TRttit takes money to build railroads,
;ad if their generosity toward The
Dalles, Portland and Astoria Navigation
-company is any criterion by which to
idge their future conduct it will be a
long timo before that $300,000 will ma
terialize into the pocket of Paul Mohr.
While the politicians are fighting like
Kilkenny cats hnd lying like 'dhunder
, -3ind Wifzen about tariff and tin plate
the government pursues the even' tenor j
oi us way opening up new markets for
American products and making recip
rocal treaties that are full of promise of
good times. , Uncle Jerry Rusk , has in
duced the German government to re
scind the order prohibiting the importa
tion of American hog .meats, and after
January 1st German beet sugar will be
admitte free to the United States. The
former measure will open ' up a' great
market to American producers and the
latter, it is hoped, w ill give the sugar
monopoly a" death blow,
from which it !
will never recover.
Mr. Edison announces . the invention
of an -improvement, in electric railways
that will do away' with the cable car and
the trolley. He savs the- car willcatch,
its power directly from the rails and will
pick up tire current through two and
one-haif inches of mud, be entirely- free
from danger, cost only a third of a cable
; car road and perform, every function
cheaper' and ' better. Besides this, Mr.
Edison announces another important in
vention.'" He is building a-largt;..eleet4;ic
locomotive "Tor1 Henry Villard.tobe "op
erated rVetweeu 'Chicago, and Milwaukee,
. which w-ill also' rnn--viihoiit.al.-tj;oiler,
' aiid 'which the ..in renter-, con fidentJ.ybt)T
' lieves will hOpplant steann ': ; ;: . , . ..-
Owing to- reciprocity
' with Uuba on the nrst of Januarv next
the duty on flour will be ..so reduced on
shipments to that island that instead of
costing as it . does at present, 1 1.70 a
barrel delivered in Havana, t will cost
but $fi.50. This reduction is expected to
. "produce a demand . for; American iflour i other lands the late report of the- Icom
equal to the amount consumed, which is ( missioner of the general land .office fol-
'-. more than 15,000,000 sacks annually, antl) ,aw8 the trend of publip opinion when it
already thousands of barrels have been suggesU their transfer to the direct pon-
...rv. rcu in iimiujjuuou 01 ine open-
;.ing of thi new market;
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mm ; 4
Tl..."1,l,il.v,l.. ,.t t !
exchanges luid diHCovcr-d that "if there !
had nver heen a unrnan nor a drop of
liquor in the world there never wmild '
h vtf hi-cii any trouble among the men."
found Leavens checking lumber one day
not long ago, and asked Engineer Lovell
who hired him.'' The engineer replied
that he bad, . whereupon, according to
Farley's story he (Farley) said he - was
superintendent of the road, and proposed
to be' and dd not ' want'-'hini (Lovell) to
hire men who were hot needed.' The
result '' was- the discharge : of ' Leavens,
who was afterwards put to work on the
incline, under Bridge "Superintendent
Walsh. Superintendent Farley says
Leavens was discharged from that posi
tion for incompetency. '
A TRIP OVEB THE ROAD.
"While at the Cascades the reporter
made a trip over the portage - from the
foot of the east incline to the foot of the
west incline. ' Governor Pennoyer and
State Treasurer Metschan made a simi
lar inspection and reported that they
thought the work had been well done.
Conversations with responsible men em
ployed on the government works in dif
ferent capacities also corroborate this
idea. Being government employes they
declined to figure in state business, but
said confidentially that mistakes had
been made, not serious ones, and that
in the long run the state will find that
it has obtained its money's worth.
The most serious and costl'v mistake
! appears to be in the location of the east
incline, it
runs over a rockv piece of
shore land where it was extremely diffi
cult to drive piles. At one place piles
could not be driven and a trestle bent
had to be put in and it will, have to be
rip rapped to hold it in place when the
river is high and the current swift. Had
the incline been located a short distance
further south better ground for pile
driving would have been found and there
would have been just as much water and
boat room at the foot of the incline.
The way the incline is located it is pos
sible for floating ice to accumulate be
tween it and the shore and make the
saiety of the incline a matter of eruess
work. Superintendent Farley admitted
that a serious mistake has been made
here and says it is the fault of Engineer
Lovell, who .located the line. He says
the state is out and injured $2000 by the
engineer a misiaKe.
THE LINE FAIRLY WELL BUILT.
- The road appears to be fairly well
built and equipped. It. is seven-eights
pf a mile long, Forty-pound steel rails
are used and the ties . are hewed and
were originally made for a standard
gauge road. They cost the state 22
cents each. The inclines are made of
six pile bents, and are double tracked.
There are eleven stringers in the work,
two under each -rail, one between: the
two tracks and one . on each side.
The bents are sway-braced with 6x8 tim
bers. The bent timbers are 12x12 and
the stringers 7x14. For lumber laid
down at the Cascades the state paid
$9 87i per 1000. which is very cheap.
I ho west side wharf boat, 130x40 feet,
will cost when finished $6000, and the
one at the cast side, 100x30, . $4,000.
When the water goes down 120 feet will
be added to the east incline at a cost of
$200 or $300. The rolling stock consists
ofa262 ton Baldwin locomotive, and
four box and twelve flat cars.
Among the things Superintendent Far
ley intends to add to the state's railway
are these : Wharf-boat at the end, $4,
000 ; car house, $2500 ; crib at west end
incline, $500; furniture and fixtures for
omce, iou; canooeecar tor. jiassengersr
uu; loiai, . ... j :
Superintendent Farley savs he has be
tween $8000 and $10,000 of" the appro
priation left. His estimates of the cost
of the road when he makes the additions
referred to is : . , ...
East incline . . .
Wet Incline
East W harf bout . . . ; .
Weat Wharfboai.'.
Water supply (gravity). . . , .
IXK-omotive
Cars.
Ties .,
RailH, bolts and wuKhcrs. ..
Lumber
Labor and Kularicx
BnlldinKs
. . 9,1X10
.. 7,000
. . 4,000
. . ti,0(K
. .' 1,300
. . ' .1,800
. . 6,000
700
. . 7,000
. . 6,0110
. . 6,450
. . 7o0
Total '. .... 100,000
been placed
On this property $22,000 insurance has
COULD HANDIE BIX HUNDBED TONS A DAY.
Since it was opened on September 28,
the portage has been handling about
ninety tons of freight a day sixty from
Portland and thirty from The Dalles.
With- the new Baldwin locomotive in
service the road can handle 600 tons
daily, so the superintendent say's. . It
arrived last Thursday and is guaranteed
to pull six loaded cars up the , incline.
The little eight-ton engine, loaned to the
state by' the government: did not an an
swer the purpose. As much as it- could
do-was to push an empty boxcar up the
u v "c ' naa 10
I DlllUCUnilrU U1UUU UUTH,' .....--
has an idea
7. ww A.l fcv UUL1H 1111 I V -
uias me portage -win -pay- lor itselt inJ
three yearb. He estimates ithe monthly
receipts at f 1801-and expenses at '. $1000,'
as follows : ... . '. . , - . .' '-- -'-
Superintendent k Salarj-, per month.'
Condnetor'a . " -a , ..
$ 00
. too 00
100 00
6.-1 00
''"5 00
Engineer' " . " . :'., :.'.
Fireman'a . v . " " " ',
OneBrakeman '''', i' ";
One Brnkeraan M -.
Wharf boat Care-tiker and Sailor":
One NlRbt-watoh bauiry, per miMitn.. : .
Wood, per month v ; :'';.
I nan ranee, per month" .V .x.v.iK-i
75 00
70 00
fiaOO
12-T 00
f., 40 00
. 50 00
. ' 30 D0
V icno 00
inciaeniaiB. .. .
Oil for Knplne. Van, Wharf bixita, fampx,
Total..
f.Tlie subject of irrigation is receiving a
share of public attention liiSver given to
itat any previous, peribcl xjf the'-natiovi's
history The. states, west of ' the" Rockv ?
mountains have several :ably - edndu'efed
journals exclusively levoted to matters
ari.angeniei)t:conectea"'tu irngaUvn, and the con-
veuiion -mieiy neio ai-.sait Jake City,
with others in, wntemplation will do
much towards formulating some practi
cal scheme, for 'rendering" fruitful vast
tracts of land in what is" known as- the
arid xesrion. For the reclamation of
trol of thn Mvornl t .'-.. -hiK' 'Ui.W
. . . . -
re situated, subject to such restrictions
ana "iimtatious as would in3nre their re-
c,i,rn,,tion. and tiie transfeV of their title'l
from the the slates, in the first instance,
to actual settlers, in quantities not to
exceed 100 acres to each settler.
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DAlXEg i)R.
Keeps on hand a fnlt line-of V--.
MEN'S AND YQVT'Sv
Ready - Made ! Clothins.
Patits and Suits
MADE:- TO ORDER
- On Reasonable Terms.
Call and pee my Goods before'
. . nurclaaeing elsewhere. ''..'-".
THE;
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
- ... '
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
. , " . Elegant Steamer ;
REGULATOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street
every morning at 7 A. M.
for
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
. ' Fast Steamer
MitliES GITY,
At the Foot of the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, Apply
to Agent, or Purser on Boardv
Ofliafe northeaHt corner of Court and Main street.
. S. I.. BROOKS, Agent.
The Old Germania Saloon.
J0HH D0flV0N, PFopfietor.
The best quality of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee Knicker-;
' bocker and Colombia Beer,
Half and Half and all kinds -of
Temperance Drinks.
ALWAYS . ON HAND.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.- ...
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco,' Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington. : ,
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.- '
TO RENT.
A Union Street Lodging House. For
terms apply to ; . - . ' - '' ' 1
Gko. Williams, "
Administrator of the estate' of John
" '' " ' '"' ' " ' " -Mkkelbang.
' . .. - dtf-2 ;
Hot and-:-. CoId-:-Iiaths.
'VtO SECOND STREET-
' ELOURINd MILL TO "LEASE.
rpUE OLD DALLES MILL
AJSD WATER
Comnanv's Hour Mill will be leased tn .
be lei
sponsiljle parttet). For information apply to the
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
l .- 'V-"-.I ",:- ' Too Dalles. Oreg-on. -
$500 Re-wurd!
We -win pay the above-reward for ai cuseol
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick. Headache, in
digestion, Conatitioii or Coativenevs we cannot
cure with West'a Vegetable Liver Hll, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion.. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing SO
Hlbsvio evnts. Beware of counterfeits and Imi
tations. The genuine' manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, ,CHIGAGO.
iM.INOiy.. '
IILAKKLEV t HOUCHTOK,''-
,' " ' "'; ''- ''-. :-.- -, -f.i., '.- '
l'ricriitlf.u lrug;sriatii, '-
1 7. sm-uiid sit.
f" J. B. BCHSKCX, H. K. BXAI.L
President. Vioe-Preaideat. Caahle
;Wliiil!il--:;flajit
."HE DALLES,
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
Deposits received, subject to Sight .
j. vu-r?.. sr . Draft or Check. . ' ' - ;S
Collections made and proceeds promptly
; remitted on day of- collection. ..
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port- .
' . i y .' : 'land. ' ' .': : r. ... ( ,'
DIRECTORS.
D. P. Thompson. - Jso. S. Schknck.
T. W. Sparks. Gko. A. Likrb.
H. M. Bkall.
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IX , 1
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly.
Remember our nlace on Second ninvt .
TlftTt tn MtrkAvra honk .......
Buliog materials !
Having made arrangements with a
number of Factories, I am pre
pared to" furuish
Doors, Windows, MouWings,
STORE FRONTS
And ail kinclki of .' Special .work. ': Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill prders in the shortest possible' time.
Prices satisfactory.' - ,
It will be to your interest to see me
before purchasing elsewhere. 1
Wm.,Saanders,
. Office over French's Bank..
V. E. GARRETSON,
Jeweler
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SOLE AGIST FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
. 138 Second Si..; The Ialle. Or.
Still on Deek.
PhcBnix Like has Arien
; From the-Ashesr W -; --
JAMES' WHITE,
The Restauranteur Has Opened'tlie ,:':
Baldwin Hestaitrant
OK MAIN STRKKT
Where he will be glad to see, any and . all
of his old patrons.
Open day and Night. First class Jtaeals
7" ir Vi :twenty-nye cents. ?.
The Dalles
Gigaf : Faetopy
FIRST STREET .
FACTORY NO. 105.
fOTf. A DO of the Best Brands
AVJ XjLXVkZ' manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country filled
on the shortest notice.
1 17
A NEW
Undertaking Establishment !
Leaaing
: The reputation of THE DALLES CI
GAE has become firmly established, and
the demand for the home manufactured
article is increasing every day.
A. ULRICH & SON.
JIEEf5 FPU IflljriB DBY GIOOS
COMPLETE IN
Gents' Famishing (ods, Hats, Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
Full Astortnient of the
0ash Bayers mill save money by examining oup. stoek
and prices before purchasing w elsemhere.
.' ' . DEALER IN . . ' '
Hay, Grain, Fes! il Flir.
' " ; HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES.
usnraurorllggsiiUOickens. AD fioods Delivered Fret udPnupUj
XER7VTS STRICTLY CHSH.
Cor. Second & Union Sts.,
Grre
at Bafg-aiiis !
I
i Ori accoijLrit of-Rfemoval I will sell my
ertire -stpekrof Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps, -Trunks and Valises, Sh'elv
ings, Counters, Desk, Safe, Fixtures;
ai;.a; ureat; Bargain. . Come and
my offer. '
GREAT REDUCTIOK IN: RETAIL.
J.
125 Seeond Street,
HUGH CHRISMAK.
CHRISMAN & CORSON
. '. : , ; 1 . . i
. ; - - Successors to QEO. KUCH, J
- Keep on Hand a Complete Stock of
GrooBries, Hoof Brain, Fruit anil mill
. .: :C Highest' Cash Price Paid for Produce.
Corner of Washington and Second-St.
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
'.- -, . ! . 8ueseseon to BROOK8 BEERS, Dealers in
General Merchandise, - ,
: : : ; Staple and Fancy Dry: Goods,
. ents'Jurnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
Groceries; Y: v : llardware, r ".. -,
-: : ; , Provisions, ' ' Flour, Baton,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
OF all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates. ' "
Free Deliveiy to Boat and Curs and all parts of tlu City.
. -' ' .''7. 390 and 394 Second Street
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of '
Interstate Investment Go.;
0 . ATLO L THE DALLES. ? "'72 W ASHINTdsf fdiffiikll
EVERY DEPARTMENT; !
Leading Manufactuee:
rs.
H. Herbring.
Renribval I
see
The DaWes.
W. K. COB60K.
FEB3.
The Dalles,- r.
Washington)
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
' Best Selling Property of
the Season i n the North-
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The nUci, Or.