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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1928)
THE'XQNiATES JUNE tssS - - " - - - - - - U . I.IIUIIJU U1IIUUUII . . . . . " X A ' -r - - 1 . nr. 0 It Will Shorten Time of Trains From Oregon and:-J i' -OthcrPoints 3 1;: -4 ?- It r As a forward step, in estaulUh-.1 Jng a great? doooie tragic.: trans-1 continental-snorr line- between (I an . iraocuco .ana - all pomwj north antiUe&st, the Soutnem fra-! titfe oroooses to buna a .brldtell : across Suisun bay to replace isl tiaru ferry operations a'ti Car qnuiez straits between '-ort Costa ana Jdeoeciav' accenting , to an-j nonncenient yesterday oy Ytilliam Sprome, . president' of ia eow paay, toliowing a meeting of toe woard or directors at Aey rora. rnrs xn f orm utlon wa te egrap n& tO'i'Oe Matesman and ptnWi papers last-night. - -'- r " r f ne Investigations that the corn pan has been maksny- over, a period of moults juaa tuowa that tneS'bndge a legslbuTand-desiv- l aot, accord las' to' Mr. Sproole. llio proposed oridse will enable tniTcompany to reauce the run ning tinie ot rreignt and passen ger, trams on lis Ureriand and oak ta routes. The bridge win beta uoubie deck, single Jetfei structure of siiictin steel which! will not be excelled in, its carry-1 ing: rapacity by any ot Jer railway ' bridge 4 n the country. Hue site of the proposed bridge 10 six and one-haif miles east, of Crockett. - - It will extend - troni Army Point on the north shore to j Snttfun point on the south. Kroni abotmejit to abutment, it wul be s&7 ieet lopg with a 70 footil clearance above water . at mean! high tide. -It will consist of a 750 ! foot steel' girder viaduct, ten 40fr! root spans, one 384 foot dekjl cyan anu one Si l loot lilt span, f ait Testing on concrete piers. The electrically operated lift span will ! i dear more than S5 percent of ' the water traffic without opening i the draw. When open this span i I will be 135 feet above mean wa ter level and will be directly over thj? uavigatiou channel maintain ed in the bayty the army engi- neering corps, giving, clearance ; - equal to that ot tue auhoch bridge both vertically and hori-jl zon.ally. 'r inn 10 uvuu i Necessary steps will be taken ai-i ' once to secure public authority! T and ' when 6uch authority is se cured the company wilt' proceed ' immediately with construction.' It will require about "two years to complete the bridge. Tiie Port Costa-Senecia train T terjrj has always been considered bottle neck-for the Overland jvand' 8hAsta roata trains which 'mmt4 tbeir terminals, at Oakland vThe, average iirna required i ferry passenger trains is 30 fj afle and freight trains two rs : ana z minutes. . The S g wi,l cut 20 -minutes from l eager train time and - two rs fro mfreight train time now f.-. 'Ired to cross the straits. The ige will therefore reduce de i lajns and will relieve congestion of trains between Brighton aad El Plash Improve the service be-1 ircn on rrancisco ana &acra-i i mento valley points, aad establish a1 new freight route between the! o rnunscu leriiory ana.tneii MnM't. A r iiviiu au rut, i,, ji The Southern Pacific train trst- fic across Carquinez straita in- r - created 264 per cent netween j . 1880 and 126. Totat tTalns I 2 crossing the straits in ltt9 was 3SS1. while 12.972 creased in 1923. During the IS yearA ending I i December 31, 1S2, the toUl I .numbeV olf.rallway ars crosf ioa lh,V?ralUi ipereased ' 42. per .1WtIsreo1iJaaction with the build ing, of the bridge the . railroad will reailgnsome f its present t"cJt ana baud double track approach es vto each end of the bridged As a reiult of this realignment,-Overland and Shasta route trains which formerly were ferried from Port Costa, will para through Martinez :and then over the bridge. A new : passenger depot wift be Ira lit at Goodyear and . 'stage7 ! service maintained be tween that, station and Beaecla.' The railroad - will abandon its traTn'ferry steamers and the ferry rinit will .retain its wharf atl pier- through to Sacramento was opened to traffic oa December! 28 ,1879. when ..the .train fersy Solano made its first trip across - Carq&inez straits between Bese tcla ttnd PortOoata. - For. a period of three, months previous to that date,' the railroad operated the fer ry ,boat foj freight trains only. Students of Willamette: . I K0i J t; . :W3 fe ft 1A -A 4 ... I -V 11 "4 mm no t - , . - V 1 0 J I -tr rr v vy y j w vi i if .- V i- M1 St. si Si "r if'. IS tojriers the greatest dollar for dollar value of any store in town. ' Two hundred suitsralj representative type that pertain to the preshtieason all representative of quality and fine construction. Such as Hart ScKaffner and Marx, Michaels Stern, Bieber Isaacs, and Frat cut into a mere fraction of their former worth. HaiiSchaifeer Stern, Regular $35.00 $40.00 -$5j!ilmfW& Th - W eseraues stan absolutely unrivaled, so be here early lest you loselthe I ' opportunity of getting your size and pattern , A patt Tals morning Willamette uni versity will be advertised in the high 'schools of Portland by a group' of Willamette students. Those-: making the trip are Jean White, -Virginia Edwards, Robert -Hir. ? William SmuUia. and - the rarcity quartet composed of Ron ald Craves. Wendell Robinson. WtUls-lMfsthaway, amL Walter Kaurman. The work Is ia hrge oil miss sjia Jtiowara pubiicUv d rector of the vnlversUr. v Jn the evening th auariet will sing-jsit !c gradaatioa exercises oaeoruittd j. if. a A. schooL : Theses exercises trill .tos ..held at - ta ; mi . Methodist: :hnrch, aad DeSiRoy Hewitt cwaiajpette f ,toot -irta; gitathe gradaa: ;tkttiaessf;;i;.,-r :- . PLAfJES SCATTER: ROSES , Flers f Strew, flowers 38 Piri oEBostonian Oxf ordsl ' Fiheujual ..v?)?? Spring ,arid 'Summer styles. Ught tah color: Reg. $8.50 value. ? MANAGUA, Nlaragma, Mar 30 f -(ARJ-AJrplaasi left htre to- day , -wUa thousands of roses whiclrjt was inteaded to drop np l oa gravest of Americaa marines . burled in Niearagaa, la cocni- tloh r of thi Americaa llemorlai ,.;.4l-- S3 net Y I One lot of .' Genuine Palm Beach Summetj Suits in var- r ied color of .an and grey. There is not " complete run of sizes but practically every wanted size if here. 00DQQD0QGI1?.; I I A I mm A special .assortmenVop fl ical Wobted Slimmer iti . If you findjroiiraize ip ope et theseswts.y aving of many donars7A1im; ited quantity, hone reserved,' i " -no exchanges or refunds O-- S CASH, i r 'i ... 1 .... .jr 1 5 - . ia .--