Portland evening journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1902, April 23, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-' ' . . - '- - - - ..." s " ji:EiAn:ai t - tTht's news, of today, , ; V ,i J I Too!;M and Thriy, ''partly ctondrt froit.X.v:' -J VOtv I..2fO.68. r- T .rrr, F R: STREET; I' la ft jr i... RAVING ANiiOliJTRAQE: Pi 3N THEPEOREE UP-TO-DATE -5: '1 wSqden WORTHLESS i ' i ii if mi i' if- s 1 1 r it, , Another outrage ;s , being perpetrated flpon the people,, of Port j land V,.'',. ' '-";'-', , ror years tney have withstood the crirainarcieqeu ot street ..con factors, and the city's wretched pavements are tfie result. ''' '"' T T7"It is'about time the people should takeja haninthA rnatter of street fmprovement, and compel the Coard of" Public Works and the CiryCuncil and thepwners of property abutting street improve ment to act for the benefit of the ENTIRE cily-rnot simply because a' pavement is cheap and the contractor has 4 1 pull." - ' ,-tThe latest imposition upon ;the; City or Pprtland b the putting 4own of .woodeA.JblockSv.da Fourth "streetJUroni Jefferson to Burn? :....Tbe. contractors say the blocks will lasTiiov yewtVi'Hii. is false. The City of San Francisco .tried them arid has discarded them forever.' .Every, other city: that has tried them is sbrryt'tor it.' Portland has . trlfd'them. .What'iajtheeault?-'; TheresuJt is holesvnrts, rotten, Is'eaJebreeding, decaymg;wood"all over : ' ha& perrnit)ted such A.state of affairs? ,'The city authorities, or course; wuir tne .conseminacr our: laiouc inc yrvy- erty-owners. i-They have been-Jboodwmkedfforfy ears and are being hoodwinked today on ' Fourthrstreet. .H A:'' ',' '. .i. ' fThe itv has allowed the work to be smarted. lNo guarantee of ' Us permanency, qan be .enforced.- 'sThe .dt authorities Anow this the propertywriei"s ktiftw it. Then the situation-xesolves itself into these facts: '' ' ' -'f-f -a ;!;::'' .-f r..;fry ;f '(The wooden ; street, pavement, regardles of the slight saturation of tar aridoil, is' abutter failure, "'.f i'iW . ; ! Its life of usefulness is- less than five; yars,r and more frequently two years' time will see it in a: state of dilapidation; with holes every where. F"- .-.".,Vv'-iiv'- ;': -:' "' ' ' " f ;The"carbolirium-i?;tuw brur arid "oil-Mioes not keep the water qut of the pores .of the wood, Jtdoehbtgcr'through-d through the blocks; as the contractors claim. f it did, it would not be-sufficient for any streets" in Oregon,' where it "rains' oftener than, in California, and in thjt state the wooden blocks have proven a dismal failure.:.' 7 '; v;-; ' H" 'i 1, v , ArX?---. . '-" ; Hie city can not enforce a law guaranteeing that the pavement will last lo"yeats or oneeaf. fTT"1,. ' " .:""Tr:. ": Tb pavements simply , jjdds to the A wretched condition of the street, and about' the time the Exposition is held here, it -will be in the condition that it is in today. - -f v , J JTo tbff"Avefiarlus Carbollneum Wood aBp'rYln Comny, of Portland Flihr, wn A " Co.), wan trad the tict for paving rouHh street from Jf . feraon (o purnsldft - Thi company ellm ' rl to ikv a rmrkaii uWts.nct witft Htafireiinf name whicTi would nun wood . rot, tJ$u "wewtiy trotn -the tilock of 'paVlpr which -were ' eaturaed With R, ,1i w Venirhl8perM m-eor- j- tban.th tnterett on a mortgage, would -tfrow up t Job If U brought 1M drllilrifc .paratua into' contact with ' a pWce of ood tteated with ; thla compound for ' which: th worid has' baeit '.watting through all the agea of .time. It tit false. Tha torero; fh water and the aa nd In jur Jt o badly that It la ueles. It baa beta flauaUdkla -the credulous ear f -m4pklnd that wooden pavement treated .. with I thla aubatance were., pnly coond 'tn.tha matter of enaurance-.tfl U9ao. pt9k In at. It was cald that. thhr waa-th onlv real thlnar "On of the fffirm at PiUrr,v ThdMdh & Company who Wju aaparvtalng.tlie Job. of -eoipvtng the decayed pavement yettardayon Fourth Street' between "Aide nd Washington, grew almost eloquent while descanting on the ' vlfetues of Wa marveloifg. com pound. M It" la remarkable In mare ways than one'- If appearances do not go for aaaBBaaBBaBaBMBBBRBBBBasaBBBaBaBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBsaaa '"SBaBSBBaaasmsBaBBBaaBaBBBBa ' ' " t,r, ' .-'J j t4V &f t - Hrr... . 1 . v.''t..'-- : : v.. y. ; .''' '.;:; , ..f" r : v-? n ., j ifH.'-,.:. i. i J"fJ t ,'. ' .V ;-b- m . V ' " f .'-.' 1 ' A, : -- .-i-.-r- , . - - ' ONE OF THE BLOCKS BEINQ PUT ON I OURTH STREET, . FROM AN , 'ACTUAL PMOTOORAPH TAKEN EX PRI3SSLY FOR THB' JOURNAU f ' Thla photograph ahows howweJlJllthe . carbjiwlean panetrates the v wooden bleaks. The white spot maj-ki the part of the, block not reached . by the carblnoleum Sjt altiy I'SV-Ui- Tbla block was plckd 'out at . random and split cpen, and pronounced clear spot shown to be filled with. Bap, which; under, the apectflca.Uona., la , inquired .to'b. forced, ouU Y.--i'&i 'fi'J:''!jV'''f:l ';'W,: Other blocks picked up av no Jvldenoe wha4ref. of be earMfflnvgaav. having permeated theta. s- :; 'riA. :;. .:,''... 5 :.'' .;' J" ',' .. , ' j .. . -...1. . 1 ..,"''..:.? ,. ' '. ,'."-:; t '.. naught. "avanarlua carbollpauip ; la,, one. of the biggest awladlet of the century,. It .imelli .badly enough io-be ,5 burled, - The jact una, m naa nay Dep jpy ,aerv to remind the public of 4fc imlodoroita con tract lied to It, and Ifrithat way lwlit found to be saturated clear through with the preparation.'' (At this he picked up aJ block' and whittled oft : 4 comer. . The fibre of the : wood ihowedtthe stuff had weaWyawpied . Mts wy i :4hrough r in SPOTS OtihY The contractor declared "that in time 1t-,wodld go char through. H It would vnot ;under apressuro of 110 i)iunda,J0 Jhfl iKittarc Jiivh', It did-not seem rlear how It'ooulJ do no when the- waa 10 pree-ura Hmirv In mutt ho fcJi)epaues,th,JcohtractP 'ld ao.rAnd e ils :udr,bon(is,t .What m imposition I (, "Where ;doest this ' furljollueiint'-'cqma ram nd .what is M?'- w,aKiU. Tos- ng-.th-bWk -back Into the grimy-heap. big. contractor rontinuea: , j ;';.lt "waa.lnynted In .purmany ,y a Of r Win' nkji.JfLvcnarlua, Thul .wby his iismei'jii) atuvliel;t hU Invention. It .sl)(ppvd to us rem. Hamburg aud Slut tartj1 by tbe-wuy of Cuif Horn, I don't uiow wiat'lt fp jiude of. Nobody knows f uMhe manufaeturtri.r You might think bat It had.oarbOlic add In (I trom the jidund of jC8ttjftli.nun)1' but It. hasn't'. It is a toal product.'' , ' ' ' . . j The 'joul-'nal'sl, humble representative jarnt away? back 'to fitidown amfihold his thiblW"fenp1es. While' rfe'fvr! to1 get f bleiim or whatever it is out of his nos .... : .. - s- j. .... .: '". . . . . rip ana io aig ine inrormaioii ne naa reelvedV-'--,k ' ' . f' The 'plans .and, speclncatlona . provide, among .other things, that the contractor ."hall repair the foundation (to the pave pMht jvb'y Jbrtnglttg r all low,-' broMrj? Ctf Sunken '.places'; to 'thc proper sub-gmde with concrete, made, of one pun cement, three parts aand, aid six par's of broken rock.'', It la, provided that tin blocks are; to be. four Inches wide, eight Inches deep, set on end of grain. H is preaumed that the blocks hive ail been, approved hy the rat Knglne-r. lift? Cause the apeolfloatlona, say -that this must be done. , The bleaks must- "be placed ; In . an.' air-tight ehamber, wbero. by neans of superheated steam, and the lis, of an air pump, all-sap in th blocks must be vaporised and then removed." ; The speclncatlona say 1 that the blocka must he submitted to a pressure of "at least 100 pounds Cer square mth' to force this compound with' 10 syllables clear through It. 'SUvqe one of the contractors declares -that-Unblocks have 4iad a 113 pound pesaure, he should be give i credit tronta the or about to maka. Whut I feii kn 10 bounds, avsn. th&ush tha i - i' -, i ' - rnakeg ahoutriAJr venvwit he smttl ffuiS ham t haa jLime to Vwor: thrwija' prove j-uaefuL As one of the. contractor stood happily contemplating the shoveling awax of the bid pavement, rotten and defunct, full of Chuckholea, which Jia to be replaced with another lot . which will be equally as bad in a year or : two,' he' prove fadrly ,ap- jprcehibl. 'M09l mefl 'ar easy to get pet to if their minds are-engaged in tM apleaslng operation of casting up probable. ingly said: A-i-. v c'1 jfc'Wlie l this? wood-block ; pavement. which of flr; is treated .with avenarius IcarboHnaum, wegtiante 1t to last iO yearsl-The blocks are treated undr a pressor, of 110 pounds to the aduare Jncb. This renders the blocks, impervious to ,water. If one was cut open It would be Jn,-0JjmCQlASS&;ervi4 Experts whehay 7; experie'nei of years and the besi of Everything atV.- i their Command. dard, Clarke & Co. Fourth . and . Washington Sta., - " Portland,'. Oreforit We have a carload of Wood Mantles in transit ; Carload I freight b 100 per cent less. Yov can sava the dLTer ence. ! We wUl sho' you : 1 00 Mantles ; on crtrr floor. $3000.00 worth of new Cas and Electrical Fbctxxres. .. See ' them beforeuy ..; The JOHN BARRETlACa New Stores, Corner OppoaJu Tb Ortsonlaa, TTT 42' Years iiii A ..t or. of Conservative Growth Of NEW YCSX 1111 I I 1,1 I,' Ml 11 m lill' li e t , , v. v t n t, ,"' r- vet. tJ ' 'The apeclflcatlons alio pxoyide ihttt cushion ' of nand shall be placed under the' blocksan Inch in depth to bring the surface cf the blocks even with the efc- 'tahllshed arade. Whether this la dona . .. (Continued on Second Page.) Is particular alout Kis iShirtSa Our latest impor tations include Exclusive in : . v,:., . OXFORD BINEN Nothing could be more stylisH and ejc)ui9ite. , It is wortH your while to . inspect these beauties Just Mo SICML Men's FurriisKer and Hatter.r 'V 288 Washington St. SOUt ACENT FOR THE JAMISON HAT.. IT : saj njsWBBjpsasa ' no f n DO OC WeatherTonight and Thursday, pgrtly cloudy; frost tonight. wo ;:'?J! :t.:: S' r. ii ' ' , . . ra . . i . . u FOR THIS A. 3 l-rtThe- Greatest ; value and largest .assortment ever offered at tfee price. They are 25c H0S and we are ehrinst them awav at I2Ue a nair. NOl-A i rCOLSHClT; with separate coUars and cuffs, in newest designs ; warranted fast colors. HENRY J. WHITER I ;lt TWr StiW''T7rPr:nMrtoa tn4 YmW I I A TIP LIT : ' n nun (Sciipps-UcRaeXewa Association.) . PATER80N, N. J., April 23.-rThe atrlk Ing dyers-helpers resorted to mob vio lence again today, when the attacked two silk mills and engaged In a pitched battle with the police. ,.: " Shots were exchanged and two potire tnen were badly wounded. ! The strikers wee forced back, but more trouble Is expected. . c : . 10 MID (Scripps-McRae News Association.) j SALT LAKE, Utah, April 23.Privat advices received here are that Acting Traffic Manager J T." M, Schumacher of the Oregon Short Line will naVe hia Jur (sdtcttan vKtended to the Oregon Rail road JJavtgation Company, With head quarters at Portland, as traffic manager Of hoth lines, y -i Mr Schumacher aays he knows1 noth ings "offlclilly of hit appointment. ' ; For several years he' was ' genera! ggeht of the Union PaclflC at Ban Fran Cisco, and later 'vice 'president aid gen eral. manager of the Continental -Frutt Expi Company.""'' y EXTENSION Siimpter. . Valley Railway Sur f veyors Began Work Today. Bervice.) (Journal Special BAKER CITY, April 23.--The Sumpter Valley Railway surveylng paxty left tbla morning f of its upper cajmp. , It Is said that , "it wilh survey an extension of the Sumpter Valley Railway to SusanvlUe. The. right of way has already been se cured. ... 1 ED General Funston In structed to.' Hold His Tongue. WASHiNQTON, April 23. fleneral funston has been . officially reprimanded by the President for Baying, in, a . recent Speech; that Senator Hoar waa "afflicted with an overheated conscience." The Kansan Is also -ordered to cease further public discussion of the Philip pine question. The following letter, of reprimand was made public by tha War Department this morning: '---; t; . I am directed by the President to in struct you that he: wishes you to cease further discussion of the situation in the Philippines, and also to express his re gret that you should make a. Senator of the,tnlted States the s object of public ctitlclsm or discussion. "WM. CAREY SANGER, "Acting SecreUry of War." WRECK! 1 1-1 c " (Scripps-McRae News Association.) SPOKANE, Wash., April S3.-A passen ger trail on the Central Washington branch of ' the Northern Pacific was wrecked near Cheney. 16 mllea -wst of here, this morning. Tha accident was due to a defective guard. - . ..' ' ' '. The baggage, express and two passen ger coachea left thtrack. The last - two turned' over and were badly smashed- ' Nell Bowie, the 9-year-old son of John BoWie of Reardon, Wash., Was killed. andhjs ntother perhaps fatally Injured. C. J. Kellogg was hurt Internally and may die. , , . :. . ., , The express messenger and three pas sengers i were . badly hurt, and 20 other Were -more or -leas .wuwea.. ;, , Assets; $l6,50b,000r Claifns Pttdl $37,CCDfCC0;v Beat Ufa 1usuaneVBrroldri0B'raUa d.oartment iu Orena ': ' and Washington. Write -for paroctnarg espeetto eitr i far eot Gold" Usbtntures, Pension Bonds, and Combination Bonds.' . f Chamber , ; i. , To BUia T. SCOTT, Ganeraf Manager, ber of Commerce Blda. . . , ' , ' ; fortlaaif, Craoa .... "THE PEKiLtnON, Of-WALL PUSTtR"- ; ' HARD, TOUGH, DURABLE, STAYS THE ADAMANT. COMPANY k ''n&X OmCB, NO, t FIRST ST., N. BXKBB CITW April; ja-Jha 'Baiter City Gas a Electric Companyy waa today purchased by "JVi X Henry of -ehver, who, With Engineer Orrtn AlWn of Bos tdn;t la ''here, r-Mw"; ''jtfy'y -Mioiirjro v wn , iiui pmnia - in r Arizona, Wyoming, :!Nebreka" CtMn&JltfW; ' "H ''ha lso secured an option on the Eakl' Creek ' Water jppwer. fl fi2&i Ha aaya he :Mrni spend JlftOOO in-' Im provement here, i';;:.?' t . . CHICAOOV Apeir tt-iwhej.wwrntc. ' I SAN . FRAJCISCO,;:'JL ge.W3a,t." ; BOERS SURPRISED. - ' iA ua ; .; .; ; j 'tScrlppa-MeRae News Association;) BLOEMFONTEIN. April Sl-The Brit ish 'patrol today surprised a Boer laager at Kroodra. Orange River Colony. . Five Boers were killed and X captured. QUEEN OUT OF DANGER. i '',;"cSer.Ipps-MeRae,.Nwa'.:'Aaaocia,tion:li r HBT LOO, April SI. It It now under itoodjthat the Queen to comfortably jsi tha arlsif. 7:.'j'. .' 'i's.1.sr7? . (Journal Special tiervlc.) j BAKKIt ClTJf, , April a.-Oreat prepa rations nr teing made tor Hon. Oeorge H Chambarlaln'a Reception here Friday. The Toting, .Slfn a Bi4nocratl; Clnb. haa charge of the arrangpmoots. . -. ilr. ChmberUia,ltl ba-accompanied by all thp jsoniinees of tha state Demo cratic ticket , t . af .. , , v Broke His -Ankle? " . A horse attached. to;a : Swan Island cn?aratry C9mpayjs delivery WttRon be came frlehtened at a passing , fire cn iptna.et the corner, of .Hoo.1 and First streets and ran away. Th j team , v!ts driven, by CUf ord Jngbam.. i f -year-old J iKiy residing with his Invalid mother In sthe old . Northwest . hotel, . come.- Front und Columbia, streets, and alter -ainlf trjing to manage the frightened uniinsi. 4-as thrown out of jho vehlcje and run over, tie wagon breaking1 his nkle. The tmjurwd boy was taken to the -Good, 6a marlian bospitaL ; -'-,'' ' - . SHAW APPOINTED. " City 'Engineer W. B.. Cbaae. jMui'ap pointed Capta'n Shaw; inspector of tho work of Improving Fourth street, -from Burnslds to Jefferson, undertaken" by tIM Carbollnenm Wood Preserving Company. MANN SL ADBOTT PRINTERS 93 SECOND STIUXT PROEOSITION 1 MTNIATTJRE SAFES that are absolutely Indestructible, Neither , ' , FIE nor WATER can harm them In the leaat. ; They are tw -.;t ' dispensable te yeu who keep your Yaiwabiea. t .-hem aad at , ;. ': ,,'' ; . your.ofBoa.... .. s.- .. -, " . V (.. ' -3j; SMALL SIZE fiMttls . a'4slawajajasaaiwagas ftV'Wr SMALL 8IZB, Cabinet Interior... LAROB SIZE-..,. ... . ......... ..... .... LARGE SUB. Cabinet,' Interior ... ;,.,......(........ tu.W.. lMBiaWr'wa rnarantM rJkaMS aa k Fk-aaival Watar Proof. -i THE J. IL GILL COMPANY . f Cor. TftW and AMcr.StrMtsa - ' i lUin tDM (Scripps-McRae News Association.) SPOKANE, April nAdJutarit-Qeneral James A. Drain; of, the Washington Na tional Guard, waa hung- fn efBgJr by mem lwr of Company K at the- Armory last nigbU.:'' X;-;' He orderrt tha company' murtcrcd aut o. ae-le - fumf week.' ' tha' . mea ' any,, to: maka room for George Dreher. a nephew of 'Senator Turner, to organlai a sew company,' . v 4 J t t i u 4 i Petitions in Bsitkruptcy. j Petitions la, bankruptcy were, Otad. W tha, ofllca of the ciarlt4f -tha tTnlted State Court- today by Alaxand4r it Lean of PandletoBi with assets amount-? ng to and with UabUlttaa of 1X0110. and by- f. W. McFarland of Portland, who owes ISO and own but Ilia" worth of property. - -"'"" ' ,l'..s No More Dread of, tbs Dentil Cbax NewrYork Dentd Pcrldrc .? ' 4tb aitfl Morrison Sts Portksj, Ore. - f. ; ' - -ba No Pain No Gas Teeth extract es and nlled absolutsly w1thut if gethod applied to tn sum, Jso 1,-p-riou.,. r f . These are th on y ii,.nul parlors la J-o nees and in-re nt to trrt, f a i r i f out Ua 1 t j i. ,;.'.,. x - 1 ,.V'r -'it v..