The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1896, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1896. NAVAL ENGINEERS ARE OVERWORKED Something Must Be Done to Ameliorate Their Condition. THE STRAIN T00 GREAT Meeting Will Be Held in This City to Diccuss the Situa- tion. WHAT ENGINEER MATTICE SAYS He Declares the Naval Dcpartment Is Corrupt to the Very Foun- daticn. The dispatches from Washington yester- day contained the information that the chief engineer and the passed assistant en- gineer of the battle-ship Indiana had col- lapsed physically. On the face of it there is nothing alarming in such a condition of affairs, but when it is known that the use- fulness of the most powerful vessel of the North Atlantic squadron is temporarily impaired, the situation assumes a differ- ent aspect. The matter is of Jocal interest because there are 8 number of war-vessels either making their headquarters here or are permanently stationed at this port. The TUnited States engineers have frequently complained of overwork, but their pro- tests have been as often ignored. On March 31 last THE CaxL said editorially : The marine engineers of San Francisco and elsewnere are_properly urging the passage of the Wilson bill to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the navy. . This country has been very slow to appreciate the revolutionary eftect produced by the modern high develop- ment of marine steam machinery. It is now Thore than a mere matter of driving vessels by | steam instead of suils, for both high speed and the employment of steam for working the heavs armaments of warships have introquced complications imposing the severest exactions on engineering skill. While this standard of duties has been raised enormously there has Been nothing like & corresponding increase in the number of engineers and their official grade in the service. The Wilson bill is in- tended to cure these shoricomings along with others. England shows a better understanding of the matter. Her men-of-war carry & larger number of engineers than ours, Compare, for instance, the American Cincinnati of 10,000 horsepower and the British Sybille of 9000 horsepower. The Cincinnati carries eight line officers and the Sybille six. Butwhen it comes 10 engineers we find the Cincinnati with three and the smaller English vessel with four. same disproportion exists in the case of the American Bennington when compared with the English Brisk. On the other hand, we find that some of the American ships have twice as many line officers as the same class of chips in the English navy, while the Eng] ships almost invariably have more engineers than ours. The Wilson bill, besides increasing the num- ber of engineers, raises their rank and thus justly recognizes their skill and responsibility. The present attitude of the line officers to- wards the englncers is a remnant of the time when steam was in its infancy as a factor in determining the efliciency of a fighting ship. The bill, by raising ‘the dignity and ran the Engineering Corps, removes the unwilling- ness of young men to-enter the naval academy for the purpose of learning the engineer’s art and thus reduces the ure for positions as line officers. In these days of very high attain- ments neeessary to handle the machinery of a modern warship it is time that the efficiency of the navy should be increased by investing the Engineer Corps with the dignity and prestige it so eminently deserves. In April last Asa M. Mattice of Cam- bridge, Mass., late of tne Engineer Corps, United States navy, addressed a letter to Congressman Wilson. He claimed many things, not the least of which was that corruption had brenght about the present condition of affairs. Among other things he says: A glance at the Navy Register of January 1, 1896, shows that we have but 173 engineers in the nayy—a smaller number than at any other time since “before the war.” At the same time we have in the line, or sailor branch, 714 officers, or 4.13 line officers to each engineer. A comparison of this ratio with that of years past will reveal some startling discrepancies. In 1864, in war time, there were 2846 i officers and 1728 engineers, regular snd vol- unteer, or & ratio of only 1.64 to 1. Of this number there were in the regular service 464 line officers and 501 engineers, or more en- gineers then line officers. These numbers had beed fixed by the necessities of war, and itis by reason of wars that navies exist. In 1866, just after the close of the war, there were in the regular service 395 line offi- cers and 379 engineers, a ratio of 1.04 to 1, or nractically equal numbers in the two corps. Since that date the line has increased and the Engineer Corps dimirished, until we find over | 80 per oent moré line officers, and engineers decreased by 55 per cent. Is the present ratio of engineers to line offi- cers an eflicient one? We can learn something about this by referring to the English navy Dist. They have 1730 line officers and 795 en- gineers, a ratio of 2.18 to 1, or nearly twice the proportionate number of engineers that we have. Moreover, their list of line officers is unlimited by law,and therefore it is reaso able to suppose that their number ol line o cers has been fixed as the result of experience, and that if & greater number were required they would have them. A glance at the United States Navy registers of 1864 &nd 1896 will show facts even more startling, as, for instance, take the following ships of varions classes | |Noof o Horse- |} Year. Ship. | Engi- 1864 1,000 9 1864 |S 950, 8 1864 771 7 1864 |Ironclad Roanok 997/ 8 1864 | Moniior Lehigh.. 840| 5 1864 | Monitor Nantucke 340 5 1896 | Armored Cruiser New York| 17,0000 § 1896 | Protected Cruiser Columbia 18,500| 4 1896 | Barbette Moniior Monterey| 6,243 2 A s 4.030| 2 | o ses1) 3 | Wooden Crui A 763 1 1896 You will see that the most powerful vessel of to-day has the same number of engineers that the smallest ironclads had in 1864, aithough the modern ship has over fifty times the engine-power of the former. There was not a lgfip {n the navy in 1864 that could develop over 1000 horsepower. Few of the snips of the new navy have less than 5000 horsepower, and they run as high as the 20,800 horsepower of the Minneapolis, which ship carries but four engineers. In 1864 there were 268 steamers in commission and 77 sailing vessels; yet, with 20 per cent of the vessels without engines, there were only 1.64 line officers to each engi- neer, while to-day, without s sailing ship in commission, with meny ships without a rag of canvas, we have 4.13 line officers to each engineer, S TR e T Nominally, the Secretary of the Navy is at the head of naval affairs; practically he is next to powerless, for the reason tnat the “machine” so manages matters that all com- munications with the Secretary, incoming and outgoing. are, with butlittle excegfion. passed through the meshes of its net. The Secretary must depend upon naval officers for informa- tion and advice and for the execution of his orders, and the ‘“machine” sees to it that these functions are pertormed as far as possible by its own members. I doubt it there has been any Secretarr of the Navy for many years who has not eventually discovered that he has been grossly deceived by the very officers whom he trusted as advisers. R S But the “machine” has not confined its an- tagomism to direct assaults upon the Engineer Corps, but by varicus intrigues it has sought 1o indirectly throw discredit upon that corps. A few years 8go there was a greet hue and cry ebout alleged serions defects in some of the new war vessels. The then Secretary of the Navy was generally credited with attacking the results of the previous administration for political effect. Those, however, who knew the true inwardness of the affair knew that the Becretary was grossly deceived by his advisers | not adapted to modern vessels of war. in the “machine,” who managed to gain his confidence immediately upon his appointment 10 oftice, Their ultimate purpose was to discredit the engireers of the navy (who had designed the machinery of these vessels and superintended its construction), as & means of helping through a bill introduced in Congress to re- organize the navy in such & way 8s 10_put the engineers more fully under the thumb of the “machine.” It mattered not to them that they ruined the builder of the ships as an in- cidént of their attack upon the engineers. Moreover, they went so far as to attempt to discredit American engineers and ship- builders generally by intriguing to get English firms to establish plants in this coun- try, and by trying to induce the Secretary to purchase machinery abroad when their first scheme failed. iy Rl e ey In 1873, while I was a cadet, there were at the Naval Academy twenty-eight line officers for 280 cadets. There are now fifty-one line officers for 182 cadets. Comment on this fact is unnecessary; it speaks for itself. Please do not think thatI presume to uphold the engineers asa more virtuous body than the line. Possibly if they had the opportunity they might develop more black sheep than the Iatter and might produce a more corrupt ‘‘ma- chine.” Each corps has its incompetents. But scratch an incompetent-line officer, and in nine cases out of ten you will aiscover one of the “machine.” An officer who devotes sufficient time to his profession to make him a master of it does not have sufficient Jeisure to devote to the wire- puiling necessary to make him & *“machine” leader. There are, however, some very effi- cient officers among the underlings of the “machine,” who have early discovered.that their bread will be buttered ‘more thickly and evenly by keeping in touch with the “boss’ than by opposing him. The local marine engineers indorse prac- tically all that Mr. Mattice says. Itis understood that a meeting will be called during the coming week to devise ways and means to remedv the evils named. They contend that they are now working under a system which was founded on the necessities of wooden ships, but which is NEWS OF THE CHURCHES Something About the Latest Doings in Ecclesiastical Circles. State and Local Ttems of Interest to All Having the Advantage of Religious Liberty at Heart. The Rev. W. H. Fish Jr. of Dedhsam, Mass., will occupy the Unitarian church pulpit at Santa Barbara during this and next month, exchanging with the Rev. E. R. Dinsmore. The resignation of the Rev. W. N. Huff- man as pastor of the Congregational | church at Tipton has been accepted. The | congregation adopted resolutions of re- | gret. The Rev. F. A. Merriam has resigned the pastorate of the Congregational church at Ventura. The W. C. T. U. and Y. P. 8. C. E. have succeeded in about clearing up the debt of the Congregational church at Black Dia- | mond by means of an entertainment. Cantor E. J. Stark of this City has con- tributed an article on *‘Music in the House of Worship” to the New York Hebrew. | The First Congregational Church of Norwich, N. J., has released the Rev. Wil- liam H. Scudder from his engagement that he may accept a call to Tacoma. The Hebrew says that it has been in-| formed that the projectors of the new | Ideal Synagogue in Pniladelphia propose 0 carry out the design of having divine worship and religious instruction as free as air. The Rev. Frank C. Butler was ordained as pastor of the Congregational church at Edmonds, Wash., on the 5tk_inst. The sermon was preached by the Rev. W. C. Merritt. The Rev. Michael A, Wallrath, pastor of the Catholic church in Colusa, will cele- brate the twenty-fifth ordination to the priesthooa on September 24. The proposed Christian college to which Dr. Sheldon Jackson has given $50,000 will be located four miles from Salt Lake City, and the collegiate institution will be a feeder. J. R. Grimstead, who was pastor of the Christian church at Winters two years, has accepted the principalship of the Dixon High School. There will soon be a Christian church at San Luis Obispo, fifty members baving been enrolled. The monthly meeting of the California ‘Woman’s Missionary Union will be in the missionary-room, Y. M. C. A. building, San Francisco, Thursday, August 20, at 10 A. M. and 2P. M. The receipts of the American board for July are somewhat larger than for the same month last year. But in the eleven months of the year that have passed there has been a total decrease of $20,881, the larger part of which is in the legacies. ‘The decrease in the regular donations has been $4480. ——— WAN!I NO INCREASE, The Merchants’ Association Will Oppose Raising the Assessment Roll. The Merchants’ Association yesterday sent the following seli-explanatory letter to about 100 prominent property-owners, bankers, capitalists and real estate firms, requesting their attendance at a meeting, to which the general publicis also invited: Dear Sirs: The State Board of Equalization has notified the Board of Supervisors of this City that it will consider objections to an in- crease in the assessment roll of the City and County of San Francisco, at its office in the Cepitol at Sacramento, on Wednesday, the 19th inst. Realizing thegsgreat importance of hn\'lngb‘fln Francisco strongly represented be- fore the State Board of Equalization, topre- vent any further inerease of the present assessed valuation of property in this City and County a meeting of real estate firms and prop- T e e e e e e e A T T T T T TP OO OUR DAILY avail thereof. around. Divide,” gdoubling monthly. been deceived. 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Each Our_great 0L SERG sg 8 60 AL 0L SERGE IRT,only a few left, The greatest ,50 value we know of, 3 e we Khow 1 e s 418 Do DUCK SUITS—The newest and most 2.50 popular cuts, Box and Blazer Jackets, . fuil skirts, a wonderful value ab....... Each DOUBLE CAPES OF BRUADCLOTH, 3-50 10p cape braided, very neat, 20-inch, — We offer them a8.............ccoc0cacse. - Each LADIES' TWEED SUITS—A value not to be forgotten. Jackets are silk lined. The big wide skirt is full lined 5 and velvet bound. Sizes 34 o 38. Our price.... «. .. Each PICKINGS FROM THE BAZAAR. HAND-PAINTED PLAQUES—We sold 95 hundreds of them last week. Art ©)=C studies from European students. See &) them. Price..... < e Each SPECIALSALEOFRUBBER COMBS— £ Values up to 20c, prices 10c and 8c. . Each GLASS ATOMIZERS= uclot of 23c to ] 5O 75¢ regular to be closed a s 2 acl DRESS GOODS (Continued.) We_just received a iine of STRIPED BOUCLE TINGS_On our coun- ()G Yard ers Monday, 88-iach, all staple colors and b ack and pure wool, price.... new arrival is s FANCY BOUCL SUITING, striped effects; comes in Brown, Myrtle and Cardinal; Biack loops of Mobair scattered over the plain grounds: 88-inoh. An excep- tional value at. .. % A 70°¢ Yard DR A NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. T° Yard APRON GINGHAMS, 27 inches wide. 810 Special 3 2 Yard PERCALES, a vard wide, stripes ana 1C figares, 10-cent kind. Special. o ar TABLE OLLCLOIH, 6-4 wide. 20-cent | OO kind. Special 5 Yard CANTON FLANNEL, the heavy 18c C kind. Spectal x 13‘1 Y ar HEMSTITCHED SHEETS, good mus- Iin, soft finish, size 90x90 inches are 54c each, size 81x90 Inches are........ 49° Each 50°¢ CREAM EMBROIDERED FLANNEL, beautifully worked in silk, a yard wide, hematitched, on sale at......... Yard CREAM EMBROIDERED FLANNEL, g8 1.00 deep silk embroidery, filled edze, very handsome, 8 yard wide. Onsaleat... 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On sale at.... 5 Each “LION HEAD” SAFETY PINS, silver 9C pofished Dozen FURNISHING GOODS (Cont{nued). LADIES’ WHITE MERINO UNDER- WEAR. H. N. L.S. and H.N.S. S, EwdrimeEhss Sy, sk epsheokt . £(10 ered front, crochet and ribbon trim- med neck, drawers to match. Price..Garment LADIES' MUSLIN GOW NS, heavy mus- 65° lin, tucked and open embroidery trimmed yoke and cuffs, large fuil sleeves. Special price ovpasite s, TOMGR LADIES' LAWN APRO! all white and fancy white sateen striped. imita 9QC tion hemstitched bottom, extra large size. Onsalea:..... - Each HALE BROS.,INCORPORATED = 987 to 945 Marliet Street. OBRUADUACTIATIATIATIOLDM DO FUMR RO TTATIAM AU h i 0 00 0 00 A I BB B B B B S the exhibition this week, greater will be the crowd. A peep at our mammoth receiving room these days would be a peep at the WORLD of DRESS GOODS Fifty cases of Imported Novelties —goods made to our order many exclusive styles. ters to=morrow. A surprise awaits the ladies of our city—a surprise in Highest art work in Dress Stuffs at the heretofore prices of Domestic Goods. EXPOSITION of women attended The great variety a pleasure—the low it a duty. Greater these on our coun= LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, geamless, fast color, ‘spliced 19210 es, & wonds value, special pric e ees Pair LADIES' TAN COTTON HOSE, Richelien ribbed, high spliced heels and toes, a good line of de- sirable colors, sizes 9, 914 and 10 only, the regular 25¢ kind. Ifyour size is here your money's made. Special to close.... 15° Pair LADIES' MUSLIN DRAWERS, made of good heavy muslin, tucked, with deep mus!in ruffie on_ boitom, open or closed. Special price.... 20° Pair LADIES’ SOFT FINISHE BLOUSE WAISTS—An odnd loxtf but all good. Th vatued on§ is §1, ana soma Are d some are 32 or 83. Sizes 34 t0 40. Special 25° prices to close 46¢ and.. . Each GENTS' WAITER APRONS, made of fine white driiling, zood c heavy quailty and exira long: 20 Special price. . cesees Each D UNDER- odd sizes, the dollar kind, heavy quality, silk bound, drawers to match. Special price to close....... | GENTS WOOL MIX. WEAR, 5C .. Garment GENTS DUCK OVERSHIRTS, cug plenty big, yoke back, very durable, mostiy stripes, light C and dark colors, worth o0 D Special.. . Each GENTS’ AUSTRALIAN WOOL UNDERWEAR, a beautitul soft finish, natural gray and camel’s hair, silk bound, a grand. garment. On sale at. 75° Garment GENTS UNLAUNDERED SHIRTS, re-enforced back and front, all linen bosoms, neck and cuft bands, sizes 14 to 18. At the present writing they are selling ~ for 39° Each 50c. Monday onm ACAOAIAARIU BRI UL ORI RO SER U AR JAO LD AR LRI R RSB ML LA L i i i i i didu BEST LOVED (OF DALMATIA'S PEOPLE VOTED MOST POPULAR. Mrs. Herzo-Kenny and J. J. Clecak Highly Honored. Result of a Newspaper Contest Among the Austrian Slavonians. CHOSEN BY A LARGE MAJORITY. Receive Each a Magnificent Diamond Badge as a Testimonial of Regard. A spirited and enthusiastic contest has been going on for the past three months among the Austrian-Slavonian population of this City, who number about 10,000, The Lady and Gentleman Declared to Be the Most Popular of the MRS, erty-owners will be held Monday afternoon, hall, Mills auildlng. rgam 7, second floor. You are earnestly requested 10 be present. - Gerof lhe;%l:udgnt‘ e AL A cretary ‘Young men orold should not fail to read Thomas Slater's adves ment on page 29, J. RICHARD FRI Merch: u:m:‘zt‘;‘n. nts’ the 17th inst., at 3:30 o’clock, in the assembly l Coast. ANE HERZO-KENNY, { { and the United States in general through !he columns of the Sloga, a bright weekly journal publisied and edited by L. W. Piskulish. It is, in fact, the first and only newspaper printed in the Slavonian lan- guage on the Pacific Coast. The contest was instituted to ascertain the most popular lady and gentleman of the Croatian colony in this country. The result of the voting showed Mrs. Ane Herzo-Kenny, by a vote of 79,394, to be the most popular lady, and J. J. Clecak, by a vote of 57,968, to be the most popular zentleman. On August 1 the Sloga gave a ball at the Alcazar Hall in honor of the winners of the contest. The hall was beautifully decorated with flags and flowers, and was filled with the elite of the Croatian citi- zens of San Francisco and the bay cities. Six appointed judges announced the con- test at an end, and that Mrs, Herzo-Kenny was the choice of the people for popu- larity, her votes being 51,904 over afi ger many competitors. The lady was then called to the stage and there, amid a bower of flowers, had the diamond medal pinned upon her breast. _After handshaking and cheers had sub- siaed Mrs. Kenny responded, and thanked her people and friends for the honor con- ferred upon her, afier which she was pre- sented with a large number of beautiful floral pieces. A very complimentary ad- dress in English by Han. J. N. E. Wilson followed. Then there was a speech, also complimentary, by Dr. Vicki in the Slavo- nian tongue. After the ovation to Mrs, Herzo-Kenny the judges announced the name of Ivan Clecak as the gentleman who had received the greatest number of votes, 31,968 over all his competitors. He was declared the most populqr_ man among all their people, and a magnificentdiamond badge suitably and handsomely inscribed, similar to that of Mrs. Herzo-Kenny, was pinned upon his Austro-Slavonian People on This J. J. CLECAK. AN breast by Mr. Piskulish amid great ap- planse. He was the recipient of many handsome floral pieces. After the honor conferred upon him he made an appropri- ate address. Mrs. Herzo-Kenny is descended from one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Austria. She was born on the island of Lissa, near Dalmatia, Austria. This island was made famous by the great naval battle which took place there in 1866. She is a lady whose wealth is com- puted in the millions, and is even more noted for her charity than for her riches. Mr. Clecak, who is a man about 40 years of age, was born in Konavli, Dalmatia, Austria. ‘In that city he married a very estimable lady of superior family. He came to this coast several yearsago and settled in Oakland, where he engaged in the hotel and restaurant business. Through his industry and high integrity he bas become one of the most successful and popular business men of that city. DROPPED TWO STORIES. Charles Lapthorn Has a Narrow Escape in an Elevator at 405 Market Street. Cbarles Lapthorn, an employe of J. G. Petiitt & Co., Fremont street, had a nar- row escape from being killed vesterday afternoon in the building, 405 Market street. He and other employes were engaged in constructing a dumb waiter in the build- ing. They were on the second story, and Lapthorn stepped into the cage to see if it would work all richt. By some means or other the lever did not catch and the ele- vator descended. Lapthorn, seeing his danger, grabbed hold of the rope to save himself as much as possible from the jar when the elevator struck the bottom. He was picked up in a dazed condition and taken to the Receiving Hospital. The only apparent injury was a contusion of the back, but he was detained pending further observation. He lives at 625 San Jose aveune. “The elevator should sustain a weight of 160 pounds,”’ said Lapthorn, “and as that 1s my weight I thought it would be all right. Idon’t know how it happened, but I suppose Mr. Pettitt, who was working the lever, lost control of it. I am glad that I esca] 80 easily. If 1 hadn’t lifted myself off my feet by holding on to the rope it would have been worse for me.” —————————— THE BIBLE. ¢Where Did You Get It?’—A Lecture ' by Father Yorke. On Thursday evening, September 3, a lecture will be given by Rev. P. C. Yorke in aid of the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent, corner of Taylor and Ellis streets. The subjeet of his address is *“Where Did You Get the Bible ?” The lecture will be given at Metropolitan Temnvle, Fifth and Jessie streets, and will begin at 8 o’clock. The beneficiaries of the lecture are de- serving of a generous response from the public. Every year at the Presentation Convent hundreds of girls are instructed gratis, The sisters naturally look for a crowded house on the present occasion. Ticiets of admission have been placed at 50 cents each; reserved seat tickets $1. Tickets may be obtained atany of the following places: The Catnolic Art and Book Co., 721 Market street; Neale & Menle (Catholic Book Store), 227 Hayes street, opposite St. Ignatius Church; Messrs. Groom & Hagan (batters), Bald- win Hotel, 942 Market street; James Keefe, (piano warehouse), 1019 Van Ness avenue, near St. Mary’s Cathedral; Monitor office, 529 Clay street; at the convent, Taylor and ‘Ellis streets, and at the hall the evening of the lecture. B By o e Boys’ Brigade Entertainment. Company A, Fifth Regiment of the Boys' Brigade, was entertained at Belvedere last . and Mrs. C. S. Holmes. Colonel 'iilfl‘-:v M e watgs of the festivities. The the 6:30 P. M. boat, and re- DeyEwent over o1 4 S Olooke FIVE MILLIONS 1S SUED FOR The Oregon Improvement Company Is Made the Defendant. DECLARED INSOLVENT. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Com- pany Seek to Foreclose a annual interest, and again in December. Formai demand was made for the money, but all the New York company received was promises. In June of the present year the defendants defaulted in payment of interest for the third time. Whereupon the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company determined to institute a sult for fore- closure. The first suit was accordingly begun in Oregon July last, and now the Burety Company covers the entire situation by instituting proceedings here. Their attor- neys are Myrick & Deering. It is alleged in the complaint that the Oregon f - provement Company is insolvent, hence the desire on the part of the plaintiff to foreclose the mortgage. NEW TO-DAY. THIS WEEK’S SPECIALTIES, Big Mortgage. THE EXPECTED HAS HAPPENED The Improvcment Company Has Not Paid Any Interest During the Past Twenty Months. One of the largest suit3 ever instituted in this City or on the Pacific Coast for that matter was filed late yesterday after- noon in the United States Circuit Court. The Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company seeks to foreclose a mortgage executed by the Oregon Improvement Company of Portland in 1889 for $15,000,000, though the amount actnally involved only a little over $5,000,000. When the institution of the above named suit became known yesterday it created intense excitement in railroad and financial circles. It has been generally understood for some months past that the Oregon Improvement Company was ina bad way financially, but on the other band it was believed they would pull through. g The present litigation arises from a mortgage executed by the defendantsin 1880 for $5,000,000 to cover bonds for a like amount, and whicp were guaranteed by the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company. The bonds in question were 5000 in num- ber of a par value of $1000 each, with 6 per cent interest, the same payable semi- annually. The mortgage given by the Improve- ment Company included 16,954 shares of the Seattle Coal and Transporiation Com- pvany and the stock of the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad, that corporation being owned entirely by them. In addi- tion to this the mortgage embraced atl prop- erty owned by the defendants, including sundry railroads contemplated and the franchises therewith. In 1889 the Oregon Improvemeni Com- pany desired to refund the first indebted- ness of $5,000,000, issuing for that purpose bonds to the extent of 8?5.000 000, with in- terest at 5 per cent, -plynbla under the same conditions as the origina? execution. After paying off the mortgage the balance of the sum realized was to be used in building new roads, extensions and such other improvements as the board of di- rectors deemed proger. These bonds were in tuin indorsed by the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, the old mortgage be- ing renewed, such other property as was owned by the company being included. 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