Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-12-18

| uoue III tne uteetihg uurltg tue early
part Of the evening. This lie did
and then moved that the board ad-
j"urn to meet IN Portland on next
Tuesday evening. This motion not
meeting with the favor of either
the Salem or Portland meruhers was
withdrawn. The chairman then
declared the board ready n hear
propositions. DR.. Stratton spoke ~
some length Oh the proposed sites
II ar this city. q. w. Staver next
gave his propositions frnm Portland.
lie spoke of the Cambridge addition
hear the town Of SelwO,si which IL
All offer of ~ acres at $500 al acre.
From, this S5OOO would lie deducted
making the tiact cUst $1,000. Al
ready 100 lots are laid oil which MIR.
Staver said would sell for $3.50 u To-.
The 100 lots conlpr .sed just lOO acres.
tn II few years lie believed the lots
would sell r,aoily for S400 u lot. He
gave the account of the laud aud
the possibility in detail which, iu-
deed was bright picture for the
srhn,l.
=. l.. Willis next set forth the
advantage of Portsmouth AS u grand
location for the school and where he
said great Offering was extended
to the University. Here he said
were something like 100 acres as
gifts Ii the school would locate on
that point and in addition to this
he had land scheme similar to that
of Mr.. Staver whereby the school
would seon be millionaire. He
also gavea detailed account OF this
particular location setting forth the
superior advantages to be obtained
by the school making its home
there.
Third proposition was made by ].
d. Lee aud another gentleman.
This is yet farther from Portland
than either o. the others. 1t
is on the east side of the
Willamette river and west of the
5. Southern Pacific railroad. 1t Is at
u point some two thirds of the way
from Portland to Oregon City. 1t
is at point where the land in
grasses IN value AS they approach
either OF these cities. Owing to that
fact and it being fine site for the
school to eirlow itself. Here about
100 acres could be had at about
$3.50 AN acre. No offers of gifts here
/ in lands were spoken Of. This land
was claimed to be worth sonic 500 or
! $500 an acre, but should the Uniyer-
| sity locate there the deductions of
that offer would be made. These
were all the propositions that were
submitted from Portland, but these
were sufficient to satisfy the people
of Salem.
The question was practically set
ile,l last night that the school will
20 t. Portland. A vote WAS taken
last night deferring the matter until
next Monday evening when the mat
ter would be voted On In an al
journed meeting to he held in Port.
iamd. The Salem friends voted in
body against this motion wits tie
Portland Teople favored 1t. or the
twenty-five present twelve stood tor
the deci>i n to be rendered last night
while thirteen voted for to wait un-
til Monday. The Salem delegation
will not be we'll represented In Port
land aud the decision will necessa-
riiy 90 in favor of that city. Salem
may consider the school voted To
be taken to Portland. The board
adjourned ut o'clock this morning.
FACTS WORTH NOTING.
Their. are many facts about the
removal of the University from Sa-
lem, an e.pe, tally about these ioca.
tions in the vicinity of Portland
that are we'll worth the considerate
attention of the friends of the sch oil.
One that bears heavily on this gues.
ton is this: Some time last sum
mer, during July or August, a
young man. furmerly of this city,
but now If East Portland, bought
some sixty acres Of laud,i the very
near vicinity, and on one of those
beautiful locations 80 urged before
the board last night, for about sos,
an acre, with good long time in
which to pay for 1t. Another gen.
tlenian, as late as September bought
IA tract of some eight or ten acres of
this fine land for something like
Sl20 or Sll5 an acre; aud a minister
of the N. L. church, who was SEEK
Ing to invest In real estate, refused u
tract of the same ten acres, in this
very vicinity at Sll5 All acre. These
are facts and known to several IN |
this city, and are surely worth the
consideration of the board.
Some of the Salem members of |
the board of trustees left there this
morning filled with the impression
that the real estate men OF Portland
were figuring largely in the matter,
not 30 much to benefit the school az
to make money of the school. This
same thought has been given out
freely in town to-day, not only
among the citizens but among the
resident members Of the board.