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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1908)
15 3 viL-aiteJiisa V 1 7 TITE MORMNG OREGOXIAX. MOXDAY, APRIL. 20, 1903. : ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS GO Dwellings Being Erected and Projected in All Dis tricts. ARCHITECTS RUSH WORK En ft j Scenes In Residence Sections Give Evidence of Hcmnrkahlc Growth of City, Kspeclally In the New Additions. A. Ewart. architect, tia hoen com mliaioned by M. Fallay to prepare plans for a three-story apartment -houpo on NEW FT .v KIX the site recently bought of W. Pcl.ash muth, situated Fourteenth and Columbia. The building is to be 81x103. and will con tain 33 apartments. The building is now estimated to cost from $46,000 to $iA0O0. Tiling is being laid on floors from the second to the sixth story in the Con cord building:. Stark and Secgnd streets. Architect Thomas Jones has been au thorized by the School Board to pre pare plans for an eight-room schoolhouse at Albina. Competitive plans and rpecitlcations are to be asked for from Portland archi tects for the new high school building to be erected at Emerson street. The middle of June is the date when tlie.se plans are to be submitted. The cost of the building is placed at $T0.000. The cornerstone of the Y. W. (.". A. bulldlns was laid on Wednesday. April IS. Work of const ruction is progressing favorably, the Ilrst story bcinfj about completed. Frames for the larse arched windows of tho assembly-room on the northeast corner are being7 placed in po sition. Receipt of bids for tho G. Bettman residence in Kearney street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third, will .lose today at 1 P. M. at the ofi.ee of Kable & Kable, architects. W. I Morgan has in preparation plans for two frame btiilding.s for the Mc Afinnvllle College. One building will be utilized as a science hall, 60x100, and the othr the conservatory of music, 60x100. Both buildings will be frame, with a height of two stories. Their estimated cost is l.VO0O. Mr. Mrtrgan is also plan ning a heating plant for the present college building, which will also serve the new science hall and conservatory . ot music. Emil Sehacht has about completed plans for the two-story brick warehouse to be erected for Wallace & Devlin, 100x100. at F-ast Taylor and First streets, which ts to stand on concrete founda tions and is estimated to cost HS.uOO. Fennes. Hendriek & Tohey are ready to receive bids for the $12.10 residence of W. J. Van Sehuyver. to be erected' at Twenty-fifth and Marshall streets. R. J. Tracy is preparing to build a fcrsidence on Eleventh street, between .Main and Jefferson, to cost Jtooo. Work has been started on the. residence of William McMurray. general passenger agent of the Harrtman lines in Oregon, at East Clackamas and Seventeenth streets, which is estimated to cost about Contracts were let Saturday for the construction of three dwellings on East Mill and Eighth streets, by R. Martin, Jr. The houses are to cost 2500 tach. Ina Park Second I'nited Brethren Church Is to have a parsonage built in that place to cost about Moon. Poyle & Patterson's plans, submitted in compietitlon for the proposed addition to the First Presbyterian Church, hare been -T r:b--i -y-- irvL K1 I accepted. The addition la to, occupy the te on which the manse now stands and tvill he erxlK). W. R. Stokes A Company will erect a small fiat building on Clifton street, between Ninth and Tenth, to cost Amonp the plans belns; prepared by P. A. Cariander are a $90u0 residence for m M. Haller and one for R. M. Schmeer to cost about $w0. Bids were opened for a number of new buildings last Saturday. Among them are the Star Brewery, tn Bouth Portland, by Emil Hrhacht; Charles Sigglin's resi dence on East Alder, by the same archi tect; Hawkin s three-story brik at Sec ond and Main, by R. Martin, Jr. City authorities have decided not to beain the erection of the East Side water office for the present. Joseph Jaeob heraer made the plans for the building that was to have been erected at East Alder and Seventh. Bids are being received by Claussen & Claussen for the erection of a flat build ing for E. C. Fety. 3tix50, at Second and Main, to cost approximately $7500. Contract has born let for the con struction of a factory building for b. B. Thompson at Front and Mill streets, 100x100. to cost between $10,000 and $15. uoa. Whidden & Lewis are the archi tects. Plans have been completed for the DeYoe flats, by Travis & Wilson. There will be two apartments of six rooms each MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE HII.L APARTMENTS, 1TI KING and the cost of the building is placed at Rumors are revived of Inquiries for a site for a new theater, in fact for two, as tho East Side Is again agitating the question of a place of amusement. Orand avenue seems to be the street most fa vored for the proposed theater. On the West Side several localities are being re ferred to as possibilities for such an improvement. Experiments are being made by Mr. Robinson, father-in-law of Signor De Caprio. on a fireproof paint. lie has succeeded in producing a mixture, the base of which is a silica clay from the mines at Silica City, which promises the best results. Otto & Harkson report the sale of W. H. Calvan's 50-acre improved fruit farm near Canby, Clackamas County. H. McCormiek Is the present owner. Seven thousand five hundred dollars was the 'consideration. Since the opening- of the Salem elec tric road several tracts in the imme diate vicinity of Portland have been platted, and buyers for Investment are picking; up other tracts which will be platted when those now in the market are fairly well disposed of. The same comment is made with reference to tracts along- the Mount Hood road. BURNT CLAY PRODUCT. The new building of the Toung Wo men's Christian Association will be a monument to Portland enterprise and Portland public spirit from top to bottom. Every cent of the money for its con struction was subscribed by Portland people; every stroke of the labor will be done by local workmen, and all the material used in its construction will come from Oregon soil and Oregon tim ber. The structure will be of Oregon brick, than which there is none better. In ad dition to its being the quickest method of bulldtnc. brick construction is also the most enduring and least costly. There Is not a single argument, save that of rapidly passing fad or fancy against brick as in favor of anything else short of granite or marble. If proof of the merits of brick con struction is wanted as compared to any style of concrete or other material yet c'.iscovered, hrlck authorities urge the most scrutinizing examination of brick structures and of brick walls that have passed through the most severe tests of time. fire, water and every other ele ment of nature. Portland furnishes a few splendid ex amples. The walls of the new building of the Haslewood Creamery Company and the walls of the building occupied' by the Pacific Coast Rubber Company are cases In point. Both these buildings were re cently subjected to very hot interior fires and came out in perfect condition. Though the walls of the Hazelwood build ing were still green, the mortar being scarcely dry. they are uninjured. The results of tests like this on walls of other material can easily be ascer tained, as they should and will b by conscieauous ouuaers. GOOD SALES IN ADDITION LOTS Buyers Pick Up Bargains in Outlying Districts for Investments. NIBBLE" AT OLD SITES Investors Attracted to Lands AJong Lines of New Railroads and Are Buying Against Future Demand for Towusltes. Pales of lots in the newly platted additions are reported as being brisk. In nearly all the selling: agencies pros- STREET, pective buyers during the past week have kept salesmen busy either clos ing up deals or showing their tracts. Saturday afternoon and yesterday num bers of intending: purchasers made tours of the several tracts. The open ing of I-oveleigh. at iorth Piedmont, for purchasers Thursday produced un expected results, the owners reporting the sale of 30 lots that day. The tract contains about 300 lots. While most of the sales reported in the new addi tions are made to intending: builders, there is a percentage of sales made for investments by purchasers, in the be lief that values are to advance with the continued demand. There is a condition as regards down town sites, which is referred to by dealers as a "nibbling'- market Several deals are reported to be on the verge of closing which will, in all likelihood, come through within the next few days. Holders of desirable sites are not disposed to let go unless considerable advance on price paid for the property is offered, and buyers realize that the day ot "snaps" In this class of realty is past. The Moore 4 Frost Land Company reports the sale to B. C. Ely of lot 13, block 3, Maywood. for 900. Mall A Von Borstel have sold for F. E. Cooper to William Tegart the north west corner of Sixteenth and East Da vis streets; consideration. J4300. Mr. Tegart bought for an investment Demand for acreage within a radius of ten to 15 miles of the city limits is unusually active. Tracts of land suit able for gardening and small fruit cul ture are in good request and the more desirable locations are being taken up rapidly. At no time since the city awakened to its possibilities could sites for manufacturing plants be ob tained on more favorable terms. Own ers of tracts are willing to practically donate land for the establishment of such enterprises, realizing that the re maining lots will be enhanced in value bj their location. The following sales were recently made by Thompson & Swan; Forty acres, one mile from Brush Prairie, Wash., formerly owned by O. W. Thompson, to G. Van De Iander. for $3000: five acres near Vancouver Lake, formerly owned by the Quigley estate, to William Town, for t-000: 40 acres! one mile east of Proebstei, from J. I.awhead and wife to J. C. Pohle. for 3150: 0 acres, three miles north of Vancouver, from Paul Brows' and wife to J. W. Branstator. ior $7500; 52 acres, five miles east of Vancouver, from V. A. Shade and wife to J. W. Bullock, for $5000; 40 acres, five miles northeast of Vancouver, from F. o. Triebly to Lovd Leach, for $200: 133 acres, ten miles northeast of Vancouver, from R. S. Brown to Paul Ramsey, for $12,500; lots in "Beacon Place" and city proper ty amounting to $500. Large quantities of machinery are being ordered by Japan from Great Britain. Among the latest orders is an immense heating plant, for a group of manufactories, and a compl.te outfit for a new sugar-making Industry. PACIFIC IRON WORKS O. E. Heintz, Kanager. Phone East 57, Home B 1157. CASTINGS OF ALL KINDS, STEEL BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES IN STOCK 3 to 24-Inch Beams. 4 to 15-Inch Channel. l'axlVa to 8x8-Inch Angles East End Burnside-Street Bridge, Portland, Oregon. BARRETT'S Gas and Electrical FIXTURES 408-410 MORRISON STREET . Phones: Main 122 Home A 4154 LOWE BROS. "HIGH STANDARD" PAINT Gives Best Results RASMUSSEN & CO. Second and Taylor Distributers Repair WJrk Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boiler makers. Building and Structural Work, PHOENIX IRON WORKS E!GIEBRS. Office and Worku, Hawthorn. Av.nn. and Eaat Third Street. Now is the Time to Paint Get Oor Estimates. SUTCLIFFE & BLIED Hamer Sulellffe EalRbllahed 1S78 John Blled WALL PAPER, DECORATING, HOUSE PAINTING, GRAINING, KALSOMINING, Phono i Main 1S73, A 22tt. We have a neat line of Gas, Electric and Combination Chandeliers, and will be pleased to see any one interested in -wiring or fixtures. We will meet jou evenings by appointment. A. T. Samuels W. W. Sansom- THE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO. 490 Washington St. Phones: A 3881, Main 4884. J. C. BAYER CORNICES, ROOFING, SKYLIGHTS, METAL SHINGLES, VENTILATORS, ETC Phone Main 467. 263-267 Second St. FAVORS MORE SOCIALISM Mr. Cyrus Diwusses the Elimina tion of Individualism. SCIO. Or.. April 18. To thff Editor.) I read with much interest an editorial in last Sunday's Oreronlan on "The Soread of Anarchv" and am pleased with the fair nee? and truthfulneM with which were set forth the tnets of the two diametrically oppoeed schools of thousht anarchy and socialism. Thousands of well-meaning but unthink ing people do not know that our present form of government has anything in com mon with either socialism or anarchy. They have not given enough thought to sociology to know that there cannot, from the very na ture of things, be more than the two theo ries of government that all forms or con ditions of society must be either socialistic or anarchistic, or else a mixture of the two. Our present form of government, as The Oregonian states, is a mixture. Now, are we suffering1 from too much socialism or too much anarchy, in this mix ture? Evidently it must be one or the other. If the trouble is caused by the offend ing parties following too closely the "social will," then we already have too much social ism. But. on the other hand, if the trouble Is cauped by the offender folio wink hV "individual will1' too closely, then we have too much anarchy in the mixture. It seams to me from what 1 have been able to gather from a study of the human race, or rather the history of the race, that our advancement In government and social conditions has been Just in proportion aa society has taken away the power of the Individual along governmental lines, or along any line that interferes with the wel fare of the people as a whole. in other words, it has been a constant growth to wards socialism since the days of primitive man. when anarchy reigned supreme. If anarchy is the true theory regarding gov ernment. If It is really nature's law. as its advocates contend, how comes It that the growth of society has been oonataatly away from It. and all unconsciously, too, u to comparatively recent times, and why do we find so much socialism Incorporated In modern" society? Could this growth of social ism be anything other than the workings of nature to eliminate the evils of indi vidualism or anarchy? And now, since a large and ever Increas ing number of people are becoming con scious of the direction In which the forces or nature moved when men were uncon scious of it, is It reasonable to suppose that they will right-about-face and go marching back to that anarchistic condition out of which necessity forced them? Well. I can't think so. Since we now see the direction in which nature has forced us to travel, and since history proves that the social conditions of man has constantly grown better, it seems to me that it is the part of wisdom to get in line with nature, and I am confident that our pTesent-day social or governmental ills will be solved Just as they have been in the past by a further application of the principles of socialism and the elimination of anarchy, or that milder term, which means the same thing, "individualism." O. B. CYRUS. AMERICAN-BRITISH TREATY Writer Hints It May Be Considered at a Meeting Here. PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Editors Several week ago the distinguished Phila delphia Jurist, Hon. Michael Ryan, In his offi'-IM capacity as National president of the United Irish League of America, mailed a copy of a circular letter to this city, re questing Irishmen to protest to the editors of local newspapers against fals reports of the political conditions in Ireland, cabled by so-called special correspondents and others, whose purpose Is to picture Ireland a In the hands of an Irresponsible mob of Get Our Estimates Phone East SK. PORTLAND, OREGON. PAPERHANGING Shop and Ptore 403 Morri.on Street. "cattle drivers" 'and other alleged law breakers of various kinds, and moreover, that the "church party" whatever that means had turned on the "agitaors" and was about to declare them anathema. In fine, that these "fake" purveyors of "fake" news would have the American people be lieve that Irishmen of the present day are unfit for self-government anol little deserved the sympathy, much lees financial aid. for political purposes from the Irishmen of America. This matter may come up at a mass meet ing, called for Sunday afternoon In this city, a word of advice to my countrymen. I am not an apologist for newspapers in Portland. I am not sure that they need one. I assume that their editors are not trans Atlantic mind-readers and that they publish what is cabled them from London and Dub lin for what it is worth, and I have seen no secular editorial comment In this city on which to base a protest by Irishmen. But I have seen "cawtholic" editorial expression in this city within the past 4i days, advising Iriph-Amerfcans to attend to their own busi ness and not to worry over the troubles of Ireland or the Irish, for the reason that they can do little to help Ireland anyway that their real mission here in America is to follow the smoke of certain people, whose Jove of the Irish and their welfare would seem to be. from recent events, dependent solely on the length of time they can hold their snouts In the political trough. No matter what they may do. true Irish men will never forget Ireland and will al ways be true to the old land. It follows, then, at the coming mass meeting, that If there la any protesting to be done it will not be to the Portland dally newspaper. As to others, we shall see. In its news columns this morning. The Oregonian states, from English sources, that Irish societies which are sending protests to the Department of State at Washington. D. C, agafnst a treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, are not patriotic. Irish-American societies do not have to seek English advice or Instruction as to what is their patriotic duty as American citizens. If they believe such a treaty to be in jurious to their country, they are bound In conscience to protest against it. The his tory of the United States depicts England as a persistent and treacherous enemy of this country. On the floor of Congress yester day, England was accuse of trying to trick us In- pulling her chestnuts out of the fire In the Congo State matter, and Ambassador Reid was ridiculed as an asinine flunkey in knee breeches. If Irishmen, by experience, did not know the true character of British diplomacy and did not warn their countrymen of the same, they would be false to their oath of allegi ance to the United States. I hope this mass meeting "Sunday will have the true Irish ring. If they invite me to speak I will pay my compliments to a few political "stiffs" in thta city, who think they carry the Irish xote in their vest pockets. ' M. J. M URN ANTE. Tevlsfrn to Pave Streets. LEWISTON. Idaho. April 19. CSpecial.) The City Council of Lewiston last night passed the initiatory resolution which launches the movement to provide the city with a pavement throughout the principal business district. Ail the area from First street to Ninth and north of Main to the Clearwater Is included In the proposed paved area. A committee of citizens from the Commercial Club, after an exhaustive canvas of the prob lem of paving material, considering the questions of durability, sanitation and cost, have agreed on the use of wood blocks, and will no doubt utilize the native tamarack In the construction, because it is available and ranks high In durability. Drops Dead at Work. ALBANY, Or.. April 19. (Special.) James Murray, an employe at St. Mary's Hospital, In this city, dropped dead with heart failure at the hospital yesterday. He was a native of Ireland, it years old. Mr. Murray formerly live at Jefferson, WE INSTALL STEAM, HOT WATER OR WARM AIR HEATING PLANTS. Absolutely nothing but the best, and a "McPherson" guarantee goes with every plant. THE W. G. McPHERSON CO. HEATING ENGINEERS Go to the Comet Electric Co. SALESROOMS, 412 MOHKISOX STREET. FRED D. WIl.SOX, PRES. A. V. PARKS, SEC.-MGR. Experts In Modern Wiring and Coniult Work. Estimates and Speclfl- v cations Furnished. , piioxes main r.nsn am) a ir.44. - Suce.NSorM to the Ifins; Department of the Barrett Company. THE ADAMANT COMPANY Manufacturers of HARD WALL PLASTERS The Celebrated "Crown" Brand Hair Fibered Cement Plaster. FACTORY i Foot Fifteenth St.) Pnelflp Phone. M 210t. OFf'HEl 433 Worcester Bids.; Pacific Phoue Main 7 IS. Home A 1318. Jos. Hornung, Res. Phone E. 1359. E. Fischer, Res. Phone E. 4587. CITY IRON WORKS Structural and sheetiron 'workers, blacksmiths, boilermakers; fire-escapes, sidewalk, joors and hose casings a specialty.. Tel. Main 7155. 303 Front St., Corner Columbia, Portland, Oregon. THE J. McCRAKEN CO. Ajrents in Orejrou for ROCHE HARBOR LIME. Also dealers in Im ported Fire Bricks, Imported and Domestic Fire Clays. 231-235 Pine St. Thone Main 270. Portland, Or. S. C JAGCAR . J. E. MAXON MORRISON ELECTRIC COMPANY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FIXTURES, WIRING, SUPPLIES 291 EAST MORRISON ST. Phones East 3128; Bl 625 but has resided in this city the past year, He was for years a railroad employe and ARE YOT PLANNING TO BUILD? HERE IS A HOME TO STUDY 4 fc3feJ rTh. I .ew: PRACTICAL DUPLEX HOUSE Cost to Biillcl. Exclilalve of Heating and Plnniliinsr, JM:WW. By Glenn L Saxton. Architect. 242-244 Security Rank Building, Minneapolis. Here is a duplex house that will ap- By .special ar- raneement with Glenn L. Saxton, architect, studio t '?.i- o,wl Oil t ---f KITCHEN fprf t curity ing, a complete set of plans and specifi cations of this house will be fur nished for 133.0(1 4 RED POOM ' pmiWG ROOM Jl M-OAI40 -XI4-0 (I U. J - P00M :i uvng tpoorl j i-wXi3-ta ! I" '! ! PIAZZA , jl p-n y. These j Lvuipieie in every I ,detail Mr. Sax- ! ton will also fur- ? nlsh for $i. a I beautiful. practi- cai and helpful b,.?kJ of P,ans pn titled, "American Dwelling s," 0f nouses raneinir J from 4 case ordered Shook, book turned. 328 GLISAN ST. helped in the oonstruetion ot the Oregon I & California Railroad. t 2r S3 I peal to anyone who Is Interested in 'ouildTng a home of this kind. There Is a full basement 7 feet 6 Inches def. first story and second, both f) feet liigh. sisse 26 feet wide and 48 feet long. Finished throughout in Washington fir, with birch floors. By special arrangement with The Oregonian, Mr. Saxton will furnish one complete set of plans and specifica tions of this duplex house for the sum of $30.00. Bank build- Minneapolis. will be 400 up. plans from price will be in a re the of re- 1 15 I 1 linn : ftp ! , 7 UVmG WOOf rJrcrrTrOff ts-bkif-k 4 nai IPOOM - -lo S) i ! 1