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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1910)
;;3 i i. ; ;: n - L. j ! ; I V , I . I 1 II 1 t 71' - . i&r&' WW u - - . : . - .v ' w Tte Addition with Cfieracte The men who constitute the Board of Directors of Laurel-' tEClAJtf) OF hurst Co., are: Chas. K. Henry, of the Chas. K. Henry . r BIKECTOfi Co., Ileal Estate; Frank P Mead, President of the Sea board Security Co., of Sea' tie. Wash. Paul C. ' Murphy. . Director of the American Sayings Bank and ;Trust Co., of Seattle, and of the Bankers' Trust Co., of Tacoma, Wash.; S. B. Linthlcum, of the law firm ; of WUliams, Wood & Linthlcum; Edward Ckokingham, vice president and manager of Ladd & Tilton Bank; L. A. Lewif , of Allen & Lewis, WLolesale Grocers; James B. Meikle, formerly secretary of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and vice president of the Trustee Company; Henry W. Fries, of Wakefield, Fries & Co., Real Estate, and pr sident of the Portland Realty Board; Robert H. Strong, manager of the Coi bett estate; George P. Dekum, of the Chas K. Henry. Co.; Charles K. Willi: ims, manager of Morris Bros.. Bonds, and H. R. Burke, special agent Royal Insurance Co. "... These men will carry out the plans of the company according to the general scheme of Improvement which has een adopted and published In the Portland papers from time to time during the past six weeks. This Company promises . to make LAURELHURST a most beautiful residence park, j The whole additioin will be improved under building istrictions adequate to make It the most desirable, exclusively residence district In Port- - land. This result Js easil;- obtainable on account of Its many natural advantages. '. PUBLIC IMPROVE- MENTS... WHAT-THE C03IPAXT ; PROMISES In the whole area of LAURELHURST every acre is a good acre, and every lot a good lot The natural lay of the land Is so nearly perfect that It Is well nigh impossible for the best landscape artist to Improve It. : C The deep, rich soil of LAURELHURST will produce everything that will grow In this climate, in' the greatest profusion, and the luxuriant growth of grass, flowers, shrubs and trees will make It a veritable garden almost Immediately. - r , . All of the street improvements In LAURELHURST are to be. made at once, by the City of Portland,, under the ten year bonding system. -( The wbole work is to be done under one contract, so that there will be no delays caused ty one " contractor being compelled to wait upon another. These improvements Include the paving of every street with asphalt and the laying of six-foot cement sidewalks, sewers, water mains and gas mains on every street, with laterals extending to the parking strips in froni of every lot. ,". The arrangement of the street Improvements provides for two-foot parking strips between the lot lines and the sidewalks.' eight-foot parking strips between the sidewalks and paved roadways, and twenty-eight foot ..roadways. - V . -1 ; . It Is the Intention of the company to plant shade trees in all of the eighty foot parking strips, and the streets are to be lighted by artistic cluster lamps. .Ate d S . , , a ..-.-.: qj bo - i oa 2 . . - - if & I is S ; i go if 5? C 2 : - pV o i- in I ill & o : u s i I . r . J? g w 't S u fc. . o ; v , - m 3 og ... , " ' a k o -o i o a 5P S to 2 -a o o "g o ac O o s . -to- , 3 1 O 9 to O a 69 i. 2 6 "S "S 2. ' S is "S 3 2 P u 3 o 3- O -o a - u a a a o 0 a d -g t: a a a a u p fc 3 -g a t-3 as a o u ca H 2 3 p - CO o H O W 5 .5 CW d E? H o .55 m w o a - xi a cd o u PC Q Q cn cn o 1-4 6- o 2 O a 2 t 2 O fli 011 - 8 s 3 u '- OB a t H ffl w wa ii V I M a , J t. 1 o in 2 H w, . a d 0 a u . PS 5 "go u u oO - - H O u m W w r W X, O oj eo dd jo u 2 a 3 S oj . - : lilt All- 8 I rf 3 5 3 - 5 &: 2 Bw4a5s5- no 3 S3! fSISgqSsUASS. a 0i! n KM Si U .ir a t: to o sc j n- n