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CITY'S BANNER YEAR FOR BUILDING
Portland's Splendid Record in 1906 Surpassed During the Twelve Months
Just Ended Over $9,000,000 Invested in Business Blocks and Residences
WITH new office blocks, hotels,
warehouses and residences ris
ing on every hand, the ring: of
the trowel, chisel, saw and hammer
has been a paen of progress in Port
land during the past year. Following
an era of unprecedented building ac
tivity, 1907 has get a record of Its own
and will go down in history as a pe
riod of transformation, marking very
largely the disappearance of the old
Portland and the advent of a metro
politan city in appearance as well as
In size.
With building: permits aggregating
more than SMW.OOO. Portland has
even surpassed its own record for 1906,
which was regarded as a banner year.
There was no slackening in construc
tion throughout the period, and the
large investment of capital is one of
the most encouraging features to
which citizens can point., indicating as
it does, full confidence in the growth
of Portland on the part of capitalists.
Building expenditure is on a perfectly
sound basis here, for the volume of busi
ness is taxing even the increased fa
cilities, and vacant dwellings are al
most unknown.
If a former resident of Portland
should return now, after a few years'
absence, he would hardly recognize the
city as the one he had ( left. Every
where are to be found changes, and al
most the only thing that would appear
the same is the superb natural setting
of the city. In the. business district
steel skyscrapers are springing up
where frame buildings stood for years.
One by one the old landmarks are dis
appearing and In their stead commodi
ous stores and offices provide quarters
for the ever-increasing business of the
commercial center of the Pacific North
west. The building movement in Portland
has on the whole been well balanced.
Although the fine skyscrapers are
most conspicuous, a large proportion
of the outlay has been for dwellings..
The number of new homes to be seen,
especially In the newer districts, is a
revelation, even to citisens. when they
visit a part of the city with which
they are not familiar. Several fine
warehouses of an improved type have
been erected and the field for apartment-houses,
flats and hotels has not
been overlooked.
It may come as a Surprise to some
that the amount spent in the erection
of new homes In the past year is con
siderably the largest item in the build
ing expenditure, even exceding the
cost of the many class A, B and C
structures that have gone up. Alto
gether, I4.S3S.73S has been invested in
new dwellings, of which amount $3,
hss been for homes on the East
Side and $1,003,450 for homes on the
West Side. There were 1850 homes
built on the East Side and but 210 on
the West Side. This indicates that the
available building area west of ttie
river is becoming somewhat limited,
while the suitable tracts for homesto
the eastward are practically unlimited.
Much of the West Side land, too,
which m-as considered residence prop
erty a few years ago, has now become
too valuable for this use. The average
cost of the West Side home was S4968,
tnd the average on the East Side was
I1T47. The average expenditure for
dwellings in the entire city was $2056,
which shows that an excellent class of
homes is being erected.
Permits for class A. B and C build
ings were tak6n out during the year
amounting to $3,517,000. This includes
many steel and reinforced concrete
buildings of the finest type. Besides
those represented in this total, many
that were started In 190S were com
pleted in 1907. An instance of this is
the handsome 12-story Wells-Fargo
block, the "permit for which was issued
over a year ago, but which has only
recently been occupied. A partial .list
of the buildings, four stories or more
in height, which either have been com
pleted during the past year or are
actually under construction, follows:
Wells Farico. W stores. Sixth and' Oak
streets: Boald of Trade Building Asaocla
tiono. 11 stories. Fourth ana Oak streets;
Corbett estate, ten stories. Fifth and Morri
son streets; Commercial Club, nine stories.
Fifth and Oak streets; Courh building, eight
Ptorles, Fourth, between Washington and
Stark: Rothchild Bros., seven stories. Fourth
and Washington: L.. Q. Swetland. seven
stories. llfth and Washington; L'orbett es
tate, eight stories. Fifth and Ankeny streets;
Cornelius Building, eight Stories, Seventh
and Alder streets; Baldwin & Downing,
six. stories. Seventh and Alder streets; Fall
ing estate, six stories. Fifth and Alder
streets; Beck estate, six stories. Seventh and
Oak streets: atesy building, six stories,
Tsrk street between Alder and Morrison;
Buchanan building, six stories, Washington
street, between Fourth and Fifth; McClung
& Wetherbee. six stories, Ella strset, near
Washington; Lamson c Holbrook. six sto
ries. Eleventh and Stsrk streets; Masonic
Temple, five stories. West Park and Yam
hill streets; Mason. Ehrman A Co., Ave
stories. Fifth and Everett streets; Gordon
building, five stories. West Park and Yarn
hill streets; Gerlinger building, five stories.
Second and Alder streets: Oregon Hotel An
nex, seven stories, Seventh, near Stark; T.
M. and V. W. C. A. buildings. Ave stories,
Taylor, between Sixth and Seventh streets:
Wemme building, four stories. First and
Burnslde streets; Steams building, four sto
ries. Fourth street, between Yamhill and
Taylor; Jorgensen building, four stories.
Third and Main streets; Mitchell. Lewis &
Staver warehouse, four stories. East. Second
and East Morrison streets; Troy Laundry.,
four stories. Ninth and Flanderea streets:
Fleisehnor. Mayer & Co., warehouse, four
storlesr First and Couch streets: Meier A
Frsnk Company, four stories. Second and
Jefferson streets; Gadsby warehouse, four
stories. Thirteenth and Hoyt streets; Prael
llegcle warehouse, four stories. Thirteenth
and Hoyt streets; Haselwood Cream Com
pany, four stories. Fourth and Boyt streets;
Olds. Wortman & King, four stories. Fourth
and Jefferson streets.
In spite of the large number of new
buildings, it is believed that the growth
will continue. Practically all the apace
In the new structures has been taken,
even before the buildings are completed.
Most of the expansion represents new
firms and new business, for offices In the
old buildings have been filled as rapidly
as tenants move to the new blocks. In
fact, a large amount of money has been
ppent in enlarging and remodeling the old
buildings.
One of the most urgent needs in Port
land is more modern apartment-houses.
Several fine buildings of this class have
been put up during the year, but the field
has hardly been touched aa yet. Money
spent in tlra construction of strictly first
class apartment-houses or family hotels
would be a gilt-edge Investment in thla
cit.f.
There is also need of more fiats in
Portland, and this class of property is re
turning good revenue. Cottages and resi
dences, too, although so many have been
erected, are badly needed. So rapidly is
the population Increasing that there is al
most a residence famine and the various
rental agencies always have a waiting
list of tenants.
Warehouse" construction has 'been one
of the features of the year. Portland has
many line wholesale blocks, but' the busi
ness is constantly expanding and more
warehouses are in demand. Several Job
bing firms are contemplating the erection
of new quarters, an instance of which is
a large hardware house that recently
purchased two entire blocks on which
structures will be built to accommodate
its growing trade.
of safety and health, we are making
rapid strides.
Of hot less Importance is our home
building. Some two years ago we boasted
of 25.00 homes. Since then over 6000
residences have been constructed.
Our residences are nearly all of frame
construction. It has been found that such
houses are drier than brick houses, ow
ing to ous climate. As we owe the great
number of private houses to the low cost
of lumber, we need not feel sorry that so
few are built of brick.
Hundreds of beautiful homes have been
built during the past few years. Build
ing lots, sold with restrictive clauses in
the deeds, have found great favor, with
the result that large additions are being
built up exclusively with costly mansions.
Modern conveniences are employed on
every hand. Gas and water mains can
be reached in almost even- section of tne
NEW BUILDINGS OF FINEST TYPES
Steel and Concrete Used in Majority of Office Blocks
Erected Last Year Marked Advance in Architecture
Bt W. Irving Spencer, City Building In
spector. A COMPARISON of building opera
tions now In progress in Portland
with those of the past decade is
encouraging to all who have the interest
of the city at heart. Existing natural
conditions have retarded our progress
toward more permanent construction, and
this movement has been slow until re
cently. Portland is located in the midst
of a timber belt unequaled by any in the
world, and our mills manufacture im
mense quantities of lumber. The result
ing low price of lumber and our loca
tion, remote from the heart of the steel
and cement manufacturing centers, has
resulted in an almost exclusive use of
timber in building operations.
But during the last two or three years
the value of our business property and
the price of lumber have doubled. More
enduring building materials are, there
fore, cheaper In comparison and have
come Into more extended use in the busi
ness districts. Our conservative property-owners
are looking with ipore and
more favor toward fireproof construc
tion. Besults of these changed conditions can
be aeon on every hand. The structures
recently erected are, with few excep
tions, modern in every respect. Many of
fice buildings have been constructed of
steel and concrete and are fire-resisting
in design. Almost without exception new
warehouses are of the "slow burning''
or "mill construction" type.
Throughout the city new and old build
ings alike are. being furnished with appa
ratus for the prevention of fire. " Such
apparatus comprises standpipes and hose
reels, - "Babcocks" and automatic sprink
ler systems.
Not less encouraging is the marked im
provement in architecture. The build
ings of today are more adapted for the
purposes intended. The trend is toward
better lighted and ventilated rooms and
costly decorative features are becoming a
thing of the past. - From the standpoint
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Apartment . houses, apartment hotels
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Building operations in Portland have
not been overdone. We have never had
! such a period of building activity In our
j history, but with it all there is not a
j desirable house within the city that lacks
an occupant, or a business block begging
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. It is my opinion that building operations
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A solid foundation has been laid for
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