Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 24, 1908, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1908. - j fS3,J '" JS" - ' -1 . BUILDINGS FOR COMING YEAR Estimate of $12,000,000 Is Made for New Projects in Portland. ARCHITECTS MAKE PLANS Several Large Structures Are Ap proaching Completion, and Some Will Be Occupied March 1 and Others During Month. The office of the Building Inspector estimates that this year there will be 112.000.000 rut Into building operations In Portland. The estimate is based cement will be made At home for local use and export as well. Among the firms that will furnish carpets, furniture, draperies, ete.r for the Commercial Club's new quarters are the following: Olds, Wortman & King, Meier A Frank Co., Tull & Glbbs, J. G. Mack & Co., I. Qevurtz Sons, Ira F. Powers, William Gadsby & Sons, Jenning & Sons, Art Furni ture Manufacturing Company, M. J. Walsh & Co., and West Coast Engineer ing Company. Goodrich & Goodrich have made plans for a building at University Park for F. M. Filter. The first floor is designed for stores and the second for office and halls for lodges. The Henry-Mallory building, at the terminal of the Salem electric road, is rapidly approaching completion at First street between Columbia and Jefferson streets. Bcnnes, Hendricks & Tobey are pre paring plans for a residence to be erected at Lovejoy street, near Twenty-fifth, for Walter A. Holt, of the United States National Bank. Bids will be received In about 30 days for buildings of the Swift plant on the peninsula, according to a statement coming from the Union Meat Company last week. Plans have been prepared recently for several dwellings by Hockenberry & Co., and others are under way. One GOOD MARKET FOB BUILDING SITES Acreage In Vicinity of Portland Is Being Taken for Townsites. ACTIVITY IN NORTH END Realty Deals of More Than Usual Importance Pending and Week May Bring Unwonted Move ment in Inside Properties. Vanduyn & Walton last week reported the sale of the old Perkins tract on Washington street between Twenty-first and Twenty-second to M. W. Hunt and PORTLAND EAST SIDE RESIDENCE - tWW'THI-:' i 1 ft" ' Hi i ' t h Ufe:,jil HI t.5 r r I 5 s - if lit V if litiAtimn a-1 --- ' -" 1 RESIDEXCE Jl'ST COMPI-ETKU FOR LEWIS MONTGOMERf, EAST SALMON AXD TWENTIETH STREETS, COST $25,000. THERE IS A PERGOLA AND A GARAGE. upon the record made the two first months of the year, and upon known plans for big buildings to be erected during the year. Among these are the annex to the Oregon Hotel, to cost ap proximately $100,000; the Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A., estimated at $500,000; hotel at Fourth and Alder by the Hotel Investment Company, between $200,000 and $300,000; Rosenblatt's Hotel at Tenth and Alder, about $150,000; the Swift packing plant; two and probably three schoolhouses, and the projected buildings on the Plttock and Pennoyer blocks, which will run to about $1, 000,000, according to rather well-founded rumors. There is some probability that a permit may be taken out toward the end of the year for the McGinn building also, though the lessee eaid the other day that it would prob ably be next year before anything would be done toward making the con templated improvement. At the same time, Mr. Jennings is putting in what is known as a "building clause" in the short-term leases he is making to ten ants. Work on buildings Hearing comple tion has been carried on all Winter, with the result that several of the more important structures, will be ready for occupancy within a few weeks. The Board of Trade building at Oak and Fourth Is being plastered, and this 11-story structure will be oc cupied early In the coming Summer, according to the expectations of the owners, Healy and Lombard. The Commercial Club building is practically all rented, and offices on the first floor are already occupied. The Portland, Spokane & Seattle Railroad Company has taken the third floor for its general offices, the Board of Trade is to oc cupy the corner room, and the club will take the two .upper floors, which are now being rapidly finished for its use. The Medical building at Park and Alder streets is rapidly approaching completion, and wllh he thrown open for its tenants In a short time, ffhe Beck building, at Seventh and Oak, is having doors and windows put in, and will be ready for tenants In about six weeks or two montljs. The last story of the Gerllnger building, at Second and Alder, has been laid and work started on the roof. The Burkhart lot adjoining is still unoccupied except by debris from the old buildings which were torn down some months ago un der orders from the Building Inspector. Suit brought by the former Chinese occupants for damages is in court, and nothing will be done by the owners until that suit is settled, at which time they expect to begin building, accord ing to W. A. Cadwell, who represents the owners. , The demand for cement, which is growing enormously on account of the vast amount of construction work in this country, has . caused prospectors to explore for deposits. Several de posits of rock have been experimented with from Oregon hills, and proper sand hna already been found, so that In the course of a few months It would be no surprising thing to learn that is for a residence for Mrs. C. D. Brunn, of 10 rooms on Willamette Heights. Another is a six-room house for Dr. J. B. Keefer,: at the Junction of Wil liams avenue and East Seventh street. Planking for the first floor of the Dammeier building, on Fourth street, is in place and work on the brick outer walls is progressing favorably.' ZOiiE 15 BEI1 EXTENDED NEW BUILDINGS AL-L OVER THE EAST SIDE. Iarge Number of New Structures . Rise Throughout Residence Dis tricts Across the River. That the building zone on the East Hide is not confined to any particular locality may be seen from the permits Issued, and from a visit to the suburbs. Work has been started on the founda tion of the home of. Rev. J. F. Ghormly, near East Twentieth and Salmon streets. It will cost $3500. On the east side of the residence will stand the $33,000 edifice to be -erected by the Central Christian Church, of which Rev. Mr. Ghormly is pastor. The excavations for the 'founda tion of this building have been finished. It will occupy a quarter block. Dr. W. A. Roberts will . erect a two story dwelling costing $3000. on East Thirty-seventh and East Washington streets. Mrs. R. C. Stowe will erect a dwelling at Woodlawn on East Thirteenth street at a cost of $2700. C. A. Bade will erect a one-tory dwelling at the corner of East Fourteenth and Hancock streets, at a cost of $.ri000. John Harrington will erect three $4000 dwellings on East Fif teenth and East Oak streets. W. R. Stokes & Co., contractors, will. put. up the buildings. The total contract is for $12,000. W. H. Beaueaith will erect a two-story frame dwelling on East Yam hill and East Twelfth streets for $5000. P. A. Gilmore has let the contract for a home in Irvlngton to cost $4000. Architect Jacobberger has finished the sketch of a two-story brick building 60x100 to cover the lot at the corner of East Seventh and East Alder streets, to be occupied by the East Portland office of the City Water Works. At the next meeting of the Water Committee the erection of this building may be authorized. The first story will be ueed as an office and the second as a shop for repairs and extensions in that portion of the city. The city bought this lot for $4600 Work on the foundation ot the laundry for the Yale Laundry Company, on the corner of Bast Tenth and Alder streets, is progressing. The building will be of brick construction and will occupy the two lote on the east side of East Tenth street. The-permit calls for a building costing $W,000. F. I Shull for $50,000. It is reported to be the intention of the new owners to extend King street through the tract and subdivide the piece into ten lots. Some of the lots have already been disposed of at good round figures. Monroe Goldstein bought last week S6x 100 feet on Lovejoy street, 100 feet west of Twenty-third, from J. J. Hawes. The lots are unimproved. Mr. Goldstein Bays he contemplates the erection of six five-to-six room flats on the property of two and perhaps three stories In height. The ground will permit of spacious yards. The new owner reports that he has been of fered an advance on the purchase price, which for the present is withheld. More than usual activity Is reported in lots in Holladay's addition, reaching on over Into the Irvlngton sections. More building is projected In that part of the great East Side than ever before. Prices for building lots in that district hold up well and if the demand keeps growing the lota are pretty certain to advance in val uation before the year is ended, according to the agencies handling the sales. Thero continues to b an active move ment in acreage in the vicinity of Port land. Every day's records of transfers of real estate contain the description of one or more of these transactions, from a few' acres for gardening purposes to large tracts for new townsites. South of the Mount Tabor district several sites are either now platted and Jots offered or are about -to be cut up into suitable tracts. Members of the excursion to Salem last week on the occasion of the celebration of the opening of the new electric line, say that in various places along the line evidences of new townsites are seen. Al ready some of the sites have placards announcing lots for sale and at other places signboards announce that property is offered for the same purpose. Lands in the vicinity of the new stock yards and packing plant are being looked upon with much favor by investors. The recently platted tract south and east of Piedmont and adjoining Woodlawn, han dled by Brong and Steele, is attracting attention, and the older plots farther south are again being favorably consid ered by prospective buyers. Thompson & Swan, Vancouver, Wash., report the following sales made in Clark County last week: Forty acres owned by S. W. Thompson to Ida Levin, for $1600; 11 acres from J. J. Drast to James T. Brown, $1100; 11 acres from James T. Brown to A. L. Wllklns, $1250; 6 acres from A. Phllbrick to J. Wanke, $1100. The most 'important transfer recorded last week related to the sale of the Dr. R. C. Coffey' sanitarium on Twentieth street between Glisan and Hoyt to George F. Thompson, trustee, representing Arch bishop Christie. 'me consideration as recorded is $60,000. The preent week is likely to see the transfer of some valuable downtown busi ness sites, several brokers reporting deals about closed and that buyers and sellers are coming together much nearer than for sometime past in their ideas of values. Quite an active movement was on last week for upper Washington street lota In XTURES WIRING HIGH-CLASS FI AND The Fixtures and Wiring in the Lewis Montgomery Residence were Installed by Morrison Electric Go. Electrical Contractors S. G. JAGGAR J. E. MAXON 291 East Morrison St. Phones B 1625, East 3128 UR steam-heating plants are installed right. "We don't leave out valv.es where they should be put in. We don't use a small pipe where there should.be one of sufficient capacity. We don't install a job and let the owner kick after we've got our money. It pays to employ a firm whose reputation for fair dealing is well known. When we figure on a job, we figure on a GOOD JOB not a cheap one. THE W. G. Heating Engineers. ERSON CO. 328 Glisan Street. You Can Not Afford to Buy Gas or Electric XT U R FT ES Until You Have Called at BARRETT'S 'Most Complete Line in Portland.. . You can mar the beauty of the most expensive and handsome home by not having the fixtures in harmony with the surround ings. Everything in fixtures at Barrett's. 408-410-412 MORRISON ST. Phones: Main 122, A 4154. THE J. McCRAKEN COMPANY Jobber of UTAH LAND PLASTER Lime, Cement, Plaster, Fire Bricks, Fire Clays, Hardwall Plasters, Plastering Hair and Fiber. 231-235 Pine Street. Phone Main 270. Portland, Or. Mr uilder You will save money, time and worry by having the M.I.WALSHCO. install your Electric Light Wiring, Tile Flooring, Gas and Electric Chandeliers They also carry a complete line of mantels, grates andirons, fenders and sparK ftuards, and do all kinds of fireplace tiling and repairing. 311 STARK STREET, Between Sth and 6th Both Phones Phone E. 691 J)AVIS 6 DRENNEN Phne B 2151 Gas and Electric Fixtures We Are Located at 406-408 E. Burnside, Bet. Grand Ave. and E. Sixth with a new and modern lHe of Colonial and Mission Fixtures, suitable for the most up-to-date residences. Being in the low-rent district, we can save the builder from 10 to 20 per cent on all kinds of lighting fixtures. PACIFIC IRON WORKS O. E. Heintz, Manager. 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 Channels. 112x112 to 8x8-Inch Angles East End Burnside-Street Bridge, Portland, Oregon. WAVERLESGH Is the place where the houses are being built. Get in early and make money. Lots $450 and up; $25.00 down, $10.00 per month. Jno. P. Sharkey Company 122, SIXTH STREET PHONE A 2537 MAIN S50 THE ADAMANT COMPANY Manufacturers of HARD WALL PLASTERS The Celebrated "Crown" Brand Hair Fibered Cement Plaster. FACTORY! Foot Flft'renth St.( Pacific Phone. M 210. OFFICE!: 433 Worceatcr Ulilc; Pnclllc Phone Main TIM. Home A 1218. J. c. CORNICES, ROOFING, SKYLIGHTS, METAL SHINGLES, VENTILATORS, ETC. Phone Main 467. 263-267 Second St. Jos. Hornung, Res. Phone E. 1359. E. Fischer, Res. Phone E. 4587. CITY IRON WORKS Structural and, sheetiron workers, blacksmiths, boilermakers ; fire-escapes, sidewalk, doors and hose casings a specialty. Tel. Main 7155. 303 Front St., Corner Columbia, Portland, Oregon. Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boiler makers. Building: and Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS Office and Work, Hawthorne Avcnne and East Third Street. ENGINEERS, Phone Knot 2D, PORTLAND, OREGOX. the district to the north of that thorough-. fare. "W. F. Sargent, of San Francisco, who recently bought a lot on Alameda ave nue, in 'Rose City Park, will begin the erection of a $3000 residence. Mr. Sargent will have his home finished .by July, when he will move his family from San Fran cisco to Portland. The contract for the erection of the four-flat tenement to be erected on the northwest corner of Pacific street and Grand avenue, for Mrs. Loveridge and associates, has been awarded. It will cost $6500. The proposed rail line on Fifteenth street will cause' quite a scramble for de sirable factory and warehouse sites along the north end of that street. , Nearly $400,000 was represented in the amounts recorded in realty transfers last week. In the majority of Instances the purchase price being nominally stated. Mrs. Needham will erect a J5O0O bunga low in Rose City Park. Goodrich & Goodrich are preparing plans for this building. Porter Bros., contractors, concluded the purchase of 300 feet of St. John water front last week adjoining a strip on which the city has an option for a free dock. Many Attend Special Service. Both services . in Central Baptist Church were crowded yesterday to hear Rev. John M. Dean, of Seattle, who is conducting special services in that church. He will speak at the services to night on "Asleep in a Barber's Chair." Music will be furnished by an orchestra from the BmmanUel Baptist Church and an augmented choir. Large delegations will be present from other churches. TIMBER LOCATOR'S VIEWS THINKS LAJVD-GRANT SETTLERS MAY WIN. Will Iose Only Their Filing Fees in Event Courts Decide in Fa vor of Railroad. George W. Douglass, a timber I07 cator of this city, believes that per sons filing on lands embraced in the Oregon & California (Southern Pacific) land grant will have a prior right to their selections, should the . proposed suit to compel the railroad corpora tion to comply with the terms of the grant be decided in favor of the Gov ernment. Mr. Douglass contends that applicants for these lands are acting clearly under the terms of the grant, which have been violated by the rail road, and he argues that at best all these Intending settlers can lose, even should the suit be decided against the Government, would be their filing fee. He says: The terms of the Southern Pacific Rail road grant, by act of Congress, explicitly provide that the lands must be "sold tr actual settlers In quarter sections only to one person and at a price not exceeding $2.50 per acre." Many citizens have applied tor this land under the trms of the grant, but the railroad, realizing the enormous value of their holdings, refuses at this time to comely with the law. Now if these applicants do apply in rood faith to purchase a quarter-sect Ion of this land and the railroad In bad faith refuses to let them have it, is It not reasonable to suppose that, after the Government com pels the railroad to live up to the terms of the grant those who have aDDlled and offered to purchase will surely be upheld In their rights and eventually be accorded the land? The applicant at this time does comply with the-law. notwithstanding the fact that the railroad violates it. At the time the applicant applies he makes a ten der as an actual settlor, offering the legal ized rata of $2.60 an acre. I read in today's Oregonlan that Postal Inspector O. C. Rlchea claims that tho.se filing now will have no prior right to this land and that in his estimation the land will go back Into the public domain. 1 would Hke to know by what authority he makes this statement, as his official position will g-ive It weight with the public. I am filing and locating citizens on this land and have kept myself posted as to all the published proceed! nRs of the Govern ment. The Fulton resolution, passed by the United States Senate recently, was to the effect that tho railroad be compelled to comply with the grant which, it Is reason able to suppose, it will eventually do. Now if It does, is It not reasonable to conclude that applicants whose filings are properly recorded and who have' tendered the re quired $400 In accordance with the terms of the grant and who have in the presence of witnesses made affidavit to that effect, will be entitled to their portion of the land? There is a diversiy of opinion on this subject and as a great number of citizens are deeply concerned the regularity of these filings should be passed on so that the question might be finally settled. Postal Inspector Riches Is no doubt honest In his convictions regarding the matter, but there are others Just as honest who feel that the courts will recognize priority claims to these lands and eve nfi ally will require the rail road to sell each particular quarter-section to the first applicant. However, viewing the situation in its present condition, those filing do so in a spirit of speculation. If they secure the land. It means a small fortune to them, but should the suit by the Government be de cided adversely, applicants would only for feit thtir filing fee. which is Insignificant when compared to the great value of the land applied for. BLUE LAWS ARE FAVORED Good Government Iague of St. John Adopts Platform.- The Good Government League of St. John has adopted the following platform: "We favor the strict enforcement of all city ordinances In letter and spirit, without fear. or favor. Wo favor Sunday closing of all bowling alleys, pool roms, skating rinks, dance halls and saloons. We favor retrenchment In expenses and a reduction of salaries, and believe they should be a follows: Mayor. $50 a year: Councllmcn. .n a year: city Recorder. jlOdil a year; City Attorney. fooO a year, his pres ent salary being flooo. We favor voting bonds for the purpose of buying waterfront and electing a dock. We favor petitioning the Legislature to permit the county to operate a free ferry at St. John. We favor a light Ktreet grade for tho outlying' districts to conform to the con tour of the. land, in order to keep the cos: of street improvements within the legal limits. The platform is signed by F. L. Young. S. C. Cook and El C. Hurlburt, commit tee, who drafted it. March 3 J. I. Fletcher, president of the league, will address the people of St. John on "Good Government." and is ex pected to outline what will be the policy and objects qt the Good Government League. Confers With Mulai Hafid. FARIS. Feb. 23. A special dispatch from Tangier to the Petite Republique Fays that Hcrr Nier, the German Con sular Agent at Morocco City, has visited Mulai Hafid's camp in Moorish terri tory and had several Ions consultations with the pretender.