The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 13, 1907, Section Two, Image 16

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Newspaper Page Text7 ....16 LtClSLRTURE TO DEFINE 2TATU5 Real Estate BroKcrs win ask Passage of Suitable ' Measure. .' NO LEGAL STANDING NOW Intent! ilso to Request, - lsttHsIi-j mont of Scale of Charses for. Guidance of Courts in Suits Over commission?! A. movement la on foot- anion? the 1 estate 'men. of Portland to have the Leffialaturo ot Its coming session pass a bill which shall define the legal status of a rrn I ostatft brolcer. The "V tii I will also fix s.- legr&l tecale- -or coni- missions to govern in cases where pay ment must be enforced by the courts. rr4 matter will be takm up by the- Vortlana Kalt;.' Board .at Ita meeting Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. . -At prespnt there Is no. law In Oregon relative to the commission. A broker ,'ran rolled through the courts, and this Is regarded ly brokers as a defect In th code which should be recttflcd. In , ; cosos where suit has been brought for i the collection of commissions, judges hav- merely followod former court riclona in fixing- awards. It lfi thought by the dealers that a legal rate should be established. It is propoood to fix. tha leiaral, -cam . . mission at 3 per cent, the recofrnised I f 1 ft t , .lajiRrV n Portland and the one al- loivod through precedent in the courts. T Ij i bill wti 1 also define w real t y broker as one who Is regularly engaging In the business 'of buying and selling: real ... property on " commission .and main tafnlng- an office for that purpose. Thts f 'will done to 'protect dealers of roroK" iorl ntandlnr and to safeguard t.1) o public for unrc!itile brokers. , The provisions of the proposed bill jiavfe hm disrusftod hy members of the - - board, but the measure has not yet benn drafted. It Ih probable that a r committee' will be appointed at the ttwetini, Tiwsday to draft the bill: after .-; which frt will be Indorsed b.v the board. .t a ere l s also talk or tbe board sending to tin lom a delegation to work for, the. passage of the f-"ev ila Sale Are Clotted. While few iar je sales of property have ken closed, the past week has been a ; busy one in the real 'estate market. . Many project x have been set on - foot which promise to develop during the next few days; The beginning; of the year is always ouiet o far as the eloftina- of sale Is concerned, but" th Inquiry and demand for property which m in evidence nt 'present promise a runh of business during the next few r- months. The largest transaction reported dur- Jny the weeK was the sal? or the Gold en West Hotel at tha nofthweit corner of Seventh and Everett 8trsts. It was purchased ta- i 'nil K im K'' i from James McNtrholas for f48,000. The property wen bought by Mr. MoNlcboks a few weeks ago for $42,500. The bulldlnjr a tlvo-story brick. Both stales were made by Bollam, G-russi & llllles. A half-interest fn the lot adjoin inff lie H azt lwood Oream Company's build ing on r'l f th street has been purchased by. Russell & Biytti and Warren E. Thomas from Morris Kahrv. of Phiia- luUiu- The purchasers now own the entire property. For the half-Interest fw,5og was rid, netting Mr, Kalm 100 por cent on an investment he made a year r o. Russell & Blyth have sold to Ralph B. Moody a residence on-As- pen street, Willamette, Heights, 1 for $n'V0. .and a lot on KrankltnAstraet, . "V ll!i rn .-1 1 . Heights, to G. "W. Klelaer.. GrlndntafT Schalk purchased yes- terday a property, 55x100, on the north , shbi Of Madison RtroeC between First and Second. It was bought from Ji. W. - Wilson for $22,000. Mr. Wilson pur- ;imaod th lot (our. monUii ago through the same agency for $16,500. The only Improvements on the property are frame buildipars of email value. There has been exceptional activity In this portion of the city for some time. 1'roperty south of Washington street, along l-'I i-t and Second, la sell- ins readily and at higher prices than it over before commanded. The begin- nine of construction on the Portland- Salrm cloctrlc line is believed to be responsible Tor much ot ,the present activity on trio - West . Side near the i -river. Sale on fteentii Street. : - Grlndstatr & Sclialk have also SOlfl for Andrew Driver a quarter-block at . Fifteenth and Pettygrrove streets. It . was purchased by II. ir. Jones for fie.. ooo. It Is understood that the property will be improved. The same agency has also sold to T. I, Simmons for .T. JY Ross a dwelling and lot on Broad way street, near Bast Tenth, tor 5300; also to L. R. FalrcMltis for A, R. Korrlsran a lot at East Fifteenth and 2a?tt Mn rllaon streets for S2000. Tli - Enterprise Hotel 1 at the south- west comer ot Fifteenth nn(j gavter streets was sold during the week for $l,00o. , It was. owned by- Malarkey & ' stencel, asad the sale was ma'de- by Brooke & Klernan. The name of the purchaser has not yet been announced. K. Ij. Thompson has sold to C. Wert, nelmer a lot att.the southeast corner of Twenty-second and Lovejoy streets. ..The. prlte was $3750. A fine dwelling " will be erected on the property. - vVaiong the - bullcllng projecta an- . nouriced during1 xhe past week - Is ,'a' homeopathic hospital o be erected upon the Kast Side. . Construction will commence In the Sprlnjar. - The building will coet approximately $50,000. Tho ?. site will be the Breyman blocK, bouhCod by East Second.- Kast ..Third, Hassalo and Multnomah streets. - The money for the hospital comes from the sale of land left the association by the late ' 11. W. Corbett. This tract, containing: four acres. wa recently sold for $80, O0. The asncRiailon has spent $30, OOO "for tho HHe. The Strowbridge estate has ordered the vacation of the buildings at the n(irthvit corner of Second and hill streets It will be remodeled com- mwclng March 1,, and occupied, by I. Oovurtst & Sons,', the present tenants of t.rie adJotnlrtK quarter-block. PI ate -jt7lass fronts and other .improvements will cost about 115,000." Louis' GerJJnjror has decided to Im prove -the southwest corner of Second and Altt.'.r- streets in 'the. near future. Tliere Is at present an, old 'brick Ftruc ture on the corner occupied, by Chinese. It rtfl be demolished and a substantial t.ricK and steel block built in Its place. Mr. -GqrUnger has not yet made definite plans for the buildings, but expects- to io so In the near future. ...:,IT THREE New Year Opens With Every Indlca t ioit of Continued -Votlvit y In That tlier e to be no abatement In th building movement in Portland during 1907 Is clearly Indicated by the large num ber of permits taJcen out during; the nine business days, since the first ol .the year. Among1 the permfts already Issued In Jan uary are a half-dozen or more for large and costly buildiiiKa. Wlth the projects previousty begun and, jnoa to oe lamicnea during the. next month or two ft Is evi dent that more bulldlnsrs will be eoon un der w.y than at any time during the very ousy year or jm During the past vwk permits were taken out by Joseph Simon for two large warehouses. ' One ot these is to be located r thn nmi r r t onrnMr -r ThlrtP-nth Hoyt streets, and ttie. other attne south' west corner of Third and Ho-yt 'streets. Permits of $20G0 .each were taken out on these build!nss covering simply' the exca- vatlon worK, The warehouse' to be' bultt by Mr. "Simon f t Thirteenth and Gllsa-n streets -will be four storied in hetarht with u la-rcre baee- rnnnt. It will covr a quarter-bloch and eost Excavation la already under way. It is expected that the building will be completed and ready for occu pany (by Vlay 1. . This building is already under lease to the Central Door & Lumber Company, which has ' offices in " the I.umber Ex change building-. The warehouse will be designed tor the storage ot plate-glass, window glass, doors, windows and sim- ilar , V Th. company carries ori .a ehlppl business in these lines as well as local trade, and ta scope is to be greatly enlarged with the completion of the new structure. The company is s.t " present becupying'a warehouse at Fourteenth and Kay streets which It will vacate as soon as the ware. honse at Thirteenth and Glisan streets ts completed. In the .Immediate . vicinity of 'the new warehouse several othei structures are under way and soon to be begun. At the northeast corner of Thirteenth and Hoyt streets, Frael, Hegel e & Co. are now com pleting ' R large building for warehouse purposes. It covers a quarter-block and Is one of the most substantial structures In this new warehouse district. At the southwest 'corner of the same streets William Gadsby i constructing warehouse. It. is believed that large house will also soon be under way at Eleventh and Glisan streets. A quarter block at this place wa recently sold by C K. Henrx and although the name of the . purohaaer is not announced. it Is understood that the property is to toe lm- proved. Samuel. Simon Is associated with Joseph Simon In the building of the warehouse which ia to toe erected at. Third- and Hoyt streets, n will cover a portion, ot property occupied by the Willamette Iron A Steel Works, which Is ramovrng Its en- tire plane to the lrg site which It pur- chased some time ago. . This building will cover' half a block and he four stories in SEW KE81DErV OF MBS. A. E. J - -; . . : , MANY .-PERMITS ISSUED SIXCEk II s MfmiUfK tifall ' fcs , 1 Construction. s ' I III WWHW'' fa' ' -UW SI''1 ' SY ' III" r , , . . -a f - II . ! I -.nwj,- ..Jf I I 1 L. r-i 1. -t it fsv j. ' ' - - liili ' - TIIE SU5D.il' OKEGOMAX. rORTLtiD, .AHAM 13, 1907. NEW STRUCTURES VMMmitmimwiism L H-M helgrht with a basement. When completed it will be" occupied by - the - Haielwood Cream Company which will move from the present location on Fifth street, which It has outgrown. The construction of this bulkalriK will he rushed as the com pany desires to he in ita new quarters be fore the heavy Spring and Summer trade, This warehouse will cost $. X. A permit was also Issued during- the past week for the election of a new office building at the northeast corner of Park and Alder streets by K. A. Baldwin and V. O. Downing. It will cover a. quarter- block and be six stories in height. This gtructure Is to be of light-colored pressed brick and will be one of the most. attrac tive office buildings In the city. .The walla will tee constructed with sufficient Btrensth to be carried to ten stories. Only the excavation permit for this building- was issued, involving $20OO. Mr. Baldwin reports that- he- has found grtRt demand ror ornce?, many applica tions being received as soon as announce ment of the butldlns wa made. The lower floor of the bulldlnsjr will toe used by stores and th entire nve upper floors divided Into .office suites. Many of ihe 1 offices .have been taken by physicians : -and it - is probable that the greater part 1 of the building will be given over to the use ol members ot the medical profession, , A permit for the construction of the , Mitchell. I.pkIk a sta-ver warehouse on ; the mast Side haa also been taken out ; during the past ten days. This will be : on of the finest structures of Its kind K1SG, 881 CLACKAMAS St., IRViS0T0'. 4 THAT WILL REFLECT CREDIT ON THE I n In the city, -covering the entire half-block: on ICast Second street, between Bast Mor- rison and Belmont. It wll be four stories In height, and the estimated cost given In the permte is $90,000. This is outside of the foundation and basement which are already - well ijnder way. The building will sit -on concrete piles which were driven down to solid rock. Another permit granted since the first of the year is for a oix-etory addition to the Welnhard brewery, costing . $60,000. The capacity of this plant is .being rapidly Increased. A large new ice plant was recently completed, and the present .addi- tion. will make it one of tlft largest brew. erles In the West. Other large permits just issued are for the .40.O0O residence of A. L.. Mills, on Twentieth street, between Johnson and Irving, and for a $25tQP0 tank for the Portland Gas Company, on Kerby street, between Congress and HuraboH. PliAXNIXG A STEEL TDRYDOCK. St. Johns Shipbuilding company M ill Kn large Its Plant. 'A drydock and ahirbuildinar plant la a project which tiae just been taken up at St. Johns. 'Preliminary arrangements for the fn&usumtion of such an -enterprise are being: made by tba- St. Johns Ship building Company of which J. E. Kelly Is manager. Both St. Johns and Port land capitalists are - Interested in - the venture. A aite for the new yards has Just been purchased, conslstlr.f of H acres adjoin War the present' -yards of the company. The drydocR will be 876 feet Ions and will be built chleoy or steel, ine entire plant will cost In the neighborhood of fi.ooo.ooo. The new drydock will be on the .sec tional plan and will be operated by elec tricity. Altbousn the project Is simply In the forpiulative stage,, it U said by those Interested that sufficient money Is already subscribed to assure Its success. TRAIN BOYS FOR SOLDIERS . William Dercny. Fears Americans Will Become Raeo of "Sissies." If Americans -are' not to become a- race of J'llseies,"' the boys shouia be given a military training, such as they obtain at military academies, according: - to William Deveny, who declared nimself at a meet ing of the Juvenile improvement Afiaocla- tion. held in Judge Prazer's -courtroom last -niaht. The oueetlon of establishing separate manual training schools in "Port- land was being discuBBed when Mr. Je veny stepped Into the breach. "Why not Rive the ooyi military train ing; and make real men out of them?" he aaked. "JX will grtvfe them spirit and cour age. took' at 'China. The boys thei; .don't have any military training to speaJs .i :; :;" "r: Aa'iaaajBtau11 '.y of. and the Chinese asM result have de graded into a lot of 'slesies.' " Mr. Deveny resides at Montavllla. and n tooK occasion tg criticise trie Home Training Association of that neighbor- hiooii. 1 1 o nuld that but few of tlie women who were members had children, and that they were for the moat part old maids, He said the women with' families had snown a disposition to attend, out stopped Ko:pg to tne meetings when the old maids began to dictate. . After a considerable discussion of man ual training echooLs, it was decided to postpone the question until the next meet ing which will be held the third Saturday of next month. Judge Frazer expressed himself &b believing that there should be publ ic manual training schools for chil dren after they graduated from the gram- ma? grades. Attaclies Engine for Wages. BAKERSFIELD, Cal.. Jan. 12.-Because the Santa Fe would not pay his wages in coin. O- "M.. O. WatU, a trackman, began suit against the company and has attached one of the biff compound freight engines. Watts was paid yesterday and when he was B'ven his pay. $44.12. In checlc form, he refused it, demanding coin instead. mediately. He commenced suit lm- Talk to Socialists. "Fundamentals of Socialism" In the 8ub- iect of an addrern to be giver, thla even ing at Socialist Hall, 309 Eavia street, by E. H. H. Holman. EW BEUECI3 OF W. f. TOBEY, 4V g-ni ft.i x . ru :i'i:is n m i m wnniMi'iii'itf -riftifTTrr-0iT ii" 'HOnnnm iriawirinr - "" i'm J,i i ; . i CITY : ' m ronmD duildixgs or La 1 11 son Hotel, x Flelschner-Mayev AVarehou!4c and Masonic Temple SIiou rroeross of the City, The Lamaon Hotel, Flelschner-Mayer Warehouse and Masonic Temple, shown on this page, are typical of the three Classes of buildings they represent now soincr up in Portland. Each is planned i along; modern and substantial lines and bring out well three distinct types or construction under way in thtu city. Announcement of the family hotel to be erected by R. B. Lamspn was made during the past week. It will occupy a quarter blocls at tho southwest corner ot Eleventh and Stark streets and will ! cost approximately fiw Tiie buiming will contain between liJO and ZOO rooms and will be strictly up-to-date In all of its appointments. Mrs. A. S. Norton, proprietor or the Nortoniaj hs gigneq o ten-year lease for the hotel and will take poHsesslon immediately upon its completion. Tlie site Is at present vacant and worK of excavation will commence during the present rrtonth. The MSH waa sljmed through the agency of Will H. Walker, and upeciflcatlons tor the hotel are beln drawn by Joseph Jacob- bwrfr. The bulldinz will adjoin tlie quarter block upon which S- Morton Cohn is soon to commence the erection of a six-story buildlngr. Tho Masonic Temple 13 located at tne southwest corner of West Park and Yam- t-. ill streets and work i now profrressing on, the second story. It will toe one of tlie llnCSt Of rortlaniVB fraternal bulla- lnirs. The entire structure, wiin tne ex- will be used The main j torlum win occupy the greater portion i of the second and third floors and will i toe 28 feet from floor to eellinar. Tliere will also toe kitih Her rooms for lodger purposes, a banr.uet hall ana all other anartments desirable in a structure of its character. The prospective of the Masonic Temple herewith reproduced was prepared by the architect. Richard Martin. Jr., and Is the most complete in detail of any picture yet published as a number of chancres have teen made since the original plans were drawn. The temple will cost about 125.000. The warehouse under construction for Flelschner, Mayer & Co. Is located at the northwest corner of First and Couch streets. It covers a site 85x100 and ts nve stories in height with -a commoaious basement. It would have occupied an entire quarter block had not a 13-foot strip been left as an allev between it and the factory owned by the same Arm. The . walls of this warehouse are now VP Q We second story, u 3 expected that the building wll! be ready for oc cupancy before the end of March. The plans were drawn by Edgar M. Lazarus. Permits for Week. 7 S.37S 8 - 12.7TO 9. 36.400 10 . 9.500 ll.i 5.650 12 - y 6.85Q January January January January January January Total 79,545 FORTIETH AND EAST TAYLOR STS, EAST IE SUES OTER RECORDS Real rrgperty Is Nqw in De- mand More Active Than a Tear Ago, BUYERS HAVE CONFIDENCE- v frilngrle I..t ltli .Snjull Baildinr on f Crand Avenue Brlnjr? $40,000. . .lohtift - Itealt In Property In Central Eat Portlana Jar- ln the pat welc continued In nctlve de mand, and more confldenrre waa displayed than during the opening week. of W. One of the most Important Ka1e made, was that of Ken West's corner, oh IOas t Alder street and Grand avenue, covered by a two-story brick and occupied by W. 5 T - Markell's Htore. comprising one lot, 50x100. It brought Iso.ooo. The pur- eha&?r's name is not made public. Mr. West came liere from ! Grange to con clude the negotiation?. From all viewpoints this. pale sets ft hlsrh tide mark for property values on Grand avenue. It Is predicted that the- value of property between Hawthorne avenue and Kast Burnsitle will aoon reach SIOOO per front foot.- and even pass that dsure -shortly. gales to the Mount Hood Electric pan- way Company on East Stark street a- Kregatlng SoO.OOO are reported to havn ten made during- the week. Something over a block and a half pus-tod practically Inb the hands of the eleetrlc company this week on the quiet In this neighborhood adjacent to Bast EtarK street, - The Crystal Ice & Storage Company purchased lots 5. 6. 7 and H. of block 1S4. of tlio Hawthonip eista-te. for - Slf.OOo. ad- Jacent io its icq -plant on past 'WIl nnij Salmon streets. The purchase was madd for the purpose, of erecting a natural ic skatlnB rink. The whole half block pur- chased will be use3 for that purpose, A. G. RujslillKht has made a salt; of his (liiarter block on the southwest corner of Hawthurrn; and Grand avenues to a Seattle man for f30,009. A largo deposit waa made on the sale at the time, and Mr. jS.ush!!srht expects It to ko throuph. Four jeaxH jijco Air. Ptushllarht purchased the block bounded by Union, Hawthorne and Grand avenue for UiflCO. He sold six lots of the block a few days later for JlS.OOO, rctalnlriR the corner quarter, wblch he has Just sold for 36,goo. Developing Business Center. The movement to develop a new " busi ness center un Grand avenue, Kast -.Mor. rison tilml. Union avenue and uist Bumside street has influenced real es tate very larsrely. i t seem s to toe settled that - the proposed opera houe on Grttnd avenue and East Salmon street will be built. While plans have not been ' pre pared as vet. It is decided th t the thea ter wilt be 390x200 feet and two stories high, of brlcK or reinforced concrete cyi struction. Property owners and " real estate rnn express the opinion freely that a theater will do more w develop u business center than anything els at thin tlm?. Alt the puh clubs on the Kast. Side have In dorsed the movement most heartily, and it Ih expected to raise the mony, amount ing to about JM.OOA. in one day. The a 1 1-Kast Side car! Inc. for which pro visions are now toelncr mn.de. t-l will assist in developing a business center in Central East Portland. expected that ri. tiigr flUIngr; contraet for the whole, or tho miln portion of the warehouse district, bfitwefn Union ave- nue and the Willamette River, will be let to the P;ic He Uridse Com n : . probably nmouutlnp to 3O.OOt or JDOJ.IIIIO in nil. The Faclilc Brlflfre Company submitted a flat bid of 1! cents per cubic yard for the fill to the property owners, which-is tlie bfst Oder received from any source. The Seattle parties, who looked Into tht conditions, mnde a hifrher bid, but even tint was not definite. The Pacific Bridge Company lias the- only equipmont. and in addition will build an ample dredgn for working from the river. Fills that have Ven made north' of East Morrison street added mora than 73 per cent 'to th value of the property, blocks that were held at 20,ooo and I25.OO0 now beintr hold at and 100,000. St. Johns Real Estate Sales. The record marK was reached yes terday in St. Jonns realty, when git lot facing Jersey street, oGxm was sold for $10,000. This is the high est price ever received for a single lot of that size In tnis growlnn suburb. Ttly lot belonged to W. F. Bteine, and th purchasers arc II. F. Lee. II. G. Ojcden and R. W. McKeon. It is just north of tho Cochran Hotel and i covered by a two-story frame build- in?. Soma time aso a corner lot on Jersey street brought $9500, but the lot sold yesterday is not a corner lot. The new owners say that they are per- fCCtly gatlsiled with their bargain. Considering the distance of the lot from the "Portland Courthouse nine miles 1 1 1 r- price Is remarkable. C. T. Lilllard, of Prlnnville, Or., and W. H. Hogan, of Albany, Or., yesterday paid St. Johns a visit and purchased a lot -SOxlOO further north on Jersey street for which they paid $4500. They Also bought some residence property in the outskirts. Last week- M.' L.. H'oolbrook purchased 12 acres in . the southeastern part of ' St. Johns . for 112,000 from A. C. Falrclilld, of Lonj? Beach. Cal- Mr. Holbrook will plat the new tract purchased alone; with his lot acres In the vloinityof Meag- ley Junction. Real estate men or St. Johns say that home builders are con stantly purchasing; lots, more than S) new houses having been started witilin the past few weeks. Thfi prir? of residence lots has ad. vaneed. Lots that were Selling- for t J U ) a year asro bring $310 and ' " now. thouarh prlce3 were thought MfcT11 at that time. But there has been a greater advance In, business property. in Lower St. JohnB. on the waterfront. I the land le- practically all occupied. Tilers Is some property on the market along the railway spur, but not alonir the river. One man yesterday listed a hlock with a real estate man for JG000. - - . There Is not much movement in Lower St. Johns, but the activity in residence tots is constant, and people are coming: in from the outside con- stantiy. Trpsters tor Week January 7 January 8 '. January 9 January lO. . ........... . 52,X . 5S.5SG . 77.326 January 11... January 13 i. 114.02X 8t,4S8 Total