THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST It, 1907.
FALL: SEASON IS
V.
OF
E
Operations of Unusual Import
ance Reported for
Week.
DEMAND FOR RESIDENCES
Indications of Continued Movement
in Portland Property Seen on
Every Hand and Dull Sea
eon Comes to End.
There Is a different atory to tell this
, ireek concerning real estate matters.
The previous week , showed a marked
dullness In both transfers and In bulld
. ing operations, whereas the past week
was well up to records of what are
.. ' usually referred to as the active
i months.
In point of money consideration and
' Smportance in extending boundaries for
residence properties, the closing of the
deal for the Trvlngton race track holds
i first place. Upward of 450 building lots
; come Into the market in what is re
, garded as one of the most desirable sec-
lions of the East Side for residences.
Other East Side sections are also en
Joying continued Improvement, there
being reported more roadmaklng and
' sidewalk construction all over the East
i tide than at any period of its history.
; In another column reference is made
. to the improvements In progress down
the peninsula in the neighborhood of
t the new packing plant. It Is estimated
by experts that property values in that
section have Increased at least 100 per
' cent In the past year, with further In-
. crease in prospect when the Swifts get
', their buildings up and In operation. '
t . 'In the warehouse dlstict or, to be
. more explicit, along Thirteenth street
from the main tracks up to Gllsan
about all the. available property has
J been secured for building purposes. The
l most recent sale, that of a quarter
block for $35,000 In that vicinity. Is the
record price for vacant warehouse
property In Portland. This sale la re
; ported to have been made last week,
but particulars are withheld for the
j present, as papers have not passed.
j Sales on the Heights.
'. Heights property has been moving
, well during the Summer, two large
' Bates being among the operations of the
; past week. Eighteen lots on Willam-
, ette Heights were sold by Percy H.
Blyth to H. W. Hogue in the block
' ' bounded by Qulmby. Pettygrove, Twen
t ty-ninth and Thirtieth for something
I over $15,000. It is announced to be Mr.
Hogue's Intention to build on a por
. tlon of the property and sell the re-
mainder In four-lot sites. At Portland
4 ! Heights the Keasey Company cloied an
. ; Important deal Friday for a tract of 12
lots In Carter's Addition at a consider -
'ation of $50,000, this being record price
, for property In that locality. The new
. owners are Percy Allen and L. B. Mene
't ' fee, former residents of Houston, Texas,
j ' who Intend to erect high-class resi
dences on tne property.
Extension of the business district to
', ward the south is Indicated by recent
! sales of property for stores and other
; business enterprises out Third, Fourth
; , and Fifth streets. The brick nearlng
, ; completion In the hi
I . " ' v, uuiui
; treet, near Taylor, erected by David
aiBtinct improvement
", As an indication of the rapid Increase
. ; In valuations in that part of the city
a transfer of a third Interest in the
, ...i,,t corner lot of the same block
in which the Slum. h.,ll.ii
" " "ununig IS SltU-
: Ztf! J A. Berg
' : m , on a basis of $46.-
; 000 for the lot. One year ago the lot
I fhif" L,lth,c,um for 40,000. showing In
! this sa e nf ih. im-j " .
- .,,,u niLprreHt an in-
: f.,60' " tnn basi ot tm.
m
..Vki would be va ued at
something over $350,000.
Progress on Kew Hotels.
Good progress Is being made with
. the new hotel building, that are be
fverei,ed variou localities in the
city. The Alexander on Ella street
j between Washington and Everett is
w!.ar'nf. 1?mplet,on: " new Nortonla
; being built at Eleventh and Stark by
Roswell B. Lamson for Mrs. A. S. Nor-
; ton. will, be ready for occupancy about
, the first of the year. Lathers and
. is practically finished. The Cornelius,
1 . ond story. Foundations will KO in
V.fnrlng the next few weeks for the
- annex of the Oregon, running through
to Park etreet.
." Apartment houses are springing up
. In the residence districts, and It is
noticeable that these buildings are of
modern arrangement, families no
longer being content with bare neces
sary conveniences, but insist on tela.
- phone service, hot and cold water gas
electric lighting and heating, elevator
eervice and Jaintor. With this in
; crease in living rooms in apartments
and the large increase in small houses
,. for rent, flats, etc.. there Is more de
mand for houses and rooms than can
, be supplied. The recent completion
-; of a row of flats on Williams avenue
on the East Side emphasizes thio point
i In the phenomenal growth in the pop
r ulatlon of Portland. The houses were
, ; tenanted before the contractors had
' finished the work and the case referred
? ; tOi Is by no means an isolated one.
' ' ' "ew Apartment Honses.
J V.W- L. Morgan has started work on a
five-story brick apartment house at
: Madison and Park streets, and on up
through the dietrlct in the south-
, western part of the city other build
ings are springing un like mnshi-nnm.
The new Morgan apartments are to be
modern In every particular, according
I tJ the plans; the flooring is to be of
i bur d wood, every apartment to have
; prjvate bath, a modern elevator will
; ker installed, and the entire building Is
; to Be of the very best construction.
'The house will contain 30 separate
HvJng rooms, 24 of four rooms each
and six of three. It Is expected that
! the building will be ready by the first
pf the year.
y. Among, the transfers of the past
i week were those of the G. W. Bosch ke
: residence on Lovejoy street between
; Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth for
I $32,000. Mr. Boschke has purchased
i a building site on the north side of
Marshall street between Twenty-fifth
: and Twenty-sixth, 75x100, through the
agency of R. M. Wilbur for $5250. on
; which he intends to erect a new res
idence. F. C. Perrine has sold to Mrs. An
derson, late of Palnesvllle, O., for $11.
000 the property on the north side
of Glisan street next to the corner of
-Sixteenth. There Is a good nine-room
house on the lot which the new owner
intends to enlarge for lodging-house ,
purposes. The deal was made through
the agency of Whiting & Rountree.
Dr. W. H. Ewln has . purchased the
quarter block at the southeast corner of
East Seventh and Pacific ' streets from
Mrs. Lawrence Knapp for a consideration
of fiOOO. the sale being made by Mrs.
Marion MacRae and H. M. Barrett. The
erection of the new bridge ver Sullivan
Gulch and the location of a medical col
lege . near East Sixth and Pacific has
caused considerable activity in this im
mediate locality.
, Mrs. MacRae has also soud a quarter
section 01 iimoer in t-astern Lane County
to H. M. Clement and a tract in township
17 south, t east to E. W. Wright.
A syndicate .is now being formed to
handle the scenic property lying on the
hills Just above the holdings of the South
Portland Improvement Company and ex
tending up to Council Crest. The ex
penditure of $150,000 on this new addition
la contemplated by the Seattle ftd Spo
kane capitalists Interested with Orego
nlans in the project. Marion MacRae is
the local representative of the new syndi
cate. :
BELIEVES IX GOOD' STREETS
Real Estate Man . Thinks Nothing
Impresses Visitors More.
' Henry W. Pries, of the real 'estate firm
of Wakefield. Fries &;Co.. has returned
from a trip to the Sound country and in
referring to the impressions he got from
observations, sayB that the matter that
appealed to him more strongly than any
Waxahtwfcwfaiiiisu
SEVEN-STORY HOTEL BEING
other was the great amount of hard sur
face street work that is going on in the
cities he visited.
'There is nothing that appeals to a
visitor to a city so much as good streets."
said Mr. Frlos yesterday. "I notice that
In Seattle, Tacoma and over in British
Columbia much work is being done on
street Improvements. There is no ques
tion but that this work makes a strong
impression on visitors. In being shown
around these cities it was a positive pleas
ure to skim through resident districts
over bitulithic streets, of Just what, con
struction I was unable to find which pro
cess was more preferred, but the citizens
of all these cities seem to be alive to the
Importance of having good streets and
are putting them down on every hand.
"While Portland Is doing much In that
direction,, more .could be done to. great
advantage to the city. We have the most
beautiful city on the Pacific Coast, and
our growth is the marvel of the decade,
but we should not permit our extension
of territory to get ahead of our seet Im
provements, of which there is some dan
ger in certain directions.
"I shall not indulge in comparisons be
tween this city and those of the north,
for it would be unfair to that part of the
country, considering our superior natural
advantages, but I will say that the Sound
cities certainly recognize the importance
of having good streets."
Frank Snow Employed by O. R. & fi.
Frank Snow, a well-known detective,
yesterday resigned as private detective
of the Honeyman Hardware Company and
Meier & Frank Co., and accepted a posi
tion as special agent of the O. R. & N.
Company. For 19 years Snow was em
ployed on the city police force, most of
the time as detective, and during that
time made many notable arrests.
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PERSPECTIVE PLAN OF
TAKE GLOOMY VIEW
East Side Business Men Worry
Over Grand Avenue.
PAVING NOT COMPLETED
Property-Owners Blame Streetcar
Company for Delays In Work.
. Believe That Rain Will
Stop - Progress.
Business men and property (owners
have little hope that Grand avenue will
be completely paveff "between Belmont
street and Sullivan's Gulch this year,
owing to delays in- the work that have
resulted .. from . various causes. Hard
pavement can be laid only in dry weather
and.it is estimated that at the rate of
speed the new double tracks are being
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ERECTED FOR R. B. LAMSOX AT ELEVENTH AND STARK STREETS.
laid by the streetcar company only the
four blocks between Belmont and East
Stark streets can be improved before the
Fall rains set in. The big water main
and its connections are still to be laid,
even on these four blocks. None of the
pipe has been delivered and the hard
surface pavement cannot be put down
before this pipe has been laid.
The streetcar company is putting down
new rails between East Stark and Bel
mont streets as fast It It can get mater
ial and men. but is doing nothing north
of East Oak toward Sullivan's Gulch,
and the .old Iron has not yet been dis
turbed. Grand avenue business men and the
merchants of Central ast Portland gen
erally are indignant over Grand avenue
.conditions. Following are samples of
what may be iieard any day from prop
erty owners and merchants now attempt
ing to do business In thi. street.
Samples of Complaints.
Councilman K. S. Bennett It is too bad
tuat all of Grand avenue can not be
Improved this year. It is certainly not
the fault of the paving company that the
work nas not been finished. The com
pany has been ready to lay the pave
ment the minute the double tracks were
down and water main laid. It would not
take two "mreeks to lay the pavement
the entire distance from Belmont street
to Sullivan's Gulch, but the tracks are
not ready. The Intersection of Grand
avenue and East Morrison street wHI
take much time. I don't know what
can be done. Grand avenue is a badly
needed thoroughfare and to hold it up
another year wouu be a calamity. I
don't see what the City Engineer can
do. He is repairing the embankment
between East Stark and East Oak
streets so that both sides may be used.
LOUS J. WILDE'S PtEW RESIDEM'E, TO
The four blocks between Belmont and
East Stark will probably be completed.
but north of East Oak to Sullivan's
Gulch, at the present rate of progress
the street may not be reached and it will
be almost impassable this Winter unless
paved.
Would Be a Calamity.
H. H. Newhall. East Side Bank. It
would be little short of a calamity not to
get the improvement of Grand avenue
completed to Sullivan's Gulch this year.
We have already- waited one year for
this pavement to be laid, yet at the slow
rate the work is going forward on the
double tracks. It will be Impossible to Im
prove the street. This will set us back
No effort should be spared to force this
improvement along, and compel whoever
is responsible to expedite matters. The
city authorities owe it to the people of
East Portland to see that this street is
Javed before the rains set In. I believe
that It can be done In spite of the delays.
C. N. Rankin There is no excuse what
ever for holding up the Improvement of
all of Grand avenne between Belmont to
Sullivan's Gulch. There seems to be a
studied effort to prevent the completion
of this improvement and to hold It over
another year. A year has passed since
the movement to pave Grand, avenue was
started, and no Immediate provisions
were made by the Portland Light & Pow
Company for the improvement. The ex
cuse the manager made, that he did not
know that the street was to be paved
until a short time ago. was ridiculous.
It was published -and republished over
and over again that Grand avenue was
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to. be improved with hard surface pave
ment, and it could not have escaped the
attention of the manager of the railway
company. It would be an outrage to
hold, up Grand avenuefor another year.
The Grand-avenue bridge over Sullivan's
Gulch will be completed in a few weeks.
We thought it would not be ready, and
we were not expecting the pavement to
be held up.
. Work Cannot Be Completed.
"William Taylor I cannot see how the
improvement of Grand .avenue can be
finished this year. There have been so
many delays all along the line that it
would be little short of miraculous to get
the work done. The Water Committee
provided for a large watermain on Grand
avenue. It has done nothing toward get
ting It down. It certainly does look as
if we were in for another year of con
struction on Grand avenue.
W. B. Hall, of Hall & Company We
are certainly face to face with a bad
eltuation on Grand avenue. It seems
that it cannot be paved this year north
of East Stark street. The north end
of the street is as bad. if not worse,
than that between Belmont and East
Stark.. All sort of excuses are offered.
There Is no Iron and men cannot be
had to do the work, but it has been
more than a year since the first move
ment was made toward paving Grand
avenue. It is hard on the business
men to have the street torn up for
another year. It ought not to be per
mitted. Takes Pessimistic View.
J. H. Baylor, Osborne Hotel There
is little hope of getting Grand, avenue
paved north of East Oak street this
year, and this part of the street will
BE ERECTED AT TWENTY -THIRD
and where do you
be impassable during the Winter If
this should happen. Last year our
petition went and the contract ' was
let, but the work was held up. It
seems strange that the property-owners
who want a street Improved and
are willing to pay for it, cannot get
what they want.
W. H. Mall It would be too bad not
to pave Grand avenue north of East
Oak this year. We have waited one
year already. A large force of men
should be put to work all along the
street and improvement pushed.
PROPOSE ANNEXATION TO CITY
Southeastern Section" Hopes to Be
come Part of Metropolis.
'We shall start a 'systematic cam
paign for two things for the south-eastern
section this Fall and Winter." said C.
Ben Reisland. of the Woodstock im
provement Association. "One is for an
nexation to Portland ana tne otner is
for the location and erection of a new
reservoir for the second Bull Run pipe
line on the top of Mount Scott.
Some of the preliminary work on tne
annexation campaign has already been
done through the Arleta district and
also at Lents. Of course, the extent ot
territory that it is proposed to take in
has not been decided, but it is desired
to include the settled district. Part of
Woodstock is now inside the city boun
dary linos, but the main portion is out-
ide. The new line will probably be
drawn so as to include Willsburg, the
south side of Woodstock and the set
tled section north of the O. W. P. lino
eastward to the junction, and then
northward to a connection with the.
present boundary line. If there Is ob
jection to Lents, the- boundary line wUT
be fixed at the old Milwaukie road, but
it is. not considered probable that Lents
will want to remain outside. It Is es
timated that at present there are 15,000
people in this big district now.
The argument for annexation is that
it is the only way by which Bull Run
water can be secured. At present there
Is a shortage of water In the settle
ments along the Mount Scott Railway.
Little, If any. water can be obtained
between. 7 and 10. The big reservoir
may be filled in the early part of the
evening, but is drawn off In a short
time.
The object sought will be to secure
a vote on the question of annexation at
the next June election. The matter of
R. N. Hockenberry, Architect.
AND EVERETT "THEETS,
.do you belong to the class that feels no surrender of
pride when you have to admit that you are living in an un
desirable section of the city?
or, is there a feeling of satisfaction in your breast
when you are able to tell a friend that you live in this place
or that? '
we are all a little inclined to be proud of our neighbor
hood, if our neighborhood is worthy of pride.
the one safe way to provide yourself with a home of
which you will always be proud, is to buy and build where
you are certain your neighbors will be as good as you are, to
say the least.
the one all-important feature that places Rose City
Park far and above all other Portland home sections is the
fact that the very best class of Portland people have bought
there and are building there.
better evidence of the desirability of Rose City Park as
a place to live could not be asked; could not be wished;
could not be furnished. .
yet, you or anybody else can buy a lot in Rose City
Park as low as $450.
the terms are easy, and after you have bought the lot
it is a very short step to building a home.
perhaps we can be of assistance to you in this respect.
Hartman & Thompson
Bankers
Chamber of Commerce
a reservoir on Mount Scott comes after
ward. It is urged that such a reser
voir will be needed to supply that great
district. The consumers In this new
territory. If annexed, will contribute
very materially to the revenues of the
city water works. All the school dis
tricts In the southeastern district, ex
cept the Willsburg, are now annexed
to Portland.
CHURCH NOW OUT OF DEBT
1 i
Centenary Society Pays Off Loan
and Has Good Surplus.
A significant transfer occurred during
the past week, by which the title of the
Centenary Church property, on the north
west corner of East Ninth and Pine
streets, passed from the Home Mission
and Church Extension Bociety of the
Methodist Episcopal Church to the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church for a
Grocer and Butcher
tready to serve you -
Housekeeping is easy for Irvington Park residents
Irvington Park
"The Addition With Character"
Perfectly delightful homesite. Abundance of nat
ural shade. Easy of access. Rigid building re
strictions. And an opportunity for investment
that you cannot afford to overlook. See it now
satisfy yourself it is the only way. Alberta car
to East 27th, go 3 blocks to Killingsworth avenue.
F. B. Holbrook Co.
250 Stark St.
PHONE MAIN 5396
PORTLAND
ESTABLISHED IN
DR. MARY LANE
Late Superintendent of Chicago Woman's Hospital. TREATS
DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXCLUSIVELY. Ladles
will consult their best Interests by communicating with me.
No Fee For Advice or Consultation
The best equipped maternity hospital in the Northwest, in con
nection with the. Sanitarium. Respectable arrangements made for
the adoption of . Infants. Perfect seclusion. Fees very moderate.
For further particulars address or call upon
DR. MARY LANE,
X-RADIUM MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND SANITARIUM
251-258 V4 ALDER STREET, COR. THIRD. PORTLAND, OREGON,
rhoart Mala 370, Home A 2706.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED AND' CONFIDENTIAL,
live?
nominal consideration. The lots are 5
and 6. in block 184. East Portland.
About 12 years ago. when the church
was in financial trouble and was about
to be sold under the hammer for !7.000
for the benefit of the creditors, the
Church Extension Society of Philadelphia
wired that amount, and the sale was
stopped in the nick of time to save the
property from passing into the hands ot
the denomination that secured the Port
land Hospital and Portland University.
The debt was long since paid, but owing
to the unsettled condition of the Abra
ham estate, the title remained with the
Home Mission and Extension Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church until the
present, when the title passed into the
control of the trustees. The church has
grown strong and prosperous since the
days following the completion of the big
stone church, which cost JS9.000. Besides
paying the J17.000 back to the Extension
Society. Centenary Church has expended
about 15.000 In changes and Improve
ments to the building.
. i -a
F. E. Schwan, Ag't
On (rounds mI the time.
30th & Killingsworth.
PORTLAND lOOl.
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