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Permits Issued for Construction of
Flats and Dwellings Indicate
Heavy Building Movement
Throughout the City.
At the present rate In the building
of new hotels and the modernizing: of
others, Portland, before a (Treat while,
will have accommodations for resident
and transient guests much nearer ap
proaching its requirements. In addition
to about half a dozen hostelries cater
ing to transient travelers that led In
offering first-class accommodations.
Quite a number of really good build
ings have entered the list of the city's
best hotels.
Such hotels as the Lenox, Alexandra
Court, Nortonla, Calumet arid Proud
foot are among those that have been
opened for business. The Cornelius,
for instance, represents others that
now await the closing of contracts
with practical hotel men for early
opening. The Oregon and Perkins, of
the established hotels, are undergoing
extensive alterations and repairs, and
among the new projects are the Rosen
blatt building, at Tenth and Alder
streets, and the building at Fourth and
Alder which is to be erected by the
Hotel Investment Company.
Dozens of smaller buildings that are
to be devoted to the rooming of resi
dents and transients, are nearing com
pletion or have been recently opened
nd still the cry Is for more. That leads
up to the opinion expressed in real Es
tate circles that one or two more "big"
hotels are badly needed in Portland.
There is little doubt. that at least one
more would be under course of con
struction at the present time if tho
tightening of the Eastern money mar
ket had not lnterferred with the plans
of projectors. The financing of these
undertakings wae postponed when It
was found that investors declined to
sell their holdings In stocks and bonds
to go into enterprises of any nature.
Wait for Eastern Money.
This tightunlng of the Kastern money
market affected other building opera
tions cs well as those intended for hotel
purposes. The president of one of the
largest corporations in Portland said
yesterday that his company would
make ho announcement at the present
time as to when It would undertake the
extensive building plans it had hoped
to have under way this Spring. Tho
company desired to start work as soon
as possible, he Bald, but he realized
that bonds of the company would com
mand bettor figures by delaying a short
time.
On the other hand, there is not one
realty man in Portland who does not
say that conditions are Improving every
day and that values show no signs of
receding. Two or three deals, involv
ing largo amounts, are hanging fire
because purthasers seemed to think a
break would come. The fact that hold
ers will not budge in the position they
have taken, and that is, however, that
investment sales and leases are favor
able to higher rather than lower valu
ations for Inside property. Among the
best informed real estate experts it is
fully realized that there will be no
break. They say that Portland has
reached a point when retrogression is
not only improbable but is impossible.
The city, they say, has taken on such
an Impetus that only a great calamity
could stop its growth.
Records Trove City's Growth.
For proof of their assertion, they point
to the records. Transfers of realty dur
ing the week just closed show no falling
off either In amounts Involved or In num
ber of Items. For the five days of the
week. Saturday being a legal holiday, 42
permits for new buildings costing $1500
and over were issued, carrying a total
of $131, 200. or an averaga of $2W0. Of
those estimated to cost $5000 and over
were an apartment-house on Salmon
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, to J. M. Buell, $20,000; flats on
Larrahee, between Dupont and Dixon, to
C. V. Lankin, $8500; flats on Jackson, be
tween Fifth and Sixth, to Joseph Jacob
berger, $7500. and dwelling at East Four
teenth and Hancock, to C. E. Bade, $5000.
Real estate transfers for the same days
of the week amounted to $3S4,06o.
These operations establish the fact that
no abatement in building is In evidence,
and also that a greater number of dwell
ings are going up than at any period in
the history of Portland. Permits issued
also demonstrate that owners of out-of-date
buildings realize that these must
either come down, to be replaced with
up-to-date houses, or bo modernized. Iu
this way, when all sorts or conveniences
electric lighting, hot and cold water,
fast elevator service, good ventilation,
etc. are provided for in modern con
struction, owners of old buildings are
compelled to bestir themselves if they
would hold their tenants. Evidences of
this reconstruction are seen on every
hand in instances where the old buildings
arc of such a character that they may
be altered at less expense than It would
cost to raze and replace them with new
structures.
Expect Early Activity.
From reports heard in the offices of
real estate men, It would not be surpris
ing if this week will develop considerable
movement In business pronerty in tho
downtown district. Several prominent
dealers are figuring on propositions which
have been "nibbled" at for some months.
All report that financial conditions are
Improving so rapidly that almost any day
the market is likely to take a fresh start
on the scale prevailing last Fall before
money tightened.
Portland.-as Is well known, was the first
city to recover from the flurrv, and in
both financial circles and in trade ave
nues there- Is a strong feeling of confi
dence that is gradually making itself felt
in real estate. Buyers are convinced now
as never before, that valuations are far
from being Inflated, and everybody con
nected with the real estate marKet pre
dicts one of the biggest years ever known
In both sales and construction.
CONSIDERING HOTEL. VL.ANS
Contruclion of Rosenblatt Building
Marls April 1.
Lease of the dwellings on the Gus
Rosenblatt quarter block at Tenth and
Aider streets , will expire April 1, when
the buildings will be removed to Colum
bia str?r t and excavations started for
the eight-story hotel ZIx. Rosenblatt is
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to erect on the site, and the building will
be started and worl pushed on the struc
ture as rapidly as possible.
V. C. Knighton, the architect of the
building, has submitted preliminary
plans of floor schemes which the owner
how has under consideration and which,
he said yesterday, doubtless would be
adopted, as the plans provide for the
utilization of all the floor space, and
at the same time give wide halls, closets,
baths, light and ventilation. There Is
to be a cut-in court on the south side of
the building and a well court in the
middle.
HOTEL SCOTT TO BE IMPROVED
Extensive Attractions Being Consid
ered by C. A. Malarkey.
When the lease on Hotel Scott expires,
July 1. the building is to be completely
renovated, altered to meet modern re
quirements' and repainted. The hotel Is
located at Seventh and Ankeny, running
through to Burnside street, and is owned
by Charles A. Malarkey. The house con
tains 84 rooms.
It is the owner's intention to spend be
tween $12,000 and $15,000 in improvements,
which will consist of a number of private
baths and three public baths on. each
floor, steam heating plant and elevator.
Hot and cold water will be introduced in
all the living rooms.
PLUMBERS AS INSPECTORS
Will Carry on Work of Stamping
Out 4lu Plague.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb.' 22. The Master
Plumbers Association of thiscity at a
meeting today decided to instruct em
ployes to inform the health officials in
each Instance where unsanitary con
ditions were found or the law requiring
the construction of rat-proof buildings is
being ignored.
Warned of the certainty of a quaran
tine, unless the rats were exterminated
at once and the plague stamped out, the
plumbers took action toward co-operation.
Every Journeyman plumber will receive
positive instructions to investigate thor
oughly the sanitary conditions of every
place to which he may be sent and to
report his findings to his employers.
They, in turn, will notify the authorities.
By this system each plumber will, in ef
fect, become a health Inspector.
COMPETE WITH STANDARD
Union Oil Company to Inaugurate
California Trade War.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22. The Union
Oil Company, which has sold crude oil
in. Southern California on an independ
ent basis for two years. Is now re
ported to.heve entered this market for
the refined trade and to cut the prices
established by the Standard OiljCom
pany on coal oil and gasoline, A brisk
trade war is expected to follow the ac
tion. IT'S WORTH WHILE
for you to call at Le ljlias Royal
and see the new Spring tltlts. We al
ways save you money. SiS Washing
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EAST SIDE
Big Fill Regarded as Most Im
portant Work in History
of That Section.
MANY SITES CHANGE HANDS
Owing to Scarcity of Single Dwell
ings, T'lats Are Being Erected in
Older Districts to Meet
the Urgent Demands.
i Joseph Buchtel. a close observer of. reii
estate matters, sal yesterday: "I am
looking for a good year. Of course, we
must fully recover from the recent finan
cial flurry, and the same as a sick man
must have time. of convalescence, but I
can see a steady Improvement in the air.
There is no decrease in property values
on the East Side, nor do I think there
will be. These have never been too high.
We are having constant inquiry, although
large sales are not being made as a rule.
I am looking for a movement in the dis
trict between Union avenue and the Wil
lamette River as soon as the Pacific
Bridge Company starts on its contract
to fill up the 21 blocks between Belmont
street and Hawthorne avenue. In my
judgment the letting of the contract for
that fill Is the most important event In
the history of the East Side. It will
bring into the market and use a large
amount of property whlcli is practically
in the heart of the city. The cost to the
owners of Oils property will be -more
than compensated by the Increased value
of the land. It Is my Judgment that the
next Important matter la the rebuilding
of the Madison Bridge. There should be
no delay in taking that- matter up and
pushing it forward. The bridge is so
weak under the heavy pounding it is re
ceiving from the heavy cars that even
the County Court has taken alarm and
Is putting piles under the center of the
spans to support them."
Want Locations for Flats.
Inquiry for East Side property la on the
increase, reported a real estate man dur
ing tho week. The desire is for locations
for fiats for rent. A large number of
flats are being erected, and many others
are projected all over the East Side. For
the ordinary dwelling for renting pur
poses, property between the Willamette
River and East Twentieth street is now
too valuable, and flats seem to provide
the best means of income' in this section.
Besides, there is a big demand for such
apartments as may be found in flats.
Desirable house for rent are hard to
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find, either close in or far out. A con
siderable movement in improved resi
dence property was the rule during the
week.
Three fractional blocks in Overlook
were purchased by Frances H. Bates for
$450S for residence purposes. William
Morrow bought from John F. Bann a
bouse and lot in Hawthorne Addition,
near East Twenty-eighth street, for $3000.
Irving Smith Bold an Imnroved quarter
block !n Sellwood to William H. More
house for $2750.
In Center Addition, north Mount Tabor.
Herman F. Rlechel purchased a quarter
block from Frank Krouse for $1000. Sam
uel D. Taylor sold a quarter-block - in
Piedmont to Rock Hull for $2000. A house
and lot In Alblna Homestead was sold
to Albert Lubberman for $2500.
One of the largest sales on the penin
sula waa that of an improved quarter
.block, with a modern house, on Portland
boulevard and Greely street, purchased by
Goddard Hopstrand from Edward J. Jea
ger. for $7100. Marguerite Oppormann
bought 60x100 feet, lot 16, block 1, Haw
thorne's first addition, for $2800. P. U
Kennedy sold to L- C. Russell, lots IS and
17, block 34. Alblna, for $3000.
At Flrland. on the Mount Scott railway,
Herman Smith sold to H. E. Noble lot 17,
block 1 with house, for $1650.
The Oregon Real Estate Company sold
to Isabella Brown the east half of lots
7 and 8, block 177, Holladay's addition,
for $1700. In North Irvlngton, A. G. Per
kins bought of Elma Shaw, the west half
of lot 1. block "T," for $2230.
Good Prices Obtained.
In Buckman's second addition. H. P.
Palmer sold to Eva 3. Christie, fractions
of several lots for $3500. J. H. Morse
sold to C. H. Chapman lot 6. block 67,
Sunnyside third addition, for 1S00.
The southeast corner of East Ninth and
Clay streets was sold by C. Keck to Otto
Nelson during the week. Mr. Nelson will
erect five cottages on the property.
In Stephens addition Fritz Nikias sold
to Cathrine Pancle aouth 14 feet of west
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65 feef of lot 1, block 1, and west 63 feet
of lot 1, blocn 124, for $3S50. At Piedmont
Frank Miranda sold to O. K. Edwards
north half of lot 2, block 7, for $4000.
Sunnyside has come' to be one of the
most propcrous districts on the East Side
of the river, it has long since outgrown
the original district between the Base
Lino road and Hawthorne avenue, and now
extends to the Section Line road on the
south and to West avenue. H. H. Staub
says: "I believe we have one of the finest
districts In Portland and we are growing
rapidly. Our homes are generally of a
good class of buildings-Vacant iota here
are being ibullt over with modern homes.
Houses for rent in Sunnyside are very
scarce and hard to And. We have a con
stant sale of residence property, and prac
tically every man who buys does so to
build a home."
Sunnyside Asks for Streets.
- The new push club will undertake to
have some more streets Improved at Sun
nyside. Particularly will It 'undertake to
expedite the paving of Belmont street, on
which work was started last year and left
In an unfinished condition. Hawthorne
avenue also is" to be paved with hard sur
face from Bast Third street to Forty
second street. South of Hawthorne ave
nue to Division street Is a new building
area that Is rapidly filling up with new
modern home3. . Sunnyside schoolhouse,
which was recently made a 20-room build
ing, is already overcrowded and an extra
portable room on the outside is occupied.
It Is thought that a 20-room schoolhouse
will have to be built further east in the
near future to accommodate that growing
district. Homes are spreading slowly up
toward West avenue at Mount Tabor
This Is more apparent along Hawthorne
avenue In the Brown tract, whloh was
opened and platted last Spring. Also the
Paradise Springs tract, directly on West
avenue, 1b being occupied with modern
homes.
The- old Prettyman home, built more
than fO years ago, still stands on Haw
thorn avenue, very much aa it was built
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surrounded by hundreds of modern homes.
Philip Buehner Is the present owner. It
stands as a landmark of the long ago
when deer and bear roamed near Paradise
Springs. Mount Tabor, on the west slope,
which has been somewhat slow to respond
to the progressive Impulse, is now being
covered with modern homes. E. Brubak
er, a resident, says: "More butlding and
general improvements are going on on
the west slope of Mount Tabor than ever
before. We needs streets and sewers, but
we will get these things in time. Mount
Tabor Is one of the most attractive su
burban reslder.ee districts on either side
of the Willamette River, and when we
get some good streets out here It will
grow rapidly."
Advocate Public Park.
Residents are keeping well in mind the
project to make a public park on the sum
mit of Mount Tabor and push that meas
ure aa soon aa the time is opportune for
action. Belmont street will be Improved
to the summit this year. Also East Stark
is to be opened 60 feet wide to Tabor
Heights, and steps are being taken to get
a fire station located at some central
point on Mount Tabor to protect Center
addition.
The first steps toward the improve
ment of Portsmouth avenue on the
Peninsula have been taken In chang
ing the grades of the street so the big
cut can be made. The changes oi
grade are being advertised. The pre
liminary work has been done so com
pletely that there will be no obstacles
thrown in the way. It means an open
street to the Willamette River for the
Peninsula and the onlv one for that
district.. .
New Sewer Proposed.
The Sellwood suburb has a new sew
er proposition to think over until next
Monday night; City Engineer Taylor
has divided the suburb into two dis
tricts, one belns west of East Fif
teenth, and the other west. The dii-
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trict east he proposes to provide wite
a septic, tank, and the west district
will be sewered direct Into the Wil
lamette River. The cost will run up
to about $S0.000. The whole question
will be settled next Monday mglit at
the meeting of the Sellwood Board of
Trade.
The growth at Mount Tabor, Monta
rvllla and Center Addition nas been
such that there Is demand for tire pro
tection. Jhe people are asking for fire
stations. Montavllla wants a station
erected on the Base Line road on the
elevation, while the people of Mount
Tabor and Center Addition are asking
for a fire station at some elevated point
that will give fire protection generally.
Owing to lack of pressure a hose com
pany would not be effective for Mon
tavllle, but a chemical will probably
be provided.
ST. JOHN MILL SITE SOLD
CITY HAS OPTION OX ADJOIN
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Question of Free Ferry to Be Sub
mitted to Vote of People at
Next Election.
The most important realty transaction
In St. John during the week was the
sale by M. H. Holbrook to F. R. Porter,
of Porter Bros., contractors of the North
Bank railroad, of 00 feet of water-front
property. The property Is composed of
lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 and fractional block 9, of
James John addition. The price paid was
$30,000. There are about three acres 1"
the land secured. It-adjoins a 400-foot strip
on Philadelphia street on which the city
of St. John has an option for $23.5"0 for
a public dock. It has not been an
nounced to what purpose the strip will
be put. but it is thought it will be used for
manufacturing purposes. Water-front
property in St. John is again In demand,
but is selling at higher prices than ever
before.
The St. John Council has r committee
out investigating the advisability of pur
chasing and operating a rock crusher for
that place. It is desired to secure paving
material for the place:
Pipe for the St. John Gas, Light & Heat
Company has been shipped from New
York city and is expected soon to arrive.
Bids for laying pipe have been received,
two having been submitted by St. John
men. Contracts will be let some time dur
ing the month. A Seattle concern ha the
contract for supplying the machinery.
While the voters of St. John will vote
on the question of issuing bonds to pur
chase or build a free ferry, it does not
mean that the present ferry will be.
bought. Those who are urging the estab
lishment of a free ferry are not concerned
in the fate of the present ferry company
only so far as It stands in the way of a
free ferry. Certain it is that the voters
of St. John will not consent to the pur
chase of the present ferry unless it be
found first-class and that the price is
satisfactory. Perhaps the franchise Is
of more value than the present ferryboat,
which the company secured practically
free from the city. An effort to foist a
badly-constructed ferryboat on the people
of St. John it is said will not be con
sidered. It is conceded that a free ferry
Is needed at St. John, not alone for the
benefit of St. John, but for Portland and
the entire peninsula, it will be a link in
the chain of driveways.
The new building for the Merchants
National Bank, soon to be opened in St.
John, la completed. It faces Jersey street
and is an attractive structure. The bank ,
will open for business some time during'
the present month.
The city Is improving the grounds In
front of the City Hall. Provisions are
eing made for erecting the beautiful
fountain recently purchased by the people.
It will be one of the attractive features
of St. John.
Take Oath of Good Citizenship.
NEW YORK. Feb. 22. Two thousand
"first voters" and a number of "Bowery"
floaters last night took the "free man's
oath," at a meeting of the People's In
stitute, at Cooper Union. The oath was
administered by Bishop Henry C. Potter,
as follows:
"I do solemnly bind myself that I will
give my vote and suffrage as I shall
Judge In mine own consciousness may
best conduce to the public weal, so help
me God."
Christian College at Canton.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22. A meeting In
the Interests of the Christian College
at Canton. China, was held yester
day at the home of Miss Helen Miller
Gould. The principal address was made
by W. Henry Grant, who stated that
last year the expenses of the college
amounted to about $23,000, of which
amount half waa paid by the students.
Spectacle $1.00 at Mttiger's,
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