THE StTNOAY ORKCOMAX, PORTLAND. ArRIL 19. 1008.
NEED URGED FDR
HEWSTHEETWORK
East Side Additions Outgrow
Efforts of City Engineers
to Keep Up.
BIG PLANS ON PENINSULA
KuililliiK Opornflons (tmtlniir to
Amaxo (ibsrnrrs IvellinRs in
Chum f onstrnctlon In
Ft pry Quarter of Ptstrlct.
NfVf-r have there been so many dwel
lings under construction and projected
on Ihe Kj.t Pide s at the present time.
In other years more businc houses
w built, hut the year will be Ma
llnautshed as a year for homc-l.ullding.
Vni-ont lot snd quarter blocks In Cen
tral Kant Portland and Alblna are being:
used for residences and numerous Hats.
Walter T. MHls. who has prolccto.1
$b.rt tenement settlement In the Y-verlelp-ti
tract, near the Towell Valley
road, reported during the week that he
was mnklna satisfactory progress, about
fisnno or the stock of the enterprise
havlnir been placed He said he expects
to start work on the tirat of a aeries of
buildinua by June 1. and to confine build
in until the series of structures has
covered the five acres scoured for the
purpose. four and six-room flats are
being built In ninny place. These eosl.
on an average. $.-va Joseph Hnolitel.
the veteran real estate deai.r. prediela
that there will be a building movement
In the warehouse district between Inlon
avenue and K.ast Water street aa soon
as the fllla now planned arc under way.
Several large structures are to be built
In this dtstri.-t this Summer, which will
stimulate operations.
Sales of residence pror-rty keep up re
markably well Real estate men say that
ft lam portion of these sales are for
rash and to newcomers, and practically
all for Immediate building purposes,
riven with this extraordinary building
movement under way there Is no over
building Vacant houses are the excep
tion, and are quickly occupied. If de
sirable and well located. The record
of sales the past week shows that prac
tloallv everv section has benefited S.i'cs
In the suburban tracts, where property
for hontrt-hulldins Is not so hiRh, have
exceeded Inside, sales.
Big Sower Projected.
Puring the week a project was set In
motion to build , (sreat st-wer to drain
the north half of Mount Tahor. all of
Montavilla Cemer Addition.. Rossmere
and Rose City Park Addition. Including
Ihe grounds of the Country Chth. This
Is a large territory and rapidly filling
up with new dwellings, but It is not ex
pected that this sewer can be built, in
side of from three to five years, and
saltation for it has been started at this
time So that it can he built within five
veara at least. Mount Tabor, north of
Fast Morrison Street, is in weed of
srwers at present. A sewer has tusKbeen
laid on Helnion: .ftreet. but it serves only
a limited aistrlct on either side, while
along and north of the Base Line road,
srwers are needed at once..
Montavilla is growing rapidly in "fw
dwellings. Rose City Park will grow
rapidlv, more than W homes having l-en
protected there for this year. The cost of
this proposed sewer system will bo ascer
tained bv the Citv Klisinrer. Kxpcri-nce
of all localities Is that It takes from
five to ten years of agitation to get such
an undertaking under way. but the fact
that It has been started demonstrates
that tho city Is pushing its way eastward.
In Center addition, which is east of the
lJdd farm, lo.nl real estate men report
many sales and ninny new houses are
being erected in the territory extending
toward the grounds of the Country Club.
At present, i.l the district of the proposed
srn.r system, there Is an estimated, pop
ulitien of over l.ViV people. It is con
s;rtt red certain a b:g sewer conduit will be
needed, not only for the territory Indi
cated, but for the district bordering Sul
livan's gulch. The present sewers In that
district were built when the present ex
traordinary growth was not exectcd.
Several Factories Proposed.
At Maegly Junction, on the Fefiin
sula. the push club has set in motion
ft movement to secure an adequate
passenger and freight depot for gen
eral and manufacturing purposes. Klve
manufacturing concerns are now ready
to otart building plants on sites se
rured near this junction as soon as
they re assured of ample depot and
telegraph facilities. The promoters of
these factories have already taken up
the matter of a depot with the Hill
eompanv and the push club will second
their efforts. R. ?. Ftrand. president
of the club, says that he looks for the
establishment of a great many small
factories along the Columbia Boule
vard during the year, where they will
be near to the O. K. N. and Hill rail
ways. Ye know these concerns are com
ing." said Mr. Brand, "because of the
constant Inquiries being made for sites.
I look for this district on Columbia
Plough to become one of the most ex
tensive manufacturing sections on this
Coast. Conditions here are favorable
for manufactures. We will look after
the transportation and depot questions
closely, for on these depend the exist
ence of these concerns. "We Intend to
make preparations for a manufactur
ing center by Improving streets, get
ting water, sewers and electric lights.
Our regular committees have all these
matters In hand."
On the Peninsula two new tracts have
just been platted and placed on the
market. The Kenwood Land Company
has Invested $400,000 in a tract on Co
lumbia Boulevard. A business district
has been set apart facing on Columbia
Poulevard. where nothing but brick,
steel, stone or reinforced concrete
structures will be allowed. In the
residence portion it Is required that
houses must be set 16 feet back from
the sidewalks to secure uniformity,
l.oveleigh, a new tract, has been plat
ted by the Brong-Stecle Company. It
contains Si0 lots. In both tracts lots
a-e said to have been selling ever since
they were put on the market.
Pave With Crushed Rnrt.
It was in Multnomah Addition where
the first stepe were taken to Improve
all the streets. This plan has been
carried out. so that practically all the
streets In this addition will be paved
with crushed rock. Recent contracts
have been let on Albina avenue. Blan
dena. avenue. Beech street. Borlhwick.
Fargo and several other streets. M. E.
Thompson says not only in street im
provements is that section going for
ward, but in building also. Residence
and business locations are celling well.
r. J. Kllnn has taken permits for
eight houses In Multnomah Addition of
44000 each. The street pavements and
buildings under way and projected in
Multnomah Addition will cost over
l-'OO.OOO. These street Improvements
are the result of work of the -Multnomah
Improvement Club.
In anticipation of a time when a new
schoolhouse will be needed In Albina
Homestead, which Is not far off, the
school district purchased during- the
week Oeorge Bosehlin's property. In
cluding lots 1. I. S. 4. 1.1, 14, 15 and 1I,
block 10. for J10.50D. The Highland and
Thompson buildings, both large struc
tures, are filled to overflowing and need
relief. The Work secured la on Tremont
street, between Mallory and Oarfleld ave
nues. A few ye.ira ago the district owned
a half block and had a schoolhouse In
Albina Homestead, hut sold It and moved
the building to Highland, and It now buys
a aito in the territory It then abandoned.
Won Id Sell Old Sire.
It la estimated by those working; for
a modern schoolhouse to replace the
Wllltams-avenue building that the
ground now occupied can be sold for
$55,000 or $110,000 for business pur
poses, which would nearly cover the
cost of a y-room building. The block
Is on the corner of Williams avenue
and Russell street, in the heart of he
business section of Albina. ft Is urged
that the ground can bo used for business
purposes only. However. there are
some who believe that the district
should not sell any of Its ground, no
matter where located, on the theory
that It will be needed In the future.
Mrs. Rosa B. Eckenberger purchased
the past week a "H-acre traet near
the Sandy road, adjoining the electric
addition, of A. I- fpson for $7700. At
Woodlawn A. J. Pillon purchased from
J. W. tlrlfflth quarter-block on Kast
Ninth street for $2500.
At Portsmouth J. F. Nowltn sold to
Alice A. Benils lots 1? and 20. block
"H" for $.troo.
Charles I. Crain aold to Mrs. Mary
K. Crowdor a house and lot at the cor
ner of Kast Salmon and Kast Thtrty
tifth streets. Snnnyslde. for $:I00.
Joseph P. lieegan purchased a house
and lot in the same vicinity for faooo.
In Kose City Park Mrs. Wolf bought
a lot on which she will put tip a dwell
ing. J. K. Illy bought 100x100 on
which lie win TMilld a house. A villa
tract of one and one-half acres was
bought by H. ,f. Blaeslng and K C.
Soharf has bought a site for a home.
Kllsabeth Holtgrieve sold to O. W.
Logan 4.St acres In Clinton Kelly dona
tion land claim for $4500. In Walnut
Park J. O. F.lrod sold to Thomas Cal
laghan lot S. block 4. with modern
house, for $5250,
The First Church of the Nasarene
bought lot 4. block l-f, Stephens Ad
dition, from Fred J. F.lsensohn for
$moo. A new church la to be erected
on the lot.
Show Sunnysido's Growth.
In speaking of the growth of Sunny
side, K. C. Minor, who keeps in touch
with renting properties. real estate
sales and new buildings In that sec
tion, said:
Snnnyslde was the first suburb on
the Fast Side to he exploited. That was
IS years ago. Its progress hss been
steady. we think we have One of
the finest auhurbs of Portland. Bel
mont street has Just been paved with
hard-surface material to Kast Twen
tieth street, and it will be improved on
to the Willamette River. While sales
of residence property have been slow,
they have been constant. New houses
are' building- all through Sunnyslde,
and especially south Of Ha wthorne ave
nue to Section Line road. There are
few houses for rent, but there Is con
stant inquiry from people for houses
to rent, who want to Jive in Sunny
side. The Sunnysldo Congregational
Church has already started a guove
ment for a new edifice which will cost
$:)5.noo. A business center Is bring de
veloped on Hawthorne avenue. We
think- in Sunnyride that we are mak
ing n much progress as any qther
portion of the F,ast Side."
" Proppeet of Theater.
The q iostton of a theater for the
Fast Side Is being agitated, fjeorge
Pilworth made a report to the Business
Men's Club Thursday night on what is
being done. He said that negotiations
had been started with the trustees of
Orient Lodge. I. O. O. F.. which has
had plans drawn for a two-story re
inforced concrete temple on East Sixth
and Alder streets, to have them add
another story for a medium-size thea
ter, but that, he said, will depend on
whether the trustees can lease the
theater for a long term. Mr. Pilworth
further snld that some of the theater
managers of the West Side had been
looking over the Kast Side with a
view to having a theater built, but no
dctinite action hAd been taken. He
expressed the opinion that a theater
will be built on tne'Kast Side In the
near future, basing his conclusions on
what llic-iter managers have said to
him on the suhject, but that It must
come through the theater combine, and
not from the outside.
Appoints Murray Controller.
WASHINGTON. April IS. The Presi
dent today eent to the Senate the nomi
nation of Lawrence O. Murray to be
Controller of the Currency, vice Wil
liam B. Ridgely, resigned.
McKElA JiCTIOIl
Come out today and buy a few lots at
McKenim Junction. Great changes will
take place at MeKciina Junction within the
year. Prices Avill advance rapidly and
steadilv. Just opposite McKenna Junction,
Swift & Co. will spend $ 4.(XX000. Kemern
ber, McKenna Junction has nearly a mile oC
frontage on the 100-foot Columbia boule
vard. Kailroad yards, factories and other
industries will be established here. Tracks
are now being laid from McKenna Junction
to the Swift plant.
$285 Residence lots commanding an un
obstructed view of the mountains
and the Columbia Kiver.
$375 Business lots on Fiske, Stratton and
Newman streets, in blocks adjoining
Columbia boulevard.
$375 Business lots on Chautauqua boule
vard in blocks adjoining Columbia
boulevard.
v Pricos'will be advanced May 1.
Terms 10 per cent cash and 10 per cent
quarterly. '
W. H. GRINDSTAFF
Office, Goddard Station, on tho St. John
Carline. ,
No. 510 Commercial Building.
Phone Main 6009.
This choice tract has been subdivided into acre lots.
Anyone desiring choice acreage will do well to inves
tigate this property. It, is within seven blocks of
AVaverly-Woodstock carline. ;
Take W-W car at Third and Yamhill, get, off at
"Woodstock. The Lorriuton agent will show you
the property.
MOORE INVESTMENT COMPANY
Phone Sell wood 1234 313,l Washington Street
BOYCOTT IS FAR-REACHING
lilval Steamship I,lne Patronized,
Kven at Greater Kxpense.
VANCOUVER, B. C. April IS. The ef
fect of the Chinese boycott of all things
Japanese is seen in the passencer list
of the vessels clearing from Oriental
ports. Tp to the time of the Tatsu Maru
seiture the Nippon Yusen Kalsha used to
secure the hulk of the Chinese freipht and
passeneer trade for this const, for the
rales were much ehcaper than those of
tho Canadian Pacille. Railway.
Since the trouble between the two coun
tries and the proclamation of the boycott
the Japanese have felt tho pinch, for the
Mam boat, which reached Victoria last
week, only had 2f passengers. ApalfTst
this is the fact that the Empress of
India, which left Yokohama for Van
couver on Friday had 7S7 Chinese passen
Kora for this port. She also had 100 saloon
p:issengers. a ,
' Konl Challenges Juror.
SAN FRANCISCO, April IS In fhe
METZGER AC
ACTS
ON THE SALEM ELECTRIC LINE
F0RTLMD OFFICE,
226-228 FR0XT STREET
THE PLATS
ARE NOW READY!
GET 0E!
PRICE PER ACRE
ALSO OFFICE
AT METZGER STATION
ON THE
SALEM ELECTRIC
LINE
-AND UP-
Ve are offering in this traet of land the choieest piece of property in Oregon. It is so varied that tre
ean please any one who desires the best of soil and location. We have fine upland, eleared, perfectly level,
some with a slicht slope in any direetion. There is rieh bottom land, likewise eleared and similar land un
cleared, with the finest kind of fir, ash and cedar timber.
The upland is especially adapted and excels for raising all kinds of fruits, vegetables and berries, the
finest land for apples, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. It is ideal cherry;
soil. The lowland is especially adapted for the raising- of vegetables, such as onions, potatoes, cabbage,
cauliflower, turnips, etc.
For ft suburban home this place cannot be excelled, and for those desiring wooded nooks or private
parks, it is superb. There is more eordwood on ome acres than Ave are asking for the ground. Remem
ber that this tract is at Metzger Station, right along the electric road, and only, a short distance from the
city, making it the most desirable suburban residence district anywhere around Portland.
Water This tract-abounds in living springs and ever-running creeks and brooks.
Any one living at the Metzger Acre Tracts can tell precisely the time they will arrive in the city, and
also when they will reach home, since there is no river to cross, no drawbridges to delay transit. It now
takes only about one-half the time to reach Metzger Station that it does to go to other suburbs where
they charge more for a lot 50x100 than we do for a whole acre; besides, we have the best o soil, while
they have only graveL Telephone and electric light sen-ice will be installed.
PRICE $200 and np per acre, according to location.
TERMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month.
INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred payments.
ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed.
For particulars and beautifully descriptive plat call at our Portland office, 226-228 Front street, or at
Metzger Station.
HERMAN METZGER, OWNER
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DELAUIRA
BEACH
Is the nearest pleasure ground to Portland; not only
to Portland, but to all of the country tributary to Port
land. It saves an hour and a half every trip, giving
you that much more time on the coast. It has the best
sand beach in Oregon no rocks, providing safe and
pleasant bathing. There are scores of points of interest
within sight, including many wrecks. Fort Stevens is
only four miles north. Building lots are now for sale.
Choice of three different locations the beach, the
greensward and the higher lands. All command a mag
nificent view of the ocean. The opportunity for real
recreation is unsurpassed at this beach. Amusement
of any kind may be obtained.
THE BEACH
IN REACH
Few cities are so well favored with quickly,-accessible
ocean resorts as Portland now is with DELAUEA
BEACH. It is only a few minutes' ride from Astoria.
When you arrive at DELAURA BEACH you seem to
be as far from home as though you were in another
state. At the same time, you are in closer touch with
home and business than is afforded by any other resort
on the Pacific Coast. It makes a shorter ride and con
siderably more time for pleasure. You do not arrive
so late at night; do not have to arise so early in the
morning to catch a train. Nothing impedes the pros
pect of DELAUEA BEACH becoming the favorito
playground of Portland people.
DELAURA BEACH CO.
Room 5 Lafayette Building, Corner
6th and Washington, Portland, Or.
NOTE We have a site reserved for a hotel, conservatively valued at $5000. This site will be
donated to a company or individual who will erect a hotel, subject to our approval. Call
for details.
trlRl ot Tlrjr Ij. Kord, charffPd with l and formerly a fnotorman on the street
bribing Ex-Supervisor Daniel C. Cole I railway, wan dismissed by the defend
man. In securing an overhead trplley I ant, who exercised a peremptory chal-
franehise for the United Railroads, this lenRe on him. It was his opinion that
mornlnfr. .Isme K. H?issey, n earpenter money hfld been used to seeijre the ' et 10 o'rloflc.
franchise, but he held that he could
Klve the defendant a fair trial. Eleven
Jurors have been passed. An adjourn
ment was taken until Monday morning.
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NUTS
TO
THE
YARD
ENGLISH WALNUTS
: AND
ROYAL ANN CHERRIES
TWO
BITES
TO
THE
CHERRY
THE MAN who knows more about Walnuts than any other man in Oregon
says our location is right. THE MAN (the same man) whom investigators ask
for advice says our proposition is a good one. THE MAN (the same man
again), who is the only man with years of practical experience in growing the
tree and marketing crops in Oregon, says our property is a good investment.
The man whom we quote has no ax to grind; he has no interest in our com
pany; he is an individual planter and grower independent of you, independ
ent of us, independent of Walnuts.
We can refer you to purchasers in our properties who were decided in
intention after advising with this man.
Investigation counts. , That's what we solicit from you. When you have
the information and then visit our properties, you are decided. There is no
doubt. You become a purchaser.
We are the largest planters and growers in Oregon. A location in our
properties is worth a premium. Your holdings receive expert and constant
care. Our price is lower than you can plant and grow.
Our terms are only $100 cash and $15.00 per month on each 5-acre tract,
including four years' care. Our properties are in Yamhill County. We visit
them any day, leaving at 7:40 A. M., returning 5:40 P. M.
CHURCHILL-MATTHEWS CO.
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
HO SECOND STREET