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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1908)
J TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 3, 1908. JillflpiltJjyW,' BUD. MEDICAL. BCD. THE: OZETGOMMf BZ.2. WETLLS -VIRGO SV UVfOM &EJPOT. COS-mEfSCAZ. lit 1 - . Hi , . - M a y 'rH ; K:: biifHitif r' "-' P- 'irciB -W s'T . ? - ffr. -. . ... .s... o..;?:... .-T? .. .? j .--At. r.ni ks ... r ....u. SLjtli J a V0 y1 yM j lltlftV"-i'"'1"""' ' ''"''''''''''''"'"'""'''"''"''rliiritiMii iwil' fiF-'iliiUMMi'it iiMnwni-tiiinfc.rwi rmMMaiiiw ,1 imi mlmni immiimim r aiiMnaujai inm im nn nm n iMiiMiiaiiiiiiiir '"' mm J-, JrrT w V CITY'S APPEARANCE IS Portland's Downtown District Compared With Other -' Big Cities. GOOD TONE TO MARKET Building Operations Indicate Con j ' United Growth of City, Especial ' ly or Dwellings In East Side Additions and Outskirts. . Residents of Portland do not realize what remarkable changes in the down ' town districts have been made in the past year or two, and how the skyline has '.'taken on the appearance presented In the ' older cities of the country. The build ing of skyscrapers Is a slow process, so that before they are completed residents of the city have become familiar with the changed aspect. The two views from The Oregonian and Corbett buildings, re , produced in this issue, doubtless will sur. nttsa mnnv nonnla ir PnrMnnil vhn ViavA 1 ......... i' - -1" - - now, for the first time, had an oppor : tunlty to see how the "old" city looks from an elevation since the more recently constructed buildings were finished. These pictures will be an object lesson ' to nonresidents who have 'heard of the advance made in the past few years In modern construction in Portland, but who could have but a limited idea of what i-ie city looks like with the additions made In its business centers. Much advertising - matter has been sent out regarding the 1 growth and increasing Importance of the city, and these illustrations will prove to those at a distance that claims made are based on absolute facts. The scope possible to cover in vews of the size reproduced Is necessarily prescribed, but fairly repre sentative sections of the older districts of the city are presented in the two views. Residents of Oregon are justly proud of '; their metropolis and an examination of r the .views here given will indicate to non- residents that they have good reason to be. f Building at Remarkable Rate. ; ' In another place the building statistics for the past month and for the four . months of the vear are eiven. Two busi- ; ness days have elapsed since that table ; was compiled and the record started for this month gives promise of keeping pace ' with that of the month just closed. For . the full week, including the two days in May, there were 129 permits issued with ' a stated value of S290.54O. On Friday and the half day the Building Inspector's of flce was opened for business yesterday, there were 17 permits Issued, calling for a total cost of $23,760, the permits' being for small houses and repairs. This month , several important buildings will figure, the Y. M. C. A. and Rosenblatt hotel as i Instances. Excavation work has started for the . Rosenblatt building at Tenth and Alder streets and is to be rushed to completion. Quite a lot of interest was attracted at the site through the.operation of a new 'style excavator, or rather steam shovel, ' that is at least new to this part of the country. The machine is a Thew steam automatic shovel and differs, in .several particulars from the steam excavators o previously in use here. It Is of the type being used in digging the Panama canal. last week for the Burkhart-Cadwell building, at Second street, near Aider, . and was rushed through to completion. Extending Residence Zone. In the building of residences there never was anything like the present movement in that direction in the City of Portland. The big districts of the East Side have been building up at a rate thai has caused CI. -I'll!.. 'i. .iiv i.i a,, an n ii 1. 1 ... 1 tlllu 1IIUI. residences are building on the West Side than at any previous period. Among rent ing agencies the demand for houses is re ported as urgent as ever, and despite the " large number completed since the first "of the year there seems to be no immediate prospect of ' building operations catching . no with the influx of new population. which largely accounts for the constant demand for dwellings. As to the tone of the realty market !' nothing has recently occurred to affect valuations, but, on the contrary, sales of Inside property made now and again have . been at prices in advance of those of last TRANSFORMED S m x ' v ' - ' ' " 1 ' siwifaMtti s v v , . -x " . v .. : x . .. . t . . i ... .v -vs. .' ... ' - rzr:;r. dim KXimm tin i nM m - 'v 1 " 'm " ""' --- 1 ... mmmMni rr---f ti i TWO PANORAMIC VIEWS year. Holders of desirable business sites appear to be in no hurry to let go their holdings with the result that sales are few and far between for this class of prop erty. Dealers still report commissions to buy good income property, but have diffi culty in finding anything desired that is for sale. , In the fine of business among sellers of lots In platted additions, there is not heard a single complaint. All are doing better than this time last year, according to their statements, which are verified by court records. In some of the older addi tions prices show some stiffening, espe cially for improved lots, but In the newer tracts reasonable prices and liberal terms are maintained in the face of an unusual demand. . Street improvements are progressing on many of the principal streets In the dis trict between Sixteenth street and the river, especially south of Washington street ana it is noteworthy that in the majority of instances the work Is of the highest class in material. Realty men say this improvement in surroundings is cer tain to cause an advance of property in the more desirab'e parts of the residence districts. One of the most Important projected buildings in the down-town district, that of an office building on the McGinn corner by the lessees, Jennings & Co., may be delayed for some time. This la the only Instance, however, where any talked-of proposition is to he delayed. Several other big buildings will be started this Summer and be completed by another year. Portland Is In much better financial condition than cities of the same size In other parts of the country, according to the statements made by business men, who have recently made trips through the East, and there is no apparent reason why the present prosperous times should not continue here and building operations go right along. After awhile the other cities of the country will recover their normal conditions, these travelers say, and in the meantime this city will go right along regardless of the difficulties experienced elsewhere. Goes to Quieter Location. ' Among the recent commissions re ceived by C. C. Robblns are for plans for an 11-room house with attic and full basement, to bo erected at East Twenty first and Tillamook streets. to cost approximately $12,000, for Mrs. G. F. Wells. Mrs. Wells lived for 14 years at Fourteenth street, near Washington, and tells her architect that she decided to move to a quieter neighborhood, as the business district Is beginning to invade the district. JSJUiWIT WILL GREET REALTY MEN HOOD RIVER READY TO SHOW 1 OFF APPLE BLOOMS. I River Excursion Next Saturday to Productive Valley Promises In struction and Pleasure. That the contemplated excursion of the Portland Realty BoUrd to Hood River Is awakening enthusiasm at both ends of the line Is evidenced by an article which appeared in the Hood River news letter of last Wednesday. This paper gives the plans of the com mittee appointed by the Commercial Club of Hood River to make arrange ments for the proper reception of the realty men. The committee consists of J. L. Hen derson, chairman; W. J. Baker, J. H. Heilbronner, F. W. Angus. J. M. Culbert son, and A. W. Onthank, who are all well-known citizens and real estate dealers and operators of Hood River, and are considered to be experts in boosting their locality. Spring plowing is now on, and the apple blossoms are commencing to cover the trees so that a rare treat will greet the excursionists when they reach the valley next Saturday. The reception will take place in Pine Grove Grange Hall, in the middle of the East Side of the Valley and here the speeches of welcome will be given "and each woman of the "party will be pre sented with a bough of apple blossoms, wliile the men will be regaled with apples and cider. During the trip around the Valley a short stop will be made at the orchard of Oscar Vanderbllt, called Beulah Land. This Is one of the celebrated orchards In the United States. Orchards belong ing to Portlanders will be pointed out to the excursionists. . Already many reservations outside of the members of the Realty Board have been made and the capacity of 130 is about reached. The committee having the excursion in charge consists of James . O. Rountree, chairman; George D. Schalk, C. S. Fields and A. F. Swens son, from any of ,whom tickets are to be secured. Full information concerning OF THE PORTLAND BUSINESS DISTRICT the trip will be sent this week to mem bers of the board. . . COMES HERE FOR CONFERENCE A. Ii. Hawley Discusses Plans or Local Trustee Company. A. L. Hawley, president of the Trustee Securities Company of New York, who also Is interested In the Trustee Company of Portland, arrived in this city yester day for the purpose of conferring with J. B. Melkle, president of the local com pany. Mr. Hawley spent the Winter In Los Angeles and will remain In the Northwest about 60 days. He ays that his visit to Portland has no reference to further operations of the local company at this time, and that nothing Is planned for the Immediate future with resard to building on the Pittock block. The of ficers of the company, he said, are await ing completion of plans for the building for the Pennoyer block. When the plans are finished operations' are to begin at once. Mr. Hawley says the Trustee Company at Los Angeles and the one at Seattle re port most satisfactory results from their investments so far made, and In Seattle the new building being constructed by the company in that city Is rapidly near lng completion. He agreed with the state ment made by Mr.' Meikle some weeks ago, that In all probability no work would be started on the building on the Pittock block until the Pennoyer building is well under way. Mr. Hawley remarked that in many ways the Trustee Securities Company of New York was doing some first-class ad vertising for Portland. Several times a year a mass of circulars, pamphlets and other literature connected with the con duct of the company's business Is sent all over the country to a selected list of Investors, and in all of these full refer ence is made to opportunities In this city for good Investments. He said that recently he had made trips to San Francisco to look over the field and examine Into conditions there, and It Is probable a trustee company will be or ganized in that city, which, like the other companies formed In Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Spokane, will be an In dependent Institution. Last week the local company established offices In the Corbett building. ' Argentina is said to tm the only country In the world whose Congress appropriates $12,000 a year to aid the work or the Na tional Council of Women. Perfect fitting glasses $1 at M. users. VDLUNTEEBS SHOWMETTLE SAVE PROPERTY FROM TIIE FLAMES AT KERN PARK. Fire Destroys Armitage Drugstore, Damages Restaurant Adjoining. Scorches Dry Goods Store. Fire In the Armitage drugstore at Kern Park aroused the residents of that suburb as well as Mount Scott, Arleta and sur rounding districts at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The flames had their own way for an hour, defying the efforts of the Mount Scott volunteer fire department. The drugstore was destroyed with a loss of about $5000 and damage aggregating $1000 more was done to adjoining build ings. But for the efforts of the volunteer fire men equipped with garden hose, buckets, pitchers and crude means of attacking a big fire, many buildings might have been destroyed. These volunteers, 40 strong, responded the minute the big fire gong at the end of the carllne began clanging, and worked with great energy and courage, carrying hundreds of buck eta of water to the burning building. Shortly before 5 o'clock someone dis covered two sprinkling carts In the vicin ity and with these as a basis of supply the city station at Sunnyside was able to send a hose-cart to the place, al though not required to send apparatus outside the city. . The fire was started by a defective stovepipe in the drugstore. The stove became filled with combustible rubbish and was touched oft at 11 o'clock Friday night. A partition caught fire at that time, but supposedly was extinguished. A coal of fire must have been overlooked, for at 4 A. M. the drugstore burst Into flames. The fire was discovered by a watch man, who sounded an alarm. The bucket brigade was on hand in a very short time, but could not save the drugstore or a storeroom in the rear. The fire spread to a. restaurant next door owned by Mrs. A. L. Ordway. The contents were saved and the fire put out after burning away one side and part of the roof. Flying sparks caught the front of H. R. Block's dryeoods store, across the street The front was burned out and damage amounting to $600 done. The loss of the drugstore falls on J.' W. Armitage. who carries Insurance cover ing two-thirds of the loss. Block's loss Is fully covered.. C. J. Clapp, one of the volunteer fire fighters, was painfully .burned about the wrists while carrying buckets of water too near the fire. His burns were not severe, however. IS HE A PROPHET? Kllllngsworth's Picture, "Portland the New York of the Pacific." Most people supposed that Mr. Kil lingsworth was a dreamer, or perhaps were unkind enough to Intimate that there were wheels under his hat when that well-known dealer In real estate several years ago first published his well-known picture, "Portland, the New York of the Pacific." This prod uct of Mr. Kllllngsworth's Imagination or farsightedness Is being rapidly verl- PACIFIC IRON WORKS O. E. Heintz, ICanager. 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. V2xV2 to 8x8-Inch Angles East End Burnside-Street Bridge, fled in a practical way. Portland be tween the rivers is growing with leaps and bounds. Large buildings are being erected on every hand, while immense plants which will give employment t thousands of workmen have already secured sites in this favored location. Mr. Killingsworth Is receiving his share of this boom in values, as Walnut I'ark, one of the most desirable residence sec. tions In Portland. Is located on the high ground between the rivers. OiTERED $750 FOR BARGAIN Upper Washington-Street Lots In Active Demand. Interesting proof of steady values be ing maintained in upper Washington street realty is furnished by E. J. Dsly. who sold a lot at the northeast corner of Washington and Twenty-fourt'.T streets a few weeks ago. The lot was purchased by James T. Burtehaell for $5500. Yes terday Mr. Daly offered a bonus over the purchase price of $750 for Its reconvey ance and the offer was declined. The lot Is 50x100 and has on It a small house of little value. Mr. Daly sold last week a lot BOxlOO on the east side of East Sixth street, be tween Couch and Davis, for $3000. The purchaser was E. E. Haradon and the former owners the estate of W. F. Wood ward and H. C. Holmes. 60,000 MEN IN PARADE Catholic Centennial Celebration Comes to an End. NEW YORK, May 2. Sixty thousand Roman Catholic laymen marching In pro cession today brought to a climax and formally ended the week-long celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. Along Fifth avenue and through Fifty seventh street, where the line of march led to the disbanding point, hundreds of thousands of persons were massed. The reviewing stand had been built to accom modate 3300 persons, and its whole capa city was placed at the disposal of women and children and the distinguished prel ates who have been participating in the observance of the centenary. The prelates In their gorgeous robes occupied a space In the center stands and banked around them on every side were thousands of women and children. Of all the 60,000 who took part in the parade, every man save one was on foot. The mounted man was Brigadier-General Thomas Barry, the grand marshal. Behind him trudged thousands, million aire and laborer. In the van was a. dele gation from the Catholic Club, among them Thomas F. Ryan. Thomas A. Em met, Justice John W. Goff, Justice Davis and Justice O'Gorman, of the Supreme Court. Bourke Cockran, John D. Crim mins, David McClure and many other men prominent In the city's life partici pated. Many of the large stores and other business places conducted by Catholics had declared a half holiday for today. The parade formed at Washington Square well down town. The line of march cov ered a distance of approximately three miles. Pianist's Wife Takes Prize. LAUSANNE, April 23. Mme. Paderew ski has won the champion prize at the poultry show here with crystal white Paderewskl Orpingtons. They are bred from fowls the great pianist's wife bought at a New York poultry show, paying the record price, $7600. LIGHT IS LIFE Nothing adds more to the home, hotel, office or display window than artificial lighting. See THE M.J. WALSH CO. Fine line of Lighting Fixtures and Supplies. If you see them you wil buy them. SALESROOMS! Sll STARK, BET. 6th AND 6th. BOTH PHOXES. AH Kinds of Electrical and Gns Work Prompt ly Attended To. Portland, Oregon. I