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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREfiOXIAN, PORTLAND, - MAY 3. 1908. 11- : raaim MARK MY WORDS Wiiat Happened in New York WILL BE REPEATED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RIVERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE Walnut Park Only $25 A Front Foot, with Cement Sidewalks and Curbs. -A; -.wS -W FUTURE r . . - - , - - - ' ' ' ' ::--' -f , 1 Brooklyn j Now Called Portland's Business Cen ter 1908. 1 A ' r1" " "45 "- WALNUT PARK A. CRITERION The rapid strides of the past five years towards the Peninsula is only the beginning of the most astonish ing expansion ever witnessed on the Pacific Coast. Is the Center of the Peninsula AND WILL BE THE FIFTH AVENUE DISTRICT OF THE PACIFIC METROPOLIS The reproduction of this picture is suggpstrd by Dr. Ptratton's brilliant essay on Portland, which secured the first prize of $1000 offered by the Commercial iui. n coriainiy vermes Mr. Millngaaorui s predictions maue irom lime to lime ouving me nasi su years, una whlcti were considered Imaginary by some well-meaning tnougn weaK-Kneea citizens 01 uregon. RAPID GROWTH The year 190S will mark a new era in Portland's history, and the Peninsula will be the scene of astounding activities. WALNUT PARK LOTS ARE RAPIDLY. ADVANCING BEST BARGAIN AS WELL AS HOME SITE IN CITY Watch Greater Portland Grow Between the Rivers. A FAR-SEEING MAN John Jacob Astor In 1785 was the most far-seeing- man of his time. He sold good rental property in New York City for $8000 to purchase SO lots in the suburbs at the Bowery. His friends laughed at him for giving up his in come for nonproductive lots. All the same he continued buying, placing all his earnings in what then seemed worthless outside property. In a few years he became wealthy. Moral: As tor's heirs hold today the world's rec ord in valuable real estate. The same thing will be repeated In the purchase of land betn-een the rivera. This more than beautiful tableland, having & gradual slope toward both rivers, above all posatble floods, thereby mak ing it the moat perfect natural site for a city In the world. Reader, this in formation is nublished at no small . 1 pense, to stir you Into thought and then action. Never again say you had no chance or opportunity of becoming wealthy. Now is the time to follow Astor' slead, for as certain as the law of gravitation so certain will Portland be the New York of the Pacific, be builded like New York of the Atlantic between the rivers. Upon this battle ground will be successfully fought the building of the metropolis of the Pa cific. The portrait over New York City is that of John Jacob Astor, the other in all modesty, that of W. M..' Killings worth, viewing the future i Portland. Portland must and Is compelled to use this matchless foundation, having no room elsewhere to expand and grow. GOOD HOMES OR Nt)NE i THIs matchless site is being dotted with beautiful homes, S0.000 feet of ce ment sidewalks and curbs are being laid, streets are parked; also, 15-foot alleys, thereby giving to all Inside lots the convenience of corners. Building restriction, of course. No language can tell you of the beauties of Waluut Park. It has no equal, hence no rival,--in the City of Portland. To prove this bold statement, take any "U" car. going north. It will land you in Waluut Park, the highest elevated spot of around between the rivers. Then feast your eyes on Oregon's magnifi cent, soul-insplring scenery rivers, mountains and snow-capped sentinels. A closing word of advice. Reader, notice carefully Walnut Pork'a location on the map. then do yourself and fam ily or prospective wife or husband a kindness by at once securing a home 1 in Walnut Park before values ever ; lastingly advance beyond your reach. ; Remember this fact, opportunity la now .winking at you, for never before I in your life could you secure for only $25 a front foot the best and the most healthful residence property In a city having the best car service, only 15 minutes' ride to the now. business cen ter, the center each day growing doner to your Investment. A universally known fact Is that the firm of Swift & Co. are the most far seeing wlde-av.ake people on the plnnet called earth. They are the real leaders in developing the United States. Tney have purchased 3500 acres of land and have started in with their customary American push and vigor to build the largest packing plant in the world. No one that knows them questions their success. Watch Portland Become the Pacific GENERAL OFFICE: Walnut Park. Main 4SS7 W LIN GSWOKTH SUBURBAN OFFICE: 323 Chamber Commerce WOULD ADO T T Pi East Side Residents to Bring Improvement of Streets to a Vote. BRIDGES LEADING ISSUE Buildings Continue to Be Erected at More Remarkable Kate Than in Months Past In AH Su burban Sections. This week the important events In connection with building affairs were the breaking of ground for the Oddfel lows' temple to be erected on East Sixth and East Aider streets, at a cost of $25,000, and the drawing of plans for a three-story brick. 60x100 feet, to be erected on the northwest corner of Grand avenue and Belmont street for Mr. Selling, the cost of which will be about $25,003. Architect Otto Klee mann is preparing the plans for this structure. This is the most important business building to be started this year. The bridge question Is again upper most and is a prolific source of dis cussion at the push clubs on the East Sido, both with, reference to a bridge , to replace the Madison and the pro posed high bridge for Albina. It Is probable that a special election will be called shortly after the June election to pass on a number of propo sitions that cannot be reached at that time. Had there been a decision in time by the Supreme Court on the val idity of the bond issues voted on last June, all these propositions could have been passed on at the coming election, but that decision has not yet been handed down. .There will be bonds for the new Madison and North Albina bridges, bonds for the second Bull Run water plre line, and possibly the ques tion of a municipal rock crusher to be submitted at this special election. A motion to circulate petitions to issue $100,000 in bonds wa3 made at the last meeting of tne United East Side Push Club, but was withdrawn for the pres ent, but this bond issue may come up at the proposed special election. Improve t'nder District Plan. Other questions which will probably be passed on at this special election will be the improvement of streets by district, the taking over and main taining of streets with a concrete foun dation arid haid surface by the city, and it is possible municipal ownership of an electric-light plant may come up. It is settled that all these questions must stand separately. One proposi tion will not be loaded up with any thing else, which was done at the last election. The buying of a new fire boat was tacked on a proposition to lay dry mains. Just when this special election will be called has not been considered us yet, but It may be held In November at the Presidential elec tion, and thus do away with the neces sity of holding separate elections. Various civic organizations have gone on record as favoring a bridge to renlare the Madison, much higher than the present structure and wider, 70 feet if possible. A strong effort is being made to place it south of the present location. However, plaits have been prepared by J. C. Lockwood for the present location on three elevations, 16, 20 and 26 feet higher than the old bridge. The cost of tne new bridge, as proposed, will be considerably more than 1450,000, which was voted at the election last June, and, of course, will require a larger bond issue. It Is pro posed to carry the east approach above all the car tracks and do away with grade crossings. . Start on Filling Contract. It is announced that the Pacific Bridge Company will start on the big fill on the East S:de, between Belmont street and Hawthorne avenue. Union avenue and East Water street, on or before May 10. ' There are 21 blocks to be filled, and it is the most Important work yet under taken on the East Side. For a year the Pacific Bridge Company has been pre paring for this fill by building a dipper dredge, 100x40 feet and construction of a dock and apparatus for handling the ma terial from the barges. The dredge has a capacity for handling 300 cubic yards an hour, and will work in 35 feet of water. It Consists of a steam shovel on a barge. More than a million cubic yards of material is to be lifted from the bot tom of the river and deposited in the warehouse district. It will take at least 12 months to complete the job and tha cost Is estimated at $300,000, which, how ever, will more than double the value of this low land and make It at once avail able for building purposes. When In full operation there will be four dump trains of sjven cars in motion. The i City Council has given the company per mission to erect temporary trestles on East .Salmon street from ast . First to Union avenue; East Third to East Wash ington, where the track will turn east and extend to East. Eighth street. The fills on this route include East Eighth, between Washington and Morris and Bel mont streets; East Washington, between Sixth and Eighth; East- Morrison, be tween Seventh and Ninth streets. These streets are all additional to the till in the warehouse district and will require 700, 000 cubic yards of material. Make Safe Investments. W'lille in the aggregate, realty sales for the East Side the past week have not been large, they have been numerous. . Oppor tunity for Investments was never better. Is the opinion of competent judges. There 13 no dropping of values in any direction, but all residence districts hold up well. Reasonable terms are maintained. Where agents or owners make special efforts, large numbers of sales have been made. In the southeast section 40 lots were sold recently. In the Lavelelgh tract, recentlj platted. It Is announced that 6s lots have been sold. S. G. Sibray, of University Park, said his firm has made saljs to the amount of JloOO each day during' the week, mainly of residence property. It Is con ceeded that no mistake can be made in buying property almost anywhere on the Peninsula. An excellent Idea of the growth in that direction may be had at the Piedmont car barns on either side of Killlngsworth avenue. From this point down the Peninsula there is a continuous growth. Many Lots Selling. The more Important sales were scat tered all over the East Side. A. E. Willoughby bought 33M. feet of the east half of lots 9 and 10. block 11, Albina I Homes led, for $2000. David Goodsell sold lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, in block 9, East Port- land Heights, for $3250. . Alexander H. Kerr sold to C. E. Brown lots 7 and 8, block 242, East Portland, for $4000. ..jgust Nelss bought a quarter in block 17, Lin coln Park Annex, for $2500. At Mount Tabor, Annie Lacey bought two acres on Francis avenue for $2200. Mattie O'Connor bought lot 7 and part of lot 10, block S3, in Sunnyside. for $2500. John F. Mahoney bought lot 7, In block 2. Tlbbetts Addition, for $2300. Nicholas Ennls bought a quarter-block in Center Addition for $1500. At Woodlawn, Nora Llvngston bought Tot 6, in block 3S, for $1100. At Wood stock, G. W. Green sold to Amos Berg lot 2, block 60, for $2600. R. B. Rice sold to E. A. Messerly lot 11, in block 17, Holladay Park for $6250. John F. Jordan bought lots 6 and 7, block 16, Sunnyside, for $2200. On Friday- there appeared a long Use of transfers to the Mount Hood Rail way, which are significant as Indicate ing the route the road is to take on entering the city. Outside the city in the vicinity of Gresham, J. M. Short transfers more than 200 acres to the company. C. "W. Pallet also transfers 20 acres. Robert T. Linney transfers a number of lots to the Mount Hood Railway Company, some In Melrose and North Mount Tabor, in Sunset and Cen ter Addition. He also transfers lots 1, 2, 7 and 8, block 81, and lots 3, 4. 5 and 6, block 82, East Portland, these lots being on both sides of East Stark street, between East Third street and Union avenue. There are some other transfers for nominal sums, and these seem to indicate that the route of the road will be north of Mount Tabor, through Center Addition and Monta vllla, on eastward. Draw Plans" for 40 Dwellings. In the southeastern district of the East Side, important improvements are under way In the Waverly-Rlch-mond. the Wnverleigh. Kenilworth and and other sections, the expenditures for which will aggregate over $250,000. For the Waverlelgh tract Architect Fabre has been commissioned to draw plans for 40 dwellings, the average cost of which' will be $1500. making a total expenditure of $60,000. Besides these dwellings, 3 miles of streets will be improved. M.- J. Connelly has the contract, and will the coming week have ' 100 teams at work. In the Waverly-Richmond tract, the improvement of Clinton street between East . Twenty-sixth and. East Forty first will soon be under way. There are over 25 new dwellings being built In thlp suburb. Kenilworth and sur roundings are the scene of activity. Improvement of Gladstone avenue Is going forward: More than a score of new houses are being erected. Many residence lota are being sold here. At Montavilla street Improvements have been projected that will cost about $30,000. The streets to be Im proved are all embraced In precinct 60, which is between East Morrison and Burnslde streets, north and south and east and west. The length of these streets Is 11 blocks. It has been de cided to build sidewalks, and grade these streets for the present and then gravel in future. Councilman Ben nett, has agreed to take charge of and push these improvements through the nreliminary stagre, such as prettin the grades set and drawing up the peti tions. ....... These streets will be improved at the same time, so that property-owners can secure the benefit that will come where a large contract is let. Peti tions will be circulated separately for each street, as there is no provision for grouping streets together In a dis trict. This will be a large piece of work for one suburb, but there has not yet appeared any considerable op position. O. F. Potts, of Montavilla, says that this suburb was never more prosperous than at present. New ' homes are being built in all directions. New tracts are- to be plat ted and placed on the market. There Is great interest as to what route the Mount Hood Railway will finally select, but the Impression at . Montavilla is that it will pass through North Montavilla. youngest children, Olive, aged 10, and Glenn, the little boy, at home. A small footbridge crosses the river in the heart of town. In attempting to cross the footbridge the boy lost his balance and fell Into the Ice-cold water. J. C. Tullar, who happened' to be working about 60 yards from the river, heard the frightened cries of. the children and rushed to the rescue. He reached the little fellow after he had been car ried downstream about 50 yards. Snatched From Watery Grave. LAIDLAW, Or., May 2. (Special.) Glenn, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bennett, of Laidlaw, came near losing his life by drowning in the Deschutes River. Tuesday Mr. Bennett was away working with the crew of englneeia upon he Columbia Southern segregation, while Mrs. Bennett was driving the mail hack from Latdlaw to Bend. They had left their two Spanton Go. Appoints Rolling. ! ! The Live Montavilla Keal Estate Man, I Resident Agent For Terrace Park OUR LETTER TO HIM AND HIS REPLY PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1st, 1908; MR. A. ROLLING, Montavllle, Oregon. Dear Sir: Tour letter received, and at a meet ing of the members of this company today it was agreed to appoint you our resident agent for Terrace Park, according to the terms of your letter. The energetic way you have undertaken to bring Montavilla to the front shows us you are a "live one." It is impossible to say a good word for Monta villa without saying the same of Terrace Park. Montavilla and Terrace Park should by right and reason go hand In hand. The growth of one means the growth of the other, and It only calls for a fair presentation of the merits of this beautiful suburb to make it a more prominent part of the city. In having you represent us, we want you to feel that whatever selling contract may be made in the Spanton Co.'s office may also be made In your office, and If you know of any energetic salesmen it might be well to arrange with them for the sale of Terrace Park property. Very truly yours, THE SPANTON CO., Per C. W. Davis, Sec'y. PORTLAND. Oregon, May 2, 1903. THE SPANTON CO., Portland, Oregon. Gentlemen: In accepting the agency for Ter race Park, it is only fair to say that when I chose Montavilla as a desirable property for a real estate office. I also had In mind Terrace Park as one of the beautiful parts of Montavilla. There Is a big future for this property, and I am satisfied to tie up with it. The development "f Montavilla is the develop ment of Terrace Park, and the building activity froing on in this part of the city shows conclusive, y that investors are lookingthis way. Statistics show that tho East Side of Portland has doubled within the last three years and the race for population has Just begun. It Is no un reasonable statement to say that two years more will asratn see a similar increase, and the investor who places Ms money in home sites will not only make big Interest on his money, but his principal will be absolutely secure. These .re my ideas, and I am Investing what I have along these lines. With best wishes for Montavilla and Terrace Park, I am Very truly yours, A. ROLLING, of Montavilla. Another thirty days will see som& striking transformations in beautiful Terrace Park. Many of the 246 owners of lots' in Terrace Park are now preparing to build, and the remaining lots in the addition will be placed on the market in a few days. . We are delighted to announce Mr. Rolling as our aarent on the ground, as we feel certain that the mm who is doing so much to give Montavilla real estate values their true light will be of sim ilar value to Terrace Park, which is in reality a part of Montavilla. Take a ride out to Montavilla on the M. V. line today and let Mr. Rolling tell you some things about Terrace Park and other Montavilla real estate. Take the M. V. line. You will find the office right at the terminal, on the corner of Hibbard street and the Base Line road. ROLLING, THE SPANTON CO. AGENT PH O N.E. EAST .9 S 9 MONDAY- May 25, 'OS All Unsold Lots in BEAUiWl WAVERLEIGH Will Be Advanced O Each Buy Now, Make Money Graded Streets, Cement Walks Bull Run Water Jno. P. Sharkey Company 122V2 SIXTH STREET A2S37 PHONES Main 55 O