THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 14, 1908.
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TELL OFPROGRESS
OF COUNTRY CLUB
Buildings and Grounds Rapid
ly Being Made Ready for
the Fall Show.
REED AND CAMPBELL TALK
East Side Districts Still Show Active
Building Operations and Sales of
Homcsites Are Reported With
Great Regularity.
In their talks before the United East
Side Push Clubs Tuesday night S. G.
ment will make It more attractive to mer
chants. Williams avenue le also to be
paved with hard surface pavement be
tween Alberta street and Killlngsworth
avenue at a cost of $17,669. Killlngsworth
avenue Is under contract for pavement
between Union and Patton avenues at a
cost of $73,000. and also the avenue is to
be Improved between Patton avenue and
the Willamette boulevard with upland
gravel a.t a cost of $20,856, making the en
tire cost for the improvement of Killings
worth avenue $93,855. Greeley street Is to
be Improved from Killlngsworth avenue
to the south line of Pippon street at a
coet of $25,263. This improvement will be
with upland gravel.
At Piedmont progress is being made in
the direction of improving all the streets
of that entire district with hard surface
material, at a cost of $133,000. One of the
main objects of the Holladay-Irvlngton
Improvement Association, organized Tues
day night. Is to encourage and promote
the very best class of street work and to
secure uniformity of material used.
There Is a constant movement all over
the East Side In the direction of better
street improvements, and already hard
surface pavements costing upwards of
$500,000 are projected.
Extend From River to River.
Altogether the opening and. widening
of Grand avenue from river to river,
making it an 80-foot street, is a proj
ect that has caught the popular favor.
Grand and Union avenues both can be
made long streets. Union avenue prac
tically ends at Ivon street, in Brooklyn,
and extends to Dekum avenue at Wood
ing the time and" the other interests to
hold public attention. In Central Alblna
Henry A. Pittinger sold lot 11, block 35,
to Sarah C. C. Ford for $2700; in Vernon,
Helena U. Miller bought a quarter block
for $2000. Mrs. J. J. Bacher bought frac
tions of lots 12 and 13, In block 67, Sun
nyside third addition, for $3000.
In Hawthorne Park, W.' A. Mansfield
bought the east half of lots 1 and 2,
block 328, for $1950. O. B. Lents sold to
Joseph Henzel lot 2, Holladay Addition,
block 119, Stephens Addition, for $6400.
Governor George E. Chamberlain pur
chased lot 2, In block 264, Holladay Ad
dition for $35.25. B. S. Josselyn pur
chased lot 1, block 76, Rose City Park,
for $3200; Fannie O. Rood purciiased a
half block in Waverleigb. for $2500.
Contracts for a number of East Side
buildings have been let recently. Archi
tect Fabre announces that the contract
for Mr. Donahue's residence In Walnut
Park has been let. This building will be
two stories and of cement blocks. It
will be 42x64 and will cost $10,000. Plans
have been prepared for a bungalow for
Dr. Gordon, to be built In Rose city
Park. Architects Goodrich & Goodrich
have prepared plans for this building.
In Irvington, Margaret S. Geiple and
Dr, T. P. Wise bought each a lot and a
half for $1500 each, and Henry Brigh'am
bought a lot for $1000. AH will erect
homes that will cost from $4000 to $5000.
Plans are now being prepared for the
three dwellings. A- F. Squires has se
cured the contract to erect the flats for
Mrs. J. B. Comstock on Weidler and East
Sixth streets. The, cost will be $7500.
Ground was broken during the week for
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A SECTION OF HAXCOCK STREET rAVKU WITH THE JTEW HAS SOM PAVEMENT PROCESS.
Reed and H. C. Campbell, of the Coun
try Club and Livestock Association,
set forth the progress of work prepar
atory to the great livestock show and
race meet to be held there this Fall.
Few people present had ever been on
the ground to see what Is being done,
and to these the remarks of Mr. Reed
and Mr. Campbell were a revelation.
A considerable portion of the work on
the grounds of the Country Club is
well toward completion. These gentle
men, however, said that since the start
was made the plans had been mate
rially enlarged.
It was announced that the race track
was nearly completed and some of the
buildings were under construction.
The most pretentious structure to be
erected on the grounds next to the
clubhouse will be the grandstand, the
framework of which will be entirely of
steel and Iron. It will be 30 feet deep
and there will not be a single post to
obstruct the view of the racecourse.
Mr. Campbell said the grandstand will
be1 one of the finest in the world. The
prrounds cost $750 an acre, but re
cently a seven-acre tract was sold at
about $1500 an acre, so that as an in
vestment alone the grounds of the
Country. Club make it an unusually
strong financial proposition. Effort Is
now being made to get streets and
roads leading to the grounds opened
and improved so there shall be easy
access from the city for the thous
ands who will go there In automobiles
and other vehicles. The street railway
company Is making provisions to
handle the crowds who will use the
cars. The speakers urged citizens to
visit the grounds and see for them
selves Just what has been done and
what is under way, and by personal
inspection get an understanding of the
scope of the undertaking which means
so much for Portland.
Holladay Addition Improvements.
In Holladay's Addition a vast amount
of improvement work is under way.
Eight blocks that were- rough and un
sightly have been graded down by the
Oregon Real Estate Company. A large
gang of graders are camped Just north
of 8ulllvan"s Gulch. Materials taken
from these blocks Is being used to
fill up some low blocks along the north
margin of Sullivan's Gulch. Between
East Fifteenth and Twentieth streets
and north of Sullivan's Gulch about 30
fine homes have Just been completed
and several are still in the hands of
the contractors. Cost of these homes
range from $5000 to $10,000 each. This
cluster of fine homes within five blocks
represent an expenditure of over
$160,000.
Eastward of the old Sunderland road
numbers of fine homes are being built.
North of Thompson Btreet new streets
are being improved with cement side
walks, connecting with the hard surface
pavement on Thompson street. These
new streets are being carried through
East Irvington northward, clearing of
second-growth timber and brush is go
ing forward and fills are being made.
A fine residence district is being
opened east of the Irvington school
house, which three years ago was built
In a wooded tract. Very soon the en
tire territory north from Thompson
street will be cleared to the Vernon
tract" and on down to the Columbia
boulevard. Even in the well-settled
portion of Holladay Addition the few
remaining vacant lots and quarter
blocks are being occupied with new
homes.
Big Improvement Contracts.
The movement for hard surface pave
ment received a big boost during the week
by the announcement that Union avenue
will be improved with this material from
Holladay avenue to Alberta Btreet north,
a distance of two miles, at a cost of $169,
652, making it a continuous improved
Btreet between East Portland and High
land. This improvement Is but a starter
on Union avenue. No doubt the same
kind of pavement will be laid north from
Highland to Dekum avenue, at Woed
lawn. In e coming few months. That
portion xf Union avenue was Improved
about thfee years ago, and is in fair con
dition, bt with the laying of hard pave
ment south will also come a movement to
continue 'the same kind of pavement on
northward.
Union venue is rapidly becoming a'
business Street, but a hard surface pave-
lawn. It can be extended to the Colum
bia boulevard, or to the Columbia river.
North from Morris street. Union avenue
is 70 feet wide to Woodlawn, but the
remainder Is 60 feet wide. Already It is
proposed to pave it between Holladay
avenue and Alberta street, at Highland.
There are no difficulties in the way of
making Union avenue a fine highway,
but obstacles are to be met on Grand
avenue, for its extension must be car
ried through a lot of private property
north of Hancock street, but these dif
ficulties are not considered formidable.
It Is the general impression that the
making of Grand avenue. 80 feet wide
would more than double the value of
every foot of property abutting on that
street and also increase the value of
property for several blocks on either
side. Probably a large district will be
formed to take care of the expense ot
widening and pay for the property to
be used north of Hancock street, so
that the cost will not be burdensome
for the abutting property owners. This
project takes Into consideration that
there is to be a great population on the
East Side, and that this wide street
will be a necessity, not only for traffic,
but to provide a beautiful driveway.
It is a little unfortunate that Grand
avenue was not opened to Woodlawn at
the same time Union avenue was and
before houses were built on the line
of the street. It was doubted that even
Union avenue would be needed when
It was opened 10 years ago, for If was
done against considerable opposition.
Residence Sites Are Sold.
There were o large sales during the
week, but the sales of residence sites
have kept up remarkably well con sider-
th three-story brick for M. Selling to
be erected on the southwest corner of
Grajid avenue and Belmont street. Archi
tect Otto Kleemann prepared the plans
for this building, the first structure to
be erected on Grand avenue this year.
In spite of the great number of dwell
ings erected on the East Side, there are
at present few vacant houses, and those
that are vacant are not 'the best class.
BCIMING FREIGHT
DEPOT
Work Started on East Side by Port
land Railway, Light & Power Co. '
Work was started yesterday of driving
piling for a new freight depot for tho
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany at tha foot of East Clay street.
The present freight depot, situated near
by, has been found inadequate for the
purpose and the company decided to build
a larger one at this place, which has
been found convenient for the patrons of
the freight department.
Between, the iong dock that extends
along the river front at this place and
the bank proper there Is a strip of low
land that Is owned by the company, and
this Is now under water, owing to the
rise in the river. The engineers of the
company have taken advantage of this
stage of water to begin the driving of
piles, as the work is more easily done
from floats than from land such as sur
rounds the site of the new depot.
A permit was issued from the Building
Inspector's office on Thursday to allow
this work to be done, the estimated cost
of which was placed at $12,000. Manager
Fuller said yesterday that this estimate
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erection of the bulldlnK. which Is to be
200 feet long and probably will be sheeted
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buildinn itself, he said, there will be side
tracks end extension work, which will In
all probability bring tha total cost to
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SHOWS BRIGHT PROSPECT
MENOMINEE MILL BURNED
Two Million Feet of liumber Also
Destroyed by Flames.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 13. (Special.)
The lumber mill and 2,000.000 feet of
lumber owned by the Wind River Lum
ber Company at Menominee, four miles
below Hood River, were totally destroyed
by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. Sev
eral cars belonging to the O. R. & N.
Company also were burned.
No estimate of the loss nas yet Deen
made, but It Is known to have been
many thousands of dollars. The loss Is
said to be partly covered by Insurance.
The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold
beer Is unexcelled In all respects and is
highly recommended for Its strength and
health-giving qualities. Orders- for" bot
tled beer receive prompt attention. Phone
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On the Salem Electric Line, Only 30 Minutes' Ride From the Heart of the City.
Where can you invest money to such good advantage? You take no risk what
ever, as the land is really worth twice what we ask for it. You can raise any
thing in this ground fruit, vegetables, berries or walnuts.-
EVERY ACRE DESIRABLE
'And susceptible to the highest cultivation. Some of the acres are cleared and
ready to produce, while other acres are covered with a splendid growth of
standing timber, worth about twice what we ask for the ground. Take your
pencil and figure out, if you can, where you can possibly get such value for your
moner, from the standpoint of a desirable revenue-producing home or as an
investment.
Running water and numerous springs. Take car at Front and Jefferson sts.,
get off at Metzger Station.
There is more cordwood on some acres than we are asking for the ground.
PRICE $200 AND UPWARDS
PRICE $20O and up per acre, according to location.
TERMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the pur
chase price per month. ;
INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred pay
ments. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed.
For particulars and beautiful descriptive plat call at our Portland office, 226
228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. All cars and trains stop at Metzger 's.
HERMAN METZGER, Owner
Office Phones, Main 474 A 1374. Agents and Phone at Station Pacific 2019.
PROGRESSIVE SPIRITS OF PEX
IXStTIiA' DISTRICT.
Prediction Made Years Ago That
Great City Is Destined for
East Side.
The Peninsula Rose Festival Associa
tion during the Rose Festival distributed
15.000 copies of a write-up of that district,
and incidentally of the whole city. W. J.
Peddlcord, who contributed the main ar
ticle, mak$s a summary of the prospects
of the Peninsula in the following words
quoting also from H. W. Scott's history:
Not only close observers of today concede
that a great city is destined to be built
on the Peninsula, but. according to the
eminent authority, H. W. Scott, the early
English preferred the south bank, and
would have built Vanrnut'er here had It not
been, first, .that the Immediate south bank
Is not suitable for a city. and. second. "If
they had not anticipated that England
would not secure the south bank." The
generous concession of air. Scott Is. in
writing of Portland, "Although on the banks
of the Willamette, she Is also practically on
ihe b&nks of the Columbia, her business por
tion constantly extending towards the Im
perial river."
Attention is called to the Peninsula, a
great plateau between the Willamette and
Columbia River. It is set forth that al
ready a great development has been
started. St. John has Jumped from a
hamlet of 200 to a town of 5000 people,
with mills and factories. The packing
plant of the Swift Company, costing
$3,000,000, and the railroad developments
are set forth in the pamphlet.
N. I). Byerlee. In his article says: "At
this rate, and the speed will accelerate
like that of a snowball rolling down hill,
within another decade St. John will have
a population of eo.OOO and become an ex
tension of the Tenth Ward, a part of
Portland proper, and will spread with the
other villas until the entire Peninsula
will be one vast hive of happy, busy,
healthy and thrifty people."
Damage Suit Compromised.
Opposing counsel having agreed to
a compromise, the $20.000 damage suit
of Larnts E. Haave against the Port
land Gas Company was withdrawn
from Judge O'Day's department yester
day and the Jury was discharged. The
suit, however, will remain on the
docket until a satisfactory settlement
that la pending has been closed. Haave
was suing for damages for injuries
sustained by being severely burned
with steam while In the employ of the
Gas Company. It was not learned for
what amount of damages the suit was
compromised.
Bomb for Police Chief.
HONOLULU, June 13. An attempt to
assassinate Chief of Detectives Taylor and
his wife was made early today. A dy
namite bomb was exploded outside the
window of their bedroom. The force of
the explosion shattered a large water
tank, throwing the heavy timbers a dis
tance of 50 feet, and destroyed the back
porch and outside staircase of the house.
The main building, however, was not
damaged, and neither of the occupants
was injured. There Is no clew to the
perpetrators of the outrage, though
Chief Taylor's life has often been threat
ened by Chinese gamblers.
NEW ADDITION
COUNTRY
JOINS ROSE CITY PARK, BELLE CREST AND THE NEW
COUNTRY CLUB
ROSE CITY PARR CAR
OFF AT COLEMAN AVENUE
TWO BLOCKS SOUTH TO
HILL CREST DRIVE
ENTIRE ADDITION PARKED
SHADE TREES ON EACH LOT
VIEW OF CLUB GROUNDS, OF
CITY AND MOUNT HOOD
LOTS FROM $500 UP
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
EASY TERMS
T. L. GARLAND
LOCAL AGENT
VAN W. ANDERSON
215 LUMBER EXCHANGE
SECOND AND STARK
L. M. HEAD, 201 Commercial Club Building, Main 1308