BIG SHOWING If1
PRESENT MONTH
BEAUTIFUL
Number of Large Buildings
Announced for Early
Construction. .
SWIFTS ASK FOR BIDS
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Blueprints Kecelved of Foundation
Plans for Packing-Plant Port
land Only City to Make No
Stop in Work Started.
So many large buildings figured In an
nouncements made of operations in the
last 10 days that smaller buildings proj-i
ected have been overshadowed. At the
same time there is no falling off In Is
suance of permits for new buildings, es
pecially for dwellings, and the month will
take a high place in comparison with
records of recent years.
Thursday the Union Meat Company re
ceived from the engineering and con
struction department of Swift & Co. blue
prints of the piling and foundations of
part of the buildings to be constructed
down the Peninsula. C. C. Colt, presi
dent of the Union Meat Company, says
that local contracting firms are asked to
bid and that they have a good oppor
tunity to get the work, provided their
bids come within the estimates prepared.
Otherwise the work will be done by the
company.
So far dredging the channel and filling
In the site are the only portions of the
work done, but the expectation is to be
gin actual construction of buildings as
soon as bids have been submitted and
ai?recd upon, possibly within the next 60
days.
Extent of Big Plant.
It Is well agam to refer to the extent
of the buildings that are to constitute
the main portion of this plant, which,
when completed, will be the most im
portant enterprise under consideration
for the Peninsula district. The main
building is to be six stories in height and
to he either of brick or concrete, not yet
determined. It will, be 200x130. with an
annex 130x75. and the approximate cost
is placed at $500,000. The Swift Com
pany's engineers are preparing plans for
four other buildings, each of which will
be about 100x150. and two or three stories
high. These are to be the wool house,
glue factory, box factory and engine
room and machinery department.
When building begins there will be em
ployment for hundreds of skilled work
men of the different trades, besides a
large number of laborers. As outlined,
this employment will extend over at least
a twelvemonth, and the probability is
that some of these work people will be
Inclined to build dwellings In the neigh
borhood of the tract, so that they ' may
be near the scene of their employment.
This demand will be felt not only by
the Kenton townsite agency, but by own
ers of other plats along Columbia bou
levard and adjacent thereto.
In the permits isssued the past week
for dwellings the average valuation as
reported to the Building Inspector was
somewhat above the record of previous
weeks of the month. Average reported
cost of dwellings had been 2400, where
as last week It was J3600. There hap
pened to be no permit for a residence to
cost above S1O.000. so that the permits
were for the class of houses customarily
built by wage-earners, an indication that
thrift Is one of the characteristics of
Portland working people.
Erect High-Class Residences.
Several architects are at work on as
many plans for new residences of the
highest class. Some of these mansions
are to be built on the Heights, several
on the streets bordering the hills and
others on the East Side, In different lo
calities. The good condition of the local market
referred to in last week's comment con
tinued through the week Just ended. No
sale of any great magnitude was report
ed, but nearly every realty dealer in the
city seen through the week said he had
some Important deals pending, and those
who did not make that report said they
knew of such deals being handled. There
appeared to be little effect one way or
the other in the market over the stir
ring events in Chicago. Some timid
dealers assert that a more settled condi
tion of the market will come after the
election in November, but are unable to
explain what better condition Is in store.
All admit a healthy status right now,
but Insinuate that mysterious "Eastern
capital" will flow out to the Coast as
soon as the election Is decided.
Offers Best Opportunities.
Others give a more reasonable explana
tion for their belief that an active in
quiry will mark the Fall months, one
being that Portland continues to offer
better inducements for the Investment of
surplus funds than any place on the
Coast. When the crop money begins to
arrive It will again seek this market, to
a greater extent than ever before.
A great deal more outside capital is
Invested in Portland realty than Is gen
erally supposed and hardly a week passes
that does not bring to the city men of
large means who have been attracted
here by reports of advantageous oppor
tunities, and who have investigated these
renorts and found them not exaggerated.
Then they pack op and come to make
their homes in a community so richly
favored.
Portland just now presents an object
lesson that probably has been overlooked
or at least escaped public comment. Ke
ports coming from all the large cities of
the country are tnat worts nas sioppea
on a certain proportion of buildings un
der course of construction. One cause
or another is given for this cessation of
Work lack of funds to proceed, labor
troubles, scarcity of building materials,
overbuilding.
Xo Stop In Portland.
How is it in Portland? There Is not a
single building, big or little, now under
way upon which work is not going for
ward In the most satisfactory manner.
There is plenty of available money,
worklngmen are contented and when not
employed on buildings for somebody else,
are working on their own homes: there
Is no scarcity of building material, ex
cept that in a case here and there con
tractors are cempelled to wait for ma
terial that can be obtained only In the
East. When It comes to overbuilding,
those hest Informed assert It will ba
. years and years before our builders can
catch up with the demand for dwellings
and business buildings.
Buys Hood River Property.
H. M. Abbott's 21W-aere farm was
sold this week to E. E. Gould, of this
city, through the agency .of Devlin &
J'irebaugh. The property Is located in
the famous Crapper district, about
eeven miles from Hood River. The con
sideration was $10,000.
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Country Club Will Rush Work
on Grounds.
TRACK TO HAVE NO EQUAL
Interest Increases In Summer Har
ness Enties, for Which Excep
tionally Fast Horses Have Been
Entered From Many States.
With the coming week increased
gangs of workmen will bo given em
ployment on the tract of the Country
Club and Livestock Association in order
that the vast amphitheater, with its
track, stables and other buildings may
be completed In ample time to welcome
the holding of the first Pacine Na
tional meet in September. This will in
clude a harness racing programme as
good. If not better than any that has
ever been run off in this section of the
country, and will bring together in the
ten classy events more than, 150 candi
dates for the various Individual purses
which aggregate $40,000.
Besides the harness races, there will
appear In the show ring an array of
thoroughbreds which will by far excel
anything the Northwest has ever seen,
for the Interest in the meet is by no
means local. Every state on the sunset
slope of the Rocky Mountains, and sev
eral states in the Rocky Mountain re
gions will have entries.
The racing barns and the show
stables are well advanced now, and
within a few weeks will be ready to
receive the ribbon-seeking candidates
of the show ring and the contestants
for records on the magnificent mile
track which is being. rapidly rushed to
completion.
Show to Be Great Event.
Wrhile the lists for the early-closing
events are already completed, guaran
teeing a racing programme of unusual
interest, entries are coming in at Coun
try Club headquarters every day from
horse-owners, stockmen and breeders
which indicate that the first exposition
in this city will rank well up with
the expositions at Chicago. St. Paul.
Minneapolis and Denver. The greatest
sires and dams on the Pacific Coast
will appear, as for instance. Bertha,
dam of 19 foals, nine of them in the
standard list, and owned by J. M. Crel
lin. of Pleasanton, Cal. Her latest and
19th foal, Ruby Light, sired by the
great Aerolite, will be in the ring.
Mr. Crellin is dividing his time be
tween Portland and Salem in making
arrangements for displaying his stables
at both the Oregon State Fair and the
Pacific National here, the week fol
lowing. He has Inspected the track and
the equipment of the Country Club and
has declared that there isn't a track or
show ring in the country that can
beat it.
The grading of the track will be
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completed within the next two weeks
and the surfacing will begin early in
the coming week, and it is estimated
that all preliminary work will be fin
ished in time for tests and trial heats
on the fine track some time In August.
Up to the present time about 100 men
and about half that number of teams
have been engaged in the grading
work, but before July 1, this number
will be nearly doubled and the last of
the grading work and the surfacing
work will be done simultaneously.
As evidence of the Interest that has
been taken in the forthcoming meet.
t might be said that a goodly number '
of entries in the harness races axe
Grand Circuit performers, with records
established on some of the speediest
tracks in the East. This will enable
the lovers of horseflesh, both as to
speeding qualities and for breeding
purposes, to get a line on the class of
animals the Pacific Coast produces, and
promise is given by M. D. Wisdom, one
of the foremost Judges on me ioasi,
that Portland will not suffer In com
parison with any other city in the
country in this respect.
Plans are now under consideration
for a formal dedication' of the Country
Club and the splendid track, probably
In the form of a cornerstone laying, a
flag-raising or a display of fireworks
at some date In the near future. The
details are being worked out, and If
satisfactory arrangements for handling
big crowds can be made with the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company
and the O. R. & N., such an event will
be held.
Fourth of July has been suggested
for the celebration of such an occasion,
but the time is so short that it will
probably have to be postponed until
some later date, depending largely upon
the -weather and the rapidity with
which the work on the big enterprise
Is pushed forward.
One of the leading sawmills of the
city has offered to donate a towering
flag-pole to the association In case It
decides to have a flag-raising celebra
tion. Otherwise a large band will prob
ably be secured and a pyrotechnlcal
display given. The site is ideal for this,
for the reason that the natural am
phitheater wherein the association Is
building its clubhouse, stables and
tracks is one where 100.000 people
could witness the display at close range
and from easily accessible points.
The question of dedicatory cere
monies will be decided at a meeting of
the executive committee, to be held in
the near future.
Take Over Some Choice Ixt.
Dr. H. W. Coe and associates have
acquired ownership In a number of lots
on Marshall, between Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth etreets, at a reported
consideration of $30,000. In the ab
sence of Dr. Coe few particulars of
the deal were given out. Beno & Bailie
were the former owners of the lots,
and the deal was handled by Wake
field. Fries & Co.
On Third street, near Columbia, a lot
40x75 feet was sold last week by S. &
P. Banner, through Wakefield, Fries
& Co., to B. Singer for $7500. It is
the purchaser's intention to build a
business house on the site.
The same firm reports a sale for the
Cocbett estate of a house and lot on
Hall street, west of Fourteenth, to
Effle D. Simmons for $2750.
At many other agencies the report Is
made that sales of houses and lots
running from $2000 to $4000 are of al
most daily occurrence, these deals
being on the West Side, mostly of
properties toward the south end of the
city.
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BUILD URGE WAREHOUSES
SEW EAST SIDE BUSINESS DIS
TRICT FORMING.
Over $300,000 Represented In Four
Structures to Be Completed
Within Current Year.
Contracts for the warehouse for
Devlin & Wallace, to be built on East
First and Taylor, streets have been let.
Max Lystrup obtained the contract for
the carpenter work and Litherland & '
Abrey that for the brick work. The
building will cost $25,000. During the
past week a permit was taken, for the
erection of the Oddfellows' building on
the corner of East Sixth and Alder
streets, for $25,000. For this struc
ture the foundation and basement have
been completed. The walls will be of
reinforced concrete.
Excavations for the Selling brick
building on the southwest corner of
Grand avenue and Belmont streets are
well along toward completion. This
building will be three stories and cost
about $25,000.
Architect Legg is preparing plans
for a four-story warehouse on East
Eighth and Belmont streets, 100x100,
of brick, to cost $50,000. It Is for the
Campbell Automatic Gas Burner Com
pany. Lewis & Lewis are drawing plans
for a four-story warehouse for Par
lln & Orendorff, to be built on a site
bounded by Bolmont and East Water
streets and the Southern Pacific
tracks. The frontage on Belmont will
be 200 feet and on East Water street
and the Southern Pacific tracks 100
feet. It will be of brick construction.
For fire protection the building will
DAVIS & DRENNEN
406-408 East Bumside Street.
Gas and Electric Lighting Fixtures
Bold direct from manufacturer to the consumer the highest quality
at the lowest prices. Do not fail to get our prices.
Fixtures Built to Suit the Home
B. B. DAVIS Phone B 2151, East 591. H. T. DRENNEN
be provided with automatic sprinklers.
Mill construction will bo used in the
interior. . The foundation will rest on
masses of piles driven to solid ground.
The cost of this building will be about
$60,000. It is one of the most preten
tious structures projected in the ware
house district, another being the
brick warehouse now being built by
the Oliver Plow Company on East
First and Tamhill streets.
Including the freight-house and
flock of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company, which will cost $31,
000. these buildings represent an out
lay of over $310,000, which is a fin6
showing for this time of the year fo
central East Portland.
NORTH ALBINA FORGING AHEAD
Almost $1,000,000 to Be Spent in
Improvements Next Year.
Almost $1,000,000 will be spent in im
provements at North Alblna In the next
12 months, according to conservative esti
mation. The new high school will cost
$250,000, the Improvement of Kllllngsworth
avenue from Union to Patton with herd
surface pavement will cost $150,000; the
extension of Killingsworth avenue from
Patton to the Willamette boulevard will
be improved by grading, graveling and
cement sidewalks at a cost of $25,000; and
the Improvement of Minnesota, Montana
end Missouri avenues will cost $35,000.
There is a movement on foot to improve
Albina avenue from Killingsworth to
Prescott, which would add another $60,
000. A great many property-owners are agi
tating the formation of a sewer district.
A meeting will be held at the North
Albina fire house on Monday evening for
the discussion of this project, and all
property-owners are invited to attend. If
the sewer goes In it will mean the spend
ing of $200,000.
These are only a few of the Improve
ments that are going on on the peninsula.
The Swifts will spend $1.000,000. the St.
M. J. WALSH CO.
Salesrooms, 311 Stark Street.
Designers and Makers of Fine
Lighting Fixtures
Catalogues containing the latest exclusive de
signs sent free to builders on request. A full
line of electrical and gas supplies always on
hand. Electrical and gas tvork of all kinds
promptly attended to. Ring up on either phone.
John grain dock will cost $60,000. This
does not include other buildings and
street improvements for which it is esti
mated at not less than $2,000,000.
There Is a good demand for property
on the Peninsula. Nolta & Baughman
report the sale of the northwest quarter
of block E, consisting of eight lots, sold
to (i. F. Berger for $5000. Mr. Berger
will erect eight two-story houses on the
property. They also report the sales of
D. Baughman's residence, 124$ Maryland
avenue, to A. Gulovson for $3500 cash, and
AVERTON-REEDVILLE
ACREAGE
"THE PASADENA OF OREGON"
Fruit and Vegetable
Garden Tracts.
8 to 12 Miles from
Portland.
4 Trains Each Way
Daily. With or Without
Buildings and Orchards
5, 10, 15 or 20 Acres,
$150-$250.
Part Cash, Balance
Easy Payments.
The Shaw-Fear Company
24514 Stark Street.
Phone Main 35. Phone A 3500.
PACIFIC IRON WORKS
0. E. Heintz, Kanager. 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.
1V2X1V2 to 8x8-Inch Angles
East End Bumside-Street Bridge,
ten lots from $500 to $1000 each. Baugh
man & Son are erecting a two-story store
bulIAing 50x50 feet on Kerby and Killings
worth avenue, to cost $6000. M. F. Brady
Is erecting a new barber shop.
Olympla Malt Extract, good for grant
ma or baby. Only 15-100 of 1 per cent
alcohol. Phones: Main 671. A 2467.
Metzger & Co., Jewelers and opticians,
342 Washington st.
It is easy to understand
that in the near future
these lands must materially
enhance in value. "With
substantial improvements,
buildings, growing or
chards, added population,
and the advantages accru
ing therefrom, the advisa
bility of making a purchase
as soon as possible will ap
peal at once to the far
sighted and thoughtful. An
opportunity for small in
vestors, as well as home
makers. Portland, Oregon.
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