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EAST SIDE-CLUBS
STARTS YOU
ON ROAD TO
PROSPERITY
IN HYDE PARK
Petition Council to Start Work
on Big Sewer for Fu-
ture Wants.
HARD SURFACE PROJECTS
THE SUNDAY OREGCKVIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 1908.
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FAVOR
PROGRESS
Building Operations Continue With'
out Cessation and Vacant Districts
Are Rapidly Filling T7p With .
Residences Shows Growth.
The past week developed some im
portant movements for street work all
over the t.ast Side. Among these are
the sewer system for- the Peninsula.
which will, cost $600,000; paving of
Hawthorne avenue at a cost of over
$100,000; the paving of a district in
tfolladay-IrvfnRton territory at a cost
of over $250,000; and a general move
ment for boulevards centering on the
thoroughfares connecting with the
bridges.
In the matter of sales it may be said
these have been well sustained, at
though there were no large transfers
made. The larger Improvements pro
Jected during the week, including sewer
systems and hard surface pavements,
represent an aggregate of new work
that will cost at least $1,000,000, which
Is considered a good showing for this
time of the year. These Improvements
are projected to provide for the future
growth of the city as well as for pres
ent purposes.
"Investments in East Side property
were never more certain of returns,"
said a conservative real estate man
yesterday, "and no man can make a
mistake in buying property anywhere
on the East Side. Investments there are
absolutely safe. Values hold up well
everywhere in that porton of the city.
I would advise every man to get a lot
or so now, and as much more as he
can. Portland is building faster and
more substantially than the majority
of her citizens even dream of, and they
can only ascertain this fact by personal
inspection. In every direction east of
the Willamette there is a steady march
of improvement of the very best kind.
Starting from the fills in Central Cast
Portland the wave of progress has
moved for miles in all directions. I
attribute much of this progress to the
civic organizations. These clubs are
educational. They stimulate move
ments for betterments. They give In
formation where there was Ignorance.
We see their Influence everywhere."
Find No Falling Off.
For this time of the year the build
ing movement is well sustained all
over, the East Side. The number of
building permits issued the Ja week
shows that there is little .falling off
in any direction. Dwellings and apartment-houses
lead, In the Walnut Park
tract on Williams' avenue there is a
remarkably line lot- of homes. While
the building restriction is not very
high, the cost of every home in this
tract ranges above $3500, and a con
siderable number run up to $10,000.
Among the more recent dwellings is
that of Dr. M. H. Greene, on the cor
ner of Williams and KUlingsworth av
enues, partly of pressed brick, which
will cost when completed about $7000.
Foundations for dwellings are in evi
dence in ' all directions . on the East
Side. One of the significant features
of this building movement is that it is
more pronounced in the central por
tions of East Portland and Alblna,
where there was considerable vacant
ground.
At Sunnyside, on Belmont street, to
ward Mount Tabor, as far as East
Forty-ninth street, vacant lots ' are
being built over with high-class resi
dences. At Rose City ParJC and in the
district west a number of attractive
homes are being erected.
Erection of apartment-houses and fiats
continues all over the East Side. Mrs.
Mary Spitzenberg of Chicago, who re
cently made Investments in Portland, is
having plans drawn for a modern apartment-house
of brick, three stories, 60x70,
to be erected on the southeast corner of
East Fifteenth and Madison streets, at a
cost of $15,000. It will be modeled after
an apartment-house built in Chicago for
Mrs. Spitzenberg. It will be of the mis
sion style, and celling beamed. There will
be fireplaces and interior trimmings will
be of eastern oak. It will be one of the
finest structures of the sort in the city.
A permit was Issued during the week
for the three-story brick structure for S.
I. Selling to be built on the corner of
Grand avenue and Belmont street, at a
cost of $26,000. Excavations for the
foundation of the building are completed
and work on the main structure will go
forward at once. Mrs. Thomas Dobson
has let the contract for the erection of an
$8000 two-story flat to be built on Union
avenue between Russell and Knott street
to J. T. Wilson.
For the new High School In Alblna,
which will be one of the most complete
structures of the sort in the Northwest,
some plans have, been drawn by local
architects, who will enter the list as com
petitors. Claussen & Claussen have com
pleted the plans, which were handed in
last week. The district has added an
other block to the original site, which will
greatly Improve the appearance of the
building, as the original site was too
small. The push clubs recently com
mended the board for securing the addi
tional ground.
Company Buys Two Blocks.
The Unit-Sharing Associates is the
name of a recently organized company,
whose purpose is to erect a series of
hdmes on an 11-acre tract on the Powell
Valley road, on the Waverleigh tract,
which will be named the Mission Villas.
The past week the company bought two
more blocks from John P. Sharkey, own
er of the Waverleigh property, for $6000,
which provides the room that will be re
quired to carry out the plans.
The general scheme includes an arcade
store, around which the apartment-houses
are to be grouped and which will contain
departments for groceries, meats, fruits,
a reading-room, drugstore, news stand,
telephone exchange and other modern
conveniences. In the upper portion of the
building there will be a ladies' clubroom,
a hall with stage for entertainments and
public functions of all sorts. A central
plant will supply hot water and steam
heat for all the buildings, and also for
electricity, gas. laundry, compressed air
plant. A great playhouse, playground,
kindergarten, nursery, gymnasium, swim
ming baths and other features are pro
jected. W. T. Mllla'.is promoting the enterprise.
His idea is -that.the scheme will reduce
the cost of living, to. the lowest point, and
yet all the comforts', of. home life be pro
vided. Plans for laying out grounds and
for the buildings are being prepared. The
cost will be about $100,000, and if funds
are pledged ;for carrying out. th scheme
it is believed it will be started, tat least,
some time this year. ' r' -
The movement for a passenger and
freight depot to be erected on East First
and East Morrison streets has assumed
concrete form. Committees have been ap-
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THE JAC0BS-STINE COMPANY
148 Fifth Street
Gentlemen I would like to know
what terms you would furnish
lot FKLb, if 1 shuuld build
HYDE PARK.
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pointed by the East Side Business Men's
Club and also the United East Side Push
Clubs to take the matter in hand and lay
it .before the general manager. .
It is thought probable that success will
result from this agitation. Prominent
business men and property-owners in the
warehouse district will be asked to co
operate in the movement and go with the
'committees when they call on Manager
O'Brien.
PREPARES FOR FUTURE USE
Sewer Project on Peninsula Outlined
by Residents.
The sewer system projected for the Pe
ninsula would serve at least 100,000 peo
ple, and that will cost from $500,000 to
$600,000. This movement was inaugurated
at the last meeting of the North Alblna
Improvement Association, when the cir
culation of the initial petitions was
started. It had been under consideration
for some time, and will now be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. It is es
timated that it will be from five to seven
years before the sewer can be completed,
and by that time 100,000 people will be
living on the Peninsula.
In places this sewer is now needed,
but In others it is not needed at present.
The district embraces practically the
whole of the Peninsula northward from
Humboldt street to Columbia boulevard
and St. John northwest. There will be
several branches or the system, and pos
sibly down on the Peninsula a large
main conduit of about 15 feet diameter
to carry all the sewage of this great and
growing residence and manufacturing dis
trict. The suggestion ie made that the
City Engineer start on the plans for the
system as soon as practicable, owing to
its magnitude and future Importance.
People living in this district will not be
called on to pay their assessment on the
proposed work under five years, and then
they can take advantage of the bonding
act, with lte deferred payments, for a
period of ten years With the present
growth of the Peninsula it is' considered
that the start on this great system has
not been made any too soon.
$2000 FOR SHORT STORIES
Sunset Magazine is offering $2000 in
prizes for stories. Details of the con
test may be found on page 277 of the
July number, now on the newsstands.
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FIVE BUILDING: LOTS
Board an East Ankeny car Sunday, with the
and Yamhill streets. Ask the conductor to tell
Stroll around through this natural park and you will have .spent one of
afternoons in your life. HYDE PARK is a proposition that is well worth
any intention of ever building a home of your own.
OFFER to the fortunate five people who will first
delightful place
REMEMBER TO TAKE THE EAST ANKENY CAR AT THIRD
MS-SPENT
Figures Show Portland's Re
markable Growtrrin Every
Direction.
GREAT EAST SIDE LEADS
Nearly $5,000,000 Invested In New
Buildings Since January 1 Rep
resents 2000 Separate
Undertakings. .
Since the first of the year, including
June up to the close of business Wed
nesday of last week, there had been
2493 permits issued from the Building
Inspector's office. This number in
cluded about 600 permits for alterations
and repairs, estimated to cost less than
500 each.
The total valuation reported for these
2493 permits is $4,652,585. Eliminating
522 permits for repairs, in the five
months of the year, the total number
issued from January 1 to June 1 was
lp83 for buildings carrying valuations
of $3,889,945, an average of $2300.
In the same period there were issued
permits for class A, B and C buildings
representing a cost of $660,240. A per
centage of 'these was taken out for
only a portion of the whole cost of the
buildings started -and the total, there
fore, does not represent the final value.
In the five months for which totals
MILL ID,
N NELV BUILDINGS
Whether
Real Estate for invest
ment or to build a home,
the popular location is
to live. A visit will prove this much to you.
THE LARGEST SUBDIVISION OPERATORS
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
have been made, residences -to be erec
ted on the East Side were Issued, in
cost, as follows: Janurry, $309,800;
February, $407,450; March, $501,750;
April, $529,025; May, $336,750, a grand
total of $2,083,776. This amount is 50
per cent of the 'aggregate valuations
placed on the entire Issuance of the five
months. New residences for the West
Side foot up for the same period, $263.
650, making the investment . In resi
dences for the city, $2.847,3:5. "
Analysis of the several months shows
the following aggregations:
January, 1908.
Number permits Issued , 298
Total valuation $025,545
East 'Side dwellings - 309.800
West Side dwelling! 41,200
Claa. A. B and C 203.540
Number under $500 repairs, etc)...;.. P8
From $500 to 100O r,.12t
From $1000 to J2000 .71
From $2000 to $3000 6
From $3000 to $4000 3
From $4000 to $5CO0 3
From $5000 to $10,000 2
Over $10,000 4
February, 1908.
Number permits issued 413
Total valuation ,$s33,80O
Fast Btde dwellings 4UT.4R0
West Side dwellings 1. 36.150
Class A. B and C ". 193.000
Number under $500 ...lis
From $300 to $1000 ...... 41
From $1000 to $2000 150
From $2000 to $3000 ... 49
From $3000 to $4100 1!)
From $4000 to $5000 18
From J5O0O to X10.00O 18
Over $10,000 '. 2
March, 1008. .
Number permits issued '. 544
Total valuation $851,840
East Side dwellings 501.750
West Bids dwellings 60,850
Class A, B and C .' 99.900
Number under $500 1G2
From $500 to $1000 5T
From $1000 to $2000 22
From $2000 to $3000 66
From $3000 to $4000 2T
From $4000 to $5000 . 12
From $5000 to $10.000 11
Over $10,000 7
April, 190S. :
Number permits Issued 576
Total valuation $980,410
East Side dwellings 529.025
West Side dwellings 55.0.0
Class A, B and C 58.800
Number under $500 . . . , . , 168
From $500 to $1000 61
From $1000 to $2000 197
From $2000 to $3000 63
From $3000 to S4000 35
From $4000 to $5000 31
you buy
Rose City Park and Rossmere sign, at Third
you when you get to HYDE PARK, he knows.
And," by the way, this company has a FREE
agree to build here, It is, really and truly,
From $5000 to $10,C00 18
Over $10,000 . .,, T
. May, 1008. - .
Number permits issued 374
Total valuation $754.94$
Fast Side dwellings 335.750
West Bide dwellings 64,300
Class A, B and C 105.000
Number tender $500 93
From $500 to $1000 83
From $1000 to f2000 20
From $2000 to $3000 127
From $3000 to $4000 10
From $4000 to $5000 5
From $5000 to 410.000 26
Over $10,000 8
v June, 1908. . .
At close of business Wednesday, June 24;
Number permits Issued. ;... 288
Total valuation $606,040
Number" under $500 ......... . 60
From $500 to $1000.... 26
From $1000 to $2000 3,6
From $2000 to J. "C00 14
From $3000 to $4000 10
From $4000 to $5000. 3
From $5000 to $1C. 000 ' 10
Over $10,000
Flats Bring $15,000.
Another sale in the northwest end
of the city of a lot 60x100 was report
ed yesterday by E. J. Daly. The lot is
located hptween Twenty-third and
OREGON
G00S BAY
The Coming Seaport of Oregon.
The coming largest lumber market
in the world. Railroad connection as
sured. Tide land bought for ocean
docks and terminals.
COOS BAY LAND AND WATEE
FRONT SYNDICATE.
. Write or call for prospectus.
. A limited number of shares is now
for the first time offered.
WM.'A. BANTZ & CO.,
212 Rothchild Bldg., Portland, Or.
Trustee Ladd & Tilton, Bankers.
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the pleasantest Sunday
looking into, if you have
Go out Sunday.
AND YAMHILL SUNDAY
E COMPANY
PORTLAND, OR.
Twenty-fourth streets on Johnson and
has on it a four-flat building, recently
completed, the price reported being
$15,000. The details of the sale are
withheld for the present. ' On conserva-
BEAVERTON-REED VILLE ACREAGE
"THE PASADENA OF OREGON"
Fruit and Vegetable Garden Tracts
With or without Buildings and Orchards
8 to 12 Miles from Portland
4 Trains each way daily
1 Acre up $150 $250
20 Acres up $75 $150
Part Cash, Balance Easy Payments
The greater part of this body of land is of the Very. ' '
best rich, black loam, and where wells have been dug, "
show it is very deep and practically inexhaustible,
capable of raising hops, wheat, oats, clover, timothy,-'. :
fruits and vegetables; in fact, any crop adapted to "
this climate, and in grsat abundance. -
Call any day in the week and go with one of our salesmen
and look over these tracts
The Shaw-Fear Company
2456 STARK STREET
Phones Main 35 .
and Mail This One Too
JACOBS - STINE COMPANY
148 Fifth Street '
Gentlemen Please keep my name on
file, and mail me illustrated booklet
and story of HYDE PARK when
eady for distribution.
Address ..
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a most
tlve figuring, the ground of the block,
based on this sale, Is placed at $69,000,
which is at least 60 per cent advance
over valuations in that locality this
time last year.
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