The Sunday Oregonian., July 26, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 4, Image 26

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JULY 26, 1908.
RECORDS REACH
LARGE FOOTINGS.
MANY PORTLAND PEOPLE ARE BUILDING HOMES LIKE THESE AND LIVING IN THEM
Realty Transfers Last Week
Nearly $600,000 in
. Totals.
MANY DWELLINGS BUILDING
Warehouse Districts on Both Sides ot
the Bhrer Are Filling Up With
Buildings for Old and
New Concerns.
Real estate transfers last week as
sumed old-time proportions meaning
by "old time" the records of a few
months aeo. For five days, from Mon
day to Saturday, the total tooted ap-.
proximately 400,000, which would have
reached nearly $800,000 if the sates
with nominal considerations had been
registered at real values.
The largest single transaction was
that of the transfer of the quarter
block at the corner of Seventh and
Stark streets from J. B. Teon to Theo
dore B. Wilcox at 1160,000. Among the
transfers registering nominal consider
ations was the 408-acre tract on the
Peninsula, giving $10 as the consid
eration. Portland can never hope to have the
real value of' transfers compiled until
the custom Is abandoned of recording
alee at nominal prices.
In building operations of a more Im
portant character that were started,
evidences of Intention are furnished at
the northwest corner of Fifth and
Stark, where the old buildings have
been razed on the quarter block under
long-time lease to Gay Lombard; at the
nonthweet corner of Fourth and Ank
eny, where the warehouse of the Pacific
Paper Company Is to be built; at Sixth
and Alder, Meier & Frank Co.'s site, and
down the Peninsula on the site of the
Union Meat Company's plant. In the
terminal-yard district several large
warehouse owners are preparing for
the erection of their buildings and the
came activity Is observed on the East
Side along the line of the Southern Pa
cific. No Stop In Homemaklng.
Records of the Building Inspector
how that the building of residences Is
proceeding without cessation and thrf
beside the modecately priced resi
dences there are numbers of high
priced mansions figuring in the rec
ords. "It is an ill wind,' etc., is a comment
that is made, perhaps heartlessly, over
the big fire that partially destroyed the
Abington building on Third street
Wednesday night. That building, while
not regarded as among the higher-class
office buildings of the city, was never
theless rather a good-appearing struc
ture and housed a large number of ten
ants. These were compelled to seek
offices elsewhere, and the office build
ings ready to receive tenants profited
by the calamity. Some took rooms In
the new Board of Trade building, some
in the Beck, others in the Swetland,
Rotlichild and other of the newer build
ings, while others found quarters in the
older buildings.
Among the Insurance men the lire Is
ascribed to faulty electrical wiring, and
agitation has been started to have the
Council create the office of electric in
epectoT, whose duties shall be to pass
on the Installation of electric' wiring
along the lines and with the authority
of the Plumbing Inspector. "Why not?"
said an Insurance man, yesterday.
"What difference does it make to a vic
tim whether he Is attacked in his sleep
with disease germs coming from a
ewer or from a tongue of fire coming
from a faulty electric wire?"
Reed Estate to Rebuild.
It Is reported to be the intention of
the Reed estate to at once restore the
Abington building. If possible, with
modern appointments, but If, upon in
vestigation, the old walls cannot safely
be used, to tear down the damaged
building and erect another In its place.
A lease of the top of Council Crest
has been effected by the proprietor of
the observatory from the Smith estate.
The terms of the lease have not been
made public It Is said the grounds are
to be laid out in a pleasure park and
additional attractions installed.
An Important addition to the manu
facturing facilities of the Smith A
Watson Iron- Works Is to be made In
the building of a machine shop, at
Harrison street, between Front ami
Water streets. The building, for which
permit was issued during the past
week, Is to be 100x200 and two stories
in height. The cost of the building is
estimated at $25,000.
Plans are being made for the factory
at Eighteenth and Upshur streets for
the Carman Manufacturing company,
the big furniture concern that is to en
gage In the manufacture of furniture In
this city. Plans have been accepted for
me 'amn & Orendorff warehouse on
the Southern Pacific on the East Side
and work will be puehed forward rap
idly until tne bunding is completed.
Change in Plans.
It l seml-ofXiclally announced that the
hotel project of the Hotel Investment
Company has been abandoned and that
instead an office building will be erect
ed on their leased ground at Fourth and
Alder.
Gus Rosenblatt has about decided to
ouua his new hotel at Tenth and Alder
uve stories wun an additional story
surrounding tne light shaft, to be ar
ranged in large compartments for the
use of commercial travelers. The iron
and steel work In the basement in ahnut
all In place and erection of the upper
stories will proceed as rapidly as the
material can be handled.
The Burkhardt-Cadwell building, on
Second street, has reached the second
tory and the building now arives evi
dence of the character of the improve
ment of the site, deep red brick with"
black cement being employed in the
iront wall.
Wll Handle Tjlnnton Realty.
In order to profit by the extension
or the united Railways to Linnton
officials of the company have formed
the Ruth Trust Company, with a cap
Hal stock of $200,000. Herman Witten
berg, A. C. Emmons and O. D. Taylor
are the Incorporators. The company
gest Its name from ,a young daughter
or Thomas Greenough, the new presl
dent of the United Railways. It- Is the
purpose of the new concern to deal In
realty and particularly property about
Linnton, which. It Is believed, will ad
vance materially in value with the ex
tension of the United Railway to that
. section.
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BUILDING RECORD BROKEN " , ' - I
JULY EXCEEDS IN KVMBEB AND
AMOUNT.
Compared With July in Two Previ
ous Years, This Month Leads
Handsomely.
Kccords of t no Inst two Tai have
been broken In the number and amount
of building permits Issued. ,
For the week just closed 109 per
mits were Issued, carrying estimated
cost of 1217,210. These amounts addc-1
to those already taken out brlns the
totals for the month up to StiO permits
issued, with XSIHOO represented In
valuation of impwements involved.
In July, 1906, there were 2i0 permits
Issued, with $740,621 estimated cot,
and In 1907 there were 371 permits and
$700,641 valuations. With five mote
business days to be heard from. It is
quite probable that this month w.ll
show $200,000 more represented In
building operations than did the two
preceding years.
Among the more important ouuamgi
that figure in the present month there
are the annex to the Good Samaritan
Hospital, Rosenblatt Hotel. Smith &
Watson Iron works addition, T. M. C.
A., Parlln & Orendorff. Wallace & Dev
lin, and several otners 01 gooa size.
The expectation for the coming
month is also full of promise, for a
large amount to show in building op
erations for there are several large
undertakings that are to start by that
time.
NEW INSTITCTIONS PROPOSED
Church or Brethren to Erect Homes
for Dependent.
At the meeting of the annual confer
ence of the Church of the Brethren In
the church on KUllngswo-rth avenue, rep
resenting Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
it was decided to establish in Portland a
Bible school, and papers for incorporat
ing the organization were made out and
filed.
Another proposal was that to establish
a combined home for old folks and or
phans In the district. A corporation was
also formed for this purpose, made up of
one trustee from each of the three states.
The first step will be to secure a tract
of land In one of the suburbs on a car
line convenient to the city. This has
been the plan adopted in establishing
several Eastern institutions of this sort.
It was decided that, while the Institu
tion should be under one general man
agement, the home for old folks and the
home for orphans should be separate.
While the denomination is not numer
lcally strong In the Northwest at pres
ent, reports snowed mat it is growing.
Jjt has a number of such, homes scattered
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over, the United States. It is expected
that the General Conference will meet
in Portland in 1911 and will bring from
6000 to 10,000 members to this Coast, 1000
of whom It is estimated will remain. In
this way it is hoped to build up the de
nomination and make it able to swing the
financial part of the proposed Bfble
school and Institute for old folks and
orphans.
George C. Carl, of Portland, is one of
the incorporators and trustees of both
organizations and he believes that Port
land is the natural center for these in
stitutions. RIVER CHANNEL TO BE DEEPER
Movement Under Way to Dredge to
Mllwaukie. I
There is a movement to have the chan
nel in the Willamette River deepened as
far south as Mllwaukie to permit ships
of ordinary depth to reach SeUwood and
Mllwaukie. It is argued that this will
enlarge the harbor and bring into use for
manufacturing purposes all the water
front that far up the Willamette River.
Just what the cost of this dredging would
be Is not known, but it is estimated at
about $100,000, a small sum if it would
result in making the water front avail
able for manufacturing purposes. Sell
wood and Milwaukie people are very
much Interested in this dredging propo
sition. It would be easy to pick out sites
for prospective manufacturing purposes as
far as Mllwaukie if there were deep
water for ships.
The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold
beer la unexoelled in all respects and is
highly recommended for its strength and
health-giving qualities. Orders for bot
tled beer receive prompt attention. Phone
East 4S. Home phone B 1116.
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SAYS NO BLAME ATTACHED
Shooting of August Helming, Mis
taken for Deer.
MARSHFIELD, Or., July 2S. (To the
Editor.) In last Tuesday's Oregonian
a front-page cartoon, as well as a
short editorial, forcibly calls attention
to the presumed carelessness of a man
who, mistaking- his hunting companion
for a deer, shot and killed said friend.
The cartoon, editorial and news item,
as applied to the case of August
Helming, mistaken for a deer and shot
by a friend near Corbln, Curry County,
are entirely unjust and very materially
adds to the weight of woe now born
by Mr. Reynolds, as well as convicting
him of gross carelessness, not to say
contributory negligence, in causing the
death of his friend. And by reason of
its high standing with the news-reading
public of the Paclflo Coast and the
vast number of general readers,- The
Oregonian, I am sure, were it in posses
sion of the facts, would never do a
fellow man such a gross injustice and
Injury as to publish him "a careless foot
who took his friend's life," when such a
charge was unjust. Therefore, with the
knowledge that The Oregonian would
only want to know how, in order to do
justice to the unfortunate shooter,
Reynolds. I venture to relate what I
know of the fatality.
I met Mr. Reynolds a few hours after
the accident and feared from his de
jected and sorrow-stricken appearance
that he might be tempted to do violence
to himself to escape, not only his self
reproaches, but the very audible com
ments of the usual number of village
gossips who seemed .to make it their
business immediately upon his approach
to express their opinion of "a durn fool
that don't know & man from a deer,"
etc.; also some who hinted darkly at
murdert "Shot in the back"; "no one
saw them"; "I heard they had quar
reled"; "was there any money found
on the bodyT" etc. All this came to
the ears of poor Reynolds, while he waa
distracted and endeavoring to secure
the services of a Deputy Coroner or
some one, as the County Coroner was
not In the state, who would make some
sort of an investigation and, if possible,
get the facts relating to the accident.
Really, the killing was the conse
quence of over-carefulness in this
way: Both men, especially Reynolds,
were accustomed to the use of fire
arms and Reynolds, before they started
on the trip. 'warned his, friend of the
dangers of an accidental rifle discharge
in mistaking a man for a deer. They
then agreed not to separate, and not to
carry the guns loaded, but when they
saw or heard game to notify each
other, and then load their guns. Rey
nolds, In order to give his friend who
waa very anxious to. kill a buck the
best chance, put him "In the lead. As
they approached some brush at the foot
of a small hill, they heard a noise in
the brush which they ascribed to a
deer. Reynolds said, "Get -ready," and
they both worked the loading levers of
their respective guns to throw a shell
into the barrel. Reynolds at the same
time stepped to one side in order to
be in position to shoot past the other
man. In some unknown manner, prob
ably due to a slight defect in the
mechanism of the gun, which is not un
common, as all sportsmen know, the
piece was discharged and Helming al
most Instantly killed..
From all these and -other circum
stances related by Reynolds, the affair
was purely an accident, not caused by
carelessness and probably unavoidable,
had they not carried arms at all, which
they had promised to use only to secure
venison. In view of the manifest dis
tress of Mr. Reynolds at the catastrophe
and his evident desire to do anything in
his power in the way of reparation for
an accident that no amount of care
upon his part could have avoided, I
hope that The Oregonian will not too
severely censure htm and further In
crease his too evident sorrow, but from
an ever-present sense of justice give
him such small comfort as he may
gather from a truthful and accurate
account of the way the accident hap
pened, and his attempts to avoid such
accidents. Such a communication In
The Oregonian will go far toward help
ing Reynolds peace of mind and re
moving from his friends' and enemies'
minds the charge against him of gross
carelessness with firearms.
From my brief acquaintance with
the young man, as well as from ac
counts I have here heard of him
through some prominent citizens, such
as Dr. McCormack and others, I should
say that Reynolds Is a very careful.
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every one knows certainly all home-builders do
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tures, electrical and gas supplies, tiling, grates
and andirons, is unequaled in the Northwest.
Electrical, gas and tiling work of all kinds prompt
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Fifth . and Sixth, or ring up .on either phone.
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conscientious' and pleasing personage,
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Portland, Oregon.