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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1908)
. . - I . FEEL EFFECT OF WEST SIDE SALES East Side Suburban Tracts in .' Continued Request and Prices Improving. 'sirs : i t FACTORY SITES PICKED UP ' " , r : 7' r7 1 IN ALL THE WORLD NO VIEW LIKE THIS J ' " 'V " - I ' (1200 FEET ELEVATION) Jy--r -. y fit f . . t V . J :. . . i i ,. Z. . -V,.- - I : i I 111 II 4 , o " Mi il "v Till On Outskirts cf Big District There Are Active Building Operations and New Streets Are Pro jected Into New Territory. According- to Kast Side real estate daler3. the recent big sales on the West Side have greatly strengthened suburban property. Henry Staub, of Sunnyslde, says that these sales In spired more confidence out and through the suburbs. "It Is most remarkable." declared Mr. Staub, "how these sales have in creased ' confidence in all Portland property -wherever located. W9- have noticed this more particularly the past week. Several men from Seattle have Invested out here. They told me that when Tortland men show such confl . dence as has been displayed In mak ing recent investments at home, it speaks wonderfully well for the city. There are no houses vacant In this part of the city.- A quarter block in Runnys-lde. boug-ht by the Sunnyslde Congregational Church for a J25.00J edifice for J3000 a short time ago, would now brinrr at least $4000. "In the II years I have lived In Portland, and I have handled property for a considerable portion of that time, I have never seen conditions bere more Tiromislng. No man can make a mis take in buying property In Portland anywhere at present prices. Other Kast Side sections are just as good as Sunnyslde, and It cannot be said that any one section is building up or going ahead faster than the others. 'The city Is extending as a whole." Many Suburban. Sales. The largest sale of East Side prop erty during the week was that of Frank A. Sweeney to T. W. Clark of Mocks 1. S. 6, 7. 2 and 6, In Floral Park addition at Midway, for J30.00J. The land is on the east side of Mil- waukie road and was recently put into shape for the market. There is quite an active movement at Midway on both sides of the Milwaukie road southward. It is announced that at least a portion of the Lafld farm will he platted and put on the market. This will provide more streets to Sellwood beside the Milwaukie road, now the only street entering the city from the south. With the new Floral parK tract and part of the Ladd farm placed on the market more streets will be re quired toward Sellwood. In Holladay addition Harry Walter Teterson bought lot 7. block 163. of John Leland for J4000. A. M. Knapp bousrht a quarter in John Irving's first addition for $3705. One-half or lot IS, block 17, Albina.-was bought by Fan nle M. Anderson for J2000. At Mount Tabor W.G.Howell bought the south half of lot i of Mrs. Delia A. Dowd for J3000. Mrs. M. J. Heaman bouirht a quarter block at Creston for 12700. There have been many sales made at North Mount Tabor, near Villa avenue, on the higher ground. Many people have bought in the tract and have put up tents preparatory to the erection of homes. Sales are as numerous as ever, but many are recorded for $1 or for a i.omlnal consideration where the price must have been four figures and even more. There Is remarkable activity In Holla day Addition and Irvlngton district. Nothing but the very best kind of im provements are being put down, hard pavement being the rule. Northward from Thompson street a completed new residence district is being developed. Lots and quarter blocks are being sold in this district every day. The electric railway is being extended northward on East Twenty-second street. It goes to Knott street at present. Build Manufacturing Plant. The Star Drilling Machine Copmany Is pushing construction on Its plant on Clinton street, between East Twelfth and Fifteenth streets. Buildings are being erected at the corner of Clinton and East Twelfth streets covering nearly an entire block, that will cost J20.000. One is for the woodwork department and the two story Is for machine shops. It is an nounced that the company will have an Investment of about $100,000 when the plant Is completed and machinery In stalled. The plant is a branch of the main manufacturing concern at Akron, O.. which turns out drilling machines for a world-wide market. The local plant will manufacture ma chines, complete in Portland, except some of the castings, which will be brought from the plant at Akron. As- the com pany has secured ground for an extensive plant and can enlarge when conditions warrant, the concern is considered one of the most Important that has come to Portland for some time. The plant will probably be completed and In operation within the next three months. Xew Work Starts. New work is starting up every day on. the East Side- This is true of inside an outside property as well. Outside the city limits in every suburb new houses are being built. These, of course, do not count for anything 1n the building per mits, for they are not recorded, but they cut an important factor in the growth of the city. To keep In touch with growth In the luburbs requires constant personal visita tion. Beyond Montavllla on the route of the proposed extension of Villa avenue, irhere many small tracts- of Ave and ten teres have been sold off. a considerable number of attractive dwellings are being built by the purchasers of these tracts. Three or four houses are under construc llon In this suburb, which will cost $5000 such. All these suburban tracts are be ing improved as far as Fairvlew. Brush ind stumps have been cleared prepara tory to cultivating the land. Land that lold for $75 and $150 an acre in this dis trict a short time ago cannot now be had 'or double. It Is only necessary to open some county roads through this district to make it nore attractive. The purchasers of these imall tracts have found their investment ery profitable. Speaking of Portland luburbs, it may with truth be said that these extend to the Sandy River, for much of the land is held by Portland men on all the county roads. The good roads tnd automobile and electric railways have combined to bring the territory as far as the Sandy River within easy reach. : -: There has been a "quiet agitation for making tiie city and county one municipal government; combining the offices and administering -county and city, affairs un-J. Zi) 4 F. i t 'Mill ". . ,:t; -eK-- -w i II! t - i i p $ ? - s i. V 9 TYPE OP BCILDIXG TO BE ERECTED BY C. K. HEXRY, der one head, now that the city and suburbs have become so closely weiaea by easy and quick transit. Ken II worth Developments. Property owners on Gladstone avenue. Kenilworth. are rejoicing over their new and handsome street, which has been Im proved between East Twenty-sixth street and Ivanhoe, a distance of over one mile. Gladstone avenue is SO feet wide. Most of the sidewalks have been built of con crete. For the present the street s not graveled, but this will come later when the property owners are better prepared to meet the cost. This street cuts through a fine growing district and Is the first street for that section. Being wide, the cost of improve ment, even as far as it has gone, has been heavy, owing to the cuts that have been made, especially beyond the highest point In Kenilworth. Through the Williams tract there were both heavy cuts and fills, but it furnishes an outlet to that whole section that practically had no outlet. The extensive street . improvement pro jected in Kenilworth has added much to the value of that section for homes. More houses have been built in this suburb this year than ever before in the same length of time. Property is held at a good figure, but not at prices that would be considered prohibitory. It Is expected that the elec tric railway company will put down an other track on Gladstone avenue as far as Ivanhoe and Improve the service. What has been done in Kenilworth Is due to the activity of the Kenilworth Push Club. When the club was started a year ago there was nothing doing in that suburb, but now building and other im provements costing above $150,000 have been started. : Affairs on the Peninsula.' - On the Peninsula some important enter prises are projected outside the Union Meat Company plant. A deal with a manufac turing concern at Maegly Junction is be ing negotiated and will probably be closed up within the next ten days. It Is a large concern and will occupy several acres. The details at present are withheld from the public but these are practically set tled. Several other manufacturing en terprises also are to be established near Maegly Junction when depot facilities are provided. At Kenton, the new townslte, near the Union Meat Company plant, a force of men and teams is grading the streets-, preparatory to erecting a number of houses. As the work of construction on the big plant is under way, a large num ber of houses will be built soon between 400 and 500, so it is announced costing from $1000 upward. The town will be a model one. Each house will be set back 15 feet from the sidewalks. It is an nounced that a company is being or ganized to erect these houses. Another important deal for the Penin sula was the sale of 140 acres of the Love donation land claim to the Colum bia Trust Company for 1 $100,000. Work of clearing this tract preparatory to platting was started this week. Streets are to be graded and water mains laid. This tract l:e3 east of Kenton. H. G. Slbray & Co. sold a house and four lots- at University Park for J. Slaughterback to Mrs. J. Fishback for $4000 last week. They also sold a lot to A. H. Cone, of Buttevllle, who has start ed the erection of a home. Mr. Sibray says: "Realty looks good on the Peninsula. People have great confidence In the dis trict. We are making sales right along. We have some difficulty with the owners of property, who want to advance the price when we fipd buyers. Other dealers also are making numbers of sales on the Peninsula." Hawthorne-Avenue District. There is a most remarkable growth be tween Hawthorne avenue and Division street east to West avenue. Nearly all the cross streets have been Improved. Two years ago there were few houses In this district, but now houses have been built out to East Fiftieth street. Beyond East Fortieth street foundations for new dwellings are being laid in all directions. The new eight-room schoolhouse "which Is being built on Haversham street is nearly completed, and will be ready for opening this Fall. On West avenue and at South Mount Tabor many new dwellings are being built. On the Bouth slope of Mount Tabor Is a favorite place fornew homes, as the ground Is high and commanding. This suburb has been a little slow In starting, but is now building up rapidly. Haw thorne avenue is to be paved nearly to West avenue this year, and will be car ried through to West avenue In the near future, providing a fine wide avenue for this growing section leading direct to the Willamette River.- . Important Highway Projected. Whether Union avenue Is widened between Hancock and Morris streets or not. It Is evidently destined to be an Important thoroughfare. It Is the longest street running north and south and with the completion of the Union avenue bridge over Sullivan's gulch it will be open through to Woodlawn, and may be extended through to Col umbia boulevard. There are many who question the wisdom of the effort to widen the avenue to Morris for the reason that It will effectually stop the movement for the proposed hard-surface pavement from Holladay avenue to Highland. The property owners de clare they will not care to go on with an expensive pavement if there are prospects of having the street widened to Morris street. North from Morris the avenue is 70 and 80 feet. Union avenue to High land Is built up with business build ings and residences and more are be ing built. A hard pavement laid to Highland and finally to Woodlawn would add greatly to the importance of the street. Favors Annexation to Portland. H. VIncil Conway, who resides tn the Mount Scott district, is confident that suburb Is bound to be one of the most prosperous Portland has. and be lieves that annexation and Bull Run water are factors to make it so. "I have lived in this section for five years," said Mr. Conway, "in fact, came here at a time when there were but a few houses and the district was covered with brush and trees. I have seen the territory cleared and a big settlement of progressive people start ed .out here. Everything is favorable in tills district. This ground is high and level and conditions healthful. We need some regulations. We need -water. Annexation would certainly carry now if there should be a vote on the question at once, and I think it will carry this Fall, If we can get another vote on the subject. Some may forget the water shortage when the Summer heat is over, but not enough to defeat annexation. Settlement has gone on here out to and beyond Lents and for several miles south. For homes I question if you can find a better su burb." A petition asking for another vote on annexation is being circulated in the territory between Anabel station and Gray's crossing, and already has received nearly enough signatures to get a vote if the City Council will grant the request. The promoters of annexation will ask for a vote at the time of the Presidential election this Fall. ST. JOHN IS PROSPEROUS BCILDIXG PERMITS DOUBLE IiAST YEAR'S RECORD. New Street Work Keeps Pace With Requirements of Growing . Community. According to records made In St. John, building operations in July were much in excess of those for the same month last year, In fact nearly double. The record for July, 1907 was $4600 in valua tions and for last month $S700. From Tanuary 1 to August 1 last year the total reached $67,255; for the same months this Vear the total is, SKI. 450. Families now largely occupy new dwellings which has resulted in leaving quite a number of old houses without occupants. Streets are being made better in propor tion to the requirements of a growing community, and an Improved rock crush er has been installed to provide paving material. The crusher and site for Its location cost $7000. St. John would seem to be enjoying a "marked degree of pros perity, for bankers and merchants assert that funds are plentiful and business con ditions all that reasonably can be desired. Prices talk at Rosenthal's shoe sale. IRE TRACTS TO BE ' INDEPENDENT BUI AG And every year will show a gratifying increase in value, especially when lo cated at Metzger Station, just a 30-minute ride from the heart of the city METZGER ACRE TRACTS Have met with ready sale because they possess every known advantage. The location is ideal, surrounded by picturesque, rolling country, and the pure air is a guarantee of good health. Our tracts are susceptible to the highest culti tion and can be made to produce a handsome annual income if it is so desired. Some of our tracts are improved, some unimproved and some contain enough timber to more than pay the price we ask. :: $200 AND UPWARD 'All choice and capable of producing profitable crops' of fruit, vegetables, berries or walnuts. Running water, crystal springs and natural parks on all parts of the grounds. On the Salem Electric Line, only 30 minutes' ride from the heart of the city.' For particulars and beautiful descriptive plat call at our Portland office, 226-228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. "All cars stop at Metzger 's. . HERMAN METZGER, OWNER Office Phones, Main 474 A 1374. Agents and Phone at Station Main 6409. An unparalleled opportunity for investment. All the advantages of city property. All the advantages of view property. The choicest residence district in the city. The most beautiful spot on the Pacific Slope to build a home. Graded Streets! Cement Walks! Bull Run Water! 20 Minutes From the Heart of the City! SgSOO LOT And Upward 10 Per Cent Down $10.00 Per Month GO TO COUNCIL CREST PARK TODAY Breathe the air there; you will find it's different from the city variety. Away from the smoke and the dust and the noise of the city. Here you will find rest and peace. Here nature reveals herself in grandest array. Most magnificent panorama and most glorious sunsets to be seen in the world viewed from this point. JNO. P. SHARKEY COMPANY PHONE MAIN 550 U2 SIXTH STREET PHONE A 2537 BRANCH OFFICE AND SALESMEN ON THE TRACT Japan May Sell Hallways. TOKIO, Auk- 8. There is a fresh confirmation ot a movement which ap pears to have for its object the re transfer of the nationalized railways to private hands. The leaders of the movement are two men of much emi nence, namely, Messrs. SenKoka and Yamada. They have not yet openly de clared themselves in favor of retrans fer, but they are bringing- pressure to bear on the government with regard to hastening the time for handing over the bonds which represent the pur chase and with regard to the adoption of some measure to maintain the pries of these securities at a reasonable point. Tomorrow, Monday, will positively be the last day for discount on West Side pas bills. Portland Gas Company. iariwr Nearly opposite St. John, on WEST SIDE. Fifteen minutes by United Eailway NOW build ing, one-third graded and rails distributed ready for the ties. Five cents is the fare. No drawbridges to delay. Each lot commands a magnificent view of Colum bia and Willamette, the Mountains and sur rounding country. Sit on your own front porch and see the traffic of an EMPIEE pass by rail and boat. Streets to be graded, good water and sewer sys tems installed. Prices right, easy monthly payments. Glen Isrbor Mesltv Co 836-S40 Chamber of Commerce Let us take you there, or take Steamer Columbia, foot of Washington St., "to Linnton. Agent on grounds.
