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FEEL EFFECT OF
WEST SIDE SALES
East Side Suburban Tracts in
.' Continued Request and
Prices Improving.
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FACTORY SITES PICKED UP
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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.
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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.