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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. AUGUST 16, 19Q3.
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EAST SIDE HAS
" QUITE BUSY WEEK
BUILDINO TO BE ERECTED BY PACIFIC PAPER COMPANY
"IN ALL THE WORLD NO VIEW LIKE THIS
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Public Works of Various Kinds
Furnish Subjects for
Discussion.
HAVE FEW EMPTY HOUSES
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ELBVATI0N
1200 FEET
ELEVATION
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Building Lots In Central District
"ot Easy to Find Offered for
Sale and Suburban Districts
Move Farther Away.
"With filllns; projects under way that
mean the handling of 4.000.000 cubic yards
of material in Central East Portland,
with every section demanding a park;
new bridges across the Willamette River
proposed at several points, and with miles
of street work under way and projected,
the East Slder had enough to hol his In
terest during- the past week.
Conditions never looked better for the
East Side." declares Banker H. H. New
hall "and of course for the entire city
as well." While many sales of busi
ness property are not being made at
present, demand for homealtes Is increas
ing. There had been some vacant houses
between East Sixth and Twentieth streets,
but these are filling up. At Sunnyslde it
Is not believed that a desirable house for
rent can be found.
W. G. Kern, a real estate dealer, says
that It Is not easv to find vacant lots
for sale in Central East Portland.
Owners are slow to fix a price and when
they do they are slow to sell. Sales are
being made In all the suburbs, of course,
for residence purposs. In many of the
additions vast sums of money are being
expended in permnent Improvements. In
the Waverlelgh Addition, which fronts
on Powell Valley road, thousands of cubic
yards of material are being used to nil
up the low grounds, taken from exten
sive cuts made for new streets. Between
tTS.OOO and HOO.000 is being expended in
this sort of work In this section.
In the old racetrack tn Alblna the same
kind of work is being done. The old me
thod of handling dirt with scrapers is too
slow for present progresslveness. especial
ly where hundred of thousands of cubic
yards of dirt must be moved. The modern
method used in these East Side additions
is the power-scraper, driven by 10 and 15
horses, which sends the dirt through a
chute direct Into the dump wagon, filling
one every minute.
Water mains, sewers and gas pipes are
put down in these Improved tracts so
that when a man buys a lot these things
are already In end he pars for them with
his lot. It Is estimated that at least
Jl.000.000 is being expended in making per
.manent lmporvementa In tracts on the
East Side In advance of building houses.
Palatial Home at Mount Tabor.
The most important building started
during the past week was the residence
of Philip Buehner on East Fifty-fifth
treet and Hawthorne avenue, to cost .
000. Mr. Buehner purchased the old Pret
tyman property eeveral years ago, and
has used the old Prettyman house, erected
by Dr. Prettyman 60 years ago, but it
is now to make way for a modern home
after standing as e. landmark all these
years. , .
The new home of Mr. Buehner will
probably cost $30,000 when completed, and
will be one of the handsomest dwellings
yet erected on the East Side. It will be
a structure that will add materially to
the Importance of Hawthorne avenue as
a general thoroughfare, which is to be
improved with hard-surface pavement
from East Third street to Mr. Buehner's
home. With exception of Belmont street
Hawthorne avenue is building up faster
with attractive residences, than any other
street extending from the Willamette
Kiver. Also a considerable business cen
ter has been built up between East
Thirty-third - and East Thirty-sixth
Streets.
Suburb Gets Telephone Service.
-rinhnnea are being installed in
Rose City Park as the result of the
work of the Push Club. Many new
homes have been erected and others
are projected. W. W. Stewart has had
plans prepared for a residence to cost
2SO0. Robert Withrow. a Portland
newspaper man. has erected a cement
block bungalow in this growing sub
" urb. Mrs. Van Patten is to erect an
eight-room dwelling in Belle Creat to
cost $3500.
The recent purchase by Elrol
Thompson, of San Francisco, of eight
blocks of Rose City Park property tor
(50.000. means that they will erect a
number of houses. They are already
making arrangements to start con
struction on their newly purchased
land. Thta purchase makes a total of
$250,000 tn sales of acreage from the
original Rose City Park tract. Large
' sums of -money have been paid out In
1 street work through this suburb. Con
' crete sidewalks have been laid on wida
! streets. Recently Sandy Road was
oiled for several miles.
Encourage Better Improvements.
W. H. Mall, a well-known real es
tate man, contends that the East Side
reeds more hard-surface pavements,
and that the more thla class of pave
1 rnent Is put down the faster will be
development.
'I have no sympathy with men who
: ara constantly knocking at these pro
posed improvements," said Mr. Mall
' last week. "Of course the hard-sur-'
face pavements are more expensive to
i start with, but in the end they cost
; less and are a hundred per cent bet
; ter. They make the street and ln
! creaee the value of the property every
where. The actual cost of hard-surface
pavement is little if any more
than gravel or macadam, which does
not last.
"Announcement made that we are to
get hard-urface pavement for $1.25
or $1.50 a square yard la misleading.
We shall get no such cheap work done
here. These statements mislead the
public and discourage the improving
with hard-surface pavements. They
give some property-owners who never
make Improvements only when forced
an excuse to oppose such pavements.
Let us have a little less of this con
stant knocking of the paving 'compa
nies. I asked the company that was
announced to put down pavements for
the cheap rates and was told. It had
made no such offer. Let us get more
first-class street improvements and
less of the Inferior."
Company to Build Houses.
The Kenton Building & Contracting
Company is a new enterprise Incorporated
by James E. Cameron. William C. Camer
on and Sam W. Herman, with- a capital
stock of $40,000.' Its object is to build
houses in the new town site of Kenton.
The Columbia Investment Company 4s
soon to put a new addition on the market
to be known as the Swlfton addition. The
tract Is on Pippin street and Columbia
boulevard.- Part will be laid out in 50x
' 100 lots and others will hava 25-foot front-
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STREETS.
Excavation is rapidly being pu-hed for the new building to be erected by the Pacific Paper Company
at the northwest corner of Fourth and Ankeny streets. The building is to occupy 100x100 feet and. as
will be seen by an examination of the perspective drawing reproduced above, the structure will be one
of the highest class yet erected In Portland for business purposes. Iangford Walker have been award-
ed the contract for the building, which Is to follow plans designed by MacNaughton. Raymond & Lawrence,
who estimate the cost at approximately $60.u00. The building is to be six stories high, the first two stories
to have extra height, permitting galleries to be built in. which virtually gives at least another story in
calculating floor space. The building throughout on all floors, galleries and roof is to be of strictly mill
construction, figured to carry heavy loading, such as will be imposed by the paper stock of the company.
The exterior Is to be of brick, with red mortar, and two elevators are to be installed. There will be
steam heating and automatic sprinklers are to be put in. The main entrance to the building will be from
Fourth street, with an Inclined shipping entrance on Ankeny. There will be full basement with thick
cement floor and walls treated likewise. The first floor will, contain the offices of the company, sales
room and shipping department. The building Is so arranged that 25 feet of the north end may be cut
off for renting until needed by the company fox Its own use. The expectation is to have the building
ready for occupancy by January 1.' , .
CLUB WILL HAVE
SUPERB
QUARTERS
Elaborate Appointments to Be
Feature of Structure on
Portland Heights.
COST OF BUILDING $25,000
Directors or Organization Decide
rpon Plans Similar to Those
of Well-Known Eastern
Institutions.
Portland Heights within anothar
month will have one of the prettiest
m.t rnmfnrtibli clubhouses in the
city, and housed In it will be a new
feature in local ciuo me n.
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cessful organisations in Eastern cities.
The work of building and financing
the club has gone along so quietly that
the public has scarcely been aware of
the project. The details" of the plans
have been known only to the board of
directors of the corporation. Identified
with the club are many leading cltisens.
During the past week so many mem
bership applications have been received
that the directors have decided to make
public their plana so that those who
desire to become Identified with the
club can do so as soon as the list Is
opened. The membership is to be lim
ited "and It is doubtful if It will exceed
60, outside of those now on the rolls.
This does not mean that the roll is to
be restricted to resident of Portland
Heights. Residents In other sections
of the city will be admitted to the ex
tent of about 50.
The plans for this organisation ha-e
been maturing for several months. A
year ago a number of the leading prop-erty-ownera
on Portland Heights, fear
ing that the old Cable Park at the head
of Spring street, where band concerts
were given several years ago, would
fall Into the hands of real estate spec
ulator and be divided into building
lots, organised a company known as
the Heights Park Holding Company,
which purchased the ground to pre
serve it as one of nature's beauty
pots on Portland Heights. Two
months ago it waa determined to im
prove the property with a clubhouse
and park the grounds in an artistic
manner, making the place one of the
show point of the city. The plans
have now progressed far enough to In
dicate that the fondest dreams of the
promoters are to be realized. The club
house is now under roof and in about
60 days will be completed. It will rep
resent an investment of more than
$25,000. During the Winter it will be
a center of social life.
' Art In Construction.
The clubhouse Is an artistic
building covering a ground area
of 45x100 feet. Its design is
in keeping with the natural beau
ties of the park. Messrs. Bennes
and Hendricks, of the architectural
firm of Bennes, Hendricks & Tobey,
who are residents of Portland Heights,
volunteered their services In making
the design. The building of the club
house Is in the care of Henderson ft
Son, contractors, who are working un
der the direction of the building com
mittee, composed of J. A. Currey, Jay
Smith, H. B. Van Duxer. George W. Col
line. E. W. Hendricks and Richard J.
Grace.
The club building is practically three
stories and a half high. In tha sub
basement is a steam-heating plant, and
In the floor above it is one large room,
which will be fitted with bowling al
leys, pool and billiard tables.
The second floor, which Is slightly
raised above ths ground lavel, la a
large living-room or assembly halL It
s larger than the mala room at the
Irvington Club and about the same eize
as that at the Golf Club. It will be
finished artistically. Around the sides
will be an old Dutch wainscoting and
crossing the ceiling will be heavy
beams. A massive ftre place will oc
cupy a point at one side of the building
and at the end of the room there will
be a large bay window, so arranged
that a movable stage can be fitted in
it for entertainments.
' Old English Features.
Back of this main room will be a
large smoking apartment, wainscoted
in old English style. On the other side
of the building will be a woman's par
lor and adjoining it a kitchen, where
refreshments can be prepared. In the
half story above will be the caretaker's
quarters, which are being finished in as
elaborate a manner as the main
rooms of the club. ' A porch 12
feet wide is on three sides of the struc
ture and on the bowling alley floor Is
another porch at the front of the
building.- The clubhouse faces sllghtly
northwest and commands a view of
Jefferson canyon, the harbor and sev
eral of the mountains.
The grounds surrounding the build
ing are to be an attractive feature.
The large trees, some of them maples
three feet In diameter, have been pre
served. On the main lawn will be a
tennla court. There will also be sand
pits and other features for the children.
At the west of the building flows a
natural stream, but the plans for Im
proving that part are not ready to be
announced. The building committee
has several unique features for that
section in the line of landscape archi
tecture. r
Winter Social Affairs.
A meeting to organize the club will
be held within a week or ten days, for
It Is Intended to have the club organ
ization separate from the holding com
pany which owns the grounds and
buildings. Realizing that many per
sona would like to enjoy the club, the
residents of the Heights have decided
on a separate organization, so that
those who are not residents of the
Heights can be admitted.
While the plans for the club have
not all been completed, it will be
founded on the lines of a family organ
ization, but with provisions, so that
young men or young women may be
come members. The dues will be nomi
nal, and during the Winter there will
be many delightful social affairs. The
plans of the famous Colonial Club of
Cleveland are to be followed to a cer
tain' extent, and incorporated with this
will be the best features of the Over
brook Club, of Philadelphia, and the
Orange Club, near New York, and the
Tuxedo Club, of Highland Park, near
Baltimore.
The membership list will not be
opened for several weeks, but in the
meantime those who are identified with
the holding company are taking the
names of their friends with the inten
tion of putting them down as soon as
the list, is opened and before the limit
of membership Is reached. It Is prob
able that the membership will be Hmr
lted to 250, and it Is estimated that 200
of these will represent families on the
Heights, therefore leaving only 60
memberships outside.
Leading Citizens Members.
The company and club include a
number of the leading citizens of Port
land. Dr. A. C. Panton is president of
the present organization. E. L. Thomp
son, vice-president; John A. Keating,
treasurer, and J. A. Currey, secretary.
Among those identified now with the
club as -stockholders In the company
owning the park are: J. C. Alnsworth,
R. G. Jubits, L Lang, C. M. Keep,
George C. Flanders, J. W. Cook, H. C.
Campbell. Fred H. Page, J. H. Page,
A, D. Charlton, Jar Smith, Dr. T. P.
Wise, Blaise Labbe, R. J. Bealey. Mrs.
A. H. Breyman, John S. Bradley, David
T. Honeyman, S. G. Reed, W. A. Gordon,
J. D. Hart, F. E. Beach, F. I. Fuller, O.
B. Coldwell, xi..D. Ramsdell, O. M. Ash,
C. Henri Labbe, Dan J. Malarkey, M. C,
Banfield, John F. Carroll, W. J. Jelli-son,-.
General John M. Bacon, J. E.
Wheeler, John Annand, Forrest Fisher,
G. W. Lilly, C C. Colt, M. T. Houser,
S. B. Huston, M. W. Schmeer, C. E.
Curry, Judge H. H. Northup, Judge
Charles E. Wolverton, M. L. Kline, W.
V. Smith.
EACH DISTRICT WAXTS PARK
Commissioner Dang Says $10,000,-
000 Would Be Required.
In the discussion of the park question
Tuesday night before the United East
Side Push" Clubs, by Park Commissioner
Lang and others, it developed that every
section of the East Side wants a public
OPENING SALE OF
CAREY ACT LAND
Approximately 15,000 acres of the best irrigable land in the West, lo
cated at Kings win, Idaho, on the main line of the Oregon Short Line, will
be opened for sale to settlers under the terms of the Carey act,
OCTOBER 12, 1908
This magnificent piece of cove land,
protected from all unfavorable con
ditions, is pronounced by experts to
be the best fruit-producing soil in
the best fruit state in the Nation.
It is entirely surrounded by moun
tains several hundred feet higher.
No lava rock; deep loam soil.
GREAT SURPLUS OF PURE WATER
Flowing all the year. Best conditions on earth fof' raising fruit and veg
etables profitably.
ON THE MAIN LINE OF THE OREGON
SHORT LINEON THE SNARE RIVER
The grand opening will be conducted by the State of Idaho, tracts being
drawn by lot. After legal deposit on land, and water rights, settler has
right to withdraw deposit if location is undesirable. The grandest oppor
tunity for profitable fruit ranching ever known.
Call Upon B. S. COOK 8 CO., Corbett Building, Portland
OR WRITE TO THE MAIN OFFICE-
KING'S HILL IRRIGATION & POWER CO.
BOISE, IDAHO
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BUILD YOUR HOME Mttst superb yiew of
snow-capped mountains and sun-kissed valleys to be had in sfll the world. Enjoy,
the : scenery, inhale the fresh air and take an exhilarating waGthrough beautiful
L GEEST PARK.
THE IDEAL RESIDENCE SECTION OF THE CITY Strelets will be graded,
cement walks laid, Bull Run water piped to your lot, $2000 building restriction
and unexcelled car service.
CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THIS EfROPERTX
You could have bought lots on Portland Heights a few years ago for $500 per
lot which today are selling for $3000 p?r lot, and today. Portland Heights is the
finest and most exclusive residence district in the city. .
COUNCIL CREST JOINS PORTLAND HEIGHTS
and already sightly residences costing $5000 and upward have been erected on
this beautiful tract. There is no other tract like it, and do you realize how little
there is of this?
BUY NOW WHILE PRICES ARE LOW
$500 AND UPWARDS
10 PER CENT DOWN easy terms $10.00 PER MONTH
SALESMEN ON TOE TRACT
JNO. P.
GO,
12212 SIXTH STREET
park, and It Is plain that the W.OOO.OOO
provided will not purchase a fraction of
the parks wanted In Bellwood. Midway,
Brooklyn, Central East Portland. Mount
Tabor, Rose City Park Addition, Holla
day Addition. North Alblna and several
other sections.' But to get these park
tracts and Improve them will cost a lot
of money, upwards of $10,000,000. said
Commissioner Lang; and Portland will
not float that amount of bonds.
Property adjacent to these parks Is
certain to be directly benefited and the
entire district In which they are lo
cated will benefit also. It has been
decided that any district can get a
park by petitioning for it and being
assessed to pay for It. 'According to
Mr. Lang this is really the way by
which the chain of parks wanted can
be secured. However, it Is the general
sentiment that the money soon to be
available for park purposes should be
used to purchase grounds, and devel
opment come afterward. This view Is
taken from the fact that the value of
lands available for parks is constantly
Increasing. The park question is one
of great interest, especially on the East
Side, where home tuilding is going
forward with remarkable speed In
every direction.
' Portland suburbs are now more than
seven miles from the courthouse on the
East Bide. They reach to Mllwaukle
south, beyond Lents, Russelvllle, Mon
tavilla. Rose City :park and the Colum
bia River north. 1 1 Is argued that now
Is the time to seciure tracts for parks
In these residence .districts. But It Is
evident that every neighborhood that
wants a park cantmnt expect the land
to be purchased by the city at large.
District assessme at for purchase of
park grounds In pa-t has encountered
opposition, and it -will require some
education to show it is a fair way to
acquire these tracts. Commissioner
Lang called attention to the movement
on Portland Height on the part of
property-owners to tax themselves
over $100,000 to open-ta boulevard 1800
feet long.
THE MOST CONSERVATIVE BUSINESS
MM AND HOMESEEKERS ARE BUYING
MEIZGEEMCKE TRACTS
Because they are foresighted and realize that these acres are selling fbr less
than one-half of their actual value. The rich soil, ideal location, fine car steryice,
abundance of eveivflowing springs, streams and natural parks, makei this
tract one of the most attractive propositions in the state. For a suburbanghome
it has no equal Think of it, only k
$200 AND UPWARDS PER ACRE
,TVe have improved and unimproved land, all capable of producing profitable
crops of fruit, vegetables, berries or walnuts. Pure, cool weU water can be had
by digging 15 to 20 feet. Metzger Station is only a 30-minute ride from
the heart of the city. Take car at Front and Jefferson streets and enjoy? the
most invigorating and picturesque ride on the Coast. t
For particulars and beautiful descriptive plat call at our Portland ofice,'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 6309.
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