1903.
HEAVY SALES OF
Portland's Fine Residence Streets Are Now Being Substantially Improved
REALTY RECORDED
LARGE TRACT TO BE PL.VNTED
20 MILES FROM PORTLAND.
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PORTLAND PERMITS LEAD
Business District of City Extends
Boundaries In Three Direction
and Invade Former Fashion
able Residence Quarter.
Real estate transfers for the past
week averaged approximately $100,000
a day, with about the usual number
of deeds recorded showing: nominal
amounts. This, average is double that
of several preceding weeks, and Is an
other evidence of the growing impor
tance of the clty'a realty business. In
business not yet recorded there are a
number of transactions involving large
amounts, which swell the week's total
to about $800,000. Among the larger
deeds' recorded were those "of ' part of
the block at Seventeenth and Couch,
bought by the school district, $41,000
part of the Love donation land claim.
bought by E. Brong and others, liZ,i&
seven acres of the Ladd farm, bought
by Mrs. Mann, $21,972; eight acres Sul
livan's gulch, by B. P. John. $25,000;
100x125, of block 67. by A. O. Towne,
$62,500; lot in block. T, Couch addition,
by Sol Rosenfeld. $20,000. and part of
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$22,500.
In the records of building permits
there were over the usual number is
sued, arid several were for large
amounts. The first permit for the
Meier & Frank building of $25,000; ex
cavations and foundations for ware
houses and other business structures;
Christian Brothers' school and exca
vation for the Homeopathic Hospital
were among the larger items. There
were quite a number of high-priced
residences also figuring In the week's
record.
Amazed Over July Figures.
The July figures for Portland still
attract comment throughout the coun
try, Bradstreet's compilation last week
of comparisons between Pacific Coast
cities indicating that Portland and Los
Angeles alone made gains over 1907.
This city's increase was 36 per cent,
and Los Angeles' 2.9. The Coast fig
ures are as follows:
Change frnm
July, 11X7.
Cltv July. los.
Inc. Dec. June. 1908.
Portland .-.$l.n3S.i0
L. Anseles. 1.3S2.200
Epok&ne . . 4S3.SS0
S Fran.... S.S39.02T
6attl 043.100
Tacoma ... 3ol.(Sl
36.0
$ S41.085
2.8
9.4
804. 2"3
2.531.211
20.033
268,658
14 8
40.0
47.4
Inquiry for irwide income property
continues, but sales are not numerous.
The reason for this has been referred
to frequently and holds good little in
side realty can be found where the
owners wish to sell. Even when offers
are made at considerable advance over
ruling valuations of the last two or
three years, holders of improved busi
ness sites are not Interested, declaring
when approached that besides receiving
. a good rate on their investment, they
know of no place where accruement
is more certain. The natural result
is that buyers look to localities near
the boundaries of the former busines
districts, and. are showing their confi
dence in future extension of these dis
tricts toy picking up good building
sites both to me north and south of
Washington street. .. ; .
Several realty firms report having
commissions for central sites, suitable
. for business houses of various descrip
tions, and also report that long leases
are to be effected for buildings to be
erected or now under way, which will
cause favorable comment in business
circle. .Two large firms have already
secured buildings just started, in which
to est Jlish new enterprises in Port
land, and one of the principal houses
now located near the river Intends to
move up town, and is on. the market
to lease special quarters to be erected
for its use. .
Grows to Westward.
Considerable Interest Is taken in Up
per Alder and Upper Yamhill streets by
investors. Aider street being but one
block removed from Washington, and
free of car tracks, is rapidly extending
its business blocks, westward, and
while the street has altered Its ap
pearance to a remarkable extent in
the last few years, the Indications are
unmistakable that the etreet is des
tined . to become a business street
straight through to Chapman.
' Meantime preparations are going
, forward for the extension of the whole
sale and retail district northward.
Quite a number of new buildings are
started north on Fourth, Fifth and
Sixth, and in the depot district at least
half a dozen buildings will start In
the next few weeks. Several good sites
remain along the streets leading north
from Stark, and from what Is said by
realty men, these are being negotiated.
There Is one class of buildings that
would appear to have reached the limit
of present requirements, reference be
ing made to flats and apartments of a
cheaper character. Renting agencies
report less inquiry for this class of
homes during the past few weeks, and
while demand will again become brisk
In the next month or so, it is believed
the number of flats Is sufficient to
house those unable to get separate
houses for some time to come. Agen
cies advise the building of more sepa
rate dwellings for renting purposes, for
nearly every applicant asks for houses
rather than rooms.
Busy Downtown Scenes
Satisfactory progress is made on the
larger buildings under course of erec
tion, and there appears tobe no lack
of workmen In the different building
trades. The Oregon Hotel annex Is re
ceiving an outside coat of cement, and
work, has started on interior finishing;
the roof Is about finished on the Fen
ton building. Seventh and Ankeny;
walls of the Rosenblatt-Hotel at Tenth
and Alder have reached the second
story; concrete work on the Y. M. C
A. is going in, and the ground floor
assumes shape, while interior work on
the Y. W. C. A., adjoining, is rapidly
being completed; excavation for the
Lombard building at Fifth and Stark,
the Pacific Paper Company at Fourth
and Ankeny, the Henry building at
Fourth and Oak, and the Meier &
Frank Company at Sixth and Alder, all
progress, presenting bnsy scenes in the
downtown sections of the city.
Average of $100,000 Daily
Considerations Reported
to County Clerk.
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SOUTH PORTLAXDERS W ANT
HARD SURFACE PATEMEXT.'
Will Open Model Thoroughfare Be
tween Center of City and Dis
' trict Beyond Gulch.
A great, paved street, three miles
Innar that Is the desire- of wideawake
residents of South Portland, and from
the contracts already ' let their wishes
apparently will be fulfilled.
This thoroughfare will be an artery
to and from the business center of the
city, and the addition named Southern
Portland, lying some distance beyond
the Marquam Gulch. It will also be of
Incalculable benefit to Fulton.
According to the property-owners
most active in obtaining this perma
nent Improvement, Its route will be
south along Third to Grant, then down
Grant to First, thence across the Mar
quam Gulch bridge, a substantial steel
structure, to Porter street and along
Porter to Front, along Front street to
Glbbs, and turning toward the river
again until Corbett street Is reached.
following that street soutnwara to
Hamilton avenue. This affords ade
quate connection with the White
House road, one or the nnesi scenic
driving roads In the Pacific Northwest.
A portion of this route is aireaay im
proved with hard-surface pavement.
The Third-street pavement is being ex
tended southward from Madison, its
terminus for many years, for property
owners on this street have begun to
realize what such an improvement will
do to the market value of their prop
erty. The connecting link between
Third street and the pavement already
laid on First has been definitely pro
vided for. while energetic residents
along Glbbs. Porter and Corbett are
demanding that their neighbors Join
with them in securing its extension
past their doors.
The completion of this thoroughfare
as outlined will give better access to
the rapidly growing manufacturing dis
trict along the river In Soutn -ortiana
and Fulton, and would also give the
drivers of light traps and carts a
chance to reach the road to Fulton and
Oswego. In spite of the pavements on
Third and First at present me route
over which the motor car1 or buggy
must go to connect with the beauti
ful river road is anything but easy
going and horsemen and motorists alike
will welcome the proposed improve
ment.
One ood paved highway to the Dig
region south of Marquam Gulch will
be sufficient for years to come, it is
believed, on account of the hills com
ing down so close to the river, perforce
confining the growth of the district
to extensions north ana soutn. ine
nmnertv-owners who want it declare It
will equal in value the Front and First-
street bridges across Marquam uuicn,
whose positive worth has repeatedly
been proved, and that it will result.
from the force of example, in me im
provement of many cross streets where
hard-suriac6 pavement ouum uc iu
to advantage.
acJtive ixqciry for houses
Some Dropping Off In Renting of
Flats for Time .Being.
Renting of dwellings in Portland keeps
up to records, both in the number taken
and in revenue received by owners. Par
rish. Watkins & Co.. a firm that engages
extensively in the renting business, re
ported yesterdwy that new dwellings are
taken as rapidly as completed, and that
significant, feature observed In their
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recent business is that from eight to ten
daily applicants for houses are new
comers to Portland. It was also observed
that these new people have the appear
ance of being of the better class, well
dressed and prosperous looking.
For some weeks past there has been a
considerable drag in renting flats and
apartments, though the firm expects more
activity -in that line in the coming month,
when people will be returning to the
city from outings. In many instances re
cently inquiry was made from callers for
houses to buy, and this happens to a
greater extent this year than ever be
fore. An increase in renting always comes at
this season of the year, and one way to
account for it is that families come to
the city to spend, the Winter so that chil
dren may get the benefit of city schools.
There appears to be, according to the
agents, little difference in choice of loca
tion; the main thing is to find suitable
houses. The East Side shares equally
with the West Side with newcomers,
many in fact having no objection to cross
ing the river. Old residents on the West
Side are taking houses on the East Side
In order to get away from the encroach
ment of business In former residence lo
calities. PIPELIN-E . IMPROVES VALUES
Farmers Along Right of Way Ex
pect Rich Returns.
Construction of the second Bull Run
pipeline between the Willamette River
and Bull Run is looked forward to all
along the route with satisfaction by farm
ers. It Is expected the new pipeline will
follow mainly the route of the present
pipe line for which the city has rishts
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of way, and the road is already cleared.
Farmers conclude that from the large
sum expended In construction they will
benefit greatly. The town of Gresham was
started by a camp of men employed by
the contractors of the first pipeline. There
is already quite a boom throughout the
county. Sale of the Studars tract of 53
acres et Greeham for $15,325 to B. Kelly,
at the rate of $283 an acre, shows some
thing of the value of land that is partly
improved. The bidding for this land was
spirited among local men. The present
pipe line passed ddrectly through Gresh
am. Large sums of money will be ex
pended by the contractors along the line
and farmers are sure to benefit. When
this new line Is built, however, most of
the material will be shipped out by elec
tric railway, at least to Gresham, but
food supplies from the country will be
needed and farmers will be called on for
them.- Between .Portland and the Sandy
River land for a year or more has com
manded a good price, whether improved
or not.
A reservoir that will have 100.000,000 gal
lons capacity is included in the enlarge
ment of the water plant. Several places
are under consideration Mount Tabor,
Mount Scott, Kelly Butte and Lookout
Mountain. At present Mount Tabor seems
to have the preference, and there is some
negotiation between the Park Commission
and the water committee to jointly- se
cure a large tract on the top of Mount
Tabor for this reservoir and also for a
public park. A reservoir with 100,000.000
gallons capacity will require probably
ten acres and would' have to be construct
ed on the highest point. Residents in the
southeast section the Mount Scott dis
trictare hopeful that the reservoir will
be built on Mount Scott; but when the se
lection is finally made and work started
on this second pipeline, and the big res
ervoir. It means employment for a
large number of men for many months.
Whether this water main be or sheet
steal, wooden staves or concrete does not
so much concern the many districts on
the East Side which are now short of
water. These districts are Sellwood, with
its 6000 people dependent on a ten-inch
main; Montavllla and Mount Scott dis
trict knocking to come within the shelter
of the city with 10,000 people or more.
There is hardly a considerable suburb
which is not now clamoring for water.
IfEW-BRIDGE IX SAME PLACE
United Clubs Indorse Present Loca
tion at Madison Street.
One of the, most important transactions
of the week affecting the East Side was
the decision of the United East Side Pnsh
Clubs to insist that the new Madison
bridge be rebuilt on the present location
without asking for more money. Change
of location, it was declared, would dis
rupt business and property conditions, be
sides that It would necessitate calling for
another $500,000 In bonds to build at an
other point.
Another important matter was the pro
ceeding for the extension of Belmont
street to the end of the carline at Mount
Tabor. Property at Mount Tabor has
been held back for want of street facili
ties. Opening and improvement of Bel
mont street to the end of the line, it is
believed, would make a marked difference
at Mount Tabor and result in a general
building movement. A water main will
be laid on Belmont street to connect with
the large pipeline on West avenue. A
sewer already has been laid on this street.
Belmont is an important street because
it runs from Mount Tabor direct to the
Willamette River.
On the. Peninsula the civic clubs, unde
the leadership of Francis I. McKenna,
have undertaken to establish a general
parking system along the boulevards.
These streets are 80 and 100 feet wide,
and Mr. McKenria's plan is to devote 20
fef.t on each side of the boulevards to
parkways. These strips would be set In
shrubbery and kept in good condition by
the Park Commission. As there are many
miles of these wide boulevards on the
Peninsula, these parkways would Involve
some expenditure, and yet Mr. McKenna
declared that within ten years there will
be 160,000 people on the Peninsula. "Va
cant tracts are being bought up and plat
ted with wide streets along Columbia
boulevard, and already sales In these new
additions are being made rapidly. The
Peninsula is being cleared and homes are
being built all the way to St. John. This
parking scheme is geneVally indorsed.
Road Costs $190,000 Mile.
WALLACE. Idaho, Aug. 22. According
to a statement issued today by G. P.
Oneal, right-of-way agent for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, the
cost of construction of that line between
the villages of Taft and St. Joe In this
neighborhood, a distance of about 60
miles, will not be less than $11,400,000, or
at the rate of $190,000 a mile. This is re
garded as the highest price ever paid
by any railroad company In the world
for construction of a similar section of
line. v Between the two villages there will
be no less than 35 tunnels ranging in
length from 8000 feet downward. Stations
on the line have been located at dis
tances of six miles apart.
PACIFIC IRON WORKS
O. E. Heintz, Manager. Phone East 57, Home B J157.
CASTINGS OF ALL KINDS,
STEEL BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES
IN STOCK 3 to 24-Inch Beams. 4 to 15-Inch Channels.
1V2X1V3 to 8x8-Inch Angles
East End Buraside-Street Bridge.
DAVIS & DRENNEN
406-408 East Burnside Street.
Gas and Electric Lighting Fixtures
Sold direct from manufacturer to the consumer the highest quality
at the lowest prices. Do not fail to get our prices.
Fixtures Built to Suit the Home
B. E. DAVIS Phone B2151, East 591. H. T. DRENNEN
The Company Will Plant 55 Peach
Trees to the Acre Between
the Walnut Trees.
The growing of English walnuts in
Oregon Is fast becoming one of tha
large Industries. In the last five years
It has been proven that walnuts grown
in Oregon are far superior to those
grown in any other part of the United
States, or even those grown In foreign
countries, in size, color and flavor.
California has always had a great
amount of trouble from the walnuts
burning in the hot sun of their semi
tropical climate, which causes an extra
expense for bleaching, a fault that Is
entirely obviated by our cool, damp
nights.
In the past three years there have
been many acres of walnut orchards
planted In Oregon, and many of them
will undoubtedly prove failures, as
they have been planted by those who
have not had experience in walnut cul
ture, and walnuts will not prove prof
itable excepting In proper localities.
Oregon is undoubtedly the best etat
in the Union for raising diversified
fruits, but one would not go to the
cranberry marshes of the coast to raise
apples, nor would they go to the high,
dry hills to raise onions; and so it is
with walnuts, the choice of location
must be the fhst consideration.
The walnut is a catkin-bearing tree,
and the male flower, or stamlnate cat
kin, appears from eight to 12 day
earlier than the female blossoms or
pistilVates; therefore, one must be very
careful to avoid such locations as are
subject to late Spring frosts, for if the
male flower is frostbitten before the
female blossom Is pollinated, the tres
will be barren.
Another Important item in the grow
ing of walnuts Is the character of soil.
Do not think that you can take an old,
worn-out farm that will not raise or
dinary farm products at a profit and
raise walnuts, because you cannot. The
walnut tree, with its great spread of
roots, needs the richest kind of soil to
become a -money-maker, and a few dol
lars' difference in the first cost .of land
is of little consequence, compared with
the difference in the worth of a walnut
orchard in a walnut country or one in a
poor location.
The Wajnut Plantation Co., with
their offices at 508 Wells-Fargo build
ing, have purchased several hundred
acres of the very best walnut land In
the state, and will put 200 acres on
sale Monday, August 24, this being
their first series. This land has been
thoroughly tested as to depth and char
acter of soil by one of the most expert
walnut-growers in the state, who pro
nounces it Al walnut land. This land
has never been farmed, but has Just
been denuded of a very heavy growth
of fir, oak and other native trees that
Ijave.for years enriched the land with
the droppings of leaves and decayed
vegetation, and as to the surety of a
crop, on three sides of the Plantation
walnut trees are growing and have
been very heavy bearers for the past
five years, without a failure, while the
bottom lands in the valley below have
but this year been caught with the late
Spring frosts, and their crops of frulta
are failures.
This land is admirably adapted to
the growing of peaches; therefore, this
company has decided to plant IT wal
nut trees and 55 peach trees to the
acre, as the peach tree reaches the end
of its productiveness when 10 or 12
years old, and the walnut will then
need all the room for the immense
spread of its branches.
Now, here is an opportunity for the
man working for salary who would
like to own an orchard and has not had
the good fortune to save enough money
to buy one outright; neither has he the
time to plant and care for one.
The Walnut Plantation Co. will plant
a 5 or 10-acre orchard for you, and
will care for it for five years from
date of planting, charging no interest
on deferred payments, and paying all
taxes, and will do all this for $100
down and $15 a month on a B-acre
tract, or double that amount on a 10
acre tract. Remember, this land Is
only 20 miles from Portland, and two
and a half miles from railroad depot,
and before the land is turned over to
you the electric cars will be passing
this property, making It as close to
Portland as our present suburbs.
Come in Monday, the 24th, and make
your selection of a tract, as this first
series will not last long, and the soon
er you have your orchard planted the
sooner it will give you an income.
Murhard Estate Worth $9051.
An Inventory and appraisement of
the estate of the late G. T. Murhard
was filed with the County Court yes
terday afternoon. A "total valuation
Is shown of $9051, of which $3500 is
represented by real estate. The ap
praisement was made by Ernst C.
Bailey, S. Harkins, and J. B. Levy.
Gee Rosenthal's window, snbe bargains.
Builders' Information
We have made a life-time study of the lighting and
fixture business so are better Qualified to do this
work for you than most firms. We find now a
number of people very much disappointed on ac
count of the lighting effect in their houses which
was all caused by poor or little knowledge of the
business.
We are certain we can be of assistance to you
in solving the lighting question. etore placing
order see
M. J. WALSH CO.
Electric and Gas Work In All It Brunches Prompt
ly Attended to. RlntC on Either Phone.
311 STARK. BET. FIFTH A.D SIXTH.
Portland, Oregon.