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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1908)
-- - r-7-- PORTLAND. SEPTE3IBEB 13, 1903. - 0 : " ' " " mmrniw.n.mim NEW DEPOT WILL HELP EAST SIDE Milium MAGNET LIKE A POWERFUL nil" ITT) A I Til) IL A- 1Q II Bkm If a, V Sales Follow Announcement That Long-Desired Improve ment Will Be Made. M AY J! "XV J l11aHuJattilii!Jiittlj(liiii.'iitii(uumii(iiiH.ifiiu A. ATTRACTS HGMEBUILDERS Ft A. fff- .yvx v rev .i i . t i t i . m m ' l, u r vmf c i 9 Kit am j ftM W IBM. I asjsfc. sbsm '.Va. "w FILLS ALSO GIVE IMPETUS Many Houses and Business Build ings Are Under Construction and Everything Points to Busy Fall Trading in . Realty. The practical certainty that the South ern Pacific Railroad Company will erect a. sightly passenger depot at East Mor rison and East First streets, for which plans have been prepared, has greatly stimulated property values In that neigh. orhood. Plans for this structure show a butMIng of concrete bldcks. 110x30 feet, provided with m-atting-rooms and a shel tered area on the Eaet First street front. At present the half block between East Morrison and East Alder streets, on East First." Is being filled. General Manager O'Brien told the committee from the East Side -that he wanted the depot built on solid ground, so It could be made beauti fuL 'He also assured the committee that the building weuld be completed by the first of the year, which means that work must start very soon. It Is also. proposed by East Side citizens to Insist on the freight depot, which hag long -b?en . promised. It ie felt among business, men- that this freight depot is even more necessary than a passenger depot,, but the people will wait until the passenger station Is built, and then take up the Question of erecting the freight depot. . It Is supposed that the erection of the passenger depot depends somewhat on tire progress mada on the fills and the move to erect big warehouses in this dis trict. A number of important structures have already been built in this vicinity, including the four-story building of Mitch ell. Iewis & Staver. A large warehouse for ParTln & Orendorf, covering nearly an entire block, has also been started. It Is proposed to erect the freight depot on East Oak street, between Bust First and East . Second, accessible to lines on both these streets. . Conditions Good, Says Dealer. "I never saw conditions better for Bast Side property than right now,1' said W. H. Mall. "There Is constant Inquiry for East Side investments from ail di rections. Some important buildings are projected In the near future, which have not been announced, in addition to those already under way. We can today see more people on Union and Grand avenups than ever before, and with the comple- ; tion of the Union-avenue bridge over Sul- ! llvan's Gulch we will see even greater ac tivity. With big fills under way. build- ' lngs going up everywhere and many sales being made, conditions are certainly fa- ' vorable." When the Union-avenue bridge la fin. ished across Sullivan's Gulch, which will be done by October U It will result In In-i creased rivalry between Union and Grand I avenues, ae 'to which snail be the- more Important street. On Union avenue all stores are occupied. In this district it is thought that the erection of the passenger depot for the Southern Pacific will also tend to promote building improvements, Completion of East Alder street between East Water atreet and Union avenue will aiao greatly facilitate the general pro gressive movement In Central East Port land. Work on Great Fills. The Pacific Bridge Company has com pleted about four miles of temporary trackage all through East Portland, on which t run its travel trains, and has started on big filling centracta. which mean the moving of at least 4,000.000 cubic yards of material. Ths far-reaching ef fect of this movement can hardly be real ized at this time. All old residents realize that the flat land between Union avenue and the Willamette River has always held up development, but these low lands are now to disappear. First, the streets are being filled, and then tb vacant blocks are to be filled up to grade. The Pacific Bridge Company has erected a filling plant that cost W0O.OOO to carry out these big contracts, and is now scoop ing material from the bottom of the Wil lamette River and making the fills, deep ening and making valuable the East Side water front, where the river has always been shallow. The filling plan Includes the filling- of the streets first through the district between Belmont street and Haw thorne avenue, so that property-owners may bond their holdings. Then will come the filling of the blocks up to basement level. ' - Rapid Growth at Vernon. It is not possible to keep in touch with the progress of building in the resi dence districts on- the East Side, except by frequent personal visits. Buildings are being put up in every section. A re markable growth may be seen in Ver non, where two or three years ago there was nothing but brush. This section is growing north toward the Columbia Slough. A good class of homes has been erected In this part of the city. ' but at present it is a purely residence district. The people of Vernon, are much Inter ested in the movement to secure 1600 acres on the Columbia River for a great park. This is part of the proposed system for Portland and It would seem, from the trend of the building movement, that it la in the right direction, for Portland Is rapidly spreading from river to river. Walnut Park, between "Williams and Union avenues, is filling up with a fine class of homes, and is one of the at tractive sections of the city. Piedmont addition on Union avenue, where there has always been a building restriction, is another scene of construc tion activity. At Woodlawn and its sur roundings there is activity In all direc tions. Slowly but surely the gravel pits are disappearing, and as the streets are Improved these unsightly excavations will finally be filled up, thus removing a great obstacle to advancement. There is already demand for better car service than that now afforded by the Alberta line, which runs to East Twenty-eighth street. . IOwer Albina Progressing. Through the Initiative of Councilman Menefee, the Btreets in Lower Albina nave nearly all been improved. Russell street was improved, with hard-surface pavement at its lower end. Improvement of these streets has stimulated building. H. '. Mayor, who owns a four-acre, tract in Lower Albina, is arranging to build a I&0.A00 cold-storsge plant near the second Albina ferry, where he will have access to transportation both by water and rail. His plans are to handle poultry on a large scale, and do a general cold storage business. He will probably start work on tne building some time this Fall. . The movement to make Albina avenue a 70-foot street northward to the Columbia boulevard is a popular one so far as Lower Albina avenue is concerned, as it will bring to that section a large amount fff.. i . . . i f-3 r v. : . : i": I lii.ui M m li i miU iiUiiiuuiu 1111 liIUIUlUiUlllMla"" "" " .1 ' " 'li, il.'. .Mi.n.nm hi'' i JK. (fTzS Th IrPinftTidmis Riiess" of HYDE PARK NO. 1 is still fresh in the minds of the people. .. . , mi . j J. 'IS AXQ 1-V 1J Imfmn - F 'It: ... X -w t . i l ' j i. mi a 4-nn n-P Ar-,Q woe cnlH 1-iefnTA rhi S ?k isotning nas ever comparea wiin il. xiie cmucutttti. uw .a.o ''H formal day of opening. HYDE PARK NO. 2 offers the same advantages to home- 'i'!t.. v;mc nrr maatinir trith as Tpn t v a rpsimnsfi. inerfl will iiol ue a iul icil xu. VULLUUJLOf a,UU. XtD UH.VHXUg , , .11. .kj . - - . two weeks. , , ' TTTTTVT1 T A T1TT TkT" Ct -411 namimt nrallrs OOmfiTlt ClirrlS OTJirlerl JST.rftftt.S. vim . Hi. n v i j i. r m n.rv i v & f . win ntx v n iciij.gixu. vvciiuwai w.-w i . . . . i- -i i i. ; Avl n . jx 15 nil X7nn ''i! v?v wide Barkine, Duuaing line ana Duiiaing resmunuus, iu uw uuu VMS. ' j in. wi 7 - in..:, "in.. w LOTS . AND : u!!!;. .. UP . HEii- :mh,. r-i i irnnAV o-nA colf vniir ''wninn, riTi M inn t m ri i aim t v a i. lui $225 water, telephones and electric lights, and better streetcar service than any other part or tne city. HYDE PARK NO. 2 meets all the requirements of the home--rmilpr nnd offers splendid opportunities for investment. HYDE PARK NO. 2 will have new entrance gates of most ' substantial and ornamental type. , ' ' Three or four thousand people wm visit tne country Club today. Join the crowd; see the Country Club and HYDE PARK m one trip. It will amaze you. a Trv-nF. PARK NO 2 TODAY will convince J. u 1U l. v . anvone. wnetner comeiiipiauug iwmc-uuuuiug not, that this is h.jc xionif!iit3 uuui Portland. It is now surrounaea ny a rapiaiy crowing community. HYDE PARK NO. 2 is an unheara-oi opportuujt.v, au uic inu are ridiculously easy. Tinmpsifp . ' See how $12o,000 of lmprove- menf. money is transforming BELLE CREST and HYDE PARK. Opening prices will increase rap idly. Today presents a ground-floor opportunity for you. Early selections offer best values. $10 Down--$l and Up Cot Ont and Mall This Cmpea. ; THE JACOBS-STINE CO., 148 Fifth. Street, Portland, Oregon. Please send me your illustrated book let, HYDE PARK. Name Address "O" - ...M.ii.niMnunMirmtiftmiaiiuiMMitaawitmtMmnTiIKinmiriimniniimitiniflHtinnillll . X X. V X Per Week W . "WtfeL. e Jacote-Stioe Co. i , i Largest Subdivision Operators on Pacific Coast 1 48 Fifth Street, Portland, Oregon or the travel from Xhe great Columbia, Simifrh' district. The grade of Mississippi avenue is nearly prohibitive, but' Aibina avenue may be made a g"Ood general atreet, ao it Is tirned by all who are work ing to widen Albina avenue to 70 feet. . . Want Park la Albina. Councilman Menefee also i working to secure the Montgomery tract, a piece of unimproved land In the heart of Lower Albina, lor park purposes, a measure which Is receiving support by residents. This tract is specially fitted for a park on account of its rolling contour. Prices of property In Lower Albina are advanc ing, as shown by recent sales. All busi ness houses are occupied. A considerable number of attractive homes are being put up north of nussell street. At South Mount Tabor, near the achool house, a number of new and handsome homes have been built. Dr. Mackey has Just completed a fine home. A large amount of the land at South Mount Tabor has been sold to those who ara either building homes or in Una to build- Ex tension of the Hawthorne or the Waverly Rlchmond carline Is being agitated, which would mean a great deal for that district. In the Jackson addition on West avenue a large number of lots have been old and homes are being built. "W. B. Shally bought 47 acres of Joseph Croweton for $3000. It Is located In section SS. township 1 north, ransre 6 east. Helen Lei and bought .mora than li aeres of Amanda McHolland for J9O0O. At the Crystal Springs addition Agnes S. Patterson bought something over a block for 13000. This tract Is near the end of Hawthorne avenue. J. Boudlnot Beeley bought threa acres of J. Woodward for $3000. A considerable sale was made In Rav enswood, C. W. Sherman selling lots 1 and 8 In block 6 to W. P. Stln for $8000. In Ivanhoe J. W. Wheeler sold to Fred Cane lots 16 and 16, block 8, for $3500. WOUNDS OF HOLCH MORTAL Bartender Shot ly Customer 6nc combs at Hospital, Fred Hojch, a bartender, whp was ahot by Matt Johnson, a laborer, shortly before it o'clock- Friday night, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 10 o'clock yesterday morning; and Coroner Norden has called for an In quest, to be held at 10 A. M, tomorrow. The murderer la held In the City Jail without ball, pending the action. of tha authorities. A formal charge of mur der In the first degree will undoubted ly he filed by District Attorney Camer on. The prisoner ha already admitted to the police that he fired the fatal shots. The shooting occured during; a drunken row In front of the Nicolal Exchange, a saloon at Twenty-fourth and Nicolal streets.' Both men, and the companions as well, are said to have been intoxicated. Neither had met the other previously. It Is said, The slain man was unmarried, but the murderer has a wife and family, living at 24 Guild avenue. lands Inquires Into waste of soil by ero Bion. . That schedule also suggests waste through "bad agricultural methods." The lands schedule likewise goes Into waste In the carrying- capacity of the public range- In the West. The section on waters is Inquiring Into bow much land capacity of irrigation Is wasted by not being Irri gated. More Important still Is Its sug gestive Inquiries tending to show that we are wasting our waterways to an alarm ing extent by not using them as we should. Perhaps the greatest form of waste brought out In the entire schedule is that relating to water power. WASTE WILL BE CURTAILED National Conservation Commission Pntlishea First Schedule. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. The Nation al conservation commission has just made public the first of Its schedules on which the Inventory of tne country's natural re sources Is being conducted. It Is plainly evident from the inquiries being sent out that the commission intends to run down waste In all its varied forms and to de vise some means to prevent it. This is apparent in the general schedules to each of the four sections of the commission waters, forests, landa and minerals. For example, the schedule relating to BUY AC ID Iff TP VICES W III ADVANCE SOON It will be to your interest to investigate what we are offering. You can rest as sured that these acre tracts will not remain on the market much longer at the present terms. "We are selling a flattering number of these acres daily to some of our most prominent people. It only takes a very few dollars to purchase one or more of these acres, and the yearly increase in value is positive. The soil has no equal, and not a foot of waste land to be found. METZGER ACRE TRACTS Affords many inducements to the homeseeker. The reasonable prices asked, nearness to the city, fine car service, ideal location, picturesque scenery, invig orating air and climate, the abundance of ever-flowing crystal springs, streams and natural nooks and parks, and numerous other advantages. Just a 30-minute ride from Front and Jefferson streets on the Oregon Electric Line. Go out and look this tract over is all we ask. 4 PRICE $200 and UPWARDS PRICE $20O and up per acre, according to location. TERMS 10 per cent cash and. 3 cent of the purchase price per month. INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred payments. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed. 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. B i The Shade of the Spreadin Elm What could be more HOMELIKE more pleasing to the eye more com forting in sunshine than the shade of the spreading elm? To make ELil HITRST a bit different and more HOMELIKE, wide parkings between the sidewalk and curb will be set In elm trees, set far enough apart to permit a full and healthy growth of their mammoth brancnes. These trees will carry out a scheme of Landscape effect that will make ELM HURST the moat beautiful subdivision In Portland. We suggest that those who are not familiar with the character of the elm tree visit Nob Hill, where many streets are set out in them. Here may be had an !da of what ELMHURST will offer la natural beauty. E7; (TUTTr flSnr WHERE THE ELM TREE GROWS ELMHURST enjoys the distinction of possessing more desirable features for the making of a high-class residence subdivision than can be found on the Pacific Coast. ELMHURST will have graded streets, cement sidewalks and curbs of the most substantial nature; and now has telephones, electric lights, Bull Run water and has excellent street car service. The work on these improvements is going on NOW. pLMHURST has a parking 10 feet wide between the sidewalk 1 and curb and two feet wide between the sidewalk and property line. In this parking, at regular intervals, will be set elm trees that will give ELMHURST a uniformity in appearance that cannot be excelled. ELMHURST will be HOMELIKE. It will appeal to particular people. ELMHURST will be a residence section of TONE. I7LMHURST offers the investor splendid opportunities for profit. Early selections offer best values. Select NOW while improve ment work is going on. See ELMHURST tomorrow. For furrher ELMHURST information, HILTON-DODDS &: CAMPBELL 219-220 COMMERCIAL CLUB BLDG. gn X2E J.iinmiwjj't
