THE .SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEJIKK SU, 1W8.
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TWO HANDSOME NEW PORTLAND HOUSES-
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THE BEST AND CHEAPEST ACRE TRACTS ON
THE MARKET ON THE WEST SIDE. AND
ONLY A TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY MINUTES'
RIDE FROM BUSINESS CENTER OF PORTLAND
LONGER PROFITABLE
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Ground Is Too Valuable to Re
main Non-Productive
in City Limits.
METZGER ACRE TRACTS
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TAKES ADVANCED RANK
Investors Attracted to Two Widely
Separated Districts by Reason
of Recent Purchases Made.
Secretive About Theater.
BT JOHt J. HARRISON.
One of the probable factors In the
metamorphosis that is going- on In Port
land, stirring up the dry bones of village
days and substituting big modern build
ings for sharks that for years encum
bered desirable locations. Is attributa
ble In some measure to the policy of
taxation adopted by Assessor Slgler.
"Valuations on important pieces of
property here and there throughout the
ctty have been gradually brought up to
a base contingent on proper Improve
ment. This advancement In valuations
has been conducted with, a rare sense of
responsibility and fairness, but It has
resulted In many Instances in compel
ling owners of these lots to put tip im
provements commensurate with the de
mands of the times and of such char
acter as to produce- revenue sufficient to
pay taxes. In some cases Interest on
loans, and give the owner a fair reve
nue from the holding."
The foregoing may appear to be sug
gested by one of Henry George's books
on single tax. but the fact is It Is the
opinion of one of the leading realty
brokers of Portland. This broker con
tlnud by citing Instances where to his
knowledge good Improvements had been
made for the reason indicated. Some of
these date back for two or more years,
but the majority are of rec?nt months.
Portland's Hijrh Position.
Whatever part the assessment policy
has in the remarkable advance In build
ing operations during the last few years
fc not a matter that Is to be authori
tatively discussed in this column, but it
is enough to provide a text for thought,
to say the least.
It Is a subject that Is. Portland' posi
tion among the progressive cities of the
country calling for much gratulation
from all who hve interest or pride in
this city's marvelous growth. On every
hand are seen evidences of what appears
an unbroken line of building operations,
and from the records of the Building In
spector's office this forward movement
sliows no indication of falling behind for
some months to come, at least.
The announcement made In The Ore
gun Ian Wednesday of the purchase of
tiie old T. M. C. A. building at Fourth
and Yamhill streets by Josenh M. Ilealy
was the most Important deal of the
week. This transaction must bo cred
ited to the week's business for the rea
son that It was not publicly given, out
before, although negotiations had been
under way for some weeks before. Mr.
Healy is not to obtain possession of the
property until July 1 of the coming year,
but in the meantime will consider several
proposals regarding future use to which
the building will be put.
His purchase has put considerable ac
tivity Into the local market, especially
for holdings in that locality of the city.
It is somewhat generally believed that
next year will bring long-talked of lm- j
provement In corners In the neighbor
hood owned by wealthy estates, and
them beliefs are based largely on the
knowledge of what these owners have
already done elsewhere. The corners re
ferred to have small buildings on the
sites at present, some of which produce
practically ro revenue while others only
nominal amounts compared with what
modern large buildings would bring.
"ew Theater Talked Of.
As to a site In the neighborhood for a
new theater building. Ats selection stands
as good chance as others mentioned in
thRt connection, according to those who
sre Interesting themselves in the project.
The whole matter of a new theater Is
said to be up to subscribers for stock In
the enterprise. One of the promoters
saM yesterday that If a sufficient public
spirit could be worked up to undertake
th erection of the proposed buildings,
evidence Is at hand to prove that the
investment would be one of the best
paying In sight at the present time.
Plane have been drawn to include an an
nex to a theater of generous proportions,
this annex to be arranged Into stores
and offices. Not much enthusiasm has
been aroused over the theater propect
so far. principally on account of the
aversion to publicity evinced by the pro
moters. The district. In the vicinity of the dock
and araln el-vator about completed by
the Spokane. Portland Jt Seattle Railroad
Company at the foot of Raleigh street
Is to be further Improved by the addition
of another big elevator and dock. The
CmpbelI-ianford-Henley Company an
nounces its Intention to build on the
waterfront property at the foot of Sev
enteenth street, acquired by the firm
some months ago. When the next grain
season Is fairly opened and the North
Bank road in good shape to handle the
product of the great country known as
the Inland Empire and the big yield
from the Columbia Valley west as well.
There will be need of the big storage fa
cilities being provided. All these im
provements In the extensive terminal dis
trict will make it one of the most im
portant in the city. The wholesale sec
tion to the wst and south of the ele
vators and docks is moving ahead at a
great rat, many large firms finding
that former locations In places occupied
by them are too highly valued by own
ers of the sites and that modern Im
provements are denied lessees in many
instant.es.
While there continues to be much lack
of pride in having records of realty
transfers show the city's importance,
about the usual number of records ap
pearing evcrr day with romlnal cost
named, it would appear that many pur
chasers of ground withhold the correct
figures in order to keep the Assessor
from getting a line on values, and this
practice certainly is not commendable,
ifo tar the advocates of having city rec
ords accurate seem unable to devise a
plan that would compel proper record,
and have finally abandoned hope of reform.
Boys Block of Ground.
G. W. Priest, a well-known building
contractor, haa purchased a block in
Ravenswood. near Richmond, for $7000.
and next Spring will erect a number of
dwellings on the land.
The Central Methodist Church, of
AlMna. has purchased a Quarter block on
Vancouver avenue and Central street,
anil has started on the erection of a
chnpel. Work is in progress on the base
ment. At Highland work has been started on
a jui liaptist Church building.
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FINE SHOWING FOR HTH
BllLDIXG PERMITS . IX DECEM
BER OVER $1,000,000.
One- More-iMTge Structnre to Kigure
in Statistics Before
January 1. '
Building permits for the month of
December -to the close of office hours
yesterday amounted to 186, and the to
tal amount of estimated cost of the
structures and for alterations to $784,
93S. Plans and specifications for the
annex of the Imperial Hotel being
ererrted for T. B.. Wilcox are in the
Building Inspector's hands for exami
nation and will. figure in the month's
totals as the submitted plans will be. In
all probability, passed upon in the
course of the week. This estimated
cost for the work covered In tho appli
cation will approximate J250.000. taking
the building operations for the year well
over 0,000.000.
For the past week 67 permits were is
sued with I19S.715- In estimated valu
ations. Permits of over $3000 each la
sued for the week, with location and
owner's name,' is shown in-the follow
ing: .
December 14 H. -T. Kreiger. tors and
ftat. Union avenue, between Ivy and Cook
avenue. So".!; Thomas MolTaU, dwelling,
Northrup, between Twenty-fifth and Twen-tv-sixfh.
$W50; F.i Sheen, dwelling.- Wil
liams avenue, between KlllinKsworth anfl.
Sumner, J31KH): L.' D. Wolford. dwelling.
Weidler bet ween Boat Fourteenth and East
Fifteenth. 45GO.
December ir C. Oaksbaugh, dwelling. Col
fax, corner Moore. $45"0; P. . A. Carhmdor.
dwelling. Cleveland, between' Sumner and
Kiuerson, $-MXK): Mrs. J. W. Else, dwelling.
Oarfleld between Jarrett and Alnsworth.
2.00; K. V. Jone, apartments, MontEomery,
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, $25,000.
December 16 Dr. A. M. Webster, dwelling.
Hawthorne avenue between East Thirty-first
antl EBst Thlrty-rcond. S35O0.
December 17 Norwestan-Danlh M. K.
Church. Vancouver avenue, -corner Skldmore,
$T(i0O: E. M. Baker, store and office. Alberta,
between Kast - Seventeenth and- Eighteenth.
$10,000: J. Indtgan. lo5glng-houe. Com
mercial, between Stanton and Jlorrls, $12,000;
Hannah C. Grohs. dwelling. East . Eleventh
between Thompeon and Brazee.- $3000: Emll
Plttelkau. apartments. Park corner Taylor.
$W.00o; G. A. Anderson, apartments. King
between -Washington and Davie, $15,000.
December IS Lutke Manufacturing Com
pany, warehouse. Fifth between Hoyt - and
Irvinir, jr-iioo.
December. 1C. M. Poty. dwelling, Alns
worth. corner East Sixth. $.1600. , ,
Olympla Malt -Extract, good for grand
ma "or baby. Only 1B-100 of 1 per cent
alcohol. Phones Main 671. A 24 $7. ""
LATEST ADDITION TO NEW CHINATOWN.
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BUILDING TWO CHIXEsE CAPITALISTS WILL HAVK ERECTED OS
LOWER rOl'RTH STREET FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OP CELESTIALS.
On the Quarter block on the southwest corner of Fourth and -Everett
street another building to be devoted-for-use. of Chinese tenants is soon '
to be erected. The Bollara Investment Company owns a long-term lease
on the ground, which it has sublet to two Chinese merchants, Lee Lung
, and Lee Hong. It Is the intention of the Chinese 'capitalists to 'build a
three-story brick and concrete structure on ' the site, , the first floor of
which Is to be arranged In stores, and the upper floors divided into
offices and rooms; all to be rented to Chinese. .This building will provide
" the third large structure In that locality for -Chinese- in. Portland;, prac-
tieally deciding the matter of a new Chinatown, as. former places occupied .
by them along Second street are rapidly, being . vacated.
BUILDING IRK ACTIVE
CO:YCRETE PILIXG IS BEIXC
USED OX FllIi SITES.
AVhen - 'ew House Is Ready There
Will Be Three Large Structures
At Fourth and Everett.
Concrete cylinder -piling is being put
down on two sites on the Kast Side for
buildings that are to be additions to the
wholesale district. This form of foun
dation -is -to be extensively used In those
places in that district that were filled in
and reclaimed for building purposes.
The process has been attracting consid
erable attention from passersby, as this
form of piling has been practically tin
known in this part of the country ex
cept in bridge construction.
.Plans for the new building to be
erected by a Chinese syndicate at Fourth
and Kverett streets, on the quarter-block
leased from the Bollam Investment Com
pany, are about completed by Emll
Schacht, the architect. When thia build
ing is . completed there will be three
large buildings In the immediate vicinity
occupied entirely by Chinese. Lee Hong,
recently appointed Oriental agent for the
Harriman steamship lines, with office in
Portland- is one of the officers of the syn
dicate, and a principal owner.
Preliminary , estimates are being made
and received by David C. Lewis for the
construction of the new . building to be
erected by the Lewis estate ton the lot,
$0x100. at the northeast corner of Oak
and Fourth streets. Mr. Lewis said yes
terday that it Is his purpose to have the
new. building a model in the way of office-building
construction and finishing.
Plans are to be completed for a structure
of reinforced concrete of 10 stories in
height.
Uprights and girders have been put in
place . for the first floor of the. Henry
building, at Fourth and Oak streets, ex
tending for the sidewalk base. Con
crete bases for uprights have been under
water for some, weeks, and those who
were unconversant with tho fact that
concrete hardens In water expressed the
opinion that this condition would weaken
the mass. Kxperts says directly to the
contrary, and refer to numberless In
stances where their contention is borne
out. One point brought out is that In
the building of walls for buildings of
concrete they are kept saturated so that
the mass may become more compact.
. Top course of brickwork Is about fin
ished on the Crawford building at Fifth
and. Ankeny streets. Some surprise is
expressed by passers-by that the struc
ture is to be only three stories high, pre
vious announcements having been made
that it Was to be from four to six stories.
The building, nevertheless, is' a distinct
improvement for the locality, and as It
covers ' one-half of tho half-block, It
makes quite an addition to what last
year was- the site of a rambling frame.
The Fifth-street front has concrete uprights-
and bonds, the balance of the
building being of brick.
Contract has been awarded by Doyle
& Patterson, the architects of the Meier
& Frank building, amounting to about
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ON THE SALEM ELECTRIC LINE
For every twenty-five-cent piece invested in Metzger Acre Tracts NOW, you
are sure to receive a silver dollar in. return, within a very short time. This is
not a supposition or speculation, but a positive fact, considering the ideal
location, the present very low prices, good car service and proximity to the
heart of a rapidly growing, prosperous city like Portland. A visit to our
Acres will substantiate every assertion that we have made in our ads regard
ing Metzger Acres. Take the Salem electric car at Front and Jefferson streets
and en-joy one of the most scenic rides in or about the City of Portland; get
off at Metzger Station. Don't delay NOW is the time to go, if you take
advantage of these low prices. You will never regret having made this trip.
We have some of the richest and most productive soil to be found in the state,
free from stones or gravel, which is especially adapted for the raising of all
kinds of vegetables, berries, fruits, walnuts, etc. Improved, unimproved and
partially improved acres to choose from.
$200 PER ACRE AND UP
ACCORDING TO LOCATION
TERMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month.
INTEREST Six per cent per annum on deferred payments.
ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed.
For particulars and descriptive plat call at our Fortland 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. M. 6409.
30 000, for the plumbing, heating and
wiring of that structure, which has now
reached the seventh floor in steel inte
rior construction.
The fifth story concrete construction
of the Lombard building, at Fifth and
Stark streets, will be started this week,
the lower story -walls having set.
New front on the Alder-street side of
the old Oddfellows building, at the cor
ner of First street, is about finished, and
gives the building quite a modern ap
pearance. Opening of the recently completed
freight sheds for the Portland Railway.
Light & Power Company was celebrated
yesterday afternoon by a public inspec
tion of the buildings and surroundings
under invitations Issued by the company.
About 30acres on the hillside at the
head of Lovejoy street will soon be placed
on the market for residence sites.
Humason & Jeffery report the sale
of a 60x73 1-3 lot on northeast corner
of Tenth and Everett streets. Mrs. Mary
N. Whitney was the purchaser, and paid
J16.000 for the property. At present it
is paying but small returns, owing to the
inferior buildings erected. Abe Tlchner
was the former owner.
Considerable buying is going on in
the Irvlngton section. In the past few
days Humason & ; Jeffery report the
sales of the northeast corner of Thir
teenth street and Broadway. 50x100. to
Mrs. Lucy Dougherty, who will erect a
dwelling. The lot was sold for 2fi00
Also 50x100 on Wasco between Nineteenth
and Twenty-first was sold to Mrs. Al
Moser, price, $1900.
Chapln & Herlow report the following
sales in the Riverdale district, which
comprises Riverdale. Palatine Hill, Riv
erside and Abernethy Heights: Eight
acres formerly owned by John Sommer
ville to F. C. Graham, of Portland; four
acres owned by the Breyman estate to
Carlos H. Smith, controller of the Elgin
National Watch Company, of Elgin, III..
and Alfred La Voie, retired real estate
broker of Chicago; four acres from J. J.
Graham, of Albsfhy, Or., to G. A. Hoff
man, of Portland; 3 1-3 acres formerly
owned by Judge Williams to Ira F.
Powers, of Portland; 4 6-100 acres from
the Breyman estate to Frank C. Savage,
of Portland: 10 1-5 acres, formerly owned
by Isam White, to a local investor of
Portland, whose name is being withheld
for the present; z-o acres irom . c,. s.
Wood to Walter V. Mackay. of Portland.
Base
Line
Acres
8 miles due east on
Stark street.
35 minutes to the city
by Mt. Hood Railway.
Splendid soil, high el
evation, magn ificent
scenery.
Investment opportu
nity unsurpassed.
Lowest prices on
Base Line Road.
$250 to $300; terms to
suit buyer.
F. B. H0LBR00K CO.
Room 1, Worcester bldg
Portland, Or.
Xew Oregon Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 19. The President
sent to the Senate today the following
nominations for Oregon postmasters:
William M. Brown. Lebanon; J. E.
Beezley, Falls City; Merritt A. Baker,
Weston. ,
A Christmas Present
that will ever
become dearer
a deed m QB-:ni v vU. 5L.VL71i 11
CT Reedville
Acreage
This property appeals to all who investigate it, locatc.l
as it is on the Southern Pacific Railway, within 10 miles of
the Courthouse, and the most fertile soil in Oregon, no white
soil below, but a subsoil that provides a natural drainage,
that makes the community healthy and the soil adapted to
fruit, nut and vegetable culture, which ranks the property
as a revenue-producer when so cultivated or rented for such
and an assured increase in value when developed in fruit
or nuts.
This property is platted into tracts of from one-half to
ten acres each, with graded roads to each tract, and selling
to home-builders and investors at from $75 to $250 per acre,
a small cash payment and your monthly savings applied
puts you in possession of one of these tracts, and gives you
the increase of value, and a start as a real estate owner.
Don't delay, but talk this matter over with your wife and
such of your friends as are really interested m your future
welfare, then call at our city office and we will be pleased to
give you information and free tickets to the tracts, where
our agent will meet you with a carriage and show you over
the property.
We also have large list of Willamette Valley; farms at
prices that will interest inquirers.
THE
SHAW-FEAR CO.
24512 STARK STREET.
Salesrooms:
311 STARK ST.
CHRISTMAS
Feast of Light
Make the L'rht Store your srlft
center, for nothing can be more
appreciated than a gift that sheds
its beneficence over the entire fam
ilv. URhtini? adds to the dignity of
tiie hall, tho elegance of the draw-insr-room,
the Intimate charm of the
dining-room.
Our assortment of Stand Lamps.
Electroliers. Domes. Candelabra are
specially priced and the most com
prehensive In the city.
T,ct us make the tree brilliant
with electric bulbs they Insure
much at a triflinc cost.
M. J.WALSH CO.
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SANTA CLAUS
Probably we can suggest
a suitable present
Western Electric Works
!SO. 1 SIXTH STREET, PORTLASD, OR.