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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1909)
THE SUNDAY OREGOmy, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1909. SPRING RUSH ON Salem line, to the Mercantile Aerenev. DOORS IN'DEMAND for J19.000. It Is the intention of the owners, so Mr. Shields says, to divide the land into small tracts to suit pur chasers. Elmonton & McGowan have just sold a quarter of a block on the northwest corner of -Seventeeenth and Glisan to Many East Side Thoroughfares Being Improved. HCTIVITY IS ON INCREASE Back-Country Districts to Bo Given Benefit of Better Road Facill- ties by Operations of Com ing Summer Season. One of the incontrovertible evidsnces, aside from building statistics, of the great demand for building material for local use is furnished by a report from the Parellus Manufacturing Company. This concern recently established its Charles F. Reed for M5.000. There are three apartment-houses on .the property and Mr. Reed, who is a recent arrival from the East, made the purchase for an investment. The deal was made by J. H. Shields. Lewis & Lewis, architects, are prepar ing plans for a fiverstory brick and con crete warehouse 100x200. to be erected in the warehouse district in Bast Portland. The cost will be J75.000. Plans will be ready by April 1. For the present names of owner and location are not xnadet pub lic John Lockhart, formerly of the Wash ington Life Insurance Company, is con structing 12 modern residences in Han cock Street Addition to Irvington. H. M. Fancher Company are the architects and designers. The order of architecture fol lowed is English manor, chalet and colo nial bungalow. The Relmers Realty Company has bought 100 acres near Hillsboro and in tends to put the land on the market in five and ten-acre tracts. It is the In tention to plant these tracts in orchards- Mills Increase Capacity to Fill - Their Orders. SPRING RUSH IS WELL ON Reports From Various Districts of City Show Building Operations to Be Under "Way and In- . . creasing Everywhere. ' There are several streets on the East Side along which great progress will be made during the ensuing year, anil there will be much rivalry along these streets. In Central Bast Portland important pro gress will be made on East Morrison and " SE 1- s Vh " - : x- x. -SC. xxx.xy.xxx., 4vXM"x . N " x X - x xv -?x x- it, ft - A KX ,t?xxS atv..-x!a-- ...8MrxHSviMM- - xxx 4. x x , x -x-x . x ,J , I XX - -- "X, - w XXXO lS lx- " f , , 1 ys- I , s " -x C ' i- mi i- i ir , plant in Sullivan's Gulch, near Bast Twenty-eighth street, to which place it was removed after a fire some months ago that destroyed the mill at East Seventh and East Morrison streets. The company had intended to go Iri for fur niture manufacture on an extensive scale, but was loaded up with orders for doors, sash and moldings to such an extent that It was decided to engage In this line of work almost exclusively. The destruction of the Alnslie mill a few nights ago has made the demand so imperative that ma chinery haa been- ordered to increase the capacity of the Parellus mill. The firm points to this fact as one of the indica tions that building operations in Port land are under way to a greater extent The original proposal to erect a hotel at the northwest corner of Fourth and Alder streets has been given up and a unit" company has undertaken to raise the necessary capital to put up a modern office building on the site. Bennes, Hendricks & Tobey have made plans for a. ten-room residence for "W. C. Holman. to be erected on Crest Drive Portland Heights. ' The Hurley-Mason Company, of Port land, has been awarded the contract for foundation work of a depot at Seattle for the Oregon & Washington Railroad Com pany. Reinforcement has started on the sixth story of the Wilcox Hotel building at Seventh and Stark. "New Imperial" as a name for the hotel is not favored by the lessees, so that it Is now probable either the name of the owner or that of the hotel proprietors will be adopted. Excavation is going on for the office building for the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company at Seventh and Alder street. A rather novel contrivance has been put in by Hurley-Mason Company on the Seventh-street side, the sidewalk elevator having been replaced wIUi a. fcteam lift that conveys loaded barrows to a derrick from which dirt is dumped into wagons. It is the Intention to make the excavation without removing the walls of the present building until abso lutely necessary. Three lots at the southeast corner of Sherman and Hood streets were sold last week through the agency of Charles K. Henry & Son. the seller being Jeremiah E. Worick. the buyer John Bain. The consideration is 7000. The lots embrace ft piece about ltxi2 feet, on which are erected three cottages. This district is believed to be well-suited for warehouses as it will have the electric line on one side and the Southern , Paciflo on the other. Contract for a residence for ex-Mayor H. S. Rowe has been let. to be erected on East Fourteenth and Schuyler streets, to Wilson & Nelson, for S4600. It will be & two-story frame structure. The most important realty transaction on the East Side for the past week was the sale of a block 121. Stephens' Addi tion, houndad by Hawthorns avenue. East Eleventh. East Twelfth and East flay streets, by the Ladd estate to Louis Fnlrchild. for $30,000. William Wurx weller is associated with Mr. Falrchlld in the purchase of this block. The new owners announce they will erect build ings on the block facing Hawthorne ave nue this year. Mr. Falrchlld owns the corner on the southwest corner of East Kleventh and Hawthorne avenue and Is Interested in other property on the East Side. A large number of important sales have been made In this district. Ex F Brandes purchased a quarter block in The Ladd Addition for $1SOO and will erect a $3500 house. Among the sales reported bv Otto & Harkson are the following: Forty acres on Clackamas Heights. B. M. and A W Dyer to L. Baker. $4250; lot on East Thirty-second street, near Hawthorne avenue. Clara Clarke to Amelia Ruff $900; lot on East Fifteenth street x near Alberta, Alfred R. Larson to William Burk, $000; lot on East Twelfth street, near Killlngsworth avenue, August Her cher to Mrs. Crear, $400. Georjre Willard Brown has bought the Cormtck for $'0. The premises are lo cated overlooking the Willamette River r ing oia AiuwauKie clubhouse J. H. Shields reports the sale of a 5nn- cr farm at St. Louis Station, on the which the company will take care of for four years. A ten-year-old orchard, con sisting of a variety of walnuts, - apples, pears, cherries, etc.. shows that, this land is especially adapted for the raising of fruit. Its nearness to Hillsboro makes these tracts attractive to prospective buyers. BANK- CLEARINGS AHEAD Show Marvelous Gain Over Corre sponding Week Last Year. Bank clearings for the week ending yesterday were far and. away beyond the figures for the corresponding week of last j j 1 " luitu lur tne w eeK as a no wn 'by the records of t Vi mftoWno.xjn.,a $9,009,066.23. This is n train rxt to mq em oo over the figures for the same period of w uue a part or tne increase may be explained by the heavy tax pay ments during the week, it is believed the bulk of tne total is the result of regular coinnrarciai transactions, and shows the prosperous period Portland now enjoys. United Selects' Headquarters. The Ruth Trust Company, the land de partment of the United Railways Com pany, will soon occupy the old quarters of Hartman & Thompson, on the Stark etreet side of the ground floor of the Chamber of Commerce building. Part of the new quarters will .be used as a ticket office by the United Railways Company, whose promoters own the Chamber of Commerce bjiilding, until such time as other arrangements are made for a more commodious passeriger station. The United Railways plans to begin operation of its new line to Holbrook within the next few days and the Portland terminus of the line will be the Chamber of Com merce .building Belmont streets, Union and Grand ave nues. There is particular rivalry be tween Union and Grand avenues. Grand avenue will have hard pavement from East Clay to Hancock streets, a distance of over one and one-half miles, but It is not a long street, although 80 feet wide, and at present carries much of the business. Union avenue will soon be ' extended l'rom Woodlawn to Co lumbia boulevard, which will practi cally mean that it will extend from the Willamette to the Columbia River. (Proceedings are progressing to make this extension from Woodlawn northward. Union avenue will be paved from Holla day avenue to Highland, which will make It a business street to Highland. The erection of the new railroad bridge from the foot of Holladay avenue will make a marked change in Hast Side cen ters, if the plans proposed are carried out. It is proposed to connect this bridge with East Third street, and a bridge across Sullivan's Gulch 1b proposed on East Third street, which will open Bast Third street as a business street. This will depend on the filling f Bast Third street between Hawthorne avenue and East Oak street, now projected, but held up by the Executive Board on account of the cost. The new railroad bridge erected at Oregon street will help Union avenue and East Third street. The plan for the railroad bridge is to extend Larrabee street to a connection with the Bast Side approach and route the Alblna and Holladay carlines on Larrabee street. Propertyowners at the east end of the - railroad bridge are making a fight against the removal of the bridge, but if the bridge be moved to Oregon street they want an approach built to the bridflre from th fnnt ovenue. ii COOS ORGHA COUNT- RD TRACT 5 and 10-acre orchards in the Aberill Orchard Tracts of Coos County. The finest soil and cli mate in Oregon. No; pest of any kind known. Planted and taken care of for four years. $ 125 an acre. Terms $100 down and $lp per month with, interest at 4 per cent. Get Choice" Selections Now Price and terms will advance without notice T he O regon Coast Co. A 3237 Main 5641 302-304 WELLS -FARGO BUILDING Portland, Oregon without this approach their property would be damaged. It would mean also that another business center will be built up at the foot of Oregon street. In Central Bast Portland, Grand ave nue has the advantage of the streetcar tracks over Union avenue, although the latter is the longer street. Some resi dents who have considered the matter carefully are of the opinion that Union avenue will be the main business street through Bast Portland and Albina for the reason it will run from river to river, while Grand avenue only runs to Hancock street north with little prospect that it ever will be extended. Friends of Grand avenue, however, point to the fact that Grand avenue is a wide street and has got a "big start, with a number of new buildings in prospect, so that Union ave nue may not overtake it in the march of progress. Of the streets extending eastward from the Willamette River, Belmont, East Stak-k. Burnslde, Hawthorne avenue and Division are considered the most important. East Morrison runs only to East Twentieth, where . it is diverted by Lone Fir- Cemetery. Bel mont extends now to the top of Mount Tabor from East Water street. It is being Improved for that distance, and is sure to be a great East Side street. East Stark extends from East Water to a connection with the Base Line they are sidetracked I road and with all roads In the county. for the same price as that you Tvill have to pay for an obscure lot. The acres we offer are exactly a 29-minute ride, on the Salem Electric Line, from the center of the city. , The lots that you can purchase for the same price are at least a 50-minute ride from the center of the city. ; Which is the best buy ? Think it over. Metzger Acre Tracts Are the cream of all inside acre tracts and provide the most desirable home sites from the standpoint of prospective rapid increase in value, pro ductiveness, scenery, healthfulness, etc. The soil will produce to perfection all kinds ot fruits, vegetables, berries or walnuts. You will only be able to secure these tracts at such low prices for a s-hort time. The prices- will advance April 1; avail yourself of 4;he opportunity of getting choice acres before the advance. Don t wait until it is too late. , ,$200 PER ACRE AND UP wTfi.0 Ler cent cash and 3 Per cent of V16 purchase price per month. INTEREST 6 per cent per annum on deferred payments. ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will be allowed. , - On the Salem Electric line. Get off at Metzger Station and our agents will take pleasure m showing you around. For particulars and descriptive plat, call at our Portland office, 226-228 Front street, or at Metzger Station. All ears stop at Metzger 's. Herman M Office Phones, Main 474, A 1374. etzgei Owner Phone at Station, M . 6409. It will be improved from East Twen tieth to Fortieth street this year, and later on out to Mount Tabor. East Burnside street at present ends at East Thirty-second street, but will be extended through the Ladd farm along the park that has ben selected. East Burnslde street receives the travel from Sandy road, and will also receive travel from Villa avenue when it has been opened through the Ladd farm, and from Montavllla to Fairview. Hawthorne avenue extends to West avenue, or East Sixtieth street, and is to he paved to Fifty-fifth street this year if the contract is let. It Is 70 feet wide for the main portion of the distance, and already is lined with some of the finest residences on the East Side. Division street is yet in the making-, between Tenth street and the city limits. The travel is heavy over this street, and it is to be paved to the city limits. It will be one of the important streets. Powell Valley road, which fur nishes access to the city from the Mount Scott district, will, be a great street in the future, when it has been taken over from the county and made a street. Milwaukie avenue, leading to Mil- waukie. is also an Important business highway, and carries a large travel. There is now a movement to Improve an these important streets extending from East Water street to provide bet ter access from the surrounding sub-' urbs. This can be done only by mak ing the streets and taking them out of the control of the countv. it WATCH THE MOVEMENT down the river." See Harborton adv. Page 6, Section 3. Pumps that fit at Rosenthal's. , " x-v , - x i i. & .TTS.siWM: - " - -fc3xa- -x-. .S r. .-f-- J If J 1 t A Wkw.SI'S "-x 5?55?i.'- a- w v . xv- .K-.y St few t 'oaiA -i&nWiSfew-llfe. i COM Vxv x , "'-'lessfa 1 j 3 THESE BEAUTIFUL SISTER ADDITIONS LOYEILMGHaSdEL T0A ARE THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT rxs.vsMrtt. I itu JIN I Mli PENINSULA FROM THE INVESTOR'S STANDPOINT THEY OUTSHINE ALL FROM THE HOME BUILDER'S STANDPOINT THEY OUTCLASS ALL A splendid view of the mountains from every lot. They are near good schools, car service' uneaualed, both Woodlawn and Vancouver -car, ran to the property, only 18 minutes from the West Side business district The great steam whistle. of the Swift Packing Plant and Monarch Lumber Company's sawmillsll be plainly i&tSJTirf,tafeter addition8' and stm not any of the bad ef-ts & The immense traffic between Vancouver and Portland will come over Union avenue, which lies between these sister additions. No doubt but there will be a great advance on present prices of property when near that great business avenue. r r j UMr DON'T PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME Put a few dollars per month in these beautiful lots, and you are on the road to DrosDerifv mJfd. T WITH Y0US -d yonTiStt thing for a rainy day or old age. office open evkkixgs. COME IN AND TALK WITH US BRONG- STEELE CO. Phones Main 1743; A 1743 HO SECOND STREET
