THE STJXTJAT OREGONTA, PORTLAND, MAY J, 1VS
COMBINE PUTS UP
PRICE OF PIPING
S5B560 First of all ypti -must realize .-that Good
Cost to Residents Along New
Brooklyn Sewer More Than
Double Usual Figure.
BIG CONDUIT COMPLETED
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Present Values at Venice,
Cal., a salt marsh transformed
into a Wonderland:
Windward avenue $9000 and upward per
50-foot lot.
.Zephyr avenue $7500 and upward per 50
foot lot.
Ocean Front $4850 and upward per 50
fbot lot.
Inside lots, side streets $2000 to $4000 for
a thirty-foot lot.
Three years ago these lots sold for $750
and upward for a 50-foot frontage.
These wonderful increases in valuation
are directly due to just such development1
as is now in progress at Bayocean.
None of these resorts had any of the nat
ural attractions of Bayocean, yet see the
present values the result of a few years.
Bayocean, which has always been a beauti
ful natural resort, will thus surpass these
resorts in its complete attractions.
- s VJindva a foot.. -parls. s1
and up- ,cand eacTa- .
- - What you should
know about BAYOCEAN
Two and one-half hours from Portland. On the grove-covered peninsula which shuts in Tillamook Bay,
57 miles west of Portland. Two unequaled beaches bound it a perfect ocean beach and a bay beach as
smooth and clean as the oceanside. Seventen miles of paved streets, 34 miles of sidewalks, mountain water
and electric lights to every lot a $350,000 hotel, the largest plunge bath in the world, 500 by 1000 .feet, on
the bay side; a four-mile boulevard, and a 20-aere amusement park are special features. These improvements,"
which will cost an aggregate of $1,000,000, are absolutely guaranteed in your contract. Select your lot now
while prices are low. Small payments. ' f
Stereopticon pictures of California
and Northwest scenery, including Bay
ocean, at Hall 452, Sherlock Building,
Third and Oak, Tuesday evening, 8 P.
M. Admission free.
POT TER-CHAPIN REALTY COMPANY
514 CORBETT BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR.
. . ' . Main 7$24 Home A 6291
416 R. A. LONG BUILDING
Kansas City, Mo.
901 MONADNOCK BLDG.,
San Francisco, Cal.
Contractors Soon Ready to Deliver
Work to City, but Terra Cotta
Firm and Plumbers Expect
ed to Prey on Owners.
The long line of residents on the East
Side wno are Interested In the new Brook
lyn sewer are noon to be apprised of the
fa.t -.hat It will devolve on them to pay
the direct and the final assessments on
the Improvement and then to meet the
plumber, who is to charge them for
the cost of the connection into the house.
It was said In the office of City En
gineer Taylor yesterday that he expected
at any time to be notified that the con
tractors who have the work in charge
are ready to deliver it as finished. When
this is done It is the duty of the En
gineer to report the fact to the Execu
tive Board, which will make the final
acceptance tf the job. That there will
be so.iie surprises in store for the prop
erty owners is foreshadowed by the fact
that there has been a combine of the
plumbers and the ones who have charge
of the terra-cotta ilpe supply of the
city and vicinity. This combine "has
for its end the usual aim of all trusts
the boosting of the price of the com
modity. Cannot Escape Tinder Law.
Instead of paying the normal sum a
foot for the pipe, which should be about
10 cents, this amount will be more than
doubled, and the price of 25 cents will
prevail. When it is taken into consider
ation that there will be In the neighbor
hood of 1.000.000 feet of the connection,
pipe used some idea may be gained of the
grand holdup that is contemplated to ex
tract overplus from the tenants and the
property-owners who are compelled under
the ordinance now in effect to make the
sewer connections whether they desire to
do so or not. The plumber .is to be
charged 20 cents a foot for the pipe by
the pipe trust, and the plumber is to do
as he likes about his charge to the In
dividual. The traps In the office of the City En
gineer show that the distance from Tag
gart street, where the. sewer empties
into the Willamette River, to Marguerite
avenue, where the trunk line ends, is
11.081 feet. This includes the north and
the south branches of the sewer sys
tem. The south branch of the sewer
extends to Holgate street and the north
branch to the end of the line. It has
been figured out that there are 2300 acres
to be CKsessed and an allowance of six
lots to the acre has been made, so that
there will be a total f 1.1.800 connections
to be made by the plumber.
In each of these instances it will "be
necessary to lay at least 50 feet of the
pipe that Is to be furnished by the com
bine, and It only requires a little calcula
tion to prove that the minimum of the
total IH b 650.000 feet. The statement
was made by one of the officials at the
City Hall that there will be an average
of at least TO feet a lot. and In that
Instance the total will be brought up to
9t0.000 feet, or very nearly the million
mark. Then there are other things to
be taken Into consideration that are re
quired In order to make the proper con
nections with the lateral or sub-sewcrs
or the trunk line itself. The pipe trust
will be called upon to furnish numerous
bends, ells, ys, ts and the like, for which
it is at liberty to charge double the
rate on the straight pipe.
Other Firms Kept Out.
All the connections between the
house and the main lines are to be of
the six-foot variety of terra-cotta or the
vitrified product'. Attempts have been
made by other concerns to get a foothold
In the Portland pipe market, but all of
these have failed from the fact that the
trust controls the clay mounds that are
avAilnhle for the supply of the propet
material for the making of the pipe.
Although the residents concerned in the
Brooklyn sewer are in the main delighted
with the Idea that they are to be re
lieved of a great many nuisances thereby,
still they look askance at the idea that
they will be relegated into the hands of
the plumber and the trust and be charged
double the amount they should pay for
the connections. Besides the cost of the
pipe. It will be required of them to put
down 50 cents a foot for the laying of the
draln-ige equipment.
Records of the past are here brought
up to r.how what has been charged as
direct and final assessments for the Cook
avenue and the lrvingtbn sewers, which
were finished within the past few years.
Vor those who were within the 100-foot
limit of the sewer, in the instance of the
Irvlngton. the sum of $43.60 was charged
and the final was $22.40. making a total
of $66. The Cook avenue direct was $45
and the additional was $34.60. or a total
of $79.00. Reference Is also made to the
Sunnylde sewer, which cost the property-owners
an average of $65. This,
of course, has nothing to do with the
work of the plumber -and the supply of
the smaller pipe by the trust. Figures go
to show, however, that the cost of the
connections In the majority of Instances
was equal to the sum total of the com
bined assessments. The trunk sewer and
the lateral or fcub-sewer, is made entirely
of brick and stone, whereas the balance
must be terra -cotta or vitrified pipe,
which Is solely In the hands of the
plumber and the trust.
Eager Inquiry has been made by many
of the residents of the East Side as to
what proportions the cost of the assess
ment will this time grow and as to what
they will have to pay the plumber and
the tr-ist. Concerning the assessments.
It Is not possible at the present time
to get exact information at the City
Hall. The calculations are in the hands
of James Gill. leputy City Auditor. He
lias not commenced on the work of fig
tiring because of the failure of the con
tractors to report on the finishing of
the contract. The city, of course, will
charge Just the cost of the work, but
those who have to pay are looking with
fcome trepidation toward the trust and
the plumber. Tills Is notwithstanding the
fact that the latter declares that he Is
not 'n aivy combine to overcharge the
property-owner.
Fleet Honors Please Japan. '
TOKIO, May 1. The cordial reception
tendered the Japanese training squad
ron by the people of California has had
an excellent effect here. The news
papers unite in saying that it proves
that the best class of Americans are
friendly to Japan. The hospitable at
titude of the Pacific Coast states,
towards the squadron generally ami
toward the Imperial Commission to
the Alaaka-Yukon-Pacluc Exposition
has done much to remove any misun
derstandings existing in the minds of
thfl Japanese. The leading newspapers
f Tokio devote considerable space to
dltorlaJa on the subject today.
TAX AT FULL VALUE
State Board Sends Instruc
tions to County Assessors.
OFFICERS' HELD TO DUTY
Former Assessment Figures and
Statements of Property-owners
Xot to Be Accepted as Final.
- Officers to TJse Judgment.
SALEM, Or., May a. (Special.) The
Board of State Tax Commissioners is en
gaged in codifying and compiling the
laws relating to assessment matters, and
in the preparation of a large amount of
preliminary material necessary before
taking up the active work in the field.
The commission has prepared and itiailed
to every County Assessor in the state a
circular letter setting forth the powers
and duties of the commission, and calling
attention to some of the discrepancies In
the enforcement of the present tax laws.
It is expected that in a few days the
members of the commission will be ready
to make personal calls on many of the
Assessors of the state.
The letter sent out by the commission
is in part as follows:
"Assuming that it is the intention and
purpose of each Assessor to do his full
duty, he should make every possible ef
fort to find ail the taxable property of
his county and assess every part at what
he honestly believes is its true ca6h value,
or what it should sell for at a voluntary
sale made In the usual course of busi
ness. "This board expects each Assessor to be
an Assessor in fact, to exercise his inde
pendent judgment, and for the valuation
entered on the assessment rolls under his
direction he and no one else is to be held
responsible. In making assessments on
all property, both real and personal, he
should neither accept the statement of
the property-owner as conclusive as to
value, nor take the assessment made by
any former Assessor or for any former
year as a necessary standard.
"In many of the counties valuations on
all or nearly all forms of property are
unquestionably far below those required
by law. We insist that the Assessor of
every such county should cut loose from
this unfortunate practice and adopt a new
scale of assessments based, as nearly as
Is possible, on. actual cash values. In a
county where voluations have been very
low,' the Assessor makes a mistake in
trying to Increase them slightly from
year to year. The law does not author
ize such procedure, and, furthermore. It Is
safest and best to make the increase at
once. As soon as fair and uniform valua
tions are established on a true cash basis,
many of the complaints, which taxpayers
have rightly made cease, and the Asses
sor's difficulties for succeeding years are
minimized. Every Assessor who makes a
conscientious effort to" comply with the
law and to do his full duty as an Assessor
will find his work approved and sustained
by this board at all times.
"Low valuations will gain nothing for a
county in the apportionment of state
taxes. By Independent investigation, the
board will obtain reliable information as
to the ratio of assessed values to actual
values in the different counties and will
equalize the county summaries to estab
lish an equitable basis of apportionment.
Proper allowance will also be made in
case any form of taxable property is. as
sessed by part of the Assessors and omit
ted by others."
EX-CROWN PRINCE PUZZLE
Servia Unable to Fathom Plans of
Former Heir to Throne.
BERLIN, May 1. (Special.) Belgrade
newspaper editors seem anxious to set
rid bf Irince George. They daily sug
gest new plans and professions which the
ex-Crown Prints might take up abroad,
but he Ignores all hints and is prolonging
bis stay indefinitely. He seems deter
mined to make the best of his time here
in his new capacity, and enjoys himself
at last without restraint.
A few days ago he attended the ball at
the officers casino. Contrary to his
wont, which was to take up a position
from which he could watch the dance
and stare the ladies out of countenance,
he shuffled the light fantastic toe him
self until 4 o'clock in the morning.
Current reports of his intentions for
the future mostly emanate from himself.
He acknowledged to a friend that he
had no fixed plans, and merely stopped
the mouth of his questioners with any
replies that entered his head.
For the moment his chief occupation
is advising his successor on what he
should cultivate and what to avoid, with
a point of malice insisting on the re
strictions attached to the state he has
himself laid down.
Exports of New Zealand in IMS were
SIS.000.00O less in value than in 1907. Re
duced prices of wool account for half the
decrease. Imports increased $5,000,000.
making a total favorable balance of trade
loss of $2.i.ono.ono.
Beaverton-Reedville Acreage
S "The Pasadena of Oregon" .
3500 acres platted into tracts of. y to 20 acres each, with completed road to
each tract.
, 40 minutes out on the Fourth-street railway, 5 trains each way per day, road
soon to be electrified. '
Land lies beautifully, soil very fertile and especially adapted to fruit, nuts
and vegetables.
700 bomesites here, of an average size of 5 acres insure wonderful commu
nity development.
Now selling in such sized tracts as yon desire, at from $100 to $250 per acre.
- Small cash payment, balance to suit purchaser.
Call and arrange to go with us, without expense to you, and examine this
property. . -
The Shaw-Fear Company
. 24514 Stark Street.
An Acre Instead of a Lot
And at Less Price
Only 29 Minutes From Center of City
While the lots are 50 minutes' ride to the same spot, which is the best invest
ment? Stop and think it out for yourself, before you purchase. Saving 21
minutes coming and going each workhig day means an actual saving in time
for the year of 9 days and 2 hours. Then you have an acre of fertile soil, beau
tifully situated, instead of a lot. ' "
Metzger Acre Tracts
are unequaled from any standpoint. On the Salem Electric line, commanding
a lovely panoramic view of the surrounding country, capable of producing cx
- cellent crops of all kinds of vegetables, fruit, berries or walnuts. These acres, in
addition to being the most desii"able homesites, can also be made to produce a
handsome revenue. Come out today and see for yourself.
$2SO Per Acre and Up
TEEMS 10 per cent cash and 3 per cent of the purchase price per month.
, INTEREST 6 per cent per annum ou deferred payments.
ON CASH PAYMENTS a discount will 03 allowed.
On the Salem Electric line. Get off at Metzger Station and our agents will take
pleasure in showing you around. -. ;
For particulars and descriptive plat, call at our Portland office, 226-228
Front street, or at Metzger Station. All carsstop at Metzger's.
Herman Metzger, Owner
Office Phones, Main 474, A 1374. Phone at Station, M. 6409. .