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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1909)
TITE SUTAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 11, 1909. WEEK OF ACTIVITY ! Three Hospitals Participate in Portland's Building Rush I 'ROOF TO BE OF INTEREST TO HOMEBUIDLERS PLEASES. DEALERS Garden Crowns Good Samari tan Hospital Annex. Vancouver, B. C, Capitalist to Invest His All in Port land Realty. ' ay State Palif TWO INSTITUTIONS GROW WARD BUYS THREE SITES HERE Bishop Scaddlng Purchases Lot on Portland Heights Two More Apartment - Houses Planned. $40,000 Deal Completed. With the building permits of last week more than doubling the total attained by the previous seven days, and big sales permeating the real estate transfers, the market is flourishing beyond the Summer hopes of dealers and a banner record is rredlcted for July and Augusf. usually the slowest months of the year. Trans fers of the week began auspiciously with the sale of half a lot at Morrison and Park streets for $75,000. big sales on the Kast Side were numerous and many transfers of holdings on the Heights helped to swell the record which wav ered until after the Fourth. Illustrating the sound position of Port land and assuring dealers as well as buy ers of the worth of its opportunities and sites, a capitalist of Vancouver, B. C, dropped Into town last week and after a two-days' view of Portland, bought three pieces of property and returned to the Dominion to close out his interests there, that he may Invest his all In this city. The capitalist whom Portland Im pressed so strongly Is Ira U Ray. who in tended merely to visit here and probably Invest after consideration. One sight seeing trip over the city sufficed; he bought two sites on Portland Heights af ter the first glance, and after a tour on the river he selected a site on the banks of the, Willamette above Mllwaukie for a Summer home. Impressed most favorably by Portland Heights, where he was clceroned by D. K. Keasey, the Vancouver capitalist first bought a house and lot at Elizabeth and Seventeenth streets In Grovers Addition, paying $6000 for the property. In viewing this location a lot 65x100 feet on Eliza beth and Chapman streets, also In Orov er"s Addition, caught his eye and he ne gotiated its purchase before the Ink on the first deed was dry. For the second Bite the visitor paid $3750. The deal cover ing the purchase of a Summer home-site near Mllwaukie on the river has not yet been closed, but a deposit was made In dicating the sale will be completed upon the return of the capitalist to settle here. , Negotiated more than six months ago, a deal was closed yesterday transferring a half block of the estate of Chauncey F. Winslow to Edgar B. Piper, D. J. Ma larkey and I. N. Fleischner for $40,000. The property is located on the west side of Fifteenth street, between Quimby and Raleigh streets. The purchase was mid" as an Investment through E. J. Daly. Bishop Scaddlng was one of the in vestors of the busy week, having pur chased a lot In Portland Heights at Nineteenth and Spring streets, for $4750. from the H. P. Palmer-Jones Company, represented In the deal by C. C. Menzles. This sale showed the popu larity of Heights property, two pros pective buyers putting In bids for the site, not knowing Bishop Scaddlng had placed a deposit to assure his posses sion of It. The deal was closed yes terday afternoon. Apartment-houses are growing in fa vor, the permits of the week showing two more buildings of this type will be erected in the near future. Oh Fifth street, between Hall and Harrison. "William Isensee plans to build a struc ture consisting of four stories and a basement, which will contain 32 apart ments of four rooms each. In the . apartment-house to rise on Twelfth street next to Temple Beth Israel every guest will be- obliged to be his own elevator boy. The struc ture will be six stories high and the elevator service will be operated by a push button system, a red light show ing when the cage Is busy. Plans for the structure have been prepared by Goodrich, sKlng & Goodrich, for J. o. Hanthorn, the owner, and the contract calls for the building to be ready for oecnuancv in four month The structure will be absolutely mcpruoi, me aoors and baseboards to be the only frame material used In its construction. it win nni. i . and three-room apartments, each of vuiuii win possess a wan sare for the Protection Of lewelrv nnri Uvav.w---. A vacuum air cleaning system is one of the modern Improvements planned am- me structure. A telegram received yesterday by Henry Fries, .president of the Portland Realty Board, .from R. D. Cone, presi dent of the MlnneanollK Pas l tt. . Board? announces that 30 members of mm organization, including eight women, will visit Portland Tuesday morning. July 13. at 7:20 o'clnotr nrv- ing over the O. R. & N. by way of Colorado Springs and Denver. They will be met at the depot by a commit tee oi me Portland Kealtv Board, fnn Fisting of the executive committee George D. Schalk. H. P. Palmer, Will H. Walker. J. O. Hanthorn, E. Sweet, Mr. Fries and Secretary Rountree. The Tarty will be escorted to the Commer cial Club, where it will be entertained at breakfast. Later the visitors will be guests of the Realty Board in a sightseeing trip throughout the city by streetcar and automobiles. Impbrtant among the large deals of the week was the sale of 50 feet front age on Burnslde street, between Sev enth, and Park streets, for $20,000. the purchaser being a local investor whose name is withheld. The property was sold through the agency of Goldsmith & Co., and adjoins the garage conduct ed by H. L. Keats. The fill on East Ninth street across Stephen's Slough makes East Ninth one of the longest thoroughfares In East Portland. It is to extend south to Cay wood street and be improved to that point. For Brooklyn district the com pletion of the embankment through Ste phens' Slo,ugh is of great Importance. Its cost was about $25,000. A fill Is being made on Grand avenue across Stephens' Slough. Material is be ing hauled from the O. W. P. property near Ross Island. The haul Is short one, allowing the work to proceed rap Idly and the fill will be completed this month. The whole of Stephens' Slough is being filled between the river and East. Eighth street; first with sawdust, then with a coating of earth. The Irvlngton Investment Company sold two lots, 9 and 10. In block 10. Irv lngton, to Edward Blanchard, a com mercial salesman, for $2200. He will build a residence there. ... - ..... .... v . r h " "fnU SfrOT- JinT I j sMrht 1 i :v-l i ji 'fr ; I - kxi In I i g a -vv, - i iiwiiwiMiwaiM ' ' mnm in n ii ii I,, , 3. DISTRICT IS . THRIVING HANDSOME HOMES DOT HOLLA DAY ADDITION. f Improvements Extend Beyond Hard Surface Locality Residents Anx ious About Gulcli Bridge. Many attractive homes are being erect ed in Holladay Addition, flolladay Park and Irvlngton, the structures ranging in cost rrom $2500 to $12,000. Thls residence district 'Is regarded as one of the best on the East Side. Many hard-surface street pavements are being laid and more aro In prospect. Receiving an Impetus from the Irvlngton Improvement Club, which' nearly a year ago formed a hard-surface territory, this class of street Improve ments has been the rule. Very little of the cheaper grades of street Is being laid in this territory, 90 per cent of the pave ments being hard surface. J- Grand avenue has been improved with hard surface between Holladay avenue and Broadway and will soon be paved to Sulllvans Gulch. The concrete founda tion is down and part of the asphalt has been placed. Broadway street is to be paved east for some distance from Union avenue. Rain has delayed the comple tion of the pavement. East of Fifteenth street, beginning with the home of C. B. Moores. which eosf nearly $20,000, there is an area cov ered by many of the most attractive res idences on the East Side. On Multnomah street may be counted residences cover ing many tflocks each costing from $5000 to $15,000. Most of theae dwellings were erected in the last few months. Hard-surface pavements have been laid through this section. Councilman R. E- Menefee declares ho will insist that the contract for the erec tion of the steel bridge across Sulllvans Gulch at East Twelfth street be let as soon as possible. The old wooden bridge at this point is worn out and needs re placing. Residents north of Sulllvans Gulch ar6 anxious for something to be done with the reinforced concrete bridge across Sul llvans Gulch on East Twenty-eighth street. The bridge Is one of the problems turned over to Mayor Simon. The prop ertyowners north of Sulllvans Gulch in tend asklrtg fhe new administration to dispose of the bridge question in some way. There is a great district north of the bridge, and the people are anxious to have the question settled definitely. AV. R. Hoover Is erecting several resi dences lr. Hollacay Addition He has just let the contract with Velguth & Pierce for a residence to be built at 663 Wasco street. Velguth A Pierce have just finished a $4500 residence for Mr. Hoover at 660 Wasco street. The new building at 663 Wasco street will be 2Sx40 feet, and the cost is estimated af $4000. It will Contain seven rooms. Mr. Hoover Is also planning to erect a residence on East Nineteenth and Wasco streets at a cost of $5000. Mrs. Susun McCaulev, his sister is erecting a dwelling at 676 Wasco street af; & cost of $3500. The plans for the new edifice for the First XJriversalist Church, Broad.wav and East Twenty-fourth streets, have " boa I J... I . IJ.. -- I I I'l 'l 1 " ----M.MM--wW.WK.WM..WWWWW K -JCf JHj - th ii -1? nil a ! si if fc rWr An w -if fit E iQTH'fjt tZ - n sj il It : 1 i L '?jTl I ' ' 1 i p-vilu Us ;UVw-Ssc---; i Si - - . -r-JI I adopted, and the contract will probably be let this month. The building will be of brick, and the cost la -estimated at 115,000. The church secured three lots, and could have sold the property at a great advance, but the trustees are well satisfied with the purchase in the grow ing neighborhood and intend to hold fhe site. s Many attractive residences are being erected beyond East Twenty - fourth street, although the hard-surface district ends at that thoroughfare. If the at tempt to delay street railway construc tion falls, nearly two miles of tracks will be built' in this district at once, the local ity having outgrown present railway, fa cilities. Tho Broadway bridge will prob ably be the natural route for many of the street lines north of Holladay ave nue, which now use the railroad bridge. Bank Building; to Be Krected. Contract for the erection of the two story brick building for the Mllwaukie State Bank has been let, and work has been started. It will cost $11,000. On the front and one side the structure will be faced with pressed brick. Ow ing to difficulty in getting brick there has been delay in the erection of this building. Xino Acres Sold. Lind & Higie"y have sold a.nlne-acre tract on, the Section Line Road, four miles from the Mount Tabor reser voir, to Northby Craven . Investment Company, for $3600. The land is un der cultivation, and was purchased from S. Tomlinson and Julia Stanton. Operating: Amphitheater' of St. Vin cents Is Addition's Feature. Homeopathic Hospital on East Side Is Xearlng Completion.. In the enormous building operations of Portland three hospitals play an Important part. Two of the older in stitutions are just completing large an nexes and a third refuge for the ail ing Is rising on the East Bide. By the first of the year the annex of St. Vin cent's Hospital will most probably be ready for occupancy, the annex -of the Good Samaritan Hospital Is receiving Its last touches, and the Homeopathic Hospital, on Multnomah street, unique in d-lgn. Is progrrenlng steadily and will be thrown open In six months. Standing out as features of these vast improvements, the St. Vincent's annex contain Mn operatlng'amphltheater wor thy of a most modern medical college, a roof gurdr-n will crown the Good Samari tan Hospital, an elevator being arranged to transport patients there- without ef fort, and every end of every story of the Homeopathic Hoepltal will be an open air dormitory or resting place for pa tient. " Five stories high and conforming al most exactly to -the lines of the older building, the annex of St. Vincent's Hos pital will represent one of the most mod ern structures of the kind in the United States. The annex will contain 20 wards. or 80 rooms, 20 private bathrooms inter spersing. The entire fifth floor will be devoted to operating rooms and an op erating amphitheater with a gallery for clinics will be a feature of this portion of the building. Five of the smaller op erating rooms on this floor will be re served for specialists. Corridors Finished in Tiling. All the corridors throughout the build ing are In tiling and the entire fifth floor, Including walls, is tiled, as a protective measure In the performance of operations. The hospital addition is a strictly' fire proof structure and when completed will represent the expenditure of more than $250,000. Another improvement under way at St. Vincent's Hospital is the building of a new powerhouse In the rear of the main structure. The olid boilers Ni-ill be replaced and by the time the annex is ready for occupaftcy the new power plant will be In operation. Completion of the annex makes 250 private rooms the capac lty of the hospital, exclusive of the gen eral ward space. ( About completed, the annex to the Good Samaritan Hospital also contains fea tureo not excelled by institutions in the larger cities of the Union. The base ment houses the main kitchen, a huge cold storage plant and the boiler-room. The ground- floor is reserved particular ly for administration offices, a dispensary and the main dining-room. On the sec ond floor yie surgery room is located, a large sterilizing room and an X-ray de partment adjoining. On this floor, an an esthetic room, recovery rooms and wait ing rooms are also located, as well as ( three padded cells for violent patients. This floor also contains suites reserved for the house physicians, in close touch, with the men's ward, located on the same floor. On the third floor the childrens" ward occupies a large space, balconies on both sides affording ample room for the con valescing tots. On this floor. 13 private rooms are also located. The fourth floor Is reserved for the chapel, fitted In Gothic style, and a num ber of private rooms, all of which face the street, but by their height miss the din of passing traffic. Probably the most unique feature of the Good Samaritan annex is the roof gar den, for which the top of the structure Is fitted, the elevator being so placed that patients may reach the roof retreat with little effort. ' Homeopathic Hospital Grows. By the end of' the year the Homeo pathic Hospital, at Multnomah and "East Third streets, will be ready for patients, the brick work now being installed rap Idly. The south end of each of the four stories will form solariums, where In clement weather the patients will be en abled to take fresh air treatments, for which the hospital is especially built. The building as It now stands, its framework complete, even to the roof, gives an Insight into its capacity for af fording light and fresh air;to patients. All sides appear to be formed of huge win dows and at each end are large open spaces, which can either be used as sleep ing quarters at night or resting places throughout the day, every point affording a fine view of the heights and river. -..The present building will contain 75 beds and Is only one-fourth of the N size of the structure as originally .planned, the, hospital In view by the Homeopathic Association to occupy an entire block and be composed of four wings, each of which Is to be a counterpart of the structure now standing. 1 PRICE BAR -TO PLANT ST. JOHN ASKS EXORMOCS "AMOUNT FOR SITE. Portland Company Demurs at Pay . ingr $230,000 for Water front Location. The price for waterfront property in St. John is considered prohibitive. At the last meeting of the St. John Commercial tlub, a communication was received from a Portland company which seeks a site for a plant that would give employment to 300, and maybe 500 people. Twenty acres are wanted for the plant, but only one offer of 14 acres for $230,000 was made. A short distance away a SO-acre site may be had for $250,000. It was suggested at the club meeting that the County Assessor's attention be called to the big prices asked. Four steel bridges will be built across the railroad cut through the Peninsula, at Depot street, Dawson street, Wil lamette boulevard and Columbia boule vard. They will be 60 feet wide. 90 feet high and the spans cross Willamette boulevard and Dawson street wfH be 337 feetlong. The roadways will be 40 feet wide - and the sidewalks 10 feet wide. Foundations and abutments are to be of concrete with a 4-tnch asphalt surface. The cost of each bridge will be $60,000. and the plans show that provisions have been- made for four tracks through the railroad cut. THE OXLV PAINT MAXCFACTURED OX THE PACIFIC COAST COMPLYING WITH THE EASTERN Pl'RE PAINT STATE LAWS. FORMULA ON EVERY PACKAGE. Honeyman Hardware Co. HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERYTHING IN PAINT PACIFIC IRON WORKS O. E. Heintz, Manager. 'Portland, Or. CASTINGS and STRUCTURAL WORK Carry complete stock of Steel Beams, Angles and Channels. Acs: - SALES RECORD CLIMBS . ' - ; c PJUANS DRAWN" FOR AVESTMORE LAND'S FIRST HOUSE. Crystal Farm Is Sold for $9 700. Many East Side Homes Under Way. The Columbia - Trust Company an nounces the sale of 12 lots In the West moreland Addition, . Crystal Farm, on Mllwaukie avenue, for $9700. Plans have been prepared for a 6-room dwelling for H. O. Dickens, to be erected in West moreland, which will be the first house to be built there. Other dwellings are planned for the tract and extensive Im provements are to be begun soon. John Manning. ex-Dlstrlct Attorney, will erect a $4000 residence on the Base Line road, near Montavllla- It will be a two-story, seven-room building, .32x40 feet. S. Kinsman, has the contract. T, K. Kearney, a conductor on the Southern Pacific Railroad, living at Rose burg, has purchased a six-room house and lot on Kast Twenty-second and Division streets for $3700 for his own occupancy. Attorney B. E. Harney has had plans prepared for an eight-room residence on East - Fifteenth and Thompson streets. Irvlngton, to cost $3500. Jacobsen & Ost bye have the general contract. Wilson S. Hamilton has purchased from F. Wohlrade . an acre tract in Brent wood Addition, Just south of Tremont Place,, on the Mount Scott Railway, for $2002. There Is a six-room residence on the slte. :. Captain A. P. Pearson has had plans prepared for a seven-room residence to be erected on East Twenty-seventh and Fremont streets, to cost $3200. Murray & Woods are the architects. They have also prepared plans for a uuilding for E. L. Barber on Killlngsworth avenue. W. J. "Albert has purchased through Mall A Von Borstel a lot on Halsey and Twenty-sixth streets. He will build a residence -'on the s.lte immediately. The E. P. Mall Company has sold for the Helple Estate three lots on the southwest corner of Grand avenue and Hoyt street to Stein Brothers for $13,000. The new owners will erect a butldlrg on the lots later. . .. , R. R: Dingle, of Atkins & Company, has purchased a lot on East Everett and East Twentieth streets for $3600. It is occupied by a dwelling, which will be moved to one side of the lot to make room for a modern residence. Work will be started next month on the three-story brick store and office building to be erected on the northwest corner of East Morrison street and Grand avenue for A. Prier. There will be a full basement and the cost of the struc ture' will be between $25,000 and $30,000. At pesent the corner is occupied by small structures. 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