THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 15, 1909.
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BUILDING RAGE ON
LARGE SALES DOT
WEEK'STRANSFERS
APARTMENT HOUSES ARE PORTLAND CRAZE
Thirty Apartment Houses Rise
Here in Two Years.
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'lay Slate Pairt"
Small Purchases Predominate j
bnt Period Forebodes a
Lively September.
.CITY ENLIVENS MARKET!
Proposed Purchase or Two Jail Sites
and Acres for Park by Portland
Are Stimulant Many Bar
gains Recorded.
Small sales predominating, a few larg
transfers Interspersing, last week could
not be regarded as the banner period of
the dull season, but it was encouraging
nevertheless and based many predictions
r that next month' would be a record
it breaker In the realty field. The city it
. self was prominent in near-deals last
' week, the police committee announcing
its Intention to buy two sites for ub-
Jails on the East Side, and the Mayor
favorirur the purchase of a portion of the
, Hazel Fern tract near Sunnystde for park
y purposes. Tren the County Coinmission
( ars enlivened the week by the purchase
J of a new county farm near Troutdaie.
' Two big deals hi Portland Heights prop
Vrtv nre still nendinf. surveva of the land
concerned and examination of the ab-
Irnrli Hofervlnir their consummation.
The Corbett estate la negotiating with the
' purchase of five acre at Terrace drive
and Patton road in view, and Paul Wes
slnger contemplates the purchase of a
block on Vista avenue, south of the Ford
street bridjte. from Mrs. Preston Smith.
It Is believed these purchases will ewell
the real estate transfers of this week, in
one case a deposit of 11000 having been
made.
One of the Important sales of the week
recorded the transfer of "Hie F. R. May
i home at East Twenty-eighth and E.iet
Morrison streets to J. O. Elrod for $13,000.
This price Is regarded as a bargain for
' the purchaser, smaller and less promi-
nept honvsites In the vicinity demanding
' a higher figure.
' Another sale aleo veiling a bargain waa
the transfer of a corner site at Four
teenth and Clay streets to Ethel C. Bulli
vant by Herman Trenkman for a sum
said to be in the neighborhood of $16,000.
' The site Is occupied by two rent-bearing
hous.-'e which are said to earn a hand
some rate of interest on the comparative
ly email sum involved.
C. S. Nightingale, of the Willamette
Iron & 9lee! Works, was one of last
week's purchasers. P. H. Blyth having
transferred to him a home at Wilson and
Newton streets for Mono. This la also
considered a bargain, many lota alone In
Willamette Heights selling for the sum
given for a house and lot In this Instance.
Riverfront suburban homesites appear
frequently in the real estate transfere and
desirable rlverfrontage homesites are
now reported as very scarce. C. D. Brunn.
manager of the Blake-McFall Paper
Company, and George D. Schalk. pur
chased last week from Henry Iadd Cor
bett a nine-acre tract In the Rlverwood
' subdivision of Rtveraale. This Is the site
where the old White House was situated
a number of years ago. The price paid
. was S50.CHO. Both purchasers will improve
the tract with beautiful homes. The sale
was made through the agency of Chapia
& Herlow.
Fred Maliloux. a prominent merchant of
North Yakima, purchased from Mrs.
Phoebe Breyman two and a half acres at
Palatine Hill. In the Rlverdale district,
for $3.vo. A modern home will be erected
on &4 site.
T. Lane and A. M. Grilley bought two
lot In Oearhart Park and will erect
Summer homes on the property. A num.
bor of Boise. Idaho, people, are selecting
lot. In the same neighborhood. Intimating
that thta section may become a Boise
community.
Miss Lillian B. Clark, principal of the
Clinton, Iowa, school, and Mrs. Minnie B.
Temple purchased three business lots In
Gearhart Park, and upon the return of
M:ss Clark next year they will construct
a business building to occupy the entire
site.
All three of the forgoing sales were
made by Chapin & Herlow.
The Otto Harkson Realty Company
made the following sales last week:
Carl aril Julia hmMt. a lft-room nouae.
t loTS Corbett atraet. to J. M. Luther for
fi'0-lO.
Lewis Bi:sell to Charlea H. NtrhtiniraTa.
lt SI. M .-k 18. Willamette Helshta A(M1
tl -i. for J4'0.
Jarre J. Ar.Vravn to Christian Johnaon. of
1st Benton e:i-vt. a stra toulMirg. for $1.
Dan Oal'ow to A. Mirsr-. a S-room houae at
flrt Corl-ett street, for
Jca Kuml to Charles Stinerm and Q. Beg
ltrHrr. all the et.--k and tmrirnenta on a
ranrh on the ColumMa Kiver, for $40o.
Pan Callow to Junes J. Anderaon. a S
story buildlnir on the r.-mer of Corbett and
Bancroft streets, for TQoQ.
In the Improvement of streets the 9ev- ,
enth ward is doing well. Completion of
the fill on East Ninth street across Ste
phens' slough has made that street one
of the finest on the East Side. It will be
extended to Claywood street and' Im
proved, forming a connection with Mil
waukle street. The fill on Grand avenue
across Stephens' slough Is progressing
and witl be completed by the end of the
month. It will open another important
street across this slough with a solid fill.
Many streets have been Improved south
of Powell street between Milwaukle and
East Twenty-first streets, where a year
ago there were no streets. East Seven
teenth street is being Improved to Mid
way and will probably be paved on to
Sell wood.
The opening and placing on the market
of a considerable portion of the Ladd
farm, on the MilwauJtie road, will be a
great Incentive for the Seventh ward. Al
ready nearly $l'X.0rt worth of the prop
erty In Ihis new addition has been dis
posed of and building operations have
been started. At Midway many new
homes have been erected and others are
being built. Nearly all the streets be
tween Milwaukle and East Seventeenth
streets are being Improved, and new
huiMing area is being developed In thia
section. Completion of the Brooklyn
sewer system will permit a considerable
section to be drained and made available
for home building.
In the sale of the northwest corner of
Eleventh and Montgomery streets for C7.
UX a profit of lis.500 in a short period was
realized by G. J. Burns, the former
owner. Part of the property was bought
by Mr. Burns four years ago for $W0
and another portion was secured In 1K99
for $.. making his outlay only $9S00.
Among the Important Improvements
protected for the Seventh ward are the
Improvement of Division street between
Kan Tenth and East Forty-first streets
- with hard-surface pavement, to cost near
ly tJyi.OOO. the Improvement of all streets
In Westmoreland Addition on the Mil
waukle road, and the lading of water.
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sewer and gas mains at a cost of $200,000.
At Sellwood the propertyownera are. put
ting In a sewer system that will cost
completed $100,500. The East Side Lum
ber Company la completing a planing
plant at the foot of Spokane avenue that
will cost about $T5.000 when finished.
Mall & Von Borstel have sold for
Milton J. Jones the house and lot on
the southeast corner of East Sixteenth
and East Washington streets. The
purchaser Is a prominent Investor, who
expects to make the place his residence.
The consideration was $7S00.
MANY CONTRACTS LET
KAST SIDE CORNER IS SITE FOR
TWO-STORY BLOCK.
Railway to Build Carbarn Between
East Burnslde and East
Ankeny Streets. -
Peery & Wilson have let the contract
for the erection of a two-story brick
buildtns: to be erected on the corner
of Union avenue and Russell strtet, for
J15.000. The old frame structure that
stood on this corner has been razed,
nrenaratorr to active building opera
tions. The Cooper Sandstone & Con
struction Company has the contract for
erecting the walls of the Sunnyslde
Methodist Church, and, together with
the woodwork, let separately, contracts
to the amount of $25,000 have been
let on this building. The Danish Luth
eran Church has let the contract for a
manse on Union avenue and Morris
street for $1500. D. A. Grout na lei
the contract for his new home at Mount
Tabor for $10,000 to H. E. Wood
Company.
The Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company will erect new reinforced
concrete carbarns between East Burn-
ide and East Ankeny streets, at a
cost to range between $.10,000 and $40.-
000. The carbarns will have a capacity
to house 50 cars. The company'already
has a carbarn on East Burnside street
between East Burnside and East Couch
streets, one of the first to be erected
on the East Side, but It is not large
enough to handle the cars for the vari
ous lines on the East Ankeny dlvi
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The site Is occupied by a two-story frame
business building and flats, a cottage and
a two-story residence. The sale was
made through the agency of D. Parker
Bryon & Cb. to D. Solden. The property
as It stands nets 7 per cent on the Infc
vestment.
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Four lots situated in the vicinity of the
terminal site purchased recently by the
Oregon Railroad A Navigation Company
on the Peninsula were sold to E. N.
Hutchinson and associates last week,
through the agency of R. F. Bryan, for
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby, for $12,000. The
property comprises about five acres and
is described as the east half of the Car
Shell Addition. The new owners bought
for investment and will improve the prop
erty immediately by the erection of cot
tages, which they will place on the mar
ket. Another important deal consummated
last week was the sale of 29 acres on
East Gllsan atreet by Alfred L. Park
hurst to the Jacobs-Stlne Company for
$40,000. The property was known as the
Parkhurst tract and Is in the same local
ity aa Laurelhurst. The Jacobs-Stlne
Company Intends to make a residence
addition of the tract and Install bitulithto
streets and parked sidewalks.
It was Insistently reported throughout
the week that a corner of Seventh and
Yamhill streets had been sold for $125,000
and the .rumor gained credence by the
fact that the alte has been long sought
by the Portland Hotel for an annex.
That the sale had been consummated
was stated by realty dealers but partita
mentioned in the alleged transfer wero
noncommunlcatlve. ,
W. H. Mall announces that grading in
the Buckman tract, between East An
keny, East Everett. East Twenty-fourth
and East Twenty-fifth streets, will be
started In a few days. ThiB tract was
sold recently for $130,000. High blocks
north of East Burnside street will be
graded down and the material will be
used to nil up the depressions oeiween
East Burnside and East Ankeny streets.
Finds Wire Negress; Kills Her.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 14. Ascertaining
after eight years of married life that his
wife was a negress, Alfred Haberman, a
white man, today shot her and himself.
Neither can recover. Mrs. Haberman was
a beautiful woman, and looked like she
was white. The couple have a son 7
years of age.
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BRICK STRUCTURE NEAR COMPLETION.-
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Joseph Jacobberger, Architect.
DR, A. C. SMITH'S BUILDIXG AT FIFTH ATfD GLISAX STREETS.
TOUR TO HAVE- CLOCK
SCXM'SIDE M. E. CHURCH WILL
CHIME THE HOURS.
Cornerstone to Be Laid Soon Wor
shipers, Turned Away Sun
days, Are Anxious.
In the tower of the new stone Sunny
si.le Methodist Episcopal Church will be
placed a large clock, the chimes f
which will announce the hour, half and
Quarter hours. The contractora are now
receiving stone from Southern Oregon,
several carloads having arrived, and work
has been started on the walls. The corner
stone will be laid soon and the work of
building will be rushed. That the new
church la needed is shown every Sunday
when nearly 100 people -are turned away,
being unable to gain admittance,-- and
more than 100 new members have been
received in nine months. Rev. W. T.
Euster, the pastor. Is watching the
erection of the new building Instead of
leaving the city for his annual vacation.
The new church will be of fine cream
colored Cooper sandstone from Rose
burg, Or. rl ne central tower, 86 feet
high, will be square Instead of octagon,
as at first designed. This tower will
hold the large tower clock and chimes.
The organ loft for the pipe organ and
choir loft for a large chorus choir will
be. unique and of a type seldom seen
In the West. There will be a fine G.
A. R. -memorial window on Yamhill
street, with a profilaof Abraham Lincoln
and his Gettysburg speech in full and
a small colored representation of the
American flag. The basement is to be so
arranged that Institutional work can be
done to some extent. A fine stone porch
will give effect to the edifice. The con
tract calls for the completion of the
church in five months.
Reinforced concrete will be used on the
interior walls where it will be out of
sight, but at the same time strengthen
the structure. All outside walls will be
of range-work stone nicely 'pointed and
hammer dressed.
The Cooper Sandstone and Construction
Company has the stone contract. Mr.
Oppenlarder is In charge of the rest of
the work and H. N. Black Is the archi
tect in charge.
ONE BLOCK HARBORS FIVE
King and Washington Streets Picked
as Cejoters for Structures of
That Type East Side
Leans to Flats.
That $0 apartment-houses have been
erected in Portland, principally on the
West Side, in less than two years, is re
garded as a conservative estimate by
architects and contractors In the absence
of segregated permits by the Building
Inspector. In the last few months this
type of bulldjng has become so popular
Portland may be said tobe apartment
house ' mad in' the same manner that
Southern California cities are addicted
to what the New York Tribune term
"bungaloafirsT."
At the junction of King and Washing
ton streets is Portland's center of apart
ment-house construction. At least this
corner more than any other district of
the city is surrounded by apartment
houses, every available site seeming to
be occupied by structures of that nature.
But that It will not be the permanent
center is indicated by' the activity of
apartment-house construction in the
southern part of the city from Fifth
street as far west as Sixteenth street.
The East Side leans more to flats than to
apartment-houses, but the erection of W.
L. Morgan's . big apartment-house at
Grand avenue and East Stark street, this
may not continue to be the rule, as it
has been noted that the building of one
apartment-house imparts the fever and
several are frequently the result of the
construction of one.
A' feature of the apartment-houses of
Portland is that each Is distinctive, a
general style of architecture not govern
ing them all as a class. And while the
exteriors of the structures are widely
different, the Interior arrangements- also
show great variety of plans. Many of
the apartment-houses contain elevators
which are operated by the passenjstirs
themselves by simply pushing a button,
tojne are fitted throughout with disap
pearing furniture and one of the most
modern supplies, a fireless cooker, for
every apartment. All are most modern
in construction and seem to have, the aim
of making the apartments as much like
separate homes as possible. The St.
Clair, on St. Clair street, particularly ex
emplifies this ambition by providing each
of its apartments with an individual bal
cony. This is one of the many apart-ment-hquses
built by W. L. Morgan. It
was constructed for the St. Clair Invest
ment Company, of which W. L. Morgan
is president, and, complete. It cost $47,
600. It is four stories high and contains
seven apartments to the floor, or 30
apartments In all.
Another apartment-house just completed
Is the Lauretta, on Eleventh street, be
tween Taylor and'Salmon streets. This
structure contains a fireless cooker In
each apartment. It is a fireproof struc
ture and contains 16 three-room apart
ments in its three stories and a base
ment. It was erected for W. H. O'Neill
at a cost of $35,000, A. C. Ewart being the
architect.
Other apartment-houses In the same
district as the Laurette are located at
Park and Jefferson streets. Fourteenth
and Columbia streets. Eleventh and Co
lumbia, and at Seventh and Columbia
streets, while others in the same locality
are under course of construction. In the
vicinity of King and Washington streets,'
picked as the apartment-house center,
there are five apartment-houses in one
block.
Better progress Is being made on the
foundation and basement of the four
story brick building for Cook & Co. on the
southwest corner of Grand avenue and
East Stark street. Here the foundation
is on solid ground and no piles were
necessary. The basement walls were
finished this week, and brick for the main
structure Is being delivered. W. L. Mor
gan Is also erecting this building. Its
cost is estimated at $45,000.
In a short time East Salmon street will
be completed between Grand avenue and
East Water street, when next to Belmont
street and Hawthorne avenue it will-be
the longest street extending from the
Willamette River. A big fill between
Union avenue and the river has been
completed and the street has been im
proved to East Forty-fifth street. An
effort will be made to fill up the ravine
at East Eleventh street through the Haw
thorne tract on East Taylor street. This
street is improved on both sides to the
ravine, and all the travel is borne by East
Salmon street.
FREIGHT OEPOT SOUGHT
EAST SIDERS URGE NEED OF
THAT IMPROVEMENT.
Cold Storage Plant Nears Comple
tion W. L. Morgan's Structure
on Piles Rises.
According to firms In the warehouse
districts of the East Side, a freight depot
is needed even more than the passenger
station and the East Side Business Men's
Club, which has accomplished much for
Central Bast Portland, promises not to
rest until a freight depot has been se
cured. It will probably be built on East
Oak street, between East Second ana
East First streets, where the company
has property available for the purpose.
There the depot would be between the
railway on East First and East Second
streets and accessible to the wholesale
houses of the entire district.
The most important building enterprise
in Central East Portland is that of the
National Cold Storage & Ice Company,
on East Washington street, between East
First and East Water streets. The
structure covers 100x200 feet and is near
completion. It 1b the most extensive
plant of Its kind in the city, and the total
cost of the building and machinery will
be more th;0i $150,000.
Construction of the foundation and
basement of the six-story reinforced con
crete building, 90x100 feet, for W. L.
Morgan, on East Stark street and Grand
avenue, is attracting more attention than
any other improvement on the East Side.
The structure will stand where it had
been supposed impossible to build. In a
mud hole of great depth. Each succes
sive step in the construction of the foun
dation, from the driving of the first pile,
has been watched with great interest.
At present work has been started on the
second story of the basementv There will
be two stories in the basement before the
level of the street is reached and four
stories will rise above the street level..
The first basemnt story occupies less than
90x100 feet and rests on piles and a
blanket foundation. At the second Btory
the walls on East Stark street and Grand
avenue will be on the street line and rest
THI ONLY PAINT MANUFACTURED
ON THE PACIFIC COAST COMPLYING
WITH THE EASTERN PURE PAINT
STATE LAWS.
FORMULA ON EVERY PACKAGE.
Honeyman Hardware Co.
HEAD QUARTERS FOR EVERYTHING
IN PAINT
PACIFIC IRON WORKS
0. E. Helntr, Manager.
Portland, Or.
CASTINGS and STRUCTURAL WORK
Carry complete stock of Steel Beams, Angles and Channels.
on the embankment made by filling In the
ravine. It is figured that these walls
will be no heavier than the embankment,
and that there will be no danger of set
tling when the four stories are com
pleted. For the outside walls a thick
foundation of concrete Is being built on
the embankment, providing a wide .mar
gin of safety for the walls. The cost
of the building will ue about $46,000.
Last week the improvement of Grand
avenue, between Belmont and East Clay
streets, was completed .and opened to the
public. Grand avenue Is now Improved
with hard-surface pavement between
East Clay street and Broadway north, a
distance of nearly two miles. Three
kinds of pavement are used on the thor
bughfare', so that the relative merits of
the materials can oe Judged. It remains
to pave East Morrison street, between
Union avenue and the bridge, to complete
the system of hard-surface pavements to
all the bridges In Central East Portland.
Hard-surface pavement will also be laid
on East Water street, between East Oak
street and Hawthorne avenue. Probably
stone blocks will be used there on account
of the tremendous traffic on that street.
Los Angeles Is Seaport.
LOt ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. 14. Los
THE COLUMBIA
RIVER VALLEY
The Fruit Basket
of the World
A poor man has a ma11
chance of ever becoming
wen 1 thy la the Far Eastern
St n tea. Even In the Middle
West the opening; are be
coming; scarce and many
energetic men see that they
can better themselves by
coming: to the Northwest.
Some who have come West
find they have not suffi
cient knowledge of the
- country to be able to lo
cate at once In a business
which will pay them well.
If yon are of this number,
why not investigate the
district which has more
openings and opportunities
for men of small or large
capital than any other sec
tion of the Northwest f
The Columbia Kiver Val-
ley cannot be surpassed as
a desirable place to live
when yon consider the
many Hues of business that
are still needed, the large
population which will sure
ly settle here, and the vast
increase which will follow
aay small Investment made
at this time
It will pay yon to look
Into the conditions la thia
. lsnd of opportunity. Kenne
wlclc and Pasco are al
ready the Important com
mercial centers of this dis
trict. For Information con
cerning openings In all
lines of business address
KENNEWICK COIWRCIAL CLUB
KEN NE WICK, WASH.
PASCO COMMERCIAL CLUB
PASCO, WASH.
DAVIS & DRENNEN
GAS AND ELECTRIC
FIXTURES
406 AND 40S EAST BURNSIDE
We carry a complete line of gas,
electric and combination fixtures in
stock; alsq make special designs
and estimates. Call at our sales
room or phone B 2151, or East 116,
and we will call on you. Store open
evenings by appointment.
B. E. DAVIS. H. T. BBESMW.
PHOENIX
IRON WORKS
EBElneera, Founder.,.
MaektnUt. and Boilermaker.,
Building and structural Wark.
WE MAKE
Fire Hydrant., Imk Haul., C.t
Gear., Hydraulic Giant., Water
G.tea, dumber Trucks, etc.
BAWTHORNE AYE. AND EAST THIRD.
PORTLAND, OK.
Angeles Is now a seaport town. In the)
election Thursday, San Pedro, which
has always had the harbor, was annexed.
WELL
PLACED
LIGHTS
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Beauty and fitness in
the matter of interior
illumination has be
come an exact science.
Our experts are skill
ful and artiStie, placing
only the highest grade
lighting fixtures and
guaranteed workman
ship at your service.
Well-placed lights put
new life into new and
old buildings and add
a permanent selling
value to any property.
Call at our salesrooms
and see the beauty as
well as practical value
1 of scientific lighting.
M. J.WALSH CO.
Salesroom 311 Stark
Bet 5th and 6ik Both Phones
ARE YOU OF
THESE?
Rent payer,
Salaried employe, comfortably fixed,
but desirous of a suburban home,
wealthy, but seeking more room to
live right.
IF SUCH BE THE CASE ,
Do you know that
SUBURBAN HOMES
CLUB TRACT
was bought, platted, cleared, ready
for the plow and only 35 minutes
ride on the Estacada and Gresham
ear lines, just to suit you! But, wa
are glad to say, it's irrigated, piped
for water, which is free the first ysat.
SEND TOR FOLDER.
GREEN -WHITCOMB CO.
Portland's Irrigation Specialists,
2451s Washington St