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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. AUGUST 15. 1909.
LIGHTS 11 FEATURE
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Electric Building's Array
' Be Distinctive.
: RAILWAY'S NEW HOME RISES RAPIDLY.
OFFICES ALREADY LEASED
Xpw Railway Home to Bo Completed ,
by End of Year Five Floors
to Be Reserved for
Company.
To toirr as high as The Oregonian
building and to All a most Important part
In the Improvement of Alder street, from
the new Meier Frank building at Sixth
street to the new block-store of Olds.
Wortman & King on Tenth street, the
Electric building at Seventh and Alder
streets Is rising rapidly and will be ready
for occupancy by the end of the year.
Already Its upper four floors, which will
be reserved for offices, have been leased
almost to the last apartment,' despite
the fact that the rental rates are regarded
as the highest in the city. Doctors and
lawyers will predominate anions the ten
ants of the new structure, the site of
which is regarded as ideal as a location
for professional men.
Essentially, the Klertrie building will be
the new home of the Portland Railway,
iisht Power Company, the basement
and the first five floors to be reserved for
the railway. The basement will house the
sub-power station, on the ground floor
the store for electric fixtures and the like
will be located and the four floors Imme
diately above will be occupied by the rail
way offices.
Construction of the building will render
It absolutely fireproof, hrick and terra
cotta to form the exterior, while the In
terior will be built of steel and reinforced
concrete, this alone making the struc
ture impervious to flame. Every floor of
the entire nine stories will be of con
crete, which will serve to make the of
fices sound proof as well as assuring
greater safety. All of the window casings
will be of copper.
Modern to the most minute detail the
Electric building will be beautiful as
well arrangements having been made for
Its Illuminating features to be the most
distinctive known in the West. The en
tire structure will be outlined by electric
lights and an array of street lamps,
unique in design, will face the structure
on Alder and Seventh streets.
Two elevators will be Installed In the
building on the Alder-street side and an
other elevator will be provided at the
Seventh-street ntrance. which will be op
erated to the fifth floor for the conven
ience of the railway employes.
Steel of the new building Is In place up
to the third floor and Its construction,
progressing while the power plant li in
onerntlon in the basement. Is an inter
esting feature, thousands of people atop-
ping dally to watcn tn structure ri
under conditions which probably never
before accompanied a building operation
of such maenttude.
CHURCH PLANS ARE READY
First. English Evangelical Will Rise
at Once.
Architects Clauasen & Claussen have
completed plans for the new edifice to
be erected for the First English Evan
gelical Church at East Sixth and East
Market streets, at a coat of (10,000. ex
clusive of the furniture. It will oc
cupy 65 by 65 feet, and the auditorium
will contain a seating capacity suffi
cient to accommodate 500 people.
On the auditorium floor the pastor-
study and the choir loft will be located.
There will be four exterior entrances
to the auditorium, the main entrance to
be at the atreet Intersection. The Sunday-school
room will be In the base
ment, which will contain six separate
classrooms, separated by rolling parti
tions, a primary room, two society
rooms and fuel and furnace rooms.
Gothic design guides the plans of this
structure, and Its windows will be of
art glass. Contracts will be let and
work will probably be started on the
edifice the latter part of the month.
The old church will be moved to a va
cant lot nearby, and occupied while
the new structure Is being erected. A
large portion of the building fund baa
already been subscribed.
TEACHING SUPPLY SHORT
Vnlverslty Vnable to Supply Demand
la State.
1 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. EUGENE.
Or," Au(t. 14. (Special.) The Univer
sity of Oregon Is experiencing Its an
nual demand for men qualified to take
country and town high school principal
ships, and finds the demand at present
one practically Impossible to fill, owing
to the lack of material. These positions
ordinarily pay not less than 1100 1 a
month, and a number pay $1000 for the
nine months' term. All university men
available for this kind of work were
taken earlv in the season, and if there
had been twice as many qualified for
these positions or prepared to teach
special lines of work, such as mathe
matics and physics, there would have
been no difficulty In placing them. The
demand for teachers this year has also
Indicated that young men prepared to
take charge of high school athletics. In
addition to their regular subjects, are
able to command, some of the best
positions.
1847 GOLD EAGLE COMMON
Nunilsmat'l-t Explodes Yarn About
Coin Being at Premium.
PORTUXP. Aug. 14. (To the
Editor.) I noticed In The Oregonian of
August 13 a dispatch from 6an Fran
cisco under the heading "So Coin
for tV Fine." which Is so much In error
that I desire to make the following
statement: The motto. "In God We
Trust." was not placed on any gold
eagles until
The 1847 eagles are very ' common,
there having been S!2.25S Issued from
the Philadelphia mint and 571,5rt
from the New Orleans mint, being the
largest number Issued from the Phila
delphia mint during any year before
1S80. and by far the largest number
Issued from the New Orleans mint dur
ing any year. So persons who are in
duced to pay a premium for a $10 gold
piece of 147. for the reason that it
does not bear this motto, are Imposed
on. BYRON N. ROOKS.
Numismatist.
Wyoming Sheep Quarantined.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. Owing to the
presence of en infectious disease, known
as lip and leg disease, or necrobaciilosis
f sheep, the Secretary of Agriculture has
ordered a quarantine, effective August 13.
on the counties of Fremont. Natrona.
Converse. Weston. Crooks. Sheridan.
Johnson and liig Horn, la the state of
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KLECTItIC BCILDIXG AT SEVENTH AND ALDER STREETS AS IT VIL L APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED.
, 21 PER CENT
Portland Offsets Loss and At
tains 28th Place.
BUILDING PROGRESS RAPID
For Half-Year Permits Exceed Cor
responding Period of 1008 by
$1,288,929 - Statistics of
36 Places Are Shownl
Of a list of 38 cities, nearly all of
which are larger than Portland, this
city occupies Sth place in building op
erations, according to data gleaned by
the American Contractor, of Chicago,
for the period beginning January, 1,
1909. and ending; August 1 of this year.
Portland's actual gain Is 21 per cent,
represented by a total exceeding last
year's operations by 11.288,929.
The figures are regarded as particu
larly encouraging, when It Is consid
ered that the building permits for last
month showed a decrease of 13 per
cent. In the last six months Portland
has not only offset a loss, but exceed
ed the building permits of the corres
ponding half-year of 1908.
i-k. huiidinir statistics, as compiled
by the American Contractor, are as fol
lows:
For the Half-Tear.
Jan. 1 to Jan. 1 to
Auic. 1. Aui. 1. Per cent
lsto9 llios. u n i. s
. 1.60.ir,8 $ 1,2M.11 28 ..
Cities.
Birm'gham
Bridgeport ..
Chat'noosa .
Cincinnati ..
Pallas
Denver
Detroit
Gr-d Rapids.
Harrleburg ..
Hartford . . .
Ind'nap'lis ..
Kansas Cltr.
78.3M)
4.770.tUS
2.2-M.SJrt
7.8:50.478
7.r'2ti.OSO
1.B6S.0M
1.3U5.S25
1.MT.4T5
4.1i!.2:l
8.857.9B3
SKI. 130
S. 6110. 71 3
1.3:tl.3flO
S.8H2.SS5
S. 417.330
s.-.n.ojs
.-8.374
1.0O.1.665
S.S74.000
6.006.381
2S
67
29
38
3
08
82
16
42
12
Louisville ...
Milwaukee ..
Mlnneapolir .
Memphis . . .
Mobile
New Haven..
Newark ....
New Orleans.
Manh't'n .
Brooklyn .
Bronx
New York . .
Okla. City ..
Omaha
Phll'd'lphla .
Portland ....
St. Louis ...
Scranton ....
Beattle
Spokane ....
Routh Bend.
Syracuse ....
Salt Lake...
Toledo
Worcester . .
W'k's-Barre.
1.771.332
A.R07.416
7.706.K20
2.2!M.46
S.VS.2S8
2.133.326
9.9B2.613
2.362.3R7
104.857.B75
33.545.431
26.338.350
164.741.356
3.208.610
4.3.-.S.640
25.702,340
7.214.805
15.440.279
2.121.9'-'
12.370.943
5.151. 530
503.735
8.045. .141
8.455.000
2.104.384
2.615.850
1.200.572
1.717,421
5,200.3110
' 5.313.810
2,050,954
298,357
1,477.100
3.983,170
4.359,114
57.952,467
16.259.250
9.930,935
83.242.652
920.23S
2.314.490
16.679.990
5.925. 876
13.258.649
966,100
,37,163
8.405.840
805,782
1.923.310
2,220,505
1,225.090
1.184.01S
778.842
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143
80
106
191
97
249
88
64
21
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119
93
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Total $329,513,417 1198, 733,602 6T . .
July Totals Compared.
July. July.
1909. 1008. Percent
Cities. Cost. Cost. G'n L's
Btrminrham I 834.008 t 166.230 100 ..
Bridgeport . . 455,006 . 148.841 206 .
Chattanooga . 69.507 173.710 ..
Cincinnati ... 820.095 814.810 1
Dallas ...... 388,720 804,680 6
Denver ..... 2.240,870 698,025 221
Detroit 1,6(11.850 849,950 88
Grand Rapids 346.244 230.310 50
Harrlsburg . . 63,225 60.000 5
Hartford .... 169.235 91. 780b -84
Jndlanapolls .. 628.727 532.087 18
Kansas City.. 1,334,71. i(4.i.i.l
Louisville 278.907 460,567
Milwaukee ... 1,002,404 1,103,839
Minneapolis . 1,001.180 845,485
Memphis .... 444.980 439.089
Mobile 79.650 129,166
New Haven .. 537.210 867.430
Newark 990.090 747,271
New Orleans . 522.780 493.379
Manhattan IT, 297. 584 18.674.542
Brooklyn .. 4.734.914 2.876.600
Bronx 8.848.775 1.674.465 429
New York ... 25.861,273 18,235.607 41
Oklahoma .. 29.315 108.835 165
Omaha 816,280 678,040 41
Philadelphia . S.807,590 2.012.480 83
Portland .... 911.570 1.038,366 ..
St. Louis ... 2,066,059 2,781.528 834
Scranton .... 1,138.505 259,828 834
Seattle 1,275.410 1,012,118 26
Spokane 683.110 433,560
South Bend . 104,325 60,417
Syracuse .... 440,115 405,075
Salt Lake .. 490.500 424.550
Toledo 2"9.395 854.528 . .
Worcester ... 439.272 1 66.743 164
Wilkes- Barre. 1S.0.S65 206.408 ..
Total 154.109.817 189,666,800 36
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Whltelaw Reld to Return.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Whltelaw Reld. the
American Ambassador at London, left
Liverpool today on the steamer Mauri
tania for New York.
Edward Rolkin to Build 1000
Room Hostelry Here.
SEVERAL SITES SCANNED
San Franciscan Who Conducts Ten
Houses in Metropolis Is Inr
pressed With Portland Struc
ture to Be Erected Soon.
Owner of 10 hotels in San Francisco
and one of the most enterprising bonl
faces of the Golden State, Edward Rol
kin passed last week In Portland In quest
of a suitable downtown block on which
to erect a $500,000 hostelry to- contain
1000 rooms. Leaving for Seattle last
night, the hotel man had data on several
pieces of West Side property, but had
made no selection. He will return In the
near future, however, and contemplates
breaking ground for his Immense hos
telry before the close of the year.
Once before, prior to the San Francisco
disaster, Mr. Rolkin visited Portland with
the construction of a big hotel in view,
but sustaining the loss of $1,000,000 in
the great fire, the project was deferred.
Now that he has recuperated from the
financial shock Incident to the California
catastrophe, his Interest in Portland has
revived, and In the early part of 1910 it
Is more than probable his huge hotel will
be running full blast. At the time of the
San Francisco fire. Mr. Rolkin was con
ducting 22 hotels In the metropolis, and
he was among the heaviest individual
losers. .He was also foremost In rebuild
ing, the 10 hotels now being conducted
under bis guidance ranking as the most
modern among the moderate-priced bos
telrles. Among the hotels owned at present
I BUILDING TO BE ERECTED ON EAST SIDE FOE FIRST ENGLISH EVANGELICAL CHURCH
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L-CTCRE WIIX COST flOWO ASD HAVE SEATING CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE 6O0 PEOPLE.
nil i.ijij.i un.ixi e e,ss e e.e.e
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
family and keep them busy.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE
said, on the subject of Irrigation, that eren
five acres of land is enough to support a
The benefits derived from irrigation
are now so well known that practical
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S irom all over Llie juast aiiu. uuiu; wuiu "" "-""'r) v "
farmer
invest in lands subject to irrigation
We
to
ask you
compare
IT IS NOW SIMPLY A QUESTION OF LOCATION
Richland with the older fruit districts for instance, with HOOD RIVER to
the southwest or WENATCHEE to the north. Five-year-old orchards pay
from $400 to $1000 an acre net per year income.
RTflHT AlVn IS THE PEER of them all, and when vou see the Richland
KlUnLALiU 13 IHfl mim gardens orchards and fields, and then come
to realize that only a few years ago, nothing' grew here but sagebrush, where
fruits and flowers now ripen and bloom, you too will become enthusiastic as
to the great future of this blessed spot.
TEN GOOD REASONS WHY RICHLAND
should appeal to you as a place to live in, or as a safe place to make
your investment.return large profits to you.
10-
r The location is the most central for shipping facilities to all the large cities
in the Pacific Northwest.
'The soil is perfect for irrigation, being volcanic ash with an underlying bed
of loose gravel; no hardp an to sour the soil.
The season is from 12 days to three weeks earlier than any other spot, insur-
iing top-notch prices for everything you raise.
rAn ideal climate, 300 sunshiny days, long growing season, bringing the sugar
in the fruit to maturity and perfect color to the surface.
fNo wet, sloppy and drizzling weather to keep "you indoors; you can work
i outside nearly every .day in the year.
The fruit and vegetables you pick in the afternoon, the railroads will put on
i the table of the consumer in Portland, Seattle or Spokane, next morning.
'Richland has good schools, churches, stores and one thousand happy and
prosperous people, and is settling up rapidly.
I You can buy 5 acres of land, with perpetual water right, for only $625
$156.25 cash, or 10 acres for $1250, only !312.&0 casn, oaiance o years to
pay it in.
I If you see the Richland Garden Farms, you will then know why over $800,000
worth of land has been bought by satisfied buyers since last October.
Every Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 P. M., an excursion leaves our office,
I 110 Second St., over the North Bank R. R., for Richland. Automobiles will
I take you over the land ani through the beautiful Kennewick Valley, free. Yoa
will enjoy the trip.
Call or write for illustrated booklet on Richland it's interesting.
CHLAND
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A. W. HOVER, Manager
110 SECOND ST., Near Washington. Main 1743, A 1743
Branch Offices: 120 N. Jersey Street, St Johns. 312 Washington Street, Vancouver, Washington.
by Mr. Rolkin In San Francisco are the
Argonaut, Winchester, Irving. Denver.
Bon Air, Central and Overland, which
are situated at various points from
Fourth and Market streets to the pan
handle of the park.
"Portland has a great future," said
Mr. Rolkin yesterday, "and I am anxious
to become a pillar here as I have tried
to be in San Francisco ever since 1868.
Portland, for a long time, has been ripe
for a big, moderate-priced hotel, and as
I am In a condition today to undertake
any big proposition. I intend to put up
here a 1000-room hotel as soon as pos
sible. I have passed several days with
real estate men in viewing the city and
have a number of West Side sites in
view, but as yet have made no choice.
I will require an entire block, and will
build a structure to cost a half-million
dollars.
"My hotel wllll be at least six stories
high, fireproof throughout and most mod
ern from basement to roof. And my rates
will be from fl up, a reasonable hotel ap
pearing to me to be Portland's greatest
need. In my whole career I have never
employed Japanese or Chinese in any of
my hotels, and I will live up to that cus
tom in Portland. I am going to Seattle
from here, but do not Intend to make any
Investment North, as on the whole coast
t have not found any place steadier than
Portland. I will be satisfied to confine
my efforts to the building of an Immense
hotel here."
In his visit to Portland, Mr. Rolkin
was a guest of friends at the Nortonia,
Wandering Buoy Captured.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. The French
bark Mareschal de Turenne has arrived
from London, bringing an American red
can buoy, picked up July 27, 2400 miles
from New York. It had traveled nearly
across the Atlantic. The lighthouse de
partment reports that the buoy Is one of
a half dozen that slipped their moorings
at different points on the Atlantic Coast.
Where Can You Get
Acreage Near Portland That Compares With
n mrivmm BTTf A TiTT TT1 IV!! in A T
Either in Price, Location or Quality of the Soil?
Only 3D minutes' ride frqm the Oregon Electric Railway's Jefferson-st. Station
(Salem line) on Front st. Get off at METZGER STATION. Agents on the
' grounds every day.' We are selling these acres at a very low price for a short
time onlyfrom $250 and UP PER ACRE. We can convince you that this
is THE BEST SOIL IN OREGON for all kinds of fruit, berries and walnuts.
Excels in strawberries and cherries, any sppt on the Pacific Coast.
For further particulars and plats call at our city office, 226 and 228 Front st,
Portland, or at our branch office at Metzger Station. City Phones, Main 474
and A 1374. Branch office phone at Metzger, Main 6409.
HERMAN METZGER, Owner
N B THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO VISIT METZGER NATURAL PARK,
LOCATED ON METZGER ACRE TRACTS NEAR STATION. THIS IS THE
MOST BDAUTD7UL PICNIC AND OUTING SPOT IN THE NORTHWEST,