TTTE ST7TDAT OKEGONTAN", . POTITLAXD, OCTOBER 31, 1909.
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FREIGHT DEPOT
ill BE BUILT
St. John Divided on Question
of Vacating Street
GIVEN
East Siders Believe They Will
Soon Have a New
Structure.
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PLAN GIANT BUILDING
Great 'Warrtaouw District Is Building
Across the Willamette Realty
Market for Week Keeps
Cp Strong Tone.
That there are frrat riroerws in store
or the wholesale distr'ct between I n1on
av.nue and the Willamette River is the
to Oevurts." Brothers. Its cost Is esti
mated at 150.000. In this building,
on the first floor, will be located the
borne of the Eaat Side Business Men's
Club. ' .
One of theJarge rooms has been
spoken for by the officers of the olub.
beside the basement section under the
club room. There will be a public
meeting: room, besides two small rooms
for committees ana for trie assistant
secretary. The members have been
watching the new buildings with a view
of securjng quarters that would be
convenient to the business men. and
this building: is considered well lo
cated for the purpose. The quarters
will be fitted up by the owner of the
building; for ths requirements of the
club. i
Proceedings for filling up East Main
street, between Vnlon avenue -and East
First street Is nearly completed and by
the time the AH on Bast Third
street Is finished. work may be
started on East Main. It is understood
that as rapidly aa the work can be done
all the cross streets will be filled to
Kast Water. At present the Pacific
Bridge Company Is completing Its con
tract to fill up East Eighth street be
tween East Morrison and East Wash
ington. This Job will be finished next
month. East Alder street, between
East Seventh and Eastx Eighth, will
then be filled.
In the Trvington district many new at
tractive homes are being: erected. J. W.
Beckley. of Eastern Oregon, has Just
started on a JO'O home. It will be two
story and contain seven rooms. Mrs. T.
Sale of Wharf to Promoters Who
Plan Big Industry Is Consid
ered Subject May Bo
Put to Vote.
St. John to pondering whether to retain
or vacate that portion of Phfradelphia
street occupied by the City Park.
,Councilmen Cook, A. W. Davis. Hlller.
Brown and J. W. Davis believe the street
should be.Tacated to prevent trouble In
the future. They say that under exist
ing ordinances anyone may open up a 100
foot gap through the dock, as it Is built
on a public thoroughfare. As the city
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opinlon of Charles Smith, of the Xa-
tional Cold Storage & Ice Manufacturing
Company. He. declares that the railroad
facilities must be Increased to meet grow
ing conditions. "
"I have no doubt." said Mr. Smith,
that the Harrlman Hnea will provide a
freight dV-pot. We ought to have it soon.
A representative of the ctnpany told me
that this freight depot will be put m. but
IB location has not been decided on. W
put in a plant on East Stark that repre
sents an Investment of tl.a.ono. and we
had some difficulties. In getting a side
track, but Manager O'Brien eaw that we
must have It and Is now having a side
track built.
"It Is the opinion that the railroads
must make the propospd line on Eat
Third street the through line. Already
East First Is lined with warehouses and
' East Second street is building up rapidly.
East First; street is so congested with
general traffic already that the moving
of freight cars Is attended with difficulty
and delay, which must increase. An East
Third street line seems to furnish the so
lution to the problem. While I do not
know what th purposes of the company
are. I believe that the conditions point
to making East Third street the main
' through line, leaving Eaat First and East
Second for the freight traffic which Is
Increasing so rapidly.
The John Deere Plow Company will
: build on the block recently purchased on
East Morrison street. Representatives of
tile company who recently went through
out plant said that they would erect a
. building and plant on the block costing
half a million. They eaUl that their plana
call for a five-story building, but on their
return to Moline. III., the headquarters
of the companq. they will recommend
that the plans be charged to a 10-story
rel iforced concrete structure.
The Armour people will erect a first
class building on East Second and East
' Oak streets In the near future on the
quarter block which they purchased from
the O. R- & X. Company and W.
Splcer. Also Mr. Kohler. I am informed,
is figuring on tha erection of a modern
brick structure on his property on East
Morrison and Bast First streets.
"It appears that the East Secdnd, East
First and East Water streets must be
given up to freight transportation, and
that East Third street is the natural
route for the through line. To show
something of the ccmirg freight for this
district our company has contracted to
receive, from Medford 160 carloads of
fruK."
There lias been difference of opinion as
to the terms on which the East Third
street franchise should be granted to the
O. R. & N. Company. It Is believed by
East 8ide residents that a spur on that
street will h-lp to open and build up
much unoccupied property. The property
owners on East Third, between Haw
thorne avenue and -East Oak. are paying
JTifiOO to have It filled up to grade full
width and thy feel that they should
get some benefit out of their property.
They are willing that reasonable eafe-
guards should be placed around this
franchise, for the protection of the public.
Including the common-user clause, which
opens the .streets to all lines, steam and
electric, and effectually prevents It being
closed up to other lines.
The- John Deere Plow Company an
nounces dofinfteJy that, the company win
cover Its newly acquired block on
Third and East Morrison streets with a
10-story building If this franchise goes
through and I they can get sidetrack
facilities onboth sides of the building.
The matter will probably be settled soon,
as ths franchise has gone Into the hands
of the Exscutlva oard.
In Central East Portland, at East
tark street and Grand avenue, the six
story reinforced concrete building of
the Morgan-Atchley Furniture Com
pany Is rapidly being completed an1
will be occupied within a month. It
was designed and ejected as the horns
of the furniture business, of this firm.
Its coat Is $4S.000.
The first work on the three-story
building to be erected on East Seventh
and East Morrison, streets was dons
last week. In the way of moving the
mail houses that occupied the quarter
Warner Is erecting a nine-room residence
costing J4800 In Irvlngton. It will be 34xSS
feet H. U-Camp Is the contractor.
William 'Hutchinson Is erecting four
flats of Ave rooms each on East Sixth
'and Multnomah streets. It will be 44x46.
two and a half stories arid cost about
110.000. K. F. Hsgh Is building a double
flat on Tillamook and East Eirhth streets,
each flat to contain eight rooms, and the
whole cost to be 300a Mr. Hugh Is
figuring on erecting three dwellings In this
same block on his three lots, to cost J12,
. He expects to build In the Spring.
Work Js going forward on the new 14000
home of Captain Thomas Popham.at East
Thirteenth and Hancock streets.
Roberts Roberts are drawing plans
for two dwellings, to be erected for H.
P. Palmer at the corner of Bast Twenty
third and Knott streets, each -to, cost
$4500. These architects are also preparing
plans for two houses to be built for H.
Von Borstel in the Tork Addition, to cost
12500 and J2S00 respectively.
Martin Eden has purchased a $2300 bun
galow of James C. Logan, in Belle Crest,
on Marina avenue, near Klickitat street
Mr. Logan is erecting four dwellings of
the same type at Belle Crest.
A. Jenlsen will put a new home on lots
( and 7. block "A." Portsmouth, at the
corner of Lombard street and McKenna
avenue, 24x60" feet, to cost JSKIO.
Plana are being drawn for an eight
room residence to be erected for Mrs.
James Maloney on Hancock and Bast
Thirty-third streets to cost 3000. It will
be of the colonial type.
I. W. Smeltxer has sold his residence
at TS8 Wasco street, near East Twenty
fourth, to A. B. Wmfree, a Portland at
torney, for J4500. Mr. Winfree will take
possession at once.
CHURCH TDBEMASS1VE
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN STRUC
TCKE UNDER WAY.
Costly Edifice on East Side Marks
Climax qT Rev. 3. F. Ghorm
ley'a Hard Efforts.
The stonework on the Central Christian
Church,- on, the northwest corner of East
Twentieth and Eaat Salmon streets. Is be
ing completed, a little mora work being
required on the top of the south walls.
It will now.be inclosed. The walls of
this church are unusually heavy and are
of solid stone. The building covers a
quarter-block, and is the most expensive
church edifice now under construction on
the East Side. Its cost laestimated at
between $60,000 and $70,000.
It contains a full basement in which
will be located the Surlday School de
partment leaving the auditorium entirely
free from secondary departments. The
auditorium will seat about 1000 people. It
Is provided w,ith a gallery, and the altar
platform is located on the west side,
which brings the speaker close to the
audience and makes, it possible for him,
to see everyone present Provisions have
been made on the platform for the choir
and grand organ.
It will be late next year before the
church Is completed and furnished ready
for dedication, but the Sunday School
room will probably be occupied in the
early part of the year. Erection of this
stone church building will probably mark
the close of the church-erection career
of Rev. J. F. Ghormley. the pastor, who
has spent his .life in the founding and
erection of houses of worship in different
portions of the United States, Central
Church being the second he has built In
Portland.
"He ts due to learn some time that he
MOCK. It will oe erecwa vy jiutviiucj j umot tlwm hkva tits own way.- "wnr.
Mitchell and will be held under a lease J), he engaged?" Houston Post
owns the land on both sides of the street
It is asserte'd that no damage would be
done by vacating the street as It would
revert to the abutting property and still
belong to the city.
The question was first brought up by
an attempt to seM the dock to Investors
represented by Senator Gearin who made
an offer of $75,000, for It provided the
street were vacated. They agreed to build
a spur track at thejr own expense and ex
pend In the neighborhood of $50,000 In in
stalling machinery. They also planned to
establish an industry there with a large
payroll. The same men who favor vaca
tion of the street are in favor of accept
ing the offer made by Senator Gearin, but
have been unable to overcome the oppo
sition of Councllmen C. I Johnson and
S. L. Doble.
.Johnson and Doble believe , the dock,
with the extra 130 feet of water front rep
resented by Philadelphia and half of Ta
coma street, which would have to be In
cluded, is worth considerable more money
than has been offered. They also say the
dock Is worth much more to the city as a
business-getter than it would be in the
hands of any private corporation.
The question of a railroad track to the
dock is a big factor In the deal. Esti
mates made by the O. R. & N. show that
this track will cost $35,000, Including right
of way. The railway, however, offers to
build the necessary track for $20,000 pro
vided the city will furnish the right of
way.
Councilman Johnson has a plan whereby
he believes a track could be secured at a
much less cost and at the same time re
lieve the congestion of Bradford street.
His plan is to start at the present spur
of the Portland Manufacturing Company,
crossing its property, that of the Marine
Iron Works, the St. John Lumber Com
pany, the Jobes Milling Company and the
Gitlan-Chambers Asbestor Company.
Both the Marine Iron Workl and the St
John Lumber Company are occupying
streets proposed to be vacated for them
for right of way across their premises,
and in both cases the streets in question
are practically worthless to the city.
The Council, acting on a petition con
taining 30 signatures, will proceed in the
regular way to vacate Philadelphia street
and, if defeated by the two opposing
members., the matter, will be put before
the people by a vote. At the time the re
monstrance is due a mass meeting of tax
payers wfjl be held" to give everyone a
chance to voice his opinion in the matter.
KILLINGS WORTH AVENUE ALIVE
Improvement Association Has Many
Plans for Advancement.
The Klllingsworth Avenue-Improvement
Association held an enthusiastic meeting
Thursday at Carroll's store. East 'Six
teenth and Klllingsworth streets. The
object- was to devise means to secure the
Immediate opening and paving of the
street. As the Hassam Company has-reduced
its price of hard surface.' people
on this street wish to get the work done
as soon as possible, so that the "U" car
line may be extended before next Sum
mer. There is a big building boom expected
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all along this street, way ou to-the city
limits. Petitions will be circulated for
the erection of a schoolhouse on or In
the neighborhood of this street An idea
site for this purpose would be either a
part of the Moy Back tract, or a part of
Kennedy's Addition. As either of this
property could be secured at a nominal
price, and aa a school Is needed very
much in this district, the School Board
will most likely act on this proposition.
All those Improvements will make Klll
ingsworth avenue the finest and longest
n tha ' Peninsula. Councilman
Ellis will be present at the next meeting
of the club, wnicn win do i
store next Tuesday at 8 P. M.
BEIER SISTbUICK
side finish will be of selected fir. Beam
ceilings and paneled sides will be used In
the living and dining rooms and study.
Plate glass will be used in all rooms ex
cept In the basement Cobblestone chim
neys will be erected on the outside. A
9-foot poich will extend half way around
the house. There will be a shooting gal
lery for the younger members of the fam
ily, E. M. Schereman has the general
contract for the erection of this building.
Work has been started on a new build
ing on Klllingsworth avenue, for Wil
liam Fragmeier. adjoining his new brick.
to be used as a moving picture theater.
It will cost about $5000.
As far as l known the shortest ao
clatlon report on temperance was prftontp't
bv J. 3. Barrow and C. W. Scarborough and
adopted by the Central Association in ASi9.
It was aa follows: "No drunkard shall in
herit th Klngnom or nnvn.
SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE
1 PLANNEP FOR KENTON.
IS
Much Building of High Order 18
Under Way. in Thriving East
Side District.
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Excavation has been started for the
foundation of a two-tory brick store nd
office building to be erected at Killings
worth and Union avenues by F.' Beier.
This building will be 100x100 feet In size.
The general plans for the structure have
not yet been completed hut there will be
five store rooms on the first floor, and
the coat Is estimated at $35,000.
Mr. Beier believes that Union avenue
will be to the Eaet Side what Weshlng
oh cwth streets are. to the West
Side, and within a few years, will- be
lined with business buildings. - "
William Reidt recently completed a
nr mil HtTifnMMl nnrnTptu till i 1(1 f II IT on the
northeast corner " of Klllingsworth and
Union avenues, and u nas since ueen oc
cupied. The $10,000 frame business build
ing, which Is being built for J. C. McCaba
on Klllingsworth and Vancouver avenues,
will soon be .finished. The-structure Is
qow ready for the wiring, plumbing and
plastering.
At Kenton a three-story hotel, 100x90
feet, is being erected by Porter Bros. It
will cost $36,000,- and Is now being com
pleted inside. The Kenwood Land Com
pany .is putting In sewers and grading the
streets. A number of business buildings
are being started. A push club has been
organized at Kenton to work for electric
lights and fire protection. Improvements
cosing over. $150,000 are being made In
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Work has Just been started on the new
two-story frame home of George C. Bent
on Jarrett street and Vancouver avenue,
it will be 30x 44 and will contain nine
rooms. It Is the most pretentious resi
denceIn that neighborhood. Hard-wood
f 1 oors will be used throughout, and the
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Alex McPherson says that Medbury is the finest body of land for orchard purposes
that he has examined in 20 years' experience as an expert horticulturist. Send for his
report and read his reasons -why this is so. The report contains an analysis of the soil
and gives resulfs of Government- data on the climate. He tells the reason.
10 000 acres" or CAREY-ACT land will be open" for public, entry at
x ' , . . ' MEDBURY, NOVEMBER 16.
Part of the land will be opened by public drawing, and old residents who relinquished
their holdings have preference rights upon some of it. ' ,
THIS LAND CAN BE. SELECTED NOW AND FILED UPON AT THE TIME OF
. THE DRAWING. t:
. Water rights, $65 per acre, with ten "years to make payment. '
Five-eighths of an inch every year, which is equal to ten inches of rainfall every year.
. Maintenance guaranteed not to exceed 85 cents per acre.
Best water rights in the West
TOWN LOTS BY THE ACRE
-' At the date of the opening the company will offer for sale at public drawing, under
Carey-act roles, a large tract of deeded land in acreage tracts. Some of it adjoins the
town of Medbury, and as the company has platted but' 90 acres into town lots, this land
'will be valuable for town lots as soon as the town increases in size.
. EVERY TRACT ONE PRipE, $1050.
No acreage tracts will be sold before, the opening t any price, but everything will be.
put up at public drawing. The first number out will have the choice of the elitire tract.
' $210 COVERS EVERY PAYMENT FOR ONE YEAR. " 'f
The first payment of $210 is the only payment required on both land and water for
one- year. Out of this amount the company makes ihe first payment on the water and
the' purchaser is given Carey-act terms on the balance due.- The balance of the purchase
price is divided into four equal payments, extending over four years.
. MEDBURY, A TOWN WITH A FUTURE.
The new town'of Medbury will be surrounded wilh every condition-to make a good
town out of it. It is in the center of 15,000 'acres of the best land in the State of Idaho,
all of which will Support a family to every five acres. It will be the trading point for
the Twin Falls-Bruneau Segregation. It is the trading point for Bruneau Valley, on
the main line of the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
25 PER CENT ON YOUR INVESTMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ASSURED.
Within thirty days after the sale the company guarantees to raise the price 25 per
cent on every acre tract and town lot remaining unsold, so that purchasers may at once
offer their holdings for an advance in price, and have no competition from the company
property. ' . . . . ' .,
For powers of attorney, either Carey act or acreage tracts, or information on all
points, address ..-., -
Kings Bill Extension Irrigation Co., Ltd.
MEDBURY, IDAHO.
GLENNS FERRY, flDAHO.
BOISE, IDAHO.
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