THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. 3IAY 1, 1910.
CENSUS TAKERS
MISSED 30,000
Portland's Population to Reg
ister Over 200,000 Mark,
Is Report.
OFFICIAL COUNT IS WEAK
Yn Many Distrk-ts Missing: Names
Run Into Hundreds. Giving Proof
That (iovernment Employes
Wore Extremely Careless.
Hontlnuert From First PaRy.'i
tV. Stone and I. B. P.hodes. secretaries
of the Y .M. C A., who made their head
quartern in the Association buildinfl,
every man aidinpr in the work was fur
nished with a map showing: the district
he was expected to cover. To make the
ally good. On his showing the official
enumeration lacked 700 names.
W. P. Olds, of Olds, Wortmin &
Kins, took charge of the Ninth Ward,
with men from the store. Making his
office his headquarters, Mr. Olds had a
thorough organization. His district had
been well covered by the official staff,
but despite that, he added 325 names
to th census list from the district and
obtained 1S4 from the sidewalk booth
in front of the store up "to 2 P. M.
George W. Shepherd had one of the
largest districts in the city to handle in
Ward 10. He was compelled to ask for
50 additional men, which were supplied
from the Commercial Club reserves. Fur
ther assistance was given by men from
the Peninsular Lumber Company, who
gave great assistance in covering the
west end of his district. Mr. Shepherd
turned in a great number of names and
here again the official count was found
grossly at fault.
Commercial Club Keeps Busy.
Of all the headquarters the. Commercial
Club was easily the busiest. Over 300 men
applied In person as volunteers. Automo
biles were supplied by Mr. Mecklem and
the Oregon Journal. The force of auto
mobiles promised by the members of the
Health Board did not materialise.
President Beckwlth acted as chief or
ganizer at the club, but most valuable
work was- performed by L.. A. Codding
ton and "V. L. Crissey, assistant secre
taries. They worked until a late hour
last night over the census returns. Two
thousand two . hundred and forty-three
BUILDINGS TO RISE
Thompson Company Will Build
$750,000 Hotel.
LEWIS BLOCK GETS ANNEX
Estate Will Add to Present Space
Ten Floors, Costing $200,000.
Meier & Frank Will Have
$300,000 Warehouse.
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lessees can obtain possession of the
property.
t Announcement' is also made today of the
proposed erection of a nine-story Class
A fireproof warehouse for the Meier &
Frank Company, to be built at a cost of
$300,000, on the half block on the ; south
side of Irving street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth. This great building, to
house the . wholesale department of the
department store, will make the plant
of the Meier & Frank Company second
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CHKlKIMi t'I WORK OF ARMY OF VOLUNTEER CENSUS-TAKERS AT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
work as light and safe as possible the
men worked in couplet.
Portland Heights Well Covered.
13. r. TTopwood, of the city circulation
taff of The Orrgonian, also provided
each man with a map. Mr. Hopwood
was placed by C. A. Morden, assiFtant
manager of Tlie Oregonlan. in charge of
Ward Klght. With 103 men, all Oregonian
employes, the district wss thoroughly
covered and reports last night from the
small army were Uiat every nian, woman
and child, in tho territory assigned to
them and who had been hitherto not reg
istered by tlie official enumerators was at
lapt on the census books. The number
thus listed was 2761.
The Y.'m. c A. entertained all its help
ers to breakfast at 7:30 o'clock. Follow
ing brief addresses a start was- made
promptly at eight. The count was not
completed until a late hour last night.
Mr. Rhodes had the Third Ward, com
prising the floaters on BurnitJ street,
and thus encountered tlie heaviest ward
of all. Mr. llhodds had over a dozen men
on the streetsi, covering the street popula
tion. M. Mossessohn. assistant secretary of
tho Chamber of Commerce, handled the
Second Ward. Mr. Mossessohn recruited
his men during the day from the volun
teers at the Commercial Club. Mr. Mos
sessohn's men covered both the Good
Samaritan and St. Vincent's Hospitals
and reported that not a single patient
in either hospital had been officially
counted. Probably a number of these
had been counted at their residents of
members of the family away from home
being counted and a large number were
accordingly missed.
B. D. Slgler. County Assessor, cov
ered the Fourth Ward with his own
men. Here was another case of machine-like
organization and discipline.
Tho men were all provided ,wlth maps
and knew the .work and ' under the
efficient generalship they received and
owing to the large number working in
the district, it was one of the earliest
completed. Mr. Sigler reports an av
erage of 5 per cent missed on the offi
cial count and he is confident he has
no duplicates among his slips.
Portland Heights Well Covered.
V. C. Ivavanaugh, special agent for
the Travelers' Insurance Company, cov
ered tlie Fifth Ward. His men made
an excellent count, although some dis
tricts were not finished until a late
hour. Mr. Kavanaugh had the Portland
Heights district and was particularly
helped by the residents placing cards
on houses higherto not enumerated.
Mr.' Kavunaush turned in 1500 names,
every one of which was from a resi
dce, clearly showing there had beeu
sobie hitch by the enumerators going
ovr that district.
U I. Freeland, Oregon Furniture
Maufacturing Company, received aid
frooi the staffs of the many furniture
and kindred manufacturing concerns,
owing to his personal efforts. Mr. Free
land's men were indefatigable in turn
ing in names and his total will cover
over 2000.
The Seventh Ward was handled by
1. W. Bowman, who made his headquar
ters at Grand avenue and Kast Morri
son street. Mr. Bowman telephoned
the Commercial Club for 25 more men
and they were immediately sent out
by car and automobile. Mr. Bowman
reported the official enumeration in dis
tricts 180 and 1S1 had been exception-
telephone calls had been answered- at the
club on the census matter alone.
Tho superintendent of the city mail de
livery asked the mailcarriers to assist
the census takers where possible. The
mailcarriers turned In 380 stipe. -
Maps Prove Great Aid.
Acting as an active lieutenant to
President Beekwith, was Charles Heb
berd, of Tull & Glbbs. who had maps
prepared of each ward, with the offi
cial districts marked out theeron.
These maps were supplied to each
them, it is probable there would not
in the campaign. In fact, without
captain, and weer of considerable value
have been the thorough organization.
Mr. Hebberd was responsible for the
plan that was submitted to President
Beekwith and that proved such a suc
cess.
"My men worked well in the morn
ing." said Mr. Olds. "In that time we
gathered together 255 names. It must
be remembered these were in a resi
dence district and should have been
covered. While In several districts we
found but three had been missed, in
others the number was considerably
greater."
"Thed lstrcits are a clear guide to
the enumerator," said Mr. Shepherd.
"My districts have varied from 150
missing names down to a mere men
tion, where the missing ones are not
a fraction of one per cent."
Dozens of firms phoned In to L A.
Coddlngton at the Commercial Club the
services of one and two of their men.
Unfortunately no record was kept and
no mention can be made of those of
fering assistance.
Notable assistance was given by
Manager Potter, of the Atkins Saw
Works. Mr. Potter reported he had.no
office staff he could send, but he had
engaged 10 enumerators at 50 cents
for the day each, and he had sent them
up to the club. The men were distrib
uted where they would be of the great
est value.
Practically every man who canvassed
a district said he had obtained only
those names that had not hitherto been
turned in to the officials. Despite this
there probably will be a large number
of duplications. It is hoped the full
list of names will be checked up by
Monday.
Auto Booth Counts 8 0 0.
The streets booths did a heavy business,
probably the greatest being performed
by the automobile run by the Jacobs
Stine Company. In the auto a board was
run across and three men continuously
recorded names. There was no induce
ment to register. Xo actual count was
made, but lue in the afternoon over 800
names had been listed.
The Oregonlan street booth took in over
400 names. That In front of the Journal
listed a large total. The Meier & Frank
Co. booth was crowded all day and the
enumeration, mostly women, added many
names.
The street booth at the Grand-Hawthorne
Drugstore, Grand and Hawthorne
avenues, listed 520 names. A booth run
by the Portland Fire Department at
Fourth and Yamhill, added 250 names.
Julius Meier, of the Meier & Frank
store, reported 1258 names listed by the
street booth and the ptore assistants, who
had asked every purchaser of goods dur
ing the day whether they had been
coutned. All who had not or who said
they had not were conducted to a teble
and asked fill out a form. Mr. Meier said
he believed the population of the city
was 300,000 and that in 1912 there would
be at least 500.0X people.
Blue Rose Grown ; Bream Realized.
MORRISTOWN, N. J.. April 30. A blue
rose, something for which floricultur
ists long have striven in vain, has been
achieved at last by a Morristown ama
teur. The plant is a seedling of an or
dinary crimson rambler. The flowers on
opening have a purplish pink shade
which later develops into a brilliant steel
hue.
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Fifth and Stark Je G. IVIack &i Co. Fifth and Stark
to none west of Chicago in point of size.
The plans for tlie great structure have al
ready been prepared by Doyle & Patter
son. Morgan First to JJuild.
The big movement on Fourth street
started last Fall with the announcement
by W. I Morgan of a lease taken on
the quarter block at the northwest corner
of Fourth and Alder. This was a 30-year
lease, at J1500 a month, and the lease
holder is now erecting a four-story con
crete building on the property. Already
the framework and the greater part of
the concrete work of this building are
completed, although as yet In the wooden
forms. Large crews of workmen are en
gaged In erecting tlie structure, which is
to be occupied by August. This building
site was occupied with old frame build
ings until March 1, when the work of
demolition was commenced.
On February 1, a great six-story rein
forced concrete building was started by
H. O. Stickney and associates at Fourth
and Stark streets. This building, occupy
ing the greater part of a half block, is
also being built rapidly, and will be a
landmark In the new Portland. It is to
be called tho Railway Exchange building.
Work is to be completed by August 1.
Other fine structures which have been
completed within the last two or three
years on Fourth street are the six-story
Henry block, on Fourth and Oak streets,
completed, last Summer; the 11-story
Board of Trade building, at Fourth and
Oak. completed two years ago, and the
Couch building on Fourth, near Stark
street, completed three years ago. Plans
are under way for further additional im
provements. Xo Wood to Be Used.
The new Thompson estate building is
to be the pioneer of the absolutely fire
proof buildings In Portland in that it is
to be the first structure erected with ab
solutely no wood. In the words of Archi
tect Gibson, "there will not be enough
wood in that building to make a tooth
pick.' It will be of steel construction
with tiled and reinforced concrete floors,
and glazed white terra cotta facing. The
doors, casings and other fixtures will be
of metal. It will be 200x 200 feet, with six
stories and a full basement.
The main entrance to the building will
be on Pine street, between Third and
Fourth, while Third and Fourth streets
will be connected by means of an arcade
running through the center, with a wing
extending to the Pine-street entrance.
The interior of this arcade will be fin
ished in art glass, with tiled floors, metal
trimming and marble or scagliola wains
coting. On the ground floor there will be
23 stores, eight being located on Third
street, seven on Fourth street and the
rest facing on the arcades on the interior
lobby.
The building 'will have three great
light courts, extending, above the upper
floor, from the Pine-street frontage to
a depth of 170 feet. This arrangement
will make It possible for every room in
the building to have outside light and
ventilation, while the majority will have
sunlight at some time of the day. There
will be a total of 650 rooms in the build
ing. 122 on the second floor and 132 on
each of the four top floors'. Of these
650 rooms, 330 will be equipped with
private baths. All these baths will be
tiled and contain solid porcelain plumb
ing. There will be four Otip elevators in
the building, a steam heating plant, tele
phones in every room, and a large reading-room
and parlors on the second floor.
A large restaurant will be operated in
connection with the hotel on the first
floor.
Teal on for Jjease.
Mr. Henry and Mr. Yates say that
details for the lease of the property are
now "being negotiated with a St. Iouis
capitalist and hotel tran. "Negotiations
were under way last Winter for a build
ing of similar size, to be built for the
atrical purposes. Mr. Henry said yes
terday the persons with whom he was
negotiating were the Shuberts and that
until Just recently it peemed. probable the
details would be carried to completion.
Whether they have chosen some other
site for the theater or whether they will
build in Portland at all, Mr. Henry is
unable to say.
Mr. Gibson will leave this week for tho
Hlast to visit the leading hotels and
inspect the latest improvements. One
thing that is being considered is the in
stallation of a waterproof basement, in
which will be located, barber shops,
billiard-rooms and possibly a large grill.
Work of demolition will start at the
Fourth and Ash streets corner of the
property. Here and at Fourth and Pine
streets excavation will then be made
to determine the necessary depth for 1he
basements and foundations. It Is be
lieved. It will be necessary to sink the
footings to a depth of about H feet.
After determining this, the old structures,
at present occupying tlie entire block,
one of which is the old Cyclorama build
ing, will be torn down, one after another,
starting at Fourth and Ash. Actual con
struction, after the excavation is com
pleted. Is plaijned to begin by the middle
of July.
The property upon which this building
is to be erected was bought by R. R.
Thompson in 1S53 from Benjamin Stark
for $2750. It was then covered with brush
and was not considered even a possibility
as a part of the future Portland, and
certainly not as a part of the great
business district of a great Western me
tropolis.
Two Old Landmarks to Cio.
The erection of this building and that
by Theodore B. Wilcox mean the pass
ing of two of Portland's old landmarks,
two residences which in the early his
tory of the city were regarded as but
little short of palatial and which are
now falling Into ruin and decay and ten
anted by Chinamen with laundries, etc.
On the north side of Pine street about
50 feet east of Fourth street there now
stands an old house which was formerly
the home of R. R. Thompson. When he
purchased the site in 1S53. It was little
other than a wilderness.
A few years later, still In the '60s, Mr.
Thompson pioneered to the secluded! loca
tion and built his home directly in the
center of the block. Here his children
were born, as well as some of his grand
children and these still tell stories of
the early days. Mr. Tates, who is a
grandson of Mr. Thompson, tells how his
mother usad to go out In a boat to
pick flowers on this block on occasions
when the Willamette River would flood
the entire district. There . vear after
year for a number of seasons the river
would flood the land at high water until
by some freak of nature the. course of
the floods was changed and this district
became immune. The house was still
In the center of the block until in the
SOs. when the development of that sec
tion for busines-s purposes caused it to
be moved to the side of the property,
where it still remained as the Thompson
home for some years.
Across Pine street from the old Thomp
son home there stands another similar
dwelling which is even in a more ad
vanced stage of dilapidation. Here was
the old home built by Captain J. C.
Ainsworth. the birthplace of J. C. Alns
worth, president of the I.'nited States
National Bank. This home was also
built in the '50s and' was. like the Thomp
son home, one of the handsomest in Port
land when completed. It was built im
mediately after the Thompson home and
became the center of one of the most
fashionable residence districts in Port
land until events changed it into business
property.
Auto Club to Build Bridge.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 30. E. D.
Olds, of Oak Grove, was in this city
yesterday on business. Mr. Olds, who
is a well-known bridge contractor, left
this afternoon accompanied by J. W.
Jones, of this city, for Cherryville,
where they will construct a bridge for
the Automobile Club of Portland across
Whisky Creek. Mr. Olds has the con
tract for the construction of the bridge,
which will be about 60 feet high. He
has a crew of men engaged and the
work will be pushed rapidly aing so
as- to be ready when the automobile
travel commences to Mount Hood. The
Automobile club will have a great deal
of worjc done on the road this year.
Mr. Olds has Just completed the work
on the Good's bridge, near Canby.
Going Street Addition is restricted to
residence only.
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