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THE STJXDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTXAND, JULY 31, .1.910.
GOOD DEALS BREAK
: INTO CITY "QUIET"
Transactions Under Cover Are
Said to Involve $1,000,
000. LIVELY TIMES PROMISED
Peril In Mortgage Loan Tax Is
Pointed Out Again Portland
Conditions Better Than Those
of Other Cities on Coast.
Portland's so-called "quiet" season
proved mora of a joke than ever last
week. Realty was active, and more
activity is promised for the present
week. There was the usual run of
Ismail transactions and two or three
larger deals, that gave just a hint of
what is soon to be In the air.
' 'There Is $1,000,000 in deals under
cover right now," said one dealer, who
knows just about what is doing in
the city. A little of this has come out,
more will come out this week and still
more must wait awhile.
One of the most important deals of
the week was the sale of the carbarn
property at Washington and Twenty
third streets for $125,000 to the same
fcnen who bought the corner at Nine
teenth and Washington for 1100,000.
Just to show that Washington street
Is not the only part of the city that
looks good to investors, a sale was
made at the corner of Third and Tay
lor streets for $112,800.
Henry A. Uodge has pulled up stakes
at Oakland, Cal., and has come to Fort
land to engage in the real estate busi
ness with Hartman & Thompson. Mr.
Xodge likes Portland, and says it looks
far bettor to him than the country he
has Just loft. He was a real estater in
. Oakland.
'Those people in Seattle aren't pok
ing fun at Portland any more," said a
business man of Portland, who was in
the Puget Sound city recently. "They're
sort of hanging their heads and hust
ling. ThinRs are not moving well there
and the business men are rather blue."
Words of solid wisdom were uttered
by Phil K. Uordon. of San Francisco,
about the proposed mortgage loan tax.
"nils tax talk han cost me an even
thousand dollars In the past three days,"
said Mr. tlordon. "1 wanted to make a
loan, and two insurance companies turn
ed it down just because of this mort
S;:se limn tax talk. Then a Portland
"concern tried to take advantage of the
situation ami wanted to charge me 7
jjor cent., and I went and got the money
in San Francisco at a cheap rate. That's
all lisirte, though. What 1 want to erf.
phaslze Is the fact that Portland can't
afford to have this tax.
"When a man buys property he wants
to know its cost, which includes the fixed
charges against it, such as street im-
provt-ments, taxes and such things. He
doesn't want to come in juet before a
reorganization of -taxation and be left
' all up in the air about what that prop
erty is going o coat him. You Portland
people want all the outside capital you
can get in here, but you must not scare
it away with this mortgage loan tax
talk. I know of many California people
who want to invest In Portland. Don't
scare 'em off with this tax. Carry you
taxation as low as possible and fight
this mortgage loan tax."
"There is a debt that Portland owes
which it should be very careful not to
overlook," remarked a real estate man.
"That Is the debt to the people from the
, East who' come here. They have come
and are still coming in still greater num
bers, and each man brings his $500, his
$1000 or his many thousands, and it Is
all spent here. That is one main factor
of our prosperity.
"In return we should have the glad
hand out for our Eastern 'brother and
should do our best to make him feel at
home here. He is the one that makes the
country prosperous."
In line with the epidemic of theater
activity in Portland a contagion started
by the looming up of the new building
code which goes into effect next April,
Kmil Schacht & Son are working on
plans for a new show house for Alexan
der Fantages to occupy the Hoyt prop
erty at Seventh and Alder streets, where
the Lyric now stands. May 10 was the
date of this lease, which runs for ten
years at $2000. a month.
The lease on the place where Pantages"
theater Is now located, at Fourth and
Stark streets, does not expire until Feb
ruary, 1912, and Mr. Pantagee will re
tain this. It is not his intention to do
anything with this property for the time
being.
E. J. T. Hoffman, with Lewis I. Thomp
son, architect. In the Electric Building,
has an explanation of the fact that the
average homes of Portland, thoso cost
ing not more than $5000, are better
looking than those of other cities.
"It's because the money goes farther
here than It does back East," says Mr.
Hoffman. "Back there you have to pay
so much for the ground to put the house
on that by the time you get around to
build, your money has a large hole made
In it. Then, too, materials are cheaper
here. This is the country where the
trees grow, and it stands to reason that
It will- not cost as much to make the
trees into a house here as it would back
where the trees have all been cut off.
Labor, it is true, costs more here than
It does in the East, but this is more than
balanced by the cheapness oC the horns
rite and the materials.
"Then, too, the style of the less ex
pensive homes here is much more attrac
tive than the style of the same class
in the East. I spent nine years at my
profession In Chicago, before 1 came to
Portland, and -I very soon learned after I
came here that Portland does not want
nnv of tin- Chicago style of architecture.
.. Xur do 1 blame it. What would be suita
ble there, and what Is considered right
there would not harmonize with the at
mosphere of this western country at all."
Many expressions are heard as to the
advisability of rooting over the Multno
mah Club Held to make an enclosed
stadium. "Nature has done most every
thing to make this place ideal for this
purpose," said one man. "Now It is up
to the city to turn in and do a little
toward this end. and we will have the
tinesi place of the kind In the world."
Oiled macadam pavement is to have a
trial in Portland. On Stanton street, in
.Rose City Park, between FIfty-nfth
and Fifty-sixth streets, Hartman
& Thompson, under t he supervis
ion of C. C. Craig, their real
estate sales manager, will lay one block
of this pavement as an experiment. Mr.
Craig says it has been a success in Cali
fornia, and he sees no reason why it
should not work here.
There is a crushed rock base, then a
binder which contains a secret process
the base of which is said to be asphalt
oIL Then more secret process goes Into
the filler, which also contains asphalt.
and screened gravel is rolled in. The
surface is said to be much like bitulithic
and the advantages claimed for this
pavement are its cheapness and its gen
eral adaptibillty to residence streets,
where, the extremely heavy traffic does
not come.
Phil K. Cordon came up from San
Francisco last week and expressed him
self as greatly surprised to learn' that
they had been selling the Quelle comer,
at Sixth and Stark streets here, which
he owns, for $300,000. This is a rumor
which has" been persistent, but Mr. Gor
don knocked it effectively. "Tell 'em I
didn't know it had been sold," said he,
"and between you and me. I don't believe
it has, and I think I ought to know
about it. The lease has - 18 months to
run yet. and when that Is up I shall im
prove the property with a good building
of some sort.".
Significant as part of. a movement that
has been going on for some time is the
removal of the firm of Olds. Wortman &
King from the store at Fifth and Sixth
and Washington streets to the new store
on Alder, Morrison, West Park and Tenth
streets. It has been a common remark
that -business is going west and south,
and here io a concrete ' example of this.
The establishment of this firm up town
is bound to' have an effect -on values of
surrounding property. Indeed, the mere
announcement that this move was to
come Influenced prices in that part of the
city. From now on more attention iai
bound to be paid to up-town property.
The prices realized for upper Washington
street property last week are but a factor
In the movement.
$150,000 IS PAID FOR TRACT
Once Sought as City Park, Quicker
Buyers Forestall Sale.
The Montgomery tract. In Lower
Albine, comprising about 20 acres, has
been purchased, by the Hancock Land
Company from Walter A. Goss and
others, for $150,000, the amount named
in the deed.
This Is the tract Councilman Mene
fee tried to secure for a city park,
but he was forestalled by W. A. Goss,
Samuel Connell and others; who bought
the land for $60,000 while the city
was temporizing over the deal. The
tract is surrounded on all bides by
improvements, including residences and
paved streets." However, it Is cut up
by ravines and ridges, and at the part
fronting on Larrabee street there is
a deep depression. To make the land
available for homes and residences an
expensive scale of grading and filling
will be needed. This land is con
sidered valuable because ot Its loca
tion, for it is the only large tract
of land remaining intact in the Ai
bina district.. That the city missed
a great opportunity to secure a fine
park tract Is generally conceded. It
has already more than doubled in value
since it was disposed of by Mrs. Mont
gomery two years ago.
ACTRESS HITS OREGON LAND
Miss Sophia Tucker Invests In Or
chard Tract at Dundee.
Miss Sophia Tucker, the actress who
sang at the Oregon Grill and at the
Louvre a week ago last night and raised
$100 for Miss Marjorie Mahr, likes Ore
gon so well that last Tuesday she pur
chased from the Chehalem Valley Or
chard Company through A. B. Ewing, Its
president and general manager, five acres
of land at Dundee, 27 miles southwest
of Portland. The price is given as $1000
an acre. The land Is set out to bearing
walnut trees.
Miss Tucker's home is in Hartford,
Conn., but she says as soon as she leaves
the vaudeville stage she intends to live
In Oregon. "Of all the places I have
seen in my travels." she said, "Oregon
appeals to me more than any of them.
It is just beautiful, beautiful."
Miss Tucker went from hor. tn a r,
Francisco.
Mr. Ewlng has also sold a five-acre
tract to Jacque Rigo, leader of the Louvre
orchestra. This tract is also set out to
walnuts, but will not bear until next year.
It sold for $800 an acre. The company
has 2000 acres, with about SO acres in
walnuts, 00 acres In apples and the rest
in other fruits.
KENTON GETS 14TH FACTORY
Ajnx Auto Traction Company Will
Begin Building at Once.
Eighty by 200 feet is to be the size of
the new building at Kenton for the use
of the Ajax Auto Traction Company. It
will be of frame construction with 21-foot
walls, gravel roof and skylights six feet
long on both sides. The tract of nine
acres has been secured between the
Davis Safe & Lock Company's site and
the plant of tho National Wood Pipe
Manufacturing Company at Kenton.
This company, a subsidiary of the Pa
cini! Gas Engine Works, is backed by
W. H. Corbett. O. P. Conger, W.-C. Al
vord and other local men. It will en
gage in the manufacture of eas engines
for automobiles, auto trucks, marine and
stationary engines.
Work on the new building will start at
once. This will be the 14th industry
which has been located on the Kenton
Land Company s holding. George Heus
ner secured these concerns. '
WORK OP EXCAVATION BEGUN
Three-Story Block to Cost $75,000
Goes Tp in Upper Albina.
Work has been begun on the excava
tion for the basement of a three-story
fireproof building, 100x100 feet, on the
southwest corner of Williams avenue
and Russell street for lone Lewis, C
Hunt and associates. It will have a
court in the center for light and ven
tilation. Whidden & Lewis drew the
plans. The building will be built by
the United Engineering & Construction
Company at a cost of $75,000. This new
building will stand on part of the old
Williams-avenue schoolhouse block, re
cently bought by Mr. Lewis and asso
ciates from the Portland school dis
trict. It will be the finest structure
in that part of the city.
Gymnasium Must Give Way.
About $20,000 is to be spent by the
iteaity Associates in cutting up the up
per three floors of the Healy bulldine.
at the corner of Grand avenue and
East Morrison street. Into rooms. There
will also be a few offices. David L.
Williams, architect. Is doing the work.
This is a four-story building where
Ringler's gymnasium is located now.
The ground floor is already occuDle.i
with stores, and the owners think the
growth of the district will warrant a
lodging nouse at tnis corner.
Huge Orchard Is Planted. '
James M. Enschede. of Forest Grove
has completed planting what is believed
to be the largest orchard ever put out
under the supervision of one man. For a
large iana company in St. Paul. Mr. En
'schede has planted an orchard of 1nn
acres in the Bitter Root Valley, near
Stevensville, Mont. The work Is to be
continued next year until abont 3000 acres
nave oeen pianiea in ine same tract.
Artistic norae Planned.
otto .tueexnann, architect. 30 Grand
avenue. Das prepared plans and specifics,
tior.s for a modern story-and-a-half him.
galow for Mrs. G. H. McMillen. at the
southwest corner of Twenty-sixth and
Overton streets. It will be an artlstio
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Deep
Channel Down Columbia,
Says Henry E. Reed.
OPEN RIVER ABOVE, ALSO
Incidentally Deep Channel in Wil
lamette West or Swan Island,
Keal Estate Man Believes
Is Necessary.
Henry E. Heed, of "Walker & Reed,
the rc&l estate men. has it figured out
that the one thing Portland needs to
help it on its way to the station of
the great city it Is destined to become
is a deep channel In the Columbia River
from the city to the sea. '
"Not necessarily a channel., deep
enough to accommodate the largest
ocean vessel that -floats, he says, "but
at least 30 feet 'deep to Astoria and
from- there to the sea 40 feet, big
enough to provide for the medium
sized vessels. We have got to begin,
to get ready for the immense trade
that will come this way through the
Panama CanaL"
Portland is In pretty good condition
now. thinks Mr. Reed.
"We - have good streets and a good
streetcar system, as far as it goes," he
says. "We have live men here and
there Is plenty of money in the city.
Portland is prosperous and I can't see
anything but corking good times
ahead for this FalL The Panama Ca
nal trade, though. Is a factor that we
have got to begin to look ahead to.
It is going to make another city, al
most, of this town. If we are caught
unprepared we are going to lose a lot
of it. If we are ready, we can get
much that otherwise will go to other
Coast cities.
"Along with the deep channel to the
sea Is another project that ought to
be taken up. That is the west channel
in the Willamette River by Swan Isl
and. W. H. Corbett Is deserving: of a
great deal of credit for hia work on
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behalf of the west channel. He has
the right Idea of its importance, too.
It would pay the Government to buy
the island and dredge It out. Then we
would have the finest fresh-water har
bor in the lower harbor of any place
in the world.
"Of course, next tg these two things,
an open river up the Columbia to tie
Canadian boundary is most important.
Co-operation with the Canadian gov
ernment would open this river to tho
boundary line. In reality It would
only be giving back to the people the
historic route followed by the traders
of the Hudson's Bay Company wnen
they tcok their packs to the East.
"The old trade route was up the
Columbia to Canoe Encampment, then
over the mountains to the Saskatche
wan River, then to Winnipeg and Into
the St. Lawrence River through the
Red River of the North. Bishop Blan
chet. the first Catholic bishop in this
territory, came out by this route. Cana
da and the United States have both
usee it. If the two governments ill
get together and re-open It, It will
mean another 'highway to Portland.
"This will have its effect on freight
rates besides serving to make the city
still better known. Then, too, it might
make Vancouver the first city of iha
State of Washington, and that is a.
town you want to keep your eye on.
"Nine years ago the Chamber of
Commerce passed resolutions favoring
the open river, and now is a good time
to- resurrect this action. Next month
there is to be a conference wich the
Canadian government on this topic, and
the Chamber of Commerce will send
three or five -delegates. ,
"What - Portland needs right now . Is
the deep channel and the open river.
Get these and nothing can stop the
town."
SALEM MAN" BUYS IS PORTIiAXB
Josephr Myers Invests $25,000 in
Albina, at Shaver and Mississippi.
Joseph Myers, of Salem, invested In
Portland real estste last week- For J33,
000 he nought the two-story brick build
ing at the southeast corner of Shaver
street and Mississippi avenue from M. E.
Thompson- The lot on which this build
ing stands is 50x100 feet. On the first
floor are five stores, and on the second
14 rooms, which are rented furnished.
The property brings in 245 a month in
rentals and Is considered a good invest
ment at a reasonable price, considering
the activity manifest recently in Albina
property.
Mr. Thompson on the lot next, which is
60x100 feet, is building a one-story brick
structure, which will be used by a mov
ing picture ho !
BUILT IN ROSE CITY PARK. '
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YAGKAHiNAViLLE IS NAME
NEW TRACT SETTLED ON MOUNT
HOOD WAGON ROAD.
Portland Men Bnild Summer Homes
and 14-Boom Hotel Has Been
Put Cp This Season.
' Yackahinaville is the unique name of
a tract ot land on the north side of the
Mount Hood wagon road, near the Junc
tion of the Zig Zag and Sandy Rivers
and about three miles from Welch's
Hotel. It extends on both sides of the
Sandy River and Is covered with a
heavy growth of trees. Many Portland
men have invested In this tract, and a
number of Summer homes have been
erected. Most of the holdings average
five and ten acres.
William DeVeny, of Portland, has fin
ished a cedar log house In the heart of
this tract, the only house built exclu
sively of cedar logs. It is situated In
a secluded spot under the endless shade
of tall pines and spruce, and within a
stone's throw of the Sandy River.
A. Alcorn, who made a trip to the
tract during the week to make ar
rangements to put up a house, reported
that half a dosen houses have been
built already, including a 14-room hotel
by I. Howard- The Howard building ,
and about 60 acres of land had been
sold, he said, but he did not a crt0tn 1
the price paid. Mr. Alcorn expressed
surprise at the number of houses which
have been built in the district the past
year.
GOOD HOUSE IS TO BE BCTLT
il. Baruh to Put T7p Ten-Room
House on Marshall Street.
Emil Schacht & Son, architects, have
been commissioned to prepare plans for
a 10-room home for M. Baruh, of Wad
hams & Company, to cost $10,000. It
will be on Marshall street between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets
in the Nob Hill district.
The library and dining room will be
finished in oak and will have beamed
ceilings and paneled walnscoatlng. The
breakfast room will be finished in fir.
The living room win be In white enamel
and will have a large open fireplace
and beamed ceilings. All the bedrooms
will be In white enamel. There will be
two sleeping porches. Preliminary
plans are now being made.
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BRUSH GIVES WRY
Rose City . Park District Re
places 1500 Barren Acres.
ATTRACTIVE HOMES BUILT
From Wilderness In Less Than, FIto
TiAaiittfnl TtMldenre See- N
tion Has Been Built Up, With
All Appearance of City.
Five vears aeo or less the Rose City
Park district. In which are nearly 1000
homes now, was a wilderness of brush,
fallen logs and decaying siump.
tJi district, which comprises in all
about 1500 acres, has become one of
the most prosperous and progressive
suburbs of the citv.
When O. W. Taylor and his associ
ates bought 1100 acres of this wilder
ness and waste land they were consid
ered short-sighted and it was predicted
they would lose a lot of money. The
croakers, however, did not count on
the growth of Portland, and the wis
dom of these Investors has been more
than Justified.
Not only did the - original plat or
Rose City Park prove profitable and
a ready seller, but the platting of this
tract resulted in throwing open to the
home builder practically all the ad
jacent property on Sandy Road north
east of the city limits. All the farm
ing land between Sandy Road and the
MontavlUa railway has been put on
the market and Rossmere, Gregory
Heights, Belle Crest, Herlow. Beau
mont. Alameda Park. Hyde Park and
other additions, including the Rose
City Park district, are part of this
progressive section.
Many Homes Being Built.
All through this district homes are
now under construction. At Ross-
mere as good-looking a lot of new
homes Is being built as can be found
in the city. They range In cost from
13500 to $5000. Here cement side
walks have been laid, and the houses
are being built a uniform distance
from the sidewalk. All about the new
Presbyterian Church, which was built
and dedicated this Spring, are many
beautiful homes, mostly of the bunga
low type. ,
G. W. Priest is covering an entire
block south of Sandy boulevard with
bungalows, of a handsome type. Hart
man & Thompson are also building
many attractive homes in the district.
G. W. Priest, who has put up alto
gether 29 dwellings in this vicinity.
has purchased nine lots in Rossmere
and will build houses ranging in cost
from $3000 to 16000. The Western
Corporation bought six lots in Ross
mere for $4500 and will start building
on an extensive scale. Charles Zol
linger, a local investor, bought two
lots and will erect a home costing
14000.
Rose City Park Lots Bought.
Among those who have recently pur
chased In Kose City Park are the fol
lowing: Mrs. Juanlta B. Candlist,
East iifty-first and Stanton streets;
George W. Bailey. Leroy Lonzwanz.
Harry L. Swift. William Herd, Ruth J.
Prink, M. J. Abrahams and G. J. How-
land. Mrs. Prink has begun a cozy
home on the lot she purchased. Hazel
Andrews, who bought on East Forty
sixth street, near Wistaria, will build
a house for $3 800. M. U. McMinn has
started a seven-room bungalow, which
will cost $3000. The home building
department of Hartman & Thompson
has started several new homes on East
Forty-seventh and Brazee streets. The
department is erecting a home for H.
M. Blssell. of the Portland Motorcar
Company, which will cost $3500. Ex
cavating has been started on the foun
dation for a new home for W. H.
Parker to cost $3500. Mrs. A. B. Rin-
toul is erecting a residence on East
i lfty-second, near Stanton street, in
Colonial style, to cost about $4000. J.
A. Thompson sold two lots in Herlow
Addition, on Hillcrest and East Fifty
third streets, to J. H. Adams, of Ne
braska, for $2000. Mr. Thompson pur-
cnased these lots a year ago for $1450
paying $200 down, making his profit in
that time $550. J. W. Travers. formerly
of Chicago, purchased three acres in Rose
City Park near the Country Club and is
navmg a 5UW0 home erected. Work has
been started on a manse for the new
Presbyterian Church near Shdy boule
vard.
Concrete Sidewalks Laid
Many miles of concrete sidewalks have
been laid all through this district. On
both sides of Sandy boulevard the branch
streets have been graded and concrete
sidewalks laid connecting with the boule
vard. Along the north side of this boule
vard In a growth of trees many homes
are being erected. One must go to the
nigner elevation at about East Fiftv-
sixth street In order to get a good idea
of the extraordinary development of the
nose ijny rarK aistrict, and one can
hardly realize that this territory was eo
recently farms on the lower levels and
dense growth or brush on the higher
levels. The sum of $2,000,000 will hard
ly represent the expenditures that have
been made already m this district, exclu
sive of the Country Club investment. And
only a beginnings has been made. In
Rossmere alone the grading and stree
contracts cost $200,000.
The whole district will be improved
wun nara-suriace pavements as soon
as sewers have been laid. This will be
the next big undertaking. A big sewer
district has been formed of all thi
territory and North Mount Tabor as
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East End Bnrnside-Street Bridge, Portland, Oregon.
well, and plans are being drawn for a
general system of sewer conduits, the
main conduit to reach the Willamette
River through Sullivan's Gulch. It will
be several years before this system can
be completed, however. V
- Paving Talked for Sandy.
Another movement has been started
to make Sandy boulevard, formerly
Sandy road. 80 feet wide to the city
limits from East Twenty-eighth street
and finally to pave the street with a
hard-surface improvement. Viewers
have submitted their reports and now
the action of the City Council Is await
ed. When Sandy boulevard has been
made 80 feet wide and improved aa
proposed it will be the leading thor
oughfare out of the city on the East
Side, for all the other streets of the
northeast district connect with It.
Broadway street, on which the Broad
way bridge will rest when built, has
been extended into the Rose City Park
district. Hancock street and Killings
worth avenue are also to be carried
into the district.
Organization Works Hard.
To carry out the general improve
ment of the Rose City Park district the
citizens have an organization called the
Rose City Park Improvement League,
which has a large membership among
the leading and influential men of the
territory. Ex-Governor Geer Is presi
dent. Just now the league is conduct
ing a contest among the residents for
the purpose of beautifying their homes.
The rose and sweet pea contests, which
have been completed, were successful
in every way. The closing contest,
which ends August IS, includes the
bast varltiea of flowers, vegetables and
plants, best arranged and appearing vege
table garden, best family orchard, beet
arranged and kept grounds aa a whole.
and best parking between walk and
curb. Through these contests much
good has already resulted, and the last
promises excellent results.
Through the efforts of the league also
a free mall delivery will soon be In
augurated in the . district. Many more
aro lights have been arranged for and
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company has promised to extend its
lines. Through the efforts of the league
several streets have been opened from
Sandy boulevard westward. Including
Broadway and Hancock. Also the
eague has taken up the matter of es
tablishing a gas plant at some central
point until the Portland Gas Company
can run its mains there.
Rodney Herrlck, connected with the
International Harvester Company of
America, who has recently moved to
Portland from Minneapolis, has bought
the home of Fred Vetter, contractor.
Just off Sandy Road In Rose City Park.
for $6750. This is a good-looking house
of concrete blocks, extremely well fin
ished within and with plate glass win
dows betokening the care that was
spent on its construction. Mr. Herrlck
spent several years In Riga, Russia, and
many of his household goods came to
Portland as they had been packed there.
the cases nailed up with square wire
nails.
HOMES WILL BE DISTINCTIVE
Architects Add to Portland's Repu
tation for Pretty Houses.
The Eastman Company, Inc. have un
der way many residences of the average
grade which are adding to the reputation
or Portland as a place of pretty homes.
Each has some distinctive feature that
makes it different from the general run
of medium-priced houses. In Irvington,
on East Twenty-sixth street, between
Brazee and Thompson, Dr. C Bergen
son's house, of two stories, will cost
$6000 and have hardwood floors all
through. Two tile bathrooms are pro
vided for.
Captain J. J. Reynolds home, on
East Twenty-second, between Knott and
Stanton streets, will cost $6200. It will
occupy a space 40x4 feet. The ward
robes, dining-room buffet and all the
kitchen cabinets will be built in. There
will be two baths. Including a shower
and needle bath. A feature of the living
room will be the 11-foot fireplace, stone,
which will be built with an Ingle nook.
This company has drawn plans for
three good houses in Irvington for Starr
brothers to cost about $6000 each. Each
will be two stories, and will have eight
rooms. There will be a full basement of
cement in each, hardwood floors, hot
water heating arrangements, tireless cook
ersi artistio fireplaces and sleeping
porches. Two residences, costing one
$4600 and the other $3450, have been com
pleted on Tillamook street near Twenty
eixth, for C. D. Starr.
W. Olnes commissioned this firm to de
sign a building at East Twentieth street
and the Sandy road to contain four stores
on the first floor with apartments above.
This will cost $10,000 and will be of brick
veneer. Plans aro ready now and work
will begin soon.
Marvin White's bungalow, at the cor
ner of Pearl and Cleveland streets. Pied
mont, has been designed by Eastman &
Co., and work will begin soon. One of
the two. verandas will be covered, so it
can be used as a living-room. Another
will have a tile floor, as well as a pergola.
The fireplace will be made of cobble
stones, both outside and in. A feature of
one sleeping chamber will be its two
dressing-rooms, in one of which will be
placed a full-length triple mirror. The
vestibule will have a tile floor, and all
the floors will be of oak. The bedrooms
will be finished in white enamel.
These people will also design the home
of John H. Stevenson, on Seventeenth
street, near Thompson. Wide lap spruce
and shingles wil cover the exterior, and
the construction will be of the latest.
Hardwood floors will be in every room,
and bookcases, china-closets and buffet
will be built-in. The dining-room will
have beamed ceiling and paneled walls.
In the living-room will be a large
pressed brick fireplace. The cost will be
about $6000.
Eastman Company has prepared plans
and begun the erection of a $5000 residence
for F. R. May. of the Baker-May Lum
ber Company, of Michell, Wash. This
will be on East Twenty-sixth street, be
tween Brazee and Thompson streets, in
Irvington. It will be a one and one-half
story, seven-room home, 35x40 feet in
dimensions and of modern design.
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