The Sunday Oregonian., August 21, 1910, SECTION FOUR, Page 8, Image 47

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BUILDING OPERATIONS ALMOST COMPLETED IN PORTLAND THAT WILL ADD TO AVAILABLE OFFICE SPACE.
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SUMMER QUIET IN
PORTLAND 15 PAST
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CITY'S -BEAMED
A. B. Wldney Declares Now Is
Time to Clinch Place of
Shipping Supremacy.
Return of Vacationers Cause
of Sudden Activity in
Realty Market.
GOOD WATERFRONT
BIG DEALS ARE BEGINNING
Announcement of Transfer of All 1
Mac lea y Holding "West of City
for Quarter Million Dollars I
Sign of Coming Liveliness.
To all appearances. Portland's
"quiet" season Is past. The week that
baa just (one saw mora Inquiry and
mora activity In real estate matters
than any week sine tha Summer be
nn. Also It waa characterized by
mora transactions of the larger sort than
any period sine tha Spring season.
Of saor Importance, perhaps, to the
future of Portland housebuilding than
any other aal announced laat week
ts the transfer of tha Macleay holding,
west of the city, for a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. In round figures. This
land Is some of tha most beautiful, from
a landscape artist's point of view, of
all the beautiful trarts In and about
"Portland. The plans of tha purchasing
syndicate hare not been announced, but
It Is said they Include much landscape
work and platting Into bulldlna- sites
rather than Into lots of uniform res;
ularlty.
In another branch of business that
la one of Portland's mainstays S. Ban's
lumber mill on Willamette Plough la
worthy of mention. Mr. Pan has been
very suressful In his Portland opera
tions, and this mill of lOO.OrtO feet dully
capacity will be a factor of Importance
both to his own Interests and to the
lumber Industry of the Northwest.
Analysis of the real estate transfers
shows no abatement In the activity In
sas to home builders. This clasa of
property has moved extremely well all
Summer and In this, as In all other
lines a lively Kail Is considered certain.
The change of plans In the Thompson
Hotel, to cover the block bounded ly
Third. Fourth. Pine and Ash streets,
means mu.-h to that illstrl.-t. Anomhl
story buildlnic 20x20' fe?l cannot help
but- be a (treat asset to property In
that vlclnltv.
of untuld Importance to the 3at
Ide ts the announcement of the plans
or the John Deere Plow Company,
which are for an eight-story reinforced
concrete bulMIng to cover half a block.
Later this will be added to so that tha
entire Mock Is covered. It Is said. This
1j In the new warehouse district created
by the fills and the promise of the East
C.J freight depot and terminals.
Past Slders are still frettlnr over the
InaJequacy of the freight facilities, snd
hav made complaint of the delay th
lack of terminals causes every day.
More large buildings on th West
Hide are In tha air. and unices plana
now maturing miscarry, announcement
may be expected of new buildings In
the downtown section soon. Th Two
building with Its lo stories still stands
as th limit of height in any atruotur
tther nnder way or planned.
A field that offers a crying need la
Portland may soon be expected to be
Invaded that of the private hotel. A
new first-class transient hotel Is also
among the possibilities of th Fall ac
tivity. An analysis of that quiet time Portland
has been having Is more than satisfac
tory. It was Just what conditions de
manded. There must b rest at some
time for everyone. A period of rest Is
Just what thla Summer haa been. The
riprlng market waa lively and th Fall
marker will be better still. Between
these times of great activity there had
to be a lull, a chanc to digest. Thar
has been no hint at all of dullness In
th Bummer quiet. It was simply th
vacation time, and everybody felt that
h was prosperous enough to enjoy a
vacation and he took It. Kov the va
cationers are returning, and the market
at once feels their advent.
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One of th prominent bankers of
Portland, a man who Is known by nam
to a large part of th population, ts au
thority for ths statement that Portland
has not yet had Its fill of subdivisions.
This la la th fac of th fact that th
market haa within th past year had a
great number of high-class residence
plats offered for sale, some of which
are practically sold out. Also It In
cludes the Met that more subdivisions
ar to b offered thla Kali.
Th cheapness of fin residence prop,
erty which can b easily reached is ap
parently the basis of bis reasoning.
While lots as good as some of those
now on sale ran be bought for $1000.
11500. or even 12000. this man figures
that the market Is not slutted.
Out of the hundreds of tnea In th
real estate craft and its allied busi
nesses that are soen and talked with
each week not one has been found who
can sr anything but a good Fall ahead
for Portland. When so many men of
so many varying temperaments all hav
the same opinion, that opinion gathers
weight.
City Knglneer Morris has computed
th.it up to January 1. 110. there had)
been laid altogether In Portland bat
miles of pavement. There are under
way. and will be completed by the end
of the year to miles more, almost as
much In one year as had been laid In
all Portland's previous existence. Of
these t l mr.es. is are being laid In One
Job. In Laurelhurst.
The are flgurea that testify to the
good times that obtain In Portland now.
Likewise they Indicate the growth of
the city. Incidentally they show that
Portland has Its eye on becoming one
of th best-paved cities in th country.
Apartment sites are considered next
to retail business sites as a real estate
Invest meet. There are those who aay
that apartment rents are too high In
Portland, that when the city get down
to n t r" cect basis on fireproof
'apartments, the val-e problem will
have adjusted Itself. Be that as It
may. the fact remains that apartment
sites In this city brine; prices that ar
sometimes almost on a level with re
:ll business sites. And yet. Portland
has not enough apartments,
Charles K. Henry says thai 10-stor
building of his Is surely going to be
built next Spring. He says he has
picked the site, but of ths location he
will say nothing. Just now he Is busy
examining th pictures of other build
ing throughout the country that h haa
received and settling each points as a
-olor scheme, detailed designs and
thircs of that sort. He Is. Inclined to
be enthusiastic over the scheme and la
entirely sangu'na of Its success.
Advices from Seattle ar to th ef
fect that the past week has been oanch
better from a business standpoint than
tCea Immediately preceding. Peruana
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rejoices at this, for It Is glad for It to
share a little If Us own prosperity.
In th East, you know. It Is not the
good or bad times In Seattle or Port
land or Spokan that count: It Is the
condition of th Pacific Northwest Th
big cities ar but a single Item In Ci
Northwest ss a whole. True, they re
flect, to a large extent, th oondltlon
of this section, so if Seattle Is picking
up It means an Impression of greater
prosperity In th PaclBo Northwest.
Bom say It would be better for 8
atti to recover mora slowly, believ
ing a too qulok prosperity would be
only temporary. These base their opin
ion en the inflation of values which
has been In evidence for soms time. A
longer quiet period, they say, would
be the means of restoring a more nor
mal basis for realty.
Members of th fieven Oaka Invest
ment Company express themselves as
sanguine of th success of th deal
whereby the 100x100 feet at the north
east corner of Seventh and Oak streets
will be transferred to th Hamilton
Investment Company, th holding oom
pany that Is alileged to be about to
erect the Keswlok building.
At first rumors of a l-story building
were started, but It seems to hav
dwindled to a structure of eight
stories. That an edifice "of this slse
will be built Is said t be fairly cer
tain. POSTOFF1CK MAY BE SCTtPRISE
Man Who Says He Knows Thinks
Elte Will Be Near Cnstom-IIonse.
One who Is In position to know, for
be baa been associated reoently with
an emissary of the United Etatea Gov
ernment, declares that a surprise ts n
store regarMng the selection of the
Postofflce s'te.
It will not be chosen near tho depot,
he says, for two reasons: First, ths
property offorcd In that vicinity Is val
ued too high; and second, a location
near tho Cuatom-House would effect a
saving In lighting bills and In fool
bills.
There ar three available blocks closo
to the Federal building at Seventh.
Eighth. Davis and Everett streets, this
man points out, any one of which Is
likely to be chosen. In 'this location
pipes under th streets would convey
heat from a single plant to th other
building, and the two buildings would
make a private, lighting plant feasible,
acoordlng to the Information obtained
from the companion of the Treasury
agent.
Therefore he says. In the mind of
th department, there Is no thought of
a sit near th depot.
Th steel of the 15-story Toon building
Is beginning to poke Its long fingers into
th air. Speed will be made In erection.
It Is said five floors of this building hav
already been rented.
NEW HOME ON KNOTT STREET
.BEST OF
31. 1m. Camp Company. Architects
HOI E OF R. B. HABERSHAM.
Or.e cf the best-looking homes of that district is the residence of B.
P. Habersham, recently completed on Knott street. It cost $5000, snd
H. l. Camp Company are the architects. They both drew the plans
snd erected the building. The house Is entirely modem In Its appoint
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John Deere Plow Company to
Erect $200,000 Building.
PERMIT IS APPLIED FOR
Reinforced Concrete Material Used
In Huge Building, Which Will
Ilave Total Floor Space of
180,000 Square Feet.
Just as soon as possible work will be
begun on the huge building for th John
Deer Plow Company, which will stand
on th half block on East Second street,
between East Morrison and East Alder.
Plans were filed yesterday morning with
City Building Inspector Plummer and a
gentl hint was thrown out that hast In
approving them and Issuing a permit for
ja.000 would be appreciated.
Hugh MacLean. manager of the Leonard
Construction Company, of Chicago, which
drew tha plans and will erect the build
ing. Is her to get the work started and
Is authority for the announcement of
the designs of the company. This firm
hss built similar buildings for the same
concern In Chicago, Duluth and other
places.
The Portland building will be elRht
stories high and the material reinforced
concrete. ' It will cover half the block at
first, and will be so arranged that In
time an annex covering the other half
of the block can be added!
Portland was chosen for this structure
after all the cities of the Pacific Coast
had set forth their advantages. San
Francisco made a strong bid for It. be
cause this Is to be the distributing sta
tion for the entire Coast, and means
much to the city In which It Is located.
Of Its kind, this building will be th
most modem and most conveniently ar
ranged building west of Denver. It will
hav all possible devices such as auto
matlo sprinklers of advanced pattern and
will be thoroughly fireproof. There will
be 180.000 square foot of space In ths
eight floors and basement.
This block has already been filled to the
basement level, but in order to obtain
solid foundations, plies will be driven to
a depth considered sufficient for the
weight of the structure that will rest
upon them.
The John Deere Plow Company has
owned this block for a year. It bought
COSTS $5000 AND IS ONE OF
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ing 1150.000. The ground Is considered
worth much more than this now.
The Leonard Construction Company will
open permanent offices here, says Charles
K. Henry, and will, enter ths field for
construction work.
AJLLE3GED MSAXi FAJLXiS THROUGH
EAg&r J. Daly Announces He Owns
. Corner of 10th and Washington. '
Edgar J. Daly announces that be has
bought the corner of Nineteenth and
Washington streets, which waa reported
ss sold several weeks sgo to Stoppen
bach & McGulre, for $100,000. The deal
fell through, says Mr. Daly, and as a
result, he declares he is now the owner
of this property, which Is ISOxlOO feet,
obtaining It at the same price reported
In the previous announcement.
Mr. Daly assigns no reason for the al
leged failure of the deal reported soon
after the Exposition building fire. He
simply says he bought the property from
Rodney Gllsan, manager of the Caroline
Couch estate, and will hold lt He" says
he has not decided whether to sell again
or to build on this comer.
Mr. Daly also reports the sale of the
lot 60x100 at the corner of East Burnslde
street snd Union avenue to J. O. Ed
wards, of the famous Hay Creek ranch,
for HS.OuO. The lease of the property at
Twenty-first and Washington streets,
owned by. Mr. Edwards, Is also reported
by Mr. Daly as negotiated by mm. a
four-story concrete garage building Is to
be built here, of which
architect. Is the author.
D. C. Lewis,
PANTHERS KILLING SHEEP
Forest Fires) Drive
Animals
Into
Settled Districts.
. KOSEBURG, Or, Aug. 20.-(Speclal.)
Farmers and stock raisers along the
North. Umpqua River In the Deer Creek
section of Douglas County, have offered
a reward of $10 to any person who will
kill one or more of the panthers that are
dally reducing the sheep flocks.
J. J. Gilliam and Robert McLaughlin,
residents In the Deer Creek district, re
port the loss of sheep and goats, killed
by panthers prowling along the river. It
Is the general belief of the stockmen that
the presence of the panthers is caused
by the forest fires, which compel wild
animals to frequent the populated sec
tions in search of food.
Public Library Notes.
In the children's room of the Publlo
Library is an Interesting collection of
shells on exhibit, and the books about
shells and sea life have been placed on
special shelves. Lists of other good
vacation books for boys and girls may
be obtained In the children's room.
Three papers In the Lithuanian lan
guage have Just been added to the
periodical room. A number of books
In this language have been purchased
and will soon be ready to draw for
home use from the circulating depart
ment. Councilman Runs Street Roller
SEASIDE, Or., Aug. SO. (Special.) The
new steam street roller which was pnr
chosed by the city a short time ago ar
rived here yesterday and was immediate
ly placed In operation on Main street,
which has been covered with crushed rock
from Bridge street to Holladay sta
tion. After rolling all of the principal
streets of the city the machine will be
used on the road between here and As
toria. The roller, which Is valued at
C9S0, will be operated by Councilman
John OerraUse until a suitable engineer
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MR. YEON TO HELP CITY
EXTRA EXPENSE PUT OX BUILD
IXG THROUGH CIVIC PRIDE. '
Smokestacks From Two Other Struc
tures to Be Absorbed and Cornice
to Extend Around 4 Sides.
. J. B. Yeon has a few Ideas' about the
duty of a citizen that he is working
into his 16-story building at the corner
of Fifth and Alder. One of them is
that the structure should help Portland
by appearing as well as possible, and
for this reason he is to have the cornice
extend clear around the, four sides.
Usually two sides of a building on a
corner are-all that are treated with a
cornice.
Mr. Teon Is also thinking about the
smoke nuisance, and has decided that
his building shall do all It can to abate
the clouds of smutty vapor in that vi
cinity. Therefore he has made arrange
ments to absorb two other somestacks
Into the one on his own edifice, that of
the Morgan building at Fourth and Al
der,, occupied by the Hotel Alder, and
that of the Swetland building, at the
corner of Fifth and Washington, ad
joining the Teon building on the north.
Mr. Teon admits that he will lose
money through the smokestack arrange
ment, both by the extra cost and . by
the loss of some rental space, and the
cornice around the building he thinks
Is an ' extra expense that few large
buildings have to bear. His own ex
planation Is simply that he wants to
do as much for Portland as he can.
Prune Crop Above Average.
THE DALLES, Or (Special). Prune
crop here this year la above the aver
age, and eight carloads have been
packed and shipped to the Eeast, It is
expected that 15 to 20 .cars of prunes
and pears will be sent from thla place
this season. Packers are In demand,
and girls of 12 to 16 earn from $1.26 to
$2.60 a day at this work.
NEW TEN-ROOM HOUSE TO BE BUILT ON SCHUYLER STREET,
m IRVINGTON.
H. L. Camp & Company, Architects.
PROJECTED DWIUCIfi OF C R. DAVIS.
One of the finest homes projected for the exclusive Irvlngton dis
trict is that of C. K. Davis, for which H. L. Camp Company, archi
tects, have prepared the plans. It is to be two stories high, of wood,
with full basement, and will contain ten large rooms, all of which
will be elegantly finished. A garage will be built at the rear of the
lot. It will stand on Schuyler street, between East Twenty-first and
East Twenty-second streets, and the cost will be between $8000 and
$10 000. Work has been started on the basement.
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BONDS MIGHT PAY COST
Writer Suggests Reaurvey of Water
front Line and Construction of
Concrete Wall With Fireproof
Buildings Warning- Given.
BY A. B. W ID NET.
Portland Is destined to be a great com
mercial city and there win -be handled
on Its waterfront billions of . dollars'
worth of merchandise. It behooves th
city to prepare for handling this vast
wealth with safety and economy. In or
der to attract it to this place.
The present waterfront Is a wornout,
antiquated, dilapidated wooden flretrap,
endangering not only all of the water
front and shipping, but also endangering
all the merchandise stored on the front,
as well as a large part of the rest of th
city.
It l merely a question of time until a
fire started on this waterfront, in some
dry spell, as the present, and In a high
wind, sweeps this srea, as did the Chi
cago and Baltimore fires or the San
Francisco fire. The present forest and
mill fires are the warning signals of what
to expect sooner or later on our water
front. The present worn-out condition of the
waterfront has reached a time when it
must be repaired and rebuilt. To per
mit it to be rebuilt on its present In
flammable plan Is to allow good money
to go into Improvements that will n
volve largo losses If forced to. tear down
and rebuild on permanent fireproof plana
Fireproof Front Needed.
In order to prepare for the safety of
the city and for hoJidling the vast amount
of commerce, the city should have com
petent engineers carefuly define the
waterfront line on both aides of the
river.
They should also prepare a proper sys
tem of concrete waterfront walls, or con
crete plies, and fireproof warehouse re
strictions, so as to produce a reasonably
harmonious and beautiful ajppearanoe, as
well as produce the maximum con
venience. With such a system prepared, the prop
erty owners could replsce from time to
time the present worn-out structures with
buildings and riverfront walls that would
last for all time and meet the demands
of commerce.
Whoever first erected such a structure
would command practically all of the
trade It could possibly handle, and others
would be compelled to build In like man
ner in order to hold their business. The
result would be an early completion of a
business waterfront that would not only
be a worldwide credit to Portland as a
thing of beauty and utility, but on ac
count of Its safety and convenience would
command the commercial confidence of
the world of shippers.
Portland Standing Sure.
The productive watershed of the Colum
bia River and of the tributary commer
cial areas is an empire of wealth and f.f
commerce. It must have a great dis
tributive commercial shipping center.
With all the present and future lines of
railroad, built, building and to be built,
all leading Into Portland, the city Is
marked as Nature's great Northwest
commercial point; provided we do not let
this slip from our grasp.
Such commerce will go where it has
the facilities and safety prepared by the
neonla to handle it. Prepare for it in
sdvanc hd i' will forever come hre
go V) ieep wh'le other cities urepare to
house and care for it and it cannot be
diverted. Too much capital invested In
other cities preparing up-to-date facili
ties will aecessarily fight to retain the
commerce. Prepare beforehand to re
oelve and oare for It and it will naturally
come here and cannot be diverted. It will
make a city of 1.000,000 inhabi ants here
quicker than any other way.
Portland being so far Inland, it is for
ever Insured from sea attacks. For that
reason merchandise stored here for m
merolal distribution is absolutely safe
from all such dangers as beset seacoast
cities. During the late Japanese war
scare ths Government removed millions
of dollars from San Francisco inland to
Denver for safety.
Why, under such clrcumstanoes, should
not Portland become the Northwestern
granary and merchandise warehouse and
treasure-house for the trade of the Pa
cific and Orient?
To accomplish this object the city
should Immediately act and take control
and shape the destiny for the greatest
results.
Bonds Might Be Issued.
The city and county could Issue water
front bonds and pay a certain per oent
of the cost and the waterfront owners
should pay the rest. The city also should
derive a small revenue from freight han
dled, to constitute an Interest and sink
ing fund eventually to llnquidats the
bonds.
Streets that do not terminate at bridge
crossings could be safely closed and do
nated to adjacent waterfront property
owners on proper conditions that they
would at once erect the river wall and
ILya wranged.
It may bs safely said that no morsj
bridges will be erected across the rtvetVi
but tunnels will take their places where
needed, and such tunnels would not inter
fere with the waterfront, but would;
come to the surface some distance east
or west of the river line, J
The modern scientific and praotlcal
Ideas of commercial waterfronts was
quite fully dlscussked In th July Issue
of Hampton's Magazine, to which I
would refer our Live Wire men for a
good understanding of the subject.
This harvest is readr for the sickle.
Will Portland thrust In the sickle and
harvest the crop, or will It dream away
while some other place secures the prize T
There Is only one such prise In thi
Northwest and only one city will get it.
Will It be Portland or 1
Vacant Property Brings Good Price.
Charles W. Erts has Just purchased
59x136 feet on Graham street, near Mis
sissippi avenue, from the Portland In
vestment Company for $25,000. This prop
erty is not yet Improved, but the new
owner expects to erect a substantial
building on it. Mr. Brtx has sold TOxlSO
feet on E&st Fifty-third street, near East
Ash. to A.- E. Poulson f3r $5,000. It is
occupied with a residence and was bought
for a home.
The Suburban Land Company announo
es the sale of 50x100 feet on East 11th
and Tillamook streets with a modern'
residence to Dr. G-. H. A. Sturdevant for
H760. It was owned by L. H. Kaser, and
was bought for a home.
Beds Feature of Homes.
W. S. Bell, architect, has prepared
plans for two attractive bungalows,
which are to be built In Rose City Park
by the Provident Trust & Investment
Co. at a cost of $2600 each. Each bouse
will be 28x44 feet. One will be built
on East Forty-ninth and one on East
Fiftieth street, near Sandy boulevard.
They will be equipped with Holmes dis
appearing beds and all modern con
veniences. .With the wall bed the living-room
can be converted Into a guest
chamber quickly.
C B. Dean, recently from Kansas
City, has purchased the B. C. Hughes
residence on East Fifty-first and Til
lamook streets for $4260. Mr. Dean
bought the house for a home.
SELLS ITS L
MOIXT HOOD IUTE DISPOSING
OF EAST SIDK PROPERTY.
All Holdings West of Slontavilla, In
cluding Waterfront, to Be Closed
Out at Once.
It Is understood that the Mount Hood
Road has placed with the Spanton Com
pany to convert into cash for construction
purposes as soon as possible, all Its real
estate holdings in East Portland west of
Montavllla.
The Spanton Company reports the sal
of two quarter blocks, held by the road,
one at the northwest corner of East Stark
and East Seventeenth streets, and one
at the southeast corner.of East Oak and
East Seventeenth streets, to William A.
La Force, who Is said to have bought
with the Intention or realizing a profit on
his Investment. The purchase price is
not given out, but it Is understood to
have been rather low
Another piece of these enme holdings
has been reported sold by the Spanton
Company to a real estate man, who also
Is said to have seen a chance to make a
profit. This consisted of the four lots
!n block B, of Sunnyslope Addition. This
price also is withheld.
Tho Mount Hood Koad owns about VO
feet of waterfront at the foot of East
Stark street, whirh It Is reported i soon
to change hands, but the name of the
buyer Is kept a secret, as Is also the
price. There are other lots along the
line of right of way that was partly
secured by the road, and these are to be
sold, it Is reported, the deals being ready
to be closed in some Instances.
Building Notes.
August Olsen has let the contract for
his home on East Eighteenth street, near
Brazee, to cost $8600. It will have two
stories and contain nine rooms. .
' H. L. Camp & Company will build a
three story frame apartment-house at
the corner of Twenty-fourth and North
rup streets for Mrs. Ada Simpson. It will
cost $23,000.
Work of altering the store formerly
occupied by Olds. Wortman & King, at
Fifth and Washington streets, goes bus
ily on. Edwin F. James, a former Seattle
real estate operator, leased this structure
and the small building owned by the
Corbett estate standing next, on Fifth
street, and will sublet it in small rooms.
Week before last the excavation for
the Tichner-Maegley building, at Seventh,
and Alder streets, war begun. Now the
foundations of the building are complete.
Stone & Webster Engineering Corpora
tion, through tho local manager Louis V.
Brayton, desires to keep up Its reputa
tion for speed In construction-
George Langford got the contract from
Emll Schacht & Son for building the four
story brick warehouse to be occupied
by the International Harvester Company
at East First and East Taylor streets.
The cost is to be about $50,000 and the
construction will be extra heavy.
Excavation for the three-story rein
forced concrete building to be built for
Milton J. Jones on Fourth street, be
tween Morrison and Alder, has been be
gun by the C. J. Cook Company. Aaron
H Gould, the architect, has plans ready
for bids, which will close Thursday,
August 25.
To replace a structure that was
burned Jn the Montavllla fire. July 6,
Roberts & Roberts have drawn plans
for a one-story brick building, 60x95
feet, at East Eighty-first and East
Stark streets. The Ukase Investment
Company will put up the building at a
cost of $7000. -
Wineland & Hubbard will build the
four-story brick veneer apartment
house for Dr. Emmett Drake on Cedar
Hill, on Green avenue. There ar to be
32 suites and the cost will run close to
$50,000. Murray & Richards are the
architects.
Another Montavllla building will be
a one-story concrete store, 60x60 feet,
at East Eightieth and East Stark
streets. Kingsbury, Carey & Hallock
are the architects and A. H. Green
the owner. The cost is estimated at
$5500. It will be built by day labor.
Work was started last week on the
four-story brick apartment house for
Mayor Simon, at Nineteenth and Mar
shall streets, of which Emll Schacht &
Son are the authors. C. W. Green se
cured the contract, and the cost will
be $65,000. This will be as fine an
apartment house as any In Portland,
and will have all the modern devices
for saving space and trouble. Flreless
cookers In each apartment will be a
feature.
The three-story and basement brick
building on Fifth street between Burn- .
side and Conch, which the Wilion es
tate is building for the Rosenfeld
Smith Cigar Company, is nearly done.
D. C. Lewis, the architect, announces its
completion by September 1. The cost is,
about $20,000 and Mr. Lewis has made.
the offices and sample rooms unusuaaiyj