The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 21, 1910, SECTION FOUR, Image 48

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Newspaper Page TextTTTE SXTTfDAT OREGOSIA. POKTLAJTO, AUGUST 21, 1910. EAST SIDE FLATS ARE PAYING WELL Apartment-Houses Form Weil Defined District and Are , Crowding Residences. 'PENINSULA TO EXPLOIT Visions of Shipping Seen and Effort Will Be Made to Get Factories. Movement Started for Clear Channel "Far Tp Hirer. ' BT U H. WKLLS. I Many of tha permits issued for the East 'Bids ere for apartments and flats, and these seem to congregate In tbs district tfcetween Grand evpnue and East Twen tieth street, and follow tha lines of atrsat tears on Belmont. East Morrison. East lnkeney. Clinton and Milwaukee streets. Manx vacant lota In Central East Port land are being Improved with this class (of buildings, for owners of the property 'r finding that apartments par well. , On the East Side along Grand avenue the demand Is for offices and rooms. Owners of the Healy building on Grand iavenue and East Morrison, are changing tie upper floors of that structure into of Itlce apartments, cutting out the balli al together. The Bruce building on East lilomaon street and Union avenue, which 'was destroyed by fire Sunday miming, contained nearly So persons. Every room I was Ailed and applicants were turned Wway almost dally for the reason thxi there ware no vacant rooms, i It Is found that the aparuaent houses trKl up above the first floor very fast. tXrnn this trend It Is safe to assume that : within a few years the purely residence districts on the East Side, where people (own their homes, will be east of East Twenty-fifth street, in such additions as 'Rose City Park. Laurelhurst. Irvlngton. -Mount Tabor. Westmoreland. Eastmore Uand. Woodstock. , Waverly-Kichmond. "Waverlelgh, Sunnyslde. Montavllla and other suburbs. These suburbs which have weemed a long way out are really, close In. At any rata business buildings, flats land apartmenta will take the East Side out to East Twentieth and East Twenty tflfth. streets within the next tea years. . Dr. J. R. Wetherbee. when president 'of the Portland Commercial Club, said in 'an address at a banquet given by the IJast Side Business Men's Club a ll;tle ver a year ago. that ha expected to sea rand avenue lined with prosperous busi ness houses and the street become the leading business street of Ft Portland. Fmce then three modern buildings have been erected on Grand avenue, and plana are now being prepared for a f?ur-etory reinforced concrete building. kOxiw. to be erected by W. L- Morfru and associates on Grand avenue between East Stark and fast Oak streets, which will cost 1S.00. Business men on Grand avenue say that business has increased 15 per cent over -what la was In 130 tn all Unea. Ona part 'or the Morgan structure will be used as a hotel. All above the first floor will 'be for rooms and this hotel. C. A. Blgelow. of the East Side Bust mexs Men's Club, contends that the East tside must have a good hotel and play house to retain Ita people. He haa been urging this for several years, and still (thinks the playhouse 4s the thing most bleed ed. i The North Albina Improvement Asso ciation has started a movement to exploit the Penlpsuia and particularly the manu facturing district on Columbia Slough. I. X Lively, vice president and general rnanacer of the Peninsula Investment Company, addressed a letter to the asso ciation suggesting that It assist In locat ing factories of every sort on Columbia Blough. and the communication was re ceived with enthusiasm. A live commit tee was appointed to take the matter In hand. In his address before the. associa tion J. H. Xolta said that the plana of the Inveatment Company are to dredge out Columbia Slough tor deep-sea ahtpa and create a basin for mooring them. "When the plans of the Peninsula Com pany are carried out." said Mr. Kolta, "It will mean that Portland shipping will fee done on the Peninsula, on Columbia (Slough, on the Willamette below the bridges and on the Columbia River, and the bridge draws will not often be opened for sea-going vessels. Already much has rxn accomplished on the Peninsula In the wav of locatlnc manufacturing estab lishments, and this association ran do .much to aid in building up this district." S. 1 Osborne, preetdent of the associa tion, spoke at some length outlining an active programme for the development of the Peninsula. The ftrat steps for opening Villa avenue . the city limits from the west side of Xaurrlhurot have been concluded, and the fnal opening Is now in sight. It will be made feet wide first to the city limits land then to tha s'alrview road, a distance f 11 miles. Between Esst Sixtieth street and Meridian avenue the widening Is ac complished and pmperty owners are pay ing In their assessments. Proceedings are lender way to widen the avenue between H ast Sixtieth street and Laurelhurst- This pa. t will be accomplished In due course of time. Making of a wide avenue of e.V.s street Is considered one of the most Important Improvements on the East FUt. It has taken five years of constant agitation on the part of a few who real ised that such an avenue will be a great thing for the territory north of the Base .Line road. With a moderate grade. Villa avenue will extend straight through to -the Falrvlew road. There Is a fine terri tory on either side of the avenue beyond 5e city limits which at present has no Ulrect street Into Portland. The men who hare worked In and out of season for this fine avenue are William PeVeny. H. B. I'.rklnson. D. A. Or oat. C. N. Rankin. Judge Seneca Smith and several others. The result of their efforts Is shown In -the Increased value of tha fine property east Bf Montavllla adjacent to tha avenue. Owners of water front property south f Hawthorne bridge are In hopes of get ting the channel of the Willamette River deepened as far south as MUwaukla, Committees from the several organisa tions are working on the proposition. On both sides of the liver are sites for fac tories. At Sellwood a three-acre water front tract, with deep water Immediately In front Is held at tlS.000. Two extensive clocks have just been completed at Sell wood for handling sand, cement and building material, which are expected to make building operations In that district less expensive than heretofore. W. M. Morehouse has completed a S20.000 dock at the foot of Umatilla avenue and a Jor dock has been finished at tha foot of Linn avenue, both of which will handle bulldlrg material- To make It easy to reach these waterfront sites between Hawthorne bridge and MUwaukla the several commercial and push clubs arc asking that the Oovernment clear away few obstructions tn the river. D. M. ronsugh. president of the Sellwood 'Board of Trade, saya he considers the deepening of tha river channel south of Hawthorne bridge an Improvement cf rreat Importance for that district, as "It will bring Into use valuable river front property and really enlarge tha Portland harbor, and I believe that the Federal Government should dredge out tha river for us." Vacant houses on tha East Side are sur prisingly scarce, and one vacant one day la often occupied again the next. There Is constant demand for houses renting at about '.8 a month. Mall & VonBorstel report demand for both houses and flats brisk. Joseph BuchteL of Buchtel Kern, reports a steady demand for small houses of moderate cost, and complains of tha difficulty of meeting the demand. "We turn away people every day." aald Mr. BuchteL "for the reason wa have not tha nouses for rent." From every part of the East Side cornea the same report. In spite of tha larg number of residences erected and nnder construction a desirable house with a for-rent notice on It is rarely seen. B. E. Minor, of Bunnyslde. reports that houeea In that district are .all filled. Apartment nouses n m . . KV -r MmnUt.fl. Th. n.w ' pie who were driven out of the Bruce rooming house, on Union avenue and East Morrison streets, by last Sunday's fire, had difficulty In finding rooms. At this season the condition la considered somewhat peculiar, and la taken aa evi dence of the constant and Increasing growth of the Bast Side as the resi dence part of the city. uvn , r SPEED IIRKS GRADING. PECXXIAK MACH1NK HASTENS WORK IN IiATTREXHTTRST. Fifteen Horses Attached to Ona Device $1,6 00,000 Worth of' Improvements Under -Way. Out in Laurelhurst there Is a machine at work, drawn by IS horses, that grades tha streets, carries the dirt on a chain arrangement, and loada a wagon In two mlnutea. This la part of the outfit that Twohy Brothers, tha railroad contract ors, have at work In the north halt of the tract. Charles . K. Henry aaya that about 1 1.(04. 000 worth of Improvement work la bain done now In Laurelhurst. and that It la being carried on with all the speed possible. In the northwest quarter of the tract sewers, gas mains and water mains have been laid, and service pipes carried to the curb line of each lot. Three trenchea had to be dug In each street for these utilities pipes, owing to the present or dinances. In this section concrete side walks are being put down on each street, and eight miles of asphalt paving will have been laid by the Barber Asphalt Company by November 1, according to their contract. Altogether.' In Laurelhurst, : miles of asphalt will be laid In the winding streets, which Is expected to be a valu able asset in attracting automobllea thither, especially when tourists desire to see the city. Twohy Brothers have steam shovels at work In the north half, grading for tha streets, while In the southwest quarter, where 31 acrea will be comprised in Ladd Park. Archie Mason haa a big grading contract. Laurelhurst was platted October 9, 1909, and since then Just about 0 per cent of the lota have been sold, says Mr. Henry. Sales are keeping up well, too, he de clares, The remarkable speed with which Laurelhurst Is being transformed Into a fine residence district has had a stimu lating effect on the surroundings The promoters are contributing largely to the present prosperity of the East Side and especially to the territory that la tribu tary to the Bumsldo Bridge. At present the entire addition la torn up by tha im provement operations in progress. Among the recent homes projected Is that of Dr. J I. X. Keeney. which will stand near the residence of Charlea K. Henry. Dr. Keeney'a home Is to be on tha atyle of a California bungalow, with unuaually wide porches on the east and south sides, and a large ports cochera on the north. .The living room will be 1030 feet In else, finished In Ivory enamel with a rock-faced cut sandstone fireplace of unique design. For the dining-room the sis will be 18x18 feet, and tha finish mahognny with a decorated frlrse encir cling tha walls. Ona of tha attractive features of tha dining-room will be a large built -In buffet wtth leaded glass doors and a large French plate-glass mir ror. In other respects, the finish of the dwelling will correspond. Exterior walls of tha first story will be of red pressed brick, the remainder to be covered with ehtnglea stained a French gray. Work on the basement haa already been com pleted. Tha cost of this residence will be IhuOi). The plans were drawn by tha Spencer-McCain Company. ' The plasterers are at work In Mr. Henry's home, which will be one of the costliest In tha addition. He la sparing no trouble nor expense tn getting a home after his own heart, and many features will add to tha comfort and attractive ness. Mahogany will be the wood used downstairs for finishing. BCRXED BCILDIXGS REPLACED Fire at Montavllla WUI Result in Improvement of District. Roberts Roberts have prepared plans and specifications for a one-story brick building, t0x5 feet In else, to be built at the corner of East Stark (Base line road),, and East Eighty first streets, at the present end of tha Montavllla carllne, for the Ukase In vestment Company. The Interior will be of pressed brick with plate glass store fronts, and the cost will be S7000. At this corner Leander Lewia will put up a two-story frame building to replace the one-story building destroyed by the recent fire. The entire burnt district will be replaced with modern buildings, at a coat of aoout 1:5.000, Tha total loss at the fire was less than thla sum. so that while the fire waa a calamity to the losers. It resulted In clearing away a lot of shacks which are to be replaced with good buildings. Work has already started on these two buildings. ACRES ARE TO BE PLATTED Balrd Place, on Taylor Ferry Road, Is Sold. M. C. Reed announces ha haa bought a half Interest In the old Balrd place, next to Primrose Acre, four miles out on the Tsylor Ferry road, for 10.x This will be called Alexander Villa homes, says Mr. Reed, and will be cut up into half-acre tracts and sold by the North w Realty Company of which he la president. This tract la at Ryan station on tha Ore gon Electric, and is set out to fruit trees. Water will be put on tha tract either from Capitol H!!U which adjoins It on the north, or a system will be In stalled. Mr. Reed has faith in this part of the country about Portland, and aaya that Alder Springs Addition, nearby, has been practically sold out. URGE PROFIT MADE QIICKLT James Sargent Clears $11,000 In Land Xear Burlington In 2 Months. Ona of the quickest profit-taking real estate deals recently reported is the HOMES IN MOUNT Ill W r W-TVt , , m I sr,""s 111 IV-w 4 ' J ,.:- r W: -r. V -r. ' u-'' . -, . ', A": ' V y purchase and sale of 409 acres of farm land adjoining tha new town of Bur lington, a Portland down-the-rlver aub urb. In this deal Jamea Sargent, audi tor for the Hotel Portland, cleaned up 121.000. In June Mr. Sargent purchased tha property, paying I15.00H. Friday ha aold 2su acres to- George Bayne, of Sa lem, for 115.000. and 1X0 acres to W. C. Black, of Portland, for 121.000. In two montha. therefore, ha mads nearly 150 per cent. PARISH HOUSE TO BE STARTED St. David's Replacing- Old Building With Good Structure. . Ellis F. Lawrence, architect, has pre pared plans and specifications for St. David's parish house, to be erected on Esst Morrison near East Twelfth street In place of the old building which now standa on the ground. This was the original structure and waa tha first .church occupied by the congrega tion. The new parish house will ba 42x88 feet, and the cost will ba In tha neigh - it- if ! . f. S- -t-.- . , ' e ' . - e r". - i K -i yK '''' ...ii , n I, TABOR HTCREA SE NATURAL BEAUTY OF SLOPE. .-Aft OLE Mm ' . f. jt it? borhood of J8.000. It will ba two story In height. On the first floor there will ba tha guild room. The space on the upper floor will ba occu pied by two class rooms, a large audi torium, a stage and a steward'a room. The exterior will be wide-lap rough spruoa siding. There will be no base ment. Work will be started on the new building tha latter part of tha month. Wensel Frltsche, architect, has pre pared plans for a church. 38x45 feet, for tha Montavllla Presbyterian con gregation on East Qllsan and East Seventy-fifth streets. It will contain six class rooms and an auditorium and will be used temporarily for church purposes. The basement will contain a kitchen, banquet hall, ladles parlors, furnace and fuel room. It will be built on the rear of the lot and later the congregation will put up a handsome church edifice. . Boston Man Likes Portland. George Taylor, of Boston, manager of tha Eastern Concrete Company,, waa the guest last week of his friend, Aaron H. ttould, architect in the .Worcester build- 4 w : , . ---,.1 s 11 ti l VVTt ' : : l?K -SWT & j. Ing, himself a recent arrival here from Boston. Mr. Taylor saw all that he pos sibly could of Portland in the short time he was here, and promised he would re turn aa soon aa ha could and make some Investments here. Portland appealed to Mr. Taylor more than any other city he baa seen in tha West, he said. MILL'S SITUATION' TO BE IDEAL S. Ban's 1 8 -Acre Tract on Willam ette Slouch Has Advantages. Work will soon beg-in on the lumber mill to ba built by S. Ban on the Wil lamette Slough. Announcement of the purchase by Mr. Ban through George D. Schalk and C. F. Bunker of a 13 acre tract a mile and a half above Linton waa made last week. Lake City, 114.000 was paid, the former owner be ing A. K. Tlernan, of Salt Lake City, Utah. This land lies ideally for shipping lumber, for it has a frontage of 1400 feet on the Northern Pacific tracka nd In tha alough is 28 feet of water, suffi cient for lumber carriers. Mr. Ban will build a lumber mill of 100,000 feet J capacity for native lumber, and a" hard wood mill that will utilize woods from South America and the Philippines. As many as 400 laborers wil be employed, it is said. East Side Lot Brings $45,000. J. G. Edwards, of Hay Creek. Or paid 845.000 for a corner lot 50x100 feet at the aoutheast corner of Union ave nue and East Burnslde street last week, according to Edgar J. Daly, who announces the sale. There are several frame buildings on the lot at present, which will give way, according to Mr. Edwards' plans, to a substantial struc ture as soon as the leases expire. Mr. Edwards is the former owner of the famous Baldwin Sheep & Land Co., which held the largest ranch In Ore gon. He is soon to build a four-story garage building at the southeast cor ner of Washington and Twenty-first streets. Real Estate Man Takes Trip. - Pr,i1 A. Jacobs, head of the Fred A. Jacobs' Company, which is gradually ' absorbing the Jacobs-Stlne Company, has left with his wife for New York. On August $1 they sail for Europe, and will be gone all the rest of the year. They plan to be back In Portland again New Year'a morning of 1911. The trip will inolude a tour of England, France, Swltserland, Holland. Germany and Italy. JAPANESE TAKE LEASE M. HACHIYA COMPAJTY PLAXS LARGE ESTABLISHMENT. Building at Firth and Flanders, 100x100, to Be Used for Its Business Exclusively. As a po&lble nucleus of a good sized Japanese business colony, the M. Hachlya Company, general import ers, has leased for 10 years the three story 100x100 brick building at the southeast corner of Fifth and Flanders streets. The company is to pay a graduated rental, starting at 700 a month and increasing for five, years until 31000 is reached, which will be the rental for the last five years of the term. Parish & Watkins negotiated the lease. On the upper two floors of the build ing is the Minnesota- Hotel.. The Hachlya Company bought the lease from the management and will con duct a hotel of its own in these rooms. On the corner of the first floor was a saloon. The ' Japanese decided they needed the room, so they bought this lease also, and in this room and the next on Fifth street they will have a large dry goods store. Altogether there are four store rooms on Fifth street and two on Flanders. The Japanese will occupy all of these, either conducting a business them selves or renting the rooms to their fellow countrymen. There are In the realm of possibility both a restaurant and a poolroom. K. Inaba, the manager, is authority for the statement of the company's plana The rooms on Flanders street may be used for shipping, he said, although the large basement under the whole building may be used for this purpose. The company has a branch in Osaka, Japan, and alno another local store at Fourth and Burnslde streets. When the plans for the Fifth and Flanders building are all worked out. It will have the larcrest Japanese establish ment in Portland and one of the larg est in the whole country. Gantenbein Avenue Home Sold. Deshon & Hawk have sold a six room modern residence at 914 Ganten bein avenue, near Skldmore street, to John M. Newell, of the Weeks Granite Company, for 33000. This property was owned by William Berlrne, of Seattle, Wash., and was bought as a home. F. H. Deshon and Charles V. Hawk have purchased a lot in Arleta 40x100 feet on Second avenue and the carllne at Lents for $4000. F. W. Ingle was the owner. This property Is occupied by a frame store building 30x38- feet and yields a good income. Hay Creek Stock Sold. Last week Ixlgar J. Daly, L. B. Mens, fee, Guy Standifer, Pete Sorenson and James Elwood bought the remnant of the stock owned by the Baldwin Sheep ft Land Company, which owned the fam ous Hay Creek ranch. This purchase Included 22.O00 sheep, besides cattle and horses, and Mr. Daly announces the price as $300,000. This same coterie bought the 26,000 acres In the Hay Creek ranch some months ago. The Importance of Electric Light Increasing attention is being given to artificial Humiliation, whether for the mansion, cottage, fac tory, store or office, because proper artificial illumination directly affects the efficiency of all concerned. No one can work to the best advantage in a poorly lighted room. Something will suffer, either the work or the man; probably the former, possibly both. From a humanitarian, as well as from a business standpoint, the use of a properly designed electric lighting installation is essential. For information call The M. J. Walsh Go. 311 Stark St. Pacific Iron Works ' O. E. HEINTZ. MANAGER N r CASTINGS OF ALL KINDS STEEL BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES HI STOCK 3 to 24-inch beams; 3 to 15-inch channels; 1x1 to 813 inch angles; all sizes unequal angles. East End Burnside-Street Bridge, Portland, Oregon. HOMES OOF SLOPE Mount Tabor Grows Steadily in Beauty. MUCH PAVING IS PLANNED Many Improvements In District Are Brought About Through Vigorous Action of Mount Tabor Push ClubGrowth Is Eastward. Mount Tabor has many beautiful homes, and many more are planned. Among ths , recently-built residences are those of As sistant City Superintendent Gault and Edward Peterson, which have lust been completed on East Main and East Sixty second streets. Mr. Gault's home standa on an attractive elevation and cost $10,00& Mr. Peterson's home is on the east slda of Mr. Gault's residence, and its cost also was $10,000. On West avenue, or what is now East Sixtieth street, are many beautiful homes. P. P. Dabney's residence, at 225 East Six tieth, and that of John L. Hartman, at 247 East Sixtieth, are typical of the class of homes that line this street. Several other residences are being completed, in cluding that of J. Davis, north of the Base Line road, which will cost $5000. The new home of Plain R. Smith, on Belmont near East Fifty-fifth street, is now being finished. It is ono of the most pretentious residences now being erected at Mount Tabor, and Is partly of brick and partly frame. Plans have been drawn for tho new home of S. B. Cobb, of the Standard Box Factory, In South Mount Tabor, on East Fifty-fifth street, and . work has been started on the building. It will cost $1,000. Elevation Adds to Beauty. Mount Tabor is considered one of the most beautiful suburbs of Portland, both on account of its elevation and its gen eral contour. Belmont street at present extends to and has been paved to East Sixty-second street, and Is the most popu lar street on the East Side for automo biles. Along Belmont street are many beautiful homes and others are being . erected. The Methodists have built an attractive church edifice on East Stark street at a cost of $20,000, and the city has completed an engine house at a cost of $11,000, which stands on Bast Stark street. The Board of Education plans to erect a schoolhouse on ' East Sixtieth street north of East Stark to replace the old structure on East Sixtieth and East Stark streets. It may be made fireproof. The Mount Tabor Push Club has started a general cam paign for fireproof schooliouses in Port- . land. This club, under the leadership of J. H. Haak, assisted by W. A. Lald law. Frank Perkins. W. G. Oberteuffer, P. P. Dabney and others, is making Mount Tabor a fine residence district. Much Paving Is Planned. Very soon the hard-surface street Im provement district at Mount Tabor will be worked out. This Includes the paving of all streets between East Fifty-third and East Sixtieth. Work has been started on several of these streets. Sewers are to be laid in all these streets at onoe before the pavements are put down. These contracts have been let. for this district Is included In the north branch of the Brooklyn sewer district. It Is due to the Mount Tabor Push Club that thla street Improvement district was formed. Also extensive improvements will be un dertaken In the new Wlllams Park. Al together the outlook for ilount Tabor is promising. The development has not been as fast here as In some other suburbs, but the growth has been substantial. In a short time Belmont street will be ex tended to the top of Mount Tabor and Improved, for proceedings for this ex tension aro well -under way. This will make Belmont the leading street ex tending from the Willamette River. Work Is progressing on the new stone . Presbyterian Church on Belmont and East Fifty-fifth ertreet. The stone part has been completed and the roof en closed. The structure will be completed j tor dedication this Fall. The cost Is estimated at $15,000. Rev. E. M. Sharp j Is the pastor. i Residences are rapidly pushing east ward from Mount Tabor. Montavllla Is i extending eastward over the level terrl- j tory and new homes are being built on j both sides of the Base Line road and ; Villa avenue for two miles eastward. The j Davis tract, on Villa avenue, la filling up with new cottages. The practical certainty that Villa avenue will be made 80 feet wide between Meridian street and the west side of Laurelhurst has already stimulated thie entire cistnct. - Both Phones.