TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. 3IAT 7, 1911.
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WORK TO BE BUSHED SO PARK PLAYGROUNDS ON EAST SIDE CAN BE OPENED NEXT MONTH
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Kenilworth Playgorunds to Be
Opened Next Month.
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Downtown Property Are
Being Negotiated.
GRADING NOW UNDER WAY
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PARK WORK
G DEALS PENDING
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CONSIDINE TAKES OPTION
Orphcani Owner May Bay Hclllg
If no Fails to Obtain Soluble
Site for Theater on Washing
ton Market Takes Sport.
Inside real Mate, which has been
mora or less In the doldrums, became
the subject of great activity lat week.
No (ewer than a doaen deals, ranging
from 1125.000 down to $75,000. are In
process or negotiation, and Interested
broker declare that a number of them
at certain to be consummated within
' a few days. Some of these Involve
fdown-town lota on which new buildings
I are to be erected as soon aa purchase
' has been made.
Meanwhile, tradlna- In residence prop-
cities continues In a large 'and steady
' volume, and numerous sales are re
! sorted In the various subdivisions about
the city. There Is a strong .demand for
acreage, and farms are being sold all
, about the state at better prices than
have prevailed hitherto.
Conaldlne After Uellla; Theater.
John W. Conaldlne. of Sullivan
Conaldlne. owners of the Northwest
Orpheum Circuit, visited Portland last
iweek and reiterated his former state
ments that he waa prepared to buy a
it and build a new theater In Port
land as soon as a suitable location
could be found. He was accompanied
by James Murray, of Butte. Mont, who
expressed his willingness to Invest from
1.500.000 to t2.000.00e In such an en
terprise. It la understood that Sullivan Con
aldlne have obtained an option on the
Helllg Theater, at Seventh and Taylor,
nd will purchase It If their efforts to
secure a site on Washington street fall.
The Orpheum shows will be transferred
to the present Helllg and the Orand
attractions will be staged at the old
orpheum. If the Ilelllg Is bought. What
deposition will be made of the high
class attractions, such aa appear at the
-Helllg has not developed.
Alder Street to Front.
The appearance of Alder street, be
tween Seventh and Tenth, will be trans
formed In the next few months by new
bulldlnrs under way and projected. It
Is rapidly gaining in Importance as a
retail business center along Its whole
length. Announcement was made last
week that the People's Amusement
Company had obtained a 10-year lease
to the old Arlington Club property at
the northwest corner of West Park and
Alder, and will Immediately erect a
combination theater and store build
ing covering the whole quarter block.
The amusement company already has
taken possession and construction will
be begun just as soon as details re
arardlng the building can be settled and
plana drawn.
The property la owned by the D. P.
Thompson estate, and Is occupied by a
fine brick building that waa the quar
ters of the Arlington Club for many
years. The monthly ground rental Is
understood to be 11000. This price
hows the rapid advance In values along
Alder street. The same property was
leased only last December to Keating
Flood, for IS years at $750 a month.
They were planning to erect a theater
to take the place of the Lyric, but ,
Subsequently made other arrangements
and allowed the lease to lapse.
Old Lyric Wrecked Kaptdly.
The old Lyric Theater, at the north
west corner of Seventh and Alder
streets. Is being wrecked rapidly. The
final performance was held In the old
playhouse last Sunday night, and yes- ,
terday little remained of the building.
The building was erected about 16 years
go and was 'operated for some years
as the Fredericksburg Music Hall.
The new Pantages vaudeville theater
la to be erected on the site at a cost
of $100,000. and In to be- completed by
fJeptember 1. The ground has been
eaaed for IS years from Ralph W. Hoyt,
the owner. The Pantages Amusement
Company recently obtained a renewal
for 10 years of Its house at Fourth and
ptark and after the new theater la com
pleted the Stark street house will be
Operated as a stock theater.
Wilcox Building Takes Shape.
No time baa been lost In the early
Stages of construction of the lx-Ktory
Wilcox building at Sixth and Wash
ington streets. Wrecking of the old
shacks on the site was commenced
March 1. and last week the steel frame
lor the new structure reached the full
height. Two days of rain delayed work
en the steel last week and some of the
beams and girders remain to be placed
and riveted. This will be completed
rarly this week and placing of the ex
terior faring will follow promptly. The '
SIXTY-FOOT STREETS HALF
HAUL t SOX'S GRADING (HEW Ol FLOYD AVE IE, AMOTS'S ACRES. .
Improvement operations are being carried out at Amon's Acres without delay, and the grading of Floyd
avenue has been completed. Work Is now being done on Orlena avenue, one street north of Floyd avenue.
Both of these avenues run east and west, crossing Buckley - avenue at right anglea In such a manner as
to divide the property Into six blocka. These avenues are all 60 feet wide and entirely cross the 10
acres, being a half mile each In length. The acres are platted so that every lot faces a graded street,
the southern and northern thoroughfares being Holgate street and the Powell Valley Road. Water under
pressure Is piped directly to each acre lot. '
Amon's Acres Is one of the newer suburban additions, and has been attracting considerable attention the
past month. It lies between the six and seven-mile circles, and is almost due east of Portland's southern
business quarter. ,
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building Is to be finished before the end
of the year.
Lowrngart Hotel Is Leased.
The reinforced concrete hotel build
ing now being erected by L Lowengart
at Fourteenth and Waahington streets.
has been leased for a long term 01
years by Theodore Kruse. and will be
known hereafter as the Hotel Carlton.
Mr. Kruse has announced his Intention
of making It a high-class hotel and has
contracted with I. Oovurtx A Bona for
the furnishings, which will be of most
elaborate character.
The hotel Is to be completed by Sep
tember 1 and will be opened two weeks
later. The building Is a Class A struc
ture with a height of aeven stories on
Washington street and eight stories on
Burnslde. It has a frontage or i xeet
on the west side of Fourteenth street.
100 feet on Washington and l- feet on
Stark. It will contain 150 rooms, eacn
with private bath. The lobby will be
large and will be elegantly furnished.
WATERFRONT LOT IX DEAL
Page Investment Co. Buys Interest
at Front and Washington.
Two undivided one-third interesta In
the lot at the southeast corner of Front
and Waahington streets. SO by 150 feet.
were bought last week by tne -age
Investment Company from Mrs. Ellxa
Proebstel and Mrs. Fanny Baxer. resi
dents of Germany. The consideration
to each waa $15,500. Mrs. Harriet Kll
lln owns the remaining third Interest.
The Page Investment Company Is
composed principally of 'W. L. Page
and Fred Page, who also are the prin
cipal stockholders of Page it Sob, com
mission merchants. Page Je Son have
been tenants of the property for the
last 30 years. It extends from Front
street back to the river and Includes
the wharf.
The two Interests were bought at
the rate of $46,500 for the whole piece,
and real estate dealers aay the pur
chasers got a bargain. Similarly lo
cated property Is being held at $1500 a
front foot, or $75,000 a lot.
"The Interests we bought were owned
by non-residents, who wanted to sell,
and we took the property off their
hands." said Fred Page yesterday. "We
have made no effort to buy the remain
ing third, which la held by Mrs. Kil
lin. and we do not know whether she
Is willing to dispose of her Interest."
IUTLDING FOR t'XIO.V AVEXIT
George W. Jackson Will Erect a
Three-Story Brick at East Davis.
George W. Jackson will erect a three
story brick building at the corner ot
A MILE LONO BEING GRADED
Union avenue and Bast Davis street.
and has commissioned Architects Claus
sen Claussen to prepare plans. The
structure will occupy a full quarter
block 100 by 100 feet, and will have a
full cement basement. The cost will
be $40,000.
The structure Is to be a combina
tion business and apartment building.
On the first floor will be four large
atorea and alx apartment suites of three
rooms each. The two upperf loors will
each contain 1$ two and three-room
apartments, which will be equipped
with wall beds, cabinet kitchens and
built-in conveniences of various kinds.
ASTORIA MAX MOVES HERE
John Slmlngtoh ' Bays Itossmero
Home and Will Enter Business.
John SJmington. who recently dis
posed of his interest in the Slmington
Drygoods Company, at Astoria, has
moved to Portland - with his family.
and with his two sons will enter busi
ness here. Mr. Slmington has bought,
through the National Realty & Trust
Company, an eight-room house and
garage in Rossmere, owned and built
by 8. Rasmussen, for $$000.'
The following additional sales have
been made recently by the National
Realty dc Trust Company:
G. W. Priest to 8. V. Newman, a
7-room house in Rossmere, for $3800.
Mr. Newman Is traveling salesman for
a large concern having headquarters
In San Francisco, and of all the cities
on the Pacific Coast he has chosen
Portland for hla home. With his fam
ily, he will take possession of the resi
dence as soon as it is completed.
J. H. Rosebrook to A. Gilford, a seven-room
house In Rossmere, for $5000.
a. W. Priest to R. P. Johnson, seven
room house on East Sixtieth and Bra
See streets, for $4000.
J. Simlngton to S. Rasmussen. two
lots at Kast Fifty-third and Tillamook,
for $3000.
C. H. King to James H. W. Wlllson.
lot ln-Tremont Place for $550.
FTEG EL BUYS SITE FOR HOME
Charlea R. Cardlnell Disposes of
Five-Acre Tract in Fernwood.
A. F. Flegel yesterday bought from
Charles B. Cardlnell a five-acre tract
in Fernwood for $16,000. The tract lies
between East Twenty-ninth and East
Thirty-first streets on the line of Bra
see street extended. The deal waa
made by Wakefield, Fries A Co.
Mr. Flegel Intends to build a hand
some home on the place. He contem
plates extensive Improvements to the
tract.
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SYNAGOGUE TO RISE
Jewish Congregation Will Build
at Sixth and' Hall.
TEMPLE TO BE OF STONE
Plans Prepared by Architect Klee
mann and Work Will Start Soon;
Community of Neveh Zedeck
Talmud Torah Has Straggle.
Plans have been completed by Archi
tect Otto Kleemann, for the new temple
of worship for the Congregation Neveh
Zedeck Talmud Torah, to be erected at
the southeast corner of Sixth and Hall
streets. It will be an imposing stone
structure In Romanesque Gothio style.
The main auditorium will seat about
300 persons and the gallery 120 more.
The main entrance will be on Sixth
street, with extra emergency- exits in
front and near Hall street. '
Above the gallery. In the tower, there
will be a auker room with removable
roof. In the basement there will be a
large assembly hall divided by folding
doors Into four classrooms, a kitchen,
four cloakrooms, lavatories and furnace
rooms. The heating of the building
will be electric fan system, providing
change of air every 15 minutes and in
suring perfect ventilation at all times.
The exterior walls will be built of
Tenino stone rock-face with cut stone
trimmings.
It was in 1901 that the two small sep
arate communities, Neveh Zedeck and
Talmud Torah, joined forces and com
bined their communal Interests under
the presidency of M. Ostraw to form the
new and larger Congregation of Neveh
Zedeck Talmud Torah. The first part
of this rather lengthy name Neveh
Zedeck signifies in Hebrew, a "right
eous habitation," while the last two
words mean the studying of the Torah,
or the Law, which is Israel's heritage.
It is In fact la order to accomplish
this latter aim, the religious instruc
tion and the teaching of Jewish moral
ity and ethics to the younger genera
tions, that this small community, most
of wbomare of foreign birth and edu
cation, have been struggling very hard
for the past two years in taxing mem-
selves to the utmost and have even al
lowed the pulpit to be vacant during the
past 18 months in order that the money
so saved might go to the building fund
for the erection of a larger edifice, in
creasing the facilities of the Sunday
school, which Is the main feature of this
congregation's work.
The president ot tne congregation is
M. Gale and Dr. George Rubenstein Ts
secretary. The building committee con
sists of 12 members, the chairman being
M. Ostraw, who has been, largely Identi
fied with the work of this congrega
tion from Its esrly inciplency.
The temple will be ready for occu
pancy September 10. . "
ARCHITECTURAL CTAB ELECTS
New Constitution Adopted Putting
Body on More Liberal Basis.
Officers were elected at the annual
dinner of the Portland Architectural
Club, held at the Commercial Club Tues
day night, and a constitution was
adopted putting the organization on a
broader and more iiDerai oasis. mere
was a large attendance and much en
thusiasm was shown. The new officers
are: President wooawin necKwirn;
vice-president. J. Andre Fouilhoux;
secretary, William H. Flanlgen; treas
urer, William P. Dawson.
A committee to suggest cnanges in
the Portland building code and to es
tablish a chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects in Portland was
named, consisting of I. L. Williams,
Albert E. Doyle, Ellis F. Lawrence, M.
H. Whltehouse ajnd Joseph Jacobberg
er. Other committees will be appoint
ed by the president.
It is the purpose or. tne ciud to open
more commodious quarters soon and
private exhibitions will be held In the
clubrooma from time to time. Several
entertainments probably will bo held
during the year, and especial atten
tion will bo paid to class work in the
Beaux Arts department.
CHARLES RIXGLER BUYS HOSIE
Real Estate Dealer Purchases Fine
Property on East Glisan.
Charles Ringler last week bought
from P. A. Carlander, a. fine nine-room
house on Hazelfern Place, near East
Glisan street. Laurelhurst, and will
make his home there. The considera
tion was $7000. He also has bought
two lots on Laurelhurst avenue for
$3000.
Charles Rlneler & Co. report the fol
lowing sales in Laurelhurst in the last
few days:
Six-room bungalow owned by G. A.
Cooper, sold to A. Grey for $5000. Mr.
Grey is assistant freight agent of the
Great Northern Railroad and bought
the property for a home.
Six-room bungalow, owned by L E.
Fenton. sold to F. Newman for $4500.
Lot owned by Joseph Basler, sold to
Mrs. Julia Lawton for $1650. This lot
commands a fine view and Mrs. Law
ton Intends to build a residence.
Three lots sold to V. & Wlsner for
$4775. Mr. Wlsner bought on specula
tion. Lot sold to F. A. Carlander for $1500.
Mr. Carlander is a builder and Intends
to erect a residence.
Portland's Growth Is Marvelous.
C. M. Leonard, of the Leonard Con
struction Company, came here from
Chicago last week in relation to busi
ness in connection with construction of
the Multnomah Hotel and John Deere
Plow Company's building, which his
company has under way. "Portland's
growth is marvelous," he said, "and I
am surprised by the city's advance ev
ery time I see it." The Leonard Com
pany now has under way $5,000,000
worth of construction in various parts
of the United States. At Moline, I1L,
a building for the John Deere Company
160 feet deep, 1200 feet long and, 10
stories high, of reinforced concrete, Is
being built. At Minneapolis a huge
apartment building of reinforced con
crete, to be 10 stories high, 340 feet
long and 140 feet deep has reached the
seventh story. The company Is also
building for the Elgin Bolt Railway in
Illinois 22 miles of railroad with a con
crete bridge 1800 feet long- over the
Fox River.-
Old Monastes Home Is Sold.
The old Monastes home at the south
west corner of Third and Columbia
streets, has been sold. by Star Broa,
the owners, to Messrs. Rhode & Ru
pert, for $26,000. The purchase was
made on speculation, and the deal' was
negotiated by James J. Flynn.
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COMMUNITY OF NEVEH ZEDECK TALMUD TORAH WILL BUILD TEMPLE.
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE TO BE ERECTED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
Completed Plans for Development ot
Tract Explained by Superintend
ent Mlsche Cannot Be Car
ried Out This Season.
Grading operations were started last
week in Kenilworth Park on the East
Side, south, and it is the Intention of
the City Park Department to rush the
work-so that the children's playgrounds
can be thrown open for use some time
in June.
This tract comprises eight acres, and
was bought two years ago from W. K.
Smith for $1760 an acre. It is bounded
by Holgate, Cora, East Thirty-second
and East Thirty-fourth streets. Cora
and East Thirty-fourth are not yet cut
through, and part of the park plan
contemplates opening of Cora street to
a uniform width of 60 feet and East
Thirty-fourth to 60 feet.
A comprehensive plan for Improve
ment of the tract has been prepared by
Park Superintendent Mlsche, but only
part of it will be carried out this sea
son because of want of funds. Two
thirds of the present area is covered
with a scattering growth of native
trees, and these will 'be conserved and
supplemented.
Gulch Will Be Filled. 4
There Is a considerable depression
amountlns: almost to a gulch In the
northeast corner of the park, and this
will be filled. An elevation In the
center will be developed as a pinnacle,
with usable lands on both sides. All
the walks will concentrate at this pin'
nacle, which affords an outlook over
the city to the western hills. Shady-
side lawn, in the east part of the park,
will be too steep for tennis or croquet,
but will be fine for romping or sitting
on the grass.
"The plan proposes to utilize the ex
isting fir trees as a grove and to pro
vide for turf areas under shade and in
the open," said Superintendent Mlsche.
"To arrange a usable lawn area In the
northern section it is proposed to fill
the gulch to a grade sufficient to se
cure a gently rolling surface.
"Between the eastern boundary and
the proposed easternmost walk, a chil
dren's play area Is provided containing
a wading pool, sand courts, turf areas
and small play apparatus, all In close
connection with shelter and comfort
facilities for the attendants of the chiU
dren.
"In the .southern section a music
pavilion is so located that the musi
clans are seen from a natural amphi
theater by the audience looking in a
direction undisturbed by the sun's rays.
A widening of the walk intersec
tion near the center of the paTk fur
nishes an elevated resting place and
congregating area. From this point
views open up in all directions.
View of City Provided.
"In traversing the circuit walk, vis
itors are led to pass a high elevation
in the park from whence fine' cityward
views are to be had, with the play
ground In the foreground.
"The western section is at present
open land, and it Is proposed to lower
the ridge and fill the adjoining gulch
to secure an open flat for play pur
poses, among which la a provision for
playground ball playing. Entrances
and walks are so arranged as to obvi
ate the necessity of visitors mixing
with the playground activities.
"Structures such as shelters, com
forts and muslo pavilion are proposed
to be subdued and unpretentious in de-
Blgn, coloring and size, consistent with
their rendering adequate convenience.
"In vegetation a general note of au
tumnal coloring of foliage and high
color In berry-bearing sorts, especially
such as are Indigenous to southern sec
tions of the temperate zone, is to be
struck."
SEWER COMMITTEE IS . NAMED
Improvement League to Investigate
Report of Obstruction.
An investigation will be made to the
report that cement washed from Has
sans pavement is obstructing sewers on
East Twenty-first and on other streets
where this pavement has been laid. A
committee from the Seventh Ward Im
provement League haa been appointed
to make an Inquiry. L. S. Daue is
chairman of this committee.
It was reported at the meeting of the
league Thursday night that sewers
were being clogged by cement washed
from the pavements. The cement Is
who lives on East Twenty-first street,
believes that cement particles have ob
structed the sewers at his place, and
said to have hardened, forming a per
manent obstruction. J. C Heckman,
reports have come from other sources.
Clackamas County Ranch Sold.
C. Dr"""Brunn has sold his 376-acre
ranch five miles southeast of Dodge.
Clackamas County, to H. A Hanson
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Lewis Bldg., Fourth and Oak.Sts.
for $7000. The deal was made by
Knapp & Wisdom. Mr. Brunn took
In exchange as part payment a group
of ten lots In Massillon addition on
the Barr road and East Sixtieth street,
the lots being valued at $500 each.
LAXE TIMBER LAXD IS SOLl
Cottage Grove Firm Disposes of
5461 Acres ot Holdings.
EUGENE, Or., May 4. (Special.)
Deeds were filed yesterday with the
County Crk, showing the transfer of
5461 acres of timber land from the
Storey-Bracher Lumber Company, of
Cottage Grove, to Malcolm G. Jeffries.
The pr'ce is.wltheld.
The land Included In the deal is In
various sized tracts, and Is located
along the Brumbaugh River, beginning
about eight miles from Cottage Grove
and extending along the river almost
to the Douglas County line. The deal
is one of the largest timber sales of
the year in this county.
More Buildings Planned lor Albany.
ALBANY, Or.. May 4. (Special.)
Plans for the construction of two more
business blocks In Albany this Sum
mer were announced today. Mrs. C.
6ullivan will erect a concrete struc
ture, 60 by 8 feet, at the southeast
corner of Second and Lyon streets, and
Dr. C. V. Littler will erect a two-story
wooden building on Lyon street be
tween Third and Fourth streets. Plans
have been announced already this
KnHns- for the construction of eieht
new buildings in Albany's business dis
trict this year and work Is under way
on some of them. The city's business
district Is being widened and extended
rapidly.
New Brick Block for Illllsboro,
HILLSBORO, Or., May 6. (Special.)
J. M Greear broke ground this morn
ing for a two-story concrete and brick
structure on Secortd street, adjoining
the Pvthian two-story building. i ne
lower portion will be leased by a store
and the upper story win db ocaupieu
b'y lodges.
SIXTH AND HALL STREETS.
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