TIIE STJ3CDAY OREGOXIAX, TOKTLAXD. UfAT 21. 1911.
MARKET-IS VOID
OF SPECULATION
Current Purchases of Real
Estate Are Made (or
Investment.
Lyric people take lease
hanatgr Theater I Secured for 10
Venr With Adjolnlnc Property
I Monthly Rental of WJ50.
Bronchi $ In 104.
uniformly Improved with residences of
tasteful design and good appearance.
Houses BowtdiTt must have ventilation
and hot water beating before they can
answer the demands.
When the city first began to spread
out In new additions that have since De
cern thickly populated, cheap houses
were the rule. Only a few years ago
dozens of bungalows costing a few
hundred dollars were being put up In
the additions where no building restric
tion was enforced. Ia the end substan
tial structures are cheapest, as one will
pay more for repairs and fuel when
house Is poorly built.
A five-room modern bouse ought to
cost at least $1000. Anything In
five-room modern dwelling that la put
up ror 110 or I2000 has been skimped
somewhere. Good doors and window
casings are big things to remember. In
fact, all the mlllwork should be of the
beet, something Impossible In trying
to Dunn a I3&0O house for . Bt-
r plumbing, heating and hardware Is
tne cry now.
APARTMENT HOUSES COMPLETED, NEW
ONES STARTED NEARLY EVERY WEEK
Chetopa. Annex. at ISghteenth and Flanders, Is Finlshed-Claypool, at Eleventh and Clay, and Fairmont, on Elev
enth, Near Jefferson, Are Now Under Way.
wourjuv wins
Entire ahsT. e of speculative Inter
at th bottom of the preaent-onrtl-in
of the InsMe realty market. ITtres
.ve been so InduMrlously advanced for
oerlcMt of rears that real estate Is now
m( held at Its full value, at least.
i ex -ept for an occasion! snap m
oesra on the mtrlri. tner- is no in-
ntlve to. bjv ora. sueculatlon.
It was speculative trailing rnmblnea
to Portland s remarkable growth mat
pt the realty market so active during
e years following the Lfwn ana
ark Centennial until 11 It Is no
Qger poaatMe to make quli'K turns ai
aood profit 'on a small margin, be-
u.e owners have a pretty lively a-
clatlon of the value of their proper
Future speculative purchases
I jat b ha.ed on continued rapta
owth or the cltv. wMrh will natural-
add to the value of realty. I onse-
:etly. Income must be an Important
n.M. ration, as it will oe hmtimj i w
rry property a year or more to rea-
-e any satisfactory profit.
.Vhlle no Inside really Is being bought
speculator, there Is a fair demand
Investors, and Important sales of
character are made almost every
Ut a deal of this kind was the pur.
1 of the northwest corner of Fifth
1 d Madison streets by T. J. Heufert
IL !eley. Jr.. which was an-
unced In The oregonlan last itundny.
.a nrlce oaid was iil.ioo. and Mr. t-eu.
Irt Intends to erect a building that will
ike the entire Investment a profitable
Another transaction of this kind was
purchase of the quarter block at
e southwest comer of Kourteentn ana
ach streets, from Oeorge Usrrnre.
R . Thompson, for H 1)0. Mr.
I lompsoo bought the ground as a site
r a three-story and baeement garage.
l-ilch will be built Immediately fur the
I eedwell Motor Car Company. The
I le was made by llartman Thomp
This property has shown an advanc
about one-third In value since a year
o, when It was bought by Mr. l-w-
nce from Mrs. II. M. Lawler for $11.-
. The ground Is unimproved. It was
s site for many years of the Lawler
I ery stables.
Charlea Sweeny, the Spokane mll-
'nalre mining man. who became .a
Irge 6perator In I'ortland realty about
years ago. has finally decided to
Mpoee of hi. block bounded by Thlr-
t.nth. Fourteenth. Morrison and Yaaa..
I streets. Humors that It had been
id were denied last week by Charles
Henry, who holds the contract on
e property. Mr. Henry said that ne
llatlous concerning the block were
ndlng and might soon he closed.
Announcement Friday that the Kat-
lf-Flood Company Had leased ine
images Theater at Fourth and Stark
-eets, at $.'.!j a month, evoked much
'erest. for It was recalled that when
:s same frm remodeled the brick
able Into a theater building only
tie over seven years ago. rhey paid
ISO a month rent for the same proper
Included In the lease are several
s In a frame building, the entire
operty being 10O by 100 fret. The Ly
Musical Comedy Company will oc-
py the theater when the new rent
es at Seventh and Aider Is com-
I ted.
Manager J. A Johnson, acting for AI-
lander pantagea, recently renewed the
is on the property for 10 yesrs from
hruary 1 next, at $:000 a month. In
rnlng over the lease to Messrs. Keat-
I A Flood. Pant ages makes J3-.0 a
nth for the entire term of the lease.
The corner has been owned by the
enblatt family for about 4' years,
hen It was bought the building wss
praised at 111. 00 and the ground was
naldered of little . value. Now the
arter block Is valued at Itoo.ooo.
Sign Derlsed to Tell Pnbllc of Rapid
Work on Wilcox Building.
A prise of S3 offered by the Stone
Webster Engineering Corporation
for the best suggestion foe the word
ing or a sign to 0 placed on the W 11
co building to show ts rapidity of
Its construction has been won by C. E.
Phu It la. a workman employed on the
'building. The wording was limited to
. iniers. 1 re firm or sign adopted
follows: -Old Frame buildings stood
here o days ago." The display will he
made during the Rose Festival and the
figures showing the number of davs
I letter Ho
Being Hullt.
I One of the tendencies In the home
nstructlon movement that Is becom-
I c more consnaeiious every year . la
. Increasing number of good house,
lit with style and durability, tiood
km construction, brick, stone and
.ck veneer se.m mo.t in demand now.
1 d many of the finer and more artls-
house have eaterlor of stucco or
-ne form of plaster
Few cities can compare with Port-
In the number of di.tri'-t. that are
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prize of W. ' 'I Jiif NN
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will be changed dally. B k'if a - V' . ' Tf'TJ V :' ?' -i ""1 Tri,- I P - ' i s
C0..trucn n th. wi.co, hu.ld.ng t.j1I LS ' titt ' W! ! Sf( J "vL
Is more than a week ahead of schedule. I ? .' f I '1 ' riT I 1" i- ' I t I '-'i 1 h I'-r&f?"
Th. only accident on th. building thus . i ' ' t ft J-i I '"jtslt J: h; 'tiiCi f ; 2
far was the shooting of a sn.p from 51 2 iTlil ft fit U V" L "UITVJu 'aaiSe-r UMlTr-riZ'r (l -.i'-.i'!
a rlvet-gun across , he street through 4 L V? Il t r Z-r?P 'T. tjCl- - - -
a jewelry re w.ndow a week ago. in 1 ? ' y 3 A ' ''J ,V W VT., ,"rtJ1
l-s than two hours th Ston Web- C '$ ' j? J If ? -g 'WiAiT'S 'i '''tTi'i1i02' a.'
ster concern had art aW plate glass 1 jfYft Fl "V ' ' fl I T', 1 1 J ' "-' -, t" 1 1 1 ' 1 1 "U ! ofei aW!
w.ndow ,n th. place of the broken on. f P IS J(l f i , U ! i-J.'. J , Z.-l V I y'-V.N nKSr5il
and had settled in full with the Jewelry B.-""U ,l' "i lafSl, i: ' ' - ' .nli TTUii
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IS SOLD I li.-'. . '.tr-' ' . ' II -x- . ;V-.. w6 .rfr"..J ' II
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o. Priest, a ho la a well known
architect and builder. last week bought
from & J. Michaels nine lota In block
10. Laurelhurst. for tll.000. The block
Is on Iaclflc street, between Peerless
Placw and East Thirty-third street. The
deal waa mad. by the National lieallv
ex i rust company.
air. t-rieat will Immediately erect
nine houses In Colonial and Uueen Anna
siyies. to coat rrom liooo to 7000 each
ana to contain from seven to nine
room a. The finish of the houses will
t or trv. tst and will Include hard
wood floors. Kxcavalloa for th. base
ments has already been started.
The National Jtealty Trust Com
pany also reports the sale of a six
room house at East Fifty-second street
and Hawthorn, avenue from X. P. Bush
J- r. Roller, recently from Virginia.
The company has also sold for C A. Hoy
to vt . rt. Treec. a hous. on Multnomah
street. Laurelhurst. for f000.
WEST 1IK TR.VCT
Flnej View Proprrtr on Barnes Road
Will R Platted.
Anna L. Mlrkelsenjast week sold to
James II. W. Wl.lson a tract of 10
acrea on th. Barnes road, west of th.
city, for 1 10.000. The sale was mad.
by th. National Realty Trust Com
pany. The land Is situated about the
future Intersection of Thirty-ninth and
Morrison streets when they shall be ex
tended, and is near the Macleay Estate
Company's tract. It commands a fine
new of the Willamette and Columbia
rivers and the Tuulatln Valley. The
tract will make about 34 lots, ranging
from -40 by 100 to 100 by 100 feet.
A force of engineers and surveyors
Is now engaged In platting the prop
erty and It will be placed on th. mar
ket ls th. near future. It will b. de
veloped according to contour. The soil
Is of good quality for lawns and gar
dens. Th. Mount Calvary rarlina Is
now being built and cars will he in
operation within io days.
' northwest coxner of Fifth and Wain
streets from B. Seeley. Jr.. Intends to
erect a four or six-story brick building
on th. site, it is diagonally across th.
street from th. City Hall and Is a good
location ror an apartment-house or ho
tel bnlldlng with stores on the first
floor. The property has a frontage of
7s reet on Fifth street and 100 feet on
Madison, and there is a large frame
house on the lot. The sal. was nego
tiated ,by Stewart, Fry & Co. ,
REALTY BOARD WILL MEET
Business to Be Discussed at Lunch
eon at Xoon Tomorrow.
The monthly meeting of the Portland
Realty Board tomorrow will take the
form of a luncheon to be held at noon
at Richards' Restaurant. Park and Al
der streets. At the annual meeting
of the board held last month It was de
termined that monthly meetings In future-
should be held at noon. It was
also determined to start a vigorous
campaign to lnorease the membership
and efficiency of the board.
At tomorrow's meeting the plan for
establishing a realty exchange will be
taken up. Another subject that Is ex
pected to evoke a great deal of dis
cussion Is the real estate show to be
held In Portland next year, under aus
pices of the Commercial Club. The
Realty Board Is expected to take an
important part In the show.
HALF-ACRES SELLING FAST
Hartman St Thompson Find Many
Buyers for East Gllsan Property.
Many sales are being made in Gllsan
Street Half-Aores, the tract recently
put on the market at Villa avenue and
Buckley avenue, two miles east of
Mont&vllla.
Th property consists of SO acres
owned by G. F. McDonald, who has
spent about seven years placing It all
under oultlvatlon. The tract Is only
two blocks from a future station on
the Mount Hood Railroad.
The property adjoins Ford ham acres.
which was recently marketed by the
same company and enjoyed a remark
able sale.
Houses TTnder Way In Morningside,
Fourteen new houses are being erect
ed In Mornlngslde. and others are to be
started in th. near future. Morning
side Is the new addition on the north
east slope of Mount Tabor. The frame
dwellings formerly occupied by the San
itarium company and known as the
Oaks and the Cedars, have been re
moved to lots In Mornlngslde and
transformed Into modern residences.
Fronting on East Seventy-first street
Just north of Stark Is a group of four
houses which are nearing completion.
The corner house of this group Is a fine
two-story seven-room residence and Is
being erected by J. P. Kellaher. It Is
thoroughly modern and well con
structed house and is located on a
splendid view lot. The other three
houses in this group are being erected
by T. Q. Anderson, the "bungalow
builder," and are very neat and at
tractive bungalows with all modern
conveniences.
Linn County Ranch Sold.
Th. Monmouth Real Estate Company
last week sold to J. H. Palmer, of Ne
braska, 200 acres north of Rlckxeall,
Polk County. The consideration was
over $12,000. Mr. Palmer is tired of
the severe climate In the East and
wants to spend the rest of his life In a
country where he can be comfortable.
He has returned to his Eastern home
and will move to Oregon next Fall,
bringing with him a lot of fine cattle
and horses. He expects several of his
neighbors to move West when he does.
NEW HOTEL TO RISE
Building Will Be on Morrison I
and Sixth, East Side.
OTHER PROJECTS PLANNED
CEMEXT COMPANY BITS LAND
Portland Concern Will tahll-li
Plant In Jackson County.
The Portland Cement Company of
this cltv. of which Amon Moore Is pres
litem, haa bought a large tract of land
In tU Kane's Creek district, west of
Hold lllll. In Jackson County. The con
sideration was not announced. The
land contains valuable deposits of lime
and cement rock, and the company has
had experts at work testing the depos
its during the last two month An op
tion on the property was obtained sev
eral months ago.
The tract embraces about 2S00 acres,
nd includes a large amount of timber.
There are also four miles of roadbed,
one-third of which haa been laid with
tie. and steel rails.
Th. cement company will proceed at
one to develop the property, complet
ing the railroad, burl. ling a factory with
CONSTRUCTIO?
houses continu
th. building
ONSTRUCTIOX of apart m .ni
nes to be a feature of
g activity In Portland.
New structures of this completed al
most every week and new ones started.
Iesplte the large numbr of apartment
houses now In operation, nearly all are
well-filled, although rents generally
are high.
The Chetopa Annex apartment on the
west side of Flanders street near
Eighteenth, have Just been completed
by W. K. Griffith who Is designer,
builder and owner. The building Is
live stories high. 41 by 95 feet, and ad
joins the original Chetopa apartments,
also owned by Mr. Griffith. Th. Che
topa Annex contains 35 two and three
room apartments. It Is finished with
hardwood floors throughout, and ia
provided with automatic elevator. The
equipment Is up to th. standard of
modern apartment-houses and includes
wall beds, individual phones and dumb
waiters. The cost was $30,000.
Morgan. Flledner A Boyce are con
structing two apartment buildings on
Eleventh street not far apart. The
Claypool Is being erected at the south
west corner of Eleventh and Clay,
where the Morris Marks residence
stood for many years. The lot Is 60 by
100 and the apartment building is to be
five stories high with full basement.
The construction Is of red brick. It
will contain 3S two and three-room
apartment suites. The cost will be
J75.000. The Fairmont Is being built
by the same firm on the east side of
Eleventh street near Jefferson. The
exterior construction has been com
pleted. The building is four stories
high and covers a lot 33H by 100 feet.
It will contain 25 two-room apartments
and will cost $33,000.
400 barrels dally capacity, and estab
lishing a group of eight Urn. kilns.
St. Louis Sale I Postponed,
tal. of the townslte of St. Louis, on
the Oregon Electric Railway 3S miles
NXW BAXK QUARTERS AT HILLSB0RO TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ELABORATE FIXTURES.
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BIILDIQ "EIXO ERECTED BY AMERICA XATIOMAL BA.VK AT HILLSBORO.
Walls are about half way completed for th new two-story bul'dlng of th American National Bank
at Hlllsboro. The structure was designed by Bridges at Webber, architects, of Portland. It Is to t. 40
by l feet, and th bauik will ccupq jart.rs to by 40 ft on th first floor. Thar will b two imal
Btora for rental. Th hank acquired th elaborate fixtures of th defunct Oregon Trust V Pavings
Bank In Portland, which will make It one of th finest equipped banks In the state. The bank lobby will
hav til floor, traarbl counter. tc. Th second story will b used for lawyers' offices and for th.
quarters of a lar abstract coat pany. Th bank will conduct a safety deposit department, for which
vaults will b constructed a part of th building. Th construction Is of reinforced concrete with pressed
brick facing, and th. cornice and trimming win be of copper. The building will cost 114.000.
south of Portland, has been postponed
until Wednesday, June 14. Th. auction
was set for last Thursday, but because
of the sever, storm on that day It was
thought best to put the sale over. A
great deal of Interest has been aroused
In the property and many peraons have
visited the townsite during the last
week. It Is In the center of a rich
farming country and there is no other
town at all near.
SAX F1TAXCISCO GROWS ORNATE
Lain p Post. on Kearny Street to Be
Decorated Wltli Flower Boxes.
A street decoration scheme that of
fers a suggestion for Portland Is about
to be tried on Kearny street. San
Francisco. It Is proposed to have
boxes suspended from the lampposts,
the boxes to be filled with flowering
and ornamental plants that are to be
kept growing and carefully tended.
Th. plan has been adopted by the
lowntown Association, and Is calcu
lated to give that portion of the city
a distinctive appearance and lend a
charm to the old thoroughfare that will
be truly Californlan.
It was on Kearny street that the cen
ter of gaiety existed In the old days,
and there much of the oriental and
cosmopolitan life still exists.
In old Portsmouth square Is the
monument to Stevenson with Its re
minder of his land of Bohemia. At
th. northern end la the Latin Quarter,
the North Beach, Fisherman's wharf,
and the cosmopolitan life of all nations.
At th. Junction with Market street are
th. flower venders, with their baskets
of colored flowers upon the sidewalks.
And this addition to the ornamentation
of t)f street will add to Its Individu
ality and charm.
This mode of ornamentation ia said to
exist In th. European cities, particu
larly In Vienna. There th. streets are
said to hav. a particularly pleasing and
gay appearance because of these hash
ing flower boxes. '
$6000. The buyers are all experienced
hotel men and they will improve the
property. The City Council will be
asked for permission to construct a
roadway from the approach to the
Burnslde bridge to a garage to be built
on the west side of the hotel.
The lease has seven years to run, with
an option of renewal for 10 years. The
rental is J650 a month. The Princess
Hotel is one of the first reinforced con
crete structures erected on the Jtast
Side. f 5
Washington County Tract Sold.
Alfred Nordgren and B. A. Berglund
have bought the holdings of Dr. C. A.
Macrum and J. W. Marsh, of this city.
west of Forest Grove, in Washington
County. The land consists of 440 acres,
and will be subdivided into 40-acre
tracts by the purchasers who will bring
Scandinavian families from Eastern
States to settle In Oregon. The sale
was made by the Kahle Realty Com
pany and the consideration was not
announced.
Tract East of City Sold.
The Oregon Nut & Fruit Company
has bought a tract comprising about 80
acres two miles east of the city limits
on the Base Line road, from the Multnomah-Oregon
Realty Company for
$50,000. The tract haa already been
platted under the name of Casmur. The
purchasers will replat and sell.
Miner Will Retire to Farm.
H. E. Booth, of Merlin, Or., has bought
the J. W. Hobbs place of 115 acres
south of Dayton, Yamhill County, for
11,000. Mr. Booth Is a successful
Southern Oregon mining man who has
listened to the call of "back to the
soil." With his family ha will retire to
the farm next Fall.
PRINCESS HOTEL LEASE SOLD
NewSyndlcate Takes Hold and Will
Improve Ernst Side Property.
The leas, on the Princess Hotel, at
East Third and East Burnslde streets.
haa been sold by O. 0 L. E. and Edna
Piatt to a syndicate composed of C. W.
Mstthews. W. C C. Thompson. William
McHardy and Joseph McHardy, for
. -Modern Structure to Bo Built. .
T. J. Setifert. who has bought th.
Lane County Ranch Is Sold.
Webster L. Kincald and Frank H.
Greenman have sold to Albert Walker,
of Klamath Falls, a 700-acrs tract of
land In the hills west of Creswell. Lane
County, for $12,000. Mr. Walker is a
stock raiser and will engage in that
business In Lane County.
Land Trade Made at Lebanon.
"ftE Wight has bought 20 acres of
river bottom land near Lebanon from
T. B. Hannah at 1200 an acre. Mr.
Wight traded in one of his houses in
Lebanon at $1500 and paid the balance
In cash.
Four-Story Structure Started on
Hawthorne and East Sixth to
Cost $50,000 Six-Story Con
crete W1U Be Begun.
A four-story brick or reinforced con
crete hotel buHdlng is. proposed by!
Strong Brothers to be built on the quar
ter block at the northeast corner of
East Morrison and East Sixth streets.
At present the quarter block is cov
ered with frame structures, which are
occupied. The tenants have been or
dered to vacate and by the first of the
month are expected to be out of the
frame buildings. Tentative plans have
beon drawn for the building, but it has
not been decided what material will
be used.
It will be one of the most important
buildings projected so far this year
for Central East Portland, outside of
the home of the North Pacific Dental
College and the six-story building for
Jenning & Sons. The hotel building
will probably cost between toO.OOO and
$60,000. It Is conceded that a first
class hotel is needed in Central East
Portland.
On the East Side a considerable num
ber of business buildings are under con
struction and projected. Excavations
have been completed on the quarter
block at the southwest corner of Haw
thorne avenue and East Sixth streets.
and work has been started on the con
crete foundation of a four-story build
ing, which will cost about $50,000, for
Stanley, Boise & Smith; plans have been
prepared for a modern brick fire house.
to ' be erected on the corner of East
Taylor and East Thirty-fourth streets,
at a cost of $15,000; a two-story brick
building, $0 by 70 feet, will b. built
for the Benedictine Fathers on East
Twelfth and Bismarck streets, to cost
$15,000; six-story reinforced concrete
building for Jenning & Sons, 200 by 240.
to cost $70,000; plans are being pre
pared for a three-story brick combina
tion store and apartment building to
be erected on Union avenue and East
Davis street, to cost about $35,000; two
story brick for G. A. Sollars, costing
$15,000, to be built on Killlngsworth
avenue, near Vancouver avenue, to cost
$15,000, the building being 75 by 100
feet; electric building for the Portland,
Railway, Light & Power Company, t
be built on East Thirteenth street be-;
tween Linn and Ochoco streets. In Sell
wood, for $75,000; Morgan, Fleidner &
Bryce, four-story concrete building,.
Grand avenue and East Stark street,'
$50,000.
LEWIS FARMS ARE PROFITABLE
Property Near Chehalls Changes
Hands at Big Increases.
CHEHALIS. Wash., May 20. (Special.) .
Sales of smaller tracts from the large
holdings continue in this section. Three,
deals are reported from Adna, six miles
west of Chehalls. Senator Flshback sold
nine acres, which had previously been
planted to young apple trees, to H. Sy
verson for $4500. xMr. Syverson was for
merly engaged in the mill business. A.
C. Canterbury bought 40 acres from J.
B. Blake for $3200. The latter paid $1500
for the same land a few months ago.
Patrick.. Deno, of Walville, bought four
acres near Adna at $200 an acre and will
go into small" fruitgrowing and poultry-
raising.
George A. Smith, of Seattle, has
bought the W. K. Miner farm, four miles
southwest of Chehalls, for $38,000. The
place comprises 400 acres of land, much
of it swampy- which Is especially adapted
for raising oats. In January, 1910, Mr.
Miner bought the property from Sam
Guy, the original owner, for $30,000, thus
making a profit of $3000 in a year's time.
Independence May Pave.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., May 20. (Spe
cial). At the next meeting of the City
Council an ordinance will be passed to
establish a permanent grade on the
streets of Independence. This will b.
the first step taken by the city for
hard surface pavement. To get an ex
pression of property owners on Main,
Monmouth and C streets, a petition in
dorsing hard surface pavement was cir
culated and with one or two excep
tions it was signed. The cost of pav
ing the three streets ia estimated at
$15,000.
Section Line Tracts Are Platted.
t tt fnmnfnn lias laid nut in lots
the four-acre tract of Mrs. MarifMy
ers on the Section Line road, near East
Sixtieth street. It was divided into 24
lots. Mr. Comnton has laid off the
two and one-half acre tract of C. E.
Beach on the Section road, near East
Sixtieth street. Into 22 lots. Both these
additions are in the land which was
filled In with material from the new
Mount Tabor reservoir excavations.
A collapsible berth that may be hang
on the back of a car seat has boea in
vented for the benefit of infants on long
railroad Journey
ATTRACTIVE STORE AND HOTEL STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT ON UPPER WASHINGTON.
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ANDREW GORDON BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE ERECTED AT WASHINGTON, MORRISON AND ELLA
STBEETS.
An attractive design haa been P repared by H. J. Hefty, architect, for t he store and hotef building to b
erected by Andrew Gordon at th. Intersection of Washington. Morrison and Ella streets. The lot is of flat
iron shape, and the architect haa taken full advantage of this in preparing the plans.
The building will hav. a frontage of 100 feet on Washington street. 105 feet on Morrison and four feet
on Ella, and the first floor will be divided Into five stores which will have attractive plate-glass fronts on
both Washington and Morrison T he construction will be of reinforced concrete. There will be a large cen
tral entrance on Washington street for the hotel, which will contain 26 rooms. All will be outside rooms, :
and each will have an Individual bay window. Each room will have large closet space and hot and cold
water. The cost will be about $40, 000, and th. building will be completed in about three months. at