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TIIE-SUXDAr OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, JULY 2, 1911
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EXTENSION
Streetcar Company Lays Tons
of Steel in Season's Improvements.
PAVING FOLLOWS RAILS
East Side Tlmronghfares Ham With
Activity of Surfacing Crews Ar
terr Reaching From River to
Hirer Soon to lie Completed.
The Portland Ha 11 war. tJirht Tow
r Company Is relaying Its double
tracks with heavy steel rails on
practically all Its East Side lines, cot
ring many miles and costing upwards
of Jl.00tl.000 outside of the rout of p-
Irk the streets. The company ha sev
eral gangs of men at work ahesd of
tha street contractors In different
districts of the East Side. Belmont
street, now pared to East tilxty-second
street, is to be pared on to East Sixty
ninth street, mhlch will bring tha
pavement to the end of the carllne at
Tabor Helahts. Double tracks will be
relatd with heary steel rails to the
end of the line. ' A deep cut Is being
made rtth a steam shorel alone the
slope of Mount Tabor eastward from
IZast Sixty-ninth street for sereral
blocks to aire the atreet the rlaht
width. The streetcar company at Brst
refused to permit the use of Its right
of way on Bolmont street to tbe end
cf the carllne. hot withdrew Its objec
tions and the work 1 rolng forward.
Tabor Heights and Williams Park will
thus be proTlded with a finely pared
street from the center of the city.
This ImpTorement Is one of the most
Important un.ler way on the Last Mde.
The improvement, outside of the part
the street railway pays for. will cost
the property owners about ItS.BO. but
It will open up the fine Mornlngsid
Addition at Mount Tabor besides pro
viding an avenue direct to the 11-
llama Park on the top of Mount TaDor,
a park which Is to be Improved during
the year. There will be. winding;
boulevards around the slopes of the
park, ending at the summit.
Property Owner Assessed.
The key to the Improvements pro
Jected for Williams Park la the Im
provement of Belmont street. The Pa
cific Bridge Company and llaasam fa
Ing Company are paving the district at
Mount Tabor. which Includes the
streets between East Forty-ninth and
East Sixtieth and between East Stark
and Hawthorne avenue. East bixtletn
and East Fiftieth streets are being
paved through. Practically all the
streets of the district axe being; pared,
and the work will be completed In a
few weeks, which will make the weat
rn slope of Mount Tabor a hard-surface
district. The cost will be about
1:50.000 outside of sewers and water
mains which were laid ahead of the
Improvements.
The street railway company Is re
laying Its double tracks on Mississippi
avenue, between Goldsmith street and
Xllllngsworth avenue, a distance of
nearly two miles. The company had
laid the double tracks on Larrebe
street, the connecting "street with Mls
Ippi avenue, which runs to Holladay
venue, and will connect with tbe new
railroad bridge. Relaying tha tracks
on Mississippi avenue to Kllllngsworth
Is on of the most expensive jobs the
street railway company has undertaken
this year, as it was necessary to carry
the work up the steep grade between
Helm and Ereemont streets. The ave
nue will be paved through to Killings
worth, and the total cost of the im
provement, including the relaying with
heary steel rails, will run considerably
sbove 1250.000. and may reach 30U.ovt.
but the Improvement Is Important for
the reason It will connect Lower. Upper
end North Alblna directly wlto the
Broadway and railroad bridges. Lar
rabee street will be extended to a con
nection with the approach to the new
railroad bridge at Oregon street, and
possibly the present Lower Atblna cars
will be routed over the railroad bridge
when the old Steel bridge Is abandoned
for the new structure. Also the Upper
Alblna. or Williams-avenue, cars may
be routed over the railroad bridge.
Water Mains Are LalT.
Preparatory to the paving of Union
avenue, between Alberta street at High
land and Woodlawn, the Portland Rail
way. Light A Power Company Is relay
ing Its double tracks on that street.
This Improvement will extend about
one tnlle and will be expensive, as
1'nlon avenue is 80 feet wide. The Im
roveraent will extend to Bryant street,
at the north line of Piedmont and
Woodlawn. Union avenue exends
through to the Columbia River from
the Willamette River. It Is desired
to get the Improvement completed this
year, as Union avenue is a great thor
oughfare, the artery fnr the North East
Plde. It connects with Ktlllngsworth
avenue. Alberta street and all the
streets In the North East Side. It will
he necessary to lay water mains and
sewers before the hard-surface pave
jiien can be laid on Union avenue. The
great district between Union arenue
and East Thirty-second street la tribu
tary to Union avenue, and It Is really
the great thoroughfare for the North
East tide and for the entire East Side,
as It runs from river to river.
Alberta and Preseott streets hare
been raved to East Thirty-second street
from Union arenue. The street railway
company relald its double tracks on
Alberta street, between Union avenue
and East Thirty-second street, a dis
tance of more than one mile.
Irper Alblna Affected.
In Upper Alblna the double tracks
on Williams avenue are being relald
between Morris and Alberta streets
with heary steel rails preparatory to
r-ard-surfac pavement soon to be laid.
The distance ts XI blocks. Williams
arenue connects with Kllllngsworth
and Holladay -avenues and will be a
continuous hard-surface street when
the new Improvement Is completed.
The street railway company has re
lald its double tracks on East Ankeny
street, between Grand avenue and East
Twenty-fourth streets and that street
Is now being Improved with an asphalt
pavement. Also the- company la re
laying its tracks on East Twenty
eighth, between East Ankeny street
and the Sandy boulevard, ahead of the
hard-surfaca parement to be laid on
that street.
The most extenslre Improvement
projected Is that on Sandy bouierard.
between East Twenty-eighth and East
Slxtr-seventh streets. Part of the
parement has been laid through the'
north side of Laurelhurst. but the
greater portion of the distance Is yet
to be laid. Double tracks will be re
quired ahead of the parement. as well
as the sewers, but an efTort la now be
ing mad to get the Improvement under
: and, completed taia yea, -i.dib win
be an expensive improvement, both for
the property owners and the streetcar
company, as the Sandy bouierard haa
been made (0 feet wMe to the city lim
its. When improred as proposed
Sandy boulevard will be one of the
great streets of the city, if not the
greatest. It will cost at least f 200.000
to relay the tracks and "put down the
parement. The street railway com
pany has set aside 1100.000 to meet the
expense of relaying the tracks.
New Project Planned.
The streetcar company is relaying
Ita single with double tracks on Grand
arenue. between Woodward arenue and
Eaat Lincoln street. where Hassam
parement Is soon to be put down. Also
the company la putting down' heary
rails on its line on Clinton street,
where hard-surface improvement is to
be made.
It soon will be required to lay heary
steel rails on Milwaukle south from
Hoi Kate street to By bee arenue, aa
proceedings are under way to pave
Milwaukle street to Kehalem arenue.
In Hell wood. Before the year Is end
ed practically all streets on the East
Side occupied by the tracks of tha
streetcar company will hare Been im
proved with bard-surface pavement. In
Central East Portland the company will
be called on to relay Its tracka on East
TI1VIBERTRACT SOLD
Coos County Holdings Contain
12,000 Acres.
CONSIDERATION NOT GIVEN
G. F. Sanborn, of Portland, and
Wisconsin Associates Are, Bayers. -Oregon
loggers Have Praise
for Vancouver Congress.
The last of the holdings owned by F. J.
Haynes and brothers, of Port Huron,
Mich- consisting of about 12.000 acres of
of timber in this county, aside from
that owned in adjoining counties and
which must be brought to this center
for manufacture.
While the Menaaha company is ' not
at the present time stating just what
Is to be done in the way of building a
mill, it Is safe to assume that with
the large timber holdings which must
be - eventually converted Into lumber
the company will, before many months.
begin preparations for building lunv
bar manufacturing plants, on Coos Bay.
Herbert Armstrong, who la at the
head of the timber holdings of the
Menasha company, is at the present
time the ' local representative of tha
company. He has opened offices in
North Bend and will make his home
In that lty, having purchased for his
family the residence of Charles Thorn,
overlooking the bay and one of tha
finest homes In North Bend.
Mr. Armstrong states that for' the
present the Menasha company and the
Southern Oregon Company will remain
as separata corporations. The former
has acquired four-fifths of the stock
of the Southern Oregon and may at
some later time buy all of the stock.
Elijah Smith, the former head of the
Southern Oregon, now noias oniy a
nominal amount of stock.
- It Is possible that tha Southern
Oregon as a corporation may later be
merged Into the Menasha company, but
EXCURSIONISTS LUTED UP BEFORE MAKING INSPECTION OF CORNELIUS TUNNEL.
ITF.REST1G POIXT ALONG LIXE OF UNITED RAILWAYS.
Water, between Hawthorne arenue and
Eaat Morrison street, and on East Mor
rison street between East Water atreet
and Union arenue.
DEERE BUILDING OPENED
Tnors.vxDs inspect big east
SIDE STRUCT CUE.
Cost of Construction Is $250,000,
MakJns; It One of Most Com
plete Plants on Coast.
The eight-story reinforced concret
building of the John Deer Plow Com
pany, on East Morrison and East Second
streets, was open to the Inspection of
the public last week, and many thou
sands of people were shown through the
structure by General Manager Archerd
and his assistants.
This is considered one of the finest
buildings of its kind in the city, and is
aa nearly fireproof as It is possible to
make any building. It Is built of rein
forced concrete with brick facing. 100x100
feet In size, eight stories and full base
ments-and contains 180, 000 square feet or
floor space. C400 of which Is used for
offices. Work was started September 15.
1910. Piles to th number of 2000 were
drlren 30 feet for (b foundation; 18.000
barrels of cement were used, which
weighed K00 tons: L250.000 brick were
used, weighing 2SC0 tons. Th building
s considered one of the best constructed
n the city. It Is the headquarters or
the company in Portland, and occupies
the most conspicuous place in the whole
sale district on the East Side. The cost
of tbe building waa J25O.0O0. The cbm
nanr owns the other half of the block
on East Third street, and. wllL occupy It
with a duplicate of the present build
ing when- more room is needed.
Tbe entire building Is being 'used ex
clusively for the company s business.
each floor being occupied Dy ainerenx
branches representing nearly all kinds
of machinery used for agricultural pur
poses. In addition to heavy wagons and
light vehicles? the company carries a
line of automobiles.
The structure has a fun basement, pari
of which is level with the rear entrance.
making it In reality a nine-story bulld-
ng. -
fine timber land in Coos County, were
transferred last week to the Wisconsin
Western Timber Company. O. Fred San
born, of Portland, who is president of
the company, said yesterday that the
deal was made several months ago. but
title to all of th land was not received
until this month. Th consideration has
been withheld.
Th company was organised about two
years ago at a capitalisation of Jl.SOO.OOO.
and Is headed by the following officers:
President. O. Fred Sanborn, of Portland;
vice-president. J. O. Davidson. ex-Oov-emor
of Wisconsin; treasurer. Joseph M.
Boyd, a banker of Madlso' Wis.; secre
tary. Jaokson Beuter, of Madison, Wis.
"With the acquisition of the Haynes'
holdings, we have as tine a body of yel
low fir as can be found In tha state."
said Mr. Sanborn. "We do not intend
to operate soon, having mad tha pur
chase of this tract as an investment.
The property is located about 30 miles
from Marshneld. on the east fork of the
Coquill River. It contains about 1,500.000
feet of saw timber.
"While the timber industry-has, been
somewhat Inactive of late, I believe-that
it will "not be long until conditions will
Improve and in time will be better than
ever. There Is no better timber to be
found In the world than that in Oregon,
and some day it will command the high
est prices." "
It is reported that the timber market
In the Coos Bay country Is becoming ac
tive. It is understood that one buyer
is negotiating for the purchase of 500,
000.000 feet of timber, in- Curry County.
The Menasha Woodenware Company haa
bought a large amount of timber lately,
and sereral Marshneld men,N who have
held large tracts for . many years, are
considering offers for their property.
The timbermen and loggers of Oregon
and Southwestern Washington, who at
tended the third annual loggtng con
gress at Vancouver, B. C, returned last
week full of enthusiasm over the meet
ing, declaring that the sessions were the
best ever held on the Pacific Coast.
Over-60 were in attendance from Port
land. .
"Every phase .of the Jogging industry
was . discussed ,at this meeting." said
H. c; Clair. "Practical papers-were read
and discussions followed that were both
interesting and Instructive. It was
demonstrated at this congress that the
loggers of the Pacific Coast are adopting
all of the latest and most improved
methods in handling logs.
"The people at Vancouver gave us a
good time. There was a strong feeling
shown for the visiting delegates from
the United States. This meeting will re
sult In bringing the loggers of the two
countries more closely together."
as a matter of convenience for a time
they will remain separate. Mr. Arm
strong for tbe present will be busy
with the affairs of the Menasha com
pany and has not yet taken up the de
tails of the newly acquired company,
but will do -so later.
Th office of the Southern Oregon
will, for a time, remain at Empire but
the headquarters of the Menasha will
be at North Bend.
While Mr. Armstrong says that the
matter of manufacturing Is one for
consideration in the future he does
not discourage the hope that the com
pany expects to do big things here in
the way of establishing manufacturing
plants. It is understood that when the
Menasha company does do anything
tn the way of building a mill- it will
be on a very large scale and will be a
step which, with Coos County's pres
ent lumber Importance, will put her
among the foremost lumber-producing
localities In the United States.
C R. Smith is the head of the Mena
sha company. The headquarters is at
Menasha, where the largest plant Is
located. Recently a plant was built
In the Saskatchewan country of Can
ada and there is also a plant at Lady-smith.-
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The Black well Lumber Company, in
th Coeur d' Alene country la also con
trolled by the C. R. Smith interests.
Many smaller mills in different parts
of the country are controlled by the
Menasha company or are engaged in
sawing lumber, which is handled by
the Menasha peopee. The company
SEASIDE
LOTS
AT CART WRIGHT PARK
HOLLADAY, OREGON
CITY WATER . ELECTRIC LIGHTS
FIVE MINUTES' WALK FROM TOWN OF SEASIDE, j
16 OCEAN FRONT LOTS LEFT, EACH $750.
BEAUTIFUL GROVE LOTS, $200 TO $350.
HOLLADAY PLACE IS THE LONGEST ESTABLISHED,
BEST EQUIPPED, MOST BEAUTIFUL SUMMER RESORT
IN OREGON. IT IS NO RAW PIECE OF GROUND CUT UP
INTO LOTS, BUT A PARK THAT HAS BEEN MADE,
ATTRACTIVE AND KEPT THAT WAY FOR YEARS. A
SMALL PORTION HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED,AND EVERY
SITE IS IDEAL. YOU CAN GET A LOT FACING THE
BEAUTIFUL NECANICUM RIVER, OR IN THE GROVE OR
FACING THE OCEAN.
SHELL WALKS, GRADED ROAD-
DEPOT ON
WAYS. SIDEWILLK TO TOWN OF SEASIDE.
PROPERTY. AGENT ON THE GROUNDS, OFFICE SEA
SIDE HOTEL. THE SEASIDE HOUSE AT HOLLADAY
OPENS JULY FIRST. GOOD BOARD AND EVERY ACCOM
MODATION. NEWLY EQUIPPED.
ERTY AT HOTEL OFFICE, OR
AGENT FOR PROP-
W. B. AND G. E. STREETER
212 LEWIS BUILDING
PORTLAND, OR.
BUY YOUR TICKET FOR HOLLADAY.
S3 ROUND TRIP, SATURDAY TO MONDAY. $4 SEASON.
handles all kinds of lumber, putting
it to various uses. Lumber is sawed
. .... iin for making
lor lUB Hiacw " -
boxes, palls and other lines of wooden
war. , .
it an extensively In
other places and with such large tim
ber holdings in mis coum.
.. . . u - . , V. . TnnnjthA COmDSIiy.
when th time comes, will do much
toward helping make Coos Bay an im
portant locality.
Church to Be Repaired.
Th rim of li300 ha been subscribed
to repair and renovate Centenary Meth
fhtireh. Eaat Ninth and East Pine
streets. It Is proposed to retint the
interior wn.no vl ui. au"'1"' ...... --
otherwise renovate the building. In
the lecture rooms more classrooms will,
be provided. The pastor asked for
iKon with which to do the work last
Sunday, and the congregation quickly
responded with $2300. Work will be un
dertaken before the end or conierence
year.
BIG FILLS TO BE IDE
MOVTGOMERT SLOUGH TRACT
TO BE IMPROVED.
Leveling: of Property Will Require
600,000 Tards of Dirt Work ,
In Progress Xovr.
The 28-acre tract along Montgomery
Slough. In Lower Alblna, which was
purchased over a year ago by the Han
cock Land Company, is to be filled and
improved so that it will be uniform
with the grade on Goldsmith street.
Th contract for improving the prop
erty was let last week to Mead & Con
nell. It Is estimated that 600,000 yards
of dirt will be necessary to make the
fills.
A steam 'Shovel Is located on Page
street, near Kerby street, and Is work
ing Its way through the bluff. Opera
tions also have been started at the
southwest corner of the tract on Larra
bee street. The property is bounded by
Gantenbeln avenue, Hancock, Page and
Goldsmith streets.
The, surface of the tract is very ir
regular, having high bluffs on one aids
and cut up by deep ravines on th low
er side.
No streets have ever been opened
through this tract, although attempts
have been made previously to open the
property by extending streets through
it.
It is understood that a part of the
tract is to be reserved for building lots.
Alblna citizens .petitioned the city to
purchase the tract for a park some time
ago but the property was taken over by
the present owners while the city was
negotiating for it. A petition is now
before the City Council to hasten pro
ceedings for the extension of Kerby
street before the grading makes it impracticable.
ACREAGE SOLD FOIT. $J2,75
Tract of 40 AeresTn Base Line Road COOS MAXUFACTURIXG GROWS
Bought for Platting.
A . , & Imniirfant ftrrutffi deals
closed last week waa th transfer of
. m ..... nn ih, ttaa T.lna road and
Beams road to Thomsa Splllman. th
consideration neini n cn-
ers are Woodard. Clark "k Co.. K.
B. Alger, John T. -Wheeler ana K. u.
rnumin. Th deal . waa negotiated
by F. K. Taylor at ,o. I ne property j
111 be Included in tn entura rara
platting property. Other deals closed
by this Arm wer as follows:
Clara Kellama. of Marion, lowa. pur-
. v. i . n a Xfalmin zs acres or
land at Haines station for MS1 SO.
m M . t.a Mr wllnms will com to Ore
gon to make their bom some time aur-.
ing th r ail. .
Ben Jenkins.' of Gatun. canal one.
purchased from John Oatfleld. of Mll-
.. k i . r. . H An..tii1f acres at
Concord station, on th Oregon City
electric line. ior iis.s.
Emll E. and Frank . vr. ivruger. or
Ft. Paul. Mtnn.. purchased IS acres In
Erlecrest Subdivision. " Estacada dis
trict, for $2200.
F. A. Baxter, of Butte. Mont., pur
chased 1H acres tn Erlecrest (Sub
division. Estacada district, for $1500.-
W . 11. Adrian soia to jonn a. sworu.
dale Addition. Marguerite avenue, near
ttawtnorne, ior jvvv.
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Cnlon Avenue Property Sold.
Dr. E. C. Holmes has purchased
property at IV? Union avenue from C.
H. Towslee. the consideration being
4000. The lot has a frontage of 80
feet on Union avenue and la 90 feet
deep. It Is improved with a. frame
building used aa a grocery store, with
living-rooms above. The deal waa ne
gotiated by Goddard 4t Wiedrlck.
Entrance of Eastern Tlmbernien
Mean Much for . Community.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 1. (Spe
cial.) Recent changes of ownership
of timber lands with promise of de
velopment of large properties in th
pear, futur give promise that Coos
Bay -will be on of th greatest lum
ber producing and manufacturing
points In the country within a few
years.
The CA. Smith Lumber ft Manu
facturing Company Is now operating
one of the largest mills on the Coast,
with a capacity of nearly 500.000 feet
of lumber In 10 hours. The Simpson
Lumber Company, of North Bend, Is
also a big operator, besides many
smaller mills In the county. The most
important recent mov insuring futur
activities is th purchas of the South
ern Oregon Company by th Menasha
Woodenware Company, of Menasha,
Wis, which makes It practically cer
tain that the company will build a
plant In this locality.
The property of the Southern Ore
gon Company Includea something over
100,000 acres of timber lands in Coos,
Curry and Douglas Counties. Of this
timber there is located in Coos Coun
ty Sl.38 acres which, according to
th last tax levy, is valued at $357.-
a. all 1) an irra. Bekidea th
V.d.Bl
company owns valuabl lands sur
rounding tne oay ""
available for city property and also
some highly valuable, farmlands, in
all about 7000 acres besides the timber
lands. . -
The Menasha Woodenware Company
has secured control of four-fifths of
. . . . . . i c..,k..M r,0-nn ind
tne stoca oi xne duuihuim . -o
previously owned 2J.628 acres of tim
ber lands in this county. inia m
give th company about 106,000 acres
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NATIONAL ADDITION
Now Is Your Chance
To Make Some Money on the Advance of Lots in National Addition
In the past two months there has been so much encouragement,
so mnch development, so much improvement in and around Kenton
National Addition that the Kenton-Pacific Improvement Co. feels
Justified in adjusting the prices upwards. You should visit Kenton
sad see what has been done with the ravine that runs from the
great manufacturing district through National Addition to the
business section of.Kenton. This ravine has been graded in to what
is known as Kenton Boulevard, and will serve the entire Peninsula
district on account of its easy grade and central location. An
appropriation has been granted by the O.-W. E. & N. Co. for a
passenger depot and local freight sheds for Kenton to be located
at the mouth of the Kenton Boulevard, and the Kenton Pacific
Improvement Co., (owning National Addition) has granted to the
O.-W. E. & N- Co., (construction under way) a right of way for
local freight yards adjoining the warehouse sites in National
Addition.
Considering the important manufacturing institutions recently
located at Kenton, such as the S. & S. Co., the Coin Mfg. Co., to
say nothing about the probability of several more sure to locate
there within the next 60 days, we feel absolutely certain that the
prices we are asking for the few lots left are away below their true
value, and we know that within the next few months property will
advance more than any other property in Portland.
Call at our office and get our latest folder showing the Great
Manufacturing district. Visit the tract and let our salesman show
you around. The tract office will be open today and every day
thereafter.
Lots $400 and up on easy terms.
Co-Operative Realty Company .wUExclaSS
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