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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1911)
THE SPXDAY ORKflOXIAy. rOIHXASD. JULY 23, 1911. PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW PROGRESS AT BEAUMONT OUTSIDE CAPITAL BUILDS EAST SIDE 4jre Nearly All of Important Enter prises Completed by West Side Investors. FOREIGN MONEY IS DRAWN V IB' IS 1 I Ten Larr Building Krccted Re cently. On Coatln $150,000. Large Sum Expended in Renidence DUtrlcta. That building loveetmenta on the UI sid ara proving yry attractive I eutatde capital la bow In the faf-t tfiat an of the tan or mora modtrn bullilnga. eacept out. under construe tlon In Cantrai Eaat Portland ara althor balng built by Wat Side bu.l aaaa nn or br outalda man. Tha Nortn Pacific Dan 11 Collaga. wboaa horn a ta In tha ala-atory reinforced coo crata building acdr ronatructlon at tha corner of Eaat Sixth and Oregon atraata. baa at way a boan a Waat Hide nterprtae. Ita tranafar to tha Eaat SIda la cooaldared Important, aa It will bring to Cantrai Eaat Portland tba stu dant body ct ,n dantal collaga and moat of Ita a.-ttvUie. Burned out about a Tar ago tha Faahlon stable, a Wast Side firm, baa rebuilt on East Flanders and Eaat Eleventh streets at an Initial coat of 1JS.0O. beldea the cost of tha quarter block of I7J0 ana the equipment which cost lll.W. Spokane Capital InTeatrxI. Tha flan Marco Apartment, a three etory brick covering 10xje feet, was erected by J. C. Wajora. of Spokane. Mr. Majors bougbt tha lot from tha Unlvertellst Church and erected tha building at a coat of eomelhtn mora than llJ.vOe. It haa proved a fine In vestment. O. W. Jackaon. who la erecting; tbree-etory brick covering a quarter block on the corner of East Davta street and fnlon avenue, at a cost of 110.000. la a Wast Side man. Tha three-story brick at the corner of East Burnslde and East Eighth street, enatlne- li.0'0. was built by Pago Fon. West Hide business men. Arrosa tha atraet la tha only new building erected aa an East fide ft terprla. It waa built by Washington Lodge No. . of the Ancient Kre and Accepted Maaona. It la purely an Kant Bide enterprise. Tha four bulldlnga erected at th Intersection of Grand avenue and East Stark streets were built by outside capital and West Side business men. Morgan 5 tarts Movement. W. L Morgan, a West Side con tractor, started tha building move, went that has resulted In tha erection of tha four buildings at this Intersec tion, also of tha four-story brick at East Oak atreet and Urand avenue. J. R. Cartrtght and asaoclatee. owners of the latter bulldlns;. are outside cap italists. Strong Bros, who ara erect ing tha four-story hotel building at the northweet corner of East Morri son and East Sixth streets, at a coat of KS.viO. ara West Side business man who ware attracted by tba possibilities of tha East Side. E. J. Daly and E. O. Edwards, who hare started tha erection of tha four atory building at tha northwesp corner of Urand avenue and Belmont streets, ara nwn dolna business on the Wet hide. Tha three-story brick building, at tha southwest corner of East Sixth street and Hawthorne avenue. Is being built by outside capitalists. F. H. Stan ley. Robert Smith and W. I Ilole. tha 'alter being tha only one Interested otherwise In tha East Side. One Ilalkllng Ccwl 30,000. The I'ntted States Bakery, which la erecting a II .' building on East Eleventh and East Flandera streets, la a West SIda firm, as Is also tha Har rlaoa Candy Factory, erecting a four story bulldlns; at tha corner of East Sixth an. I Eat DavU afreets at a cost of tii.010. The Coin Machine Com pany erected Its plant on Grand avenue and Pacific atreet by outside capital. One of the moat Important and co.tly buildings built bv foreign cap ital la tha elaht-atory structure of the John reere Plow Company, which cost These ara some of tha mora Im portant hulldln enterprleea and others are projected mainly by outside or West SIda capital. A special commit tee from the East SIda Business Men's Club I looking after and encouraging rirw enterprises. Outside of these mod ern buildings are tha numerous apart ments and large fiats which have been erected on the Eaat Side. It la esti mate. I that Jivl.ooo baa been Invested lr this class of buildings In Cantrai Kast Portland and AIMna. In addition to the large Investments In business structures. Immen.e sums have been expended In residence dis tricts In tha past year. MTE rOR CAB SHOPS GRADF.I roar Unlldlnars for Electrical Com pany to Col $500,000. Grading la In progress on tha grounds for the new rarehnpe for tha Portland Railway. Light Power Company. The buildings will be erected between Hol gata and Rhone tree. where tha com pany recently secured a largo tract. Two tracks are being laid to the side of tba carshops. one from Mllwaukle on Center street and tho other from the Brooklyn cartlne along East Sixteenth, Rhone and East Seventeenth street. The Iron will be laid tha coming week. TMs will enable tha company to bring In the material for the ?ur building to be erected at tha otart over Ita own track. So far only th ground hav been graded and the ex cavating for th butldtnge wilt b started the ensuing week. Th plant will be an extensive one. and It la said that t'n coat will rang from 1400.000 to IJOQ.s'JO. CLASS "A" BriLDING PLANNED Apartment-Hoose to Be Built for V. Molker Costing S3S.000. class "A" reinforced concrete structure will be the apartment-houee to ba built for T. W. Mulkey on Mar bet treat, between First and Tront streets. Tha building will contain four atorlea and full basement. It will coat Di.000. It will be SO by ( feet In alsa and will have 11 apartments of four rooms each Tha building Is designed so that all tha rooms will have outside light and ventilation. It will b among the flrt fully fireproof apartment-houaae) la Portland. Contract for th construction work nM ben let to th Wlneland Engineer ing Contracting Company. Tha build ing waa designed by A C- Ewart. I eW-. 'XU. .... -.. -U. - - - " " - -- , vV LARGE SUH1 SPENT Cost of improving Beaumont Exceeds $350,000. WIDE PARKING IS FEATURE Over 10,000 Itoae Dnstie to ne Set Along Mreeta, In Addition to Shade Tree PaTlng Now Being Laid. Over 100 men are busy every day In th week In Beaumont, a tract of 133 acres between East Thirty-seventh and Eaat Forty-fifth street. In tha North Eat Side. layltR sewers and water mains, grading and paving the streets. About 5 teams are used In the work. The addition la divided Into upper and lower sections. The old gravel hill, be ing the dividing line, aerves to work out a beautiful system of curved drives. Wisteria avenue. Stanton street.' Beaumont avenue and Alameda avenue are the principal streets on the curved portion connecting the lowr with the upper portion of the addition. Tha Beaumont streetcar line will atart at tha Intersection of the Sandy road and East Forty-second street and enters Wisteria avenue two blocks north of Stanton street. On Wisteria th earlln winds westwsrd and turn northward up the bill, where It crosses Alameda drive and enters East Korty flrst street for a distance of about 100 fet. Improvement of this tract of 133 acrea Is the most extensive a well aa expensive undertaken this year outside of Laurelhurrt. where I miles of pave ment Is being laid at a com of about 11.000.000. In Laurelhurst there were 40 acres of land, or nearly three tlmea as much land as In Beaumont. With the sewer system, water mains, gaa mains. street pavements and cement sidewalks, and the beautify ing of the tract wfth rose bushes, the rmt will ba considerably above 3S0. 000. Only a personal Inspection of the grounds will give an adequate Idea of the magnitude of the Improvements, the single Item of eeweraae running nn to 1100.004. besides the water mains. all of which are eight-Inch pipes. The rOUR-STOEY BUILDLN'G i :.i-vi . ...... - i J :.- : r-;: :-: - - . - - - ml av v.' . ? r-r-t -!--"'v,tw-i-.-?1 f f : if t i . - 1 t h fcf :m -m r. i . ' . - i ll ! J; FTCVTIO STARTED OS HALF-BLOCK PKKPARATORV TO ERECTION I.1PMA.V. WOLFF. CO. With th. oid frame building out r&fZ".X '0rTV.Pructur. wf h.e. Ifnl.e .7 200 feet on Fifth street and will be 100 feet deep ocet ipyln-r th. aat half of the block bounded by Washington. Alder. Fifth and Sixth streets In addition to the 10 1 regu lar stor e. there will be a full basement and a sub-basement. The structure will be one of the largest for d.plr.nt .tor. purpose, on th. Taclnc Coast. Th. building will cost $7a0.000. -,it,Cf . cost of grading Wisteria avehue and Beaumont street was very heavy, a vast amount of material being moved. At present th work of laying pave ments on th streets between Braze and Stanton and Wisteria avenue Is 'In progress. Illtu'.lthlc material Is be ing used on the atreet s. Numerous concrete walks lead from the upper to th lower treets. Ton thousand rose bushes will b set alona; the streets of Beaumont on an average of 12 for each building lot. There will be nine-foot parking strips throughout th addition and ther will be two shada trees to each lot. The restriction are liaOO south of Wisteria avenue. Between Wisteria avenue ind the Alameda and for those lots bordering on Alameda the restriction la $3000, and for the remainder of Ui tract th restriction Is $3000. Sales of lota In Beaumont are numer ous before the Improvements have been completed. F. M. Holler purchased two lots for which ha paid $2000. Tho northwest corner of Klickitat and East Fortieth streets, 100 by 100 feet, was sold to John Strelb for $200. J. B. Edgar. H. C. Smith, and Guy Taylor bought lota facing Stanton street for $1ISS each. Thomas E. Armstead ha aecured a lot on Beaumont Vtow ridga containing 12.800 feet. The Swope Con crete Product Company has purchased four lots In the addition on which It will erect four concrete bulldlnss. I. P. Taylor and J. H. MaclKnsId bought two lota for $1350 each. Sales were made to men who will build homes at once. WORK BEGINS ON LIBRARY East Side Structure to Be or Con crete Cost I $35,000. The concrete foundation of the new East Sldo Library. which Is being erected at the southeast corner of East Eleventh and East Alder streets, has been completed and -work has started on the concrete superstructure. It will be completed this Fall and occupied by the end of the year. The cost of the library will be $35,000. and will carry about th same selection of books and literature that may be found In tha main building on the West Side. Two other similar library buildings ara pro jected for the East Side. ' Church Building Rises. Waverlclgh Congregational Church I completing a $.1000 church building at the corner of East Thirty-third and Ellsworth street. It will bo ready for dedication next month. The new build ing Is nearly a counterpart of tho for mer Sunnyslde Congregational Church, which stood on the corner of East Thirty-fourth and East Taylor Mreots. Much of the material of the old build ing Is being used In th new structure. Rev. s. K. Wlney Is the pastor of the new church. BEING RAZED TO MAKE WAY of th way and excavation work In b'u aflVf:wt'lkntHh,in,,m ' ' V; -w i GINSENG RETURNS BIG PROCEEDS OP fI2,000 AN ACRE ARE REALIZED. Gronluc of Plant In Rogue River Valley Proves Success Market Found Only In China. MEDFORD. Or.. July 22. (Special.) That $22,000 an acre can be realized from ginseng In the Rogue River Val ley Is the statement of E. F. Graham, of Prospect, who has been experiment ing with the plant for years. On a homestead of 10 acrea Mr. Graham be gan his experiments and he now haa one-eighth of an acre producing the valuable plant. Three-year-old glngseng roots hav a market value of from $ to $8 a pound and roots from 8 to 12 years old will net as high as $20 a pound. After three years of work attending to ona eiglitli of an acre of the root, Mr. Gra ham has received $3000 for the prod uct of his area. The cost of starting in the business Is very great and It Is for this reason that no more land waa set out. ,', ., The ginseng root Is marketable onlv In China, where the light yellow root are used by the Chinese for every conceivable domestic purpose. Speci mens of peculiar shape demand, almost, their weight in gold, because of their aupposed occult powers. By replanting the roots freaks are produced. Government Investigation of th plant discloses the fact that there 1 no species of Insect nor any fungua growth that bothers the plant but there Is a law to the effect that th plants must be Inspected each year by a Gov ernment Inspector. Professor P. J Ogara. ex-Government pathologist and now employed by the Jackaon County Fruit Association, who has Just re turned from Inspecting Mr. Grabam'a place. Is Inclined to believe that thla valley is one of the few places In th world where ginseng may be success fully raised. Tho ginseng farm near Prospect la th oldest and largest In th state. Laffcrtjr Builds Home. Kroner & Henn have prepared plan for the now home of Representative Lafferty, to be erected In Westmore land. It will be a two-story, six-room building, 26x40 feet, with full base mcDt. It will have fireplaces, sleeping porches and built-in conveniences. The dwelling will be occupied by Mr. Laf ferty'a parents FOE GEEAT STEUQTUEE. OF 10-STORY BIILDI.VG OF P'"". - mtenr structure Isl it - ,1 . r'' l,-;.:f ': S liili mm mm '-'"fllf Retd College Place b to he th; city a i ' S3! re' reaidleKtial Boulev&r!. Siartir.3 Bt the imposing Heed College MEMORIAL ENTRANCE TOWERS ?t w p thru EaitmorcUttfl," and en 'the outh ' , ' ioint witK ik Crystal Spring Boulear& fTTT There wiU hs 30 ft.' center PrktRg &il th way, a profa!on of tree and brub, anrl afidt pavtngBiM ing sites fronting on Reed College flaea carry pecml 1 restrictions and re never lew th& tOOjt. 1 00 ft. $ V . S mm Orthografy in accordance Selling HE6IRA TO COAST IS Oli OREGON BEACH ES ARE POPC- JjAR in hot w-e.ther. Unusual Demand Reported for J'.alldlng Lots Development Work Continues at New Resorts. With the Summer season now well advanced Interest In beach property is Increasing, and there la considerable activity in building operations at the various aeacoast resorts. The manage ment of Gearhart Park reports that building lota are being purchased by Portland families, and that many new cottages and bungalow will be buUt at the park, thla Bummer and FalL With the hotel open all th year around cottage owner find It con venient to open their beach homes dur ing the Winter montha. remaining at th hotel until the cottage Is ready for occupancy. Several large cottages overlooking the Pacific Ocean have Just been completed and will be occupied during- th. next ten days. There are aeveral attractive bungalows nearing completion In the woods and on the meadows. . . Clataop beach la easily reached from Portland, and faet train service makes It possible for the Portrand business man to spend th. week-end with his family at th. seashore and return to the city early Monday morning with out los of time. Families from as far as Bpokane. Seattle, Tacoma and Butt Summer at Oearhart. and Seat tle people find It a convenient to go from Seattle to the Oregon coast aa they do to Mocltps, on the Washington coast. , Activity 1 reported at nearly all of th seaside resorts. With the warm weather that prevailed the past two weeks there was a general hegira from tha interior point to the coast. Own ers of the various resort properties de clare that there Is an unusual demand for building lots. There Is a consider able movement at Cartwright Park, Sunset Beach, Bayocean, Bay City and other places that have been opened up recently. . D AULAS TO HATO EAV HOTEIi Concrete Building of Three Stories Is Under Construction. DALLAS, Or., July 22. Special.) The concrete building being constructed here by J. W. Crlder will be fitted up as a ri rot -class hotel. Th. original plana call for two stories, but the plans are now BOULEVARD Champs Elysees mt?i Arc da Trioi2phet Paris, rrance dale, f ancm C&ks . at. levarc?s a change, .iiccnea of sige and suffering, to , Parks and Promenades for the dh - play of bcx-Jty, welth d culture. . Nowadays many Cities' are Mdiag 4 ' Boulevards, In Portfand several Kave been n&roed, fcut they yet remain mere unpare! iKorofarc. . r ' Thi one of the reasons why $ har aid, "WatcK tmoreIand( Nw' with recommendations of Simplified Spelling Board, N. Y. Aggnt fcrLADDE5TArECo.(owNEgs)818-8Z3-5paldtnj Bldj?. being changed to permit a three-story bulldlns. J. F. Ford, of San Francisco, has leased the building for a long term of years. The hotel will have a dining room and grillroom in connection. Mr. Ford Is an experienced hotel proprietor. THREE FIXE DWELLINGS RISE A. L. MeKenzle Having Houses Built at Total Cost of $19,000. Three residences, aggregatiry a cost of $19,000, are being built in Oimstead Park for A. L. McKenzie by the Key Engineering & Construction Company. One f the houses is a two and one-half-story frame structure, of English half timber design. It will cost 7500. Another will contain eight rooms and Is of the California bungalow type of architecture. It will cost 5000. The third of the group will be of Dutch colonial design and will contain 10 Factory Sites and Industrial Locations BURLIN G TO N (On Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Northern Pacific and United Rail ways.) Portland's new and conveniently reached suburb, thirteen miles from heart of city by fast electric trains. BAIL AND DEEP-SEA SHIPPING FACILITIES UNSURPASSED Splendid surroundings for workingmen. For further, details com municate with RUTH TRUST COMPANY 23S Stark Street, Portland, Oregon WE HAVE AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR TILE PLANT For. information call Main 5076 or A 3774. Free Book of House Plans Descriptive booklet, containing the most modem ideas, from an architect of experience. This booklet contains many of- my latest designs in bun galows, cottages and other residence plans. Call or send 4 cts. in stamps to cover cost of mailing. H. H. JAMES 701 Board of Trade Building, Portland, Oregon. ir deazd a,r!Arr m from' t ' 1 - r i j rooms. It will cost $6500. The build ings are being erected for investment purposes. ' The same company has also started construction on a la-room dwelling for George P. Eisman, on East Twenty sixth street, near Brazee , street. The interior finish will be along colonial lines. A garage will be built at the rear of the property. The two build ings will cost $7500. Plans are being drawn by Roberts & Roberts for a nine-room dwelling to bo built for H. R. Litcher, at East Seventeenth and Wasco streets. It will cost $4000. Pioneer Falls Off Log. WALLOWA. Or., July 22. (Special). j. w. Conley, a pioneer resident of Wallowa County, while logging in the woods near Minam, fell from a log and broke his leg last Saturday. T canthook with which he was working loosened its hold on the log and the man's weight In falling broke the leg. mi
