The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 30, 1911, SECTION FOUR, Image 49

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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND REALTY ON SOUND BASIS f HYDRAULIC PLANT IN ACTION ON M0NTG0MEEY SLOUOH. c4 ji mm ij r Forfftf Epdowd Wit Weall!i jrpj Visjom .'" ;v-v. . . ' - - . v- i : - - r . J . ITT1 Despite Warm Weather Sales Are Made and Building Shows Increase. i 11 tA:f afcaa pw Vnew ' BIQ FALL TRADE IS DUE Syndicate Bur 4 M Acrr Ms Broadway Bridge lor $40,000. Daildlnc rermlt for July WlU Break Reoovd. WcC th warm weather U bavtn" It ffot ea th realty eltaetloa thr mmi to ba bo lull la building opera tion. Th abeeno f lnvetor and property owner from tha oltr. who ara elUiar at tha .! 4 or la tha moun tain la xpiaatory of Ut quiet period emodg rai(r dealer. Thera la, of ooursa, always mum activity la the real eotata market la tha -btw season period, Uowvr. a number of sale la beta city property end farm laod were made last week. Realty brokers declare that condi tions era getting lato ahapa for one of the bt Kail. and Winter trading Pe riod la tha ollya hlatory. Thla new la baaed upon tha Improved flnanolel condition la the Northweet. tha Ira nians irrala erep that la now .bains; harvested and tha renewal of railroad coBstructloa la different parte of the state, la addition to the faotora. It la exacted that more ouUl Je oapltal will ba attracted to Portland during the nxt fw month than aver before. Recently there hare beea aereral EmI era aepttaUnta la tha oltr. look Inf. over tha etoiaUea with a view of pur chasing InalJ property. Prokera aaf that tha vlaitor are delighted with condition her, declaring that Port land la on tha ova of Its rreatest de velopment. II I a; f:ntr-ryrim Come. A4dd to tha final daolaioa of Srhwarschtld A fiuliberger to con etruct a ii0.0 packing plaat oa tha Peninsula and to tha announcement of the Hamburg-American lino to estab lish I La pactflo Coaat baaa la Portland, la the purchaee laat week of a alte for an Imreans wool and hid warahouaa near the fnlcm Stockyard Company- plant, by J. K. Hanpl. a millionaire wool shipper af Pull. Mont. It la an nounced that Mr. Hanple Intends to divert ma'!l of the wool shipping baal neas of Montana. Idaho. Wyemlng and Or(n to Portland and to make thla city the chief wool and hlda renter at the West. Later It U probable that large wo!en mills will ba established on tha Peninsula. The moat Important deal rloaed laat week waa the tranafer of tha Lab be property on Twelfth between Bumeld and l''h streets la It. J Otteahelmer for S.oo. Tb deal was negaajated br Loewsnaon Proa. The lot has a frontag of 104 feet on Hurnslde. I0 fet on Stark street and feet on Twelfth street. The new owner Is carina; plana drawn fr a four-story hotel and office building f coat about $J.0. Syndicate Ilus Tract. An Irregular shaped tract containing 4 So ai-T'. bounded by Wheeler. Hancock. Krrtalwy atreeta and Vancouver Avenue, belonging to Joseph Pnchtel. was sold yetrdr to a syndicate repreaenled by C W. Miller, formerly enonecled with the M-nnt Hx- flattwity A Power Com pany, the conlderatlon bvtiwt !. cash. A rma,l rart of Ih" frart borders on tha Montgomery tract of 31 arrea, and aom la la the low ground, but the main portion le on high and level around. The real parties to ths transection ara not matt public. othr than Mr. Miller con ducted the negotiation and paid Mr. Ilurhte! th money. The fact of Its proximity to the Montgomery tract and Mr. Miller's connection with the Mount llotht Railway Company may bar soma a irmflratice. The property has about 10 feet front ace on Froadwav. the new bridge trect, and " feet on Hancock etreet. There le a tier cf lots between th tract and Vancouver avenue. Mr. Pnch tel has bald th property fir years, and It orts-tnally coat him $000. with asseesments for aewera and atreeta. o that he makes a clear t )!. out of the deal In fir years tiro. Fast SUe Lot tiring Slo.000. Th Oowan-Mora Company ba ne gotiated th eaie of a lot TS by MO feet en Kaat Washington atraet between Kaat Tenth and fcaat tiler en th atreeta. from IL llatfleld to Mr. Helen & Laland, of Ista for Th lot Is occupied by a residence, which wlU be moved awsy to make room for aa apartment building. Mr. Hatfield took la part payment for the city lot a house and acre of land near Ints. valued at eta" and a lot oa Kast Arkeoy and Eaat Twsnly-thlrd straets. with resldenc. valued at Ii0. Mr. Hatflald will mak tie bom In th bet Ankeay Street fcoue. Ilrwithy CondlUona rrtfrall. A condltloa to Portland that baa at tracted tha attention of tourists Is th activity la bulloins; operations. Com pared with tha amount of bulllln that le beln In Loe Aaswles. Oakland. Daa rrahelsco. "att and other Pacloo Coast dtlee. vtaltors declare that Par. land l manias1 a better ehowlcc. Whlla l Ana;eJe and Beattla bava spent more tn bulldlna durlns; tb past ! year. It la sratifyins to learn that tha records for tha first svsn months e? tha preeent year show that Portland Is leadlnc both of those cities la bulldlna: operation Portland's growth ba boon mor pronounced In th part three year thaa Seattle's and ha been keeplns; par with that of lxa AnsSlea. Rulldlna' permits for this month will far exceed the totale for July. 110. Tb totals for the month last year were 1141. 0S. The total fer th prev ent month ara approslmateiy II.40. s. With ons mora bnslneea day left. It re expected that tb total will e reed ll.300.S49. Ths Increase la th volume of buatneea for July, 111. over Ih bualeeea of July. Ill, will there tor b approximately I4'.tu- This Is considered moot crattfytn; aa It wlU break all record for July. Permits Make Fine Wxjwinj;. riaures collected by ths Department ef Commerce at Washlnaton. IX C on th bolldlnc operations la I principal rltlas of.t country ahow that there has been expended In th past seven years over It.SOS.OOO.fMrO. Dorlna this period Portland spent 1(9.414.(40. Se attle no.lft.lla. and Los Ansales 1101 47i.04 7. Lo Ansele and BeatU atarted to expand mora rapidly thaa did Portland In tha early part of th seven-year period, but at tb rata Portland I tor1n ahead sow. It la heitaved that before tha. decade ba- . t . i,' 7 .' - a T - v. . . ' - i . . ' m t TRAtT or TvVESTT-ElGHT ACRKS TO BH IMPROVED Proareea la belnar made In alulclnar down th bank at ths south Bid I rent iarraoee. a -v- i V u- .... a.-r te.r, .way th. bank andcarrle. the dirt !." ',T! .emnvrVarth.rpaVonVh.erVi. u.e - - r ownera of th trart do noi coniirra nor .ok ' noanced. will bo tiaed for hem sites. Beattla and may equal Lo Acrvlee record. Pull'tln permit Istued laat week showed a total valuation of 1ISM70. There wer 14S permits (ranted. Ao oerdlns? to ths flsrures In ths Uulldlns: Tk-...-- t tm. hl- wee Afli of ths beat weeks that has beea had el nee the lArilap tiArt of the vear. 'The day totals foUow: fen1ay r4 $.i4.th 71 7 4l.1 K.I.7 4S u 41.4J4 Ti1n-a1sy .. ZJ Thuredey " Frl'lar .... m. . 24 faturday ................... 23 Totals te6.n DL-M Foil ACKF.IGH CIOOD Baaret at Sjramorn Arrre ItrportrU by OrlndetaXf A m-haJk. talss are belna; made la Sycamore Acre, the ll-aor tract which baa beea platted lato acreasTs Iota. Among- those who hav bou-ht recently are th fol lowlnc: Otto Xelaon, P. Jepperson. Mary Parker. Nellie MoKlnley. O. F. 1,'hller. H. W. Clark and Cartls Whlttna. Mr. Clark secured three acres for which he paid 11060. Tha sales rsnsjed from !U to (TOO aa acre, aocordlna; to looav tlon. The land Ilea along the Orexham bran oh of th Oreson UUr power Railway. Th Foster road alas runs by ths tract. Ths greater portion of tha land Is cleared. Although placed on th market In th early part of tha month It la be Ins; sold off rapidly, showing that the demand for acreage land In active. The property la belna; handled by Orlndataff As Schalk. Acreage Xcar Portland Bold. In Kllworth Acres, on the Mount Hood Hallroad. juat outalda the city, half aa acr waa sold to R. A. Sawyer for Ii0. and another tract In th asm neighborhood was bought by A. Phil pot, of Kampa. Idaho, for 11000. On the Estacada railway several acreags tracts wer sold Isat week. Among pur chasers wer E. D. Chae. of Kansas City. Mo, $460; John C Pryor, of Mount colt. 400; IL J. Read. l0. Phew Lock mad th sales. They also nego tiated the trade of aa Improved 10-aors tract at Tualatin owned by Oeorge Mincer for a osvsn-room bungalow on ralnaoant boulevard belonging to E. . Ullard. It was an even exchange of property, each piece being valued at 14000. Kansas W'omaei Hays Home. Mrs. IL U. Manning, of Great Bend. Kan, has purchased a lot from Mrs. Mollle Bennett. 10 by HI feet, on East rt I . - . Bl.t,.r.f for 11400. The property Includes a two- story, seven-room reeiaence. ana wee bought for a home. Possession Is giv en at one. C0TTAGE BUILT h "',. .e- J - .' -. ait ' -.-V' - -;: v - IIOVC OP C. B. MMK AT WM TSTAS ITRF.ET OJT PEJIIXSCLA- ' Furrounded by d.na. fir tr th. llttl. eottag. compl.ted renUy Inaula. la th bom of Mr. and Mr. C. a Nls.en. A fw week ago th. lot whr this young oouple estah luhed their home was covered with home at a nominal coat In the sams Mr. Nleeen la mployd In th Mr. Nktaea take prtd In hi llttl home, enieiiy ror o rv.-u "-"r-,""- .i last month with hi. owa handa H. work.d on th hous .venlng. aft.r Jor;0""f Th eottag. ba. three commodious rooms, beside. screened-ln porch. nd I rrn ged Chippy as -While v. hav. a plain little cottage, we have an Ideal loavtlori. ixir wlf "f,"-:r;V X bullVthS ho? any couple In Portland." .aid Mr. Mesen. "We d.rlv much eatlsfact Ion In th. fact that 1 1 built tj he house after working hours. There are manv young married men employed In Portland who could acquire a lime . -. ; . ' - ' f '-s . v -. v ' v " .... ' t . . ""F. .- i.',. . . M - - - I -V .e4!H-v-.1 -. - ... ; - . v . & ... v . a: .. . l i ir - a i i ' ' - - x Th. nnr.ee nortlon of th. Droperty. 11 is an MILLION IS SPENT Development Progresses In Southeast Portland. MUCH PAVING IS LAID Hard Hnrfaclnff of Irtrlalon Will Kxtend From lUvar- to Six tieth Maklna; It One of City Finest Streets. Between East Twenty-first and East Sixtieth streets. Hawthorne avenue and PowsU Valley Road, a substantial de velopment Is la progreaa, publlo Ahd street Improvements alone aggregating more than 11.000,000. Compared with other portions of the East Bide the ter ritory le new In that developments un der way started mainly this year. Just east of Ladds Addition and East Twenty-first strset the fine new ter ritory of Btratton and Harrison-street Additions ha bssa opened and already fine resldsnoes costing aa much as til, 000 are under eenstruotlon on East Twenty-sixth strset. v. a. Carpsntsr has completed sev eral find dwelling. He has draws plane for aa 11-room residence of the Swiss type to be built near Hawthorne avenue, on East Twentr-founh strset. the cost of which will be about I90SO. Mr. Carpenter has Just finished an at tractive residence on East Twenty fifth street, near Hawthorne avenue. He has completed plans for an 18.000 residence to be built on East Clay and East Twenty-fifth streets. . It will con tain nine rooms. Between Eaet Twenty-fifth and East Thirtieth streels a doisn fine homes have bsen built, and the streets hav been Improved with hard-surfaoe pave rnenta. Dr. O. M. Wells, whose horns via built on East Harrison and East Twsnty-elgbth streets a number cf years ago. when there were ho atreeta or other residence in the neighbor hood, la now surrounded with pavsd streets and new homes. Street All Paved. Between East Twenty-first and East Thirtieth streets all streets have elthsr BY YOUNG MARRIED MAN AFTER omen. way. w. t shipping department ox to " . . - . . v- AAM-tmefeA fh houa entirely FOR BCILDIWO SITE. of the Montgomery tract In t BMt BM. ,nd mean, , ... for factory MUs. but th. - - been paved or ara under contract td b paved. East Harrison etreet naj , . M Thlrflath afreet Dfnn w .... '--- - - - and Improved by grading on eastward. In th center or. j-.asi iiarrnon lunri space has been left for a ear track to OWlng to th sightly location of th ground, th territory l conaioerea among the very choice residence sec- ih iraer flidn. and la now building up rapidly. The stesmshovel has bsen at work In the Harrison street Addition for soma time and Is now closing up aomo street work at the south side near Division street. Improvement of th streets. Includ ing sewers and water mains. In thla m..ll .hove 12S0.000. i Through t East Blxtletb street this district Is being developed. On East Ftrtietn street nara-eunuco ptucni i. Vi.twnnn Hawthorn ave nue and Division street, snd the other streets or this aiainei are eino oem paved. Hawthorn avenue has been paved between East Fifty-fifth and k-.- aivtinth itrAHtH. mnklna the ave nue a continuous hard-surface street from th WlUamtt River to Mount Tabor. ew Itefridenoe Section Grows. Groveland Park I the nam of the ntiAii nav addition between un Coin and Division street and east of East Fifty-first street The streets have been graded -snd cement side walks have been laid throughout the aaitinn. Tha natural growth and shrubbery have been loft In the addl uMM v l- AAtialil.rMl nnn of tha moat attractive of the new additions which have been recently laid off. It has two carllnss. the Mount dooii auu ii." thorne avenue, which run on two sides of the addition. Lot In this addition are being sold at from $850 to $950. Division street along the south side Will bo improved with hard-surface K.nr. the t.nr Is closed. This will be a fine boulevard from the Willamette Kiver to t,ai Biauew treat. In Paradise Springs Addition, which fronts on East Sixtieth street, a num ber of attractive homes have been built this year. The addition was raised by being filled up with dirt taken from the new Mount Tabor reser Yoirs. This has added much to the beauty of the district. Between East Thirty ninth and East Fiftieth street. Haw thorne avenue and Division street, was a section somewhat low, but the sew ers recently completed -there have drained the land, and It fe now filling up-with an excellent class of attrac tive homes. JIcMataon Tract lirlproved. The McMahon tract of 40 acres, east of East Forty-second street. Is now being Improved by grading the streets and laying cement sidewalks. This addition adjoins Waverly-Rlch- WORKING HOURS. .... a o.-r rnmn.nr. - - - - 1 aaaaaxa-a--aaaa-ax4t It I J f - 1 rv"W Diagram pf Gtyq-BorHand !6 t L L Orthography in accordance mond on the east. A sightly residence addition south of the MoManon aooi .i mA .iHnintntf Tfrfintiua Church and nf tha Jeeulta. has been platted. and will be placed on the market. The streets are Deing graueu mm laid. This addition extends south to . Van, rnnil. and Is on ele- LJin i u " j ' - vated ground, making It desirable for residences, witn w mcmuiiuu -nuu.-tlon and the 20 acres on the Igna Uus tract, ther are 60 aeres of new residence territory now being made ready for the market In this neighbor hood. Extension of the Waverly-Klch- nri .treat railway through this sec tion will be asked. East Thirty-ninth street, extending from the city limits south, within four blocks of the Reed College campus, to the Barr xoad on the north, is being Imnroved with hard-surface pavement. The contract has been let for ths pave ment between Hawthorne avenue and Division atreet. and the work will be done this season. Iter the rave- It takes experts to de tect flaw or irregularity In s title to property, and yon should provide for am ple protection before yon make your deal A certifi cate of title is conceded to be the best protection. Investigate. Call for booklet. Title & Trust Company Title lvrlBIdg- at Trnat v. ata ana Oak d. Compear, Portland, nena m your booklet. Name . . . Address. , - n - " 1 A f T I 1". 'St J CrOmolete' become accustom'ed "t - Z -.- saaew -ST"-J. t.- ttj ' Wft t . , 9in if lifts f fm n Architect Bennett to point out to us otir "Northwest- View". :-:;.-:.:-::-- (TIF' The Willamette courses to the. . .. V...- ..... A- .J. w , v fta it were, of the fanv ous Portland -panorama.. (Til Furtherm ore, East - 3. w the City s narrowest ; , dimension, hence in this. v direction the perspectiv u , restricted "disappointing. JIT By its hillside litteimUICiaUU VUul'i rnancU the 'Northwest View' com ' pletely. Thus there is guaranteed to each t of the Homesites a view that i pleasina " and picturesque in every kind of wether. Thi new, viewpoint i unfamil- fiar to most Portland people, f invite those whose H3me are "clo6-in"-to viU "Ea.tmofeland" and incidentally to look down upon the bank of amoke In - -which they now live and breathe for & hour a day 1 necessarily repeat; "Watch EaM more land Now' Fixt and graduated prices begin at $750 with recommendations of Simplified Spelling Board, IN. I. ment will be continued to the PoweU Valley road, and finally to the city limits south. Outside ot Union avenue East Thirty-ninth street Is the longest street' on the East Side running north and south, connecting the suburbs with a well-improved highway. It In tersects all the principal highways, Di vision street. East Stark, Hawthorne avenue and the Powell Valley -road. The Pacific Bridge Company has Just completed the Improvement of the district between Division and Ellsworth street. East Forty-first and East Twenty-first streets, at a cost of $150,090. District No. 1 of Waverletgh Heights, south of Ellsworth street, is to be paved during the year, and later Dis trict No. 2, extending to the Powell Valley road, will be paved, the cost of both districts running up to. about $160,000. Some fills are still to be made In the second district. In Waverlelgh Heights an average of a hew house a day has been started ftGF0ftlAItV THURSDAY 2 FIOTBSOIt EXCLAIMS JUDGE TITLE , TANGLE IN "COUnT Thl 'man 'McCarthy 'should b in th etat Penitentiary and If th Dis trict Attorney -dee hi duty he will e that he gats thre; yes, and Ger man, too. He I Juat aa bad aa Mc Carthy," said Judgs McGinn In the Cir cuit Court yesterday In the hearing ot the cas of U U Porter against a OTonovan and other. 'to recover title to property. - It was brought oa In th that rrFVmMM A n.i u II .1 I.U HIHI HI ill TEAR OFF COUPON ANDMA.LTOpAY, .. - ., avHw V eri t A ' I-' t rif) fnr to West: f location - during the year,' and the total will place the district in the front rank in the matter of home-building. This is conceded to be one of the most beauti ful portions of the East Bide. Aoeordlne to the cenaus taken last Fehru ... .w. T.nn,,a ,--.MnT In Roiil numbei HI, IUD 48,000. an Increase of over 8000 aa compared A PEEP into our establishment, which teems with ele gant LIGHTING FIXTURES AND ARTISTIC TILE FIREPLACES from master designers, will at once offer sug gestions to make your home beautiful. May we have the pleasure of a call? M. J. WALSH CO. Lighting Fixtures, Floor and Wall Tiling, Electrical Contracting. 311 STARK 8T, NEAR SIXTH BOTH TELEPHONES. L. twrea KM and lilt ex; Ire Portland: wlU haw anad - aharwans;