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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1911)
THE SUNDAY OREGOSTAy. rpltTLAXP. AUGUST 6, 1911. 10 NEWBUILDINGSGQ f GSOUP OF MODERN KETW BUILDINGS SHOWS THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE EAST SIDE SKYLINE SEASIDE LOTS AT BUILDING SITES IN GREAT DEMAND T7 UP OfJ EftST SIDE mposing Business Blocks of. Scores cf Homes and Building Lots Have Changed Hands During Past Week. Concrete and Brick Soon to Be Completed. HOLLA DENTAL COLLEGE SIGHTLY REALTY MARKET IS GOOD CARTWRIGHT PARK DAY Dealer Are Hoar With PUnt foe Active Campaign In Fall and They Consider Oat look Jlrlgjrt. Forrnt Fires) Hamper Mart. With weather condition favorable, lapt eek was an exceptionally goi on for the ral estate dealer. Judg lusr from the general reports of sales and the number of real estate tranxfera recorded. While no unusually large dea'.a were closed, there waa a strong movement cf suburban property and conalilerabla movement In business round on tha outaklrta of tha busi ness district, on both tho West 81d and the Cast Side. The trend of bualneaa during tha week waa In residence property, acorea ' of sales of homes and bulldlnc lota baring ben reported by tha Tartoua 4ler. The addition owners, even on the outskirts of tho city, reported ae . tirlty and proved the;r reports wlta the names of numeroua purchasers. The week opened wtth quietness pre vailing;, but by Wednesday there had been a noticeable Improvement, and tha week ended briskly. : Dealers Prepare) for xll. Most of tha dealer are spending; a I good deal of time at present trranf lag for Fall campaign. Improvements ' on most of the additions and subdlvl ; slon are being- hurried with the early Kail as the time aet for completion. ' With work finished and the addition 1 Improved, the ownera will work hard '. to move tha lots before Winter set ' In. The outlook la that the Fall busi ness will be food. This la based on the healthy buslnesa conditions which existed during July and tha first week In August, which time la generally conceded to be quiet. On of the Important deala of the week waa tha purchase by the Security Pavings tc Trust Company of 17.8 aerea of land from P. J. Kelly, on Kelly are rue and East Twenty-eighth street. This property will be held for Invest 'ment or bulldlnc purposes. The tract Is the third purchased by this company on tha East Side. The deal all to gether Involve $100,000. $50,000 Deal Is Made ; Another Important transaction waa tha purchase of elirht and one-half acre of land on aat Thirtieth street a block ! south of Hawthorne avenue by the real estate firm of Brubaker A Benedict : from James Peal heirs. The price paid waa between $45,000 and $50,000, ' the exact amount not being mad pub 'lie. The title waa taken over by the Hawthorn syndicate, a corporation organised by Brubaker A Benedict for the handling of tha tract in the form of a subdivision. The ground will at some later date be Improved and platted and put on the market aa high-grade resi dence property. The sale of 4.55 acres of Joaeph Bucn tel on Broadway and Wheeler streets, in Alblna. adjoining the Montgomery tract, wav reported daring the week. It la considered probable that the land waa secured for tha Mount Hood Rail road Company, and also that th real .owner of th Montgomery tract, now I being Improved, la th Mount Hood ' Hallway Company. (The purchase of the tract adjoining th Montgomery tract and the exten sive Improvements In the latter are of (significance to th East Side, whether I the land 1 for the Mount Hood Rail- way Company or not, Aa the company I etrjerta to reach the Weat Fide over the Broadway bridge the Bucbtel and Montgomery tracts, being on Broadway street, would be easily accessible to the company from th line on Broad way street. ' Car Barns Permit Issued. Extensive carbarns are planned by ' the Portland Railway. Light A Power ' Company, to be erected on the It lot purchased last month from Mall & Von i borstal la Etna tract for $50,000. An i nouncement la made that work will be . started on the bulldinga In a ahort time. Th old carbarn built nearly 18 year ago. have become too email for . tr.e growing traffic of the central dl ' vision of the company's lines. The building of these carbarn mean that th Etna Addition will build up rapid ly as th centralisation of car man has had that effect In other portions of tb EaJt Side. Timber Is Quiet. Tlmberland merchants report a lull In their buslnesa at present. A number of things ara contributing to the quiet. . ness. among which la th forest fire situation and the slump la the lumber buslnesa The dealer are looking for Improved conditions. in farm lands th deajera reported good conditions. Many good tracta tnanged hands and a number of un usoi.ly good deala are pending. Among the big farm deals waa the sale near EJgene by 8. 11. Friendly of his STS-acre farm to B.& Allan, recently from Texas. Thera waa a good demand also for or chard land. Among the purchases In this line waa that by Walter C. Newman, of St. Louis, of WO acrea of Llnnhaven or chard situated 18 nil lee eaat of Albany. The city Is still keeping up Its enviable building record. rurlng th week total permits of $400345 were taken out. which 1 on of th best week In several month. The permit were Issued as follows: Valua tion. $ S4.W0 JOB.2T0 7.T0 2.S0 J14 T13 TT.SO0 No. Monday - - 24 TyMday .......... tv.dn.eday 24 Thursday - Frllr S? Saturday " Total i0O.Ma APPLE GROOTD IS BOUGHT SC. tool Man Secure 100 Acres In Lynnha-ren for $43,000. Walter C Newman, of E. Louie, baa Jut purchased li acre of Llnnhaven ' orchard land IS miles east of Albany from C. O. Laurltxen for $C0C0. The land will be planted In apples, which will b cultivated and developed for Ov year by th Linnbaven Company, yr. Newman baa been viaitlng the va . rlous fruit sections of the Northweat for the last three months for th purpos of selecting an apple orchard, and he ae ! lected Llnnhaven after careful compari son with other diatrlcta H belUve th foothill of the Wll ; lamett Valley In a few year will be i one of the best eectlons In the North- jnaX-xawlDM. The Llnnhavsa c5 ar .5-5 t C ' orchard comprise ECO acrea and when fully developed will make one of the largest apple orchards In Oregon. Mr. Newman Is part owner and manager of the Olden Orchard Cbmpany. comprising ft .it) acres of peaches, situated at West Plain. Mo. I1EACMOXT MOATS RAPIDLY Mies Aggregating $75,000 Reported for Month of July. Sales aggregating 75.000 In subdivi sion property were reported for July by the Beaumont Land Company In Beaumont addition. Thi record was made despite the fact that July was a quiet month In the real estate Una During the first two-days of August th sale In th addition aggregated $1S.000. i During last week the company ex hibited in Its window on FouxU. street 1 L. A - ! -1 ,.f r-- ' i, .m zz-t izS':7&r HakM 1 v--V , L-ui.-J lAjLl ' li -s-5 i - 'Siz J s-jr czslxt &zxzj5j?2r. o '-.ru. r ' " W-'l 1 ' ' eto-' : I- IsBtoi.- ' J -; v -iaia-aeaBaaaaaa & M .. ,-'- a long list of purchaser, among whom were the following: II. C. Rosa F. E. A. Smith. C. A. Hoy, J B. Edgar, Security Building Com pany, C. L. Beaver. Winters Sc. Macdon ald. Lynda & Atkins, Mathlson & An derson. Ras & Larsen, George A. Bryns, A. H. Rosebrook, A. M. Butler and R. M. Sheridan, of Anaconda. Montana Work on the Beaumont carllne la well under way. It Is understood that the rail will arrive within the r.ext 10 days, and will be laid at once. Walks and hardsurfaclng Is all completed be low the ridge and the paving, gang will-start in above the hill at once. New Addition Platted. The Tate Investment Company has platted the Gleneyrl Addition, a 17 acre tract adjoining Irvington on the east and Braaee-street Addition on the north. It has been platted Into 107 lots, ea-h. 100x60 feet la sis. Streets 4 W f "v i s - 143;; are to be graded and cement sidewalks laid. COXSTRVCTIOX-BEIXG PUSHED Basement of Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Store bearing Completion. One of the busiest building scene in the city is that on Firtn street ociwu Alder and Washington, where work Is progressing at an Interesting rate on the new 10-story Lipman, Wolfe & Co. building. While a large force of men Is busy sinking the excavation for the two basements on the north end of the half block another large force Is busy tear ing down the old building on the north . . . . , Th. .vi'avnttnn work nail oi mo uioiw. - - , " , Is nearlng completion on the south half and it is saia toe aiu uuimws down ready for excavation work there within a week. I, I. a . . ... w-u.S a a-u c ' - i-j ev. a) ... 6tmctnre Costing $60,000 Will Be Equipped With Large Rooms for Instruction to Students Grand Avenue Gets More Stores. real es- X HQ . .j . .. v j ' tats men having offices In the Spald ing building, nave acquireo iwo .... . k Mi!... Wlllda Buckman and Cassle K. Buckman. in the Northeast oiae, ior -jivr.uuu. .y-x. i A th. Ra Tr roa.d find near the Beaumont Addition, which Is being jmproveo. lao ia.nu. i vi.vui.h. ly surrounded by a rapidly-growing district, and Is the last of the great section In the Northeast Side, In and near Rose City Park to change hands. Six years ago this section was vir tually a wilderness, but all of which has given place to the march of im- ... Th. Ian' OCIiroH Kv thO provoiucu . .id ....... Tipton Company will be improved. ijgnt Acres nriags av,vv. n.. . th. mnct Imnortant sales of the pas week was that of eight acres lying south of the Walter Burrell home on Hawthorne avenue and north of Division street, and east of Murry . a .viiK nnlri hv the Beals UICU T. ....... .. " " estate to the Hawthorne Syndicate for $50,000. The Bale was negotiated by J. L. Carter and Osburn brothers, rep resenting the owners of the land, and C H. Benedect and a L. Brubaker, who took an option on the tract and organized me synaicaio wuicu -.uvn. w over. It is announced that tne tract win i .inA- ah nitirAd on the market. It Is one of the few remaining un- .. . . . . i . r J . .V,. platted tracts in n"". "" city. The ground is high and sightly and Is considered very desirable property ...M.nr. mirnoaes. It Is on the crest of the hill above Murrymead, and Is surrounaea Dy a rpiui"--iu'""B section. The Security vault s jaetai i,om- ... front on Pn- pciny linm u i i,iiuuiiii lumbia boulevard. 200x600 feet, from the Kenwood Land Company, for $8250, as a site for a factory. . a i 1 1U. - A flve-acre iraci ownea oy aiwi Cleveland on the north side of Gresham has been solJ to Henry M. Sievert for through Dart of the tract owned i .. IsT-alnnl Wenune to Build $60,000 Garage. T7" it.... WammA will blllld Olid Of the largest garages In the city, on East Flanders street oeiween mi j.m.u street and Union avenue. The cost will be $60,000. The structure will stand on the block which Mr. Wemme has had filled between the main line of the O-W. R. & N. and the north bank of Sullivan's Gulch. It will be a four-storv structure and or Dries: con struction. Outside of the bulicinsr permit oi .1 Tjnn' Pal wav rower Company for Its plant on Vancouver avenue, near Columbia boulevard, Mr. Wemme'a contract is tne most impu tant let on the East Side during the year. The Mount Hood . road will erect a $60,oou piant on vu.u. ... .. - itrihtitinsr center ior power on the Peninsula and especially In the great manuianunng -the Columbia Slough district. These two contracts, Mr. Wemms's and the railroad company's, bear out .w. .... th.t ih. T-a.Bt Side Is attracting outside capital. Mr. Wemme 1, a West Hide Dusiness widely known as a good roads advo cate. . McHoIland brothers, nave receivea from the architect, D. L. Williams, the general contract for the building of the four-story Dries: tor r. j. -i .a m t h a' northwest corner J. U. JTJ Tl li. a. ...w of Belmont street and Grand avenue. The structure will cos, in "-' i e tk nnn and will be one of DD1UUUU - - - the finest buildings on the East Side. The basement has already oeen com r.it. snd steel for the superstructure has been delivered. Work was re sumed last week. It will be compiewu about January 1, 1912. BLOCKS ARE IMPOSING EAST SIDE STBVCTCRES LKE3 SPLENDID SHOWIXG. Denial Colleee, Costing $60,000, Has Just Been Completed. Business Houses Go t'p. The beautiful new home of the North Pacific College of Dentistry, on the northwest corner of East Sixth and Oregon streets, has been completed, and will be occupied this Fall by the classed of that Institution. It is one of the finest bulldtnfss built on the East Side, four stories high and Imposing In ap pearance. It is of. reinforced concrete construction and covers a quarter block, the cost being $60,000. Perhaps no dental college on the Pa cific Coast has a finer or better equipped home. It was aesisneu cially for the nedes of the dental col lege, being provided with large rooms for 'students, operating rooms, lecture rooms, offices and compartments for all kinds of dental instruction. Lo cated on Oregon street, it wil be con venient to the new railroad bridge. All the streets surrounding the new build ing have been improved with hard-surface pavements. Rushing Cartright Building. -The four-story structure, covering; 90 by 100 feet, at the southeast cor ner of East Oak street and Grand ave nue. 1 practically completed. It was built of reinforced concrete for J. R. Cartright and associates. The first floor Is arranged for a large store, with high celling. All the upper floors con tain rooms and apartments and will be used for hotel purposes. The cost of the building ia estimated at $70,000. There are 150 rooms above the first flor- ., Work Is advancing on the four-etory hotel building at the northwest corner of East Sixth and East Alder streets for Strong Bros. It covers a quarter block and cost about $70,000. McHoI land Broa have the contract and W. H. Cowen is the srehitect The build ing will have a full basement, extend ing to the curb line on the two street ' pKEiriC OCCAM f N "PFffflLLBeidiJ. . . . I li I l l l l I I 1 1 1 pTT I M I I I ' ZZT o -1 I i I. - 1 X A A C ft R J si. TTOTTRS' RIDE 3 minutes south of Seaside on Astoria & Columbia River R. R. Electric lights. City water. .asy terms. $150 TO $750 OCEAN FRONT OR GROVE f otmorirp -nnT'pnifint and the j: ar emu. avcty uic u-ikjh only seaside property in v beautiiui river, as wen as uu uicm. $3.00 Round Trip, Sunday to Monday. $4.00 Season. AGENT AT SEASIDE HOUSE ON GROUNDS Buy Your Ticket to Holladay. if. d. ana ucu. ii. uuccici 213 LEWIS BUILDING, PORTLAND sides. In the basement will be a bil liard hall, barber shop and the heat ing plant. Four stores will face East Morrison street and a 16-foot corridor will lead Into the lobby in the rear. Two flights of stairs and an elevator will provide access to the three upper floors. The hotel has 96 rooms, with 24 private baths. It is of brick con struction and a eolid brick wall is being built through the center to meet the requirements of the building code. It will be completed by this Fall. Secure Long Lease. The three-story brick building;, which is being built for Stanley, Boise Smith, at the northwest corner of East Sixth street and Hawthorne avenue, is rapidly nearing completion. The lower floor will be for general business pur poses, while the two upper floors have been divided Into offices and apart ments. The builders secured a 25-year lease on the quarter brock from Thomas Hislop. The structure will cost about $45,000. Steel for the four-story building for Daly & Edwards, at the northwest cor ner of Belmcnt street and Grand ave nue, has been delivered, and work will be started in a short time. The base ment has been completed ready for the superstructure. Onion Land Sales AcUtc. The Wallace Investment Company re ports sales for last month as follows: To W. J. Toumans, of Butley, Idaho, 9 acres at Hubbard, Or., for $2,500; to Mrs. Jesse Gleason. of Portland, 5 acres of onion land one-half under cultiva tion, for $1,000; Minnie B. Brown, of Portland, 5 acres of onion land, $1,000; Mrs. Adele Gamble, of Portland, five acres of onion land; Charles Helller, of Spokane, 10 acres of onion land for Ji.,000: Mrs. Lydia C. Brown, five acres of onion land for $1,000; ten resident lots In Bay City on Tillamook Bay for $4,600; to Eugene Nemetz, of Pocatello, five acres of onion land, $1,000; to Hen rietta Heinzlemen, of Portland, five acres of onion land for $1,000; to B. S. Pague, an improved 14-acre farm at Rldgfield, Wash., for $2,000. Office Building for Sellwood. The contract for the erection of a two-story office building in Sellwood for Mrs. Wllhelm. to cost $10,000, has been let to Sylvester & Anderson. The building will be 60x50 feet. Work will start at once. Claussen & Claussen are the architects. BURLINGTON Portland's Splendidly Located Suburb On the Spokane, Portland and Seattle, the Northern 'Pacific and the United Railways, thirteen miles from Portland. Frequent and fast train service. BURLINGTON OFFERS ADEQUATE DEEP-SEA AND RAIL SHIPPING FACILITIES FOR ALL TIME TO COME Industries seeking locations are invited to investi gate Burlington. Ideal surroundings for working men. Fine drinking water and electric lights. Ruth Trust Main S076, A 3774 FROM PORTLAND Oregon with frontage on a AGENTS PLAN ROW TO REBUILD FRAME BUILDING TO BE TRANS FORMED INTO APARTMENTS. Novel Scheme to Be Worked Ont on Montgomery and Second, Causing Expenditure of Fully $C0,000. An Innovation in apartment-house construction will be the transformation within the next two months of a large frame building on Second and Mont gomery streets into one of the most convenient apartment-houses in the city. To bring about the transforma tion an expenditure of about $20,000 will be necessary. The building is owned by Mrs. Julia Holman and at present is suitable only for stores and warehouse purposes. Mrs. Holman has let a"contract to J. S. Winter & Co. to add another story and thoroughly remodel the interior, mak ing 30 suites of two rooms each, with bath, toilet, gas, steam heat and other conveniences. Each floor will be pro vided with storage rooms, a laundry room, a new patent drying room and elevator service. The kitchens will con tain built-in refrigerators, using water for cooling purposes, and the living rooms will be equipped with disap pearing beds. The exterior wall will be repainted and decorated in artistic fashion, the grounds Improved and the present rough-looking building made most at tractive. Putting Roof on Hotel. The new Seely hotel building at Tenth and Burnside is completed to the roof. The contractors report that the place will be ready for opening Septem ber 15. The building Is of reinforced concrete and will be fireproof. It will be five stories high .with 19 rooms on each floor above the first. Camp Resumes Work. The Wisconsin Logging & Timber Company camp at. Oak' Point, Wash., which has been shut down during the Summer season, has resumed opera tions. 'The camp will be operated with half of its capacity force. The shut down was that which occurs every Summ-r. Company ,235 Stark Street, Portland, Or.