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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1911)
f THE SODAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 8, 1911. " iJ.P.PLiE NEW MULTNOMAH SUPERB HOSTELRY To Out -of -Town Deal ers, Contractors and HomebuilcTrs Help rs, fight the tiust. We positively sell to all. All goods delivered free-to' boat or railroads. Quick ship ments to all points. . . To Portland Architects, Contractors and Homebuilders "We positively sell to all at -wholesale prices. . Help Us-Fight the Trust Oregon State Hotel Associa Palatial Structure to Be Opened December 1 Is Near Completion. v yj - J-rlfiwa tion Helps to Upbuild Oregon Country. r-. Castiron, White Enamel, 3-inch .cnamei, o-iucu $12.50 Roll-Kim Bath tub priced here only MEMBERSHIP STATE WIDE COMPLETE BLOCK COVERED imta ifftrw nmraAT.nws are cuMriiLiLiJ. i miiriii nui i- ikmi i 11 it F n 1 RRFPTFR (IF Gllflll r . H D I W 5 Ballroom and Contention Hall to Be Beautiful IVaturea of Hotel Cortina; $l.OO.O0O Color Scheme Worked OoU With the completion December 1 of the new Multnomah Hotel, between Third and Fourth. Pino and Ankeny streets. Portland will have on. of th. finest hotel, west of Chicago, and on. of th very finest In the tnlted State. In point of slse. co.t and convenience, faw hotel In. th. world can compere with th. Multnomah. It I. olrd and In point of attractiveness It la doubtful If ther. will be a more superb hostelry anywhere on th. American continent. . Th. plan, of th. owner, ar. to have a formal opening December 1 Instead of January 1. a originally planned. Thl. U on account of t:e rapldttr with which the interior of th. structure Is belnc completed. The Multnomah Is nine stories high and covers a complete block IOOiJOO fet In slse. The colt complet. will be l.uO.00. of which IJS0.0O. ha. been epended In furnishing and decorating. Ther. will be about 00 room. In all. each provided with th. very latest of modern hotel convenience, with artistic color effect, prettily worked out in th. paporln-. carpet, furniture and draper!.. Over half of th. room, will be provided with prlvat. bath, and all th. room, will b. fitted with bra. beds, clothe. closets, patent writing dek and table, clothe, rack, telephone, .lectrlc light convenience and perfect ventilation. e EifMW Spared. It la th. purpose of th. builders to have th. hotel a homelike as possi ble with color schemes worked out In th. various rooms and floors to meet th. noil essctlng demand of visitors from any part of th. world. No expense h. been spared In bringing; ut all the, attraction, and nothing; has been overlooked to assure th. guests of safety and comfort. On each floor will b. lounging rooms and balconies with street frontages. On. of th. pretty features will b. the main entranc. on Pin. street. Thl will b. . feet wld. with til. floor, hue. marble pillars, mahogany and plat, (lass doors and artistic stone, plaster and copper trimmings. Th. lobby will hav. a SO-foot celling, til. floor. It marbl. pillars and ant.-rooms to meet .very requirement. Th. lobby will extend back 150 feet and will hav. entrance, from th. Third and Kourth street sides, both of which will h finished In marbl. and til.. Oreen upholstered mahogany furnltur. will race th. lobby and carry out th. gen eral cosy appearanc. of th. green pil lar, th. celling, th. magnificent art glass arcade over the entranc. and th. marble mesxantne. floor. Th. ante room. will Include lavatories, writing rooms, smoking room and restrooms, all provided with pretty decorations. The clerk's desk will be to the right of th. main entranc. about 50 feet back and will b. of mahogany with marbl. top and baseboard. Orlll Orseatal tm Style. To the left of the main entranc. will be wtde marble stairs leading into th. grill room In th. subbasement. The stairs run down to th. basement where rest and lounging rooms ar. provide I and from there Into th. massive sub basement where a grill room has been Installed. The grill will be 10 by 120 feet In six and will be finished In Oriental colors. Th. lighting effect will be of eft green which, when cast down on th. walnut and mahogany furnishing, and th. dark tile floor and walla, will bring out a tasteful oriental effect. In th. basement will be the kitchen, store rooms and an lea manufacturing plant which will pro duce ten tons of Ice each day. Th. principal dining room la locate! on the main floor with entranc. from the lobby. Thl. room will be 46 by ISO feet In six. and finished In white. blue and gold. The tables will be of mahogany and plush chairs. Oriental table lamp, and other conveniences. The celllna- of the room will be beamed and enriched by hidden electric lights i-aatlng dull rays upward. Th. room will be fitted with heavy brass chande liers. The orchestra balcony ha. been built In the east wall and Is provided with carved mahogany railing and a elling arranged to gtv. th. best acoustic. Mall Beeas Prepared. The mesxanln. floor will be vary spacious and provided with plush ' chairs and heavy Wilton ru. On the celling will be heavy rustic brass rhandellera with shadea of cubed glass. jk large convention hall la provided on the east side of th. building off th. messanlne floor and a ball room on the opposite aide. Th. convention ball and th. ball room ar each 4t by 10. feet In slxe and are lofty. Th. ball room will be finished In light colors with a marl floor and huge windows beavily draped overlooking the street. The convention hall will be fitted for Ma meetings or banquets. The mex xanlne floor rroper will be IS feet wide and finished In mahogany and marble. Kour passenger elevators ar. pro vided for th. guests and two others for baggage and freight. Th room, on each floor ar. arranged for use single or In suite. A novel ar rangement of rooms make, possible the providing of suite, of from two to a dosen rooms. The sample rooms ar. all confined to the seventh floor. They are unusually large, the average being IS by 22 feet, fcach has a bedroom adjoining. Th. front of the hotel on rine Street I to be provided with a bammerv copper and plate glass porte eochere. TM will extend from th. building to th. curb and will be supported on th. four corners by heavy marbl. pillars. Th. hotel will be a wonderful ex ample of completeness. Every con venience known In hotel architecture haa been provided In an excellent man ner. Property Sells for SI 0.000. rred A. VffW. formerly an srchltect ef Sa.em. has purchased buatneea prop erty at the southeast corner of Gay street and Kl'.llngswonh avenue, the consideration being ll.00. The lot Is (lies feet and la Improved with a two. tory frame building, which was com pleted a short time ago. The property was purchased as an Investment. The ale was negotiated by C. J. Reagan, ut Cbapla Uerlow. HOUSES ABE OWXEO BT O. H. PATRICK AXD H. H. HCXTKR. Two artistl- bungalows hav. Just been completed on East Thlrt y-flfth street nr Tbbett. street, by O. H. Patrick and H. H Hunter One con ,a.n.U..x room, and b..em.n,and th. other c.nt. n, ,v. rooms and I ba.e- mDt. Th hou?i are consiruciea BIG EDIFICE TO'BISE New Westminster Presbyter Ian May Cost $130,000. WORKING PLANS APPROVED rmpoeed Structure to Be Most Elab orate House of Worship In Xorth west First Unit to Be Com pleted Early Next Year. Working plan and detail of the new ton. edifice for tho Westmlnter Pres byterian Church, to b. built on th. block bounded by East Sixteenth. East Seventeenth. Schuyler and Hancock streets, ar. being prepared by Architect Ellis F. Lawrence, and bids will b. asked about the first of next year for th. first unit of th. church, which will contain th. main auditorium. It Is estimated that this unit will cost be tween $75,000 and ISO. 000. and that th. entire church, according to th. plans approved by the congregation, will cost probably 1120.000. In drawing th. plans for this church the' future' growth of th. neighborhood In which It will b. erected and th. probable growth of Portland were taken Into consideration. A building unsurpassed In the Northwest Is con templated. The first unit will be built on th. East sixteenth street side of th. block and will face Schuyler street. It will extend east and west about 120 feet, leaving a considerable spac. In front for ornamentation. Mala Eatraar. Schuyler. Th. nulnlt and choir will be at th. Hancock-street side, and the main enj-f trance at Schuyler street. A study for the pastor Is to be placed near the pul pit on Hancock street. It Is planned to .ii. i tft.1- rort ma soon as the contract can be let. and to erect th. remainder of the structure as soon as It is re quired. Th front of the first unit will In clude a tower. The auditorium will seat between 100 snd lino people. It win K..- feto-h hasemcnt- which will contain social rooms and a banquet hall. t ntlt In. entir. rnurcn le nnisnco, will be used as the quarters for th. Sunday school. A stone and timber structure will b. built along Hancock street from th. main auditorium, which will b. for th. primary department. It will connect with th. third unit, or th. Sunday school department, which will be built on East Sixteenth street, and will be about feet deep. It will be provided with 22 class rooms and a gallery, and will accommodate 900 children. The primary room will hav. a seating ca pacity for 22S children. The general plan and purposes of the church ar. to provlne ample room tor ine yw.ma, vr IUVUU A lW asvaar.mr - chlt.ctur. and' have all modern conveniences. j " 1 """"""" " ICgLTECT'S SKETCH OF PROPOSED W ESTMTJTSTEB PRESBYTEBXAJT CHURCH. ' ' j i i , 3 . ultk ' ' v ak-rwv-v. . : - a tr-ti-r a-. a. -! j . ; i -V . . t j: t ; : :HV,',;i;f.. ..,.vi'iJjLvuy : .- - - : ' J T,l(T(RE CO-TIXO 130,000 TO OCCIPV BUOCK IX IRVlGTO DISTRICT. ..... a-e-aeeeaaeeeeee- 'Oft nle. An oten court between the audi torium. Sunday department, primary it-n-rtmefit and cloister, will hav. a capacity to accommodate over 450 peo ple. noes-Air Meeting naee mi. This onen court will be for open-air meetlnas and socials. Th. Sunday school department will take car. easily of 1200 children. A considerable space Is left on the Srhuvler.street side of the church. which will admit of a high degree of ornamentation through ahrubbery and floriculture. The church Vlll be In keeping -with th. high-class residence district of Irvlngton and Holladoy Au dition, where soma oi me unesi uweu inc 7 in Portland hove been erected High artistic lines enter Into th. ni,.,ii it will he one of th. most beautiful church structures In the Northwest. Need of catering to the young people and holding them against outside aiiraciions, was one ui governing features of the pastor. Rev. Henry Marcotte. and the building com- 4 It was considered Important to erect .I..- ,..ro. -HI no. th.t would harmonise and fit Into the activities of a city of i. 000.000 people. There hav. been no hasty decisions made, but every movement has been made with careful consideration. The great problem of actual construction is yet before th. congregation and building committee. This committee Is composed of S. P. Lock wood, chairman; R. E. Poyle, sec retary: George 8. Carpenter. J. L. Bow man. J. P. Porter and Rev. Henry Mar cotte. The church has ample resources to finance the undertaking. Its present church property, at East Tenth and Weldler streets. Is valued at from f 15.. 000 to 220.000. The church Itself cost over 212,000 and the quarter block there Is worth about $1?.000. The block purchased for the site for $20. 000 Is now valued at $.10,000. It Is sur rounded by hard-surface pavements. Subscriptions to the amount of about $75,000 have been recelvedy -tind the whole activities of the church. Includ ing the Sunday school, ar. engaged In assisting In financing the erection of the new stone church. CAR BUILDING PL.VXT STARTED Two Buildings, 200x200 Feet Eacli, win cost $100,000. The second building for the car building plant of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, on East Sev enteenth and Holsate streets, has been started. Walls for the first building are completed and heavy steel girders to support the roof are being placed In position. The entire roof will ba of heavy plate glass for the admission of light. In this building there are two department, the larger being for the paint and th. other for finishing. Th. structure will be 200x200 feet In size. Tho second building Is nearly a du plicate of the first in point of size and construction. Each will cost above $50,000. It Is announced that the gen eral plans of the company Include tho erection of six of theso large build ings, but probably only two will be comple'ed this year. The compeny has 20 acres extending north from Holgat. street and between East Seventeenth street and th. car shops of the Southern Pacific Railway . . .- t . ). n . Kmui traded nrenara- tory to the erection of the great plant' The company win construct, an u mu at this plant Instead of sending East for them. From Improved Hlchways Rose Festival, All Progressive Move ments Ilave Support of Organization'. After having successfully .carried through a number of campaigns, polltl- .n .r... .inoe Its Indention. the Oregon State Hotel-Association Is planning an extensive campaign to se cure an Increase of Summer tourist travel to flr.vnn lnre-er In Its ICODA and possibilities than any of the enterprises It has conducted heretorore. Pnrmeo In Anrll. 1909 th. association has for th. past two and a half years wielded a powerful influence in many of tho more Important movements for the unbulldlna- and development of Portland and the country tributary to It. ( r.. Dlrklnsonvnf the Oregon Hotel was the first president of the organiza tion, which had In the roster of Its charter members C. J. Kaufmann. of the Hotel Portland: Phil Metschan, Jr. of the Imnerial: F. J. Richardson, then nresldent of the Perkins Hotel Com pany: Mrs. IL W. Hogue. proprietor of tne iortonia; vt. t. v. uunienus, ui mo Cornelius Hotel, and T. J. Kruse, of th. Hotel Belvedere. At first the membership and Influence of the association were confined chiefly to this city. The first active political work it carried on was its successful fight against the adoption of the Ooth enberg license system for Portland. ik bviiviij una uilii nivalin, In development movements than In po litical nianrr., bb aiuuj ui nw ,1.0 tory of Portland as a convention center during the past two years will show. Rose Festival Promoted. Each year since the formation of the .Alatlnn If V am nrnven one Of the most liberal promoters of the annual Rose Festival. This year subscriptions from the hotel men for the 1912 Festi val were among the firstto be received by the festival Doara. t . v. n . . - n .1 jnii... nl.i..il from I, . i . ir u ii i l u u v . ' i. . . ,'..o the Hotel Men's Association was one of the Important bits of Influence brought to bear in securing the Elks' convention for Portland in 1912. In half a dozen conventions of less pretension. Invita tlons coming from the- Oregon Hotel I m0st Important avenues over wnicn Men's -Association have always counted Uourists may pour into Oregon by au In the scale turning visitors towards ftomoblle from the Summer resorts of in Wilt? BVBIC lu. lints ........... - .. .hi- lf.. and tlhAral rate, anrt accom modations secured through Its agency have done much to make their visits 1.... Kt....n. .nJ .iiiel,nl. I"... n Ah. nntu.nrthv .fill atf the organization was the"lnauguratlon, at a meeting? neia ju t. iivi m mo movement which resulted In the estab- ii.Kn.An. .f Vi .. Onnventlnn Tlurea.il. which has become an Important part of me woraing iorce oi rwiuaua vummci clal Club. MembershlD " has a-rown since thi founding of the organization until it now embraces representation from the ft.... hnl.la In V.rv .ACtlnn tit tllS StStS. At the last annual meeting. Wednesday, September 13. plans were laid for a -.mneiirn -to secure tourist travel for n,..rtn viiirh KM. fAir to develOD Into the greatest and most broadly beneficial movement that the association has yet undertaken. This campaign will Include In the ranks of its promoters not the hotel as sociation alone, but the commercial bod. ies, the transportation companies and the good roads associations. The first step in the hotel men's part of the work will be a convention called in Portland early this month. In which every commercial hotel and Summer resort In the state will be represented. Hotels to Be Listed. Closer organization to secure uni formity of rates and service through out the state is to be a primary aim. First in Its working plan, the associa tion Intends to get a chain of hotels in the organization that will reach throughout the state. Eaoh month a list of these hotels is to be published with their rates and accommodations. These lists will be widely circulated so that passengers through the state may be directed from one place to another, and may be certain of the nature of the entertainment thoy may expect at each point in their Journey. "This means," as one of the members of the Association said at the annual meeting. "That strangers In Oregon may stop at any hotel on the list, with the assurance that they will be well treated and that the hotel will be di rectly responsible to tho Association for any abuses of the rules or rates." - Certainty of accommodations thus assured. It Is believed that there will be a steady Increase of todTist travel through the state by automobiles, which has heretofore been limited, in a large measure, to the localities im mediately about the larger cities, while the ' outlying drstricts. where many of the finest of the state's at tmrtinns for Summer tourists and i Castiron White Enamel Lavatory for HIGH TOILET, $10.50 J. Front and Grant Streets sightseers are to be found, have been neglected. -- Road Improvement Promised. Highway Improvement will have to accompany this movement, necessarily, and the hotel men are working In con Junction with the good roads associa tions of the state to that end. Already, the agitation for the establishment of a Pacific Highway from State line to state line, ias received some of Its . .i.;A ...... unrf from the no- moat Kiirv ii u - . - - tels. which recognize It as one of the the South. ... The attraction of tourists to the state by advertising Its scenic re sources, will be left In the hands of the transportation companies and com mercial organizations which are al ready carrying on this work effective ly The Hotel Men's Association Is, however, "pledged to a liberal financial ...nnnrt of the movement. In a recent meeting each member agreed to give To the Commercial Club 20 a month for two years to be applied to adver tising literature. It was not stipulat ed that the hotels themselves should receive any direct advertisement from this fund. It Is to be devoted to the advertisement of Oregon as a scenic center, and the hotel men believe that the tourist travel that will-be attracted to the state by such advertisement will bring them ample returns upon their Investment. , ' Officers Are Representative. "Oregon has the finest scenery In the entire country." said 11 Metsch an Jr, newly-elected president of tne Association, at its last meeting. -If we co-operate with the good roads associations and the transporta tion companies, and assist in preparing the hotels along the routes for the proper reception of travelers, we shall be In a position to defy competition for Tourist travel and for the .visits of prospective citizens to the state In the hotel men's organization In Its amplified form, provisions have been made for three addlUonaJ mem bers of the executive board, to repre Place, outside of Portland. Pe er Kuehnling. proprietor of The Dalles Hotel, represents Eastern Oregon. Dan Moore, proprietor of the Moore Ho tel at Seaside, represents the estern portion of the state; W. F. Osburn of he Osburn at Eugene, represents the wfllamette Valley, and A. F. Reddy. of the Nash Hotel of Medford. represents Southern Oregon. M. C. D"on- J the Oregon Hotel; G. J. Kaufmann. of the Portland, and Dr. C. W. Cornelius, of the Cornelius, represent Portland on the executive board. h. The chief officers are: Phil Metsch an Jr.. of the Imperial Hotel, presi dent? U Q- Swetland, of the Perkins, vce-president; G. W. Dixon, publisher f the Hotel News, the official organ of the association, secretary. and E D. Jorgensen, of the Lennox Hotel, treas urer. ' There is a movement on foot to' widen Bengal to ' promote the cheaper transport and delivery or rarnm.i. lS -7' , .'""J V v.. SIMON & , N ES $3.50 Castiron Enamel Sink We are positively the only independent Plumbing Supply House in Portland. We sell to all at wholesale prices and aU our troods are guaranteed absolutely new. We can save you money and our prices positively defy competition. Contracts taken for all kinds of plumbing work. All work and material guaranteed to pass city inspection. s Cut out the trust and buy your Plumbing Supplies from us, as we positively can save you money. ALB1NA DISTRICT GROWS MOi)ERX BUH.DIN-GS IXCLtDED IX IMPROVEMENT PLAXS. Structures of Total Value of Over $200,009 Under Way Immense Tract Being Leveled. The new Albina water office, which is being built on Russell street, near WlUtanf. avenue. Is about completed The building is lOOxoO feet In size and is located in the center of the block, with 25-foot entrances from Russell and Sacramento streets. When the old Albina water plant quired the transfer carried with it this lot where the reservoir was lo cated. , , The main building will be reached through the Russell and Sacramento street entrances. .It will "ont&in two stories and will cost 2d,000. It will be completed and ready to be occu pied -by November 1. William Lind has started the erec tion of a three-story brick building on Russell street, 100 feet east of Union avenue. It will be for general busi ness purposes. On the lower floor the Albina postal station, now located in the Brownell building, on Russell street and Gantenbein avenue, will have quarters, Mr. Lind having se cured the Government contract to pro vide quarters for the postal station. It will cost about $35,000 and will be one of the best buildings erected In that part of the city. Two other brick buildings will be erected on Russell street Also the Portland Library Associaltlon has se cured a site for a branch library on Knott street, near Union avenue, on which- It will erect a $35,000 library building next year. Altogether, mod ern buildings costing about $200,000 are under way and projected, near Rus sell street between Vancouver and Union avenues. The most Important general Improve ment Is in progress In the Montgomery tract, where something over l.OOO.OOU cubic yards of dirt Is being moved by hydraulic power by the owners of the property.- Electric pumps are being used, and two powerful streams of water cut away the banks of the high er portion and wash the earth down Into the ravines below. Rapid progress Is being-made. About 500,000 cubic -yards of material has been moved al ready, mainly from Kerby street, the east line of the tract. The entire tract Complications concerning' tne title are liable to arise in any real estate deal while the deal is under way, immediate ly afterwards, or years after wards. The buyer is the loser. Even though the buyer is an expert he is liable to become involved just the same. There fore, have, a care in making your real estate deals se cure the protection and re course provided by a Certifi cate of Title, or trouble, com plication, controversy or loss may result. Investigate. Call personally or send coupon for our booklet. TITLE and TRUST COMPANY Lewis Bid 4th and Oak. . 3 White $1.85 - BOILER, $5.25 Take "S" Car Going South will be made level. There Is much speculation as the use this tract will be put to, but It is considered proba-. ble that it is Intended for the Mount Hood Railway, Light & Power Com pany's carshops and repair plant, but the owners of the tract do not con firm or deny this rumor. GYMXASIC3I COXTRACT IS LET? Spokane Firm to Erect Structure for Washington High . School. ' The contract for the first unit of. the Washington High School gymna-j alum was let last week to Galbralth & Telander, of Spokane. Wash., for $58,-, 500. The structure will be fully fire proof and will be modern throughout. A part of the building will be devoted to the domestic science department of the school. Construction of the build ing will be started at once. ' The plans were drawn by Architect E. F. Law rence. . The building will be L-shaped and will form the first part of a trian gular structure which eventually will be erected as more room for the va rious departments of the High School is needed. The total cost ofc. the pro posed wing, including the finishing and! equipment, will exceed $80,000. Warehouse Site la Sold. Mall & Von Borstel sold the past week a warehouse site, 40x350 feet, located on Holladay avenue, between East Twenty-first and East Twenty, second streets, to W. A. Montgomery, of the J. K. Gill Company. The property belonged to K. J. Barlow. The purchase price was $5000. It was bought as the future side of a ware house. This district, adjacent' to Sulli. van's Gulch, is filling up with ware houses and manufacturing concerns. Mall & Von Borstel also sold a lot on East Burnsido street, between East Twenty-fourth and East Twenty eight streets, in Etna Addition, to Mrs. Eva Howell for $2800. This property was bought as an investment. Sheridan to Have Hospital. SHERIDAN, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.)- Plans which have been maturing for some time culminated yesterday In a decision to establish a hospital in Sheridan by Sheridan, Wlllamlna and Portland promoters. The principal promoters of the new Sheridan Hos pital are Ir. W. J. Gilstrap and Dr. W. Tyler Smith, of Sheridan; Dr. J. S. Russell, of Wlllamlna; George W. Epley, of this city, and Mrs. L. R. Potter, of Portland. General manage ment will be in control of the physi cians with the personal supervision under trained nurses from Portland. 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