TI1E lirXDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 17, 1911.
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BRISK
TRADING
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FEATURE OF WEEK
No Effect on Realty Market
From Holiday Season Is
Noted in Portland.
INSIDE PROPERTY SOLD
Five Ieal Involve Total Considers
tlon of $3 10.00 Improved
( ondltloniNn Prospectr Per
mlls Reach $318,648.
With large deals under way and sev
ral closed during- the week, there la
nothing to indicate that the holiday sea
on Is having much of an effect on the
local real estate situation. Brokers as
a rule are feeling more optimistic now
than at any time this Fall and Winter,
believing- that after January 1 trading
will be resumed with more vigor than
ver.
The most Important announcement of
the week involves the sale of te one
half Interest In the Commonwealth
Duuaing at Sixth. Ankeny and Burn
aid' streets by F. W. Leadbetter to J.
P. Bobertson for 1150.000. The lot has
a frontage of 41 feet on Ankeny street.
134.25 feet on Sixth street and 94.74 feet
on Burnslde street. The building which
occupies the lot Is a stone structure,
containing live stories.
The purchase of the one-half Interest
by Mr. Robertson Is considered of spe
cial Interest by reason of the fact that
the buyer, though a resident of England,
recognises in Portland realty Invest
ment possibilities equal to those of
fered In any city of the world. Mr.
Robertson had previously Invested In
other Portland property. He la an ex
tensive property owner In England. E.
L. Ireland Blyth. of Scotland, and Percy
1C Blyth. of Portland and Knriand
have taken over all of the holdings of
the Louis Russell estate. The consid
eration has not been made public, but
It Is understood to Involve several hun
dred thousand dollars.
inkm Fraprrty Seld.
Two deals In the warehouse district
on the Kast Bide were closed last week
Involving a total of 1120.000. One of
the properties , tna south one-half
nioca. on h.ast Taylor, between East
Third street and t'nlnn avenue, which
was owned by the Portland Sash A Door
Company. The other parcel lies west
on Kast Taylor street, between East
Second and East Third streets, and was
sold by the Gold Medal Shingle Com
pany. It Is understood that the two
parrels were purchased by a local syn
dicate, the total consideration being
(llii.no.
"Lucky Jack" Peterson has purchased
the 0xluo-foot lot at the southwest
rorner of Harrison street and Grand
avenue from D. H. Lewis for tco.000.
The lot is Improved with a three-story
hotel building. The property was pur
chased as an investment.
Trading In farm lands and acreage Is
keeping up well, there having been sev.
eral substantial deals closed last week.
One of the large safes was the purchase
by J. C. Costello and Philip Phelan of
the ISA-acre estate of W. C. Sanderson,
near Dundee. In Yamhill County, for
$.10,000. The consideration la at the
rate of l.1o an acre. The place is
mgniy improved and will be trans
formed into country home sites. Land
In the vicinity of Portland Is steadily
growing more valuable. Much of the
acreage that Is now used for farming
purposes, u is predicted, will be con
verted Into suburban home sites In the
forthcoming year. There are now In
process of formation several large
projects for development along that
tine.
Sales In Improved residence property
reached a good average during the
week. In nearly all of tha districts on
the East Side deals were closed. Ac
tivity In the various sub-dlvtslona was
normal.
Week's Penults Large.
There were Issued last week 111 per
mits of a total value of 151S..4S. Among
the large buildings authorised were
tha Journal structure, to cost 1330.000.
the two-story building for H. R. Al
bee. to cost 115.000. and the two-story
building for F. K- Bowman Co.. to
cost 1 10.000. A large number of per
mits were taken out for dwellings.
The week's summary Is as follows:
Permits. Value.
Monday H j, s,u
To.Ut S4 .10 .J
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Thursday 21 Ml 3 '.J
rnJsjr 14 3"vt
eaiurtiar : zt 400
sales as follows: J. H. Stapleton, nv
room bungalow at East Fifty-seventh
and Brazee streets, for $3..-0; r
Dohlrnan bought a seven-room house
on East Twenty-first street. Irvlngton:
Cilustlna Brothers bought a lot in Olm
stead Park and will erect a modern
dwelling next Spring.
WOODUWX FORGING AHEAD
Meeting to Be Held to rrsre Exten
tenslon of IirLnm Avenne Line.
Determined to obtain extension of
the street carline on Dekum avenue,
residents of the Woodlawn district
will hold a meeting next Thursday
night at Greene's Hall to complete
the bonus of 12000 necessary to pay
one-half of the proposed Improvement.
Tha meeting will be heid under the'
auspices of the Woodlawn Improve
ment Association.
In addition to extending the line on
Dekum avenue, the street will be grad
ed and paved. Residents of the district
have raised $1"0 toward the project
and now Jiave only 1400 to subscribe.
L'nder direction of the improvement
association the district has been mak
ing substantial strides. Gas mains have
been Installed and a modern water sys
tem Is to be provided for the district.
A public park will be taken over by
the city soon and Improved.
It is announced that the district will
be given better car service soon. Ad
ditional cars will be placed on the
Woodlawn line between 4. 30 P. M. and
:30 P. M. The volunteer fire com
pany has an appropriation for a new
fire engine House, the ground now be
ing ready for the building. New fire
hydrants are to be installed. With these
proposed Improvements, the district will
be given much better fire protection.
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LOWKB ALBINA WANTS RECOG
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Better Shipping Facilities lu Manu
facturing anil "Business District
Are Demanded.
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SALEM. Or., Dec. IS. (Special.) Plans and specifications for the Supreme Court building-, to ie located just east of the State Capitol are now V
being prepared. The building as designed provides accommodations on the first floor for the state printing plant, library, storeroom and
minor offices. The second floor is devoted entirely to library purposes. On the third floor will' be located the Supreme Courtroom, Judges'
private studies, private rooms for stenographers, the bailiff and clerk of the court, also record-room. Provision will also be made for tho
Attorney-General and assistants. ,
The buildings will cover a ground area of 98 by 126 feet and be of fireproof construction throughout. Exterior design is classical, using
the same treatment for all four sides. W. C. Knighton, architect for the building, will have the construction under way early In the Spring-.
BELT LINE URGED
Streetcar System on East Side
May Be Changed.
PATRONAGE GROWS FAST
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Sale Made In City Property.
E. A. Holalngtnn last week made
Lower Albina Is making progress in
the direction of securing team tracks,
freight and passenger- depots for that
section of the city. At a conference
held with E. V. Eagan. of the Harrlman
lines, Monday night, it was agreed
that Lorlng street will be a good street
for team tracks from which carloads
may be delivered and received. This is
the first step In the movement to pro
vide freight facilities for Lower Albina,
which la a considerable manufacturing
and business district. Establishment of
team trackage on Lorlng street means
that It will be possible to receive and
deliver carloads on that street. This is
considered a great gain for that dis
trict. As to the matter of a passenger
and freight depot further conferences
will be held.
It Is proposed to establish a passen
ger depot at the foot of Russell street,
which Is the central thoroughfare for
that portion of . the city and will be
accessible from a large territory. As
to the freight depot location nothing
has yet been accomplished except that
the place will be selected soon. It Is
believed. In the opinion of the leading
members of the Albina Push Club es
tablishment of freight facilities In that
part of the city Is considered of vital
Importance and will result In great
good In that district.
Better progress Is being made In the
direction of securing freight facilities
In Lower Albina than In East Portland,
where the district is "bottled up," ac
cording to the words of a shipper there.
Before another year the 20-acre Mont
gomery tract will be developed for
public use and will add much to the
general business of the Lower Albina
district. It ta said that It will be used
for railroad and manufacturing sites.
STORIES TOLD BY HOMEBUILDERS
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST CONDUCTED BY PORTLAND REALTY BOARD IS BIG SUCCESS.
Factory Buy More Ground.
Tha United States Cashier Company
has purchased from the Kenwood Land
Company, a tract adjoining the com
pany's present holding on Columbia
boulevard. The company owned one
aire, before making this purchase and
constructed a concrete building, CO by
130 fet. which now 1 considered too
small. Several other units will be re
quited and It was considered best to
buy tha ground sow while tha cost Is
not high. Tha tract purchased contains
two and one-half acres and will be
ample for future enlargements required.
The plans for the buildings will be
drawn later.
Arthur Langguth Bays Property.
Arthur Langguth purchased last
week from the Northern Trust Com
pany the northwest corner at Patton
avenue and Terry street, the considera
tion being a little over $1100. Mr.
Langguth also purchased from the
Northern Trust Company a SOxloO-foot
lot on Pippin street, near East Sixth
street. In El Tovar. and a modern
seven-room house at 11:0 East Thirty
first street. In Irvlngton Park, the con
sideration being $1100. Mr. Langguth
expects to Improve his corner In Ken
ton soon.
PRIZE-WINNERS ANNOUNCED.
Awards made by the Portland
Realty Board last week were as fol
lows: Mrs. A. T. Greenman. Buckley av
enue, near Powell Valley Road, first
prize of $23.
Mrs. Laura Johnson. 310 East Forty-sixth
street, second prize of $10.
A. Ibsen. 5."19 Sixtieth street,
southeast, third prise of $5.
TH5 prlxe essay contest conducted
by the Portland Realty Board is
proving a bigger success from
week to week. There were more stories
submitted by homebullders last week
than bad been received since the con
test started. That these essays are read
by thousands of persons Is indicated
by Inquiries from many persons who
are planning to acquire their own
homes. Each essay contains some
thing of value to persons who are about
to shift their position as rentpayers to
homebullders.
In acknowledging receipt of the sec
ond prize last week Mrs. G. A. Blgelow,
1393 Campbell street, wrote to the
Portland Realty Board as follows:
"1 wish to thank you very kindly for
the second prise. I received the $10
today and I can assure you I am quite
elated over having won one of the
prises. It makes our little home all
the nicer to think It may be the means
of helping others to obtain a borne for
themselves.
"I wish all rentpayers would read the
stories that you publish In The Ore
gonlan. Let this be a hint to them to :
stop giving their money away to land- ,
back daily, made our first payment I
and agreed to make monthly install- '
the first opportunity I had. As all my
friends knew my object, they wore very
ments, with small Interest, until land
was paid for. The acre was covered
with stumps, so the very next Sunday
we took our ldnch and hied away to
dig stumps. We took out some work
ing clothes, which we left in a kind
neighbor's basement during the week.
On Saturday afternoons and Sundays
we cleared a space for the house and
dug out a 10 by 10-foot cellar.
As my husband sis a draftsman, he
drew up plans for a four-room bunga
low with closets and bathroom: also
laid out the acre on paper, placing
chicken sheds, truck garden, lawn,
trees, bushes, etc., and then we took a
long breath, for the cost seemed stu
pendous considering our capital was
only a monthly salary. Then we fig
ured the cost of a batten house with
board partitions and heavy felt paper
Instead of sided and plastered walls.
This we found we could build ourselves
with a great deal less expense.
In the first two weeks in August my
husband had his vacation, so we bor
rowed a small tent, pitched It and pro
ceeded to camp out and build our house.
I want to say right here, too, all our
neighbors were most kind and we have
found where one starts for himself
everyone seems anxious to help him
along.
We slept in the tent, had an old dry
goods box far a table on the shady side
and made a regular camp fire of
stones, where 1 cooked three meals a
day, and no matter which side of the
Are I stood, the wind blew the smoke
In my eyes; but we had lots or tun
withal and good appetites.
We placed the foundation post, laid
the heavy beams, put down the first
flooring and little at a time our house
grew, some days, though, faster than
others. It seemed.
I carried boards, propped here, nailed
selves. I know that they would be a there, Jianded my husband tools and
great deal more satisfied. I think the waa a sure-enough carpenter helper,
best way I know of to save money is We worked from daylight till dark and
good about buylnc, and thus help me
out. At Christmas time the bulk of my
work, I would put In a good store for
sale, and was fortunate in selling the
rreatr part of it every time.
Then. I did with very few new clothes,
always making them over and making
them do till I could gat a home and
get It paid for. I often made over
clothes and wore those of my more
prosperous sister, so the money I would
thus have spent was saved and put In
th bank, in a certificate of deposit.
At holiday time and the birthdays of
my friends I could with little expense
for material and my own handiwork
give a pretty good gift, thus again sav
ing for that coveted homo.
Then wo lived economically but well,
for ordinary people, always raising our
own vegetables, plenty for both Winter
and Summer, and In this way found a
saving towards that home. All the cash
saved from these things gathered to
gether to the amount of $25 or $50 at
one time, would see me hurry to the
bank to get It put Into a certificate of
deposit, and not lose any Interest. It
was interest I was after to help swell
my little account. Then when the year
was up on each each one I'd be at the
bank the day before to get my certifi
cates renewed, and add the year's Inter
est to the principal, so that the next
year. I was drawing interest on in
terest, until at the end of five years
I had $2000 with which to make a first
payment on a home, bought Just four
weeks ago.
Now, by still continuing to save ana
J skimping a wjjile longer, earning what
little I can in the same way, 1 see my
way clear to own my own home free
from debt.
to Invest In Portland real estate."
Wild Acre Is Transformed
. Into Neat Habitat
Yeans Couple Finds Time to Clear
Ijiad, Build House and Raise
C'hlckeaa and Vegetables la One
Summer.
(Mrs. A I cweenman. Buckley avenue, near
fowsll valley ttosa. winner 01 iirsi prise. 1
I T Is surprising what one can do with
I very little finances If he will only
start. Last May we had the farml
fever, as we have had every year s
we were married, but this time It was
worse, for wa started out to look at
acreage. While we were living in an
Ideal place, with garden and a lovely
view, we were renting it wasn t our
home.
Finally we located an acre where my
husband could get to Portland and
went to bed by moonlight or a lantern.
! The first week my. husband worked
alone, but the second he hired a car
penter to help him. but then I sawed
' boards for the partitions and placed
I shingles on the roof while my husband
followed up and tacked them.
Of course, we didn't finish the house
! in two weeks, but worked Saturdays
j and Sundays again until the first of
I September, when we moved In. The
; weather was Ideal until the day we
moved, when It rained, but we were
j so glad to get here to stay we weren't
discouraged a bit. On evenings after
supper we put the paper on the walls,
j The first weekend we built the pantry.
I I have a Dutch kitchen; the next week
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IIOI G AT KAST TW F TV-FIFTH A XD BRAZEE STREETS HUT FOR SSOOaV
One of the pretty home In the Irvlngton district, which was completed recently, la located at the corner
ef Kast Twenty-fifth and Brasee streets. It Is owned by R. R. Adams. The house la fully modern, with
a highly finished Interior. The dwelling was built at a coat bf $0v0.
jfford to have it done, so, as
we had the hot water tank, stationary
tub. sink and fixtures, we went ahead
ourselves. We borrowed pipe wrenches
and cutter from one of the shopmen
where my husband is employed and by
my holding the pipe with wrench while
he cut It. we put in that piumnmg ana
haven't a leak anywhere. When the
financial status will permit we will
have the complete bathroom fixtures.
I like finished floors even in a bat
ten house, so ours are double and var
nished, as Is the woodwork around the
doors and windows, the baseboards and
picture molding. This woodwork gives
the Inside of the house a real cozy nn-
lsh. The outside, while battened, has
the real bungalow effect, as our win
dows are high much' style and we have
a 10xl2-foot front porch with 12-Inch
pillars made of boards nailed together.
Ve have chickens, have piantea
few trees, removed most of the stumps
and are gradually getting things In
shape. By next May we will have a
truck garden, lawn, some flowers and
bushes and chickens, fenced. We have
laid out a tennis court and are really
very happy and enthusiastic over our
little home. In spite or the hard work
we have done, for you know we are
only amateurs.
Take It all in all, we have had
busy but delightful Summer and Fall
and are very proud of what can be done
on a moderate salary in less than
year's time In Oregon.
Rent Receipts Are No Aid
to Independence.
Suburban I.o, Barren Three Years
Ago, Now Inviting Homestead.
Present Value of Property Is S330O.
Thrifty Woman Succeeds
in Buying Ovn Home.
Five Yearn of Hard Work Oevnted
to F.ffort of Saving S-'OOO, Is Story
of Happy Homebuilder.
CBv Mrs. Laura Johnson. 310 East Forty
Sixth street. fl winner of second prise.)
TALK about "squeezing the pennies";
that Is what I did to make a first
payment of $2000 on a home recently
purchased. I wanted a home of my own.
but. first, wanted enough to make a
good payment, so as not to have to
pay Interest "money on money" any
more than I could help.
Five years ago I began to save up
for that home. Being a housekeeper.
I had to earn the money at such things
as I coud without interfering with my
household duties, so I rented out two
rooms to school teachers for the school
year. I occasionally took boarders for
short spells- Then at all odd times I
did fancy work would sell each piece
By A. Ibsen. 5M Sixtieth street. South
east, winner of third prize.)
COMING to Portland In the Fall of
1907, I started to look for lots, but
thought they were too high. Later In
the Fall the panic came a-id mada work
scarce which prevented me from buy
ing lots for the time being.
In the Sprlng of 1909 I began to look
for lots again, getting tired of paying
$35 a month rent which I tad been pay
ing for over a year. Seeing It Impos
sible to get ahead with such a tax upon
my wages I kept looking up tho lots in
The Oregonlan and at last found a
piece of ground 100x125 feet oi East
Sixtieth street, near Fifty-fifth avenue
Southeast, for $325, and arranged to
buy it by paying 10 per cent down and
$5 a month, 6 per cent interest on tie
balance. Fifty dollars was all I had
saved up and as it cost $10.75 to move
the furniture, I had to get lumber, four
windows and two doors on time.
' I started right away to build a shack
71x24 feet In size. As the rent day was
June 16, we moed June 14 and had to
sleep In the new house with only half
of the shingles on and no boards on the
side. On the next day my daughter and
I finished the shingles and in. a few
days had the house enclosed. During
that Summer I used all the spare time
I had to get all the hazel roots out of
the ground. I had a good help 'ii- my
9. year-old boy.
That Fall I partitioned the house
into four rooms, put the water in, a
sink in the kitchen and added a wood
shed. The following Summer we
worked on the ground and raised some
vegetables. About the first part of
August I started to make more im
provements. I first had a basement
dug. 24x47 feet, then set a six-inch con
crete walk to the top of the ground. I
built five courses of 8x16 concrete
blocks, making them the basement seven
feet deep. After getting that far
raised the shack by four jackscrews
and placed It on top of the wall.
next built up the frame all round the
shack. In the meantime we were all
living In It.
Last Fall I got as far as getting
shiplap board on the outside walls, and
the roof finished.
In the early Spring of this year
borrowed $700 on the property and as
I got out of work started to put the
building paper and rustic board on the
outside walls. I also had all the rough
plumbing put In. During the Summer I
tore out the shack and studded the
house Inside, making it contain en
trance hall, living-room, dining-room,
two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, pan.
try and toilet, also front and rear
porches. I had it completely wired for
electric light and ironing. After I had
It plastered I had the plumber to finish
up putting In wash trays in the base
ment and complete the plumbing in tha
bathroom, kitchen and toilet.
I am now finishing the woodwork
on the inside and will in a short time
have the house completed. The est!
mated value of the house and ground is
$3300, with a mortgage of $700 on It.
This shows a gain of $2600 In about
three years, against nothing if I had
been paying rent all this time.
In ending, I like to say to all rent
payers get a lot of your own. There
are plenty of real good offers in The
Oregonlan every day.
Salem Man Removes to Portland.
Joseph Graham, who recently opened
a real estate office in the Board , of
Trade. building, visited his former home
In Salem last week. In- reference to
Mr. Graham, the Salem Statesman said:
"Mr. Graham was a member of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Salem, during his residence here, and
his active work in the church was
thoroughly appreciated by the member
ship, as was shown last WTednesday
evening when he visited the official
board meeting. A vote of thanks was
extended to him. Mr. Graham was one
of the leaders In raising funds and
making it possible to have the splendid
new parsonage, which was erected last
year at an expense of about $12,000.
His many Salem friends wish him the
best of success in his new field at
Portland." j
Development of Immense District
Indicates That Readjustment of
Service Will Be Made in
Xear Future.
A through belt carline on or neat
Est Twenty- ighth street, connecting
all the carllnes on the East Side, has
been proposed. That It will be es
tablished in the near future Is be
lieved by men who appreciate the
rapid growth of the residence districts
in that part of the city. The Russell
Shaver carline, which was established
against the Judgment of the street
railway officials,' has become a fixture
even as short as It now is. It was
put on as an experiment, but It Is now
patronized as well as any carline In
the city.
The belt line may start at a connec
tion with the Alberta carline at or
about East Thirtieth street and ex
tend south forming connection with
the Broadway carline in Alameda
Park. Continuing south the )elt line
can cross Sullivan's Gulch on' the East
Twenty-eighth street bridge, forming a
Junction with the Rose City carline at
Sandy boulevard and with the East
Ankeny and Montavllla lines at East
Glisan, or at the car barns on Bast
Burnside street. The line may then be
carried south to Belmont street, where
a general Junction with the Sunnyslde
and Mount Tabor carllnes may be
formed. This Junction may be moved
to East Thirty-third street, in the
business center of Sunnyside, and car
ried south across Hawthorne avenue,
forming Junctions with the Mount
Scott and. Hawthorne avenue lines.
Another Junction may then be formed
with the Waverly-Richmond carline on
East Thirty-third or some other more
convenient street. Again extending
the line south, connection would 'be
made with the. . Woodstock line In
Kenilworth.
Thus every carline on the East Bids
would be connected up with the belt
line except the Sellwood and Oregon
City, which would not be necessary.
This belt line would be in line with tha
Reed CaUJege in the Southeast Side. It
r would be Impossible to construct such
a thro.ugh line on anv one street, but
it would have to shift. The crossins
of Sullivan's Gulch will be over the
East Twenty-eighth-street bridge, but
tha line will have to be changed north
and south of that street to suit com
ditions and make Junctions with the
other carllnes.
At present If one desires to travel
from Mount Tabor to Rose City Park
or the reverse he must travel down
town and use the Russell-Shaver cars,
or even cross to the West Side In or
der to get from one part of the East
Side to the other. At the rate the
population is- growing In the districts'
east of Twenty-eighth street, this and
perhaps more through lines will bo
required to accommodate the people.
People are building homes at and beJ
yond East Eighty-second street, and as
far as One Hundredth street beyond
Mount Tabor. A streetcar system to
keep up with the tremendous growth
in the territory between East Twenty
eighth and One Hundredth street must
provide cross-lines. It Is possible that
the bulk of the population now lives
east of East Twenty-fourth street and
Is moving eastward as rapidly as pos
sible. For the East Side in the past 11
months 3092 permits were issued for
residences on the East Side to 166 on
the West Side. ' For November last for
the East Side 239 permits were Issued
and 10 on the West Side. '
It is considered certain that the
streetcar company must provide the
belt line on the East Side at an early
date. This is one of the questions that
the United Improvement Clubs Associa
tion will take up at Its next meeting.
WEEK SALES IN AITAMEAD BIG
Fifty Lots in New Addition. Sold bj
German Realty Company.
Although'Altamead Addition was
opened a week ago, there have been
over 50 lots sold by the German Realty
Trust Company. Many of the pur
chasers are homebullders, and plans
are already being drawn for homes
that are to be built at once on the
tract.
The addition has wide alleys and Is
favored with schools, streetcar service
and a business center in the district
The owners of Altamead are convinced
that there is a growing demand for
well-located building sites in a re
stricted district where lots can b
bought around $500 and at reasonable
terms.
ADDITION TO CLINTON KELLY SCHOOL UNDER WAY.
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WITH IMPROVEMENTS, Bl'ILDI.VG WILL COJ'TAH TWENTY ROOMS.
In order to meet the demand for more room the Board of Education Is putting up an eight-room addition
to the Clinton Kelly schoolhouse on East Twenty-sixth and Powell streets, making that building one of the
largest In the city. It will have 20 rooms." besides the assembly hall. An addition was built at the rear of
the Clinton Kelly building three years ago, but there has been such a rapid growth in Waverly-Richmond.
Waverlelgh Heights, Kentlworth and surounding territory that another addition was required. At present
five outside classrooms placed nor th of the schoolhouse are occupied by the overflow from the main build
ing. Tke Clinton Kelly school serv es an extensive territory.
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