The Sunday Oregonian., April 21, 1912, SECTION FOUR, Page 11, Image 61

Win SUNDAY OR KfSOXTAX. PORTLAND APRIL 21, 1912.
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PACIFIC
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ORTLAND MAKING
BUILDING RECORD
WIT kA. !
h 20 Days 657 Permits Are
Issued Representing Total
Cost of $1,817,640.
"HIRD PLACE IN SIGHT
Inal figures for Month 3Iay A"
gregate $3,000,000, With w
York and Chicago Only In
Lead for First Honors.
With Portland In fifth place among
!tles in the T'nited States In butldlng
! instruction for the month of March.
hen the permits reached a total value
f ll.7S2.141. a much better showing;
ill have been made In April and the
Indication are that New York and Chl
ago only will have larger totals (or
us month.
During the first 10 days of the pres-
fnt month there were Issued 67 per-
lts. with a total valuation of ll.7SS.S41.
he record for the full month of April
In 111 was tl.817.640, or only $:S.T
I tore than the totals to dale for this
nonth. With plana for new structures
the Building Inspector's office In-
i olving an aggregate cost of nearly $1.-
oo.ouu. and w ith 11 more business days
left. It Is believed that the totals for
the month will be approximately $3.-
l oo.oou.
Two big- structures were authorised
List week that were a big; aid In fatten.
Ins; the totals. One permit was for the
rw Oregon Hotel annex, which will oc-
upy the quarter-block at the south-
vrst corner of Seventh and Oak streets.
In: Is structure will be 13 stories high
n.l will Involve an expenditure of
l.-TiO.Ooo. The building will be built by a
-tenson for the Oregon Hotel Company.
I The permit for the other bis; building;
l-vas for the fireproof, concrete three-
't"rjr dormitory for Reed College, which
I vlll cost S-'OO.OOO. In addition to these
truetures. several permits have been
ssueil for buildings ranging In cost
rura $15,000 to 130,000.
Hesiasre Ceaairwcitosi Great.
Residence construction Is still keep.
n; upi brisk pace. Permits for some
me homes were Issued during the week.
rhlle hundreds of medium-priced dwell-
nss were authorized. In such eddl
ions as Laurelhurst. Ladd's Addition,
rvlnirton. Beaumont, Alameda Park
ind Hose City Park are making; great
trldes In residence construction. Of
he 7 permits Issued already this
nonth. It Is estimatea that nearly two-
.titrds are for new homes.
Portland again is turning; Its atten
ion to apartment-house construction.
I several permits for apartments have
cen issued this month. ranging In cost
'rom IJO.000 to $90,000. Architects re
port that Investors in this class of prop
erty are getting active, and are of the
opinion that a number of fine apartment
rulld!ng will be erected on both the
West Side and East Slda during the
year.
Although there were only five busi
ness days last week, the record was the
Unrest made so far this year. There
were ISi permits Issued, representing
a total cost cf $1,143,414.
The suni.rnfcry of the week's building
record Is as follows:
Permits. Valnatlon
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MIRROR, ALBERTA
A Town for Manufacturers, Merchants, Homeseekers and Investors
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Repair Shops, Round House and Switch Yards at Mirror, Alberta, are
nenrlng completion. Stockyards are now being built. More than 25 Business Enterprises are already estab
lished; In the neighborhood of SO more will be established this Spring an d Summer. Two Hotels, each to cost
$40,000, have been announced for Mirror. This new town has a Newspaper, two Banks, Sash .and Door Factory,
Churches and Hoard of Trade. Every available house Is occupied and a number of families are living In tents
while their homes are being rushed to completion. Yet Mirror was only established July 11th. 1911
less than 10 months ago. The slogan at Mirror today Is "1500 before we're a year old." Those In
close touch with the true conditions say Mirror will be a leading commercial center of Western
Canada. In addition. 'Mirror Beach, on Buffalo Lake, la being laid out by Brett & Hall, of Boston
men who are Internationally famous as landscape architects. Mirror Beach will have a large
Hotel. Amusement Park, Summer Homes and other attractions which will go far toward making it
the leading Summer resort of the West. Men In every Province of Canada, In almost every state
of the United States, In England, India, Russia and Bormuda Islands have purchased Mirror prop
erty. Inquiries have been received by men In Australia, Phllllptne Islands, China, Japan, Egypt.
France, Mexico. Alaska, Cuba, Panama Brazil. Argentine Republic, Hawaiian Islands and Germany
asking about Mirror.
M A . l" F ACT IT ItES.
If you want a factory site at low cost cheap fuel and good transportation facilities locate at
Mirror.
MERCHANT.
If you are looking- for a growing, going; town for your business Co to Mirror. .
NOTICE
As authorized agents
of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, we sell
original Grand Trunk
Pacific townsite prop
erty only. In no way
are we interested in
subdivisions.
1IOMKSEEKER.
If you want a home In a healthful, beautiful section of Sunny Alberta Live in Mirror.
INVESTOR.
Wb business enterprises and homeseekers go, property advances rapidly In value. If you want to In
vest Buy Mirror property direct from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company at ix w Prices Kutsy Terms
No Interest.
WESTERX CAXADA SCENE OF INTEXSK ACTIVITY.
Tour familiarity with the rapid growth of other Grand Trunk Pacific towns, should make the opportunities
Mirror otters stand out all the more plainly. You know that Western Canada today Is a scene of Intense ac
tivity. More than 3."0.000 settlers came last year. Of these 144.07$ came from the British Islands, 131,114 from
4'nited State. Government officials say a greater number will come during 1912. This explains why - In
Western Canada "It's Village Yesterday Town Today City Tomorrow,"
, . .
Grand Trunk Pacific To wnsites
. 270 V2 Stark St, Portland, Oregon, Room 322. , -
6 Lots. Size 25x120 feet.
4 Lots, Size 25x120 feet.
2,Lots, Size 25x120 feet.
8 Lots, Size 60x120 feet.
9 Lots. Size 50x120 feet.
11 Lots, Size 60x120 feet.
14 Lots. Size 50x120 feet.
No. 1.
...$300 each
...J200
..$150 "
...$250
...$200 " '
,..$150 "
,..$125 ' "
A 'few Corner Lots
A - tew Inside Lots
-Size 50x120 feet.
-Size 60x120 feet.
AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOW TO GRASP IT
At the top of this advertisement, to the right. Is a map showing the location of Mirror In relation to Mirror
Beach and Buffalo Lake. To tho left of this map Is a map of Mirror with lines bounding areas numbers 1, 2
and 8. Within tbesethree areas the following choice lots are available:
IT11I. AUKA
Price
Price
Price
Price
Price
Price....' .
Price
WITIIIX AREA No. 2.
Price ..$125 and $150 each
Price -. $100 and $125 each
W ITHIN AREA Ko. 3.
Limited Number of Boulevard Lots. Price $100 and $125 each
Limited Number of Corner Lots Size 60x120 feet. Price $135 each
Limited Number of Inside Lots Size 50x120 feet. Price $100 each
TERMS.
One-tenth Purchase Price Down, Balance Nine Equal Monthly Payments No Interest Or One-fifth
Purchase Price Down. Balance 3. S. 9 and 13 Months No Interest.
Clear and Perfect Title Direct from Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company.'
WIRE AT Ol'R EIPESSK
For your selection of these lots. State in telegram How Many You Want Within Which Area Price and
whether for Business, Residence or Investment.
RESERVATIONS WILL. BE MADE
your individual pur-
Its location In re-
er one-tenth or one-
eifth nh... nrir-o- a.a will hold vour remittance Bending- word from you approving of our selection. If our
i.,.f nu.t with vonr snnrovBl. contract for sale will be sent you direct from the Land Commissioner s office.
If It does not meet with your approval, your remittance win on prumpny iciuuum.
selection the better" choice you'll have. Send a telegram collect to:
Cpon receipt of your telegram we will reserve the lot or lots we believe best suited for you
fo.e, and will forward lasi?e map of Mirror, showing the exact location of the property, also
atlon to business enterprises established and to be established. Follow your wire with ei.thei
The sooner you make your
Transcontinental Townsite Company, Limited
' ,268 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada, Authorized Agents.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY
G. U. EYLEY. Land Commissioner.
Edith L." Buriress, principal. The sci
ence department probably will be In the
bands of a young man from the Wash
ington State College: Martha Bucking
ham, modern languages and I -Attn : Vlr-
commlttee of the City Council remon
strances against the proposed changing
of the direction of Larrabee street
were overruled and the report of view
ers was unanimously adopted. The
proposed change will divert Larrabee
street on an angle th.ough the block
bounded by Larrabee, Pacific, Oregon
and Adams streets.
PAVING
15
RUSHED
rMPROVEMTTVTS TINDER WAY ON" Trrx? t.T RTTiE.
Monday ..............
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W-.in-.Jay ...........
ThurMAy
Frfclav iltraj holM.
Saturday 32
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Totals
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PAVING
WORK
ADVANCES
JVTclopoincnt of Altanwda Park
Xearly Completed.
Progress was made during the past
week In hard surfacing the streets
and driveways embraced in the large
residential renter taking In Alameda
rm ami Oimstrd Park. The paving
company has completed Its plant at
i.ant Twenty-ninth and Mason streets
and reduced to grade Regents Drive.
r.it Twenty-ninth. Dunckley ami
Ilamblet avenues, and It Is expected
that early this week the actual work of
paving wlIT be under wav.
With the roming of warmer weather,
house building Is more of an Important
f-uture in the development of these
splindl.I resMenrn parks. Permits
were taken out during the week by the
A:ameia Iind Company for the ctn
strurtlon of three beautiful hillside
bung-. low all to he erected at once on
The Alameda, which skirts the region
In the southernmost part of the park.
An.l.Tjun Bros, have plans for three
MnJ.ionn two-story dwellings and
MP'H to begin romirurtion within the
next few l.i)s. Two of these buildings
will be erected at the northeast cor
ner of Kt Thirtieth and Skldmore
streets and one at the northwest cor
ner hi r.t Thlrty-nrst and Mason
treet. The estimated cost of the three
buildings is tlS.eog. The same firm
recently purchased two lota facing
Hryce avenue near Kast Twenty-vlgbth
on which th.y will build this Hummer.
W. I. ItuM purrhaed a lot on East
Thirty-lhir Jl titar Mason street, and
will build as soon as plana can be
drawn. Phillip Clarke took title to
the a.ijolninc lot as a site for a hand
some new home.
C.as. water and s-wer laterals have
Wen hrought to each lot Intl-le of the
curb line. The completion of this work
together with tial of the street paving
nni..l'e the municipal Improvements
for this attractive district.
MERCHANT JUMPS INTO SEA
llUli MiMurlan (r Over Mle of
Maurctania and Drosni.
NEW YORK. April The steam
ship Miuretanla broug!:t news today of
tr.e suicide at sea last Sunday night of
JtroiisMon Wa'ker. a wealtry merchant
of St. Joseph. Mj. Walker, who was a
Jrst-caMn passenger. Jumped overboard.
The stearrsrlp was stopped but no
tra-e of hl:n was found.
Wa ker was a member of one of tr.e
weathlest families In Missouri. lie
was years o.1 and a son of General
Prancls A. Walker, of Boston, who was
forrverly president of the Boston School
of Technology.
KELSO GETS NEW SCHOOLS
Work of Construction la to Be Start
ed Immediately. v
KElO. Wash, April 20. (Special.)
Work will be begun at once on the
two new grade schools, one in West
Kelso, the other in South Kelso, for
which the citizens voted lio.oo of
bonds rccenCy. The teaching staff for
the coining year is ns follows:
School J. il. Alcorn, superintend'
TjT . ... I
- ''-.. - ' las' ' - t - I . ,
Improvement Programme
Sellwood District Big.
for
W. J. Clemens, who has worked stead
ily for the past two years for the
project. The proceedings have reached
the point where the assessment has
been made, which amounts to $5775.
Street Extension Assured.
E. Verstees, A. A. Kadderly and John
P. Schmeer are the viewers for the ex
tension of Kast Glisan street from
J East Twenty-eighth to East Twenty
: sixth streets. This extension will be
include Montavilla. Th i cost will
finally run up to and above the $1.
000,000 mark before sewerage reaches
i intavillii. This sewi is separated
from the Sullivan's Gulch district,
which Includes Kose City I'ark.
COST EXCEEDS
60 feet wide. Several houses have been
. J built on the part to be opened. When
1 opened East Glisan street will have
connection with Sandy boulevard. About
$500 000 Blx loU wl11 have t0 be appropriated
' . for the extension.
Many Fine Homes in Various Addi
tions tTnder Construction Better
Car Service In Prospect fine
Business Building Rises.
I Apartment-Bouse to Rise.
i Plana are being- drawn for a three
story apartment-house to be built at
the southwest corner of Hall and Tenth
street for John Barbur. The building
will be equipped with all modern con
veniences and - will contain two and
three-room apartments. It will have a
pressed brick exterior. The cost of
construction will be about $22,000.
Claussen & Claussen are the architects.
gin la It. Evans, English; Mattle Mar
phy, mathematics: tlnnch Sutton, his
tory; Deane .a nee. eighth grade; Lit
Han Helenlak. seventh grade: Alice
White, sixth grade: Elizabeth Kay,
fifth grade: Jess e Scott, fourth grade
May McCorkla. third grade; Millie Alex
ander, second grade; Lucta Jenkins,
first grade.
West Side School A. F. Alexander.
principal: Nellie Lathrop, fifth grade;
i.th.-l Agan, fourth grade: Crace Irish.
third grade; Jenett Scott. second
grade: Nettle llargrave, first grade.
SouiL Kelso School Kleanor Keel,
third grade; Jessi Snyder, first and
second grades; Florence Neal, art and
manual trainluaf-
ORTLAND MEN CANAL BENT
Party of Five and One Woman IVom
llo-o City In Delegation.
Six persons from Portland will join
the party which Is to leave from San
Francisco, April 2i on the excursion
to the Panama Canai of the United
Chambers of Commerc- of toe Pacific
Coast, which Is to oe run on th ' steamer
Sonoma under the auspices of the San
rrnncisco Chamber of Commerce.
The trip will last f i om Ar.ril IS to
May 21. and J7 Pacific Coast cities are
represented In the personne, of the
party. Authorities at Panama have
sr.ade extensive preparation fo,- the re
ception and entertainment of the visit
ors, and win give them even assist
ance to see the big canal project to the
best auvantage.
The committee on arrangements for
he trip Is: F. N. Mooie. C. W. Burks.
A. M. Alexander and V. R. Wheeler, ail
of the San Francisco Ct.amber of Commerce.
Members of the Portland Party are:
Lorlng H. Adams. Thomas Antsen. Mr.
nd Mrs. O. il. Clark. It. G. Glisan and
K. S. Hart.
it for !
High I
ident; I
Larrabee Mrect Changes Carry.
At a laceups' jes'-cruuy of Ibe street
i - jw .-. . ..r
.-. .
-Ki
Assurance that the Portland Rail
way, Light & Foear Company will re- '
lay Its tracks on Mllwaukte street to
Bybee avenue at once, and not wait)
for the passage of the blanket fran
chise, meuna that the improvement of
Milwaukie street will go forward to
completion between Holgate street and
Nchalem avenue at Sellwood. - The con
tractors have been grading Milwaukie
street for several weeks, and have one
i side of the street well along toward .
completion. -
As Milwaukie street was a county
road when the car tracks were laid,
the streetcar company bad a permit
only from the county, and Is. without
a franchise from the city. To watt I
Lot Sales Closed In Altarnead.
The German Realty Company reports
the following sales In Altarnead the
past 10 days: Lot 6, block 3, John
Schumacher, $750; lot 7, block 7, Carl
and Otto Lofgren, S750; lot 6, block 7.
Erik Burman, $750; lot 4. block 7, Earl
Groblebe, $750; lot 4, block 12, Antonio
DeSanty, $550; lot 2, block 13, Fran
cesco Reeso. $550.
FEZ RETAKENBY BATTLE
Heavy Losses Reported In Desperata
Fighting by French.
PARIS, April 20. Fez, the capital of
Morocco, which had practically fallen
Into the hands of the rioters and mut
inous Moorish soldiers, has been re
captured by the French troops number
ing 2000. stationed here, after a desper
ate battle. In which a large number
were killed and wounded. According
to a wireless dispatch received from
Fes at the Foreign Office this morning,
order has been re-established.
Public to Be Protected. 1
COTTAGE3 GROVE, Or., April 20.
Every protection provided by law 19
to be given fruitgrowers this year by
Fruit Inspector C. E. Stewart and he
declares in unmistakable terms that
the sale of wormy or scabby apples
will not be permitted.
In New York during the first three months
of the present year 4:H persons wore ar
retted for siilttlnK in public places.
BIG SEWER Un iY
CONCRETE TUNNEL AT RIVER IS '
SIX FEET IX DIA.MKTKR.
passed might mean a long delay, and
cided to go oniwlth Its own improve
ments. The Milwaukie car tracks con-
nMl urlfh UAllwnnH anil alan tvlth t Vi
Eastmoreland branch. The paying of j Sewage System to Cover Big Area in
Milwaukie street, which at present is
the only open street to Westmoreland
and Sellwood, will be a great boon to
this One, large section of the city.
In Westmoreland sewers are being
laid In all the streets, preparatory to
laying the hard-surface pavements, for
which contracts have been let. The
paving will cost above $100,000. The
Maiden avenue street district, which
Is part of Sellwood, wljl be paved at
once. The cost of this Improvement
will be $35,000, and will be the first
hard-surface pavement to ba laid In
Hell wood.
Plans for a big trunk sewer nnder
the south portion of Sellwood have
been prepared.-' This sewer will drain
Westmoreland, Eastmoreland and Sell
wood. The programme for Improve
ments In this district. Including streets
and sewers, for this year lsa large and
expensive one, and runs above $500,000.
There Is a substantial building move
ment under way through this district.
The two-story pressed brick building
for J. R. Zlrnglebel on East Thirteenth
street, Sellwood, la nearlng completion.
It Is one of the best and most attrac
tive structures In this suburb. The
additions between Milwaukie street
and the Willamette River are being
built up with attractive homes. The
Benedictine Heights Addition, which
was formerly a vacant tract owned by
the 0.-W. R. & N, has filled up rapidly,
and la now one of the best-built resi
dence additions of the South East Side.
The homes In this addition are all of
excellent class and range In cost above
$3500. The Holgate-street Addition,
which .is located between Milwaukie
and East Twenty-third street, has many
new homes. In Westmoreland a large
number of homes are being built.
The extension of Grand avenue from
its present end at Woodward avenue
to the north line of Manhattan Heights
will be a great advantage. The exten
tlon follows the brink of the bluff
above the Willamette River, and gives
Grand avenue an' outlet to the south.
The credit ol tola Improvement Is due
Southeastern Part of City
Cost $1,000,000.
to
The Consolidated Contract Company,
which was awarded the contract to
build the Willamette River ends of the
East Stark-street and North Mount
Tabor sewer, has started work at the
foot of East Stark street. A section
of the big pipe Is exposed at. the foot
of the street- It Is six feet In diam
eter and Is built of reinforced con-
Crete ana stone diocks on a concrete
foundation. The upper part is oval
in shape, while the bottom Is flat. The
bottom Is composed of a foundation
of concrete, on the top of which are
placed stone blocks alBO grouted in
concrete. The walls of the concrete
above the bottom are eight Inches
thick and are strongly reinforced with
steel bars. A tramway has been built
above the trench and the excavated
material Is lifted by buckets and tnen
carried back and dumped on the com
pleted section of the sewer.
At present the company is tunneling
under the streetcar tracks between i
East Water street and Union avenue, j
there being tracks on all the streets j
north and south, and double tracks on i
East First and East Second. Excavat-
ing on East Stark promises to be ex- ,
tremely difficult and slow, as the J
street has been Improved with macs- '
dam and Is very hard. There are two
sections of this sewer. One runs from
low-water mark in the Willamette
River to East Twenty-first street,
and the other section runs from East
Twenty-first and East Forty-first
streets. The total cost of these two
sections will be $172,742. This sewer
Is designed to drain southwest Laurel
hurst and eventually Center Addition
and North Mount Tabor.
Another contract will have to be let
later for. an extension of , the same
sewer system beyond East 'Forty-first
street for the district eastward, to
: To .SUCCESS
Builders of Homes.
Officers & Directors:
Thomas Prince, Acting President
O. K. Jeffery, First Vice-President
II L. Keats, Second Vice-President
M. Peterson, Third Vice-President
W. A. King, Secretary-Treasurer
II. V. Carrington, Auditor
Franklin T. Griffith, Chief Counsel
W. B. Shively, General Attorney
E. H. Dodgs
C. J Franklin
Our
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