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' THE SUNDAY onEfiOXTArOKTXAXry APR IX 28. 1912. T
WIDE BOULEVARD
SYSTEM
POPULAR
Francis I. McKenria's Work on
Peninsula Now Is Fully
Appreciated.
DISTRICT GROWS RAPIDLY
Millions of Hollars Spent in Im
provement and I .arse Amounts
Still to lie Kiprndird Sewer
age Plans IMm.-usm'iI.
When Francis I. McKenna planned
the boulevard system for the Peninsula
nd. with William M. Kllllngsworth and
others. spent many weary night In
sretttnir the plan through the Alblna
Council, they appeared-to hare "bulld
rd better han they knew." for tbl dis
trict has more wide-open streets than
any other section of Portland.
At that time the Peninsula was a
wthierness and people thought Mr.
McKenna and his assistants were after
a Utopian scheme not worth while to
oppose. But they went ahead and
completed the system aa It stands to
day, running; 0 and 100-foot streets
and boulevards through the brush that
covered most of the Peninsula with
an Impenetrable mass, convinced that
the future development of Portland
would be In the direction of the Colum
bia Klver.
That was about If years ago, and
they even contemplated dredging: out
the Columbia Slough for a ship chan
nel. Proaperoae Town "primes I p.
As the brush has been cleared away
and settlement has come, the wisdom
of the boulevard system for this great
peninsula has become more apparent.
They have seen a prosperous town
spring up at the northwest end of the
Peninsula, with SHOO or 7000 people,
and a large manufacturing district de
veloped on the slough, for the dredging
of which a movement haa been started.
It la estimated that S3.S00.O0O al
ready has been -expended on streeta
north of Kllllngsworth avenue and In
street Improvement alone work la
projected for the present year that
will cost above 11.000.000. besides a
sewer system covering this great dis
trict that will cost between $1,000,000
and J 2.000.000. It Is estimated that
more than U.OOO.000 has been expended
In the manufacturing district on Col
umbia Plough.
t lllaaartte Bosjlevard Great Highway.
When the boulevards on the Penln
aula have been Improved wltl. hard
aurfare pavements or even wIl-Kld
macadam, that district will ror.ke mor
rapid progress. The Willamette boule
vard, which follows the widening of
the Willamette River for most of the
distance to St. Johns, needs Improving
above all others, and yet la In the worst
condition.
There la hardly any part of this fine
driveway, except near St. Johns, that Is
In good condition. Here the county
has been paving the center of the
street for about a mile. The Wil
lamette boulevard would be an asset
for any city, owing to Its picturesque
route.
It comes close to the edge of the
Willamette Klver near the foot of
Kllllngsworth avenue, and then curves
In and out along the brink of the bluff
until It reaches the foot of the Port
land toulevard.
From Ibis point to the Columbia Uni
versity campus, the highway follows
the bend of the river on a long curve,
with Portland constantly In view, and
then rasses along the east aide of the
grounds until It again follows the bluff
above the river to ft. Johns.
The buildings of the Columbia Uni
versity are conspicuous, and the fine
new 140,000 dormitory erected last year
tells of the growth of this Institution,
risks street, running east from the col
lege grounds, has been Improved wlV
bard-surface pavement. A little further
northward Portsmouth avenue, a wide
Mreet and part of the boulevard sys
tem, has been Improved with hard-surface
from the Willamette boulevard to
Columbia boulevard.
Ketween Willamette boulevard and
lmbard street, the central street run
r.lng ii and down the Peninsula and oc-
uple-i by the Su'oetas car line, rnann. of
the streets have been paved and other
are;, to be paved. Portland boulevard
lias bt-n Improved with cement side
walks between Willamette and Van
couver avenue and eastward to Union
avenue at Woodlawn.
Willamette, the main thoroughfare on
the peninsula and the key to the en
tire boulevard system on the Peninsula,
remains unimproved for nearly Its en
tire distance, to the railroad cut. al
though aome effort la now being-made
to have It paved.
Columbia boulevard, which skirts the
Peninsula on the west and north, has
been finely Improved to a connection
with the Willamette In Ft. Johns.
The Columbia boulevard connects
with the Intersecting streeta which run
southward. Between Lombard street
and Columbia boulevard there Is a fine
development- ilany of the streeta bave
b,een paved.
Keatoa Iaaprove Many Streets.
At Kenton four contracta for West
rumlte Improvements were made last
year, but so far only the cement walks
were laid, and now bids for nine more
streets In Kenton have been received
and are being considered. The aggre
' gate cost of these Kenton streets will
be between IliO.OOO and $100,000.
The property-owners at Kenton will
insist on the Wesirumlte pavements
being laid, and at a recent meeting de
clared that they want no other kind
of Improvement.
The street Improvements projected
for Kenton cover the main portion of
that suburb, outside of Derby street,
which waa paved with Haasam last
year. Patton avenue haa been Im
proved with sidewalks and grading
from Portland to Columbia boulevard.
This Is a wide street and In the near
future will be paved.
Vancouver avenue carrlea as much
travel, if not more, than Columbia
boulevard. It carries all the team traf
fic to and from Vancouver. Between
KUlingsworth avenue and Columbia
boulevard Vancouver avenue Is In bad
condition, but there la a movement to
bave it paved with some durable ma
terial. Vancouver avenue la also one
of the great atrreta of the rlty. as It
will connect with both the Broadway
and new railroad bridges.
Great Sewer System Projected.
It must be conceded that the future
development of the great Peninsula
dtatrlct largely dependa on the Instal
lation of a comprehensive aewer sys
tem, for which preliminary plans have
been prepared In the office of the City
Engineer, but depending on the dredg
ing of Columbia fclough. so It may be
used aa an outlet for the aewer system
and also be a ship channel.
While the sentiment of the owners of
the adjacent property seem favorable
to the dredging scheme, only a tenta
tive movement has been started. City
tea lueer liurlburt baa given the
. . .
project his Indorsement. There is aome
difference of opinion aa to 'the course
that is best to take In framing a dis
trict for assessment purposes. Some
legislative enactment will doubtless be
required before a district can be
formed.
There are two interests Involved, the
people who want sewerage and the
territory that wants a ship channel.
The real cost has only been guessed
at and haa been estimated at from
$500,000 to $1,000,000, according to the
distance that the -dredging will be
undertaken.
Dredging Slough Favered.
City Engineer Hurlburt says It will
be less expensive to dredge out Co
lumbia Slough, for sewerage than to
construct an Intercepting trunk sewer
to the Willamette Klver, as such trunk
will require a pumping station to lift
the sewerage over the top of the
Peninsula and empty It Into the Wil
lamette Klver. an expense that would
never cease as long as that system
prevails, and hence it I considered that
the dredging plan will be the most eco
nomical In the end. although the In
itial cost will be more. There Is great
deslro to provide for sewerage on the
Peninsula, especially In the well-settled
districts like Woodlawn. Kenton. Ver
non. Piedmont and North Alblna and
Peninsula. A la rue amount of street
pavements are being held up prepara
tory to the Installation of aeweraice.
At a recent meeting held in North
Alblna It waa .the sentiment of the
property owners that the slough should
be dredged to Troutdale. and that the
NEW6R0WTHSTARTS
Eastmoreland Begins Era With
Advent of College.
COSTLY WORK UNDER WAY
Pnbllc Improvements Representing
Half Million Dollars and Iluild
Injtt to Cost $500,000 Also
Stamp Future of District.
A great developmfent la In progress
at Eastmoreland. Westmoreland and
about the Kecd College grounds In
the South East Side. In that part of
Eastmoreland adjoining the Heed Col
lege grounds on the south the streets
are being graded and cement walks put
down. Here, as In other parts of East
moreland, the streets are curved and
the system Is beautiful. An army of
In Waverlelgli Heights, for P. L. Kelly.
35x44 feet In else. The building will
contain two flats of four rooms each,
and will cost $6000. It will have a full
cement basement. The Rose City Archi
tectural & Contracting Company has
the contract to erect this building.
This company Is also erecting a group
of six attractive five-room bungalows
on : East Fifty-ninth - and Fremont
streets. In Burfield Addition, at a cost
of $2000 each. These small houses are
being built to meet a demand for moderate-priced
bouses, and will be of
fered for sale on completion.
CANADIAN INVESTS IN CITY
A. H. Tasker, Reglna Banker, Fays
$11,000 for Two Lots.
Arthur H. Tasker, a banker of Reg
lna, Canada, haa purchased two lota on
Tabor Heights from J. D. Hart, for $11,
000. The property la 100 feet wide and
extends from East Stark street to Scott
avenue, a distance of 600 feet. ,t la
announced that Mr.. Tasker will dispose
of his Canadian interests a once and
later will erect a beautiful dwelling
on this property. The sale waa negoti,
ated by the Tabor Heights Realty Com
pany. Residence 'or Oak Grove.
An attractive eight-room residence will
be built for R. Martin, at Oak Grove,
on the Oregon City Electrlo Railway.
VIEW OF PROPOSED SITE OF PLEASANT HOME.
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RICH DISTRICT IX POWELL VALLE V TAPPED BY MOIST HOOD LIE.
Federal Government should pay half
the coat.-
PORTLAND BANKS BULGE
TOTAD DEPOSITS IN CITY ARE
NEARLY $75,000,000.
Gain .la IS Months Is In Excess of
$9,000,000 Nine Institutions
In Million-Dollar Class.
' The remarkable gain In bank depos
its In Portland's financial Institutions
for the period between March 7, 1911
and April 18. 191$, was the main toptr
of discussion In business circles last
week. While final reports from the 2"
banks In the city are not all complete
the statements submitted show that the
total deposits are approximately $76,000
000. This Is a gain of nearly $9,000,000
since March 7. 1911.
r-'lnco the previous call of the Con
troller of the Currency, on February 20.
1912. the banks have Increased In. de
posits over $$.000,000.
In the live National- banks alone the
total deposits on April 18 were $33,79?.
1(.01. The total cash reserve In these
banks was $17,668.11 $. or II per ce-nt
In excess of the amount demanded for
National banks.
There are nine banks In Portland
which are In the $1,000,000 class, each
of which has made a big gain In de
posits sine the call made at the aame
time last year. These banks, together
with the amount of deposits, are as
follows:
F1rt National $14.89 ,!t.M
I-artd a Tlltoo 14.4...r!MI7
t'nlted states National 12.24.7. 14
Ferurlty Savlnsi a Trust .U0.i.1 65
Lumberman National .1S.S8l
lUnk of California .HTl.tM .-'
Merchants National .H74. 1 ''
Portland Trwt Company ...... -.'4. 135-72
Hloomla Pavlnss Hank S.SI.Soo.SS
With the banks bulging with money
now and with the best crop prospects
ever known in Oregon and Washington,
there la every Indication that there will
be a greater supply of money In Port
land next Fall than ever be-fore. Not-
withstanding this showing, there la
being loaned for building and Invest
ment purposes an Immense amount of
money. Real estate mortgages reach
a total of $500,000 nearly every week.
The big gain in bank clearances dur
ing the month la a atrong Indication
that Portland ia In a most prosperous
condition.
Irvlnpton Home Sold.
C. B. Mitchell haa purchased resi
dence property on East Fifteenth
street, between Knott and Stanton
streeta. In Irvlngton. from It. B. Rice,
for $Si00. The bouse contains 11 rooms
and ia modern In every detail. Mr.
Mltche'l purchased the place for a home.
men and teama are at work between
the college campus and the south side
of Eastmoreland In this general im
provement programme.
This Is the most beautiful part of
Eastmoreland, It being at its highest
point. All over thla beautiful district
are algna "sold." telling the story of
proapectlve Improvements by numerous
buyers. The Eastmoreland car runs to
the end of the branch over the via
duct' over the Southern Pacific Rail
way, and Is very useful also In getting
the vast quantities of gravel, sand and
cement and building material that are
being used in the development, of this
district.
In Westmoreland the big sewer sys
tem Is being completed at a cost of
about $30,000. Hewers are being laid
In all streets. The system will con
nect with the trunk sewer which will
be laid from East Twenty-third and
Insley streets to the "Willamette river,
which will cost In the nelgborhood of
$120,000. This trunk aewer will be
carried to the Willamette river through
a tunnel under a portion of Sellwoud.
Thla trunk will also be in Eastmoreland
and Sollwood.
As soon as the sewers In Westmore
land have been laid it is planned to
Improve all the streets with hard-surface
pavements, which will cost about
$200,000. These Improvements will
make Westmoreland one of the classy
residence districts of Portland.
The Improvements under way and
under contract In Eastmoreland and
Westmoreland alone will cost about
$500,000. The Improvement of Mil
waukle street also Is under way. The
water board la laying a large, reinforc
ing water main from Holgate and
East Twenty-sixth streets south
through Westmoreland to Sellwood,
where connection will be made with the
present water system, which provides
an ample water supply for that entire
district.
Work on the first units of the Reed
College is In progress, and a consid
erable showing has been made on the
first buildings that have been started.
The structures under way will repre
sent an outlay of about $500,000, Includ
ing the college of liberal arts and
dormitory. The buildings are being
constructed on an elevated point in
the center Of the campus. A spur from
the Eastmoreland railway runs to the
site of the buildings, and material Is
taken directly to the buildings.
On all sides of the college grounds
there Is evidence of new development.
A number of attractive resl lerces have
been started In Eastmoreland and also
on the grounds north and east of the
campus, where residence additions
have been laid off. Woodstock terri
tory toward the east of Reed College
Is feeling the Inspiration which the
beginning of this great educational In
stitution has Imparted to the entire
East Side, and Is Improving Its streets
and erecting many attractive homes.
Flat for Waverlelgh Heights.
Plans are being prepared for a two
story tlat to be built at East Thirty
fourth street and Powell Valley Road,
at a cost of $4000. Plans and specifica
tions lor this busldlng have been pre
pared by Architect H. C. Dlttrlch. and
the tontract has been awarded to
Tholnas Toats, of Milwaukle. It will be
27x34 feet In size, and will be one of
the most attractive homes erected In
i Oak Grove.
RAILROADS BIG FAGTOR
GREAT SYSTEMS HELP PEOPLE
TO SECURE HOMES.
FINE HOME TO RISE IN KINGS HEIGHTS.
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PROPOSED DWELLO'Q OK J. KALLSTRO.
Plans have been prepared for a modern nine-room residence for J.
Kallstron. which will bo built on Macleay boulevard. King's Heights,
at a cost of about $7500. The interior will be of mahogany and oak
finish, while the exterior will be In stucco. The roof will be of red
asbestos shingles. The dwelling was designated by .vnud Roald.
Vast Sums Expended to Advertise
WesteYn Country Favorable
.. . Rates for Settlers.
One of the most remarkable features
of present-day enterprisers the earnest
efforts made by the great railroad sys
tems of the country to find homes for
persona of moderate means and to aid
the latter to aecore them. In discuss
ing the subject Leslie s Weekly, In a
recent Issue, said:
"It Is to the material advantage of
the companies to have the regions
through which their lines run well
settled and productive, and thereby fit
ted to furnish abundant traffic to the
roads. But the liberality displayed by
the railroads In attracting settlers bor
ders on philanthropy, and the compan
ies concerned deserve high credit both
for worldly wisdom and public spirit.
"Naturally the most notable Instances
of railways promoting migration are to
be found In the West. In that vast
section there are millions of acres of
unsettled, and millions more of pri
vately owned but untitled, land. There
are open spaces In that extensive do
main which could accommodate millions
of the dwellers In over-congested dis
tricts, could these be transferred thith
er. The railroads have, of late years,
been extremely diligent In calling at
tention to such localities. They have.
In the first place, advertised extensive
ly In regular channels the attractions
and opportunities offered In their vari
ous 'spheres of Influence.' They have
also granted favorable passenger and
freight rates to the Immigrant and
settler. Moreover, they have isaued Im
mense quantltlea of literature. In 'the
shape of handsome booklets, giving re
liable Information concerning states,
counties and towns whose populations
they seek to swell.
"Many of these publications are well
written, beautifully printed and Illus
trated, and they represent In the ag
gregate an enormous expenditure.
Pamphlets of this kind circulate all
over the country and they make a
strong appeal to every reader. They
are a great convenience and a godsend
to thousands who yearn to make a
change. Their accounts and pictures
of fine scenery, of flourishing towns, of
fertile farms and generous crops of
fruit and grain and grasses make the
far West seem like a land of promise,
abounding In all good things. But the
service rendered by the booklets does
not end there. They also point out In
more or less detail the chances of suc
cess which the settler may expect, and
they give him much practical advice as
how td avail himself of them. They
tell Just where men of such and' such
means and such and such tastes and
callings would wisely go. They also
sometimes state the coat of getting;
started and right methods of getting
on In the new homes, making- every
thing perfectly clear.
"Another noteworthy device, both for
Improving the condition of those 'al
ready settled along the railroad routes
and inducing persons from a distance
to come there and settle. Is the running
of special educational trains through
the length and breadth of the rural dis
tricts. These trains carry exhibits of
products .grown by scientific methods,
and also take along learned experts In
agriculture, who deliver instructive lec.
tures.on farming topics to crowds as
sembled at the various stations. The
trains cost the railroads a good deal of
money, but this all comes back In time
In Increased shipments due to better
crops, arid reports of the work they
are doing undoubtedly Influence dis
tant would-be settlers In their choice
of locations. A conspicuous variation
of the use of a special train was recent
ly seen when the Governors of several
of the Western states traveled east
from St. Paul to New York City, stop
ping at many towns and giving elo
quent talks on the exhibited products
of their respective states to hosts of
interested citizens. This venture waa
a spectacular and effective advertise
ment of the commonwealths repre
sented In It.
Theae, in whole or la part, are meth-
LAY THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR
FUTURjE HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
. Break away from the ties :hit b nd you to the hiart of the city. Purchase
an acre or so out where you can be healthier, happ er, more
free from the caras o city life, w.i ere you can
SOLVE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
Where your mmey wil not bs spen', but where it will b: INVESTED.
A pleasant car ride out t e Rose Ci y Pa k and Parnrose
lines SunJay will take you to
PARK
RO
Just such a place as will give you the benefits you want and need you
can pu-chase on eas.est kind of term?. Com: out this Sunday.
HARTMAN & THOMPSON
Fourth and Stark Streets
Chamber of Commerce Building
oda employed by auch Important rail
way aystems as the Great Northern-,
Northern Pacific, Rock Island. Frisco,
Southern Pacific and others, and they
have brought large additions to the
population and the wealth of Minneso
ta, the Dakotas, Montana, Oregon, Ida
ho, Washington, California, Texas, Ok
lahoma and other states."
FIXE COUNTRY HOME PLAXXED
G. Frelwald to Spend $30,000 on
His Yamhill County Farm.
G. Frelwald, of Portland, who pur
chased a large farm near Sheridan last
year, announced last week that he Is
having plans prepared for a fine resi
dence on his country place. A large
part of the land was cleared since he
purchased the property. About 200
acres will be planted to fruit trees. The
remainder of the farm will be used as
a game preserve.
The residence will be located on a
hill overlooking the valley and will
be reached by a three-mile stretch of
macadam road winding among groves
of ash and through the orchard tract.
It Is. planned to treat the. estate with
advanced Ideas of landscape garden
ing. The proposed Improvements will
cost about 130,000. Mr. Frelwald ex
pects to have one of the finest country
estates In Oregon.
La nrelburst Lot Sold.
The Portland Building & Construction
Company has sold a quarter-block in
La'ure'hurat -to H. E. Noble for $6500.
Ida Af. Arneon purchased the home of
Mrs. Gertrude L. Meyer, In Irvlngton,
for 14300. a D. Vincent bought the lot
and house of W. D. Carey, in Beaumont,
for $4000.
Residence Property Sold.
A house located at Flrland. at the
southeast corner of East Seventy-third
street and Forty-fifth avenue, was sold
last week by W. A. Barnes to Mary
Edna Hall for 12650. The property Is
Improved with a five-room cottage.
Mrs. Hall also sold a cottage located at
4630 East Sixty-third street South East
Side, to J. E. Tappen for J1650.
Sloit of the great men of the world have
had blue eyes.
BY PAGE
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Depulf. District Attorney Ad-
estesQnd Dealers, at.
Weekly Luncheon;-.
ON THE
OF A
PRECIPICES
n
Oepttiy DtstHot Attorney Page., told. ,
hexJlfal Satats Soaxd-.at tbe Boon lun-
.boon today th.t a.jrtasa of fraud Is-
icing -perpetrated in the city byvlrre- i
sponBlbl daalera. -who are .not anem- '
Dots .or . qs. . ooara. several 'tnartsnoes
were'- rt len which had coins to the
ffloe dt7 the District Attorney. Where
oor &plv have been buncoed eat ox, 4.)
Vjk' 1 1 1 luuDb iiagi ..uu
ler&rpretenses, ans yet because the
Jli agent Was oareful to give no
Ifing, the presen law of the state
'd sot reach, the. ease.
There la more fraud of. this eharao
ter In the community than yon gentlemen-ever
reattset" said the deputy 'dis
trict attorney. "It la a wrong upon -the
people. to permit- It to oontlnue. Bo
long, aa the law covering false pre- j
tenses remains as it Is, our of tics can
do nothing to remedy the evil This i
statrte, requiring written ev4daoe of
fraud beforo a prosecution can be had. I
should be repealed, and every man' who I
perpetrates a-palpa.pl fraud, whether
by written or -oral .representations.
should be . made- amenable to the. law
A MAN may have a feel
ing of security but that
doesn't save him if he goes
too near the brink, A feel
ing of security in a real
estate deal may prove
equally dangerous, unless
backed by a guaranteed
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is offered at low rental in the Lewis Build
ing. The suite will be divided to meet ths
demands of applicants. No better accom
modations or better terms can be secured
; : in the city.
Inquire of R. M. Townsend, 823 Electric BIdg.
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