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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1912)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX. rORTLAXPr MAY 26, 1913- BIG DEAL FEATURE OF WEEK'S TRADING ' 10 RISE OH HILL Transfer of Marquam Proper Fireproof Dwelling With Mod ern Conveniences Planned for H. L Pittock. ty to Portland Investors Involves $750,000. REMODELING PLANS MADE VIEWPOINT IS UNEQUALED n . - : EXTERIOR VIEW AND FLOOR PLANS OF NEW HOME OF H. L. PITTOCK. BEAUTIFUL HOI Ilouaa tp-llly Vigned o Con form With location Arcbltec- taral featured Tnlqof Bl Sit Included In Schcnir. tjituatad upon tt.r i.; fc!h fcllL bo KIni H.iKbt. and aboct l') trtt above th bu!n district, wl'.l b tha buttful bom of Mr. and Mrs. II. L. nttock. pUni for which art bin prpard br Edward T. Foul, of l ortlaiHl and Pan Fran cisco. While the " residence will ba looni the noil modern and attracttra la Portland. It location le coneldered I be r.neet of all bultdlnc '' oa th West Side hill. Four acres of nearly IrreJ land form lac tha crest of tha bill, where tha hooaa will be built, will be Included In this residence property. A sweeping new af the city, of tha Wtllametta and Columbia rlrers. of tha snow-capped mountains t tha east In Oregon and to tha northeast la Washington, will be afforded. The wooded growth about the bouee. Including tha natural fir and maple trees, will be preserred. so far as possible, and the entire plot will be developed with lsndscapa treatment. Aa Immsnse retaining; wall alons; tha east brow of the hill will be Installed to provide for a broad driveway In front of the residence. All Are Oatalde Rmsh. To conform with the lay of the ground and to provide unobstructed news towards the north, northeast and cast, the bull.llns was especially da- iKned. with the frontage proper look Ins; towards the northeast. Special care has be n taken to arrange the various rooms that each may have the full benefit of the magnificent out look which, the residence commands. By this arrangement, a broad pano ramic view can be obtained In three distinct directions from almost every part of the property. A unique feat ure of the house Is that every Inclos ure Is an outside room. The elliptical living-room will be spacious and of splendid proportions. K will be designed In the period of liuls XV style of architecture, and alii be executed In hardwoods and Caen stone. The dining-room Is to be In a period of Elizabethan architec ture, with panrled walls of hardwood and ornamental celling. The treatment of the library, art gal lery and other rooms on the first floor has not been decided upon as yet. but will be In harmony with the finish of tha living and dining-rooms. On the second floor will be the main bedrooma en suite with dressing-rooms, bath rooms and sleeping porches. The guest chamber, with private bath, sewing room, sitting-room and sun room will also be on the second floor. The attic aa well as the basement will be com pletely finished. F.atertor Be af Moae. The house Is to be constructed en tirely of fireproof materials, with stone exterior walls and slate roof with cop per trlmminRs. Kroad verandas, ter raced walls and garden pottery will be provided to soften the outlines of the main house and form a setting to the whole composition. The exterior style of the house Is In a refined period of French renaissance. In addition to the most modern con veniences, the residence will be equipped with a complete refrigerat ing and Ice-maktng plant, a complete laundry with dryer, vacuum-cleaning plant and hot water heating plant with concealed radiators. In designing the residence special at. tentlnn has been given to tha sur roundings with a view of harmonising the details of the entire development. Besides special landscape treatment, there will be the gardener's lo.lge, a glass-enclosed lookout, conservatory and garage. The densely wooded plot so the hteher side of the grounds will b converted Into a park, which will be rnonected directly with the house by winding pathways. At a point on the upper part of the property a well will be. driven, from which water will be supplied for domestic and Irrigation purposes. LE.XTS MAKES BIG PROGRESS Many line Ilomea Are Vndrr Way tn Attractive District. At Lents and eastward for a dis tance of three miles on both stdea of tha Foster road many Improvement are under way. lenta la one of the most active suburbs of Portland. It now has a population of mora than 10.040. Several larce buildings are under construction. Including the new Bap tist Church to replace the building that waa destroyed by fire several weeks ago. It will be a modern structure. K. M. Fcheuerman Is erecting a Z$09 home near the carllne. It contains eight rooms and Is of modern plana. K. W. Tussey Is building a SI000 resi dence on the Foster road and Fourth avenue. Clyde Luke haa completed a neat home on events avenue. Lee Oren trff Is building a alx-room home on Kenneth avenue. la Webb's Addition neveral homes are under construction. l.em-1 Montgomery. L. K. Browning. H. S. Uarlock and W. B. Hadley are bulld 1ns homes In Webb's Addition. J. W. Johnson has a five-room home under construction In Mentone. W. A. Bush ar.d Louis Mason have homes under construction. ("alirornlan Itnys Here. faul A. Mcl'heraon during the week close.! the following sales: The tit-room bungalow at 111S Haw thorne avenue to Samuel J. Nunn, of Chlco. Cal.. tor liOoO. Mr. Nunn also purchased the slv-room modern house at 104 East Grant street for 3250. Both properties were bought for In vestment. Tha ten-acr farm known aa tha Linn place, three milea south of Lents, was sold to E. W. Tryon for 14000. Mr. Trron will take Immediate possession. E. T. Sherman has purchased the twe-acra tract, known aa the I'lx place, on the Damascus road, for $Si)0. Mr. Sherman wlil build at once a )30tf bungalow and will make other Im provement on tha placa. - r - . . -:---r" y-- ' f-r- f i tJX x.; I J88 T2S-;: . IT; f- r-v rrt I !:J J i -T! - 1 'Vv -wi :r IK - - , f 1 . . SMALL PLACES SOUGHT Fine Tract In Washington County 1 Bought y Portland Syndi cate for $100,000; Big Proj ect at Eugene Opened. Oregon farming lands continue to at tract homeseekers and Investors. Dur- i . v. -. I. ih.r. were manv pairs iriuvru i i.mi. im.. . - - - cording to reports from various dis- j tr rts. the demand lor smau tracis is One of the largest land subdivision projects of the Eugene district waa placed on the market lasi wees; oy ui V)t..n a- rsreat Western Land Com pany. Four farms aggregating 1009 acres were purchased by the company - . . . . C mnA in acres The land lies between Eugene anu junction vnj. Talent Brothers, of Medford. have sold their Sams Valley farm of 10 arrea to C. M. McKInnla for 110.000. Tha land Is well adapted to stockrals- inr. a portion of the farm being in falfa. W. H. Lawrence, fruit expert for Hood River County, has purchased from H. E. Human A Co- of Hood River, a near Glenwood. Tha farm Is one of I the best developed In that part of the j state. Mr. Lawrence will engage In daiyrlng and stockralslng. James Alyward has sold his farm of 11 acres near Fruttvale. In Umatilla County, to Clara Klahr and W. C. lie Xown for I11.&00. The farm Is locsted in a fine fruit district of the W411a Walla country. T E. White, of McMlnnvllle. has sold a &0-acre tract lying between Carlton and McMlnnvllle to W. E. White, of Boise, Idaho. The consideration was J. S. H. Scott, of Portland, has filed on a 40-acre tract three rnllea north of Deschutes, Or. His filing Is under the Carey act. the cost of water for tha tract being 11000. When he applies to the state for title he will ba required to pay the state SO cents an acre for the land. J. F. Gross, until recently an accountant in the employment of the Government at Manila, haa filed on SO acres of Carey act Irrigated land lying two miles north of Deschutes. The cost for perpetual water right for this tract waa $101 2J. The deals were made through tha Oregon Central Irrigation Company. One of the large deals of the week was the purchase by a Portland syndi cate of a 363-acre tract In Washington County, about 11 miles from the city. The consideration was approximately f 100.000. The buying syndicate la com posed of J. M. Lawrence. F. F. Smith. James Imbrle and others William Bremer, of Hlllsboro. has purchased a tract of 10 acres In Ska mania County. Washington, from G. A. Magruder through tha agency of J. E. StnliU. of Portland. The considera- ShTemiid I j. yn ioi an bbisk , ' SSV if'Tfe tv 3 V Activity in All Sections of City Oregon Unds Attract Invest- .AT lW7 - V Is Notable, ors and Settlers. freM jU V - r - , " - ' f-vr ,. tlon Is understood to have been 113. 000. About 35 acres of tha placa are In four-year-old apple trees. The placa la Improved with good buildings. J. R. Smith haa aold 100 acres of Ms farm near Splcer. Including tha Im provements, to his son-in-law. Profes sor D. V". 8. Reed, who will move to the property next Fall and engage In farming. He la a well-known educa tor of the state and haa been living at Heppner for the past several years. D. R Brownell. of Umatilla, who pur chased tha old Bowman placa less than a year ago. haa sold it at a good ntrure to John Woreter. tha Hermlston mer chant. Mr. Worster will Improve toe ' W -A,. a ZM L i x x . . s s r s nO. y. xrv v v s 11 1 v """" Vs WS- J7 . M II - - - ! i n A xx a ' .. V : . ' j,.. v house on the place and may make Uma tilla his home In future. The property Is situated on tha Umatilla River and la considered one of the best In that locality. F. L. Wood and Charles Dunnett, of Salem, have purchased tho Demasters farm of 131 acrea on Ankeny Bottom. Mr. Dunnett, who la a practical farm er of much experience, will take charge of tha place and move his family there at once. The new proprietors expect to raise grain and stock on the newly acquired property. Peninsula. Lots Sold. In Pacific. Place, a new addition of ,ivx . y ts rv xo ATsf-s-g. SToor JSci-l . - il Nx NSv WfW Xr:. (If wMW ii jeoosr . m " 4 lyS eight acres west of Peninsula Park and near Piedmont. 15 lota have been sold the past two weeks. Tho original tract contained 60 lots. The streets have been graded and cement sidewalks and curbs put down. Following are re cent purchasers: H. A. Roso, lot, $750; L. J. Stood, lot, $900; R. M. Clark, lot. $750: W. J. Hopkins, two lots, $1500; C. W. Harvey, lot, $750; Clinton Bros-, three lots, $2800; Mrs. Mary Gordon, two lots. $1300: Mrs. Schneider, lot, $650; F. R. Drennan, lot. $650: Mrs. Olia Lassen, lot, $650. Clinton Bros, havo several houses under construction. Other purchasers have announced their intention of putting up buildlnsrs at once, f j. . SW s CONTRACTORS ARE BUSY Many Fine Residences to Rise Dnr ing Summer Building Sites on . West Side Hills Becoming At tractive to Homebnilders. Trading in residence property waa brisk last week. According to brokers, there are more inquiries for homes ihin at any time this year. In every residence section of the East Side building sites are being im proved with modern homes. Con ,.ntr nnd home builders' companies An.mtitip mnm extensively in residence building now than ever be fore. K. V. Lively has purchased from C. 'A, Burkhardt a modern, 11-room house at 459 East Twenty-fourth street, near Thompson street. The home was erected about three years ago and is one of the finest of the Irvington dis trict. The lot is 65x100 feet. The con sideration was $12,000. Adjoining this property on the south is an attractive dwelling purchased last week by H. P. Palmer, of the H. P. Palmer-Jones Company, from R. B. Rice for $8500. This house contains nine rooms. Mr. Palmer will occupy this house until he completes a residence costing $15,000 in another part of Irvington. Eben Mounce, foj-merly of Spokane, has purchased from Dr. A. M. Crea dick a seven-room dwelling at the southeast corner of East Twenty-sixth a ttpaHs afreets for S7500. The house is of Dutch Colonial type of arcnitectura ana b uuibiicu m inemwe any and white enamel. The sale was negotiated by H. P. Palmer-Jones Thls firm also sola inree ioib annus the week to personB who will erect homes this Summer. One of these building sites was bought by R. B. Rice from L S. Miller for $1000. The lot is situated on East Twenty-fifth irmmnnt Rtreet. in Ala meda Park. Lot 8, in block 10, in East Irvington, with frontage on Hancock street near East Twenty-seventh street was sold for Richard Martin to George P. Rogers for $1500. Lot 3, in block 10. East Irvington, on Tillamook street, near East Twenty-seventh street, was purchased Dy v ran uiguu num xviuu . . . 1 1 JIlA sru .u a-L n" . j ' ' On the West Side hills there has been , uvml fine hiiilrtinflr mimcu 1. i. v....!.. ,Apn olH rilirin? t n ft nngt week. Dr. E. B. McDanlel purchased a site on cu r tbucib mu ioi W. B. Streeter and will build a fine nomo who - Mrs. John Brooke closed several lot sales in Greenway Aaaiuon to t-ort-. jt ti.tirhta Th sales were: Lot 5. in block E. to H. M. Dinwiddle for ...-. c In hlnck K. for 11900. and lot 2 In block D, for $2100. These lots are large and in a fine location. Homes ... i .,.,t. nn these sites as soon as the street improvements, now under are compieteu. mio. diwm for J. H. Hill to D. A. Pattulo, a quar ter-block in birain auuiuuii iui Miss Fay mhoss- w- " - ,,ui woman architect, earns J8000 a year . nraKl fnr women. aesigniBS - -r.. - . -S I Mitchell, Lewis & Staver to Erect Large Structure on East Side at Cost of $150,000 Building Permits Total $1,310, 016. Downtown property held the atten tion of Investors last week. In some j. ... most important period cf trading that has prevailed for several months as the aggregate ot deals represents Investments of nearly $1,500,000. The transfer of the Marquam prop erty on MorriBOn street between felxtn and Seventh streets, constitutes the record price paid for inside realty in Portland. The property. 75 by -00 feet, brought $760,000. The ground is occupied by an eight-story building of stone and brick construction. The buyers, composed of directors of the Portland Trust Company, have an nounced plans of remodeling the build in and making it as nearly modern as possible. The entire first floor win v . -1- f ttio nn- be rebuilt ana me " per floors will be modernized. The cost of the improvements will probably ex ceed $100,000. The cost of Improve ments, together with the ffchasa price, will represent an Investment or over $860,000. A new National duik, cpiu""" -$500,000, which has Jusc been organized . , - .vi pnT-tind Trust Com pany, will occupy a part of the lower floor. The portiano xruai Its tiresent location a rat streets to the Mar quam building when the Improvements are completed, xnis properii held as an asset oi me ueiuuv-i. Guarantee & Trust Company. Another announcement of unusual Importance was made by Mitchell, Lewis & siaver, bwubio v . . -.-farming implements and vehicles. This firm has acquired a large site at East winners East Gllsan. East Eighth and East Ninth streets, on which it will erect; a nreprooi Dunains i stories In height. The block was pur chased from George F. Fuhr and W. S. Kspy. It covers 200 by 300 feet with the exception of a fractional parcel, 65 by 107 feet at the southeast corner of East Eighth and East Flanders streets. The site is In the feuiuvan a Gulch district and will have direct trackage connection with the main line of the O.-W. R. & N. The location is considered ideal for the handling of this Arm's business, as it is close-in on the East Side and is between the new railroad bridge and the Morrison v.r-MB-0 The site, together with the proposed building, will represent an . . i . dq nnn o n H investment ot oeiwwu .uv tIEAAAl) TVin nocn t i.t ion S for the DUT- chas'e of the property were conducted by Charles Ringler & Company. John H. Haak and Herman Burks have purchased from Anna Chemin a fractional lot, 60 by 60 feet, on the north side of Yamhill street, between West Park and Tenth streets, the con sideration being $40,000. There is a two-story frame building on the prop erty. The purchasers own the corner, 50 by 60 feet, at Tenth and Yamhill streets, and with the acquisition of the Chemin property they now have title to 60 by 100 feet. It is probable that they will erect a modern business building on this site in the near fu ture. The sale was negotiated by E. J. Daly. A lot, 60 by 100 feet, at the north west corner of Twenty-fifth and Kear ney streets, was purchased last week by Mrs. W. M. Daly from Mrs. Ida Peters for $15,000. The property is improved with a modern 10-room frame residence built about three years ago, and was purchased for a home. The sale was made through the agency of J. J. Flynn. The Consumers Lumber & Supply Company has taken title to a tract of 10.31 acres at Burlington Harbor, the property having been acquired from the Ruth Trust Company last week. The ground has a frontage of 800 feet on Burlington Harbor and extends to the right-of-way of the Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad. The company announces that it will begin immedi ately the erection of a modern saw mill plant, having a daily capacity of 200,000 feet. The company is beaded by Henry Folz, president, and H. T. Burntrager, secretary. The East Side shipping district will be greatly benefitted by the Municipal Dock, which is to be located between East Washington, East Oak and East Water streets, in the opinion of realty men and shippers. The dock will be of concrete construction. At the rear there will be built a large fireproof warehouse. The property Is owned by William Reid. of 1340 East Stark street, who offered it to the Dock Commission for $400,000. It has a frontage of 420 feet, including street ends. East Side shippers express them selves as well pleased with the site of the proposed dock, as it will be of easy access from all directions. The distributing territory extends several blocks south, east and north from this location. It is expected that property immediately adjoining the site will un dergo material change in the way ot improvements by the time the dock is completed. In addition to the sales closed during the week for inside property, ther were several substantial deals started One deal involves a consideration ol $150 000, one of $75,000. one of $70,006 and one of $32,500. All these sales ar in process of closing and it is prob able that definite announcement re garding some of them will be made this week. Activity in residence prop erty was unusually active last week, sales being reported in nearly all parts of the city. There seems to be little retrench ment in building operations in Port land So far this month there have been issued 773 permits of a total val uation of $1,319,016. The record will not quite reach that made In April last year but. considering the political con ditions, the showing will be most sat isfactory. , ' . During the week there were issued 234 permits, representing a total val uation of $256,088. the majority of tha permits for dwellings, there being few business buildings authorized. The summary of the week's permits is as follows: Monday ... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday .. Friday .... Saturday .. Totals aj $ 52.0SO -32 44 SS ia 231 84.400 04.747 40.701 0.040 258.0aa
