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evard will stretch Its devious way
over the West Side hills, between
the northerly part of Willamette
..Heights and the town of LJnnton, and
will cover a distance of 14 miles. The
surveys have been completed and all
preliminary details have been arranged
with the exception of the signing of
rifcht-of-way deeds. It is expected to
complete title to the right of way this
week. The territory to be served by
the boulevard comprises about 4000
acres and as it was recently annexed to
the town of Llnnton. the proposed Im
provement will be made by the cieation
of a bonded district. By the middle of
August actual construction work twill
. be under way. it is declared.
That the proposed boulevard will
have few equals, if any, on the conti-
nent is the belief of all persons who
- have visited the West Side hills, where
the roadway will be built. . It Is the
ambition of Its promoters to make it
"America's foremost scenic boulevardi"
SwMpiiK Vicw Obtained.
They point out that from any angle
of this 14-mile driveway sweeping
views of the city, rivers and mountains
- to the east and north are. presented
in striking detail and color, while in
the distant background three toweling,
snow-capped sentinels Mount Hood
Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens
form the resplendent features of the
matchless panorama, it will be a'.ong
this scenic boulevard that tourists and
visitors will view Portland and ltd tn
vlions and go forth, singing their
praises of the natural beauties that
surround the city, much the same way
they do now after trolley rides up to
Council Crest.
Looking towards the west, broad
views of the country also will present
themselves and while less striking they
will prove, nevertheleBs, intensely in
teresting with the decided contrast !n
- topography. The boui,vard will rise to
an altitude of nearly 700 feet and yet
at no point will exceed a 4 per cent
grade. The fact that it will be on the
west side of the river will make it
still more attractive, as It will be
above bodies of smoke and dust frorrj
manufacturing plants and accordingly
always unobstructsd views wil' be had
of the East Side residence districts.
Strip 20O Kcet Wide Given.
The right of way of the boulevard
will be 200 feet in width for the entire
distance between Willamette Heights
and Linnton. Wide spaces for parking
will be provided on either side of the
driveway, and on the upper side of
the right of way sufficient space will
be set aside for a trolley line. As soon
as the grading- ts completed, the boule
vard will be surfaced wicii macadam,
but it is intended to install hard-sur-faceed
paving as soon as the roadway
becomes settled suff iciently to permit
of that class of improvement. In addi
tion to the parking strips, several lit
tle plots along the route of the boule
vard will be set aside by individual
property owners for park purposes. Al.
together about 500 acres will be de
voted to parks and parking develop
ment. C. W. Woodruff, the civil engineer
who directed the surveys for the boule-
vara ana wno has charge of the Im
provement work, In discussing the proj.
"The boulevard as now located will
tart at the present end of Thurman
street on Willamette Heights at an
elevation of 300 feet and follow' a gen
eral northwesterly course to Linnton.
jne rirst one and one-half miles
is on a four per cent grade, reaching
an elevation of 600 feet. The summit
is at me crossing with . the Salzman
roaa at an elevation of 680 feet. It
crosses the Germantown road at the
oia tock crusher and then down on
four per cent grade to the St. Helens
roaa in j.innton. Throughout its en
tlre lenarth, 14 miles, the grade does
int exceed four per cent except where
some existing road or street is fol
.lowed. The longest continuous grade
i oho ana one-nan miles and over
nair, or seven miles, is on a level
grade.
Wide Til raw Planned.
On all points where advantage
views can be obtained, and they are
innumerable, wide turns are made on
level grades, thus permitting automo
bile parties to go slow or stop and
enjoy me view without fear of acci
nents on account of the grade. From
these numerous points, some or all of
Portland, South East Portland, East
- f'oruana, Montaville, St. Johns, Linn
ton and Vancouver, are in view, as
well as the numerous towns along the
North Bank Railroad ip the Columbia
river ror 30 miles. This view is ex
ceptionally good in the afternoon
when the sun is at the back of the
sightseer. The water view includes the
Willamette from it mouth - to the
Oaks, the Columbia from ten miles be
low Vancouver to Cape Horn and all
lakes and islands In that district.
Mounts Hood, St. Helen, Adams and
Rainier and the Cascade Range com
plete the picture. ; . .
"Winding In and out of the can
yons, one crosses many beautiful
mountain streams and passes through
numerous places that have never been
touched by the logger. This feature
alone will be a big thing In a country
noted for Its timber. The beauties of
the parking In these places when made
accessible, can scarcely be Imagined.
Some Idea of the country can be
gained by considering the fact that
from the starting point to the end of
the boulevard Is but five miles, while
its length Is- 14 miles or almost three
limes as great.
Bridges Are Eliminated.
; "From looking at the hills through
; which this boulevard " will run, one
; would Imagine that It ts a steep,
worthless place. Such Is far from
being the case. At an elevation of
trom 300 Jib 600. teet the hilla flatten
COAST'S FOREMOST SCENIC BOULEVARD
- High-line Driveway, 14 Miles in Length, to Be Built on West Side Hills Surveys Are Completed and Work to Be Started in August.
out to a very gradual slope, about
like the west slope of Mount Tabor,
and it is through this country that
the boulevard runs at a general eleva
tion of 600 feet. When one realizes
this fact the boulevard no longer seems
impossible, or expensive. In fact, the
cost will be less than $6000 a mile,
according to the estimate made from
the complete survey. The boulevard
winds back into the ravines and
crosses the streams without bridges.
Culverts will provide for the water and
fills will be made.
"The park strip 120 feet wide be
low the 80-foot right-of-way for the
road will insure the view from ob
struction by buildings and will oro-
vlde approximately 225 acres of nat
ural park In addition to the 120 acres
in the right-of-way.
"The 80-foot strip will contain the
boulevard and on the upper side room
Is reserved for a carline. The car-
line will connect with the Willamette
Heights line and the boulevard will
later connect" with the Portland sys
tem of boulevards through Macleey
Park and the City Park. On (the lower
end It is a very feasible plan to start
at the crosrlng with the Germantown
road and continue down the river at
an approximate elevation of 500 feet
for many miles."
Trojet to Be Runted.
Richard Shepard, who organized the
property owners and who has been
directing the promotion of the Drolect.
is of the opinion that a large percent
age or the grading will be completed
before the Fall rains set In. - He says
that all property owners affected are
extremely enthusiastic over the en
terprise and are anxious to have the
roadway completed as soon as possible.
In addition to the large amount
of land dedicated to the enterprise.
me co3t to tne property owners will
De between . $110,000 and $150,000,
said Mr. Shepard. "Within a few yearn
we expect to pave the boulevard for
Its entire dtstar.ee. and this will mean
a large additional expenditure. We
feel, however, that It will prove not
only a great advertising feature for
Portland but also an important step
In the development of the West tlde
hills. Along the route of the boule
vard there will be big activity within
IRE BUILDINGS RISE
FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S PLANT
TO COST $150,000.
Fine Business Structure on Kitt
Eleventh ITnder Way East Side
Makes Building Progress.
Construction of the Ford Motor Com
pany's building, on Division street, be
tween East Tenth and East Eleventh,
near the Southern Pacific Railroad,
will start at once. The permit for the
erection of the building was let last
week. It will be of reinforced concrete
construction, three stories high, and
will cost about $160,000. The excava
tion for the basement of this structure
has boen completed. The building will
be 75 feet wide by 300 feet long. Sev
eral thousand cubic yards of earth were
moved. The building will be used as
the assembling plant of the Ford Motor
Company In Portland. A sidetrack was
laid into the ground the past week
from the Southern Pacific main line
on which material may be shipped to
the site. The new building will be fire
proof. Doyle. Patterson & Beach are
the architects. -
Good progress Is being made on the
two-story brick buildlnsr which 1
being erected for O'Shea Bros., at the
southeast corner of Union avenue and
Alberta street. This building covers a
streets. The building will cost SSO.OOO.
completed. The lower" floor Is reserved
for stores and the second for rooms
and apartments. It will be on; of the
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, rORTLAXD, JUNE 22, 1913.
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irmmSi. J if . (the Government limit under the Irri-
'Ai Jr&H 4"WS IN &$&J - . ' gallon project and that others bought
- f -fetKVJ ." ' - . inL, Vri'ZHtf - v lands with too little capital to carry
Vll ' ' WUl tlT 4rHirF . , them Uu-oush the period of repaying
Vfi 1C-4",? 1 N the Government the cost of (tie irrisa-
- BK"J - 3- Jv.v!Wf i -: V : ' :" afcU - Hon works. These classes must sell.
feMlI-A:. - - ' M SMALL TRACTS ARE SOLD
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the next few years in the way of sub
urban development. Many fine coun
try homes will be built. Already plans
are under way for the development of
elegant country estates. Immense sums
of money will be expended by In
most attractive buildings in the Vernon
district. " ' -
The Investors' Building & Trust
Company has started the erection of a
five-story mill-construction factory on
East Eleventh and East Flenders
streets. The building wlss cost $50,000.
The excavating for' the foundation has
been completed. A two-story apartment-house
' is - being built by D.
O'DonnelU on East Thirteenth, near
Belmont street, at a cost of- $10,000.
Work has been started on the .erection
of a fireprocf concrete building on
Powell and East Sixty-eighth streets to
cost $75,000. Also work is under Way
on the addition - to the Peninsular
schoolhouse. It will have four- rooms.
The permit for the erection of the Ken
ton schoolhouse has been issued.
The brick work on the. new fire sta
tion at East Seventh and Stephens
streets has been completed, and the In
side finishing" has . been started. This
fire station is . for motor-drawn ap
paratus and it will cost about $8000.
I G. Holden, battalion chief, prepared
the plans. The station will probably be
finished by July 1.
The Pacific Bridge Company has
started the erection of. a reinforced
concrete warehouse 6n East Water and
Salmon streets. The building will cost
about $30,000. The foundation has been
completed. -
On Sandy boulevard several buildings
are under way and being finished. S.
D. Vlncfnt has erected a two-story
building near East Forty-fifth street
at a cost of $15,000. It Is one of the
most attractive structures of that
neighborhood. At East Seventy-second
street and Sandy boulevard a two-story
frame building Is under way at a cost
of $10,000. The lower portion will be
for stores and the second floor for
rooms and apartments.
Of Ceylon's -40.307. R40 acres of land only
about !.StU,0V0 are under cultivation.
dividual property owners. Eventually
this entire district will be absorbed by
Portland and ' will become a ' valuable
asset to the city."
The property owners and companies
interested directly in the construction
ENGLISH MONEY GOMES
1MMHXSE SUMS TO BE INVESTED
IN OREGON.
Representatives of Syndicates -Now
in Field Pariric Coast Attrac
live to Foreign Investors.
Realizing that thes Pacific Coast is
about to enter into a period of unprece.
dented prosperity and development
along all lines, English capitalists rep
resenting millions of dollars are now
on the ground' for the purpose of ac
quiring timber and agricultural . lands
and -water power sites In Oregon. Wash
ington, British Columbia and California.
The Britishers seem to have a broader
understanding .of what the Panama
Canal means to the Western part of
the United States than our own citi
zens and If their present activity has
any significance at all. it? seems prob
able that immense amounts of capital
will be invested on the Coast during
the next few months. -
Representatives of English syndi
cates have been r in ' Oregon several
Weeks" and already have secured op
tions on several large tracts of land
In the western part of the state. Large
holdings in the Coos Bay district were
taken over recently by English invest
ors, involving an investment of about
$1,000,000. ' In the Sluslaw district ne
gotiations are said to be under way
for-the purchase by English investors
of a large timber tract. Another deal
involving", nearly $3,000,000 has been
of the boulevard are: James Mac
Kenzte, Jtimes Anderson, Regent
Heights Realty Company, Tercy Blyth.
J. W. Cook. Salzman Investment Com
pany, H. L. Plttock. Warren Construc
tlon Company, Oregon Realty Company,
under way several weeks and may be
closed this month.
In addition to investments in land
and timber tracts, English capitalists
have placed large amounts of money
in securities of Western railroads dur
ing the past few years. There are also
millions of English and Scotch money
invested in mortgage loans In farming
lands In Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
BIG RANCH BRINGS $60,000
K. K. Kelley, or Portland, Buys
Farm In Kliokitat County.
GOLDENDALEi Wash.. June 21.
(Special.) E. C. and N. U Ward, of
Goldendale. have sold the Six Prong
stack and grain ranch, located in the
eastern part of Klickitat County near
Monax Station, on the North Bank
road, to E. E. Kelley, of Portland, for
a consideration of $60,000. The ranch
contains 2800 acres, . and the sale In
cluded all the stock and machinery.
Portland and Roseburg property was
taken in exchange on. the deal. The
Six Prong ranch was established in the
'80s by Blurock and Peters as a feed
ing ground for beef cattle for the Van
couver, Wash., market. Blurock being a
pioneer butcher of that place.
SALES AGGREGATE $33,130
Active Business Is Reported by. Co
lumbia Trust Company.
The Columbia Trust Company re
ports recent sales involving a total of
$33,430, as follows:
For Bankers' Investment Company to
F. J. Carlisle, bungalow on East For
tieth, near Fremont, $3800; for A. L.
Upson to a local investor. 12 lots In
Harlem, $3600; for Beaumont Land
. m
L. G. Gillette. Mrs. Josephine Hirsch,
West St. John's Land Company. St.
Helens Realty Company. Willalatin In
vestment, Company, Glen Harbor Realty
Company. Meier & Frank and Clark-
Wilson Lumber Company.
Company to B. C. Irvine, lot on East
Fortieth, near Knott street, $1000; for
William Meier, of Salem, Or., to A.
Hutchison, of Medford, Or., 18 acres
near Finzer Station. Marlon County,
$3680; for William Meier, of Salem. Or.
to J. N. Willius. of Milwaukie. Or.. 26
acres near Finzer Station, Marion Coun
ty, $5500; for Mae E. Mayger to a cus
toms official, five-room bungalow on
East Forty-fourth. near Klickitat.
$3500; lots in Southmoreland of a total
value of $2350 to A. E. Stauffer. W. M.
Atkins, M. E. Lovelace and Edna L.
Boedecker.
Sales in Beaumont made independ
ently were:
By Henry A. Fick to Mards Peterson,
seven-room home on East Forty-fourth
street, $4000: by R. K. Cowle to Marie
Ludington. six-room bungalow on East
Forty-fourth, near Knott. $4800; by E.
r. Van Dersal to J. W. Matthes, lot on
East Forty-third, near the Alameda,
$1200.
NORWEGIAN COLONY MAY C03IE
Representative. Investigates Condl
r tions in Klamath County.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 21.
(Special.) A considerable number of
Norwegians wfll probably locate in
Klamath County as the result of a trip
to this section by Albert Voiding, of
El Campa, Texas. He represents a num
ber of his countrymen, who are seek
ing a more congenial climate, and on
his report of the amount of land which
can be bought at reasonable price will
depend the number who will come here
to make their homes.
It is the opinion of real estate deal
ers that there is more land for sale
here at reasonable prices than In any
other section of the United States.
They give as a reason for this that
some men are holding more land than
IS AIM
VALLEY LANDS
DEMAND.
James Andrus, of Fariro, N. D.. Buys
Place Ner Forest Grove Pen
dleton Farm Brings $12,0 00.
Among the recent land sales was the
purchase of property near Forest
Grove by James E. Andrus. of Fargo.
X. D.. The place contains 10 acres and
is well improved. Mr. Andrus paid
$6400 for the property.
Isaac Cones, of Pendleton, has pur
chased the Thomas Hopper farm of 90
acres two miles southwest of Pendle
ton, the consideration being $12,000.
The place is largely bottom land and is
used for alfalfa growing.
A. H. Weaver, of Sumpter. has bought
from Ezra Wright a 20-aere trait near
Forest Grove and will take possession
of the place at once. The tract is
adapted to diversified farming. Mr.
Weaver paid $4T00 for the pla.ee.
Charles Chaney. who recently sold a
-'OoO-acre wheat farm in Umatilla
County, has purchased a tract of 20
acres near Independence. It is prob
able that Mr. Chaney will engage in
the dairying business on his new place.
C. J. Howe, of Brownsville, has pur
chased 40 acres lying at the eastern
part of Brownsville and will engage ex
tensively In the poultry business.
HOOD RIVER MAYOR TO BUILD
Modern D-welllng-Hotise to Replace
Home Recently Sold.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Juno 21. (Spe
cial.) R. R. Bartlett has completed
plans and specifications foe a hand
some new residence for Mayor VI. O.
Blanchar. of this city, who recently dis
posed of his residence to K. J. Middle
swart, of .Mosier. The new structure
will be two stories in height and will
have all modern conveniences, being
steam heated and having much built-in
cabinet work. The basement will be
cemented and the floors will be of
hardwood. Mr. Blanchar has chosen
one of the most desirable lots in the
city, situated in a beautiful grove of
oaks at the corner of Oak and Ninth
streets.
M. A. Zellar. who owns a ranch in
the Summit district, but who lias been
living in Portland, is constructing a
handsome new bungalow on a sitely
location on his orchard place.
Exchange Involves $18,000.
GOLD EXHALE. Wash.. June 21.
(Special.) The Red Barn Livery and
Feed Stables in Goldendale have been
purchased by A. McKae, of Lyle, who
exchanged a wheat farm near Walla
Walla and residence property In Spo
kane for the property. The deal In
cluded all horses, rigs and the dray
business owned by A. J. Watson. The
consideration in the deal Is given out
as $18,000. The Red Barn is the oldest
livery stable in Goidendale, and was
purchased by A. J. Watson, a farmer
in the No. 6 section, a few months ago
from Coffield Bros.
Turn Vercin to Bnild at Once.
Claussen & Claussen, architects for
the new club building and gymnasium
for the Portland Social Turn Vern.
announce that contracts will be let at
once for the excavation and construc
tion of the building. The 3tru;;ure wi1!
cost about $4 5,000.-