The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 21, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Image 52

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1913. William ReicPs Home, "Green Gables," at East FortySeventh and East Stark Streets, One of the East Side's Fine Estates i : : , . . . ' - .... , inHIIIU IU IIUUMLU KAST SIEE BOLDIXGS RISE ' ' " ", U 1 ' " " U ' 88 U St. Johns Is to Have Hard Surface Connections. OUTLAY TO BE $200,000 xtrnslre Improvements Contem' plated at Kenton and Parking Strips Left to Provide for Lay ing Promised Sewer. Work is progressing on the paving of Willamette boulevard from Wabash street to the St. Johns line, and will be completed early this Fall. The con tractor has an army of men at work pushing forward the improvement in order to keep ahead of the Fall rains. When this link In the Peninsula hard surface pavements is finished it will make Willamette boulevard one of the great acenlc drives of the city. St. Johns plans to pave the boulevard through the business section of that city. However there will remain a con siderable portion of the boulevard, but this part is not In bad condition, and will be paved later, when the Supreme Court decides the width of the street about which there is t contention. Alblnas Anne Lint. ' Beginning at Wabash street Lombard street is being paved eastward to Pat ton avenue, and later will be paved to Aioina avenue. xnis will make a straight hard-surface street through to St. Johns, the St. Johns end being .uawson street. Aiotna avenue will be paved under proceedings which have been started. A complete circuit on the Peninsula win thus be provided from Kliungsworth avenue. These pavements will represent an outlay of about 1200,000 when com pleted. Greeley street also may be paved this Fall. Many of the streets in vinton have been gTaded and cement sidewalks have been laid. In El Tovar. near Woodlawn, east of Van couver avenue, most of the streets have been graded and cement sidewalks laid. In Kenton many of the streets under contract by Elwood Wiles have been finished and several more are under way. Street work in Kenton will cost, when all the contracts have been finished, above $200,000. The principal streets tnere will have hard-surface pavements. Sewer System Promised. Many other street improvements on the Peninsula are awaiting the Intro duction of a general sewer system. This has been promised by Commissioner Dieck. who says that some action for sewers will be started in a short time. Pavements now being built are con structed so the sewers can be put down in the parking at a later date. A num ber of other streets between Killings- worth Three Structures Involve Total Cost or ijwas.ooo. Erection of a concrete warehouse on East Water street by the Pacific Bridge Company is under way. The new struc ture will cost about $25,000. On the, new Portland home of. the Ford Motor Company on Division street. between East Eleventh and Tenth streets, marked progress is be ing made. It Is of reinforced concrete construction. The -first story has bee completed. This building will be near ly 7.U0 feet loug. The coat will be $150, ooo. The apartment-house under construe tlon on Broadway, near Vancouver ave nue. is nearlns completion. It is three-story frame building, and will cost completed about $50,000. BIDS OX AVALIj ARE REJECTK Vista Avenue Repairs May Be Done AVith Big Saving. Plans for the letting of a contrac as quicKiy as possible for the recon struction of the Vista-avenue w&2 came to a stop when it was found by the City Commission . that a plan for the Improvement submitted by a local contracting: firm made it possible for tne work to be done at a much lower cost than under the plan arranged by the public works department. All bids for the improvement were rejected and the City Auditor was structed to readvertise for bids "for the wall under the new plans and specifi cations. The lowest bid under the plan submitted by Commissioner Dieck's department was a little more than $22. 000. It is said that under the new plan a large amount can be lopped off of that figure. CHEUALIS WIDENS STREETS City Improves Highway Where Bad Accidents Are Frequent. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) The City Commission has com pleted arrangements for widening . t dangerous street intersection in this city at the corner of National and Di vision streets, and the work will pro ceed at once. The improvement is on the main roadway leading between Chehalls and (.entraila. where several bad accidents, one resulting in death, have resulted there. . . STEADY PROGRESS IS NOTED IX . MOXTA VILLA. avenge and Portland boulevard 1 tnzainl Eugene-Ma pleton Roads Inspected EUGENE, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) oumy juage i nompson, Commission ers Hemphill and Hawley, County surveyor oioDy and Engineer Foun taine. of the Willamette-Pacific Rail road, have returned from a trin of in- specuon irom tugene to Mapleton, luuKing; oyer ine roads Which the rail road company is building to take the place of , county highway taken by the right-of-way of the railroad. They found that the railroad is building t- cellent highway, but has not yet com pleted it enough to warrant the Coun ty t-ourt intaKing formal possession. The contemplated construrtfnn nf awmiai lakes on the Slla River in Calabria for irri gation and hydro-electric power purposes, involving an expenditure of soma $12 000000 has met with approval by the Italian Gov- Jonesmore Extends r to - Rose ' City Park East Halsey-Street Car Ex ' tention Is Much Sought. Staady building progress has been made in Montavilla. In Jonesraore, north of the MontaviHa Hallway, more than 75 homes have been built within the past two years, since Umbdenstock A Larson took possession of the prop erty. These homes are moderate in price and range from $1500 upward, and are near the new Jonesmore schoolhouse, which was recently com pleted In that district. Settlement has extended to the O.-W. R. & N. line and northward into the Rose City Park district. The peo ple In North Montavilla are deeply In terested in the construction of the East Halsey street electric rail to a connection with" 'the Rose ' City Park line on Sandy boulevard. It is esti mated ths more than 00 families will use this new line when it is built, but who now must walk a mile and more to -the Montavilla carllne. There is a lair sprinkling of new buildings under construction in Monta villa north and south of the Base Line road,- and in Terrace Park east of East Eighty-second sereet. About 50 new homes have been built in Terrace Park within the past two years. The dis trict has enlarged the main Monta villa. schoolhouse to take cure of the growth of that part of the district. In the course of two years another schoolhouse will have to be provided at the eastern end of the district at about One Hundredth street, near the Mount Hood Railway depot. The ex tension of the East Stark sewer into Montavilla Is under way, and before many months East Glisan street can be paved from East Forty-seventh to East Eighty-second streets, 80 feet wide, which will make it one of the great highways in the city. An excellent showing is made south of the Base Line rond, near the exten sion of theMount Tabor electric rail way, many new houses having been built in this territory. Along'the east slope of Mount Tabor a number of at tractive residences have been . hullt, and several are under way. Church Structure Rises. Work Is progressing on the recon struction of tho St. Francis Church, at East Pine ami East Twelfth streets. All the outside concrete coating and metal laths . are being removed and galvanized iron attached to til x wood en frame. It is found that the acid which was mixed with the concrete had eaten into and practically destroy ed the metal lath, which necessitates removal of the concrete. It will cos' about $5000 to complete the work. Th appearance of the church will not be changed, and it will remain the whit structure of the East Kids. GROWTH IS RAPID St. Johns Has Few Desirable . Vacant Houses. and is available for the purpose. This Is the sentiment of the tit. Johns Com mercial Club. Automobile Factory Plans Drawn. Architect Chappell Brown has pre pared plans for the factory for the Beaver State Auto Company, which will be erected at Gresham on the site se lected near the Mount Hood Railway, The first buildings will cost about $15. 000. and are to be erected in a shor time. OATS ON FARM OF G. W. SCEAMBLIN, NEAR CANBY, OS., THRESH 93 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. if V MUCH BUILDING IS ON Homes Under Construction, Library Is Xearing Completion and Street Improvements Are Projected. Progress Is Marked. GRAIN THAT IS SIX FEET TALI,. The vicinity of Macksburg, four miles from Canby, Or., in the Willamette Valley, is especially adapted to the raising of grain without irrigation. G. W. Scramlin, who has a store at Macksburg, also has a. farm, on which he practices diversified farming with marked success. The crop of oats shown in the above pic ture threshed 93 bushels to the acre for five acres, and the grain is of such excellent quality that it will be sold for seed at $1 a bushel. . Clover planted on the same five-acre tract last year threshed eight bushels to the acre, and the crop was sold for seed at 144 cents a pound, or $8.70 a bushel. A part of the oats lodged this year or Mr. Scramlin believes they would have gone over 100 bushels -to the acre. His neighbor, George Hurbst, had seven acres of oats thla year that averaged 105 bushels. Mr. Scramlin fertilized the ground for this year's crop, and used carefully-selected seed. The oats were sown April 26. Mr. Scramlin. who attended Buyers' Week in Portland, has-been engaged in business in the same build ing at Macksburg for 28 years.' His son. Russell C. Scramlin. a partner in the business, was married recent ly to Miss Alma Harms, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Harms, of Macksburg. He and his bride are now in Southern California on their wedding trip. Macksburg is no longer a postoffice. but before it was discon tinued as such by the establishing of a rural route out from Canby. the elder Scramlin was postmaster for 12 years. . , In the opinion of realty men St. Johns is making steady progress. Va cant houses are filling so rapidly that few desirable ones are left. Here and there homes are under construction. The most pretentious structure under way at present is the Carnegie Librar in East St. Johns, which is a beautiful brick building. The brick work has been completed and the finishing will be started. It will be finished early tbis Fall and occupied.. The library is war the main schoolhouse. The City Library Association will furnish the books for the St. John Library after it has been finished and will then take care of it. It will cost about $15,000 Work is in progress on the iock for the Star Sand Company, which will cost, $13,000. The St. Johns Commer cial Club has received many inquiries for sites for factories or various kinds, which have ' been referred to commit tees of that organization. Several street improvements are projected. Including the paving of the Willamette boulevard through the cen tral portion of the place near the City Hall and. the hitch schoolhouse, a dis tance of 10 blocks. The City Engineer is preparing plans and estimates of cost of this improvement. Proposals are to bo received for the improve ment of Central from Buchanan to Johns street in the J. C. Scott addi tion. The engineer estimates this im provement will cost $7407. It is pro posed to improve East Burlington treet from Jersey to Central avenue at a cost of $1995. Also Crawford treet will te improved from Burling ton to Pittsburg streets at a cost of 3113. The assessment for the im provement of Fessenden street from Oswego street to ' Smith avenue has been fixed at $19,718. There are some minor street improvements projected for the fail. A special election soon will be called to submit the question of parks and playgrounds to the people. Fifteen of fers of sites are in the hands of the Mayor and City Attorney. D. C. Lewis, representative of the St. Johns Com mercial Club, who will examine and select four or five sites as best suited to the needs of St. Johns, then the voters will be asked to provide bonds enough to purchase the parks. It is thought that about $30,000 will purchase central park tracts that will serve the Dlace for several vari to come. Mayor Bredeson says he is ery is oeing insiuueu huh wee, air. much in favor of the purchase of these Wood will operate on timber owned park tracts now while land is not high' by Rev. Frank L. Moore. RESIDEXCE PROPERTY' SOLD Activity in East Side Homos Last Week Unusually Brisk. Many sales In East Side realty were made last week. One of tho most im- nnWnnf wun that nf tlm f. W. Priest I Company to Guy W. Necdfiam of five lots In Rossmere for $14,800. this property is considered very desirable for residence purposes. At Cresswell, on the Mount Scott line, the H. D. Sandstoue Company sold to Sarah A. Smith a house and lot for $3000. At Sellwood W. M. Owens sold a lot to Fred J. Miller for $1500. Anna Exline sold two lots and a house located in Palmyra to Clara Garland for $5000. R. S. McFarland sold his property in Park View to Mary J. Janney for $3400. In the Haw thorne Avenue addition A. S. Patterson sold to R. C. Cook two lots for $3000. Bertha E. Taylor sold to Albert L. Howe a home in VernOn for $3600. In Ravenswood W. H. Ewlri old to Mary A. Jones a home for $3500. Daniel Petke sold to Reinhold H. Krombeln a house and lot for $6200. This prop erty Is located on Cook avenue. ROADBED WILL BE GRAVELED Portland, Eugene & Eastern Making Final Improvements. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) Five thousand yards of gravel will be brought from Corvallis to reballast the College Crest loop of the local Port land, Eugene & Eastern street-cur sys tem. The improvement will begin Mon day, and affects about five miles of track. Iron culverts and fills will re place the present bridges. The final application of gravel to Portland, Eugene & Eastern track be tween Eugene and Monroe will be com pleted in about three weeks. With this last raise, thi?re will huve been placed eight inches of gravel under the lien, and the roadbed will be of the best. Construction crews have completed tho grading for the passing and house tracks at Alvadoro, and are grading for extra tracks at Clear Luke, seven miles from Eugene. Monmouth Depot Ready. MONMOUTH. Or.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) The new Southern Pacinc depot in this city is completed and iixtures of the local office will soon be moved to the new quarters by J. S. Prime, the agent. The new structure was erect ed at the intersection of the Indepen dence and Dallas- trucks and 18 in a more convenient location. With one exception it is the largest of its kind in Polit County. . - A new switch track was laid for in-cr.-nse-cl frelKht service und the gen eral railioud accommodations for this city are greatly improved. Shingle 31 i II Built Xear Kelso. CENTRA LIA, Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe- ciul.) a. U. l ood, proprietor of mills at Kalama and South Tacoma, is erect ing a shingle mil! on Braynlon Moun tain, five miles from Kelso. Machln-