THE 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
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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.
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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-