TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 15, 1914,
P SCENIC DRIVE
IS
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Linnton 'Council Orders En-
gineer to Get Bids for 11
; Mile Boulevard.
PROPERTY OWNERS ASSIST
J3ie.-ter Moores Dei-cribes Advan-
iujrcs of Proposed Hillside Itoad,
' Wliicli Will Have .Maximum
Grade of 4 Per Cent.
i BY CHESTER MOORED,
i The proposed 11-mile Hillside Drive;
Irum the head of Thurman street, "Wil
lamette Heights, to Uleu Harbor Addi
tion, near Llnnton, became a certainty
fast Tuesday night, when the City
i'ouncil of Linnton elected C. W. Wood
puff engineer for the road and ordered
him to invite bids for the work.
The Council accepted the 80-foot
right of way offered by the property
k owners along the survey and announced
hat it had begun condemnation pro
ceedings on a few small strips of land
that hinder immediate construction
work.
" The survey completed some time ago
by Mr. Woodruff places the drive mid
way between the Linnton road and
Cornell extension, or skyline boulevard.
Jt runs on a line half or three-quarters
of. a mile west of the Linnton road and
Attains Its summit when it crosses the
Salzman road, where the elevation is
600 feet The width will be 80 feet.
Fond of 7S.0OO Fledged.
,,4n assessment district has been cre
ated to pay for the grading and the
preliminary work and the property
owners have pledged themselves to
stand the expense of $75,000 necessary
tur this share of the improvement. This
step was reached several months ago.
but it was not until last week that the
Linnton Council officially approved the
plan. Because of the nature of the
Iinnton charter. It was necessary for
Linnton to accept the road as a city
street before the project could be fur
thered. All but about 200 or 300 yards
of- the survey at the southern end lies
In the prescribed city limits of Linnton.
The approach to Hillside Drive from
Portland is now paved to the head of
Thurman street. From there the route
takes a northerly course towards Linn'
ton and terminates at the junction of
Mount Adams avenue and the German
town road in Glen Harbor Heights. By
using the Germantown road the Llnn
ton and the Cornell roads will be ac
cessible. Both these, particularly the
latter, are famous for the beautiful
scenery which they afford.
Old Center to Be Reached.
-r Besides meeting the Germantown
road, the new drive will intersect the
Salzman road at Wlllbridge and the
Springville road at Whltwood Court.
The Springville road was first laid out
in 1849 and for many years was the
only access to the Willamette River
from the rich and productive Tualatin
Valley. At this early date in the de
velopment of this state, the little town
of Springville. located on the present
site of Whitwood Court and Glen Har
har. was an Important point. The ship
ping cargoes from the interior country
came to Springville In that day and the
public docks were located there.
, It is expected that the preliminary
work of grading the right of way for
Hjllside Drive will be finished by next
October or November, before the usual
Fall rains might interfere with a fur
therance of the programme. Then, after
the grade has been allowed to settle
durins: the Winter, it is planned to
hard-surface the road for the entire
distance. This process will cost con
sidcrably more than an additional $100.-
".('!'. It is possible that macadam treat
ment will be given instead of pave
ment, but eventually hard-surface will
he. used for ttfe entire distance and
those most vitally interested in the
project believe that it would be much
cheaper and better to make a short cut
t- pavement without the temporary In
spallation of a macadam surface.
Orlglnnl Plan Abbreviated.
i The original survey carried the road
ain additional mile into the heart of the
City of Linnton, where a direct con
itectiuay could be had with the Linnton
road lending to Portland, but this leg
of tli i.rive has been abandoned tor the
present because of a lack of co-operation
among the property owners along
that stretch. .
Bull Run water will be provided all
along the course of the road. Reser
voir connections have been made to sup
ply the property at an elevation of 1000
feet. The gas company also is laying
mains for the distribution of its supply
In that territory.
The aim of the promoters of the Hill
side Drive is to make this new high
line boulevard one of the country's
foremost scenic boulevards. When- their
plans have been fully developed it
probably will be the greatest hillside
driveway among the many attractive
ones in and about Portland.
Fine View Obtained.
from any point along the route, on
clear days, a sweeping view is af
forded of all the adjacent country, in
eluding the City of Portland, the rivers
tributary to It and the snow-capped
peaks that tower on the eastern hori
zon Mount Hood, Mount Adame, Mount
Rainier. .Mount St. Helens and the Cas
cade range. Hillside Drive will be i
delightful vantage point from which
to show visitors and tourists the
glorious detail and color in the Oregon
landscape and send them home herald
ing aloud the splendor of this local
'atmosphere. It will compete with the
country-known Council Crest as
scenic viewpoint, but it will provide the
additional possibilities of movement
and latitude. A territory of about 3000
acres will be served by the new road.
At no point will the road exceed more
than a 4 per cent grade, but graceful
curves will lend variety to the jour
ney. Furthermore, it will be free from
the smoke and dust of the city and
thus avail an unobstructed view of the
immense landscape.
Spaces for parking will be provided
on cither side of the driveway, and on
the upper side of the right-of-way suf
ficient room will be reserved for a
trolley line. Individuals will set aside
additional strips of land skirting the
survey for private grounds which they
intend to beautify with park Improve
ments. Maxlninm f.rade 4 Per Cent.
"For its entire length the roadway
does not exceed a 4 per cent grade,"
said Engineer Woodruff, speaking of
the survey. "The longest continuous
grade Is one mile and a half, while
over half of the entire distance Is on
a level grade. On all points where
unusual views are obtainable wide
turns are made on level grades, where
automobile parties may stop and en
joy :i landscape view extending as far
as 30 miles up the Columbia River. Tht
boulevard winds back into the ravines
and crosses the streams without
bridges. Culverts will provide for the
water and fills will be made."
Within the next few years It is ex
pected that considerable suburban de
velopment and real estate activity will
be apparent along the line of the
route. Improvement of country home
estates already have been planned. Ac
cording to Richard Shepard. who or
ganized the property owners and di
rected the programme of work, large
sums of money will be expended by
the individual property owners in the
improvement of the region affected by
the new highway. He believes the en
tire district subsequently will be ab
sorbed by Portland and become a valu
able adjunct' to the city.
Individuals! Clve Alitance.
The property owners and realty com.
panies interested directly in the pro
jected boulevard are: Percy Blyth, W.
J. Gearin, Mrs. Josephine Hirsch, J. W.
Cook. Thomas McCusker, H. L. Pittock,
Otto Cramer, L. G. Gillette, L. B. llene
fee. Willamette Trust Company, Ore
gon Realty Company, James Anderson,
James Mackenzie, Salzman Investment
Company, West St. Johns Land Com
pany, Regent Heights Realty Company,
St. Helens Realty Company and Wil
lalatin Investment Company, all of
whom will pay for the clearing of the
land and the grading.
J. B. Schaefer, Mayor of Linnton. de.
serves a large measure of credit for his
important help in gaining the sanction
of the Linnton Council.
Active work on the grading will com
mence as soon as the weather clears
sufficiently to permit of operations
under favorable conditions. This con
struction work will supply a large
BIG STRIDES MADE
BY MONTAVILLA
Sewers, Streetcar . Service.
Paving Improvements Aid
Large District.
SCHOOL WORK IS PRIDE
Residents Await Opening of Streets
to Give Easier Access to Busy
Sections of City Further
Trolley System Needed.
Extension and completion of
sewer system. Improvement of
the
the
force of men with employment for sev- streetcar service, paving of East Gll-
laid, for which the Montavllla Board
of Trade is asking that proceedings be
started at once. -
Montavllla is considered one of the
most prosperous suburbs on the Bast
Side of the river, and one of the pio
neer settlements. It extends to and
beyond the city limits at East Nine
tieth street Nearly all the streets
have been Improved by grading and
laying cement sidewalks, bit no hard
surface pavements have been laid, and
will not be until sewers have been
built.
North and south of East Glisan street
there are well-built suburbs, filled
with attractive homes. The Jonesmore
schoolhouse Is located in North Jones
more, which Was built to relieve the
Montavilla schoolhouse and provide fa
cilities for the growing district be
tween Bast Glisan street and the main
line of the O.-W. R. & N. Settlement
has extended northward from Fast Gli
san street until it has reached and
passed over the railway and joined the
settlement from Rose City Park.
School Ground To Be Improved.
Montavllla residents "are proud of
their school and its activities. Under
the charge of Principal Wiley, the
Montavllla school has taken a high
place among the progressive schools of
the city. Progressive methods have
been introduced. It has a new picture
plan, by which the subjects taught are
illustrated by views. It has the largest
luncheon department of any school in
the city. The school grounds on the
north side of the Montavilla building
have been enlarged by the purchase of
COUNTRY LIFE SANE
J.
Fred Larson Encourages
"Little Landers" of State.
ADVANTAGES POINTED OUT
Commercial Club Secretary Says Ag
ricultural Schools Make It Kasy
; for Anyone to Learn How
to Make Lands Pay.
Few, if any, men in Oregon, as pri
vate individuals, are doing more con
structive work in the promotion of the
back-to-the-soil movement than J.
Fred Larson, secretary of the Portland
Commercial Club and member of tiie
realty firm of Umbdeustock & Larson.
Mr. Larson is a full-blooded optimist
and, no matter where you may meet
him, you will find him primed to the
the opportunity to help himself is here
in Oregon, where the percentage of
profit per ounce of energy used on a
small piece of land is greater than any
where in the world.
"The growing desire for land in the
man who works in t'.ie city is having
a remarkable effect on the development
of the country, and the country will
continue to grow in proportion to man's
desire to provide for the future happi
ness of his family without the neces
sity of slaving to the tune of the time
clock and the factory whistle.
' 'Some day, somewhere, I am going
to have a little home In the country.'
Nine out of ten people say this, be
lieving it will come true."
Centralia Gets Apartment-House.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 14.
(Special.) The plans for Centralia's
first modern apartment-house, to be
erected by the recently incorporated
Hub City Building Company, have been
drawn by Heath & Gove, Tacoma archl-.
tects, and work on the structure will
be pushed so that the tenants can
secure possession as soon as possible.
The new apartments will have a front
age of 40 feet and will be 140 feet
deep, being fitted up with all modern
conveniences. The cost of the struc
ture will be about $20,000. N. B. Steln
bach, of Tacoma, Is president of the
company.
Clielialis to Pave Avenue.
CHEHALIS. Wash., March 14. (Spe
cial.) The City Commission has adopt-
GAR
ROUTING
FELT
East Burnside Finds It Must
Gain by Other Agencies.
NEW WORK IS W3W AHEAD
Rerouting, Due Largely to Fact That
Broadway and Railroad Bridges
Do Xot Have to Open Draws
So Often, Inspires Action.
With the opening of Oregon street
to the railroad bridge. Fast Burnside
street has been made to feel the ef
fects of competition for Fast Side
travel. The re-routing ot the Wood
lawn and Alberta cars over the Rail
road bridge, by taking them from the
Burnside bridge, has still further em
phasized this competition. It is the
first time Fast Burnside has encoun
tered any real competition, and tne
SKETCH SHOWING THE COURSE THAT THE "HILLSIDE DRIVE " WILL TAKE FROM PORTLAND TO POINT NEAR LINNTON
ELEVEX-HILE BOULEVARD TO BE BlILT FROM HEAD OK THURMAN STREET TO GLEN HARBOR HEIGHTS.
eral consecutive months and will pro
vide the market with an immense sup
ply of cordwood to be cut from the
timber that abounds in the locality of
the survey.
The name "Hillside Drive" was sug
gested by E. T. Mische. superintendent
of the Portland Park Board. Ultimately
it is proposed to turn the new high
way over to the park and boulevard
system of Portland. In the event of
such annexation the width of the road
may be Increased materially.
EXCHAXGE SEEKING MEMBERS.
Builders Arrange Teams for Compe
tition in Increasing Roll.
The directors of the Builders' Ex
change, at their monthly meeting
Thursday, Instituted a membership
competition. Three directors J. J.
Tranchell, Robert Bullock and Al Bing
ham were appointed to arrange the
details for and supervise the contest.
The entire membership of the or
ganization will be divided into two
parts, and captains and assistants will
be appointed to manage the campaigns
of the respective factions. The contest
will open on March 20 and close April
30. The agreement is that the losing
side will furnish the winning side, and
all new members with an evening's en
tertainment within 10 days after the
close of the competition.
The matter of joining the National
Builders' Association was deferred
until an adjourned meeting may be
held.
CHEHAMS GETS NEW BUILDING
Conn & Mintzer Will Erect Two-
Story Brick Structure.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 14. (Spe
cial.) Cohn &. Mintzer. a Chehalis second-hand
store firm, announced today
intention to erect a modern store
building on lower Chehalis avenue
property which they own.
The structure will be two stories
high, 56 by 60 feet and up to date in
every way. Brick will be used.
san street from Laurelburst to the city
limits, and improvement of the Monta
villa school grounds are some of the
activities of the Montavllla district for
the ensuing year. Also the improve
ment and preservation of the Brainard
Cemetery Is under contemplation.
At the last meeting ot the Monta
villa Board of trade, it was decided to
ask the City Commissioner to complete
the sewer system for the Montavllla
district, by laying the last unit of the
sewers there. At present the main
trunk sewer is being laid on Fast Gli
san to Fast Seventy-fourth street.
This Is part of what la known as the
Fast Stark street sewer, that empties
into the Willamette River at the foot
of East Stark street. There are sev
eral branches of this sewer in Center
Addition. North Mount Tabor and
Montavilla. One branch leaves the
main trunk sewer near Fast Sixty
fifth street, and extends northward
toward the Country Club grounds. An
other branch follows Fast Glisan to
Fast Seventy-fourth street, where it
ends for the present. Work is in
progress on all these branches.
There will be nothing done in the
way of paving East Glisan street to
Fast .Seventy-sixth street at once, and
the balance to Fast Ninetjeth street
later in the season. The Montavilla
Board of Trade Is working for the
complete paving of Fast Glisan street
to the city limits, and its improvement
afterwards to Fairview crossroad,
distance of 12 miles. A special commit
tee, with H. B. Dickenson as chairman
has been appointed by the club to urge
the County Commissioners to open
Villa avenue, the county end of East
Glisan street, to the Fairview road
Another committee from the club was
appointed to urge prompt proceedings
for the building of the last unit of the
sewer system.
Sewers to Cost fl.OOO.OOO.
It Is estimated that the sewerage for
the Center Addition, North Mount Ta
bor and Montavllla districts will cost
upward of $1,000,000, and more before
the laterals have been laid. Although
Montavilla property owners have been
paying for construction of the trunk
tubes, they have no sewerage, and will
have none until the- last unit of the
East Stark street system has been
ATTRACTIVE RESIDENCE IN IRVINGTON DISTRICT.
:
4 HOME OF K. VERSTEEU 0 EAST THIKTY-THIRD
K.NOTT.
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STREET,' NEAR
Among the handsome modern homes in the Irvlngton district is that
of F. Versteeg, on the west side of Thirty-third street, between Knott
and Brazee. It is a 2H-stoiy dwelling, with a completely equipped at
tic. The grounds include four lots, 185 by ISO feet in size, and the
house' itself covers a space 28 by 38 feet
The house' has 12 rooms, exclusive of a spacious sleeping porch,
and an eight-foot finished basement. The floors are hardwood through
out. W. H. Downing designed the place. '
a block and the vacation of the street
there. It is now. desired to improve
these grounds so they may be used.
South of the Base Line is the Hudson
building, which takes care of that part
of the Montavllla district The exten
sion of .the Mount Tabor car line has
helped the territory Immediately east
of Mount Tabor. It runs down on the
eastern slope through a well settled
district nearly to East Ninetieth street
This extension was partly paid for by
the property owners and residents, to
the amount of about $14,000.
Extensive street improvements are
under way south of the Base Line road,
and about 75 new houses are under
construction. There is no sewerage in
this district, and the people are waiting
the extension of the last unit of the
East Stark street sewer system to pro
vide sewerage.
Montavllla Makea Rapid Growth.
Montavilla residents are hopeful that.
the Base Line road will be hard-surfaced
this year. The Base Line is the
central highway into Portland and
passes through Montavilla. A consid
erable business center has been built
up along the Base Line road for more
than a mile. Several modern garages
have been built along the road, and
there are many stores.
Montavilla Is Interested in the open;
ing of East Burnside street, as this
will give them a more direct route
into Portland. There is a considerable
climb and an indirect route into Port
land over the Mount Tabor hill and
around by the north branch of the Base
Line road. The opening of East Bum
side street will provide a direct street
and easy grades over the Burnside
bridge into Portland.
So rapid has been the growth of
Montavllla that the street railway fa
cilities have been outgrown north of
the Base Line road. A committee of
citizens has taken up the matter of
Improved streetcar service oven the
Montavllla car line. This line carries
not only the regular traffic, but the
travel. from the Bull Run suburban line.
which runs to the depot on Fast Nine
tieth street which at times is consider
able, but the overcrowding of the cars
Is caused by the great growth of the
suburb north, south and east
From Tabor Heights looking east
ward, it seems that a city has sprung
up east of Mount Tabor, more than
10,000 having made their homes in that
district
Lot owners in the Brainard Cemetery
have formed an association, with A. J.
Altman as president and Mrs. D. K.
Butler as secretary, the object of which
Is to preserve the cemetery. This
cemetery is on East Glisan street, near
the Mount Hood depot There has been
a deep cut made on the Fast Glisan
side, where the association desires to
have a concrete wall built Many of
the Montavilla pioneers are buried in
this cemetery, and it is desired to take
care of and beautify the grounds.
Montavilla has made excellent prog
ress, especially In the neighborhood of
the Mount Hood Railway depot. Some
attractive homes have been built in
that vicinity. Streets have been li
proved to Fast Ninetieth street.
mays plans improvements
in
New Hotel and General Store
Prospect for Sawmill Town.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 14.
(Special.) Extensive improvements are
being planned at Mays, a sawmill town
located on the South Betid branch of
the Northern Pacific, a mile west of
Meskill. B. A. Bartholomew has pur
chased 720 acres of logged-off lands
from the Baker-May Lumber Company
and will place it on the market in
tracts of an acre or more.
Arrangements have practically been
completed for the erection of a 50-
room hotel and a new general store.
and after their completion the Postof-
nce Department will probably be asked
to open up an office there.
The Northern Pacific recentlv estab
lished a station at Mays, appointing J.
C. Dolphin agent. The new line of the
Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Rail
way will pass directly through the
town, a distance of 200 yards from the
present Northern Paciric right of way.
Austria-Hungary, which not Ionic r.uo a
able to supply almost its entire demand for
grain, has In recent years imported consid
erable quantities.
full with arguments for the encourage
ment of the "little-landers," who are
making their beginnings on the soils
of Oregon.
"There is nothing peculiar in the
growing desire in men to get back to
the land, said Mr. Larson yesterday.
"The hunger for a small farm and
self-supporting home is inherent In
every right-minded man. The natural
habitat of mankind is in the country
and the city life at best is an artificial
one.
"There Is no witchcraft connected
with cultivating a garden. It is only
a question of once learning what to
do and how to do it that is drawing
many of the city workers to the out
lying lands. Those who are facing a
problem of raising a family on a week
ly wage, with the pruchasing power
of the dollar decreasing, find much to
encourage thera in reaching out for a
better and saner living.
"Little-Lander" Haa Advaatage.
"Through cultivating a little land,
the 'little-lander' is not compelled to
rely entirely on .the butcher, the baker
and the groceryman for the necessities
of life, but to a very large extent pro
duces them for himself. His garden
furnishes him with an abundance of
vegetables and small fruits. . He has
access to his eggs and tender young
broilers without considering them a
luxury, y
"Having seen the independence,
health, education and real prosperity
that come from the free, direct use of
a small piece of land, the operators of
interurban lines are doing much to en
courage others who feel the, pressure
of city life to get into the nearby coun
try, where the gardens may first be
made an adjunct to the income and lat
er, perhaps, prove the main source of
the income.
"A reaction is setting in, and the city
people are taking an Interest in the
country and its possibilities as a home
that has not been manifested In years.
The railroads employ experts to show
how a little land can be used to produce
a living.
"Our agricultural schools are among
Oregon's greatest assets, and their ex
haustive study of Oregon soils makes it
comparatively easy for any man who
will to learn how these lands can be
used to produce a living and how land
alone Is necessary that men may live.
"To learn how to use such lands as
are available near the cities is a long
step in the right direction, and if all
the little lands were furnishing a liv
ing for someone we would accommo
date thousands of families within easy
reach of local markets.
"The wage-earner should know t.iat
ed. a resolution to pave the north end
of Pennsylvania avenue to the city
limits. This will completely pave all
of that street and connect it with the
main portion of the city with hard
surface. Concrete pavement will be
used and the city will do the work.
Facts and Figures Nail
Pessimistic Doubts
Steady Increase In Nnmberi of
101 ec trie and Water Uaera. In
'Phone Subscribers. Ktc, Tell
Story.
FT
AVE you heard this and that shout-
er of pessimism busy himself say
ing that many, many houses are va
cant in Portland as compared with
other years?
The very next time such remarks arc
made In your presence nail the mis
statements by citing some of the fol
lowing authentic figures:
The total number of gas supply
users In Portland during the last three
years were as follows: 11111, 3i!,49-;
1912, 37,434; 1913, 40,429.
Electric users 1911, 29,081; 1912. 33,
562; 1913, 36,878.
Water users 1911. 48.809: 1912, 54.
481 (1300 of this increase was due to
the purchase of the Woodstock Water
Works): 1913, 53,902.
Telephone subscribers 1911, 46,255;
1912, 52,918; 1913, 56,356.
Postal receipts 1911. 11,002,610.74;
1912, $1,108,474.46; 1913. 11,183.535.78.
Bank clearings 1911. $557,933,736;
1912, $597,187,856; 1913, $627,818,010.
These figures, gleaned from the
actual records In the respective depart
ments affected, by, workers In the Port
land Commercial Club, were presented
to the Portland Realty Board by George
F, Johnson. He was speaking opti
mistically on the subject of "The Out
look," and referred to the above fig
ures as undeniable proof of the steady
growth', the City - of Portland is experiencing.
And what truer, more unanimous.
clearer testimony could be offered?
Additional gas. electric and water users
signify new residents and new homes;
more telephone subscribers mean new
residences and new business houses;
postal receipts reflect an increase in
population, and bank clearings are a
recognized barometer of the financial
status ot every community.
About -too arrests for counterfeiting are
maile In the fnlted States each year.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT CAMAS, WASH., HAS ALL MODERN
CONVENIENCES
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STRUCTURE BLILT AT COST OF -H,00.
CAMAS. Wash., March 7. (Special.) Camas' new high-school build
ing was formally dedicated recently with appropriate services. A short
literary and musical programme was rendered, after which addresses
were made by members of the local School Board, the County Superin
tendent of Schools of Clarke County and by local business men. The
principal dedicatory address was made by' Rev. Luther Dyott. of Port
land. Camas is justly proud of Its new $40,000 high-school building,
it being entirely modern throughout, containing 12 class and recitation
rooms, laboratory, assembly room, gymnasium, with baths, and dressing-rooms
for both boys and girls: a directors' room and office for the
superintendent It is heated by steam with the latest system for ven
tilating, and includes other modern conveniences.
property owners and business men
have been awakened to the effects.
The people of the great territory
tributary to the Alberta carline, in
the Vernon district and the Woodlawn
district formerly used the cars cross
ing the Burnside bridge, but practical
ly all this travel has been lost for the
reason the Broadway and Railroad
bridges are high structures and the
draws do not open very often on either.
There is no great gain in time by rout
ing the cars over these bridges, but
there Is a very great gain when it
comes to waiting for the Burnside
bridge draw. The Burnside bridge
draw opens many times oftener than
do those of the Railroad and Broadway
bridges.
If General Manager Hlld takes a vote
on the cars as to which bridge the
passengers prefer, the result could be
declared in advance. The people of the
Vernon and Woodlawn district asked
that these lines bo routed over these
bridges.
Owners Muxt Act.
Fast Burnside street stands to lose
a considerable portion of the travel of
the great Rose City Park district If
the Sandy boulevard is not opened Into
Fast Burnside street and made a wide
street at least between Fast Twelfth
and the bridge. Also it remains for
the interested prorcrty owners to push
with energy the opening of Fast Burn
Bide street to North Mount Tabor, to
divert the travel from the Base Line
Road into Fast Burnside street.
It Is quite evident, that the Fast
Burnside property owners must bestir
themselves to preserve In other ways
the prestige of the street. They have
had no competition before, but they
have It now, and It remains with them
to push the extension of the street to
the North Mount Tabor extension.
Even with the diversion of travel
over Oregon street and the Railroad
Bridge there remains a great terri
tory for East Burnside street, but it
will require some effort to secure and
hold it. The things to do, it is claimed
and urged, are the extension of the
street to the Base Line Road at Mount
Tabor, the extension of Sandy boule
vard to a connection with Fast Burn
side street at about Fast Twelfth; ex
tension of East Glisan street from East
Twentj -sixth and East Twenty-eighth,
connecting East Glisan with Sandy
boulevard, and the widening of Fast
Burnside from Fast Twelfth to the
bridge.
The widening of the street may be
deferred for some time, until the other
improvements are accomplished; but
Fast Burnside will suffer a costly loss
If it delays the other Improvements.
The opening of Fast Burnside is the
essential thing, so it is considered, to
bring in the travel from the Base Line
Road. It is thought as fully Important
that Fast Glisan street should be ex
tended and connected with Sandy bou
levard. Street Haa Advantages.
East Burnside is central and bound
to be a great street in the end, but it
Is handicapped with a low bridge on
whtch the draw opens frequently, and
by tho fact that Fast Burnside is
closed for several blocks. The East
Burnside-Street District Association is
doing all it can to have the street
opened and outlet secured, but unless
the property owners second their ef
forts and co-operate with it, the club
will not accomplish the desired end.
Commissioner Dieck said very em
phatically that he -wanted the consent
of the property owners through the dis
trict through which the street Is to be
extended before he would start pro1
cecdlngs for the extension. He win
prepare the plans for the extension and
estimate the cost of the extension, but
It is expected that the property owners
do the rest in securing consent of the
property owners whose property would
be appropriated for the extension uf the
street to be opened.
The problem is squarely up to the
Fast Burnsido street property owners.
Xcw Addition Platted.
. JL Pullen has platted ',iK 2i-acro
place, west of Tarkrosc, n tin; Sandy
Itoad. and appointed Scitt-B,-esle -Peano
Company as bis nelling agents.
Sidewalks and water a'i-ominodatiou
will be installed at once and full 5n
100-foot lots placed on the market. Tht
firm is now building two homes in
Rose City Park.