The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 21, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Image 56

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Newspaper Page Text10 LEASE OF LAKES TALK OF MARKET Forty-Year Hold Which New York Syndicate Now Has Is Significant. $7,000,000 DEAL NOTABLE rortlund Kcal Estate Market Takes on. Decided Hum AVlth Changes Duo at Imperial Hotel and Kothchild Building. The absorbing topic of discussion In the offices of Portland engineers, "real c.taters" and materia, dealer, last ueek was tne proi - Take velopment of J "announced In The Oregonlan Fri day, th. syndicate plan, 270-mile pipeline from the laHes to the "ontlueSce . of the Columbia and Deschutes river where a 'f0'0 manufacturing plant will be built to handle the various materials that are to be made of the rich salt deposits In the two lakes. The pipeline will be constructed of Oregon fir and co't ap proximately $2,000,000-. according to resent estimates, which call for a pipe 14 Inches In diameter in most places. A larse pumpin station will also be erected at the lakes to pump the lake fluid, over the first-leg of the travel to t,,TheaCpaL8'ror the pipeline .already bave been prepared by J. G. Kelley. a TrUand engineer, and the plans for the factory buildings, warehouses fe rneries, separating Plants, etc have been drawn by New York City en gineer,. Jason C. Moore, head of the indicate, telegraphed fr om . New ork to his Portland representative Attor ney Chester A. Sheppard. Thursday that he was ready to bo ahead lth the iictlve construction work at once. Mr. heppard predicts that the work w.ll commence within 90 days. Mr Moore effected the lease orig inally with the State Land Board, but It was not authoritative until It was ratified last week by the Legislature and Indorsed with Governor Withy combe's signature. The proposed plant will be the largest of Its kind In America, it is raid, and will employ between 3500 and EOOO'men at all seasons of the year. It amounts to the largest private de velopment project initiated In Oregon Xor years. Mr. Uowman Start, Another Home. The F. K. Bowman Company has com menced the erection of another $6600 residence near the northwest corner of Kast Nineteenth and Klickitat streets. It will extend two full stories above basement and contain seven rooms and a sleeping porch. The exterior will be stucco. The excavation already ha, been started. Imperial Order, Repair,. Architects Sutton & Whitney have completed, plans and awarded con tract, for repairs to the Imperial Hotel which will give the Imperial Grill an entrance from Broadway. The cost of the work, including the installation of new hangings, tapestries and dec rations, will be about $5000. Portland Man Get. Job. At a contract price of $33,362 P. A. Sandberg has been awarded the con tract for extensive 6treet improve ments at Bay City, Or. The award was made following the opening of bids by .1. C. McClure. City Recorder of Bay aty. Hre Cauarn Improiement. As a result of the big fire last Sun day in the Alder Hotel building, when an $80,000 damage was Buffered, ex tensive repairs and alterations will be made by the owners, principal of whom are W. U Morgan and W. A..T. Bush ong. of the Alder Investment CompanJ. The Alder Hotel was built about live years ago at a cost of $8,000. Bridge Bids to Be Opened Thl, Week. Next Tuesday has been set as the date for the -opening of bids for the construction of the $1,750,000 Interstate bridge that is to span the Columbia liiver between Portland and Vancou ver. Full description of the plans have been published by the consulting engineers, Harrington, Howard & Ash. Bis Repair Job I p. Stanley S. Thompson, who recently was appointed manager of the Rotn chtld building, located at the norta west corner of Fourth and Washington streets, announced last week that the building would be repaired immediately at a cost of about $4000. The present front will be torn out. the lobby ex tended, the walls and halls done over and the exterior renewed. The work will be started this week under the direction of the architectural firm of Tourtellotte & Hummel. Italian marblo and plate glass will be used in the new work. School Bids ( lone Soon. Bids for the construction of the pro posed $15,000 high school building a: bilverton will close next Thursday. The plans drawn by a Portland architect, P. Chappell Browne, call for a two story brick building. 90 by 73 feet in foundation area and containing 111, large classrooms and an assembly hall having a capacity of 250. $20,000 Permit Let. Mrs. Sarah Rosenblatt obtained a building permit last week for the con struction of a two and a half story frame residence at 622 Myrtle street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets, in Carter's Addition, Port land Heights. The estimated cost of the structure is $20,000. The plans were prepared by Architects Root and Kerr, and the contract is in the hands of John Zwick. Dr. CofTey Order, Repairs. Dr. R. C. Coffey has commissioned . Li. I .... ,1 V. V, a. Cmlth tnilrflnf up plans for additions and alterations to oe maae 10 m iu-hhj icaiucm.c n L Ullnil Plirtv, '1 V. 1 V v i " . .... .7 third and Twenty-fourth streets. The WOTK. wnicn lias ueeii awaiutru lu ii. r i 111 ..I. .... . 1 1 1 . i 11 Th. library, the dining and living-rooms will dq eniargcu, aiiu mc iiucuui union in be converted Into mahogany through put. 92300 Home Begun. For Sam Norton Contractor M. TV". Lorenz has commenced the erection of a one-story frame residence at 751 l'eriander street, In Montgomery Park, at an estimated cost of $2500. Eut Yamhill Ueta S-IOOO Home. IV. A. naesDCK nu uirecLcu uia noi lock Building Company to construct a one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling for Y I I.-'oa Vamliill cl.nnl haiWAAVt Kast Fifty-sixth and East Fifty-seventh streets. The work will cost about $4000. Captain Ttbbeta Crta &ROOO Home. Captain Frank P. Tibbets' new home, Ll-k 4 .... . - . r. . . 1 ...-.. I la nnA W 1111 II la J ii . m'ni i.v111 ii.i ii l. , ,o "ill. of the most modern homes which The Oregon Home Builders have constructed. It is located in Olmstead Park Addi tion on Brice avenue near Glenn ave nue. It is a seven-room home with additional sleeping porch, and planned f after the English style. The surface is nnisnea in timDer ana pmoin and the architecture closely resembling the popular foreign home. It is tOvbe finished in old Ivory enamel. $2000 Job Started. According to plans drawn by H. C. Dittrich, N. M. Peterson has commenced the concrete and brick work on a one story brick school which is to rise at 315 Larrabee street for the Bethel A. M. E. Church. The permit cites $2000 as the probable cost. K. JJ. Holme, Builds. E. B. Holmes has started the erection of a $4000 dwelling on East Glisan street, between East. Thirty-ninth and East Forty-first streets. Mr. Holmes be ing the superintendent of .the work. Ella M. Allen is repairing a dwelling on East Salmon street, between East Thirty-third and East Thirty-fourth streets, the cost being $200. Lu Langos is the builder. A 'one-story garage Is being built on East Fifteenth, between Brazee and Knott streets, for Mrs. C. F. Reynolds, at a cost of $25. Mr. Shankland Plan, Cottage. - t? o Qhonkinnrf it erectlnir a one- story cottage on East Eighteenth street. between Maiden ana L,eo streets, in - wood, at a cost of $1000. Henry ssenmeer : 1..I...V a nnii..tnrv frame rtWP.llin&T i a 1 1 iiaii uift v.. w - on East Fourteenth, between Beech and Kalling- streets, Albina, at a cost 01 $1000. Petke fc Krombein are the con tractors. Building to Cost $9000. ml. - Taananll Ci-in ctT-llf't i nM ComOany is erecting a one-story frame building i ? ii Ul T '" . i t r ' - ' t STRICTIRE TO BE ERECTED BY ELKS AT KLAMATH FALLS at the Oaks, at the foot of P.ex avenue, to cost $9000. J. C. Welch is building one-storv store on East Burnside street, between East Twelfth and East Thirteenth streets, the cost to be $500. Two Dwellings to Go Up. George A. Ross, the builder, has taken out permits for the erection of two story-and-half houses on East Grant, between East Thirty-fourth and Glenn avenue. Each will cost $2200. A. W. Bnwhill is building a dwelling on East Fifty-second, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh avenues, the cost to De $1200. A. I Smith Build, $IOOO Home. A two-storv residence Is being built for A. P. Smith on Glenn avenue, be tween Mason and Shaver streets, at a coat of $4000. Mrs. Mary W. Neu- som is having a residence Dullt on Hazelfern avenue, between Peerless Place and Imperial, to cost $4000. W. H. Slavens is the contractor for this building. n. C. C. lUehard, to Build. Work has been started on the new $1000 residence fur Mrs. C. C. Richards on East Eighteenth street, between Thompson and Brazee streets. Gustina Bros, are the contractors. Mrs. C. O. Tarrell Is repairing a residence on Weidler between East Sixth and East Seventh streets. The cost will be $300. Frank Hani is doing the work. ti. V. Purdln Kreetst Foot Residence,. G. C. Purdin has taken out a permit to erect four one-story dwellings on East-Grant street between H.ast ioriy cighth and East Forty-ninth streets. each to cost $1800. J. A. Pryor is hav ing a cottage built on East Eighty fourth street between the Foster road and Fifty-eighth avenue, the cost to be $1250. ' Xew Jlome to Cost 4300. A sLorv and a half residence is being built on East Ash street between East trnrtv-first and East Forty-third streets for E. F. Balgmann. It will cost $4500. Mr. Balgmann is the builtf- er. Leo A. Harms Is repairing ine dwelling on Vincent street between Lombard and Hollard streets, on the Peninsula, at a cost of $600. C. W. Dolan Start, Cottage. r. w. Dolan is erecting a one-etory cottage on East Morrison street be tween East Seventieth and .ast cev-entv-first streets, at a cost of $1500. L. H. McCartha has erected the founda tion for a dwelling on East Sixty-sixth street between Siskiyou and Stanton streets, at a cost or $300. a suosian tial dwelling will be built on the found ation laler at. a coat bf about $4000. ETJ .j v V.; -' . H-- FRONT ELEVATION' OF fOO.OCO STRUCT L" RE TO RISE OX EAST SIDE. Bids were received until yesterday by Architects MacNaughton & Raymond for the section of the bnhrfocunndca floorspac& O? e! Heintz. owner of the property and the proposed building, has granted the Blake-McFall CmTheypcif?c-yieraorn VZ."? ?S "e for the past 18 a . sincere erection of the Burnside Bridge; has been moved to Its new $2,000 plant, at East Thirtieth street, north of Sullivan', Gulch. . . . THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND; SUBLEASES BLAMED FOR HIGH RENTALS Corner Cigar Stores Pay Big, Keeping Rates Up, Mer chants Are Told MANY DECREASES FOUND Canvass by Committee Keveals That Owners Have Granted Reduc tions, While Men Who Sub rent Refuse to Do So. Blaming the corner cigar stores and those who have subleased downtown buildings for the existence of high LODGE BUILDING MAY BE HEATED BY ELECTRICITY. rentals, a committee of the Retail Mer chants' Association filed a report on its investigation of the rental situation in Portland before a meeting of the asso ciation AVednesday night and quoted the rental schedules In other cities. According to W. B. Shlvely, secre tary of the association, rents in Port land are higher than in New York, considering the number of passers-by before respective locations. The canvass was taken by a com mittee appointed from the membership of the association. In the "big loop" bounded by Third. Tenth. Stark and Yamhill streets, they interviewed more than 200 merchants. Tljey also fol lowed Washington street to Fourteenth street. Third and Fifth streets to Oak street and Sixth street and Broadway to Ankeny streets, these properties also being regarded as belonging prop erly to the congested district Some Rents Reduced. "In this territory we found that 93 merchants had recency obtained re ductions in rent and that reductions had been refused 81." said Mr. Shlvely. "But those who were privileged to dis cuss the situation with the actual own ers of the property in all cases received reductions. The holders of subleases in all instances refuse to grant any concessions. "We found that 68 saloons still occu pied stores in the congested district and that 19 corners were taken up by cigar stores and handsome rentals paid, which tends to Increase rents gener ally. There are a considerable num ber of vacancies but not so many as I noted this week in a personal survey of the streets of Seattle. When the pro hibition law is placed in operation many downtown stores will be ren dered vacant temporarily and this will tend to decrease rents generally." While addressing the association at the Commercial Club Wednesday night Robert H. Strong, manager of the Cor bett estate, explained that the mer chants themselves were responsible for manv of the high rents. He said that in booming times they had vied with one another in making extravagant offers for choice locations. E. J. Jaeger, president of the asso ciation, declared that most of the land lords were willing to reduce the rent to what business, could stand hut that the subrenters complicated the situa tion materially by demanding- big rentals. Prevailing Rate Established. The survey establishes roughly the prevailing rates of rent per front foot per month for stores on the leading , BIDS CLOSED YESTERDAY ON" BLAKE-MTALL streets, but does not make allowance for the depth of the stores and the height of the ceilings. On Washington street between Third and Fourth streets rents varied from $13 to $29 a front foot without any particular cause for the variance. For the balance of the streets the following averages were maintained: Washington, from Fourth to Fifth street, $20; from Sixth to Broadway. $25: from Broadway to Park street. $16 to $35; from West Park to Tenth street, $20: from Tanth to Twelfth street, $10. and from Twelfth to Fourteenth street, $6. . Morrison street between Third and Fourth streets, $20; from Fourth to Fifth street, $17.50; from Fifth to Sixth street, $20. and from Broadway to Park Btreet, $11. Alder street from Third to Fourth street, $8. ' Stark Street Rate Varies. Stark street from Third to Fourth street, $5: from Fourth to Fifth street, 9" from Park to Tenth street, $8. . . Third street from Morrison to wasn ington streets, $15; from Stark to Washington streets, $10. Fifth street, from Stark to Oak streets, $10. Sixth street from Morrison to Alder streets, $15; frond Washington to Stark streets, $17.50; from Stark to Ankeny streets, $15. : Fourth street from Washington to Alder street. $10. The association officers learned by correspondence that an 18-foot front AT. COST OF S50.0OO located at Fulton street and Broadway, New York City, where 1.500,000 people pass daily, rents for $55 a front foot and that a store on Broadway between Warren and Murray streets, opposite the City Hall, brings from $18 to $42 a front foot monthly. In Seattle, where the stores are much deeper than in Portland, and where alleys are provided, the prevailing rent Is front $30 to $38; in Los Angeles the best location averages $40, while good locations on prominent cross streets bring an average rental of about $25. San Francisco Kent, High. In' San Francisco, on Market street between Kearney and Powell streets, the average is reported as being $55, while the average on Kearney, Geary and Stockton street is quoted at $30. In Tacoma the best locations may be had, the report shows, for rentals ranging between $9 and $14; in Oak land, between $15 and $20: in Spokane, between $20 and $25, and in Des Moines between $10 and $25. "Our report shows that In every city except San Francisco, where the fair is in progress, rents are generally on the decrease," said Mr. Shively. "In Spokane the decrease is reported to be 20 per cent. Of course the fact that Portland's stores are small should be considered when the respective rentals are being compared." ' ' A committee will be appointed to hear grievances and try to settle all rent differences equitably. Mr. Shively is chairman of this committee and E. D. Timms will serve as the second mem ber of the Retail Merchants' organiza tion. Three additional members will be chosen from the Commercial Club, the Chamber of Commerce and one from at large. Jobn Zedrlck Starts Cottage. John Zedrick has started the erection of a cottage on East Sixty-seventh between East Flanders and East Gli san streets, to cost $1250. Work has been started on a cottage for B. Am sterdam on East Twenty-second be tween Powell and Tibbetts. The cost will be $1250. A cottage costing $800 is being built for T. Broder on East Seventieth street . near Forty-third avenue. G. G. Larfleld A home to cost Plan, Home. $2500 will be built n Wisteria between for G. G. Larfield o East Fifty-second fourth streets. Mr. and East Fifty Larfield wfll super C. T. Stever will residence on East intend the erection, erect, a one-fitory; Forty-first between and East Harrison be $2250. Hawthorne avenue streets, the cost to BUILD ENG. FEBRUARY 21, 10Tjl; TWO $35,000 DEALS ARE MADE IN WEEK Old Strong Residence Across From Arlington Club Is Now in New Hands. $26,000 IN CASH IS PAID Webb Cherry Orchard Xcar Fair- view 13 Traded for 472-Acre Ranch Southeast of Amity in Yamhill County. Two $35,000 transactions formed the rAn..A " t , Dni.4l.nil f.altv m ii v If at l.CALUtC:0 111 i Ll 1 1 ill ii aw.. ... last week. The old Strong residence, located on an. inside lot cn the west ..:.! r TI 11.. -lr alr.ot hatVAAII Ul tlC0k i Hi n St., - -' Main and Salmon streets, diagonally V. a Acllnirfnn filth X! a 1 sold by J. J. Flaherty to F. K. Ames, a local representative of the Govern ment in ine iimoer serviuo, i valua tion of $35,000. Approximately $26fOO0 WU9 rcyi CDtSiiLCU uy taou- teiaunr 10 me eaiuo irauuBi-uuii, M". Long deeded an eight-room house . a. i ii . ... - T."o o locate a at tne souuiwwi, tui hoi !-. Sixty-second and Hoyt streets to Mr. . ... . . i : o - n ii rw f laneny at a. vaiuaiiun ui j.-w. - i m T ,1 ,J .,.1 rt VI t- Trill- herty a five-room bung-alow located on tne souinwesi tw n;i a.a, a- a. i. t J I l AAta naliiorl at lll.ru miu oiiciiiia.ii BiLGCf, $4500. and J. T. Long, the realty dealer. WHO rcprcarjULCU uuin oiuso - nn- v eacLion, aeeueu lu jui. nnw ij of ground In Mount Scott said to be worth approximately $1;"0Q. As the bal ance of the payment Mr. Ames gave .- r 1 -. BhuoR Air. r laneny puaocoaiuii v. - - in v i m rr T-rw.i i t u ti invflstmoiit Com pany at a valuation of $100 a share. The residence on west ,ra.i. oueot, which was sold several years ago by the Strongs, contains 3 5 rooms. Re cently T. J. Long was the agent to a Ucal WilCiCKj - ivn'iv ceived title to a lot located nearby on o i - ftynnt HatoToen Wost. Park and Tenth streets. It is understood that negotiations are under way for the ac quisition of additional property to com plete a site for the erection of a large apartment-house for bachelors. The other large deal Involved the trade of the famous Webb cherry or chard located between Fairview and the Twelve-Mile House for a 472-acre ranch situated about a mile southeast of Amity in Yamhill County. By the terms of the exchange Lawrence R. Allen releases ownership of the 30-acre cherry orchard known as one of the best improved small places in Mult nomah County, and O. A. Bosserman. of Portland, relinquishes title to the Yamhill County property. Both were placed in the trade at an even valua tion of $35,000. Mr. Bosserman will make his home on the former Webb place and Mr. Allen, who received his degree in civil engineering at Cornell University several year sago, will move i.i. u: n.hn wan fnrmerlv Miss Willi Ikia i iii, I-.' Webb, to the wheat ranch. Later he plans converting tne enure iu o into a stock ranch. The Ralph Ackley Land Company handled the exchange. Big Deal Is Concluded. The announcement made In The Ore- that th Fteic Arms KUiiian i i. v ! 1 1 nj - . apartment building located on the . , .- Tli rtaentn soutnwesi corner ui it..... . . .i.f smi the Chester- ana -vi in ' Linn , - - i;, . bury Hotel annex, located on .fc.asi Twentieth, between Kearney um Joy streets, had been sold by R. F. Wassell and D. B. McBride was con fired last week when the transfer cf title to these properties was filed for record at the Courthouse. The deeds . i . . 1. i .. ..-imi-i;1 Tit la & were maae oul lu mo .. , . - ----- , Trust Company, of Portland, but it is known that tne reai purt.i.-c. " -- iiiioio Th total consid- eratlon is understood to have been $200 000. Nominal supuianuno were recited in each of the deeds. Two Lota Sold for fSTBO. ... i .. . .. mi nn the north side 1 l J luia .ii.ii..." of Pettygrove street between Twenty- fourth ana J wcniy-iui" ... Goldsmith's Addition were sold last week bv W. H. McEldowney. of Forest Grove, to Mrs. K. M. Smith, of Port land for JS750. Wakefield. Fries & Company represented the seller and Parrish. Watkins & Company the pur chaser. , 13,000 Lot Ileal in aac. Property described as lot 4. block 10, Terwllliger Homestead, has been trans ferred by John Loop and associates to William A. Kept for a reported con sideration of J13.000. Small Ueala Are Iteported. George A. Ross has transferred to A. . i ie in hlnrk 1. RoSS- v. ArmstroriB " , , - . a dale, for J3500, the sale including a house. Charles n. j-'wuu - ... .. ki.v Forest Park. m U'C: price heng eiven as SIOOO. ine piupcj -fn .he South East Side in the Wood stock district. . . 1, Knn RllTM TWO LOtH. Christopher P. Scott purchased of . t inn k nnn H 1 Ti Mary BeaKev narrm - DiocK a, .iirtpmn"' .-i. - .. , . , . A. Farah purchased of Herman bchltrf a tract in Laureiwooa ann a tract in .nt 16 ln Diock 1. spurchaed hy Volney S. Ogle, from erty is located on the Peninsula R. C. . rni,n.,a,'. Anrlition. ln tn South Kast Side, lots 15, 13. 20 and 11, for $7720. Woodlawn Lot Brings 1200. James K. Geil purchased lot 4, blocK 28.. Woodlawn. from Louisa Emig, for $1200. A lot on East Lighteenth street, between Thompson and Brazee . .' i0H hv Gertrude streeis. v a t'" 1 ' " ' , , - , v, Richards from Tjnie L. Hymans, the consideration given oem uu....... . . . . .-j .v. hurt nf lrvlneton. lot is locaicu in i' . , . ,. . , At Brentwood, in the South East Side. Jean Thompson iook. - . . jr rioaT,r.A w. Webster. The price was $1600 and the sale in cluded a nome. ' Glencoe Lota Change Hands. Thomas H. Kendlg sold to B O Gal- . j, . 1. Bnth 94 fp.ft Of lOt lup lOl a"Li "i"-" - " , . . . 4. in block 3, Glencoe Park, which in cludes a house, ror erty is located on East Yamhill near East Forty-fourth street. A W 1 T3-i.- r.ro.or1 on Kast r lEty- third street, near Stanton, was pur chased by Lillian DeKeater from Affie B. Hanna, m - " . , i.,i, property is described as lot 19. in block i hint-k 19. Laurelhurst, to Frances C. Sears, for $1400. Sunnyslde ftnnrter Sells. Lots 8 and 9. In block 63. Sunnyside. extending from East Main to East Madison streets, between East Thirty fourth and East Thirty-fifth streets, were sold "by T. M. Hurlburt to T. K. . .cacc Ti 2B in block 20, Ladd;s Addition.' was eold by the Hotel Investment company i y for $1000. This lot is located on Toplar. near Hazel street. .-.win Msflx on Tabor Heights. owv Two large lots in block K. Tabor Heights, were purcnascu u, "'""' "' Tasker, lots 6 and 7, from R. L. Glisan. for $5000. The property is between the Base Line road and East Morrison -- irct si vtv-Kpventh and East Sixty-ninth streets. Lot 7 is 100 by 400 feet and lot 6 is 200 by 50 feet. In Tremont Place in the South East bide, lots 8 and 9. in block 13. were pur chased by G. I Mathews of R. H. Huy sink for $1300. This property is near Woodstock avenue. E. A. Curtis Buys ln Olmsted Tark. B. M. Lombard has .sold to E. A. Curtis lot 2 in Olmsted Park for $1500. Lot 'E" in Parkros. on the Sandy road, was sold to Minnie L. Wampler by Hartman & Thompson for $1150. On Albert, near East Twentieth street, Edythe Bowland has taken title to half of two lots, the price being $180, with a house. S. Goldstein made this sale. Ladd'a Addition Snle Made. Lot 8 in block 8. Ladd's Ad dition, located on Spruce street, was purchased by Irene llodnett from the Ladd Estate Company, for $1800. Celene Cuthburt has taken title to lot 11. east 20 feet of lot 8, in Ladd's Addition, and the west 15 feet of lot 14 in block 15, the price named in the deed being $5165. Lot 5. in block 13. North Irvington, was purchased by John H. Lesser from B. P. John, for $1600. At Arbor Lodge, Peninsula, R. F. Watt pur. chased of Eva B. Gillett a house and lot for $2500. liini.nliln l.nt Brlncrs tlOOO. Jean C. BoIIore transferred to B. Richards lot 9 in block 47 ..nn..i.id unnn Thin lot W. In is located on East TlUrty-nim sireei. bo tween East Main and East Salmon streets. In Rossdale, lot 1 ln block 1 was purchased by C. C. Thompnon from George A. Ross, for $3250. This sale includes a house, located near iih.,in Btpaat in ths North Kast Side. The west half of two lots ln Spraguo's l.lll.n wui mirrhaer1 hv John MOOTO from William H. Van Doren. for $1J00. Tremont Park Lots Are Sold. T - 11 11 n rtA 14. In block 6. Tremont Park, ln the South East Side, were sold by J. XI. Jtemingion 10 J. . Savely for $1200. At Brentwood, ln the Mount Scott Oistlrct, jean inonipsmi v,. lnt .1 in block 1 from Clarence W. Webster, for $1600. The sale included a nome. ELKS PUN HEW HOME COST OF KLAMATH FALLS BVII.I) IX ESTIMATED AT $50,000. Structure to Contain Two Stories and Basement Over Foundation of 50 by 100 Feet. The plans and specifications prepared by architects Houghtaling & Dougan, of Portland, for the erection of the pro posed new Elks Temple at Klamath Kails call for the expenditure of ap proximately $50,000. The structure will be two stories and basement over a 50 by 100 foot foundation and built in the center of a situ 80 by 120 feet in area. The basement will provide a gym nasium, swimming pool, locker rooms and a stfam heating plant. A women's parlo:, writing, reading, lounging, bil liard, card and bar rooms will be lo cated on the first floor while Iho sec ond floor will be devoted to lodge und ante-rooms and a large banquet hall. The interior will be decorated highly with .ornamental plaster, the general scheme of architecture being faithful to the Adam and Georgian periods. The exterior will be red brick with terra cotta trimmings and columns. Mason Robers of Portland, representing the firm of Houghtaling & Dougan. will supervise the construction work at Klamath Falls. The working drawings are now be ing rushed to completion in the hope of having the Job ready for contractors bids by Alarch 1. The building may be heated by elec tricity, making it one of the few structures of that type ln the country. The accepted design of the building was chosen from sketches submitted by San Francisco, Portland. Mcdford and Klamath Falls architects. TWO $11000 T11AES JIEPOKTKD Johnson Creek Park At it-agc Jlrlngs I inatillii Liiiid ami Cnsli. .. "'..I T-i- Lr r.mnrta thO following exchange of properties made by him during the present wcov. .. . -n f,,p Krnest Ln- seven hi;i-d "-- - derwood and Caroline I'nderwood. in Johnson Creek 1'arK, locim-u v Station. 11 miles east of Portuand t-n the Kstaeada carline. highly improved , , i,.i,ilnir Ktrictly mod- 111 evci) j . . ern nine-room house, at a valuation of $6000. to H. I. Gardner for 145 acres of land In Tmatilla County Oregon, at a valuation oi m. balance the difference. Last week H. P. Gardner exchanged seven acres at Wilson Station on the Estacada carline. on which there are modern improvements, at a va nation of $6000. to J. F. Draper, for lots I. . 10 and 11. in Tremont Place, with im provements consisting of house and chicken-houses, at a valuation of $30u0. with mortgage to balance difference. In this transaction Mr. Gardner was represented by Samuel Doak and J. r. Draper by Samuel Norton. Cannery To Me Completed. The cannery of the Gresham Fruit Growers' Association now will be com pleted. The directors have called for a 25 per cent, assessment on the capital stock with which to purchase machines and equip the building. The total cot of the structure, with the machinery, will be between $6000 and $7000. It covers half an acre of land in North Gresham. F. J. Kaster. the process man. Is at Gresham now preparatory to the Installation of machinery. It Is esti mated that about 500 acres of new b.-r. ries and vegetables will be plan ed to be used at the cannery and for ship ment through the cannery. A ram naign of education Is being carried on by the officers of the growers as sociation among the farmers ln an ef fort to Increase the acreage. Ii. r.. Davis, president. Is ln demand as a speaker at the Grange meetings and other gatherings, with the resu.t that a large Increase of acreage is expected in Eastern Multnomah and Clackamas counties. Fairview Repairs City Ha". The Fairview Council has taken steps to complete the city hall of that place, which Is used as a communis building. The inside Is to be f Inished and a fire escape is to be built at one end. Also the council has taken the initial steps toward the construction of a municipal water works. Surveys have been run and estimates made a to the probable cost. A special elect on will be held in midsummer when the water works' proposition will be sub mitted to a vote of the people of the place. nwrlllng to Cost aOO0. Earl E Fogel has begun the erection of a one-story dwelling on Borthwlck street, corner of Morgan. The cost wil be $2000. A one-story dwelling to cost $1200 Is being built for J. I. on East Thirty-fourth street between Webster and Emerson streets. I'. 3,1. Tozier is the builder. . W. Ward Builds $2000 Home. D W Ward has started on a one story frame residence on Simpson street between East Eighth and Last Ninth streets, the cost to be $2000 Mr. Ward is superintending the erection. Talbot I?oad Gets New Home. A W Kutsohe has broken .ground at 756 Talbot road, ln Greenway Addition, for the erection of a two-story frame residence for Mrs. Kutsche. The build ing will cost about $4500. BUILDERS LESS BUSY January Permits in 75 Cities Show Average Decrease. 25 IS PER CENT LOST Total of $3i,71C,7l8 Is Compared to $46,147,407 for Same Trrlnd ln 1014 New York .Makes Gain of 35 Per Cent. A mitigation of the tinfavorahls building statement for January may properly be made. For two ressons the present actual building conditions are less unsatisfactory than the statistics would Indicate. In the first pla e. many architects sre engaged on plan for Spring work, permits for which have not yet been sought. Office work M therefore more active Ihsn that of the permits issued, ln the second place., cur rent construction Includes much wor, the permits for which wero secured several months ago, the actual work at that time having been deferred cn ac count of an unfavorahlo money mar ket. Official reports of the building per mits issued during ths month of Janu ary in 75 cities, received by tha Ameri can Co.-.trsctor, Chicago, show a total of J34.712.71S. compared wth $46.447. -497 for January, 1M4. a drorcsne of 2 per rent. Of the cities 21 show pains and :: losses. New York City mskes the splendid gain of 3S per rsnt. only two of Its five boroughs showing losses. At Chicago, the comparative loss Is onlv 9 per cent. Among the winners In the comparison, together with percentages of gains, are the following: Albanv, U'S; Montclalr. 312; 1'nterson. 141; Scheneotadv, 21!2: Spokane. 171: Springfield, III.. M: Syracuse, 10:.; Toledo. 129; Troy. 416; I' Ilea, l.'i2. 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