TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY- 27, 1916.
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LABOR TEMPLE SITE
AT FIFTH AND MAIN
Northwest Corner, Opposite
Courthouse, is Chosen for
$100,000 Structure.
CLASS A IS SPECIFIED
Deciding Vole on rurcliasc of Prop
erty, Taken Three 'Weeks Ago,
Not Announced Vntil Today.
Association In Charge.
BY CHESTER A. MOORES.
After thoroughly considering a total
f 90 submitted locations, the duly au
thorized representatives of the 72 labor
uniono in Portland have voted urnvnl
mouply to erect the proposed jmo.OUU
Labor Temple on property 100 feet
quare situated on the northwest cor
ner of Fifth and Main streets, directly
across Fifth street from the County
Courthouse.
The vote to purchase this site was
ai -. m.tinc two weeks ago to-
dav. when three delegates from each,
union were inviteKto cast their oai
lots. but the effect of that action was
not made public until today.
The property at Fifth and Main
atreets has been owned by Joseph M.
Healy, who is represented in the sale
bv V E Taylor, president of the fort
land Realtv Board. While the price
and terms have already been def mite y
agreed upon for the transfer of tnis
valuable corner, they will not be made
public for the time being.
Modern Structure Planned.
The labor authorities of Portland, or
ganized under the title of the Central
Labor Building Association, have lor
several months been looking for a site
and arranging to finance the construc
tion of what they hope to make tne
most modern and complete labor temple
in the entire country. Recently the
building committee of the association
took an option on land at the upper
a .v.o ih exnosition property on
Twentieth and Washington streets and 1 f
A building was designed to m aim..
cation. This site, however, did not
meet with favor among the unions, and
various sites in different parts of tlie
West Side district were considered un
til the delegates of all unions decided
unanimously upon the Healy property
at Fifth and Main streets.
This property, besides being a most
tvightlv corner, situated only six blocks
from the heart of the business district
and on carlines. has the additional ad
vantage of being near the County
Courthouse and within a block of -the
City Hall, two permanent public build
ings that draw many people up Fiftn
Street every weekday in the year.
Action lit Felt aa Booat.
The fact that the labor people of this
community have , decided to erecta
1100.000 building on a corner worth
considerably more than the cost of the
biiiidinir will not only prove a distinct
boost to the local realty and building
market and thus benefit the community
eenerallv. but will put the Portland
labor unions on the map as among the
most progressive a"nd enterprising In
the great country-wide organization of
labor.
It is understood that each union man
In Portland will have some definite In
terest In the new home, which means
that each has substantially manifested
his loyalty for Portland and his faith
In its permanent growth and pros
perity. Claa.-A Mrurtare Specified.
The newly revised plans for the pro
posed temple, as drawn by the archi
tects, lloughtallng & Pouuan, of Port
land, call for a Class-A structure. Thus
far It has not been determined defi
nitely whether the first floor of the
proposed building is to be divided into
stores or the entire building erected
exclusively as a labor temple, but the
latter is regarded as the probable
course. '
Tho lowest floor of the building,
erected as a half basement, is sched
uled to house the reading, lounging and
billiard rooms, the gymnasium, plunge,
cigar stand and the storage rooms for
the Implements of th various unions.
The- next floor, if the building is to
le used exclusively as a labor temple,
will be divided into 24 offices, to be
used as the official headquarters or
the different unions belonging to the
Central Labor Council.
The floor above has been designed
for division into 13 meeting halls and
four committee rooms, while the top
most floor is to provide three meeting
rooms, six committee rooms, a large
assembly room and a kitchen and pan
try to be employed on banquet occa
sions. The assembly hall will have a
seating capacity of between 750 and
1000 and -v i 1 1 be supplemented by a
stage and accessory rooms.
Women" Quarters Provided.
There Is also to be a mezzanine floor
that is to be turned over to the uses ot
the women affiliated with the labor or
ganizations. The mezzanine will con
tain two halls for club meetings and
general entertainments and there will
also be parlors, reading, cloak and
dining rooms and a kitchen.
It is not yet known when ground will
be broken for the construction of the
proposed new building, but It is re
garded as probable that the plans will
be sufficiently advanced to warrant
the formal call for bids in a little over
a month from present date.
The property at Fifth and Main
streets is now partially covered with
od frame buildings that will have to
be razed-before construction activity
can tie actually launched.
EAST SIDE WANTS FIRMS
AVTOMOHII.K CONCKR.S INVITED
TO FORM NKW AITOMOHILK HOW.
Eat Side Bunineos Men' t'lnb to Send
. Out Letter. Thin Week Irglnir Ad
vantages of Kant Side Territory.
The East Side Business Men's Club
has started a movement by which it
hopes to have vacant business lots on
Grand avenue and other paved streets
occupied by automobile houses. This
movement supplements the effort to
place commission and wholesale houses
in the district between Union avenue
and Willamette River, and which has
proved a success,
N. U. Carpenter, president of the
Citizens' Bank, who led the movement
for the new bank and East Side Hold
ing Company's buildings on Grand ave
nue and East Alder streets, called at
tention to these vacant locations in his
address at the get-together luncheon
held on Tuesday. He then said that
manv Grand avenue owners were ready
to put up modern buildings If they were
assured mat tney wouiu ue occuuicu.
Mr. Carpenter said Grand avenue spe
cially is fitted for automobile concerns
tor ins i, & -Toil iiiAk i . . v i . . o.i . . - -atreets
in central East Portland had!
been paved and could be used
demonstration purposes. ,
President J. Cannells was instructed
to appoint a special committee to take
up the matter. Secretary L. M, Lepper
was- instructed to prepare a communi
cation to automobile firms setting forth
the advantages of these locations and
these letters will be sent out the en
suing week.
The plan is to secure the co-operation
of the owners xif vacant sites. A list
of these will be made. Architects will
be consulted and automobile firms
seeking locations will be brought into
touch with the owners of these vacant
sites.
If tho Milwaukle taxjayers authorise
the Council to purchase the Milw.aukie
Water Company s plant for JbtiOO at tne
special election called' for next Satur
day, the Council then will be prepared
to complete the Bull Run water sys
tem at once, except in the Minthorne
district. If the election carries it will
mean that all the injunction suits
pending by this company will bo dis
missed, and the city will be left free
to complete the municipal plant, which
the city is anxious to do.
The. Northwest Mortgage & Bond
Company is ready Xo take the whole
$25,000 bond issue muthorized last year
with which to construct the distribution
system. Giebisch & Jplin, . of Port
land, were the lowest bidders to build
the distribution system and the firm is
ready to start construction as soon as
the contract is signed. . Milwaukle will
have a municipal plant costing 150,500.
including the purchase price of the Mil
waukie Water Company. For the ta,-'
DELEGATED
!r C K ''"tt f H FT IT H . f $J
1 1 L L fks ttezM rJ 5s - i ' -JJiM Ur-f 5 - ,-J
III 1 1.1)1 G DESIGNF.D rOR COTVSTR ICTIOA' 0 SOKTI1RAST rOBXEIl
ADJOINING COLHTIIOUSir.,
500 it will acquire property which has
cost the owners $15,000, and includes
some steel mains. The city contem
plates furnishing water to Milwaukle
Heisrhts and the Open Air Sanitarium,
which is outside thb city limits at
present.
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Preparations are being made to erect
a depot at Carver, the terminus of the
Portland & Oregon City Railway, at
what has been called Baker bfridge.
across the Clackamas River. The track
has been finished to this point and
trains are in operation between East
Moreland and Carver. At Carver a
25-acre tract has been secured by
Stephen Carver, the promoter of this
line, and tho depot will be built on this
tract.
At present steam power Is used to
operate the cars, but later it is planned
to use motor curs. The track is fin
ished to Bybre avenue. In Eastmore-
land, but It will be completed on the
rest of the route to jsast ir.ira ana
Market streets, where Mr. Carver re
cently purchased a quarter block. The
"farmers at the end ol tne line are nna-
Ing this line a great advantage anil
there is already considerable travel.
The trak is about one mile south of
the National Guard grounds at Clacka
mas station.
BEACH SITES
XKAH-KAII-MK PROPERTY GOING
FAST TO roRTLANDHRS.
Victor A. Johnson, Hunt C. Lewla, Don
ald Green and Others Among
Those Who Have BoukM l.ota.
' The balmy weather has blessed
Portland during the past two weeks
has evidently given Portlanders early
visions of a Summer vacation at the
seashore, judging trom the number of
sales negotiated recently by Richard
Wilder and F. II. V. Andrews, who are
the selling agents for the scenic Neah-Kah-Nie
beach property in Tillamook
County. ,
Among tlie most recent purchasers of
Neah-Kah-Nie building locations- are
Victor A. Johnson, Hunt C. Lewis, Don
ald Green. C. E. MeCulloch and Miss
Barbara Bartlett. All have purchased
sites between Neah-Kah-Nie Tavern
and the famous Neah-Kah-Nie Moun
tain, which is said to be one of. the
highest promontories along the entire
Pacific Coast shore, of North America,
and all of the purchasers are contem
plating the construction of Summer
cottages on their property in the near
future. In addition Henry F. Wentz,
the artist, is building a new home along
the ocean front not far from the site
of his former cottage.
Improved transportation facilities
have been arranged to take care of the
increased size of the Neah-Kah-Nie
Summer population and 3. G. Reed,
owner of the Neah-Kah-Nie properties,
is preparing to finish the nine-hole
coif course that has been mapped out
at the base of the mountain.
MANY LEASES BEING CLOSED
Stanley S. Thompson Co. Announce
Activity In Last Bays.
- The Stanley S. Thompson Company
reports the following leases closed
within the past 10 days:
Store-room, No. 545 Washington
street, owned by Dr. Mathew V. Fenton,
leased to Friend & Welch, tailors.
Store-room, No.. 547 Washington
street, leased to J. Galvin for a
furniture" store: Dr. , Mathew F.
Fenton, owner.
Store-room. No. 163- First street,
leased to M. Nusbaum for a hardware
store: H. J. Ottenheimer, owner.
Store-room, No. 171 First street,
leased to -Dantzsher & Lee for a furni
ture store; H. J. Ottenheimer, owner. -
Store-room, No. 218 Morrison street,
leased to George Pulos, et al. for a con
fectionery and cigar store; Closset
Realty Company, owner.
Store-room, No. 108 Fourth street,
rented to the Skee Ball Amusement
Company; Blumauer Hoch, owners.
Picture theater, on the corner of
Seventy-second and Fifty-fourth ave
nue Southeast, leased to Claud H.
Smith. .
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BUILDING
ACTIVITY
CONTINUES TO GAIN
Several New Important Realty
Deals Also" Reported
During Week.
$500,000 MILL' TO RISE
Plant to Be located at Silverton.
$2 75,000 Option on Business
Corner in Portland Rumbred.
Big Deal Is Pending.
During an active period in realty and
building circles last week the most
important definite items of news in-
LABOR AUTHORITIES OF PORTLAND VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO PURCHASE
VALUABLE CORNER AND ERECT $100,000 LABOR TEMPLE.
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volved the construction of a $500,000
sawmill at Silverton, the awarding of
the contract for the Portland Audito
rium, the issuance of a half-dozen, large
building permits in , Portland, and a
number of significant building . an
nouncements and farm sales from out-of-town
points.
Behind the actual news events ap
parently were well-founded reports
that the $275,000 option on the property
at the northwest corner of Sixth and
Stark streets would be closed soon, and
the belief that C. D. Hillman, the Pasa
dena millionaire, who recently bought
22,000 acres of land In Central Oregon,
would soon consummate the purchase
of perhaps twice that much additional
acreage among the Central and south
ern Oregon lands which he investigated
personally last week. "
A realty announcement of tremen
dous importance is scheduled to bo
made in Portland this week, and the
atmosphere surrounding this news is
such that it promises to give the Port
land realty market one of the most
stimulating tonics received 'in years.
r00,0M( Mill la Ordered. ,
Announcement was made last week
upon the return from the East of M. C.
Woodard. general manager of the Sil
ver Falls Timber Company, that the
company woujd erect a $500,000 plant
on its property at Silverton, to be op
erated in conjunction with the com
pany's logging camps nearby. The con
cern owns about 35.000 acres of good
timber land situated tributary to Sil
verton. Residence at noodnlork to Rise.
J. L. Schuerman will erect a story
and half residence at 6223 East Eighty
ninth street in Woodstock, between
Woodstock avenue and East Sixty-third
avenue. The structure will cost $3000.
Anna Steinhausen has started the
erection of a story and half building
at 963 East Irying street, between East
Thirty-first and East Thirty-second
streets, the cost to be $1500. . .
Heights Apartment Started.
The F. E. Bowman Coftipany last
week also began the erection of a two-
story brick and stucco apartment build
ing on its recently acquired land, 100
feet square, at the northeast corner of
Nineteenth and Elm streets, opposite
Bishopcroft. Portland Heights. The
building will be of Knjrlish architecture
and will cost about $32,000. The build
ing is to be divided into eight five-room
apartments with private front porches,
and with two supplementary garage
buildings in the rear.
V1S.OOO frvlngton Home Ordered,
W. P. Dickey, president of the Port
land Cattle Loan Association, not only
paid the F. E. Bowman Company $4500
last week for 150 by 100 feet of land
ATTRACTIVE EAST SIDE RESIDENCE IS PURCHASED BY
DR. E. H. EAST.
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FORMER I. . HOLTOX HESIUKV
Through the joint efforts of fw
and J. B. Patterson, Irving S. Hoi
on the west side of East Fifty-fift
to Dr. E. H. East for a considera
hood of $11,000. The property em
idence extends, two and a half sto
sleeping porch. As part considera
20 acres located at Keedvlile, in w
paid in cash and mortgages.
at the southwest corner of East Twen
tv-eicrhth and Thompson streets, but
contracted with the same firm for the
erection of a J15.000 residenec on the
property. The trees are now being
cleared to make way for a two-and-a
half-storv. 14-room Colonial home.
Features are to be a billiard room In
the tiasement. an oak living-room 16x30
feet in size, and a large sleeping-porch
A large garage will match the areni
lecture of the residence.
Oregon JVevrn Building Started.
The Oregon News Company last week
took out a building permit for the con
struction of a two-story brick ware
house building at 440 Glisan street, on
25 bv 100 feet of property purchaser.
recently. The plans for the J20.000
building were drawn by Houghtaling &
Dousran. and the contract is in the
hands of James P. Taylor.
Kaola 'Company Starts Building;.
A permit was Issued last week to the
Kaola Company for the erection of i
large two-story frame warehouse build
insr on Roosevelt street, between Twen
tieth street and Sherlock avenue. The
structure will cost about $5000, but the
plant may be expanded later. W. is.
Hadley will have charge of the con
struction work.
Auditorium Contract Taken.
After requesting that he be allowed
to withdraw his bid and yet not for
feit his certified checK, Hans Pederson,
the Seattle contractor who was low
bidder for the contr'uetion of the Port
land Auditorium building, last week
decided that he would accept the con
OF FIFTH AND MAIN STREETS,
tract as it stood and proceed with ar
rans-ements to start' the erection of
the. building. Mr. Pederson's bid, ap
proximately was $320,000, which wai
considerably lower than any of the
other proposals. It was contended
that a mistake had been made in fig
uring on the brick cost.
Architect Get Baker Job.
he desicn of the Portland archi
tectural firm of Lawrence & Holford
was selected by the school board of
Baker as the one to be followed In the
erection of the $125,000 school building
to be erected in that city. The exte
rior walls are to be of local stone and
brick. The building is to be two stories,
of E shape and located on a site 250
feet square in area.
v Permit Issued for $112,000 Home.
J. H. Tillman. . a contractor and
builder, last week obtained a building
permit for the contruction of a $1
000 residence at S30 Thompson street
in Irvlngton. The building will ex
tend two stories high.
I'lano 'Ordered for Mill Repairs.
The officers of the. Inman-Poulsen
Lumber Company have commissioned
architects Camp & DuPuy to draw
plans and specifications to reconstruct
the company s plant on the East Side,
which was recently damaged by fire to
the extent of $150,000. The main
building is 150 by 300 feet in size and
the principal work will be the recon
struction of the burned portions.
Repaint Will Coat f 11,000
Tl. J. Stewart has commenced repair
ing the three-story brick store build
ing owned by the Failing Estate at
95 First street. The permit, issued
last week, gives $11,000 as the probable
cost of the work.
The Oregon Builders have started on
the erection of three modern residences
at the northwest corner of East
Twentieth and East Pine streets, to oc
cupy the quarter block at this corner,
the cost of which will be about. $350o
each. Erection of these structures
mark new activity in this district.
S. C. Schuerman is having built a
residence with two stories at 390 East
Forty-seventh street. North, between
Hancock and Broadway streets, the
cost to be $1000. George C. Ulrich is
the builder.
Guistiana, Bros. have started the
erection of a modern two-story frame
residence at 1194 East Burnside street
near East Thirty-ninth street, the cost
to be $4500. s
Olmstrad Park" Corner Brlnsa aOOO.
Mrs. Clara L. Saunders has paid B.
M. Lombard $2000 for the vacant lot
situated at the northeast corner of
Glenn and Dunckley avenues in Olm
stead Park. The property is described
as lot 1. in block 9. . "
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CE. KAST FIFTY-FIFTH STRF.EI'. ,
o Portland realty men, A. Veeter
ton has sold his residence, located
h ' street, near Hawthorne avenue,
Hon reporterl to be in the neighbor
braces nearly fiveTots, and the res
ries high, with ten rooms and a
tion, Air. Holton accepted title to
ashington County, the balance being
LAND SLIDES LAID
TO DRAINAGE FAULTS
City Supervision of Fills and
. Cuts Is Suggested as
Preventative.
PROBLEM ONE OF WATER
Proper Steps, if Taken at ICight
Time, "Will Do Away With Dunger.
Tapping of Underground.
Springs fs Advised.
The recent slides on the hillsides
and heights of Portland have inflicted
heavy damage and endangered some
of Portland's beautiful homes. Natur
ally, many persons are asking ques
tions. They want to know what causes
these slides and "usually they can get
a different explanation from each per
son they ask.
Investigation proves that a few of
the slides that have taken place are
the result of natural conditions on the
heights, but practically all of them are
caused from artificial conditions re
sulting from improvements made to the
property without proper precautions to
safeguard against future slides.
The slides are In every instance lo
cal and seldom cover an area of more
than a few hundred square feet. And
In each case the slide can be traced to
some definite blunder or lack of fore
sight on the part of some owner or
his contractor. In some cases carefully
planned and expensively built struc
tures - erected for the express purpose
of preventing filled ground from slid
ing have been the one all-Important
factor in causing the slide, and in
other cases similar fills have been
dumper loose on a hillside and have
stood like rock without protection of
any kind.
Problem One of M ater.
The whole problem seems to be one
of water. In other cities when a slide
occurs it is said to be from the removal
of the "lateral support." In otner
words, if you cut into the toe of a
slope or cut off the foot of a hill you
remove the support of the earth above
and it will cave. For that reason.
whenever deeo cuts are made, heavy
and expensive concrete or rock walls
are built to supply the support reinoveu
when the earth is taken away. But
in Portland numerous perpendicular
banks have stood for years without
sliding or caving except the flaking
off of thin layers from tne action oi
frost each Winter. -Why a slide in one
place and hot another? It is purely a
question of whether or not there is
water in the ground.
The problem of Portland's hills
seems to be entirely one of drainage.
It is not a (uiestion of "lateral support"
or tho "ancle or repose," but purely a
question, first, of keeping the water
out of the ground, anil second, of get
ting it out quickly once it has got in.
Furthermore, where proper steps me
taken in advance to prevent water
from standing on the surface and
soaking- into the ground and, further
steps are taken to underdrain all sur"
face ground and tap all underground
springs and covered water courses and
bring them into properly constructed
drains, hillside property can be made
as safe and stable as any other prop
erty. This is evidenced by the proved
stahllltv of Westover Terrace. and
other properly safeguarded heights
districts.
Mldea May He Halted. '
More than that, extensive slides, al
ready started, and moving at such a
rate as to endanger nut only the prop
ertv in their path but the lives of the
workmen -rnsraired in trying to stop
them, can be brought to a standstill and
by means of efticicnt draining made
firm and stable as the everlasting
hills so long as the drains are not in
terfered with. (
This is the case on St. Francis hill
uhove St. Vincent's hospital, where two
years ago a slide was . under way that
until stopped threatened aisasier to me
section below, and on Vista avenue,
where the wall that went out three
,.ra airo has been rebuilt and made
safe. Similar action was taken by the
water board in City ParK several years
Some of the slides about Portland
have been caused in the past by care-
essness or lack of understanding on
the nart of citv employes and contrac
tors. Many more, however, have been
caused by private individuals who have
pone ahead without understanding
their nroblems. and without getting
.omoetcnt advisers who did understand
them Thev have made deep cuts or
heavv fills on their properties, not pro
viding surface drains to keep the water
out. ignoring natural water courses or
channels and not tapping ana arainms
underground springs, with the result
thnt not onlv their own- but their
neighbor's property and large sections
of city streets have Dcen ruineu.
Mr. Dleck I tlnoted.
U. Cr. Dieck. Commissioner of Public
Works, says: "There has recently oeen
much uneasiness because or tne snues
which Imve developed at numerous
rin.-ea in the hill sections ol tne city.
The citizens neea nae no icai mfti
tho slides recently occurring are. gen
oral in their character. The wide
separation of the disturbances clearly
nrnvu this statement. In every case
examined, the fault in the surface is not
of wide extent and tnereiore iear mat
the whole hill section is in movement
should disappear. As a corollary to
this statement, the disturbance in every
case appears to have been caused by
construction work of a more or less in
different character, such as filling over
old water, courses and over undrained
areas and improper drainage of works
ntended to confine the eartn.
"There seem to be three causes of
slides, namely: Insufficiency of sub
surface drainage, the improper con
struction of walls, bulkheads or other
protective works, and the placing of
fills where there are or have been
water courses or springs, without pro
viding foiproper drainage.
The public nas generally neBiecieu
consideration of a proper drainage
-heme for the lull sections and as a
THREE FIRST-CLASS
Real Estate Salesmen Wanted
To Sell WESTOVER TERRACES
An exceptional opportunity is open on a
substantial salary and commission basis.
A PERMANENT PROPOSITION
Only the highest class experienced real
estate salesmen will be considered; if you
cannot prove to us your ability and char
acter, do not apply.
F. N. CLARK & CO.
result large areas, which before con
structioB gave no evidence of Insta
bility, have been placed in a condition
which makes movement easy.
Knirntlaln to Correction C'ltrd.
"To correct the present conditions
there are two essentials: (1) Adequate
drainage and (-') well-designed protec
tive works. The department of pub
lic works believes that It has solved
this matter in Its work on Vista ave
nue and at the St. Francis Hill slide,
and offers its services in consultation
with any owner or any engineer who
may be engaged in the protection of
the hill property.
"Such advice, of course, will be given
in the publicMntcrest and with no intent
to interfere with private engineering
practice. Tho public should profit by
the experience and work of the depart
ment and should feci that such ex
perience is of prime importance in solv
ing the difficulties now confronting the
hill sections."
AVilliam II. Lewis, president of the
Lewis-Wiley Hydraulic Company, says:
"There is no question in my mind
that the cause of the Portland slides
is the water in the ground, 'lhis was
called to my attention several years
ago by Mr.- Fuller, of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, who
said he had noticed the slides on Port
land Heights were invariably caused by
covering up some underground spring;
that the water would then seek an out
let and frequently woulcj soften great
masses of earth and cause them to slide.
"Knowing the general principle, but
with this caution especially in mind,
we studied the ground more carefully
when building Westover Terraces and
took unusual precautions to tap the
springs and lead them to the surface
or into underground drains. We also
put gravel In the bottom of all gulches
and ravines or other watercourses, so
that the water could find easy outlet.
These gravel drains carry off great
quantities of water every Winter, that
if not furnished such an outlet would
unquestionably do great damage.
"We found that the hills of Port
land are full of underground springs
that dry up in Summer, but have a
heavy flow in Winter. One of these
springs we found -0 feet underground
had cut a course for Itself through the
clay as large as a man's body. Need
less to say. we tapped It and turned it
into our drains. If such precautions
are taken hillside property can He
made absolutely safe.
"The best Illustration of this prin
ciple was the work done by Commis
sioner Dieck in stopping the slide on
St. Francis Hill, above St. Vincent's
Hospital. In that cuse a great mass
of earth had broken loose from the
hill and was hanglg on the brink of
a steep slope, toward' which it was
ovine: at the rate of a root or so
each day, and a short time previously
quite a small portion (of the mass hail
broken away and swept down into St.
Vin,cent's Hospital grounds and had
even, piled the hospital basement with
several feet of mud.
I'onditlotiM .4 Tonne Allirin.
"It seemed impossible that it could be
stopped and there was general alarm
among those familiar with the condi
tions. It was feared that a great dis
aster was imminent.. Commissioner
Dieck took hold and pushed a tunnel
into the hill through sliding earth,
when most of us thought tho situation
hopeless. I don't know how he knew
where to locate the spring, but he dm
locate it. Then he turned It into a
roek-fllled drain and the slide was ab
solutely stopped. There has been no
movement since.
"There has really never been a proper
appreciation of what was accomplished
in this case. The quantity or moving
earth was sufficient .to have swept
away the hospital and many private,
homes. Not only was a great catastro
phe avoided, but it was clearly dem
onstrated that by scientific treat
ment intelligently applied such a slide
can be stopped after it has started, and
even after it has reached the dangerous
stage.
"Westover Terraces, which we built
with careful regard to all these princi
ples of protection, proves the theory.
The acid test to which all Portland
hillside property was subjected during
the recent storms merely demonstrated
that our property will not slide.
"It is my idea that many of the slides
in Portland could be prevented and
others could be stopped when they first
start if funds were provided so that the
Department of Public Works could pro
ceed without delay whenever a slide
starts or is imminent to take the nec
essary steps to relieve the situation.
City Supervision trued.
"Furthermore, I believe that just as
the city requires that plans ot all
buildings be filed before permits can
be issued, so plans should be filed
and inspection made whero cuts or
fills are to be made or retaining walls
built in the hill sections of tho city,
and that no such work be undertaken
without a permit.
"A few years of careful supervision
and inspection would put an end to
slides and, what is almost as Impor
tant, the fear of slides on the part of
our hillside residents. For our part,
we took advantage of every opportu
nity to submit our Westover Terraces
plans to the city and so have them in
spect our work. Any engineer or con
tractor who wants to do good, safe
work ought to welcome eui-h supervision
and inspection."
Vice-President Fuller, of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company,
says
"After observations extending over
a period of about -5 years of the va-
rious slides which have occurred on the t
hills west of the city of Portland, com
monly known as various heights, 1 urn
led to the conclusion that almost all of
these slides have been the result of
making embankments or fills on
ground either in gulches or on side
hills without making provision for the
escape of any water which may collect
or be discharged underneath such fills.
"The water from perpetual springs Is
usually taken care of by proper drains,
but there are many slopes where Win
ter springs of considerable volume are
in evidence toward the end of the rainy
season. These frequently flow only for
a short period, and are not at all no
ticeable when the natural surface Is
covered with vegetation. Nevertheless
their flow is frequently sufficient to
soften up the lower layers of the made
embankment, which then slides out.
often taking with it a portion of the
natural ground.
Water IVoted After Slide.
"Immediately after the occurrence of
most of the slides which 1 have ex
amined water can be seen flowing from
these springs in considerable volume nd
running down tho path oi me snoe.
Thpy may cease running in a few days
so that the real cause of the slide would
not be In evidence.
Proper drainage under fins would
CONTRACTORS
W h i c h of Portland'
residence tracts lias re
mained particularly pro
gressive alert and active
during the past three lean
years ? '
cIhirf
'liScAJiilioru'J deauiiiM.rioiw.-j
Well, now that TIMES
ARE GOOD, can't you seo
the wonderful advantage
LAURELHURST has over
other sections of the city.
It seems as though Every
body Wants a Home in.
I.aurclhurst.
We haven't enough new
homes to show prospects.
If you have a good record
back of you, we've a won
derful opening for you in
LAURELHURST. '
We spend thousands of
dollars. every year adver
tising contractors and Hell
ing their houses. Is there
any other real estate con
cern that will do as much
for you ?
Come in at 270 "A Stark
street and look over our
large assortment of new,
up-to-date plans. You can
use them without charge.
Don't wait another day.
We'll get your loan for
you.
PAUL C. MURPHY.
Sales Agent.
practically eliminate all danger of
slides. In tact, proper rimlnago will
not only protect rills from all danger
of movement as a whole, but has also
proved to be a remedy in many cases
where large areas of natural ground
were Mlipping with a glacial movement
during wet seasons.
"The nearest example Is 'bat of the
." acres of ground nearly H'O feet In
depth in tho City Park, the movement
of which was absolutely stopped year
aco by underdiHin.s constructed by tho
Water Hoard.
'Numerous similar examples could
he cited where aitilieii'.l drainage has
stopped acres of nmving ground anil,
conversely, proper drainage installed
before a fill is made will give practical
Insurance against Its sliding out."
Pv pliotournr hv. wllll a vlln atlnn Im".
nn KiiKllxh elenllst liu limt-.l n linhlimut
fljinh at ene-iiliu-n-enlh ef n .-"'"I.
State Members
Portland Realty Board
The following real estate men are
he accredited members in their re
spective cities of the Portland Real
spective cities of the i iirtiami ncm
ty Hoard. None ol these souglll
membership, but win selected after
a canvass of the available men In
their line. If you have u real estate
l transaction in anv ol these rifles
or wish informal ion. write them:
Albany J. A. Howald. .1. V. Pipe.
AittorlH Astoria Harbor Imp. Co.
lend .1. A. Kasli.
t.rnlito Vnnn W. A. liogaid.
Crrnila l'n 1. V. Herman, Joseph
Moss.
Klnmntli l-nll l-Mmund Al. Chlleotc.
MeMlnii Mle AK-Minnville Land Co.
Philomath Henry Ainlder. "
Tillamook -Rollie W. Watson.
Director) of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
Members of Life Underwriters'
Association of Oregon
Win r;olitnian. Manager,
Nation al, ni-iu.
oreljiiliiuii ItlilK.
11 li- O'lto", Manur.
JUSSArlll'SElM MLTl.'AL. I. IKK.
fiianiber of 1'oiiuncrc-o Hldir
K 1, Harmon, Alanaijur,
1ESN ML 1'UAL UfK.
Nurthwesorii Ifmik Hl'itf.
Iturai-D Mi-ckkai, Manager,
NEW KM5I.AND Ml.' T UAL. LIKE,
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Main
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