THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. DECE3IEKR 28. 1919.
REALTY BOARD SETS
ELECTION FOR FRIDAY
F. W. German and F. McCrillis
Run for President.
YEAR'S WORK IS ACTIVE
Passage of Housing Code Among
Accomplishments Business
Men's Excursions Begun.
WHn the year 1919 drawing to a
close, a year that has been one of
the most successful in many ways
in the history of the organization, the
Portland Realty board will hold its
annual business meeting and election
on Friday, January 2. The meeting
will follow the regular weekly lunch
eon at the Benson hotel. Owing to
the holiday season no luncheon was
held last week.
Officers to be elected at the forth
coming session include the president,
ecretary, three vice-presidents, treas
urer and five members of the ap
praisal committee.
The present officers will retire this
week after a most successful admin
istration and one marked by a line
of achievements running throughout
the year. Herman von Borstel, who
has been one of the most active mem
bers of the board for more than five
years, is the retiring president, while
other officers whose terms will ex
pire are Fred W. German, first vice
president; G. G. Rohrer, second vice
president; A. R. Ritter, third vice
president; J. W. Crossley, secretary;
B. Lee Paget, treasurer.
Mr. Von Borstel Is Active.
Mr. Von Borstel was elected first
vice-president in January and be
came chief executive of the board
upon the resignation of Paul C. Mur
phy. As president he has given his
best efforts to the board and thj ex
cellent spirit which has been mainr
tained and the feeling of co-operation
which has marked the past year
to an unusual degree are held to be
due in no little measure to his leader,
ship. Mr. Von Borstel had served sev
eral terms as vice-president and was
for a number of years head of the en
tertainment committee, one of the
most important bodies within the or
ganization. Perhaps the most important matter
with which the realty board was con
nected during the past year was the
passage of the real estate license law.
Such a law was strongly urged by the
board, which carried the fight to the
legislature and aided in passing the
measure which went into effect last
summer.
The law already has proved its use
fulness, in the opinion of the mem
bers of the board, in raising the gen
eral standard of the business and pro
tecting the legitimate dealers. The
law was advocated by the board as a
whole and was one of
uppermost in the minds
the matters
of the mem-
here during the early
portion of the
year.
Housing Code Important,
'Passage of a housing code, brought
About with the aid of the board, is
another development of the year which
the members look back upon as mark
ing an important milestone. The
measure was aimed to benefit the
health and well being of tenants and
at the same time not to put a damper
upon building activities. A committee
under the leadership of L. R. Bailey
directed the activities of the board
in regard to the housing code.
The proposed city zoning has also
been studied with great interest by
the board and a committee headed by
Fred Staver has been following the
activities of the city planning com
mission and making frequent reports
upon the matter. No definite stand
upon the proposed zoning plan has
been taken by the board.
The national own-your-home move
ment received hearty support from
the board, two active members of the
organization, Paul C. Murphy and
O. H. Skotheim, directing the local
campaign.
Development Work Reviewed.
The board worked for the Industrial
development of Portland. Early in the
year the board began the movement
which culminated in the appointment
of the mayor's committee of 15 on
Industries and industrial sites. Not
content with this the board took
further action by organizing its own
industrial sites organization and in
viting all the civic clubs in Portland
to unite in the movement.
This action led to the recent for
mation of the industrial sites com
mittee of the associated civic clubs of
Portland, headed by Coe McKenna
as chairman, and composed of rep
resentatives from the following or
ganizations, in addition to the realty
board: Ad club. Rotary club, City
club. East Side Business Men's club.
Progressive Business Men's Club, Ki
nanis club.
Excursion Is Held.
Under the leadership of this com
mittee one excursion to a Portland
industry, the Portland woolen mill
at St. Johns, already has been held,
and other excursions are planned to
bring the local business men into
touch with the city's manufacturing
plants.
The forthcoming election has been
the center of interest among the
realty men for a week past and a
lively campaign for the presidency
has developed. Fred W. German.
Frank McGrlllis and Coe McKenna
are being prominently mentioned for
the position.
J. W. Crossley, secretary of the
organization, has the field so far as
the race for this position is concerned.
His past record is held to entitle
him to re-election. The same is true
of B. Lee Paget, who is practically
sure or Deing re-elected treasurer.
KELSO REAL ESTATE ACTIVE
Fifty-Acre Farm Near Mount Solo
Is Sold to Karl H. Johansson.
KELSO, Wash., Dec. 27. (Special.)
A number of transfers in realty
have been made the past week in
Kelso. C. C. Stephens sold his 50
acre farm at Mount Solo in diking
district No. 1 to Karl H. Johans
son. Mr. Stephens then purchased
the O. R. Halbom residence at Car
rolls and the buildings occupied by
Halbom & Stridell. blacksmiths and
machinists, who moved their shop to
Kelso early this year. He will open
a repair shop and garage.
Donald Wood purchased Frank Fo
gel's residence in North Kelso, and
R. R. Sterling purchased a residence
from the Peck estate on the west side.
George F. Plamondon bought a half
block on the east side of Third street
between Cedar and Cherry streets.
This latter. is splendid, residence prop-
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Above New $25,000 borne of H H. Torrey, Portland realty dealer, now being constructed on vVeatover road, oppo
alte the home of J. R. Bowles. The house, which Is a beautiful example of Ueoriian colonial architecture, la
expected to be completed within four months. The house Is of tile and stucco construction, with II rooms.
A double garage built Into the house Itself is a feature. Below Prospectus of handsome dwelling for J. H.
Lemons, president of the Willamette-Oakland Automobile company. The house will have seven rooms. The
general design Is of quaint English cottage type, with red roof and stucco exterior. Special advantage will be
taken of the sightly location on the terraces, and a porch Is planned extending clear across the rear of the
house, overlooking the city and river.
LACK OF ZONING RETARDS
DEVELOPMENT, SAYS EXPERT
Many Portland Industries Declared Operating on Residential Basis,
While Other Cities Establish Boundaries.
BT CHARLES H. CHENEY,
Consultant to the Portland, City Planning
Commission.
(This Is the third of a series of articles
on zoning prepared specially for The Ore-
goman.
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NDUSTRIAL plants. warehouses.
laundries, etc., are offensive neigh
bors in residence sections; so much
so, in fact, tnat cities all over the coun
try are excluding them by ordinance
from residence districts. On the other
hand, the industries of Portland are
entitled to a safe place where they
can grow and carry on their trade to
the fullest extent, secure from the
protest and annoyance 01 small home
owners. A new industry in consider
ing this city as a possible permanent
location wants to know that its in
vestment is going to be safe before
making large expenditures.
The small home owner, the tene
ment or apartment, the cheap hotel
are also bad neighbors for live indus
tries, because they fight wide, heavy
hauling pavements, spur tracks in the
sidewalks and other necessities to
modern, up-to-date business. They
also are continually preying on the
need of adjoining industries to expand
and buy them out, meanwhile making
no repairs and permitting slum con
ditions to develop. Anyone who has
looked over the Industrial sections of
a number of cities will recall that
the slums are generally on the edge
of the industrial district, where the
uncertainty of the future use of prop
erty has made low rents and an in
flux of down-and-outers.
Other Cities KntablUh Zone.
To meet thfrs evil Alameda and
other cities have recently established
(Slay, 1918) large industrial zones, in
which no new dwelling may be built.
The Berkeley Manufacturers' associa
tion has asked the city council to
create such an unhampered industrial
district over two miles long for them
along the west waterfront of that
city and a comprehensive zone ordi
nance embodying this protection is
now up for final passage. It pointed
out that if industries are excluded
from residence and business districts
in the larger portions of the city.
manufacturers are entitled to have
reasonably small parts of the city re
stricted to their use in which dwell
ings cannot locate.
Portland wants no slums and the
industries here are entitled to re
stricted and protected districts, free
from dwellings and the totally differ
ent conditions which home owners
require.
-The chief engineer of the city of
New York says that this is a most
OFFICERS OF PORTLAND REALTY BOARD GUIDE ORGANIZATION
THROUGH SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
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expires with annual election on Friday. At rljcht J. W. Crossley. aecre-
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important protection to put in a zone
ordinance and recently recommended
it to the Illinois legislature to be in
cluded in the new Illnnols state zon
ing act. Newark, N. J., has such a
protective provision in its proposed
new zone ordinance, now under dis
cussion in that city
One of the present drawbacks to
many industries in Portland in un
doubtedly that they are trying to
exist in neighborhoods and under
conditions controlled by residence
ideas and requirements. Meanwhile
their competitors in many parts of
the country are working in unham
pered surroundings, with every facil
ity provided to cut down overhead
costs of delivery, haul and production.
Zonr Ordlnnnrr Wanted.
This can be remedied to a large ex
tent in Portland by the passage of a
zone ordinance. The few existing
dwellings included In the industrial
districts established will eliminate
themselves in time. The least that
can be done is to look well to the
future and prohibit the building ot
new buildings and hotels In areas
that are strictly Industrial. Portland
is not as yet badly spoiled, but there
Is plenty of evidence here of the evils
of the present haphazard develop
ment. Two Claaits Needed.
Manufacturers of Portland, in an
swer to the questionnaire sent out,
generally agreed that concentration
of like kinds of business together
would prove profitable and that there
should be at least two classes of in
dustrial districts, namely, one for or
dinary manufacturing of food prod
ucts, furniture, etc., and one for those
plants which have offensive odors,
smoke or noise. The latter type of
heavier industries should be farther
away in the outskirts of the city,
where prevailing winds will carry
away the smoke, dust apd odor pro
duced. The proposed zone ordinance
therefore includes the following two
classes:
Class VII Ordinary, not obnoxious
factories, warehouses and industries.
Including any bueiness use.
Class VIII Obnoxious and odor
producing factories, including any
kind of business use.
It is probable that most of the class
VHT districts will have to be out
along- the Columbia river, where the
stockyards and similar odor pro
ducers have already located, so as not
to be proceeded against as nuisances.
No class VIII districts are now rec
ommended for establishment within
the present city limits.
The question was asked, "Would
the establishment, adjoining your
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property, or factories for bone or fat
boiling- or for making soaps, candles,
fertilizer, glue or chemicals: a slaugh
ter house, tannery, tallow chandlery,
gasoline or oil storage tanks, or a
crematory hurt your business?" One
hundred and twenty-one local con
cerns answered "Yes." Others replied
as follows:
A ship plant says: "Yes; could not
hold our workmen."
An Iron foundry says: "Yes. on ac
count. of odors and fire risks."
A machine shop replies: Decidedly,
we would have to move."
A Hour mil! says: "Any of these in
dustries would be quite objectiona
ble." Rubber mills reply: "Yea. from the
standpoint of effect on women em
ployes." A soap factory: "On account of Are
risk, gasoline should be out of the
city."
A confectionery manufacturer:
"These would be ruinous to our line
of business."
Development Is Retarded.
Portland's me-ustrlal development
at present is undoubtedly retarded
lor lack ot definitely settled upon In
dustrial zones. Robert G. Dleck. ad
visory engineer to the committee of
rirteen. now making intensive study
of the situation, in a statement filed
with the commission, says:
"Whatever may be said ultimate) v.
it is essential that it be known In
the first instance Just where indus
tries may be established so that fears
of later disturbance may be removed
ana so that facilities In the way of
streets, switching tracks and other
important physical aids to modern In
dustry may be amply provided.
'If industrial sections are permit-
tea to grow up haphazard, a rational
sstem or commercial railways Is Irn
possible of attainment. The same ii
true with regard to heavy traffic
streets, which must be provided
serve the Industrial areas. It Is quite
possible, however, that along the
fringes of the zones set apart there
may be considerable difference in
opinion, locally, as to the precise de
limitations, but-, in the main, the
i zones as now ser out appear to me to
oe aoie to withstand anv attack in
some places 1 am rather Inclined to
include additional area, but am will
ing to concede that the present pro
posed lines have the force of sound
reasoning behind them.
"When these Industrial zones are
once established, residence sections
may grow up In an orderly manner
and be developed to serve the Indus
tries Just as much as facilities, which
in a larger sense they are."
Zones Are Proposed.
Portland, like many other cities,
has regulations requiring slaughter
houses, tanneries and similar indus
tries to which there Is much objection
to locate in sections specially ar
ranged for by the city council, after
hearing. Yet only a few years after
these institutions got well established
there we find them again surrounded
by small home owners, who proceed
to organize and sooner or later drive
the industries out as nuisances. The
fair and constructive way Is to estab
lish permanent safe zones for Indus
tries of the class VIII type on the
windward side of the city and pro
hibit any new residences therein.
Industrial districts of class VII, for
new industries or business only, per
mitting no new dwellings to go in to
hamper the establishment of beter fa
cilities for the manufacturer than ex
ist in any other city, are recommend
ed by the industrial property owners'
committee, on the west side of the
river, from Broadway bridge north
to Linnton, and south of Jefferson
street, east of Water street and' Mac
adam road. A continuous Industrial
zone Is proposed along the east side
of the river along the low ground
from Selwood to the point of St.
Johns and along Columbia boulevard
generally north of the O.-W. -R. & N.
line to Columbia slough from St.
Johns to East Flrty-second street;
also along Sullivan's gulch from the
Willamette to the east city limits.
It is expected that most of the area
north of Columbia slough to the
Columbia river will eventually form
part of the city's Industrial zone when
annexed.
Manufacturing- is also recommend
ed to be permitted in the central
I downtown and other business centers
provided it does not occupy more than
40 per cent of the floor space. It was
thought by the downtown property
owners' committee that this would
provide properly for millinery, gar
ment making, candy and food manu
facturing and wholesale business in
connection with retail stores, with
out allowing the latter to be crowded
out. Similar protection for the main
retail centers has been made In the
zone ordinances of other cities.
In drawing the boundaries of the
proposed Industrial zones the city
planning commission had the benefit
of the advice of a strong committee
representing Industrial property own
ers. Including James B. Kerr, Oeorge
F. Heustier. F. S. Doernbecher. Will
iam Cornfoot, R. F. Bryan. C. C. Colt.
C. F. Swigert, K. J. Jaeger, L F. Pow
ers. R. G. Dleck. F. C. Knapp, G. B.
Hegardt and W. H. Crawford.
J. B. Kerr sums the matter up very
clearly In a recent letter to the com
mission, in which he says. "It la a
matter of great Importance to the
city that districts be set aside for In.
duatrial purposes and that further
residence construction In such dis
tricts be excluded.
"The Interest of the home owners
and owners of Industrial sites, in the
nature of things, cannot be a common
Interest, for the development of in
dustries requires expensive pave
ments for heavy traffic, greater fire
protection than is needed, by the home
owner and many facilities which may
properly be a charge against the land,
but In which the home owner has lit
tle or no concern. It Is only by
adopting some plan of 'enforced co
operation' that it will be possible to
provide the necessary facilities which
are required for Industrial growth."
Legality Well KatabUahed.
The legality of zoning to protect
industries is well established- It la
done by exercising the police power
of the city derived from the stateaand
national constitutions. It is summed
up as follows In a recent report:
"Zoning limitations on the use of
buildings have been sustained as be
ing within the scope of the police
power. Such regulations have been
sustained by the courts In half a
dozen states (Arkansas. California.
Illinois. New York, Texas and Wash
ington) as well as by the United
States supreme court. Even retroac
tive regulations, which have weeded
out undesirable business establish
ments from certain districts, have
been approved by the highest courts
in Arkansas and California and on
appeal by the United Stales tupreme
court.
"How broad a scope has the police
power? The answer to this question
is of the greatest Interest to those
who have the future planning of a
city at heart, for so much city Im
provement depends upon what may or
what may not be done under the police
power.
"The police power, of course, ex
tends to the public health, morals
and safety. But the power of the
state by appropriate legislation to
provide for the public convenience
stands upon the .same ground pre
cisely as Its power by appropriate
legislation to protect the public
health, the public morals or the pub
lic safety (Lake Shore . Michigan
Southern Ry. Co. vs. Ohio. 173 U. S.
285. 1899). In Bacon vs. Walker, 204
U. S. 311 (1907) the United States su
preme court held that the police
power of a state embraces regula
tions designed to promote the public
convenience or the general prosperity,
as well as those to promote public
health, morals or safety; It Is not
confined to the suppression of what
is offensive, disorderly or unsanitary,
but extends to what Is for the great
est welfare of the state. The same
view was expressed in Chicago. Bur
lington A Quincy Railway Co. vs.
Drainage Commissioners. 200 U. S.
561 (1906): and In Eubank vs. Rich
mond. 33 Sup. Ct. 76 (1912). A still
more extensive scope was given to
the police power in Noble State Bank
vs. Haskell. 31 Sup. Ct. 186 (1911). In
this case the court stated: It may be
said in a general way that (he police
power extends to all the great pub
lic needs. It may be put forth in aid
of what Is sanctioned by usage or
held by the prevailing morality or
strong and preponderant opinion to
be greatly and immediately neces
sary to the public welfare.'
'The 14th amendment to the con
stitution does not curtail the potlco
power of the state when properly
exerclsed. The United States su
preme court stated in Barbier vs. Con
nolly. 113 U. S. 27 (1885). that it was
not designed to interfere with the
police power of the state 'to prescribe
regulations, to promote the health,
peace, morals, education and good or
der of the people and to legislate so
as to Increase the industries of the
state, develop Its resources and add
to its wealth and prosperity.
"Zoning Is designed to promote not
only the public health, morals and
safety, but also the public conven
ience and general prosperity of the
community. If the police power ex
tended only to the public health,
morals and safety, it might be diffi
cult in certain instances to show con
clusively that every detail of a zon
ing scheme came within a competent
exercise of the police power. But with
the scope of the police power so ex
tended as to Include the promotion
of the public comfort and convenience,
the addition of wealth and prosperity
to. the state, the Increase of Its in
dustry and the development of its re
sources, it is epected that every fea
ture of It can be shown to be a legiti
mate exercise of the police power."
REJ1LTY MEET JANUARY 12
INTERSTATE SESSION TO OPEN
AT CALDWELL,. IDAHO.
Paul Cowgill. Frank McCrllUa and
Fred W. German Plan to
From Portland.
Monday. January 12, has been set
as the date for a meeting of the In
terstate Realty association at Cald
well, Ida. Realty men from all over
that portion of Idaho and from east
ern Oregon will be in attendance.
The Caldwell dealers only recently
organized, at the suggestion of Paul
Cowglll. secretary of the Interstate
association, who has headquarters in
Portland, and the meeting In January
will be of unusual Interest in view
of this fact. It Is expected to be an
important event for southern Idaho
and eastern Washington.
Among those from Portland who
plan to attend are Mr. Cowglll, Frank
McCrillis and Fred W. German. E. B.
Arthaud of Hoqulam, president of the
interstate association, also will at
tend. BRIDGE WORK TO START
Material on Hand for Lower Quin-
ault River Project.
ABERDEEN", Wash., Dec. 27. (Spe
cial.) Construction of a bridge over
the lower Quinault river at the end
of the present Olympic highway will
bo started, probably, in January. Lum
ber for the structure, which will be
about 300 feet long, is being cut by
the mill at Lake Quinault. The bridge
will be a step toward the extension
of the Quinault highway toward the
straits.
At present 1300,000 is available for
the work. Part of the right of way
between the Quinault and the Clear
water was cleared and grubbed two
years ago, but through failure to con
tinue the work of road construction
the right of way was covered with a
considerable growth of alders.
NOVEMBER RECORDS
SLUMP IN BUILDING
One City on Coast Shows
Gain Over October.
1920 OUTLOOK PLEASES
Manufacturing Plants, Wholesale
Houses, Dwellings and Apart
ments Included In Programme.
But one city on the Pacific coast
Lob Angeles showed a gain In build
ing operations for the month of No
vember over the preceding month.
Portland, Seattle and San Francisco
reported a slackening up In construc
tion activities. However, all the cities
showed substantial gains over Novem
ber of the previous year. In October
there were 833 building permits issued
In Portland, the estimated cost being
placed at $1,422,005. In November
there were 711 permits with a valua
tion of .750.855, this being a gain of
117 per cent over the showing of
November, 1918. Seattle's record for
October was 1190 permits; cost.
$1. 434. 440: November. permits. 830
cost. 11,400.715; increase over Novem.
ber. 1918. 129 per cent.
The showing for November is easily
accounted -for by realty men. This al
ways is tne auu season ot me year lor
building In the north coast cities.
Weather conditions interfere with out-of-door
work to some extent and little
in this line Is looked for during the
months of December and January.
I.rrnl Activity Korevaat.
Indications are that Portland and
the large cities of Washington will
experience an unprecedented activity
In all kinds of construction beginning
shortly after the new year, realty
men say. With the new Montgomery
Ward & Co. enterprise, the Aladdin
company's plant and several other
big concerns preparing to build ex
tensively and also a large house and
apartment building programme await
ing an opportunity to start, Portland,
they believe, may look forward to the
greatest construction period of Its
history.
But the November slump seems to
be quite general, according to reports
made to the American Contractor
from 193 cities. 63 per cent of which
show losses over the month of Octo
ber. Only ten Important cities re
corded gains Chicago. Boston, Balti
more. SI. Louis, Philadelphia. Los An
geles. St. Paul. Cincinnati. Birming
ham and Fort Worth. The larger
ci les that lost are: New York. Wash
ington, Kansas City. Portland. Or.;
Seattle. San Francisco. Atlanta, In
dianapolis. Des Moines. Louisville. De
troit, Minneapolis. Omaha. Atlantic
City. Buffalo. Akron. Cleveland. Day
ton, Pittsburg and Milwaukee.
Year Shorn IiwrraMr.
Every month of this year excepting
January has shown a steady increase
In building over the corresponding
month of 1918. as the following table.
prepared by the American Contractor
from reports from over 150 cities, in
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Discussing the conditions and pros
pects, the American Contractor says:
"In the face of a nation-wide coal
strike following close on a steel strike,
which, together with many other dis
ruptive influences, have been ham
pering Industry of all classes, the
construction industry has kept Its
strip mighty well and gives promise of
continued activity."
PUBLICITY IS GIVEN CITY
I l ali JOURNAL Rl ( OBD8
I'OIM 1. AM) ATTRACTION B,
Conference of Building Owners and
Managers Leads to Articles
and Photograph-.
With lo of its 45 pages full of Port
land news, the issue of Building and
Building Management for December
16 was received in Portland last week
and proved of unusual interest to lo
cal building managers and realty men
generally. The magazine, a national
trade Journal devoted to the Interests
of building managers throughout the
country, is published in Chicago and
circulates throughout the United
states.
The occasion for the Portland ar
ticles, which occupied more than one
half of the space devoted to reading
matter and occupied the first and
choicest pages of the magazine, was
the recent conference of northwest
building owners and managers, held
here and attended by a large group
of 'business men from Seattle, Tacoma,
Spokane and Vancouver. B. C.
The conference was held at the
Portland hotel on November 14 and
NEW GARAGE. BEING BUILT BY
AT TWELFTH AND
Construction of the basement of the new garage being built by the Portland
lodge of Kike, No. 142. was nearly finished laat week and the building
will be ruahed to completion. The ulrarlarr, which occupies a corner at
Twelfth and Alder streets inn by KM) feet, will he two stories In height
and f reinforced concrete. The contract price la s;t:t.tMMt. Tranchell A
Parellna are the coctractora and Houghtallng A Dougaa irt the archi
tects. The building tvill be occupied by an automobile concern headed by
R- W. Robnett.
15 and was the first event of the kind
to take place In the Pacific north
west. While the meeting was given
due publicity throughout this section
at the time, the whole story of this
Interesting session did not go out to
the building owners and managers
throughout the country until the pub
lication of the last issue of the tni-
cago magazine.
The cover of the magazine, printed
attractively In two colors, gives a
full-page picture of Portland, with
Mount Hood in the background, while
numerous views of Portland and vi
cinity are Inclosed within the pages.
The first seven pages of the read
ing section of the magazine are given
over entirely to an account of ths
conference, and this la followed by
several pages In which articles pre
sented by delegates are reprinted.
Among the articles printed are one
by David Whitcomb, president of ths.
Seattle Building Owners' and Man
agers' association, on "Turning the
Tide of Property Ownership." and one
by Charles E. Horton. also of Seattle,
on "Service Charges." Full discus
sions which both these addresses
evoked are also given.
Among the many halftones shown
In the publication are dnes of the fol
lowing local business buildings: Wil
cox building. Yeon building. Spalding
building. Morgan building. Chamber
of Commerce building. Gasco build
ing. Broadway building and Beck
building. Photographs of Dean Vin
cent, president of the Portland asso
ciation, wbo presided at the confer
ence, and James J. Saver, secretary
of the Portland association, as well
as acenes along the Columbia high
way and at Crown Point, are also re
produced. In view of the wide criculatlon of
the magazine among a class of read
ers vitally interested in bulidings and
investments generally, the publica
tion Is expected to give considerable
publicity to Portland.
BUILDERS' MEET HOUSES
ASSOCIATION SHOWS INTEREST
IN 192 0 CONVENTION.
.Mil ii Ili-lccato From Northwest
Arc Expected to Attend Portland
Sessions in February.
Builders and contractors of Port
land are looking forward with inter
est to the annual session of the
Northwest Master Builders' associa
tion, which has been set for Portland,
February 26. 27 and 28. The associa
tlon has a membership throughout
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and west
ern Montana, and more than 100 dele
gates are expected to be in attend
ance, besides another hundred or more
builders as visitors.
The convention programme commit
tee is headed by C. J. Parker of this
city, vice-president of the association
for Oregon, and the other two mem
bers are D. L. Thacker of Yakima and
J. H. Mimmp.c of Bozeman. Mont
Plans for the- convention are being
arranged by this committee and will
be prepared within a slrort time. It
Is already known that at least two
days of the convention will be given
over to business sessions and discus
sion of trade problems, while on the
last day a trip up the Columbia high
way is planned.
The General Building Contractors'
association of Portland has named a
committee to have charge of the en
tertainment of the visitors, while the
Portland Builders' exchange has also
named a committee for this purpose,
the two committees working in har
mony. The former committee Is com
posed of Carl Stebinger. chairman:
James Quinn. Thomas Mulr and the
latter committee Is &. E. Glhner, J. A.
Currey and Frank Stebinger.
At ihe meeting last year in Seat
tle nearly 100 were present, including
a hundred delegates. A large group
was on hand from the British Colum
bia cities and several were present
from Alaska. The 1910 session here is
expected to be larger than ever.
Prlm-vlHc Building Era to Start.
PrinevlUe Is on the verge of a
building era. accoi ling to A. M.
Standlsh. designing engineer of The
Dalles. Or., who was a visitor in
Portland last week after having spent
some time In Prlnevllle. Mr. Standlsh
said he had Just completed plans and
specifications for a modern fireproof
hotel of 100 rooms to be built in
Prineville by Mrs. J. McDowell, and
was beginning work on a group of
14 bungalows to be erected in the
same town. Six will be of brick and
tile construction and eight of frame.
Plans are also under way for a garage
and business block.
Samuel Sproat Home Sold.
Sale of the residence of Samuel
Sproat at 1384 Alameda drive by Mr.
Sproat to Dean Vincent was culmi
nated last week. The residence, a ten
room dwelling, modern throughout
and finished entirely in oak. both
woodwork and floors, commanded a
price of approximately $25,000. it was
stated. The ground upon which it
stands measures 80 by 200 feet, ex
tending from Alameda drive to Wis
taria drive.
Humboldt Jetty to Be Completed.
EUREKA, Cal. Specifications have
been received here for contracts
to supply 60.000 tons of rock
for repairing and completing the
south jetty at the entrance to Hum
boldt bay. Local contractors believe
owing to the details of the specifica
tions, that it is the government's in
tention to commence the work early
in the spring. It is said by local men
in touch with the jetty situation, that
the rock asked for is not nearly
enough to complete the work.
PORTLAND ELKS CLUB, RISING
ALDER STREETS.
CIVIC CLUBS PLAN
INDUSTRY INCREASE
Joint Committee Is Named to
Take Charge of Work.
PLANTS TO BE INSPECTED
Coe A. McKenna. Chairman, Ap
points Sub-Committees to
Make Investigations.
To bring additional industries to
Portland and to boost thosa already
here will be one of the special alms
of the civic clubs of Portland for tha
coming year. A committee of five
members from each club, recently or
ganized, will be in charge ot this
work, the body being called, the In
dustrial development committee of the
associated civic clubs.
Realty Board Active.
The organization of the committee
was brought about largely by the
Realty Board, which also was respon
sible for the organization of the com
mittee of 15 appointed last summer
by the mayor. The Industrial develop
ment committee of the civic clubs
plans to co-operate In all -ways possi
ble with the committee of IS. Coe
McKenna of the Realty Board, who
sponsored the plan for the civic clubs
committee and introduced a measure
along the general lines at a meeting
of the Realty Board, recently was
elected chairman.
The first work undertaken by the
committee was that of visiting the
local industrial plants with the idea
of getting the local business men ac
quainted with what Is being manu
factured here. The Portland Woolen
Mills held an open house for the oc
casion, and the Doernbacher furniture
factory was to have received the eec
ond visit, but the cold weather inter
fered. With resumption of normal
weather, the excursions will be re
sumed. Snh-Commltteea Are Named.
Appointment of sub-committees to
make special investigations along
the lines of industrial development
were named by President McKenna
yesterdav as follows:
Committee on prepared Industrial
sites, publically controlled George
C. Mason. U. . Maxon. Fred W. Ger
man. Finance committee to study and
work out financial aid for any new
and worthy industrial plants Bert
Richards. W. J. Ball. A. G. Clark.
Committee to Investigate and de
termine the functions of the various
public bodies, with their powers and
duties and influence over industrial
development R. R. Clark. J. W. Vo
gan. I. M. Lepper.
Port and transportation committee,
to Include both land and water ter
minals and their development R. L.
Yoke. George L. Rauch. Alfred A.
Ross.
BUILOEBS GET TOGETHER
ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACT
ORS TO CO-OPERATE.
doition of Resolution Regulating
letting of Contracts Seeks to
Avoid Former Practices.
Plans for closer co-operation be
tween the architects and the building
contractors of the city have been
furthered through the adoption of a
resolution protesting against submit
ting bids In segregated form. The
resolution urges contractors not to
become mere brokers for smaller
contractors and that the architect not
act as a contractor, hut De preparea
to Judge the competency of bidders
and to give the contract to the lowest
and best bidder.
The resolution In question, which
marks quite a departure in local
building relationships. was first
brought forward by the Northwest
Master Builders association at an
executive session in Tacoma in No
vember. Being passed there, it was
presented to the local organizations
in the northwest for consideration. A
short time ago the General Building
Contractors' association of Portland
passed the resolution, and last week
the local branch of the American In
stitute of Architects took similar ac
tion, with a slight proviso. The sub
stance of the resolution Is given be
low :
That bids should not be submitted
in segregated form: that general con
tractors should not sublet work to
the extent that they become merely
brokers; peddling of bids should not
be allowed and contractors should
not furnish, plans to owners, and
should not furnish plans for heating,
electrical or mechanical equipment or
layouts on which bids are to be sub
mitted by other contractors. Archi
tects should determine the com
petency of all bidders in advance of
taken bids and be prepared to give
the work to the lowest bidder. Archi.
tects should not act as contractors.
The proviso passed by the archi
tects when they accepted the resolu
tion was as follows:
"All provided, however, that by
segregated bids Is meant that the
brick, masonry work and carpenter
work are to be classed as one con
tract, and that the right is reserved
by us to take segregated bids for
work done by the other trades."
The matter was presented to the
architects by Carl Stebinger and O. G.
Hughson. who were appointed a com
mittee by the general building con
tractors to confer with the architects.
M CRILLIS BOOM LAUNCHED
Member of New Firm Boosted for
Realty Board President.
Although he has refused to put
himself forward as a candidate, Frank
McCrillis. of the new realty firm of
McCrllls & Cleveland, Is running a
strong race In the contest for presi
dent of the Portland Realty Board,
which holds Its annual election Fri
day. January 2, according to his
friends.
When Mr. McCrillis refused to come
forward, following a visit from a
delegation of friends, an Independent
committee was organized to campaign
for his election.
The campaign Is creating unusual
interest among local dealers. The
year of 1920 Is expected to be one
of the biggest in years for Portland
from a standpoint of general busi
ness and Industrial development and
for this r -ason the presidency is
looked upon a particularly Important.