THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JTCIT 2, 1983 N V BID! ran LOOMS First Six Months Indicate Unparalleled Activity. 7240 , PERMITS ISSUED Value of Construction Is Fixed at $12,790,725 and Exceeds 1921 Period by Huge Sum. BUILDIXKS UNDER WAY OR t'OSTEMPLATED IN PORTLAND. Seven new school buildings and additions to others con templated; total cost $4,000, 000. , Ambassador apartments, nearing completion, cost $650, 000. Sovereign apartment hotel; work under way; cost $500. 000. Extension to Pittock block, .contemplated, oost $500,000. Elks' temple, under way, cost $1,009,000. Meier & Prank warehouse, started, cost $300,000. . Meier & Frank g a r a B e, started, cost $100,000. Starr garage, under way, cost $100,000. ' Oddfellows' building, start ed, cost $200,00. East wing of Good Samari tan hospital, nearing com pletion, cost $200,000. Extension of Emanuel hos pital, contemplated, cost $350, 000. Kirkpatrick office building, Hearing completion, cost $125, 000. , Scottish Rite temple, pro posed, cost $1,600,000. Shriners' hospital, to be started shortly, cost $250,000. Columbia Tire corporation building, started, cost $250, 000. J. K. Gill building, under way, cost $600,000. A new record in volume of build ing for the present year will be hung up. This became apparent yesterday when the office of the city building department announced that permits for the first six months ui the year showed a total of 7240. valued at $12,790,735. This may be compared with the total of 6634 permits, valued at $5,335,150, for the corresponding period of last year, a gain in value of more than 53 per cent in favor of the present year. , Year 1910 W'n Large. The greatest previous building year in Portland's history was 1910, when there were a total' of 6523 permits issued for an aggregate of $20,886,202. If the present year continues to show the same volume of building during the last half it will exceed the record of 1910 by nearly $5,000,000 in value of build ings. " The fait that the Portland school board is launching a $4. 000, 000 building campaign, during which at least seven new buildings will be put up, besides the erection o ad ditions to other buildings, will prove a big factor in putting over a record in building this year. A good percentage of the contem plated school buildings is expected to be erected this year. Several million dollars in new buildings, now in the process of erection, includes, besides a large number of residences, numerous business, apartment and hotel struc tures, which are changing the aspect of the downtown section materially. The Ambassador apartments at Eixth and Madison streets, costing $650,000, are rapidly nearing com pletion and represent the largest apartment building to be erected in the city since the war. Another tructure of a similar type, the Sovereign apartment hotel, is going up at the corner of Broadway and Madison street. This structure will cost $500,000. Elks' Temple Leads Valors. The steel framework of the new Elks' temple, the most expensive structure under erection in the downtown district, is now going up. This structure will cost more than $1,000,000. Work also is under way on the $600,000 building for the J. K. Gill company at Fifth and Stark streets, and the Kirkpatrick building, a tua.uuu oince structure, is nearing completion. REALTY RECORD IS IDE FRAXK Jj. McGUIRE COMPANY DOES BIG BUSINESS. Sales During First Six Months of 1922 Reach Aggregate) of $2,826,626. A new record in the volume of realty sales for the first six months of 1922 has been made by the Frank L. McGuire organization.' Business for the first half of this ""year amounted to 1021 sales of a total valuation of $2,826,626 up to last Wednesday. Figures for., th last three days of the month are not included. Complete figures will in crease the total business for the half-year period materially. ' For the same period last year sales totaled 750. with a total valua tion of J2.304.817. The gain for this year is considerably in excess of J5OO.000. "There is a better feeling on all sides now than there has been for some time and business is picking up right along." said Mr. McGuire. "Many new people are coming to Portland and a large proportion of them are buying homes. By next fall I look for business conditions Just about back to normal, with ssarly all lines moving along nicely. In view of the immediate excellent outlook I believe Portland really is a better buy today than ever before." Since taking over for liquidation the property of a Peninsula holding company the McGuire company has sold 65 lots. This was less than a month ago. The home sites are being offered at low figures and on easy terms. The prestige or Oregonian want q Xjaaaui ou pauiBim us snn spB The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact that all its readers re interested in Oregonian want a.ds. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION I -T-. - - juSSsKa.. -i? h 1 lit ."Bi!- . , S ( 3 Ill W&mMi 1 1 ' "hi I I " Above at left Apartment house at 741 Schuyler street just erected by F. E. Bowman 4 Co. at coat of 30,0O. Above at risbt Rrsideare at 11)15 Bant Davis street, erected for Dr. Raymond R. Staub by P..M. Ayera. Below at left Beautiful west side colonial home at 345 King street, sold by Mrs. J. A. Daunkerty to Mrs. J. Low. The price was not made public, although the property is considered to be worth In the neighborhood of $20,000. The deal was negotiated by Frank L. McGulre. Below at right Soverjgn apartment building, costing $500,000, now being erected at southwest, corner of Broadway and Madison street. LIFE OF AVERAGE HOME PCX AT 25 YEARS. Xew Dwellings Show Growth in Use of Slucco; Cement, Stone and Brick. Waste '"n home bundling is coming in for ,great deal' of attention on the1 part of both owners and con tractors, and many of the real estate firms in the city are maiing an exhaustive study of this phase of our American life. When the bold statement is made that the average American dwelling does not last more than 25 years it is evident that something is wrong some place. It is just this phase of construction investment that has attracted the attention of the Ladd Estate com pany for many years and caused it to initiate its special advisory and supervisory department for the ben efit of its clients. In this depart ment the company aims to serve those who build on its properties as much as possible by assisting in developing the newly purchased property. The statement that almost every American city has to be torn down, repaired and nearly rebuilt every 25 years will be found authentic if in vestigated. To combat th's ten dency in Portland, to overcome this enormous loss, is vital to th com munity. Encouraging indications are on hand that slovenly construction methods are on the decline, espe cially in view of the fact that in creasing amounts put into the indi vidual homes for this year's per mits indicate a doubling in value over the investment as contrasted with last seasan's figures. The $12. 000 or 15,000 home has become the usual thing instead of the exception in such properties as Eastmoreland and in Dunthorpe, the Ladd estate's close-In suburban holding, the first half dozen plans passed indicating an even more substantial develop ment. This all means permanency in building, getting away from the fact that in the past few American families lived in the same house for more than one generation fre quently not even that. " Many homes now under way in Ladd's addition, Westmoreland and Eastmoreland show an increasing use of stucco, cement, stone, brick and terra cotta, but timber will con tinue to be the main reliance of the builder in this section. Whatever the material, the main need is for soundness. Durable construction methods are in demand in a greater degree than ever before as people learn for themselves the proper sys tems. Few owners of this day take a dwelling tor granted; they want it to last, know the .fallacy of fre quent repairs and replacements, so take an absorbing interest in every stage of the building. ODDFELLOWS' TEMPLE RISES Excavation for $200,000 Struc ture Is Started. ' Work is proceeding on the exca vation of the basement for the new J200.000 Oddfellows' temple to be erected at Tenth and Salmon streets. It is expected that actual construc tion of the building will be started in a few days, according to report of Ernest Kroner, who designed the structure. The building is to be of the Gothic type of architecture and will be four stories in height. Two of the stories will have galleries, however, which will make the actual height approximately equal to a building of six stories. Realty Meetings Snspended. Tho Portland Eaalty. board will IN PORTLAND GOES FORWARD am 4 mm -qx $ hold no meetings during July and August, according to announcement madie at the last session Friday at Multnomah hotel. Activities during the summer months will center around the sending of a delegation to the convention of the Northwest Real Estate association at Van couver, B. C. rRVINGTOX APARTMENT DOVE Four-Family Quarters Are of Five Rooms and Steam-Heated. A new four-family apartment house has just been completed by F. E. Bowman & Co. at 741 Schuyler street, corner of East Twenty-second street North, in Irvington, at a cost of $30,000. . Each, apartment has five large rooms besides a sun parlor and tiled bath. There are wood fireplaces with artistic mantels. The apart ments have hardwood floors throughout. The building is heated by steam. Apartment and Flat to Rise. A two-story frame apartment house and a two-family flat building are to be erected soon on the east side", the apartment house on Ladd avenue between Hawthorne avenue and Palm street, and the flat build ing in Ladd's addition. J. R. Creieh- ton has just filed application for the new apartment building. The plans for the new flat building are in the hands of Ernest Kroner, architect, and the owner is Charles Schwind. READY DEMAND REPORTED FOR RESIDENCES IN IRVINGTON DISTRICT. par . Above Resldenee at 621 Brasee street sold by August Olsen to Dr. Charles Dean for $17,000. Below Home at 825 Brazee, sold hy Bert McBaln to Virginia D. Lazell for $18,000. Both sales were negotiated by Mrs. Mary MoDonell, who reports a good demand for high-class residence property. , . WITH PROMISE OF NEW ANNUAL RECORD DEMAND FOR RESIDENCE PROPERTY GOOD. PDflTLflND FORBES AHEAD NEED OF BUSINESS SITES DIFFICULT TO MEET. Commercial Revival Indicated by Increasing Demands for Downtown Properties. Portland is In the incipient stages of a business revival, the like of which has not been experi enced in years, was the declaration yesterday of B. L. Merger of the Metzger-Parker company. Mr. Metz ger based his belief on the demand for business locations in the down town district. - He said his firm had been signing up an average of one lease a day for the last 30 days, and during the last six months had ne gotiated deals totaling more than Jl.000,000 in rentals. Mr. Metzger said that during' the first six months of this year Port land has progressed more and changed more than in any previous period of twice the length. "Activity in real estate, especially in improved property, has been un paralleled." he said, "and Portland is developing faster than any other city, on the Pacific coast, with the possible exception of Los Angeles. "Portland always has jumped westward, and in the last six months it has jumped again that way. The construction of an office building at West Park and Oak streetB, the tremendous activity in two-story structures, the proposed eight-story improvement to the Pit tock block, all definitely have es tablished the trend of Portland's growth. "The demand for locations and the necessity for new buildings are the outgrowth of business expansion and the invasion of outside capital." NEW STORE BUILDING BEGUN I Two-Story Structure Being Built for E. S. Currier, Grocer. N. B. Lesher, contractor, has start ed work on a new two-story store and office building on South Jersey street in St. Johns for E. S. Currier, grocer. The building is to be of brick and concrete. It will house Mr. Currier's grocery store on the first floor and provide space for nine offices on the second floor. The plans were prepared by Smith & Griffiths, architects. FACTORY WILL BE BUILT CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY'S HOME TO COST $30,000. Improved Machinery for Turning Out Larger Volume of Busi ness to Be Installed. Work on the new factory building for the Concrete Pipe company to be erected at a cost of $30,000 in the Albina industrial tract will begin shortly, it was announced yesterday by Phil Easterday, general manager. The building wMl be used exclusive ly by the company and will house recent modern improvements for turning out a larger volume of busi ness and will also include the pres ent factory located at 410 River street, which will be moved as soon as the new structure Is completed. The new building will be 140 feet by 124 feet and a part of it will be three stories high. It will be built of concrete. The location is on Page street just off Larrabee street and about three blocks from where the old factory has been situated. The completion of the new plant will place the Portland factory in the lead in the output capacity for the company.- At present the plants at both Spokane and Seattle are equally as large as the one here, whteh has been employing about 30 POR floors everywhere upstairs and down use and enjoy Armstrongs Linoleum ; ... . t Choose your patterns from our "stocks the largest on the coast. We have skilled men to lay them for you. The entire outlay will be surprisingly moderate. CORK FLOOR PRODUCTS CO, Linoleum and Cork Tiling Broadway at Taylor Street I men during the past year. It is ex pected that with the installation of much new machinery and the man ufacture of a number of new prod ucts which is being contemplated by the management the payroll "will be increased to nearly 50 men. The Concrete Pipe company has 15 factories operating in Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana and specializes in filling orders for drain age and irrigation projects. The Portland plant was constructed in 1911, but since that time It has been enlarged several times and has moved to a larger building every few years. With the new building completed as planned it is expected to take care of the business increase for several years in the future. . The company has acquired a three-acre tract on Page street, which may be utilized later in additional factory buildings and warehouse, but the plans are indefinite. McGuire System New Publication. The McGuire System is the name of a four-page publication issued by Frank L. McGuire and dealing with development and real estate news of the city. The first Issue is just off tne press. The front page has an article "Portland. My Home City" py carios Marsters and a large view of Portland harbor. The publica tion is to be issued monthly in the interests of a greater Portland, ac cording to the leading editorial. . Palmistry Note. Atchison Globe. ir a girrs hand is as soft and wnite as a baby's ear, her stories of doing a lot of housework are untrue iri HOST IMPORTANT RULE OF THE MODERN PLUMBING 5CH00J r"PHE finest regulation for the modern home is per fect sanitation. Proper plumbing will produce - the desired result. .A. telephone call to ua will produce the plumber who will give you an estimate of the cost of the work you want done. Why not let us get at the job right away? ALASKA PLUMBING & HEATING CO. 363 EAST MORRISON ST. East 2954. FURNACE We have the Rlchardson-Boyn-ton Furnaces both the pipeless and the regular kind. We are experts on heating and ventilat ing. We will give you the benefit of our forty years' experience in this line. It will save you future trouble and expense by Installing the right furnace in the right way. J.C.BayerFurnace Company 204 MARKET ST. 1 J PICNIC WILL IS' Palestine Lodge to Spend Fourth at Canemah. - $35,000 TEMPLE PLANNED Fast-Growing Lodge , in Arleta Now Has 250 Members; Will . Have Commodious Home. A Fourth of July celebration for the purpose of assisting in the fund campaign for the proposed . new lodge building to be built by Pales tine. lodge, No. 141, of Masons, will be held at the Jlawley auto park, formerly Canemah park in Oregon City. Plans for the celebration, which will assume all the entertain ment features of an old-fashioned picnic together with music, ad dresses, dancing and a full pro gramme of sport events. ar going ahead rapidly under the direction of the Live Wire finance committee of the orde'r. Palestine lodge, located in Arleta, is one of the fast growing Masonic lodges in the city and from a mem bership of about 15 who established it and received1 their charter in June, 1917, the roll has- been in creased to more than 250. Membership Is Increasing. The large Increase in membership ind the enthusiasm of the members has caused the building project to be discussed favorably and action was taken recently indorsing the building plans and committees were appointed to proceed with the work at once. The Fourth of July cele bration is the third entertainment event which has been provided by the progressive committees to assist in providing a larger building fund. The Kern Park motion picture theater was turned over to the lodge members about two months ago for a one night entertainment and a rec ord breaking crowd was present Then on May 30, a big dancing party wag given,at the Sunnyside temple, which was likewise attended by a large crowd. " The Fourth of July celebration, however, is the biggest financial undertaking that the com mittee has yet taken over. The proposed new building which the lodge hopes to have ready for the laying of the cornerstone in Sep tember will be located on the lot re cently purchased by. the order, across the street from the Carnegie library in Arleta, on Sixty-fourth street and Forty-fifth avenue; This location is especially advantageous owing to the fact that it faces the new triangular city park which is now under construction at Foster road and Forty-fifth avenue. The lot is 80 feet by 100 feet and the plans for the new building are for a 70 by 90 foot structure. Two Stories to Rise. The building will be of brick or stone construction and will be two stories high with a basement. In the basement it is planned to pro vide clubrooms, but these are not to be fitted out at present. On the main floor a large ballroom, ban auet room and kitchen are planned and on the second floor t'he lodge room and reception rooms will be built. The proposed building will cost approximately $35,000. Plans and specifications are now In the hands of the architect and are ex pected to be presented for the ap proval of the members soon. The officers of the lodge are George E. Bradshaw, worshipful master; M. M. Miller, senior warden, and S. H. Ott, junior warden. S. C. Berry is chairman of the live wire finance committee, which is arrang ing the big Fourth of July celebra tion at the Oregon City park. A BUILDING "Enjoy Using Plenty of Water"- A nation's health and happiness Is determined by the amount of water it uses. Let's all enjoy life while we live by having ail the facilities necessary for using plenty of water, hot as well as cold, ready and convenient the instant we want it. A Pittsburg Instantaneous Heater, good plumbing and safe, reliable installation are yours at a moderate cost wnen you Come in and talk it over with us. ALWAYS boosters. ftcW TERMS MAY BE ARRANGED Wholesale Main 797. Ante. 540-7H. pfui rTg mrTtw mm special train to accommodate all those who cannot make the trip to the park in automobiles will leave Hawthorne avenue and East Water street on the morning of July 4. 59 PIEDMONT SITES SOLl J. R. Halgbt Takes Over Property From Realty Company. The Piedmont Realty company has sold 59 homesites in the Peidmont district to J. R. Haigbt, Portland real estate man, according to an nouncement made last week. The property transferped comprised the remaining unsold portion of Pied mont addition. The price was not made public al though the value of the property is in the neighborhood of J75.O00. ' Mr. Halght announced that he had purchased the property as an invest ment and planned to dispose of it to homebuilders. A large portion of the holdings of the Piedmont Realty company was disposed . of at a recent auction at the Multnomah hotel. The sale to Mr. Haight disposed of lots not sold at that time. Piedmont addition was platted more than 30 years ago. It 's con sidered one of the more desirable of the east side districts. ELECTRICITY USES MINT CONTRACTORS SAY MAID IS EXPENSIVE LUXURY. ; Hired Girl's Work Can Be Done by Power Appliances, Is Claim, for Less Money..-; .' That better and .cheaper service may be obtained from the use of modern electric appliances in the home than from the old method of employing a maid is the contention of Portland electrical contractors. Figures have been compiled show ing that a series of electrical ap pliances which bake the bread and cook the dinner, wash the dishes, sweep the floors, do the washing and ironing and heat the house can be employed at a cost of approxi mately $5.12 a week for the average family of four persons. Where, is the contention, can the maid be gotten who can do all of this and do it so cheaply? Of course, it is admitted that the electrical appliances need some supervision by the woman of the house. However, the work is de clared to be so lightened by the use of the appliances that house keeping is a pleasure. Besides, the elimination of the maid provides greater privacy in the home and does uway with the need for keep ing the modern maid contented and happy, an almost hopeless problem, it is declared. The estimated cost per week of operating the different electrical appliances has been placed as fol lows: ' Electric iron, 31 cents; washer, 5 cents; ironer, 10 cents; cleaner 44 cents; dish washer, 4V4 cents; radi ator.' 17 cents; range $2.80; cost of appliances distributed over a period of 10 years, $1.60; total per week, $5.12. ' EAST SIDE HOTEL IS SOLD Building at East Stark Street and Grand Avenue Brings $22,500. The Chamberlain hotel. East Stark street and Grand avenue, was sold last wsek by J. F. Shepard to C. E. Nicholson, according to a re port of S. Borland, real estate man who negotiated the sale. The pur chase price was given as $22,500, of which $7000 'was represented by q grocery store at 508 Hawthorne avenue, which was traded in by Mr. Nicholson. Mr. Borland said that he had closed two other smaller deals dur ing the week and that business con ditions were apparently picking up. ' He reported that he had moved to larger quarters on the third floor of the Henry bulldinir And hot water "at a torn of the faucet.'' let us serve you. , . Our customers are , ",,;""",?, our friends and ' i"eo and Retail I'lumlilng, Heating and Electrical Supplies. 1QQ 44-Vt C4- Bet. YnmHHI XOO 4111 O I. and Taylor. T'l r i inexvuggeu assure a genuine Brick Character v Specify STANDARD Brick & Tile Go. Real Burned Clay BRICK