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j , . ' already noted a affording en of. tlx V ' ,-, , I 111' . 'I -V'- : ill I "
' nnrilin ' I HIT mwM panoramas ef an? trolley f Ttt " - - - ZttT tr-1 111 1 1 - --V-'.i 111 1 -i-
i 8CEIIIC LI(IE"r;:. Y Jr, v ' o- ill:
; nue to Council Crest Would
" Be Unequaled.
EASIER GRADE AND .
MUCH CHEAPER HAUL
'rHreetca Company ( Officials N Deny
' Any Such Change Is Contemplated,
I But Surveyors , Daves Set Stakes
I Along the Proposed Route. . . i
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i Tbtre: Wi jrtronr WtIt1 of Jbe 're
port 'that tb TrUand JlaUwaTr Ufbt
A Power.- company U : prepartfla . to,, ex
tend th Council Creat eUotrlc Una aaat
alons t Council Creat drlva t tha
Xarquto Hill property, thanoa through
tha Portland City Komaataad proparty.
tha O. B. N. tract, tha Moffatt and
iCartwrlxht tract . to tha weat and of
Hamilton arenua, then aaat on Hamil
ton arenua to Corbett' atraat, whara tha
ara oould ba brought Into tha city ovar
tha Third atraet llna.j Within tha paat
lew days surveying parties have been
aettlng stakes on Hamilton arenua wast
from !Tbatt street, and rm tip over ttlt
hill In tha direction of Council Crest.
It la dented ty the officials of tha street
railway- company that there Is any. In-,
mediate intention of extending the
Council Crest Una, tha further sugges
tion being mad that the proposition is
not thought ts ba practicable. It la
known, howerar, that that company
soms'tlm ago secured a right of way
Jong Council Creat drtra, which would
bring H to the Marquam H1U property.
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- Tha srada ever this routs from Coun
cil Crest to Corbett street, is said to
be much easier than that by which tha
creat U bow reached. '
The projected extension wauld make
available for realdenc purposes several
hundred acres Of the most daairsbat
cart of the heights. Land that Is now
craeticallr inaccessible and of little
value would rapidly fill up with beauti
ful homes.
On Sundays and holidays the present
Council Creat line cannot begin to han
dle the crowds that swarm alone Wash
ington .street,' waiting for chance to
take a ride over the hills. The sugges
tion is often made that the street rail
way company find soma way to relieve
this congestion. Those who have stud-
led the question are convinced that thej
projeiea namuvoB avwnue uivneien
presents the most practicable solution
of the difficulty. Thia extenalon would
unfold to view all of Houth Portland
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.av Lakg County Courthouse, to
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and the upper Willamette to Rlversdala,
which cannot be aean 'from any, point
on the existing line, and would add
greatly to the scenic beauty of a road
already noted as affording ens of . the
nneat saemo panoramas or any trolley
11ns In the country. , " ; ; '
, atara,aaa XIII Tlew. .
In fact, tha view from tha proposed
extension, aa it wenld -pasa over Mar
quam Hill, tha Portland City Homestead
and the O. It N.! tract, would far-excel
anything to be seen on the line at
present;' even the dome of Council Crest
cannot compare with it ; At some points
along the proposed Una all . that can be
aean from the dome of the crest is in
sight and, la addition, a most Interest
lag view f the river for miles tip and
down may be had. The electrlo display
at tbs Oak as seen from the -head of
Hamilton avenus is a magnificent sight
such as would Induce thousands to make
the trip at night over- the extension,
thus adding greatly to. the revenuee of
the road. The qnentloa has often been
anked why this fine realdenc district
which is less than two. miles front the
postofnee, had not been settled up. The
answer Is, the went of transportation.
STREETCARS I'IIL SOON ;
RUS TO ROSE CITY PARK
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First Carload of Steel Ralls Has
' Been Laid and the Grade Is
Practically Completed.', , j
The first carload of steel rails was
laid on the new Rose City Park lino of
the- Portland Railway, Light V Power
company during the past week. Two
other cars of rails have arrived and are
being delivered elong ths right of way
Of the Una .
The new line extends from Esst
Twenty-eighth -street out ; the Bandy
road to the eastern boundary of Rose
City Park.; The rails of the O. B. N.
track bay been cut at the Bandy road
crossing and a new steel crossing put
in. The entire grade of the extension
has been completed except for a few
hundred feet through, the hill in the
park. . Ths work of building the line is
being pushed forward ss rapidly as
possible and it is believed that ears will
bar running to Ross -City Park not later
than 'July 1. t .
Columbia slough residents are agitat
ing ths extension of the line (rem Roaa
City Park northeast to the slough read,
a distanoe of about three miles. . The
grade of this extension would be very
light and it Is sstlmsted that it could
be built at a minimum coot Thar Is
also some talk of making an effort to
Induce the atraet railway company to
extend the line along tha elovgh road to
Troutdals. there oonnectlng with the
O. W. P. extension from Oreaham, thus
forming a loop that would Up a ary
rich and prosperous country that Is
rapidly filling up with people. .
Mettger fits your ayes for 10. . ill
Sixth street, near Washington.
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Be Erected at Lakerlew, Oregon.
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THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAt PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO, APRIL - 21, -.
OF (S.I.
SCOTT.
16 J MVGWAVZ.
(lEVi PORTLAND
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8PRIIIGIIIG UP
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Appearanc of the City's' Retail
Section WiltSoon Be Ma-V
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terially Changed.
IMPROVEMENT IS ' ; ?
s THE ORDER OF THE DAY
High, Permanent Business Structures
Are Taking the Place of Ancient
Shacks on Prominent Corners
Unprecedented Building Epoch.'
Portland is experiencing a flood tide
of building development unlike anythtnr
or tha kind that has aver been known
on the Pacific coast except perhaps tha
rebuilding of San Francisco following
ths earthquake. -.'.' , t
It is probably no exaggeration to nlace
the value of the solid, substantial im
provement nowin progreaa In this city
st SMOO.OOO snd the estlmsta does not
Uke into account the hundreds of res
idences that are going up In an parte
of the city. Since the first of April.
butldln permits bsvc been Issued by
in Dunaing inspector to ths value of
about tl.iui.OOfl, mere than five-sixths
of which was for buslnsss houses that
are tn gn op In the center of the city,
wives Vorttaad Srew Appearance. :
With the completion of the ten or a
flosen eight to 10-ctory structurea, now
In process of construction, in the cen
tral part of the City the appearance of
tha retail district wlU be completely
ehanfd. A Sumner of old landmarks,
that have occupied prominent business
corners tm many years pant, lists been
demolished to make war for tha mod
ern ateel and brick and concrete struc
tures, notably ths old Schiller clgsr
tore snd vthrs st th northwest cor.
ner of Fourth snd Washington, to make
why for th RothscMld building; the
southeast corner of Fourth and Oak, tha
sits of the proposed Board of Trade
structure; the northwest corner cf Fifth
and Oak. where the home of the Com
mercial club la to be; the north a at and
northwest corners of Alder snd Park
to give place to. the Baldwtn-Downln
Office building snd the new Cornelius
hotel: the northwest corner of Seventh
and Oak, th alt of th proposed Beck
building: the southwest corner ef Sec.
nd and Salmon, tha, alte of the pro
posed four-story Chines building snd
the Hart building st the southeast cor.
ner ef Second and Alder, which has been
practically torn out and rebuilt
' Store Ss e Com.
In addition to these, it Is altogether
probable that the Northrup corner at
Fourth and Aider and th Brady quarter
block at Fifth and Stark will b cleared
of their old rookeries and become the
Sites f modern. . up-to-date business
blocks, within ths yesr. Th entire
hnlf-block on the west etde of Eleventh
between Washington snd Stark has been
cleared of old houses and mads ready
farithe erection- ef handsome buildings;
th HoIbTonk-Lameon hotel on the cor
ner of Stark snd Eleventh snd ths M. S.
Cob building cn Washington and Elev.
enth. . , ,;..
Changes powatowa.
The Salvation Army meeting house on
Fourth atraet near Taylor waa torn out
during tha-paat week and the owner
of the lot, p. S. Stearns, will begin
the erection of a four-story building, to
be acoupled by a Front strset whole
sale bouse, . Th aaent shacks On the
northwest corner of Burnslds ' and
Front street are being rased that work ,
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may begin On the excavation for a new
four-ate ry building 100 by 110 feet moat
of which will bo occupied by the Willam
ette Tent dc Awning company. Ths
old New Tork hotel, tha first hotel In
Portland, stood on that corner. The
old hotel was put up la 1164. when
Front street waa ths main thoroughfare
in ths little strarfkling town. H. Wemme
bought thia property several months ago
fot ttO.OOO and has been-offered a sub
etnt'el advance on the coat, but de
clined all offers, preferring to Improve
It .. . ..t .:".;. :
W. X Morgan. wh has begun the
erection ef th, story brick building
covering ths -wrwr block at tha north
west corner Grand avenue and East
SUrk. street, has altered the plans Of
th eiruetur to . provMe for an addi
tional, etory. Tha change calls for sn
additional expenditure of about 1 11.000,
Mr. -Morgan - wilt Install elevator
sorvfee In th budding; which waa hot
at firs contemplated.
--.'. On th Bast soda, .'" , '.
The Beckmen bunding at East Burn
side street ' and Vnloa avenue, the
Proud foot hotel V East Third and East
Burnsld streets, the Markell structure
at Eaat Morrison atreet and Union
avenue, are all well under way, the
excavations being about completed.
On story of th Mitchell, Iewls as
Btsver Duiwing st east Morrison and
East Second streets, is finished. ' This
will be one of the largest wholesale
houses In Portlsnd and th only one
that rests en concrete piling. ' i
Th hug blocks ef granite that form
th walls tt th first three atorlea ef tha
Corbttt building are being placed In po
sition, on tn west side brloK laying
nss begun at U rourth story. . Nearly
all ths cement flooring throughout the
building has teea laid. - ,
PROFESSIONAL MEPJ FIND
?N0 ROOM IN BUILDING
Office In Wells-Fargo Structure
; , Reserved for Transportation '
Companies and Others. 1
At th tint the construction "of th
Wells-Fargo building was begun th an
nouncement wss made that' none but
transportation companies and manufac
turers would be allowed to office lit the
new l)-tory structure. This original
Intention is being strictly adhered to.
The intention la to make th building
a nearly aa possible strictly a trana
portatlon headquarters. ' -
It is understood that th Southern
Paclfla snd O. R. ft N. companies will
occupy the seven upper etorles. The
remaining rour eoove-grouna stones
will be occupied elmoet entirely by the
Colorado Fuel Iron Co.. the Union
pacific Coal Co., the Pacific Railway ft
Navigation Co the Carnegl Steel Co.,
the AlaKka Salmon Packera, and a Min
nesota lumber company. The Wella
Fargo and the Northern Pacific express
companies will occupy all of th ground
floor. . On email room on th ground
floor will be occupied by a cigar atore.
The indications' ar that th building
will b entirely finlahed and ready for
occupancy by July 1. . . -.. . .'. '
flmKh fittll at Large. .'
, (Joarn.l trlst Service.) . 1
Onktand. April to. Frank Smith, the
discharged waiter, who last night shot
and killed John Marovlch. his former
employer, in the preaenc of th vic
tim' wife and scores of guests In Mar.
covlch's restaurant has not ret been
apprehended, although a thorough search
baa been mado In Oakland,, San Fran,
ciaco and other bey cities.
Snowstorm at penrer.
' IJ.winul gpertal ServleaJ
Ienvr, Col., April 10. ; Thirteen
Inches of snow fsll hers last night This
Is ths heaviest snow storm in April
sines lilt. Ths storm was general. .
o&pv ,t a -i .. -Ill
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SEWERS ARE III
GREAT DEMAND
Growth of Portland Shown In the
Increased Need of Drainage
; System Extensions.1' , ,
BROOKLYN SEWER IS
HUGE CONSTRUCTION JOB
City Engineer's Departinent Prepares
for Fay More Work tn This Une
', Than Ever Before sad Property
' Owners Reiterate Their Petitions.
!
Portland ha In process of construc
tion nearly t00.000 : worth ef ' sewer
work, practically all ef which is on ths
east sld. Th longest snd most ex
pensive pleo of swr construction new
under way is ths Brooklyn district
aewer. which is nearly thre mile long,
1.100 feet of which Is tunneling. Ths
cost at this trunk sewer Is sbout 110.
00, snd it is Umatd that tbs laterals,
which will hav to b put In wlthla th
next year or so, will cost as much as
the main trunk.
Th Vernon and lrvingtoo height
STEEL FRAME
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Erection of the Steel frame of the
progressing rapidly. Tha frame of th
the upright ef th third fleer having
b ap by Jun X. . - -. .
1007.
district sewer, th contract for the eon
atructlon of which will be let In the
nest. few-weeks, is one ,ef. the .heavy
pieces of sewer work that will be pvl
in during th year. The district which
will be covered by . this system" m
bracss something over t.ooo city lota
and wUl coat nearly 1110,000. . -. ;
sen Srabtage Sate Celambla. .
Tha present plan of rthe nglnerint
department la to mske th Vernon
sewer an extension ef. ths Irvington
main trunk, but the residents ef ths
district to be benefited ar opposed to
this, plan snd hav protested t the
eounoll, asking that rthe aewag from
that portion of th city b drained north
Into Columbia slough. Instead ef south
west Into tbs Willamette river,
Ballwood apd . surrounding 'territory
will probably bs the neat larg district
that will be sf forded proper a werage
faolUtlaa- Th elty engineer is now st
work preparing th necessary surveys,
mapa, sstlmsted cost eUv, for a trunk
eewer for this district The cost of
th Sellwood main, although pearly aa
long, will net ba more than half the
coat of the Brooklyn main. One reason
for this difference In cost is that no
tunneling will be necesssry in reaching
th river through Seiiwoed, snd th fall
is mor gradual ,
... - a astern Fart sTds Sewer. .
Montavilla and that portion ef Meant
Tabor that was taken into th city at
th Isst- election ar expected te be
clamoring far aewer at aa early date.
Th western slop ef Mount Tabor will
probably b connected up - with th
Sunnyalde system, while the main
Montavilla sawsr will In all probability
connect at eom point with the Irving
ton main. However, th City sngtneer's
Offlo reports that an Immens amount
of surveying and establishing street
grades will be necessary la these dis
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB BUILDING IS RISING '..
Commercial club building at the northwest corner of Fifth and Oak strata ia
first three floors will be in portion by th
already been set It Is expeeted that th
tricts beore any sewer work ess k
done. -. v . i .
,A chain .of mall sewers; landing ' le
.&pott atreet from. Esat-XaeatVets-to
Eaat Twenty-fourth is beli-g liullt it. a
cost of aoout tlO.WO.4 MT'oTt system
tn North Irvington la unrl-r construc
tion which will coat about Ili.toO.
. In, South Portland, beyond Hamilton
avenua and -Cast -ct th Macadam 'road,
there la a district that la rapidly filling,
up with people and mnu'acturUg
planta that 1 anxlnus for eewars.
Additional aewer are badly needed
on portions of Willamette heiglue and
Portland heights. . Large srins In both
localities, where extensive building
operation will go on thl sutnarer, ar
without sewer cepneellons. -
The elty engineering derertmnt ' Is
looking forward to an immense amount
of ' aawer work within, the next two
years, i Larg areas . that hsv been
taken Into th rlty recently will have
te be provided for. ? 1 .
" NEW REALTY COMPANY i
Meesra. E.-B. Lab be. J. S.. P. Copland
and W. H. Thomas, three well known
young Portlandera. have formed a co
partnership and will ngag In tha reel
estate, inau ranee and loan business. Th
firm has taken offices in the Labbe
building. Second and .Washington'
etreeta. Mr. Labbe I a member ef the
well knows Portland family ef that
nam. J, a p. Copland has been for S9
years a resident of Oregon and wa"S
grand -nephew of tha late Mra. 8. O.
Reed. W. IL Thomas Is s well known
newspapsr worker. Th Swastika. Mex
ican emblem ef good luck, has been
Sdopted by the firm as a distinctly
business emblem, which it la hoped will
bring good luck te th firm's custo
mer . .. .Y .
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S i-veK v- ve-eV. jfc-eve- -y A
middle it next week, a portion of '
skeleton of tue entire structur will
.