The Oregon daily journal., July 07, 1907, Page 19, Image 19

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1007.
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LESSON AT SEATTLE
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Portland Would Do Well to Adopt
Some of the Ideas of Her Northern
Neighbor Cities Mayor Will Bel
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Charles K. Henry ha just returned
from a (lthree-days' trip to Seattle. Vic
toria and other Bound points, where he
greater Interest In the necessity of more OUUTJJ UWJUATAlX tWU
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have been given to understand
recently that there was a slackening up
ana quietness in Beattta. I was over
mere last week on a visit with a via
of looking over street conditions, and
me method or making streets, now in
vogue In Seattle, and while It 1a ad
mitted that the selling of suburban and
wildcat lots has been largely ahut off,
business men and capitalists knowing
mat ine pushing or wild-cat schemes Is
detrimental to the city, have frowned
down the business to such sn extent
that about 700 so-called real estate
dealers havs rone from the city In the
past few months; but business generally
and the city proper are In a very
healthy growing condition fine build
ings being put up, streetcar lines being
extended, with an immense amount of
street work la progress.
Seattle's Wis Selection.
"Seattle has been wise In the selea
tlon of a city engineer, who Is not only
a capable engineer, but is an analytical
cnemist, ana at the request ana expense
f the city of Seattle, R. H. Thomp
son, the city engineer, visited the prin
cipal eastern cities, as well us Berlin,
London, Liverpool, Manchester and
Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, to
study up the best methods of making
streets In vogue In the different cities
or tne world.
"On his return he submitted a very
full and comprehensive report, accom
panied by photos, showing the materials
Used, and the -condition of some of the
streets sfter years of uso with the re
spective materials, with the result that
Seattle Is now undertaking to make and
finish streets before the opening of
their fair, costing tl. 100900, hoping to
be able to have one of the best psved
cities In the United States.
"The people of Portland ought to real
ize that the citlsens of Seattle sre tax
ing themselves to cut down hills at
great cost. In many cases' through stone,
that Is very expensive, but they are bent
and determined to have a finely paved
city, with the result that property on
the paved streets Is very much more in
nlckls or transfer. This relieves the
conductor from the vexation of making
up his account, as he simply bands in
the stetn-llke receptacle to .he office.
containing the fares put in by ths pas
sengers themselves. Also their sys
tem of transfers is simplified, for, In
stead of giving a number of transfers,
aa may be required, they punch on the
end of the 'transfer, good for one or
more, as the case may be.
The Victoria streetcar system exercise
care in having cars kept clean, and also
give very low rates, as compared with
tne rortiana rates giving scnooi cnu-
drtfc 10 tickets for 26 cents, working
men, between the hours of 6 to 0 a. m.
and 6 to 7 p. nr. eight tickets for 26
cents, or six for 25 cents to all comers,
and 25 tickets for $1.00, or four ceats
per ride, if bought at the office. Re-
memoer mat in is is in a city m
DOO nnnulatlnn. Why should not Mr.
Puller, with a population In this city of
over 175,000, give as good ratesT
Attractive Appearance,
Thev have made a sreat effort to
make a beautiful sea-wall of stone and
granite along their water front, giving
it a very attractive appearance. Facing
this are the beautiful parliament build
ings erected of stone, and also the new
magnificent Empress hotel, built by the
Canadian Pacific railway, which, when
finished, will cost about t2.000.000.
This is built by the railroad company. In
order to attract tourists to that city,
Imaatne for a minute the Harrlman sys
tem building. any sucn notei in our city
to attract the people to this city, and ss
a means or getting trarric over ineir
line or lines. .
A visit to TacoTna, Seattle or vic
toria will maks any right-minded per
son or Portland asnamea or our mis-
arable streets, snd the terrible con
ditlon in which they are kept. There
should be an organised effort on the
part of all Interested property-holders
to have our streets improvea Dy Dis
tricts, under the new law. from tiie
river back on both sides, with a hard
surface pavement, and then see that the
streets are properly kept clean. While
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omn of our people object to the cost
demand, and that tenants are seeking I of the good streets, it is much cheaper
quarters on paved streets and freely
paying much better rentals In ths pavd
districts, both residence and business
In Portland nature has done nearly
everything for us. It Is extremely easy
to put down streets In this city, . If
proper care Is exeroised In the selection
of the material for the respective uses,
to which the. different streets ar to be
put. One portion or the city would oe
better with stone Diocs. anotner witn
vitrified brick, another with wood
blocks, it properly treated and carefully
inrpected When put down, and ths rest
with a bitulithio or bituminous hard
surface pavement, and all of which
must undergo the most careful super
vision.
'The writer had a pleasant Interview
with R. H. Thompson, city engineer
of Seattle, and has an assurance thst he
will come to our city, and anve a lecture.
covering; his Investigation of the best
Street methods In different eastern cit
ies and Europe, and Portland would be
srreatlv benefited by his advice and sua;
gestlons In thst line, and efforts will be
made to have Mr. Thompson Tiere some
time during this month, which meeting
every interested property-holder In the
city of Portland should attend. Port
land neds to aet good streets, we must
out of self respect make an earnest er
fort to properly pave and clean our
streets.
Beautiful Streets.
"A 1rlef visit to Victoria, proved very
interesting, as there the streets' are
beautifully cleaned and well-psved
There the property owners make the
streets and the city keeps them up. The
moment a depression or hole appears In
any pavement the city's cart loaded
with finely-screened, crushed rock, the
latter being done by the prisoners, Is
immediately applied to any hole or rent
in the street, so that the pavement is
Kept smootn at an times. Besides tne
street-sweeping machine, they have men
with small carts to keep the droppings
removed from the streets . during the
day-time, so that It 1s st all times clean.
They have a number of very attractive
features over there, in addition to the
street cleaning and paving system.
Their method of taxation is more fair
than ours, In that, while the property is
Rsessea at run value ana tne lmprove-
js st run value tne taxes on the
rear estate are based on the full value
and on the Improvement at only half the
assessed value thereby putting a prem
ium upon building and improvements,
instead of fining and punishing, as we
do, under our system. Their streetcar
system, which is .very good, presents
some fine features.
"One, while novel, is certainly more
serviceable than ours. Instead of hav
ing the clanging of the nerve-racking
register hung up In the car, the con
ductor passes along a ticket or money
holding affair, somewhat like a stein,
into which the passenger puts in his
In the long run. aa I am informed by
Alex. Donaldson, superintendent . of
the street-cleaning system of this city,
that it cost 18.40 per mile to clean the
hard surface pavement in our city, as
a an Inst ths cost of 1 81 per mile for
cleanlns- the sraveled streets.
Mr. J. t;. Ainsworm, wno was aiso
on a recent -visit to Taeoma and Beat
tie, and I, compared notes on Our ob
servations In those cities, apd together
with I. vr. lang propose io wait upon
Mayor Lane and see if it la possible to
get soms concerted action on the part
or the city toward getting a compre
hensive street improvement plan under
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Property on Which Crane
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nances in Valne.
A striking sxample of, ths marralana -lnoreass
la valass of Portland propartjr
Is found in ths half block on Irvtnsr
1 street, between Thirteenth and Foar-
teenth streets recently purchased by tha '
j Crane company, and on which It la pro-'
I posed to build a slx-story buslnasa
j house. This property was sold to the
Crane company by 3. M. Lsiter aad JU '
C, Palmer for $60,000, r
About two months ago Charts K.
I Henry representing Colonel John Mo-.
' Craken sold the holding to Messrs Letter
and Palmer for 140,000, while Colonel
McCraksn purchased It less than elaht
' months ago for $30,000, showing a nee
gam or so per cent in considerably less)
than ons year.
This is not an isolated case, but la
about tbs average ad vanes throughout '
ths warehouse district.
ST. JOHNS PROPERTY
ACTIVE LAST WEEK
Number of Single Lota Sold, Two of
Which Were for Good
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Pelton Holdings on Gllsan Street
Soon to House Retail Dealers
Expenditure of $10,000.
BY THE ANCIENTS
D. C. Pelton Is expending sbout $10,-
000 In remodeling the old Willamette
Iroir Works building on Qliaan between
Third and Fourth streets. The entire
building is to be overhauled, new floors
put In and a solid glass front extending
tne run lengtn or tne unsan street siae.
'T' V. A 111 v, . Is n n Ann.rAW.A In.M
retail store rooms.' a number of which 1)1 H Sr ' ( 1 1 Sh T TI h i)
hava aJreArl v been leased. i ijvi viuu
Modern Buildings Erected in
Portland Show Great
Beauty of Design.
NEW HIGH RECORD FOR
BASE LINE ACREAGE!
A new hlch mark was reached last
weak In ths nrlns of acreaire on the Buss
Line road east or Moniavina.
O. O. Parman purchased 16 acres on
the south side of the Base Line road
about two miles east of Montavllla, pay
ing $10,000 for the holding. This Is at
the rate or nearly $?ou an acre.
SUNNYSIDE RESIDENCES
BRING GOOD FIGURES
IN CALIFORNIA
In Los Angeles and San Francisco
the Added Strain of Earthquake
Shocks Must Be Reckoned With
In Construction of Skyscrapers.
Sales of two modern residences in i
Sunnyslde have Just been closed. George I
C King purchased from W. B. Braden J
house and two lots at tne southeast
corner of East Thirty-second and Bel
mont streets for $4,000, snd O. A. Moe
bought a house snd lot on Hawthorne
avenue near Sylvan avenue for $3,460. !
The property was owned by C. W. Hall.
The question of the value of reen-
forced concrete as building material is
a live topio of discussion among the
trade Journals and newspapers of Call.
fornia. While Portland builders have
settled In their own minds that a con
crete building 10 or 12 stories In height
is as safe and enduring as the "rock of
ages," San Francisco and Los Angeles
builders are still dlscusslnr Its merits
ano aemerits, some contending that a
steel skeleton encased In concrete or
terra cotta will withstand earthquake
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"ftesldence of. W. J. Hofmarjn, 825 Hancock Streets
and Are much better than a solid con
crete building, and others Insisting that
the reverse is tha case snd point to the
old Palace hotel, the concrete walls of
which stood ths shake-up a year ago
mucn netter tnan did any otner oz San
Francisco's Dig buildings.
A building expert has ths following
10 say on tne subject in a recent issue
or the Los Angeles Times:
"Plain concrete has been used for
thousands of years most successfully
as building material It has withstood
both fire and earthquake better than
any other known material. It has stood
these tests better than natural stone of
any kind.
Stand Up against Bartfcqaaks.
Good concrete will stand Are and
earthquake better than either granite
or marble. It will stand the earthquake
very mucn Detter tnan eitner stone un
less tha walls are made of such huge
thickness as ta be economically lmpos-
sioie.
Captain John S. Sewell of the engl
neer corps, united States army, was
sent to San Francisco aftsr the Are and
quake last year to study this question
and report to tha war department the
result or nis observations, in his re
port. Captain Sewell says:
From tne effect on fortifications and
from the effect in monolithic and mas
sive concrete structures elsewhere, it
seems Justifiable to conclude that a
solid monolithic concrete structure of
any sort Is secure against damage In
an earthquake country, unless It should
happen to lie across the line or slip: In
that case tne daman would tie an un
known quantity, depending entirely on
the amount of the slip and the Intensity
Withstood tha artlis.naka.
The San Francisco Call, in dlscusstrilr
tnis report or uaptain sewens. points
to the crystal Spring dam. This struc
ture .is so reet man. or concrete con
struction, lays right on the line of the
earthquake fault last year and shows
not the slightest- injury. The huge
structure stands today as solid as the
everlasting hills.
This is prooamy tne very strons-est
testimony in favor of concrete, as the
most effective material for structures
which are likely to be subject to earth
quake shocks.
A number or the leading architects
of San Francisco have taken up some
what of a campaign against reenforced
concrete construction. The basis of
their contention Is that this material
does not Jend itself readily to artistic
effects, and as a result the concrete
buildings going up In the burned dis
trict In that city are said to have a
mean appearance, suggesting that they
were thrown together hastily, without
the sllshtest regard for the artistic
possibilities of the material.
Banasome, say reruana man.
Portland architects do not agree with
their San Francisco brethren that a
concrete building cannot be made ar
tistic. One of the handsomest of Port
lands modern office buildings the
Couch Is of reenforced concrete, while
ths Board Of Trade structure, now going
up, will be a particularly attractive
specimen of the architect's art. Ths
proposed 10-story annex to the Oregon
hotel Is to be of reenforced concrete.
and the seven-story Proudfoot hotel, on
East Burnside street. Is of the same
material.
- Several other concrete buildings ara l
projected for Portland. In fact it Is I
saiS to say mat reemorcea concrete 1
construction Is quits as popular among!
Portland architects and builders aa any
other material, and ho trouble la had
In maklna beautiful, artistic structures
with this materia v.-
. Attaaks Ta Critics.-. V
A writer in tha Los Angeles Times
vigorously attacks the Ban Francisco
architects on account of the views they
are said to entertain witn rererenca
to reenforced concrete construction. "This
view la in a double sense a miscon
struction of 0 hs edifices they axa put-1
ting up. At ths present time an in
artistic city Is a city whose right to
exist may be pretty vigorously at
tacked. The whole trend of the busi
ness Industries ef the time Is toward
more artistio effects.
"The bald plainness of former days
will be tolerated no longer in municipal
construction. The American people are
rapidly developing a taste for artistic
effect, and this sense will not be de
nied. The history of srchltecture In
southern Europe, from Athens and Cor
inth, 3,500 years ago, to Genoa and
Paris of today, is -Intimately connected
with concrete as a building material.
"To a very large extent the temples
of ancient Greece. Naples. Syracuse end
Rome were of concrete structure. They
have not onlv oreved their lasting qual
ities, but have shown how readily they
lend themselves to artistic errect.
Sanger la Hlt.
The one element of danger that ar
chitects and builders very generally
agree upon, relative to concrete con
struction, is that of running this class
of buildings too far Into the clouds.
There la too much theory and too littler
experience as to the amount of strain
these structures will endure.
The only eases on record wnere re
enforced concrete has failed to meet
expectations are those where the struc
tures were run up more than 16 stories.
and even then the failure was attri
buted more to faulty material than
bad construction.
Tests Havs Been Borer.
Concrete construction has been . put
to some very severe tests In different
parts of the country within' the past
year or two and has Invariably proved
ts great vaiue irom every standpoint.
About a year ago tne national Firs
Proofing compag- of Chicago made a
test by Are, load and water upon three
reenforced concrete- columns In that
city. These columns were submitted to
a temperature or ueiween x.suu and
1.600. dearees Fahrenheit and keot un
der that test for as long as Ave hours.
After this, water was applied to the
columns. This developed soma barely
perceptible longitudinal cracks, bnt
otherwise was of no effect. In the
load test, loads ranging as high at 16T
tons were applied to the columns. A
column under 1.600 to 1,600 degrees
Fahrenheit for three hours loses 72 per
cent of Its losdcarrylng strengtn.
A column protected ny a three-inch
poroua terra cotta tile submitted to
a temperature of 1,600 to 1,600 degrees
Fahrenheit lest none or its original
strength. Tests like these are exceed
ingly valuable. They seem to establish
the fact that where a rsenrorood con
crete column Is protected by hollow
tile, it will not only bear any ordinary
weight ever likely to be placed upon it,
but may be subjected to an enormous
heat ror a period 01 several noun wun
out losing any of Its load-carrying
strength. I
AFTER HOSPITAL FOR
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Tbs Mclntyre home, comprising four
acres, located on the O. W. P. line, be
tween Portland and Oregon City, has
been purchased by Slater Mary Theresa,
O. S. B., who Is raising tha funds neces
sary for the erection of a $60,000 chil
dren's hospital and homo on ths prop
erty. Associated with Slater Theresa In this
work is Bister Mary Gertrude, both of
whom are graduate nurses. It is their
plan to give their special attention to
all cases of spinal meningitis. The
money for building the hospital was
largely raised in Qregon.
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Europe's Lightest Queen.
From Tit Bits.
Who is the lightest queen In Europe?
This distinction belongs to the Em
press of Russia, who only turns tha
scale at nine stone.
The queen of Holland Is but a stone
heavier while the queen of Rumania
nit Oneen .Ronhia of Sweden are re
spectively seven pounds and five pounds
short of eleven stone. The queen of
Greece is the heaviest royal lady in
Europe, her weight being IS stone 4
founds, just eight pounds more than
hat of the queen of Portugal.
An active movement in fit. Johns,
property was on last week and a larga
number of single lot sales were re
ported. W. E. Knight purchased from W. C.
Francis two fractional blocks in North
St. Johns for $.00.
M. L. Hoi brook sold C T. Gould six
lots In Walker's addition, tha eonald-
oration Being yo.oov.
IMPORTANT DEAL IN
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT,
Ths only deal of importance in tha
North Portland warehouse district closed
during tha past week was tha porchasa
by C. E. Oralis of tha quarter block at.
tha northwest corner of Fifteenth and
Johnson streets. The property waa
owned by Henry S. Allen and assoclatsa
aad was sold for $10,000. . ,
Char lea K. Henry Bon, who negoti
ated the above sale, have secured
promise from tha North Padflo Terra I
nal company to extend tha track on Fif
teenth street from Marshall street, lta
present terminus, to Johnson straet.
thus adding three blocks to tha avallabla "
warehouse territory on Fifteenth street. .:
GRESHAM ACREAGE
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
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H. V. Whitney has purchased from
Charles Cleveland 40 acres near Ores ham
for $6,000, or at tha rata of $164 an ,
acre.
This land was selling one year ago as
the rate of $60 an -acre.- ana not In ao--
tlve demand at that flgura. Within tha
past year several hundred aerea of tha 1
elevated plateau around Oresham hava
neen taxen over, oy Portland., residents
with a view to converting tha holdings ;
into country homes. Several attractive
residences havs been built In tha Cla-:
trict slnoa tha movement began. . ,
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B. X. ItcBlroy ftt To Buy CtoiaJmf -Tor
Bobtasa $s Oe.
8. M. McElroy. for many years cloth
ing salesman In tha establishment of
A. B. Steinbach Co.. left Saturday for
New York City to personally direct tha
manufacture of a una of clothing for
Robinson & Co., of this city. Mr. Mc
Elroy will return September 1, to take
charge of the clothing department which
Robinson A Co., will than Install. - v
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