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i . " . : i 1 .i'1; . ' (-''; i ; A j1 jn l ', . . J'..! THE OREGON. DAILY ' JOURNAL,1 PORTLAND, SATURDAY-" EVENING, SEPTEMBER Vgl, ? 1607. ; BUI Mi JL ;N1JJ V V; PLEHTY OF STONE FOB Architects Believe Frame IV Will Go Out of Style Soon. , ; QUANTITIES OF GOOD t HOCK CLOSE TO CITY Quarries Clone to Portland and : .' , Throughout Willamette Valley Accessible to Local Builders ' Stone Buildings Are Cheaper In - the End. '" . Uow long be for the pendulum will , swing back, bringing stone again Into . favor as a building materiair asked a '. well-known Portland architect who ! , known to eve a atrong preference for the massive atone construction that waa ' so popular a decade or more ago, exam' , X! t which may be Been In the Cham- ber Of, Commerce, the Portland Truet ' '. Company or Oregon at Third and Oak treats, the First Presbyterian cnurch ". and the lower stories of the Portland hotel, the Imperial hotel and the Mar- ' quam, Oregonian and Dekum buildings tone Ooes Out of Paehloa, ,. . - Different classes of building material ' hare their cycles of popularity, as much - bo as the various styles of architecture. Just now the steel skeleton with brick outside walls and the reenforced con crete. structures are enjoying a season tr immense popularity. The great prog ' reus that has been made in the nasi few years la the manufacture of fine fao Ing brick of attractive designs and col- ring has resulted in the supplanting of tone to a great extent, ana me very ' general use of brick In constructing the outside walls of steel-frame buildings. , While It Is not probable that steel - - will ever be discarded as tne frame of inoet of the heavy urban construction. ; but it is altogether likely that stone will In a few years be as generally used in the walls of this class of construction aa brick are now. In fact. In some of 1h mnrt raoent akvucranere in the east rn cities, notably Baltimore, small tones about twice the also of aa ordl- nary brick are being used in the walls or me Dig steel skeleton structures, in dlana limestone and New Ensland gran Ite are almost exclusively used In this class of construction in the eastern states. T-Bltf Quantities Hear Portland. Portland builders and architect! will ' after a while tire of the plain brick , wall and demand something more orna mental, when recourse will be had to the inexhaustible variety and supply of , -excellent building stone within reach of mis city, rxo state in tne union nas a larger variety of valuable building-stone than Oregon. The Phoenix sandstone quarries in Douglas county turn out a tone that Is unsurpassed as a buildlng- - stone. Local stonecutters say that it is equal to New England -granite In strength. At Watertown, Maaaaohu c setts, soma years ago, a government test was mads or the Douglas county stone, 'and it developed a crushing teat of over 16,000 pounds to the square Inch. The . 'JMetbodlst . church south Is being built . of this stone... ' Near Dallas, Polk county, a superior sandstone is being quarried, which, when first taken out la tariff, but hunlmii ran. Idly under exposure. The courthouse of Dallas was built of this stone. A very superior sandstone la quarried at Forest Grove, miles from Portland. ' This stone Is used largely in this city for porch work. It is easily sawed and Is coming Into very general demand, -''.tossj In City. Within the limits of Portland there is ?n Inexhaustible supply of basaltlo rock hat Is admirably adapted to house building. It Is finely colored and waa effectively used In Trinity church at Nineteenth and Everett streets, and In Bt Vincent's hospital. Large quantities of basaltic reck have been used In the Jorch work and la retaining walls In his city. , The St. Helens quarry of basaltic rock is but a few miles from the city. It has successfully Dassed the severest tests and has been utilized In some of the city a nanasomest bunding. There is a very . general belief that Stone es a building material is much more expensive than either frame or brick, but this has been proven to be erroneous. The building committee of xne Metnoaisi, cnurcn south round that their church could be built of Douglas f ounty sandstone, cheaper than of Port-and-raade brick. The preliminary esti mates for St. Francis' church also dis closed mat stone is cneaper than brick. Stone Cheaper Than Wood. -lr!-';Mr;-tvf,J; , VnV.', rAff. 't 1 mmmmm m :: v few : i PORTLAND'S zm . - -ID rii : r i Backman Building, Eait Burnslde Street and Union Avenue, Gevurti' New House-Furnlshlngs Store. FAMILY HOTELS TO BE OPENED SOON Handsome Structures Will Help Relieve Big Demand of Eapid Growing City. Within the next 90 days Portland's hotel accommodations will be largely In creased by the completion and opening or two nsnasome new ramny noieis. The Holbrook-Lamson structure at the southwest corner of Eleventh and Stark streets is beginning to take on the appearance of a completed building. Tha wails are us. the roof in Dlace and a large force o'f mechanics are engaged on the Interior finishing. The building is six stories high with a full concrete basement, and will cost when completed about $160,000. xne weatnarDy-MctJiung lamuy Ho tel going up on Ella street, near Wash ington, when completed, will be an at tractive addition to the upper Wash ington street district. This structure Is six stories high, built In the shape of an "L," and will cost about 1 180.000, It Is expected that both of these hotels will be furnished arid In operation not later than January 1. Anotner modern notei tnat is neanng completion is that or Dr. C. w. Cor nelius on Park and Alder streets. Five of the six stories are finished. The lower floor of this building will be util ised for business purposes, the five up per stories having been leased to a well known hotel man. who will open the new hostelry about January 1. TOWN MMjjK Portland Cement Got Title From Its Similarity of 'Color to Stone. QUAKRY LOCATED IN PORTLAND, ENGLAND Mixture Was First Mixed on Side walk Industry Is Growing to Enormous Proportions Super aedes Hydraulic Cement. GROUND BROKEN The life of a frame building is but lfttla A .1. 1 - - Miuiw .mu J t a. williv VUUBUini care and expense Is required to maintain Jt, while a stone house is practically Indestructible and requires neither naint nor repairs. A Stone building may cost i wire mat or a irame structure, but In the end it is far cheaper. MANY NW HOMES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED Residences to Cost Vp In Thousands to Be Bnllt on Both East and West Sides. Architect Emll Schacht has finished plans for the following buildings which are ready for contractors' bids: Two and one half story 14-room resfdence for Mrs. J. A. Veness Of Wlnlock, Wash ington, to be built at the northwest corner of Twentieth and Johnson treets; v. J, Zimmerman's two-story lne-room residence to be erected at East Twenty-second and Weidler streets, tut i mated cost $6,000; apartment house on King street near Washington to be built for Judge Charles Page at a cost of about $10,000; William Ballls1 frame residence on Cornell road to cost $4,600, and a bungalow on West Park street, between Columbia and - Clay, estimated mat $4,000. EAST SIDE HOUSES New Residences Will Be Built by R. A. Leisy and Mrs. L. Murphy. R. A. Leisy Is preparing to put up a two-story frame dwelling at the corner of East Sixteenth and East Main streets. The house will rest on a full cement basement and will be equipped with a steam heating plant The es timated cost will be between $4,000 and $5,000. Another east side residence for which ground was broken during the present week is that of Mrs. L. Murphy, who Is Just beginning the erection of a two story frame house on Halsey street, between East Third street and Union avenue, at a cost of $4,600. NEW RESIDENCE ON . WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS Architect Emll Schacht has let the contract for the erection of an eight- room rrame residence on wmamette heights for Mrs. Charles Croauester. The house will be modern throughout and win cost o,tvu. D. W. Oates. who recentlv purchased a valuable lot at Ardmore, has commis sioned a local architect to prepare the plans for a $6,000 home to be built on the property. QB.OWHTO ACHES AXTD FACTS. Mrs. Joele Sumner, Bremond. Texas. writes, April 16. 1902: "I have used Ballard s Know Liniment in my family for three, years. I would not be without It in the house. I have used it on my little girl for growing pains and aches in her Knees, it cured her right away. I have also used it for frost bitten feet. wun gooa success., it is me Dest llnl. ment I ever used. SBc, 60o and $1.00. Hold ny all druggists. Lighting and Heating Now is the time to se lect your rates. And irons, Bpark Guards, Lighting Fixtures, Table Lamps, Burners and Glassware. Bring your building plans along, also your fireplace measurement. In order -to get the right Side Grates and Spark Guards. The M. J. Walsh Co: (alesroewe 811 tark M, Bttweem Ttfta em Sixta, Xota noses, From the fact that the R. C. Rick- mers, said to be the largest sailing ves sel, with steam auxiliary, afloat, recent ly discharged at the San Pedro docks 40,000 barrels of Portland cement, a spirited and widespread discussion has arisen among California papers as to what is "Portland cement." Tha ques tton is answered by the Los Angeles Economist in a manner that squares with the writer's information. Here is what the Economist says on the subject "There are two kinds of distinctly dlf ferentlated cement, and it may be stated generally mat an cement that Is not hydraulic" Is "Portland." Alsen's which was brought to California from Germany by the R. C Rickmers, Is Portland cement. This doe not tak its name from the place at which it is made. In fact, on the same principle that guided the man who wrote under the heading snakes in Ireland, there are no snakes in Ireland, one might write, Portland cement, tnere Is no cemen made in Portland. The variety that is caiieu i-oruana was aiscovered Dy modern Englishman. Hydraulic cement. however, had been made and used for many centuries. It was hydraulic c& ment the the Romans and other In genlous, constructive ancients used I the huge works, some of which still exist. The Romans were making hy draullc cement long- before the Kntrllsh speaking peoples or their kinsfolk, the Germans, were ever heard of. except as Daroarians. ine Keen, experlmentin, Englishman who Introduced Portlan. had his first mixture trowelled on the eiaewaiK, where it became evident that it had a peculiar grayish color, re sembling that of the dressed stone taken rrom the famous quarries of Portland, England stone which In those days was esteemed to be of the nignest standard or excellence for build' ing purposes. "On account of this resemblance the englishman named his mixture Port land cement, a title with which It be came identified, although It has been somewhat puzzling to many people, on account of what may be called its ab solute geographical irrelevancy. The cement industry Is growing in dimen sions, proportions and In Importance. It is greatly indebted to ambitious and enterprising modern commercial clvill atlon for this growth, but on the oth er hand modern commercial civilisation Is greatly Indebted to Portland cement, which has enabled It to perform many feats that would otherwise have been out or the question. DR. R0SSITER WILL BUILD AT OSWEGO Architect A. H. Faber is preparing pians ror a two-story, eight-room ce ment block residence to be erected at Oswego for Dr. Rosslter. The cement blocks to be used In this structure will be manufactured by a Portland concern that, has recently built a plant for the purpose of manufacturing this class of building material. 1 Cement blocks have been very little used in house construction in Portland, but they are coming Into very general use in porch building, especially norch piers. CHURCHES PLAN FOR NEW BUILDINGS Architect Joseph Jacobberser an nounces that the plans for the follow ing proposed JJBprayemejila, have, be&n completed and are ready for the con tractors' figures: Two-storv frame Cathollo school building, to be erected at University park; an 11-room parson age for St. Stephen's Roman Catholic arish, to be erected at East Forty ( rsi ana ,ast camion streets, sunnv- SOUTHERHSUPPLY OF LIBER GONE Surplus of Local Product in San Francisco Has Been Consumed. I-umber manufacturers say the Cali fornia market for building material is stiffening quite a bit and they believe that the surplus accumulated In the yards of the Bay City during the period when everybody poured cargoes and carloads into the field with the expect ancy of making hay while the sun shone has about been worked off. This looks good to the mill men, because un der normal conditions California is a good market for the products from the Oregon forests. The local demand for building lumber is brisk and as good as could be hoped for, but It has a limit or the mill men would not worry over threat of ad vartclng freight rates to points cast or any other place. The output or the local mills Is much In excess or the local demand, however, and for that rea son the outcome of the controversy be tween the mill men and the railroads will be watched with Intense Interest here by contractors, as well as by the mill men themselves, although the lum ber bill for an ordinary dwelling does not figure to very large extent In the total cost, labor, plumbing and fin lshlng being the greater Items of ex pense. Will Bednoe Output. Lumber men declare that there Is little likelihood of lumber becoming much cheaper here, even If the Dro posed freight advance becomes effec tive, because In that event the mills will simply reduce the production com mensurate with the demand. They contend that the price of logs and the cost of labor will prohibit any possiDiuty or mucn rate-cutting and the loggers are said to have the situation so well In hand that they need not sacrifice their timber should the mills reduce orders. There is a sufficiency of logs being brought to the mills to meet all present demands, but by shut ting down the camps or running re duced gangs the output of logs can easily be held down to the actual de mand. "We are having no troublo getting logs at the prices established or aareec upon when the camps opened up about a month ago," said a prominent mill man this morning, "but I understand the loggers do not propose to put logs into the water faster than- they can AMONG Only 22 Cities in United States Hare Big Build ing Record. ROSE CITY ALONG mm TOP LINERS New York, Chicago and Other Big Eastern Centers Report Loss In Bnlldlng Statistics as Compared With August of Last Tear, f w Y LiiIlVJ When You fyiild Your New Home and Need " Gas Fixtures, Electric Fixtures, Combination Fixtures, Gas and Eleo trie Shades, Welsbach Burners, Man. tela and Incandesoent Lamps, Elec tric Bells, Electric Wlrln ef all Klnda. - -r:v "v. . ; : . " , Fireplace Furniture. Wood Mantels. Tile Mantels. Tile Sink Backs, Tile Hearths. Tils Floors. Tile Bath .'Rooms, Andirons, Club House Bas .gets. Fire. Screens. Fire Folding Screens, Ash Dumps, All Kinds of Repair Work. oar ov Fmicxa. - BARRETT MNFGRS." AGENCY 408-10-ls Korrisoa It, Between Teata aac aierenta. Bott Fkoaea Out of 48 of the larger cities In the United States, 23 show gains in build ing construction varying from 1 to 481 per cent for the month of August, com pared .with the building record for the same, month in 1808. Twenty-six other cities' show a slight decrease, ranging from 1 to 71 per cent In the same table of statistics. It will be recalled that August, 1808, was a record-breaker in tna Duuaing construction Una throuahout the coun try, end as only a 3 per cent loss Is reDOrted the statistics 01 me past month are hv no means discouraging, But for the big losses reported In half i dosen of the largest cities in tne country there would have been a sub stantial gain shown for August. 1807. Vew Tork Xiosses. Greater Mew York reports a lass of more man st.ouu.uuu or zi uer cent. Chicago's decrease is nearly $1,000,000, equal to 17 per cent. Philadelphia re ports a 5 per cent decrease, while Bt. Louis reports the heaviest per cent de crease of any of the largest cities gz per cent. Baltimore and Cleveland each report a small decrease, the former 8 and the latter 8 per cent. The substantisl. healthy increases are all shown in the cities containing from uu.uuu to ouu.uuu population, or these Pittsburg leads off with a gain of 110 per cent, closely followed by Hartford, Connecticut, with a 91 per cent In crease. In this class is Portland, with Zl per cent gain and Minneapolis 1th a 9 per cent. The largest in crease reported was at 8t. Joseph, Mis souri, 463 per cent Los Angeles and Seattle both showed small losses- Portland being the only large Pacific coast city reporting an Increase. Story Told la Figures. The following statistics, com Dl led sad tabulated by the American Cootrao- tor or Chicago, give the whole story: Aug. 1907 Aug. ivos ret. cost. cost gain. I 676,628 1 711,970 B 200,257 A Cordial Invitation Is extended te every nan. woman and child In the city to Inspect our stock of general hardware. It's a little bet ter than anything of the sort we've ever shown, and we are naturally proud of It The most novel thing about It Is the price. AVERY & CO. 48 Third St, Bet. Pine and Ash THE LUTKE MFG. CO. Maaafastarcre ef SHOW CASES Bank and' Store Fixtures Koj and Sixth Sts. FOBTXVaJrO, OKBOOK. be disposed of at prices that will permit of a fair profit In view of this there is little likelihood of lumber prices being reduced, even if the pro posed advance Decomes errective. Shingles Oo Down. A report from Seattle states that shingle prices have gone of 25 cents as a result of a sensational bear raid made on the market by a sroun of wholesalers anxious to beat down the price of shingles for the late fall trade. At the first of the week shingles were selling on the base of 83 for stars and $3.30 to 83.40 for clears, and stars were hard to get at that price. , Now Quota tions range from $2.65 to $2.75 for stars, and $2.90 for clears. The only basis for the bear raid that the manufacturers can find Is a congestion in the shinglo movement at the head of the lakes, both in Duluth and Buffalo. What effect this movement will have here remains to be seen. The Willamette vallev mill men are altogether up in the air because. In the nrst place, thev are confronted with a disgusting car shortage, and In the second place with the prospectB of hav ing the rate to the Salt Lake terrl tory advanced. Only Hare One Territory. This territory offers nractlcallv the oniy mantel tor tne vanev mills at present because of a prohibitive freight rate to San Francisco bay common points, and a number of the mills will probably shut down completely unless conditions Improve. A petition lor a reduction In the tar iff to San Francisco bay has been placed with the state railroad commission. At present the railroad charges $8 per housand feet to Ban Francisco, where as it can be shipped for $4.50 by water from this port or mills on the Colum bia river. The Oregon & Washington Mann. facturers' association Is meetlnar this afternoon and dlscuB&ing conditions, etc but most of the time .will. In all prob ability, he devoted to talk concerning ne lnaDuuy to secure., ra-uroaa er, this and the rate Question are the most vital on the program. City- Baltimore . . Blr'ngham . ;nicago Cambridge . . Cleveland . .. Chatta'oga ., Cincinnati . . Davenport . . jaiiuB Detroit Evansvllle . , Od. Rapids.. Harrlsb'g . .. Hartford . . . Little Rock.. Louisville . . Los Angeles. Milwaukee . Minneapolis , Memphis . . . Mobile . . . New Haven.. New Orleans Manhattan. Brooklyn.. . . Bronx Greater N.T. 16,221,884 Omaha 668,700 fnuaaeipma. Pittsburg .. Portland . . . Pueblo Reading St. Joseph . . St. Louis .. St. Paul. .. Scran ton ... Spokane .... South Bend.. Syracuse . . . Salt Lake . . Topeka Toledo, O . . , Terre Haute. Trenton .... Washington. Worcester. . . Wllkesbarre . 4,492,275 96,400 1,027,545 70.760 800,818 60,000 271.843 1,056,600 81,64 202,011 198,225 446,695 76.602 266,744 1,842,006 932,635 1,251,886 228,632 88,436 232,842 311.992 7,776,198 6,636.089 1.810,600 8,288,716 2,076.428 861,880 10,616 92,450 491.775 .1,516.855 055,670 490,535 410,646 '124,085 172,876 ,170,800 218,321 232,780 159,879 238,697 885,696 257,873 638,132 205.744 6,439,176 94,676 1,120,355 71,890 794,390 28,810 225,848 1,042,960 112,280 149,678 118,860 232,808 140,619 424.196 1,476,622 864,738 1,147,698 324,205 267.461 198,822 834,573 0,027,046 7,812,007 3,124,405 19,463.458 472,750 8,434,405 085,813 711,790 14,616 - 134,460 87,260 2,233,900 663,399 164,805 396,676 299.917 249,272 616.700 67.616 899.210 62.052 119,935 1,093,425 268,520 191,812 1 IT 1 8 1 Build Your House With Hollow Cement Blocks Feostproof, fireproof, dampproof. The hesv icst, strongest and best tre MADE BY PARRISH & THOMPSON Office 226 Alisky Bldg. Factory, St Johns, Or. 108 20 1 27 35 67 91 45 37 9 8 0 29 66 17 6 12 22 42 21 20 5 110 81 20 31 463 32 63 216 3 68 80 67 67 74 157 94 18 1 238 pre Escapes - Elevator Enclosures - Fences Wire and Iron Work of AH Kinds. Columbia Wire & Iron Works 363-370 EAST WASHINGTON ST. PHONB EAST 702. Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders. Machinists and Boilermakers, Bulldlsg ana Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS BMGIMMERS Xawthorne Avenue and Third Btreet. Phone Bast as. PomTUuro. ogpo. Phones: Main 181; Home A-1981. CEMENT- A cargo of J. B. White ft Bros. English Cement Just arrived. Used on the Chamber of Commerce and other well-known buildings In Portland. OSO. B. BATS CO, 188 JCadleoa M. Portland, Oregon. A. T. SAMUELS. D01TT WOBBY W. W. SAN80M. Totals .$41,570,820 $47,218,416 Pet. loss. Mobile Issued one permit for ;248, 000 In August, 1908. WILL OCCUPY fJEW QUARTERS IN 60 DAYS Buckman Building Will House Gevurtz & Sons in a Short Time. The Illustration on this page repre sents the Buckman building, a four- story, mill-constructed building, which was put up at the southeast corner of Union avenue and East Burnslde street. and leased for a term of years to Ge vurts & Sons, who will occupy it within the next 60 days with a large stock of general furnishings. The building will cost when completed about 840.000 and is one of the most substantial and conveniently arranged business houses on the east side. CAE SHORTAGE HOLDS BACK ALL WHEAT Hindu Fined for Assault. lailted number of copies of the sou venir issue of The Journal can be had at The Journal effloe at tl each, ready for mauuvi postage u oeats sanxs (Special Dlftpatch to The Journal.) Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 21. In the trial of the two Hindus arrested for as sault on Albert Seaburg at West's mill one of the men, named Jeava, was dis missed. The other, named Goleama, who struck Seaburg with- a piece of board, was fined $10 and costs. This is the first Bhyalcal encounter hatwn toe whits men and the Hindu. . (Special Dlapateh to The Journal.) La Grande, Or., Sept 21. Already It is esumaiea oy wneat dealers tnat Be tween 500,000 and 600,000 bushels of wheat have been purchased from Grande Ronde growers and that amount Is be ing delivered to wheat dealers of the valley for shipment. The exportation Is being delayed on account of the short age of cars. Harvest will not be over for several weeks. Prices are good and with the thousands of bushels vet to be shipped the returns will be very good. WOMAN SOCIALIST The Electrical Appliance Co. WILL DO TOUR WIRING AND INSTALL TOUR LIGHT FIXTURES WITH OUT ANT AFTER TROUBLE. 490 Washington St Phones M 4884 and A 3881 THE ADAMANT COMPANY'S Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS are the best "CROWN BRAND" Hair Plbsrsd WOOD FIBRE PLASTER PINISHINO PLASTER (Unflbored) Offloe, Worcester Bldf. Phone Mala 718. Home A1B1S. raster?, root 14th St. Phone atala OlOS. THE J. McGRAKEN COMPANY Roche Harbor Lime, Alsen's Portland Cement; Nephl Building-. Casting and Dental Plaster, Imported Fire Brick, imported and Domestlo Fire Clay, Halr Fibered Hard wall Plaster. Plastering Hair and Fiber. Allunited flteel fitmMtn. Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath. Boston Sheet Metal Lath. 31-036 ram tXBSBT. Phone Mala S70. POBT&asTO. OBBaOsT. JOS. HORNUNG . & FISCHER neon KAar rro " CITY IRON WORKS BLACKSMITHS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS Tanks, Sawdust, Conveyers, Hydraulic Pipe, Grating, Iron Doors, Fire Escapes. General Repairing. woxxs, 303 noire $m pobtxaits, a&Eaov. Portland Asbestos Mfg. Co. ... (bt,) Office and Salesroom, 272 Glisan Street j . " ''Wham Kala 4TX1. ASBESTOS gUVS PO 8AXFX.B. IS FINED FIVE (Special DUp.tcb to The Jonrnil.) Spokane, Wash., Sept. 21. Miss Ida Crpuch-Hazlett, the socialist orator who caused 2,000 persons to block the street recently, has been fined 15 and costs In Judge Sullivan's court. Her attorney nas appeaiea. Little liners la The Journal coat onlyJ ctni a wora. jineen worna cr lees 16, cents aa Insertion. Phones; -Main U7!i A-S2S0. G. FRANK MOFFETT Architects' and Engineers Supplies, Y. M. C A. Drawing Outfits, Levels and Transits. 84 THIRD STREET, BET. STARK AND OAK. v ELECTRIC FIXTURES. GAS FIXTURES. SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS. HOUSE WIRING. GENERAL REPAIRING. MORRISON ELECTRIC CO. Sarnl Jag-gar, . J. E. Msxon. 291 East Morrison Street East 3128 or B 1625. LIGHT AND POWER PLANTS INSTALLED; EXPERT -MOTOR ' " - w AND DYNAMO REPAIRING, - i M H V.