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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY ' EVENING. ' OCTOBER : 19..: HOT.
HOT INCREASE
66
III OFFICE ROOMS
MANTEL, THE
. BEST MADE
91 (TPIlflc As good as any 40
UO VvHia cent Mantel made
Completion of New Build
ings Will Nearly. Double
the Present dumber.
CUT AMOUNTS TO
LOWER RENTS WILL
BARRETT'S
408-410-412 Morrison St
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Price. Is Reduced as Eesult ' vr t :v --i ;K- ; j
I.I i ".w.iAi' . re. n
'-U v--n ' - Trip 1.
, DOLLAE A THOUSAND
Foreign Shipment Coatlnofl Heary
LIKELY BE RESULT
BeUOIh&HIlL Both phones
VeMeU Wffl Crry Eight MiUiqn
Feet to Orient -VaUey 'Mills' Feel
Car Shortage Worst. '
Tiring to lower 15-foot boiler into a 12-foot Dole in the basement , of the new Corbett building,
Inventors Suburban Development
Has Never Been Promoted Here
as in Other Cities.
bout to materl&lics some weeks
ago. wnn freights advanced to 14.60
to Ban Francisco and J5.IC to southern
porta, but the ray of hope was little
belter than a vision and the actual de
mand shows no great improvement
Cargoes , are forwarded occasionally.
HAWAtrttr Hjtth fmm mill In thla ltv
and alona- the Columbia river. I " wia or proniaDie m
The foreign business Is quite lively at vestment, which in a manner seems to
fL I.!!,. liT.1!p "J!an,?r,n'1 be neglected by Portland capitalists
nniiiiiH v nnuin v i it s v iiau ii sa 1 . , . . .
for different quarters of the globe. The I na mvesiors, woo are maraeung ciose
arrival of the steamers Bramiey. In-1 In and desirable residence additions. Is
!n,aIld -,T'rJe. Vlke? !iT .durl"ff th- te building of a good class of cottages
past few days is assisting- in enliven-k . . " . "
InV things at the mill wharves, and t0 'olA to home buyers on the ln-
thelr eventual departure will mean the stallment clan. Thls feature of subur-
dlstrlbutlon of about 8.000.000 feet of bftn development has never been worked
rvu in , wiuin VI in vroi mail Ural al . 4 . . . . . , . . . .. .
81am and the British ship Yola are fin- I "' t0 th0 tnt that the condition
lshlna- losdlna cargoes that In the a-1 would seem to demand.
grevate will measure 8.000,000 feet In San Francisco, Los Angeles and
The Willamette valley mill are feel- Ather Pacific coast cities entire addl
ing the effects of the car shortaire more tlona have been built up by the owners
seriously than the.mUls rif Portland or with a substantial class of dwellings
aiong me uoiumoia river, wnere mey I and sold on small monthly payments,
have both water and rail facilities. I While discussing this phase of subur
ban development, a, realty dealer from
Los Angelea told of one addition in
the California city where the owners
nT IT1T CJTT'V CTl)rtim Pum over iw collages and sold them
Ji llALSril bllllCild all on the .installment plan and at the
same urne'iargeiy increased the value
A plan that has been found to work
wen in other cities, is to require
cash payment equal to 10 per cent
the.' value of the lot plus the cost of
thhous and thereafter allow the pur
chaser- to continue his payments in
monthly installments equal to one an!
one-half times the usual rental of a
like Improvement
It would 'Seem that this method of
suburban development ought to appeal
to all owners of close-in additions. The
demand here for houses is very great.
Many residents who are now renters
would be glad of an opportunity to
buy a borne on terms similar to thoso
above outlined, while the sellers profit
would be realised In the enhanced value
or the unimproved lots.
MANY RESIDENCES
III CONTEMPLATION
Property Owners Plan Plats,
Apartments and Dwell
ings on East Side.
RUSH WORK ON
NEW BUILDINGS
Buyers or lumber In Portland are
getting the benefit of a small reduction
ln quotations. A lack of cars for east
rn shipment has ruled up the yards Flfth tfld Morrison streets. The, boiler had to be pulled back into the street, while a steel beam was cut
local market Th. cut amount- to ou of the cement In order to enlarge the opening.
about II per thousand feet There Is
little likelihood of prices going lower
unless a general demoralisation of the
lumber market should follow, and this
can only be brought about by prohibitive
freight rates to the eastern and middle
state markets.
Under normal conditions It Is said
lumber cannot become cheaper because
of the log market which Is firmer If
anything, owing to the difficulty in se
curing full crews for the camps as
consequent limit to the output Several
camps along the lower Columbia tribu
taries are sun running very short
handed and putting in only a few more
logs than are readily disposed of as they
ream ine Dooms.
Building projects are about ss numer
mm aa thv have hAn Hurlnr hnxv mm.
mer. but the approach of fall is not PALTFORNTA TOWNS
looked upon as likely to infuse greater AJJXr VJVilAA At-MTlKO
t0 1,-a ,avorabla weath" HAVE FOLLOWED IDEA
California businens Is not as bad as
It might be, yet dealers say that roost of
orders or to piece out the yards; An Outlying Tracts Best Locations for
improvement In the demand seemed
COTTAGES OFFER
FIELD OF PROFIT
City Needs Small Houses
Sold on Installment
Plan.
Fine Weather Is Proving
Great Stimulus to Con
struction Progress.
MANY STRUCTURES
ARE BEING HURRIED
Builders and Contractors Using
Every Effort to Take Advantage
of Dry Season New Contracts
Are Being Awarded.
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Builders and contractors generally are
taking advantage of the fine building
to rush construction work.
PRETTY BUNGALOW
Architect J. O. Wrenn has designed
and Is having built a handsome story
and 'a half bungalow, which he will oc
cupy as his own, home. ' The building
Is going up at the corner of East Eigh
teenth and Halsey streets, , and will
cost about $6,000. The general contract
has been awarded to Hubba & Davis,
who wJU complete the structure by Jan
uary . :
One difference " between a Hanan
shoe and others is that the Hanan fits
better all over than, the others do In
spots, gold at Rosenthal's.
of the remaining lots in the addition
Spokane is rapidly becoming a city of
nomea as a result oi me inauguration
or this metnoa or suouraaa develop
mem.
In Portland there are a number of
owners or suburban tracts, who su
ply moneJ to prospective builders
their additions. But this method is
not always satisfactory to the man of
smau means. a great many people
don't care to be bothered with the
details or building a house; others
haven't the time to devote to It while
a area i many actually prerer to buy
m. reaay duiii nouse.
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STYLISH LIGHTING
riAI ViiLO LOCATIONS
No modern home is complete without
the latest ideas in gas and electrical fix
tures. Our practical lighting experts
nave made a lifetime study of harmony
and proper locstions for lighting fixtures
in the home to bring out the best results
fat lighting. Our designer will call at
any iiuic ior consultation.
The M. J. Walsh Co.
Salesrooms 311 Stark Street, between
Fifth and Sixth Both Phones
i Heat You r to use
with the Andfews Hot Water
System. The Elliqtt - Regan
Co. Agents. 360 day free trial
We Make "Anything
in Cement"
I Elliot-Regan Comp'y
- 102 Grand Avenue ;
The "House of the Seven Gables'
the classical name that ha been be-lweather
stowed upon a proposed new apartment KvtrT effort J e'nS made to Set th
house to go up on Hawthorne avenue waU UD nd th roof on '" he
near East Twelfth street. The lm- rH"ln" wwmmr sets in, ancr wmun uuubq
provement will be made by the Delta construction will be mainly confined to
Building company. It will be a thor- "lde finishing, fioor laying, plastering,
oughly modern structure, containing etc,
i5E?l??"KJ2Zf tk. A.' I Excavating for th. T. M. C. A.-T. W.
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tenor is to be nnished in shingles and - uuu'i " "J"1" i'"iui
rough cast The Ulbson-Berndt com- completed and the work of nuttlnr in
pany are preparing the plans. the foundation is well under way. As
-in. nrra oi aronnects is aiso get-1 this will in all probability be a stone
una- up tne Diana and apeciricatlons for htillriin?. the ralnv paon will not In
a 14-room residence for F. H. Peterson, terfere with its construction so much
wnicn win be or rrame and concrete as If It were of brick and reenforced
construction, ana win cost snout lu,-1 concrete.
000. They are also preparing the plans Th contractor, have nraetlcallv com
for an $8,000 residence and stable to nlptA1 the eirpflvAtfnn nn thm Park fitppt
be built for a Nebraska In vetor at I dde of the Oregon hotel annex, to be
uvmiuufi. uweuiiig win uv iwu- erected between Stark and Oak streets.
siory irame resung on a iuu concrete The work of laying the concrete foun
datlons for the piers is under way. On
the Seventh street side Hie excavators
Isre at work under the smaller part of
the hotel now occupied by the cafe.
The plans for the annex are being pre-
pared by Sutton & Reed, San Francisco
architects.
The walls of the four-story Wemme
building, covering the quarter block at
Front and Burnside streets, are up, the
roof is on and the workmen are making
good progress on the Interior. K. K.
Wemme, the owner of this building, ex.
Eight Immense Downtown Struc
tures to De Completed Within Next
Few Months Will Supply Demand
With Many Hundred Offices.
basement.
HEW FLATS PHD
BY REALTY DEALER
C. II. Krell Will Build Mod
ern Apartments on Old
Livingstone Site.
nects to occupy with his Front street
bu
slness about January 1
The McColman building, formerly
tenanted by the Archer-8chans com
pany, at Fifth and Oak streets, which
was partially destroyed by fire some
months ago. will be completely rehabili
tated by November 1. The Archer-
flchanc comrjanv will reoccupv the
Krell, the Washington street building at once. The repairs on this
C. H.
real estate operator, is having the plans structure will cost about $15,000.
prepared tor a six -series flat, to be
built at Twenty-third and Hoyt streets.
Mr. Krell recently acquired the old
Livingstone home at Hoyt and Twenty
third, and will remodel the house and
build ait addition to It which when fin-
Not later than November 1 the Con
cordia college building, which is being
erected for the German Lutheran Evan
gelical district of Oregon and Washing
ton In the Heidieberg tract near wood
It
"The time has come In Portland when
Investment buyers must be content wltn
a smaller return on the money invested.
remarked a well-known property owner
In this city who has recently completed
one of the large down-town buildings.
"In the past two years Portland has
passed Into the list of class 'A' cities,
and as a result property here has come
to be looked upon as a first-class in
vestment. Eastern capitalists will lend
money on business property In this city
as cheaply as It csn be had on the same
class of property In St. Louis, Mlnneap
oils, Cleveland, Baltimore or any of the
cities in that class. In other words
with a normal money market, prospec
live builders of business houses In this
city can get monev at 1H to 5 per cent.
Thin has resulted In a stimulation of
building to such an extent, that within
the next eight months or a year, seversl
hunditnd office rooms and two score or
more store rooms will be In the maricet
for tenants. The result of this consid
erable Increase will almost certainly be
. lowering of the present rental scale,
specially so with regard to office
space.
raoes iiztiy o wwu,
While first-class office space now
brings from 11.25 to $2 per square foot
per year, it is not expeciea inai me
doubling of the number of first-class of
fice rooms, which will tnKe place wunin
the next yesr. will result In cutting the
above figures in two, but that it will
result In a material cut In the rental
rate is generally conceded."
Owners of the Desl nusiness property
Portland have so long been accus-
nmw1 to an 8 ner cent net Income from
their holdings, that considerable alarm
la felt at the Drospect of having this
rate cut to 5 or 6 per cent; and In some
cases, where expensive buildings have
been put up . to 4 per cent.
There is little doubt that the property
owner above quoted Is right in his view
of the situation. There are eight Im
mense office structures under way in
Portland at the present time. All of
them are magnificent structures and
111 be fitted up in the most modern ana
p-to-date manner. Offices In these
undines will be very attractive to the
office renter, and the natural result will
be that the owners ot me oiapr duiiu-
Ings will have to make suostantiai cuts
In the rental rate in order to hold the
tenants. This in turn will probably
bring about a reduction In rates In the
new structures with the result that the
office renter will alone profit by the
controversy. i
Th t-orbett building at Fifth and
Morrison, eight stories of which will be
devoted to offices, will add ztu ornce
rooms to the present supply. At rourtn
and Oak streets, the new Board of Trade
building will, when finished, contain
about 800 office rooms. The Commer
cial Club structure at Fifth and Oak
means at least 200 new office rooms.
Over 100 office nuarters will be ready
for tenants by December 1, when the
Rothschild building at Fourth and
js
THf HOUSE OF GAS, ELECTRIC & FIRE-PLACE flXTURES
THE LUTKE MFG. GO.
XaaafM tars rs of
SHOWCASES
Bank and Store Fixtures
oyt and Sixth Bts.
FOBTXA1TD, OU90W.
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Build Your House With
Hollow Cement Blocks
Frostproof, fireproof, dampproof. The hes
test, strongest and best are MADS BY
PARRISH & THOMPSON
Office 226 Alisky Bldg. Factory, St Johns, Or.
W. 3. Zimmerman, Case, A. Strut,
President Tlce-Presldent.
Boy V. riaek. Secretary.
HYDRAULIC Sb ELECTRIC
ELEVATOR CO.. Inc.
Manufacturers of Hydraulic and Bleo '
trie Elevators, Hand Wood Llfta and
Dumb Walters.
PXOVS BAST 3887.
1M B. Sixth Sfc, Cor. acadlaoa,
Portland, Ore.
Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boilermakers,
suuuui anu oiruciurai wera.
PHOENIX IRON WORKS
EMCiMBERS
Offlcs and Works.' '
Hawthorne Avenue and Bast
Third Street.
Phone East as.
roiiuio, omxooH.
Phones: Main 81; Home A-3981.
CEMENT'
lawn, will be ready for occupancy,
Is planned to open the school on that
date. The building is two stories high,
tiZl n? rfJ SiT.nlldhV n1 '?h2 with full basement and attic. For the
Sll:1?9?? !LVm2Chir?,n J.? present it will accommodate 60 to 76
b
rear of the same lot, Mr. Krell will
build a double flat containing 12 rooms.
Architect H. J. Herty Is preparing the
plans for the above buildings. He Is
also getting up plans for a four- series
flat, to be built on Park and Harrison
streets for a local investor.
Have YouLost It?
Lost the opportunity to secure a flns
Food Chopper when you could have
grasped It yesterday or today yes, we
have some mora of them -left yet -that
you should not neglect securing right
away, as they art going like hot cakes.
Look at the : handsome stock of hard
ware that are hare for your choosing.
APARTMENT HIE,
TO-BE BUILT OF BRICK
Foundation of W. L. Mor
gan's New Building Is
Well Under Way.
W. tt. Morgan's new brick apartment
house, under construction at Park and
Madison streets, is making excellent
progress. The foundation and first
story walls are up. This is the first
brick apartment to go up in the city and
win doubtless pave tne way tor tne con
structlon of a better class of apart
menta than has heretofore been put UD,
J. L. Wrlarht. arrand clerk of the Wom
en or wooacrart, is preparing to puna
three modern, two-story residences on
his property at the corner or Twenty
second and Hancock streets, Irvington,
The cost of the buildings will aggregate
about 112,600. Mr. Wright has just sold
his handsome home at Twenty-first and
Schuvler streets to Peter Autsen, preil
dent of the Portland Manufacturing
company at St. Johns, for J10.750.
The Dammier investment company is
making arrangements for the erection
of a four story Jjrtck building on the
Quarter block at the northwest corner
of fourth and isverett, streets.
Piling ia being driven for the founda-
Min nf Ik. Ri(v Tlpnth.Ml' fnrtlfv titillri.
ring which will occupy the quarter block
at Twelfth and tutsan streets. The gen
eral contract for the construction work
will be let next week .
ovsj but will be enlarged as soon as
there is a demand for more room.. The
coiiege grounds comprise Ave acres over.
looking tne uoiumtiia river.
Contracts have been awarded for the
concrete work for the Blake-McFall
warehouse building to be erected at
East TwentV-flfth street and Holladay
avenue, to Marshall tiros, j. l. Mar
shall has secured the contract for the
carpenter work and J. Boyer the con.
tract for the sheet metal work. The
building will be a three-story brick
structure, 50 by 100 feet, and will cost
about 120.000
The fifth story has been added to the
Hlbernla building, at Sixth and Wash
ington streets. The entire Interior of
the structure is being overhauled and
modernized
NIGHT SCHOOLS TO
BEGIN MONDAY
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AVERV&GO.
43 Third St;, Bet. Pino &4Asn
OaKs Skating Rink.
The big Oaks rink will open its winter
season witn a Dig skating event tonight
and Sunday. The new board walk to
the train platform has been completed
and-"Will be thrown open. then. Bkatlng
Is more popular this season than ever
before and wltn the new improvement
to the Oaks rink it anticipates a pros
perous . season. The rink will be open
all day Sunday, .
The night schools which are con.
ducted by the board of education of the
city schools, will begin sessions Mon
day night. October 21. at the High school,
Williams Avenue school, and the 8unny-
siae scnooi. jlasi year tne attendance
at the High school alone numbered over
400. employing, beside the principal. O.
w Henaerson, eigne assistant teachers.
Tuition and books are furnished free
of charge, and all who wish to attend
should apply at once in order that
classes may be formed and the work be
oegun without, delay.
ELEGANT HOME
ON EVERETT SOLD
E. C. Meara purchased yesterday the
elegant home or E. H. Lauer on Everett
street, near Twenty-tirst. The purchi.se
price was $15,000, and the sale was ne
gotiated by Charles K. Henry & Son.
Mr. Mears was preparing to build a
handsome residence in Irvington, but
found that the expense of buildlna- was
so great that It would be cheaper to
buy a home.
The Lauer residence is one of the
most attractive In the Nob Hill district.
It Is a 10-room structure, and was built
a few years ago at - cost of about
112,000.
Washington Is ready for tenants.
The Baldwin building at rarit ana
Alder streets Is rapidly nearing com
pletion. This handsome structure Is de
signed especially for the use of phys
lcana and dentists. Every modern ap
pliance for the convenience of members
of the medical and dental professions
111 be Installed. Nearly 100 offices
are being fitted up In this building.
More JTew Buildings.
At Seventh and Oak streets the Beck
building is well under way. This struc
ture will contain nearly 200 offices.
The Worcester building, covering naif
a block on Third street. Is being thor
oughly overhauled and when completed
ill accommodate over iuu additional
office tenants.
About 60 office rooms have recently
been added to the Chamber of Commerce
bv reconstructing the eighth floor and
the ouarters heretofore used by the
chamber of commerce.
L. Gerllnger has Just commenced the
construction of a five-story office build
ing at Second and Alder streets, which
will result in a considerable addition to
the supply of office quarters.
The Hibernian building at Sixth and
Washington, which Is being overhauled
and changed into an office structure,
will probably add , 26 to the available
supply of office rooms.
While It would probably be too much
to say that the office buildings now un
der construction will double the number
of offices In the city, it Is safe to say
that the number will be increased by 60
to 76 per cent within tne next lz
months.
A csrgo of J. B. White A Bros. English Cement Just arrlred. Used on the
Chamber of Commerce and other well- known buildings In- Portland.
QUO. B. BATB ft CO, ' -
189 Madison St, Portland,' Oregon,
A. T. SAMUELS.
2OHT WOBBT
W. W. SANSOM.
The Electrical Appliance Co.
WILL DO TOUR WIRING AND INSTALL TOUR LIGHT FIXTURES WITH
OUT ANY 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 Plbered x
WOOD FIBRE PLASTER
RINISHINO PLASTER (Unflborod)
Offloe, Worcester Bldg. Phone Main 718. Home A1S18.
Factory, root 14th St. Phone Main 8109.
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THE J. McCRAKEW COMPANY
Roche Harbor Lime, Alsen's Portland Cement; Nephl Building Casting and '
Dental Plaster, Imported Fire Brick, Imported and Domestic Flra Clay Hair. ' '
Fibered HardwaU Plaster. Plastering Hair and Fiber, Allunlted Steel Studdlni
Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Sheet Metal Lath.
831-835 Pm STBXET. Phone Ilala 870. POBT&AS9, OKBOOV
JOS. HORNUNG
FKOZni MAXW 7153
JC FISCHER
. Adjourned Presbytery.
(Special Dispatch ' to The JoaroaL)
Freowater. Oct 19. An- adlourned
meeting of the Pendleton presbytery
will be held in Freewater October 25.
to finish several matters left over SYhn
the-last meeting.''' At' thla'meetlns two
members of the Pendleton presbyter'
wtt4.yernapa p nomwatee. -
JIAC0XDA SCORES
EASTERN SUCCESS
One of the great triumphs won by
Madam Charlotte Maconda, the well
known coloratura soprano, who sings
here next Thursday evening, was with
the Philadelphia orchestra under the
baton of the famous Fritz Scheel.
Madame Maconda scored a great per
sonal triumph at the second concert of
the Phi adelphia orchestra at the Acad
emv of Music last night," says the Phil
adelphia Item. "She was in excellent
voice and charmed the assemblage with
Its sweetness and elasticity. Yom her
work last night it would seem that she
Is entitled to a high place among Amer
ican coloratura popranos. She acoreri a
great success and aroused the audience
to a high pitch of enthusiasm. The
singer belongs to those highly gifted
natures whom we cannot measure by
the small standards which we so often
are compelled to use." The sale of
seats for the Maconda recital opens
Tuesday morning at the Heillg box of
fice. The concert Is under the rll run.
tlon of Lois Steers-Wynn Com an.
Forman Bowman's Eyes Injured.
(Special Dispatch Lt The Journal.)
Echo. Or.. Oct. 19. Jacob Rowman
foreman on a part of the government
project at Echo, received a serious In
jury to an eye Friday while dolna- some
drllllnar at the tunnel near Echo, anna
oi tne iunt new mio ma eyes, almost
causing the loss of one. He was taken
to St. Anthony's . hospital In Pendleton
for treatment. . . .
CITY IRON WORKS
BLACKSMITHS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS
Tanks, Sawduet. Conveyers, . Hydraulic Pipe, Orating, Iron Doors. Fire Eacansa.
General Repairing. "
WOBK8, 303 rBOJTT ST. , POXT&AXB, OXBaOB.
ASBESTOS
SEBD rOB. SAMPLE.
Portland Asbestos Mfg. Co.
(too.)
Office and Salesroom, 272 Clisan Street
. Phone Main 4711 . V
A. Carlson. Chaa. J. Boderberg
EAST PORTLAND FENCE &
WIRE WORKS ;
Manufacturers of wood Iron and " steel fene
ing, bank, office and balcony railing, eleva
tor cabs and enclosures, street signs and
window guards,, wire and Iron work of every
description. Telephone , East ' eai
305 MOBZXSOX ST, POB.tIabd. OBV
HARDWOOD FLOORS OF ALL
Descriptions and Finishing of Fir Floors Our Specialty. . T
Inlaid Floor Company
375 STARK STREET Phones: main 4201 and Home A-S217
Phone 1579
Residence 20 Whltacre at . Phont Main 1365
XAfTtt TOV A oovoxt
A dos. of Ballard's Horehound Syren
will rell.va It Have you eoldt .
Try It for whooping cough, for' asth
ma, for consumption, for . bronchi tla.
Mrs. Jos McOrath, 827 East first street
Hutchinson, Kansas, writes: l have
used Ballard'a Horehound Syrup Jn my
family- for five years, and find It the
most palatable-medicine I. ever used.
ma or au vuggisia,
IVOR WILLIAMS ,
"EYEBTTBX8TO XV THB pAXVT "Mi."
Estimates furnished on Painting, Tinting, Paperhanging, Hardwood Finishing
189 POUBTH IISZIT ' j I ' POBTXWMTB, OXEtJOT,
Western CohtrccUng-Enjfncrlna Company
Hydraulic, Civil ' and Railroad Engineers Additions Hatted
Excavatihg General Contract!-'.
t Reenforced Concrete Buildings, Foundation t l - '
205-205 COMMON WEALTH EUILDINQ
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