The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 21, 1907, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textt V THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1907. . i ' v i HIS ISMIS FULL OF CEIHFRIilL Uncle Sam Has Chance to Save Millions in Build- OS ANGELES NOW - , . . ' . sty v - : - .; . - TARGET FOR ID ing the Canal. PLANT COULD HE KRECTED CHEAPLY Hock Strata In Immediate Vicinity Soluble for Manufacturing High Grade of Cement 0,000,000 bar rel! to De Used. . United States government engineer! have submitted a report to the war do partment showing that a hlfh-grade Portland fcemcnt can be manufactured for use In constructing- the Panama ca naLof rnaterlala found on the Isthmus of Panama, and within a few miles of the line of the canal. The report further aaya that cement can be manufactured In the canal one for 11.14 per barrel; and when It la considered that S. 000,000 barrels la the atlmated quantity that will be used on the canal, and that It will coat not leaa than it a barrel delivered on the lath nue if ahlpped from the atatea, It will be seen that the government stands to save several million dollars by using; ,remnt made from materials found Wtin the canal lone. borne time ago Ernest Howe, assist ant geologist of the United Hlates geo logical survey, was detailed by the ca nal commission to look into the geol ogy of rook a. etc., which might be use ful In connection with making Portland cement and the securing of aggregates for making concrete. Plenty of Material. . Mr. Howe worked over the ground for a considerable time, and made an ex haustive report dealing with the sub ject. His conclusion was that the coral rocks near Colon, together with the silt jght down the Chagres river could bjrougfi 1 8. a i ,'.1.. r it 1 II I UH i t it ii it ibia If 1 II II 11E1V. f U -J JL I 0 111 , ..4 asaaiM!3 ;,rift.,r.V.V..ilaa MaaiiM .. lift' zty . John MatthleBen' New Hotel, Front and Harrison Streets. be utilised for this purpose. Aa the silt a nomewnat snort or antra, a aeconu argillaceous lnaredlent Is proposed namely a purmareoua rhyollte tuff found at the western end of the Pana ma railway brklKO near Han lablo. Cost of riant ImaU. From these three materials cement waa made experimentally In the Lehigh Valley Testing laboratory at Allentown Pennsylvania, and tne cement ao tnaao alleged to be or first-clans quality WE HAVE BEEN IN THE STEAM HEATING BUSI NESS JUST A YEAR But we want you to read some letters we get. The report gives the amount of raw material, which. It states, la available and amply sufficient to make the 6,000, 000 barrels of cement reijulred for the canal construction. For fuel, coal from the I'nlted Statns, oil or lignites are proposed. The cost of building a plant having a minimum capacity of 1,000, 000 barrels a year Is said to be 11.500,- 000 from which cement "The plant is working entirely satisfactor ily and has excited considerable favorable -ek comment, and I will be glad to refer any body contemplating installing a heating plant to you." SUCCESSFUL? WELL, ASK ANYONE The w. g. Mcpherson co. 328 Glisan St. Healing Engineers It i stated, can be made at Jl 31 per barrel. In case the canal commission should not care -to go Into the manufacture of cement, private capital might be en listed and Induced to put up the neces sary plant for Its manufacture. In that event, the government might have to pay as much an $2 a barrel, but even l sen a saving of II a barrel, or a total saving of IS. Ooo.ooo would be effected. Save Cost of Packages. Another mutter which has much Inter ested the cement manufacturers of the United States, has been the Investiga tion which Mr. Shlnn has been carrying on at the suggestion of Colonel William 1j. Hlebert. head of the department or lock and "dam construction of the canal commission, as to the question of de livery to the commission of clinker In stead of cement. The purpose was to save the cost of packages, which Is es timated at least iQ cents per barrel of cement and, further, to avoid tlie stor age of the large quantities of cement under the peculiar atmospherical condi tions that prevail upon the Isthmus. As to this, various manufacturers were re quested to consider the proposition of supplying cement delivered at the ports on the Atlantic and Pacific side of the Panama canal. In the form of clinker In bulk, with the understanding that the government would erect a grinding and finishing mill on the isthmiis for the purpose of preparing the lllnker for final use m Portland cement on the work. Ttie suggestion Was a most In teresting one. and received careful con sideration from the manufacturers, in volving, as it did. the selling of prac tically a half-flnlshed product and also the transportation to tidewater in cars, and to Panama in vessels, of clinker in stead of cement. The canal commission expects, in a short time, to invite proposals on every probable basis upon which cement man ufacturers might desire to make bids for furnishing cement needed In the con structlon of the canal. It is thought feasible to ship the cement in clinker form to the Isthmus, and grind It there and bids can be made on that basils as well as others tnat may tie named in the specifications. About 4,500,000 bar rels of cement will be needed and the consumption will be at the rate of about 4,500 barrels per day. Oregon City Lodge Com pletes Handsome Three Story Structure. Erection of Municipal Co mejit Plant Brings Down a Deluge of Wrath. MANY PRIVATE WOKKS CLOSE KY Cement Agr Also Takes City to Task for HuIUIIiik Factory Product to Be Vsod for the, N'ew Water works. Among the handsome buildings thV. have gone up In this district during the past year, none is of more Im portance than the new Masonic temple built by Multnomah lodge No. 1, A. K. and A. M., of Oregon City. It is a 60x90 three-story structure, and was built of reenforced concrete at a coat of 10,000. The ground floor Is to be used as one large store room, the second floor Is divided Into 18 officii rooms and the tnlrd floor contains the lodge room. banquet hall, reception parlor, kitchen, waiting room and parapfierrfalla rooms. There Is a largo attic, which it Is pro posed to fit up as a library. The building is finished throughout In grained Oregon fir. with the excep tion of. the lodge room which Is to bo finished In eastern quarter-sawed oak. The building will be ready for occu pancy about February 1. Los Angeles has brought down upon Its head the wrath of a powerful rottrle of California cen-.'-nt manufacturer. by erecting a mur.lclpnl cement rsc- tory, the product or which la to D uaeu in building a city wnicrworka. In a dlacuaalon of this uctlnn of the Califor nia city. Cement Ai has the following caustic criticism: 'Loa Angeles Is abn jt to build an Im portant water system, and. while there are cement works nil about thst sec tion of 1'nllfornlii, Uih city proposes to build her own cement nik, manufac ture her own rnatcrlul. untried and un tested, and wltu this material to hulld waterworks Involving minions or aoi- ara. With tins purpos.- in min i, con- tracta have been let fur a plar.t. a de scription of the machinery "f which, to he educate! min", i pu 1 1 n-n-n i m n- catlon of Its lark of efficiency for the lurpoaea required. It is wen known act that It takca some time to build , cement works, from a year to IK months be(ng a reasonable period, and iter tne woraa are iiu.n n utni- n in le time to make th cemnt and test the same. "To cla? the climax or tms particu lar piece of absurdity on the part ot lunlclpal government going into a ron ructlnir business. It may he ststfd that the cltv has iust proceeded to buy cement baga to the extent of 20.00(1 at he pressnt market rates, in order in ack the mythical cement tnat is to ue made at the. mvthlcal works In a year r two from the present period. At hat time the prlco of cotton sacks may ie verv much lower, ana auring tn nterval th cot'on sacks pun hastx! may have an admirable opportunity to rot away. The Evening Lamp A SUQOKSTION fOR TUB Christmas Gift The evening lamp what m em or leg are recalled In the circle of lt frlandly glow. .,' And aa a C&rlataaa Olft what ooold Inaure a greater satisfaction than this silent companion, about which Is) hourly woven a sentiment endearing It more , and more to Ita possessor. An opportunity Is offered by our dis plays for the aeleotlon of Lamps which are artistic In conception and eaeoutlon distinctly rreattona by artisans' whoaa handiwork is never oonsl dared as) merely commercial. " BARRETTS 408-410-412 MORRISON TUB HOUSE OF ELECTRIC, OAB AND FIREPLACE FIXTURES. THE LUTKE MFG. CO, Xaaafae torera wt SHOW CASES Bank and Store Fixtures toyt and Sixth Bts. romrxuajro, oasoox. W. J. Zimmerman, Chaa. A. trass, Preeldest. loe-Frealdeni. aVey bt. riack, oretary. HYDRAULIC ELECTRIC ELEVATOR CO., Inc. Manufacturers of Hrdraullo and Elec tric Elevators, Hand Wood Lifts and Dumb Walters. rZOaTS IAIT 380T. IM M. sixth U Oor. Madlsea, rortlaad. Ore. PERWIITS SALEM LINE STIMLILUS TO NW BUILDINGS Many Substantial Improve ments in Evidence Along South Front Street. t nnpiMfCFS sKVLinHTs and kuui On the new Mathiesoh Hotel was supplied by JACOB LOSLI Phone Pacific 1424 212 JEFFERSON STREET CEMENT - LIME - PLASTER VIGARITE LIME, WHITE'S AND OTHER CEMENT, OCCIDENT CEMENT PLASTER GEO. B. RATE & CO, 182 MADISON ST., WEST END OF BRIDGE PhonesMain 981, A3981 OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Drt'mte flilo VarmcfiDC nnrf Painforc' unnlioc 53 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2898 Brick Improvements of a substantial and ImposinK character continue to go ud on South Front street along the line of the new Pnrtland-3alem elec trie line. Charles K. Henry and Judge Mallory have just begun the erection of a building covering the triangular block at Front. First and Jefferson KimntK A five-Ktdrv brick hotel at Front and Harrison streets, belonging to John Matthtesen. is beginning to take on the aiDenrance ofa finished struc ture. The building occupies a quarter block and Is estimated to cost about $40,000. F. l. Lysen prepared tne plans and has tile general contract ror us construction. Jacob L,osli was award ed the tinning contract. Subcontracts Were given to the following local firms: Glazing, Portland Sash & Door com nanv: nlumblng. Ruedy Brothers; heat ing, Stevenson & Paulson; cement, J. MnrVneken eomnanv. The building Will Drobably be ready for occupancy by March 1. and will be operated by the owner, John Matthiesen. COUliYWlLL , 1 THE SPRING Plans Completed for Club house on Rose City Park Acreage. BUILD Distributors for the Green-Marshall Cothpany'i Painti and the 5 Preliminary sketches of the club house of th Portland Country ciud were submitted to the executive com mittee of the board of directors of that organization by Architect Lazarus at a meeting held early In the week. The committee ordered the drawing com pleted, dui announced mat wora on iu building would not begin until spring. The Country club now owns about 100 acres in the vicinity of Rosa City Park. The property is being cleared of underbrush and a first-class racetrack- Is being graded. It la Intended by the directors to complete during the coming; year one of the best appointed country clubs In the west , PLANS FOR OREGON'S FAIR BUG READY Alaska - Yukon Structure Will Cost in Neighbor hood of $50,000. LARGE INCREASE Manv Xew Structures Are Getting Under Way Since Holidays. Plans for the Oregon state bulldlnij to house the 6tate exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition have been completed and may be seen at the office of Architect Daric C. Lewis, Couch building. Bids, for the construc tion of the building will be let In this city about January 1. The building will cost approximately $50,000, which will leave out of the $100,000 appro priation made by the last legislature $60,000 to cover the expenses of the state's exhibit The Oregon commission of the Alaskan-Yukon exposition will have charge of the construction of the building. M. D. Wisdom is the secretary of the com mission, with local headquarters in the Hamilton building. Christmas and New Year's cards, albums and art calendars. Finest as sortment In the city at the Postal Shop, 124 Fifth street, near Washington. There is a noticeable Increase In the number and slie of building permits applied for during the present week, over any like period during the month of November and the first half of De cember. The dally averago for the week has been near the $2,000 mark, while frequently during the holiday period it dropped down to less than half that sum. Money is easier, and now that build ers ran get funds with which to make Improvements, new structures nre get ting under way all over the district. Exomiors sum FOR PLASTERING The plastering contract for tho Board of Traie building calls for an expendi ture of $ 14.00a, which is probably the largest Kum that has ever been ex pended In plastering any one building In Oregon. Fred Hnbblslejken, who was awarded the plastering contract on the Hoard of Trade structure, has a large force nt work' on the Job, which will require three months to complete. SAYS HUBBY BURNED ALL HER CLOTHING '8nfc!l Dlflpatcb to Th Journal.) Pendleton, Or.. Dec. 21 Mrs. Clara K. Oirley has sued for divorce from Joseph Corley. Among other things she alleges that her husband while in a fit of anger burned all of her clothing at Kenton, wasningion. one also ac cuseH hlrn of having charged her with infidelity. Best assortment of popular-priced Xnins slippers at Rosenthal's, Seventh and Washington streets. Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Dollatmaksrs, Building sad Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS EM GIX &E RS Office and Works, Hawthorns irtnni and Zast Third Street. Tbons Bart Bt. VOSTIAV9. OmSOOK. A. T. SAMUELS PhonesMain 4884; A3881 W. W. SANSOM The Electrical Appliance Co. 490 GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES Washington Street, Near Fourteenth OPEN EVENINGS THE ADAMANT COMPANY'S Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS are the best. CROWN BRAND" Hair Plberd WOOD FIBHG PLASTER HINI8MINQ PLASTER Offlea, worcestsr Bid, Phone Mala 718. Komi aiiib.- (Unfibsrd) noBs nu tio& THE J. McCRAKEN COMPANY Roche Harbor Lime, Alaen's Portland Cement; Nephl Building, Casting and Dental Plaster, Imported Firs Brick, Imported and Domestio Firs Clay, Halr Flbered Hardwall Plaster, Plastering Hair and Fiber, Allunited Steal Studding, Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Sheet Metal Lath. 831-235 FIJTB BTBEBT. Fhons rials 870. FOBT&AJTD, OBBOOV. JOS, HORNUNO non MAIM 7155 CITY IRON WORKS BLACKSMITHS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS EL FISCHER Tanks, Sawdust. Conveyers. Hydraullo General WOBXS, 303 ntORI ST. Pipe, Grating, Iron Doors, Firs Escapes, Repairing. FOBT&ABD, OBEOOV. PLUMBING SYSTEM IN THE NEW MATHIESON HOTEL IS BEING INSTALLED BY REUDY BROS. Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Fittings. General Jobbing. PHONE MAIN 1727 268 FRONT STREET SAM A. THE DECORATOR OLDER AND PAINTER WOOD FINISHING A SPECIALTY Phones: Shop, Main 8403. Residence, Sellwood 378 SHOP, 350 ANKENY ST. X. X. O. VACUUM HEATING STSTXM INSTALLED XV THE XTEW MATH3E- Stevenson & Paulson Practical Plumbers. Gas, Steam and Hot Water Fitters All Work Guaranteed First Class Kstimates Cheerfully Given. 253-355 FLANDE&8 ST. Phones Pacific 7354 A-335a JOHN A. MELTON Carpenter and Builder Office and Store Fixtures built and remodeled. Altering and repairing Houses, Show Cases and Counters. Alt work first-class. Factory tnd Office, 23j SECOND ST near Main Phones Main 1787, A1787 ASBESTOS BEVD TOM SAMPLE. Portland Asbestos Mfg. Co (too.) Office and Salesroom, 272 Glisan Street Paena Main 4711. Western Contracting-Engineering Company Hydraulic, Civil and Railroad Engineers Addition Platted Grading, Excavating General Contracting. 1 i, ' Reenforced Concrete Buildings, Foundation and Bridge Work. - 205-206 COMMONWEALTH BUILDING PORTLAND IF YOU HAVE A ROOF TO COVKR FIGURE WITH ON QENASCO ROOFING Carried in stock for all kinds of roofs and fully ruarantaed. Central Door & Lumber Co. 13th and Ollsan Streets. Phons Mala 4798, A-179S. T. J. JOHNSTON CO. PLUMBING Steam and Gas Fitting m st-': Installed the Plumbing Work in the New Rothchild Building, Fourth nd Washington Streets. Jrnone Main 698. W. P. FULLER AND CdMPANVS STANDARD HOUSE FINISHES Pioneer Whit Lead,. Pioneer Shingle Stain, Standard Varnish Company's N ? Varnishes, Johnsort'a Wax and Wodu Dyes. WE RENT Electric Signs 44 89 ST., BET. A SEC AXTD rant. Phons lUla t7. l n rr si kjw l aT m-K rsstlifai'i.f-i J - -. ... Wife: . . ' ' ... i A. Carlson. Chaa, J. Co4erlrf EAST PORTLAND FENCli d : WIRB WORKS Sanofsturers of wwl. Iron an1 stt fnr, in, ba.ik, office antf balcony radin. eiv tor cabs and sncloure. straet sin n, i window suards. wire am tr" torh of description. '": . i . J03 XASX 110X2. t I .., i . .i i L .-. j, t