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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1907.
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HIS
ISMIS FULL OF
CEIHFRIilL
Uncle Sam Has Chance to
Save Millions in Build-
OS ANGELES NOW
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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
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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
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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.
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Wife: .
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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 .
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