The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 15, 1908, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text, THE . OREGON ... DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY ; EVENING. . FEBRUARY 15. .1SC3.: !MJ wmiNG AND COW ARE. YOUR ... . , ' ' :.:T J 7 School House ' ( . . " . I.I V mm Ws hare add.a'to o supply depart ' sbb a ran it, ex iworio ua -elaetloa fixtures. Wke the ae ' fcooae s being .aatpp.d. Mil sad fuBBi JMpalr wesk 9oiUlf 1 KMilllW: LrlrlI lift. S liliim: wl -. ill A WESTERN ELECTRIC i WORKS 4 V. - - TRAVIS BROS, LIMBER CO. ; C: :45.! Hawthorne Avenue ; Bast 202 Common Fir dumber, $& M. v PHON E" ' B 2020 JfcMENT - LIME - PLASTER UIGARITE LIME. WHITE'S AND OTHER CEMENT, OCCIDENT CEMENT PLASTER GEO. B. RATE & CO. 182 MADISON ST, WEST END OF BRIDGE Phones Main 981, A3981 n v TUr, A r M F GVAILTY IlltS nlVIL Pail Paint Store Ve tnatUr wlutt yon want to aeoompU.B with rtlnta. nm la, Stalma ud TmlihM, h past poMlbl roods for is. pur- New Era Paint and Varnish Co. 72 FIRST STREET NEAR YAMHILL XI- N 'V.;,, -''-,- t . V,- v. . , - . . 'v.- . . ... .' t i i ! ! f I 1 J . M.rt-INfraiB(iM.ii iirtttftw i i f i in i ii itiirtttrifiSiT II II li t alMltti I Oerllnger Office Building, Second and Alder Streets. 9REG0N. PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Paints. Oils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies 3 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Diatributon for the Green-Marshall Company's Paints and the Lot Angeles Varniah Company's -Varniahea ODDS AND ENDS OF CONSTRUCTION NEWS THE ADAMANT COMPANY'S Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS are the bMt CROWN BRAND" Hair Flbered WOOD FIBRE PLASTER FINIfiHlNQ PLASTER tie, Woro.Btr Bldf. Fhon. asala 718. Komi A1818. " . raetorr, root iu Stevenson & Paulsen fraetlcal Plumbers. Oas, Steam and Hot Water Fitters All Work Guaranteed First Class Estimates Cheerfully Given. 33-255 Flanders St. The feature of this week's new build lnf operations is the large number of handsom. dwellings announced to be Telephone East 2898 b"UMW" spring. Improvements of thU .h.rai.f.p Ti Ih. villi, nf Avw tlAn Altn w.re.feport.d. Judge H. H. Northup will erect very ' handsome home on Portland Heights on th. property recently pur chased by him from Dr. M. F. Fenton at the intersection of Terrace road and Twentieth street George D. Schalk, Ralph W. Wilbur and Gay Lombard have each purchased a bulldina- Bite Twenty-sixth and Lovejoy on which modern residence, will go up this sum mer. P. A. Carlander has begun the erec tion of two frame dwelling, on the at aide, one at East Seventeenth street, between Halsey and Clackamas atreets to coat ,uuo, tne other on an adjoining lot will coat $6,fi00. Rev. J. F. Ghormley la having the plana drawn for a modern home to be built on East Salmon street between Nineteenth and Twentieth atreets. The Duiiamg will coat IB, 600. The contract haa been let for the con .tructlon of a modern home on East Phones' Main 7354 ASSS2 fifteenth and Tillamook streets for l-noncs. mam AiMM Boyd Ml Hamilton. The dwelling Is to oe a two-story, six-room frame, and wiU (Unflboresd) Phone VaU 8109. T. SAMUELS PhonesMain 4884; A3881 W. W. SANSOM fhe Electrical Appliance Co. GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 490 Washington Street. Near Fourteenth OPEN EVENINGS cost 14.000. Architect Emll Schacht is Drenarlna the clans for two modern cottages for Fred Wild I. to be erected at Bast Tenth atreet and Hawthorne avenue. Mrs. F C. Herrinrton la nrenarlnar to build a two-story frame .dwelling on Moor, atreet. between Jarrett and Pearl streets, at a cost or is.ooo. Fred Nicholas has begun the construc tion of a 7-room dwelling In Nicholas the addition to cost 13,500 , Architect Kroner is preparing Slans of a modern cottage' for Dr. Mc ormack to cost 13.500. and ta be bull In Walnut Park. The same architect haa finished the design of Harry Gurr'a residence to b. built at Jaet seven teenth and Division streets, cost $3,000 Goodrich A Goodrich will soon let the contract for building a four-series flat on ugene atreet. near union avenue. The apartments will contain fiv. rooms each. The cost of the Improvement will be approximately $5,000. Architect W. L. Morgan Is preparing ? plans for a double flat or 10 rooms, o be built on Kearney atreet, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets. Bulldina to cost' n.uuu H. B. Stout is preparing to Improve his lot at Twenty-tnira ana Kaieign streets with an un-to-date dwelling. Peter Chris ten sen will build a home al the head of Thurman atreet on Wil lamette Heights. A two-atory frame Duiiamg, to no occupied as a feed and commission house. Is going up on East Burnside street, between East mxtn ana East Seventh streets. W. C. Knighton has let a contract for the erection of m one-story brick build ing at Third and Davis streets. The bulldintr will be 50 by 95 feet and is to be completed within six weeks. A. o. xnompson win Dima a mooern concrete and frame dwelling at Pied mont to coat $5,500. Charles 8. Rudeen is building a two-' story residence on East Seventh street, between Sacramento and Eugene streets, at a coat of $3,600. W. H. Bequeaith haa taken a permit for the construction of a two-atory frame dwelling on East Yamhill atreet, between East Thirteenth and East Twelfth streets, to cost $5,000. - The J. C. Cook com San y haa begun excavating for the foundation of th. W. D. Fenton building at - Seventh and Ankeny atreets. As soon as this work Is completed the actual construction of the building will begin. The structure Is to be four stories high. It will hav. a steel frame and will rest on heavy concrete foundation, which will have sufficient strength to support six ad ditional stories. The completed build ing will cost about $40,000 and will be occupied by Glass & Prudhomme. i-tartman xnompson. oanxer. ana real estate aaents. have leased the quar ters on the ground floor of the Cham ber of Commerce bulldina. formerly oc cupied by Downing-& Hopkins, and the office Just vacated by W. J. Clemens. The Interior wall between the two apartments Is to be removed and the en tire space fitted up with handsome new fixtures and furniture, especially de signed by Doyle A Patteraon. The of fices now occupied by Hart man & Thomnson will be added to the present Quarters or tnc uanjc or uaurornia. i nis change will also require the tearing out t a partition wall. Hartman A Thompson win occupy tneir new piace soon arter Marcn I. The Portland Architectural "club will hold a special meeting next Monday evening In the Worcester building to pass on the competitive designs for the Ros. Festival street arches, etc. by the fan system is as abso lutely perfect as any means known; ( we are very proud of the fact that one seattle archi tect has stated : "a fan system installed by the w. g. m'pher son company holds the record in seattle for economy of fuel and results obtained." WE WANT TO CONSULT WITH ' YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF A BUILDING TO BE HEATED. the w. g. Mcpherson COMPANY HKATINQ ENGINKKR1 328 GLIS AN STREET UAs I rUi r I rnr4- The Cele- nui c nyiiL at Lcaa vuai brated Star verted Gas Light Burns Three Hours for One Cent ana best light on earth. Fits all fixtures. Distributors for III' GOOD SPIRITS hea; fortlan one none B-343X STAR JL,IQHT CO ipest ana best iign a. Mantels of all kinds. 108 Chrand Are. ohn A. Melton unirra xm bxtzusb actory and Offlea $35 Second street,' near Main. Phones: Main 1787; A-1T8T Office and Store Fixtures built and 'remodeled. Altering and repairing nouses. Building Activity Through out Country Will Demand Material. I F0BEIGN COUNTRIES RELIEVE SITUATION Show ses and Counters built I T FHE J. McCRMEN COMPANY ..... . . . . oche Harbor Lime, Alsen's Portland Cement; Nept.l Building,' Casting and ental Plaster, Imported Fire Brick, Imported and Domestlo Fire Clay, Hair lbered Hard wall Plaster, Plastering Hair and Fiber, Allunited Steel Studding, erringbone Expanded 8tel Lath. Boston Sheet Metal Lath. 31-t3S PUTS STBSBT. Phone riaia 70. ... POBTLAITD. Oil OOV. Low Prices Induce Men With Money to Inyeat In Property and a Large Number of Projects Are Booked for Early Spring. WE DENT ELECTRIC SIGNS 44 Second SL Between Ash and Pine Phone Ualn 8479 Lumhr manufacturers look for a ! graduaf improvement in rail business and are quite confident of a good local demand for building material this com ing spring and Summer. Talk of build ing projects Is much in evidence and indications point to Portland being fa vored with many new structures during the year. The low price of material is doing much to encourage undertakings in this line, as does also the possibility of ob taining competent mechanics. For a while last year, during the rush, it was difficult to secure help even at the then prevailing high prices. Today it would not require much hustling to muster a crew to erect an ordinary Cargo shipments are going to play an important part In relieving the local mills of material that would have gone by rail but- ror tne increased rreight rate to points east cf 'the Rockies. The British ship Jordanhlll arrived here this week to load a cargo of lumber for Newport, England, and there are five steamers in tne river loading ror China, Australia, Japan and the Philippines. - California is expected to show a re newed activity In 'the building line this summer and the fact that stocks have run low since operations were checked last fall goes to brighten the prospects tor a lairiy gooa aemana xrom mat quarter. From the eaat .comesthe report that among the more favorable indications looking to the coming spring trade 1. the tendency toward building In the lesser cities and the villages all over the country, as well as In the suburbs and the greater-cKies. In Chlcaa-o. as one Instance, there has been a notice able Increase of permits recenfy. There as well as here cheaper lumber Is said to be Inducing building. For the present weather conditions are satisfactory for building and it is quite apparent tuat during the next few weeks local lumber dealers will be calling for large quantities of material to enter In the construction of dwel lings, flat buildings 'and apartment houses In this city. - Prices show nn signs of recovering 'despite the im proved tone of the market and as com pared with conditions a year are rare bargatn buyera of lumber. counter d ago ays these with BEGIN WORK OF REMODELING HOTEL Architect Edgar M. Lazarus9 haa be gun th. work of remodeling the Nor tonia Hotel, at Fourteenth and Wash ington streets, with a view to changing it from a family hotel to an up-to-date commercial hostelry. The cost of mod ernising, and - Improving the - structure win be approximately $10,000, and about three -months will' be required In wnion to ao tne woric. The corner room on the ground floor, now occupied as a millinery store, is to become the main entrance ' and will contain the orrice and lobnri Bark of this, opening on Fourteenth street, will be the ladies' entrance and reception room. New lavatories will b. installed in the basement and on the upper floors. That part of the fourth noor now usea as a dlnjng room will be cut ud Into guat chambers, which will giv. the building when finished a-ooui na sleeping apartments. LABOR ORGANIZERS SPEAK AT CAPITAL Salem. Or., Feb. 15. State Labor Or- a. clgarmakere, and ganlaers Gram of the Federated Trades, j'ltzgeraia or' the clgarmakere, and Frank aary of the electrical workers. addressed a large meeting of organised and unorganised labor here last nlrht and succeeded, In forming several new trades unions. The organisers go to Albany this, evening. N This Bank Pays More Per Cent. LlTHOLIC CHURCH BUYS BUILDING SITE Negotiations were concluded during jU past week for the purchase by the tholio church of tne block occupiod the North pacific Sanatorium at ntieth and Gliaan atreets. The operty was sold by Dr. R. C Coffey, o held an option to purchase It for j 0,000 Xrom the Levi ' White eatate. pr'the past ten years Dr. Coffey, has illised the residence on the block as 'sanatorium, and under the contract of ile to Archbishop Christie, who acts I trustee for the church, the premise. !U be used ss a sanatorium for three jars -longer. Th. terms of the sale rlude the payment of $$0,000 to the an. .state ana three years' rent zree to Dr. Coffey, which amounts to a total consideration of $73,600. While no positive announcement has been made aa to the purposes for which the block was acquired by the Cath olic church, it Is believed that It will eventually become the site of a mag- PUTS NECK ON RAIL AND LOSES HIS HEAD San Bernardino. CaL. Feb, lK.A man supposed to be J. A. Greenwood, Is dead as the result i of placing his neck across the rail, and .being deeapitated by a Salt Lake railroad" freight train at Verdemont north of here. The man's head rolled beneath th. train.. From marklnara nn hla ointhlnx I i. i th. man escaped from the state la WAVER osans tElQH Lots NOW $225 and up; $25 down; $10 per Month Buy now, sell later. Make money as others have done JNO. f. SHARKEY COMPAWY 122JS Slxthr Street, Cor. Washington PtlONBSt main aao . Aoeax - Estimates on House Piping t Gas Ranges SPECIAL Best Inverted Gas Light on Market Regular $1.75 Lamp, $1.00 One week only. Phone your order now EASTSIDE GAS APPLIANCECO. 274 Williams ave. Phone East 475 Gas Lighting Supplies i: r: Gas Water Heaters BUILDERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES ; in the hardware line are a specialty with us. Don't b. afraid to call if all you want la a alngle pound of wire nail don't ov.rlook us If you need tons of material, because you'll get the same treatment the same fair . pricing. In Sither case. Every sort of worth-while ardware at Avery's. AVERY & CO. M Third St, Bet. Pine & Ash HOLLADAY'S ADDITION The ONE BEST place in Portland to buy. GEOGRAPHICAL' CENTER and MOST DESIRABLE residence property of the city. THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY- e&X THIRD STREET M U R E S .C O THE IDEAL WALL FINISH - W. P. FULLER & CO., Pacific Coast AgeaU Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and BeQetmakera, Building and Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS BAl GIM ME RS ,,. Offlee and Works Hawthorne Avrau and Bart Third Btxest. VhoneSast t9. , 5 pobtxajto, oazaor. IF TOU HAVE A ROOF TO COVER FIGURE WITH TJ3 ON GEN A SCO RO OjPI N G Carried ta stock for an kinds et roof a and fnlly guaranteed, " ' Central Door & Lumber Co. 1H and Olteaa sTtreeta, - - raoass Kala 4T5. A-n: i ton. BonNVtm ::h':: rise: i CITY. IRON WCIC- ' v DLACXSMlTKi; MACHINISTS, BCXnUMAKCS Tapka, tawdvs Ceareyara, Itydraulte Pipe, Orating Ire Poors, Fire rmn