The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 22, 1908, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE y OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND. SATURDAY- EVENING. ; FEBRUARY 22, 1003. ' . .. ' ! RELffilllLLS Countries Across the - Sea Take Advantage of Low, Lumber Market. LOCAL FIELD; TOO, IS FAIKLY ACTOT During Week Closing Today Port land Lumber Dealers Closed Or ders for Approximate! 10,000,000 Feet Rail Business Quiet. With liberal orders coming In from foreign countries and a fairly active . local demand, lumbermen are not a badly off as a few weeks ago when rail shipments for points east of the Rockies were practically called off. At that time foreign business was very slack. The foreign business Is relieving cargo mills although the busineas has been and Is being se cured at low prices. It Is said to be a certainty that without relief from the foreign mar kets the new and advanced freight rate coupled with the financial flurry throughout the country, would have meant that most of the mills In this district and ou the Washington coast, too. wouM have had to remain closed for a long time. While a number of mills depending chiefly upon rail busi ness, are still closed most mills on nivlnbla watftri have resumed o Dera tion. Arrangement for the export of approximately 10.000.000 feet to the orient from this port were made dur ing the week. While the business Is being done at small margin, it is aald to have a tendency to advertise the Oregon pine so that future business might result under more satisfactory, conditions. Local prices have shown no decline during the week and while some pre dict that the bottom has not yet been reached, more optimistic dealers are of the opinion that the next change will be an advance. Logs are still being held at from $7 to $10 per thousand, which mtilmen declare precludes any Sosslbtllty of further slashing In quo-itlons. Lorain r eamos elons- the -Jower Co lumbia river have been resuming oper ations gradually but there are still a rew that will prooamy not oesin veil ing trees till the beginning of April. Thoss in operation -have been favored with" exceptionally fine weather. 8hlngle manufacturers report notic ing a healthier ton In the market, al though prices are still down. Most -of the mills- In this vicinity are cutting. t The -Portland Lumber company will Close down today for two weeks for a Jeneral overhauling after having run ay and night for several weeks get ting out foreign cargoes. The steamer MortMke left that mill today for Port Adelaide with 2,000,000 feet and the American baric Acme is there loading for New York, the will iae away 000,000 feet. . PLANTTOMAN MURE CONCRETE SUPPLIES Property at Sellwood Bought by Blue Diamond Pressed Stone Company. The Composite Pressed Brick com pany's plant at 8olwood has passed Into the hands of the Blue Diamond Pressed Stone .company, by purchase, which Is making arrangements to ut!l lse the Sellwood plant for the manufao ture of e-eneral concrete supplies. In cluded In the list of suplples to be turned out by the plant will be hoi low cement blocks, cement brick, norah columns, cement shingles, etc. The manager of the Diamond Pressed Stone comoanv aavs that as soon the machinery can be purchased and Installed that concrete tomb-stones and vaults will be made at the Sellwood plant The nreaent capital of the two com panles is 1100.000. which Is to be In creased and the proceeds expended In the building of the largest plant of Its kind on the racinc coast. The company will eventually employ at Its Sellwood plant a force of 26 men for the manufacture of its composite brick, which It will continue. v n lamette river Band combined with flic sand Is used. A special ma chine has been purchased, which will turn out a superior class of face hrllr which nan be sold for 130 per thousand.- the same class of brick now bringing In this market $60 per thous and, urnamemai concrete worn, win Ha mnrtn which It Is Said Will equal terra cotta as ornamental build ing material. rrn PAYS To employ a firm to install your heating plant who are capable and willing to make it satisfactory who won't have a bill of extras afterward for making it satisfactory who have had enough experience to know how to install a plant right. We've had the experience, and our rep utation is such as to justify you in award ing us your contract! , h ' N. .V''1'':' ':'(. S' ' :', . : : .. . : ,' ;; .:- ., ,;: ,..'.v', v': -; . . - : .; A 1 1 'T 1: v'x v . n . w' i rri? JLir: "tG s- Chinese Building Put Up by the Oriental Company at Second and Salmon Streets. A MONTH PERMIT AVERAG E February Shows Greatly In creased Activity Over the Month Previous. the w. g. Mcpherson COMPANY HEATING ENGINEERS 328 GLISAN STREET EE APARTMENT HOUSE ON SALMON STEEET Dwellings of Moderate Cost Are Be ing Erected on Both Sides of the River Bright Prospects for Spring Months. Building permits Issued during the present week have averaged nearly $40, 000 a day In value. This Is at the rate of nearly $1,000,000 a month, and If It continues will result In a total for the month of February nearly double that of January. One of the largest and most Important building developments Inaugurated dur ing this week Is an apartment house on Salmon street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets to cost $20,000. The house ia to be built for I. N. Buell by Contractor W. R. Griffith. It Is to be a frame structure, 60x100 feet and five stories nigh. At the southeast corner of East Thirty-fourth street and Bel mont, A. Spier has commenced the erec tion of a three-story apartment house, the lower floor to be used for mercan tile purposes. The building Is to be 60x66 feet and will cost between $10, 000 and $12,000. The two-story flat on Jefferson street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, belonging to the Reed estate is to nave anotner story added. The worn Is In charee of Architect W. L. Morean. When completed the buildfnir will con tain six flats and be thoroughly mod ernized. Mrs. C u. Brunn has commissioned a local architect to prepare plans for a 10- roora residence to De puiu on wmam two-story frame residence on Broadway, Detween East Sixteenth and East Bev enteenth streets, to cost 12.500 E, O. Worth has let the contract for the erection of two two-story frame cottages on East Main, near East Thlr ty-nrth street, to cost SI. 600 each. A modern two-story frame residence is going up on Knott street, between uantenoein and commercial. lor W Smith, to cost 12.000 L. M. Allen has let the contract fo the erection of a modern two-story irame dwelling on Kodney avenue, be tween Kllllngsworth avenue and Sur man street, to cost S3. 000. Clarence L. Horn B. M. Lombard and vv. m. uregory nave organised a build lng company with a capital stock of $10,000. The declared Intention of 'ho company, which is to be known as th Hancock Street Building company. Is to ao a general contracting DumneKs. The company will operate extensively in the Irving-ton district. ette Heights at a cost of $6,000. Dr. J. H. Keerer is preparing to pi modern two-story frame dwelling on CEMENT - LIME - PLASTER VIGARITE LIME, WHITE'S AND OTHER CEMENT, OCCIDENT CEMENT PLASTER GEO. B. RATE & CO. 182 MADISON ST., WEST END OF BRIDGE Phones Main 981, A3981 ASBESTOS SEXTO TOn SAMPLE. Portland Asbestos Mfg. Co. (Xno.) Office and Salesroom, 272 Glisan Strcel l-hsns Main 4711. Williams avenue. The bulldlnK will contain six rooms and will cost $3,000. Contractor A. F. Squires is building a four-series frame flat on Larrabee street, between Dupont and Dixon, for C. V. Lankin, to cost $8,600. The Dam meler Investment company has begun the construction of a double flat, at the corner of Eleventh and Jackson streets, to cost $8,000. A one-story frame dwellin- at the corner of East Fourteenth and Han cock streets, to cost $5,000, is under construction for C. E. Bade. Contractor J. . I. Routledge is doing the work. Mrs. R. C. Stowe Is putting up a one and one half-story frame dwelling on East Thirteenth, between Rlggen and Durham streets, to cost $2,700. A permit has been Issued to S. H. Korell for the erection of a handsome two-story .frame dwelling on Hoyt street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets; cost $4,000. At tne nead or wnson street. in ciry is DUSTING ITSELF Season of General Repair Work and Cleaning En gages Residents. Now is the time to make repairs, to build barns and stables, to put up fences, to slake off chicken yards, to reshlngle roofs, to reflx chimneys, to put In firebrick back to the fireplaces. to have stone walls built around your lots. In fact to have anything done around and about the house. Why? Because there are lots and cords of good workmen who will be glad to got these odd Jobs and who will do the wotk for a price that will make it to your advantage. So said a very observant man to a Journal representative, one who Is in close touch with the labor conditions and generally knows what he is talking about when he speaks with regard to the laboring man. This man voiced the opinion of many others, and what he suggested Is al ready under way all over the city. There never was quite bo much repair work and overhauling of old buildings going on. Some of the big down town office biilldlns and business blocks are undergoing a general repairing, new floors laid, fallen plastering re paired, wall kalsomined. etc. Much of thlswork is being done simplv be cause tlie owners can have it done now for less money than was possible at any time during the past half dozen years. A large amount of cement retaining wall building is going on in the resi dence districts as a result of cheaper cement and cheaper labor. A contractor who does this class of work made the statement that he could build cement retaining walls now for 60 per cent of what they would have cost one year ago. Froperty owners are quick to take advantage of an opportunity to make Improvements of this character at a considerable reduction In Cost of such work in normal times. CONCRETE PUTS UP G000 FIGHT Properly Made Mixture Bravely Withstood Flames in Frisco Disaster. Deranged on Religion. (Special DIsDHtcb to The Jonrnnl.) Junction City, Or.. Feb. 22. Mrs. Eureka Wllletts MJilfk fltv wstajkeu. to Eugene Tuesdarrkru&itraied in sarin and will be taken to the asylum at ssaiem. , Mrs. Wllletts Is deransred rs- on Thurman, a $3,000 residence is soing up for A. J. Way Mr - - t rMJoM-"-. U tj,ej,iTd Mme I The much-discussed question of ths capacity of concrete construction to withstand the fierce heat engendered by a general conflagration la again en. gaging the attention of the building en glneers, architects and contractors. 'AH sorts of theories are advanced 'by ths various experts. Frank B. GUbreth. a New York con tractor, who Is playing an important part in the rebuilding or Han f ran clsco, said in a recent lecture before the Philadelphia Society of Construe tion Engineers that where the proper materials were employed in the forma tion of concrete that is to say, gravel or aggregates which would themselves stand fire, concrete afforded good pro tection durlnor the blir San Francisco Are In the stfrlng of 1906. Properly designed, columns, protected by an outside coating of concrete suf ficiently thick, or well-laid brick work, were found In all Instances to have withstood the earthquake and tire. keeping the metal intact. This was quite clearly shown in the case of one building, which was or the commonly found construction viz.. brick rounds- tion piers, iron columns protected by concrete, and wooden Deams, wherein, after the hot Are and complete destruc tion of the building, the columns laid on top of 'the debris In a practically straight line, showing, after every other member or the bunding naa been ae- ftuuvu ujr buv inn. iiiai lua 1.U111.1QW had at least accomplished Its protective work where it had been applied for that purpose. Mr. GUbreth, on the subject of concrete covering for beams, stated that at least one and one half Inches of concrete should be carefully applied under the lowest reinforcing bar to make It effectively fireproof. In con clusion he stated that the conflagration and the earthquake in San Francisco very forcibly Illustrated the great Im portance or care in nanaiing concrete. Materials should be carefully selected with reference to their respective quali ties for the purpose at hand. In many examples the very evident fact could conclusively be drawn that when lm portant operations are at hand, such as prominent orrice Duuaings, large no tels, theatres, etc., only the very best thought, knowledge and skill of archi tects and builders who are well fitted for the worK should be drawn upon by the owners If they expect structures to successfully withstand the elements, especially when called upon to meet such extreme ordeals as the San Fran cisco earthquake and fire. : y- V; "V-if V YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY GAS OR ELECTRIC FIXTURES Until You Have Called at Most Complete Line in Portland You can mar the beauty of the most expensive and handsome home by not having the fixtures in harmony with the aurroundings. Everything in fixtures at Barrett's 408410412 MORRISON ST. Phones: Main 122, A4154 .' 7 BUILDERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES In ths hardware line are a specialty with us. Don't be afraid to call If all you want is a single pound of wire nails don't overlook us if you need tons of material, because you'll gst the same treatment, the same fair pricing, in either esse. Every sort of worth-whlls hardware at Avery's. AVERY & CO. AS Third St, Bet. Pine & Ash TRAVIS BROS. LUMBER CO: 451 Hawthorne Avenue East 202 Common Fir Lumber, $8 M. PHONE 2020 The ACME QUAILTY Paint Stor Ho matter what yon want to accomplish with Paints, tnsm sls. Stains and Varnishes, the best possible goods for the pur pose are tli Acsoe taallty kind. . . V . New Era Paint and Varnish Co. 72 FIRST STREET NEAR YAMHILL Oklahoma Democrats for Bryan. (United Prets Letted Wlrr.) Muskegee, Okla., Feb. 22. The Dem ocratic state convention of Oklahoma assembled here today to select four delegates-at-large to the national con vention and to ratify the choice of dele gates of the several congressional dis tricts. Present indications are that the Oklahoma delegation will be unanimous tor wimam J. Bryan ror tne presi dential nomination. OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies H 93 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2S93 Distributor for the Green-Marshall Company's Paints and the ' Los Angeles Varnish Company's Varnishes " Stevenson & Paulsen Practical Plumbers. Gas, Steam and Hot "Water Fitters All Work Guaranteed First Class Estimates Cheerfully GlTen. 253-255 Flanders St. Phones: Main 7354. A3332 A. T. SAMUELS Phones Main 4884; A3881 W. W. SANSOM The Electrical Appliance Co. GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 490 Washington Street, Near Fourteenth OPEN EVENINGS v r Unrn I trtUl nf I Aer C4- The Cle- brated Star Inverted Qas Light Burns Three Hours for One Cent Cheapest and best light on earth. Fits all fixtures. Distributors for in Kinds. .- . STAR LldHT CO. Portland. Mantels of all kinds. Home rhone B-9422. 108 Orn& Aye. John A. Melton OABPUVTSX AJTD BVXUX Factory and Offleo 118 Second street, near Mala. Phones: Main 17S7; A-178T !le7Sj Office and Stor Futures built and remodeled. Altering and repairing " bouses. Sho-w .aea sad Counters built Der xm tn."wHilft, pinVWunet. Only 25c. JOS. HORNUNO a FISCHER FHOirC MAJX 71SS CITY IRON WORKS BLACKSMITHS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS Tanks, Sawdust. Conveyers. Hydraulic Pipe. Gratlne, Iron Doors, Fire Escapes. General Repairing. WOBXS, 303 FSOHT ST. POBTLAJTO. OBSOOV. HOLL ADAY'S ADDITION the ONE BEST place in Portland-to buy. GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER , , and MOST DESIRABLE residence property of the city. v . THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY , , , 88 1-2 THIRD STREET. Thig Bank Pays More Per Cent. WAVERLEIGH Lots NOW $225 and up; $25 "down; $10 per Month Buy now; sell later. Make money as others have done JNO. P. SHARKEY COMPANY 122 Sixth Street, Cor. Washington PHONESt' MAIN SBO THE J. McCRAKEN CQMPfe: Roche Harbor Lime, Alsen's Portland Cement; NepLI' Building, Casting end iJBn ifti rmBiert r no ujiuh, iuvtcu uu xwiriosviQ JMre VMS y. flair Fibered Hard wall Plaster. Plasterins Hair and Fiber. AllnnHaA Rtul Kti,in., Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Bheet Metal Lath. 831-335 ram 8TBEBT1. Phone -laia 870, rOBTUTO. OIEOC M U R B S Q G THE IDEAL WALL FINISH W. P. FULLER & CO., Pacific Coast Agent Repair Work GlTen Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and BoUsimakera. Building- and Structural Work. , uaiiera, PHOENIX IRON WORKS BXGIM ERR1 OBiMssawonsi Kawtharne Avense aad Bast ' ' , Third Street. Bonal!ast t. v- PomTtAJTD. carsc-r. UVTOU HAVB X KOO TQ COVJER TIOURB WITH US ON QENASCO ROOFil! v , ;,,1 j, Carried la stock for all kinds of roof and fully guarsntsoJ. Central Door 1 Lumber Co. ; ISth taA GUse Streets. ; tl moitf jiia 47: J. r.