THE y OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND. SATURDAY- EVENING. ; FEBRUARY 22, 1003.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.