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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, 8ATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 21. 1008. .
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MOST COMPLETE LINE IN PORTLAND
Much Consideration Should Oe Given
To the selection of fixture! for roar homo. We have them la
til styles of design and finish.
EVERYTHINQ IN FIXTURES AT BARRETTS
408410-412 Morrison Street
. Pbonu: Mita 122. A-41S4
"THE ONLY PEBBLE ON
TOE BEACH"
We have never claimed to be. "There
ere other. " But after hunting for
hardware all over town, you will ac
last oome back to our store for the
best quality end assortment for the
nrlce that you can secure. Secure It
now they won't laet long et such
prices.
AVERY & CO.
48 Third St. Bet Pine & Ash
Dammler Baildlnc, Under Construction, at Fourth and Everett Streets.
CHEAP MATERIAL
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Lumber at Lower Figures
Than for Many Years
Before.
OTHER LINES SHOW
RELATIVE DECLINE
Manafactnrers of Lumber and Mill
work Say Future Prices Will Be
Governed Largely by Decision of
Commission In Rate Case.
GOTO
THE COMET ELECTRIC CO.
Atanooia, 4ii icomsxsov btbbbt
rred D. Wilson, Frss. A. W. racks, Svc-sCtT,
and Conduit work.
Experte In Modern Wlrlnf
Estimates and specifications rurniehed.
TMOKHB VLklM BOSS 4JTD A 1844
Buoceseors to tbe Wlrlnf Separtuent of the Barrett Oompaay
The Adamant Company's
Celebrated HARD WAL.L1 rLAoltKa are the beet
"CROWN BRAND" Hair Fibered
WOOD FIBER PLASTER
FINISHING PLASTER (Unfibered)
UBioe woreensT SMoa riwu auua vie. somi amu.
rectory, root 14th St. rhoae KaU S109.
John A. Melton
, AJTD SVXXJ)SB
Factory and Offleo iSS Second
street, near Main.
Phones: Main 1787; A-17IT
yi- raw
Office and Store Fixtures built
and remodeled.
Altering and rtpalrlng
bouses.
Sho-w -ses and Counters built
ASBESTOS
ZSTO FOB 8AJTOB.
Portland Asbestos Mfg. Co.
(In-)
Takrn all In all. It Is said, there nev
er was a better time for building than
now. Lumber is down to what mill
men declare bedrock prices 'and other
material required in the construction
of dwellings Is correspondingly low.
The only item of expense which ap
pears to hold up Is plumbing and It is
the one item that prospective builders
dread most.
The low price of lumber alone has
Induced considerable activity in the
building line. Mlllmen report that the
local market has shown a good sub
stantlal Increase with the approach of
spring, ana they say conditions are
about as good today as ever In tna
line. It is the lack of eastern and
California business that has brought
down prices, the. advanced rail freight!
and the financial flurry having crip
pled business both east and south, cal
Ifornla was overstocked when the flurry
came ana it became plainly apparen
that there was no use piling up more
lumber in the yards there until tn
country had got rid of some of the
surplus stock on hand.
Mills catering to toe local trade are
running steadily, whereas a number of
mills depending upon rail business are
idle, itow soon thev win resume od
eratlons depends upon the outcome of
the case before the interstate com
merce commission. There Is a genera
opinion that a decision will be handed
down soon and If favorable to th
lumberman an advance In prices might
be looked for at once. Eastern buy
ers are holding back purchases untl
after a decision has been rendered with
the Intention of placing orders here. If
NEW MH
OPEjSJPRIl 1
Flat Building: at Park and
Madison Streets Hand
somest in City.
The slx-etory brick apartment house
built by W. L. Morgan at the corner of
Park and Madison streets, will be com
pleted and ready for occupancy by April
1. It la by odds the handsomest and
beet arranged building of the kind in
Portland. Each of the six floors has
six apartments of five rooms and one
of three.
The entire Interior Is finished in
hard wood. The floors throughout are
laid in eastern oak. except In the kitch
ens, where white, maple Is used. The
stairways, banisters, doors, window cas
ings and wainscoting are of oak. In
eauipment and furnishing there are
number of unique features altogether
new in Portland. Each apartment has a
gas range, and china closet, a porce
lain lined refrigerator. The building Is
ERA OF LOCAL
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Portland Experiencing Won
derful Growth in Construc
tion of New Residences.
DUE TO LOWERING
COST OF MATERIAL
Labor Also Cheaper and More Plen
tiful Permits for March Build
tag Likely to Exceed 91,000,000
Greater Than Last Year.
equipped with an Otis elevator, which Is
'icaliy controlled, worgs automat
ically and does away with an elevator
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Office and Salesroom, 272 Glisan Street the old rate prevails, whereas if the
Phone Mala 4711.
WEEK'S BUILDIIIG
PERWSJEAVY
Architects Besieged With
Commissions to Prepare
Dwelling Plans.
The week Just closing has been pro
lific In, the announcement of new bulld-
t .1 . TK -oVi I trt ' nt.
j TtM are overrun with commissions to
prepare plans for new dwellings. Ar
chitect P. A. Carlander has plana ready
for the Brown residence to be built at
East Seventeenth and Halsey streets
at a cost of 15,600, and for the Col
lerlson home, another handsome home
to go up in Irvlngton. He, Is also get
ting up plans for a 14 -room flat to be
built by a local capitalist, to cost $8,000.
E. H. Wemme took out a permit this
week for a two-story brick garage, to
be ereoted at Seventh and Burnslde
streets. The new structure will cost
$12,000 and will be put up by Contractor
F. L. Lltherland.
The contract has been let for Walter
A. Holt's two-story frame residence.
whlnh is to ba erected on Cornell road.
Architects Doyle and Patterson have
awarded the contract for the erection
of Dr. H. 8. Nichol s new home on
Johnson street, between Carter and
Jackson streets, Portland Heights. Its
estimated cost is $8,000.
Architect Ernest Kroner is gettlni
tin the dans for an eight-room schoo
house for the Rockwood district, near
Oresham. The building will have di
mensions of 62x38 feet and will cost
$7,000.
CONDEMN WILLIAMS
AVENUE SCH00LII0USE
Members of Circle No. 10. Home
Training association, at a meeting in
the Williams avenue schoolhouse yes
terday afternoon adopted resolutions
condemning the Williams avenue struc
ture for school purposes, and asking the
school board to take measures at once
to erect a new building on the site re
cently acquired at Rodney avenue and
Knott street.
In a ehort talk before the organ lza
tlon Principal Downs recited many of
the annoyances submitted to because of
the Streetcars pa suing continually on
wo sides of the school building and of
he decayed condition or the structure.
Ha said he had counted as many as SB
leaks In the building during a recent
rain storm.
Property was recently purchased at
Knott street and Rodney avenue, but
no steps haVe been taken since to build
a new building.
' New Mexico for Taft.
(Uoltrd Press IcaieA Wire.)
. Albuquerque, N. M Marqh 81. It is
expected that the Republican territorial
convention, which meets in Silver City
i today, will declare for Secretary Taft
as- me cnoice or me Republicans
EIRE-PROOF IS
DECEPTIVE WORD
Architectural Record Draws ffSS'uSS. T
Startling Conclusions
From Blaze.
tlve they will probably look to other
markets.
It is said that for the past several
months lumber dealers have been work
lng without any mutual agreement or
understanding as to prices, each being
I at liberty to quote as he 1 sees fit, or
as conditions or business guide him,
but a list will In all probability be
gotten out again when the market once
begins to show strength.
Mill work is lower than for some time
but manufacturers are of the opinion
that the bottom has been reached. On
of the most prominent sash and door
manufacturers etated tnis morning that
mlllwork might eas-
s no apparent cause
wny tney should decline.
CEMENT TO ENCASE
STRUCTURAL STEEL
Be Enveloped With
Casing.
i tne
Mi
erJublicana of
xsew Mexico for tne presidency. The
convention will najnethe delegates from
New Mexico to the Chicago convention.
In an editorial in a late number of
the Architectural Record several valu
able conclusions are drawn from the,
partial destruction of the Parker build-
ing. one of tho many so-called flre-1
Fernt.f oWcWre Weight Bearing PartsShould
and the building ruined by fire some
weeks ago.
This disastrous rire." says tne nec
ord. "again centers attention upon the
fact that people are being constantly
misled as to the true nature of the
buildings thev ocoudv. The construc
tional defect in the Parker building was I There is no doubt that steel frame
not antarentlv one of the actual safety K..nir,. ... ...in
of the skeleton, the quality and quantity " . .
of metal comnosing its sections but poses, but all weight bearing parts
rather of the putting together and the must be enveloped in a continuous or
erseCMn f thSe m" "Ibroken casing of rich Portland ce-
Tt ! in th ibha intamretntinn of men't concrete, says Cement Age. If
the word 'fireproof that a serious dan- the building has large undivided floor
ger lurks for the tenant. We have areas storing combustible products ca
seen steel beamed. wood Jolsted I pable of producing an intense heat for a
construction called fire-proof,' llkew!
vnfld fran-iaA sharis nnvarnd with gi
vaniH iron An if lii common for I oughlv Inoasert with a sufficient thick-
owners of buildings to obtain tenants I ness of concrete. -The columns shouTd
under these false pretenses, criminal I have at least three Inches of concrete
misrepresentation. The mere fact that I covering all parts and this concrete
hollow tile or concrete is used for the I should be secured to the oolumns b;
floor arches, leaving steel beams and proper metal reinforcement lmbedd
girders and structural parts exposed, I In the concrete. The sides and bottoms
does not constitute fire-proof construe- I of girders and floor beams should llke
tlon. I wise be surrounded with concrete not
"It is most necessary tnat our civio eaB than two Inches, covering all parts.
authorities should be urged to take clips or other fastenings of flange pro
some action that the building depart- tectlon should not be exposed to ae
ments issue a license to and virtually tlon of heat or water. Floor arches
label all buildings of first class con- 8hould be designed and built of reen-
Biruvuuu, mm , wiuo i. ""., i forced concrete to safely carry tneir
111B OlVlllUllbO Ul 11 U1J1 u-i.wp.
have been incorporated, ounaing
deemed secure by those authorities.
"Buildings of only semi-public na
ture should also be labeled and classi
fied. And it should be made a heavily
"punishable offense for any owner or
agent to term nis DUiioing ano ad
vertise it for public occupancy as be
longing to a class to which it has not
been certified by the building depart
ment That would effectually put a
stop to' 'constructive lying,' and make
owners sau under tneir true colors.
and. incidentally, add to the Dubllc
safety, and a real appreciation of what
is and what is not 'fireproof construc
tion. -
boy. The doors to the elevator shaft
also work automatically In opening and
closing, thus practically eliminating the
element of danger. In each of the bed
rooms Is an iron bed, so constructed
that it can be folded Into the wall dur
lng the day, presenting the appearance
of a mantle and flreDlace.
Mr. Morgan has acquired the 60-foot
lot adjoining the above apartment house,
on which he will build the exact coun
terpart of this building, will probably
not begin for a few years yet, but it
will be completed and ready for occu
pancy early in the summer of 1909
ARCHITECTS
0RAI1
OFCEfiiEii
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Qualities of Fireproof Mate
rial Not Recognized as
They Should Be.
Fireproof building construction should
be interesting to every one, be he
owner, tenant, architect, insurance man
or the public, says Cement Age. Many
of our city building ordinances are not
properly revised and up to date con
cerning the subject of nreprooflng. Some
of the leading architects who are en
trusted with the great responsibility or
constructing enormous buddings which
house hundreds of people in offices,
public buildings and even our school
children, know practically nothing con
cerning concrete as a nreprooflng mate
rial. It is apparently of minor consid
eration with them, due, undoubtedly, to
the lack of published general informa
tion and details on this Important sub
ject When once an architect becomes
interested enough to study concrete
structures from a fireproof viewpoint
he usually becomes converted and sel
dom has reason to change his choice.
and then only when poor materials or
workmanship have been used. Concrete
ranks at the head of all fireproof bullri
ng materials because it is non-inflam
mable and non-combustible: it has a
low thermal conductivity; it does not
undergo molecular change due to Are
and water to any extent that will cau se
disintegration and exposure to the pro
tected steel; it has practically the same
co-efficient of expansion as the steel
that it flreproofs; it has strength, hard
ness and other physical properties.
which are Imperative in a building to
withstand vibration, wear and tear, etc.
There are also many commercial rea
sons why concrete is so largely used in
building construction. The design may
be adapted to local requirements and
the labor and materials used where
most needed.
With lumber much lower In price
than It was a year ago, with labor plen
tiful and wage scales more reasonable.
In fact with everything that is used in
house-bulldlng selling for much less
money than for two or three years past
It Is not surprising that Portland is ex
periencing an activity In dwelling-house
construction quite equal If not greater
than that of two years ago, when things
were supposed to be at top notch in all
lines of development and Improvement
Architects, contractors and supply
men unite in saying that conditions for
building are more favorable in this city
now than they have been In years, and
better than will probably be the case
again in years to come.
The only reliable Index to the volume
of new construction ordered is the dally
record of building permits Issued from
the office of the building Inspector.
The record in residence building so far
this month Is considerably ahead of that
In March, 1807. In the first two week
of the month there were permits Issued
for new construction valued at about
I30O.U00, while for the week ending yes
terday the total will run well up to
1200,000. The Indications are that new
Duildings to the value of close to II.
004.000 will be authorized this month.
BECAUSE you can keep meat, fish or
vegetables for an almost unlimited length of
time.
BECAUSE you can buy in large quanti
ties when cheap, and thus save money.
BECAUSE it costs you less than half to
run an ice plant than to buy ice.
You NEED an ice machine it's a neces
sity if you want to save money. We want
to "show you." - -
The
W. G. McPherson Co.
Refrigerating Engineers
328 Glisan Street
practically all of which will be lnveste
in building new homes.
desire of intending builders to take ad
vantage of the reduced cost of bulldln
Is largely responsible for the heavy in
crease In operations. There is at leas
a decline of 26 per cent in the base
price of lumber since the earlv sm-lng
or iu(. ine "tase is the loundatlon
for all prices on lumber and is better
understood oy lumber and material men
man oy the general nubile.
As showing the general decline in
prices of building material, local deal
ers gave these interesting figures:
Mrlck which a vear ago were selling
for $10 and $11 a thousand are now $8.
Plastering is from b to 8 cents
square yard cheaper.
The cost of painting is from IB to 10
per cent less.
1 here is a difference of from 60 to 75
cents per barrel In the price of cement
Sash and doors are quoted at about SO
per cent less.
Plumbing and wiring are both some
lower, though not so much as other
building necessities.
1 he class of labor which a year ago
was nam to secure at a.u ana It
day Is now plentiful at $3 and $3.60.
Taking info account all materials and
labor necessary to the building of
house, the average reduction Ts be
tween zo and 26 per cent, so that
house which would have cost $3,000
to Dunn, at tne Deginning or last year.
rrom si,. o to
can now
$2,500.
be biillt for
HIES 0TT8ED IK TO 14 SATS.
PAZO OtNTMBNT l nmnnteed to ror. an
ens. of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protradtng
piles In a to 14 flara or oinnr reninflpd. an.
loads without deflection enough to
cause cracks. The reenforcing steel
members should be protected with not
less than inch of-concrete at all
olnts. Wherever steel frames - have
een properly protected, as mentioned
above, they have successfully passed
through severe fires that have con
sumed all that could burn in a building.
Concrete may be of Portland cement
end an aggregate of sand and steam
coal cinders, or sand and trap rock or
gravel may be used preferably the
cinders or trap rock aggregate. Tests
indicate tnat certain gravels are n re
liable for nreprooflng purposes where
there is any considerable amount of
heat.
That the home-bulldlng public Is alive
to the situation is evidenced by the
hundreds of new dwellings going up all
over tne city and suDuman districts.
PUT IIP BUILDING
AT FOURTH AND OAK
Joseph M. Healy and Gay Lombard
win immediately erect a tnree-aior:
brick building on the quarter block dl
rectly across Fourth street from the
Board of Trade building at Fourth and
Oak streets. Work on the proposed
structure will begin within the next 80
days ana the building will be complet
ed this summer.
Arrangements have already been
made for leasing a part of the build
ing and leases for the remaining space
will in all probability be signed before
the building is completed.
Building Permits,
A. Brown, erect dwelling. Hnlaev ha.
tween Eat Seventeenth and Bast Eight-
eenin, fs.ouu; jonn a. neck, erect flats.
Twentieth, between Everett anH iri.n
ders, $8,000; John D. Clark, erect dwell
ing, Northrun, corner Cornell road
$4,600; J. G. Flook, erect dwelling. Car
vel between Tillamook and Hancock.
$2,000; O. Shearer, erect flats, Belmont
between East Thirteenth and East Four
teenth, $4,760; H. M. Fraley. erect dwell
ing. Marguerite between Lincoln and
Sherman, $2,000; Mrs. Raymond, erect
two dwellings, Ross between Dixon and
Dupont. $2,000 each: O. T. Hoi
..114. rA. m.. -.
drrd and Surman. $2,000: D. L. RiruYarAtt
erect dwelling. East Twentieth between
1 IUrlIlJUIl H.TU illftlBB, e),OUU,
OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY
JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies
93 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2893
Distributors for the Green-Marshall Company's Paints and th
Los Angeles Varnish Company's Varnishes
TRAVIS BROS. LUMBER CO.
451 Hawthorne Avenue
Bast 202
Common Fir Lumber, $8 M,-PHONE
B 2020
New Era Paint &
Varnish Co.
172 First Street
Neal's Enamels
Produce a REAL ENAMEL finish
upon furniture and woodwork.
Artistic, Sanitary and easily kept
clean.
Near Yamhill
Granite Floor Paints
For Interior floors, steps and sur
faces to be walked upon. Qnlck
drying and durable.
IF TOU HAVE A ROOF TO COVER FIGURE WITH US ON
GENASCO ROOFING
Carried in stock for all kinds of roofs and foUy enmranteed.
Central Door & Lumber Co.
18th and Ollsaa Streets. Phones Kate 7M. Jumau.
REX FLINT KOTE
ROOFING
W. P. FULLER & CO., Pacific Coast Amenta
A. T. SAMUELS
Phones Main 4884; A3881
W. W. SANSOM
The Electrical Appliance Co.
GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 'i'v
490 Washington Street, Near FourtecnthOPEN EVENINGS ,
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Robbers Sentenced.
(Halted Press Ltaaed Wlre.1
Hanford. CaL. March 11 Prank Cnl-
11ns and Dan O'keary were today
sentenced to .'tve and three years re-
SDectivelv to Man Ouentln nrtann. Tnl. I
tins pieadea gmity to robbing a South
ern Paclflo railroad boxcar and O'-
Lieary robbed it man sleeping In a park.
, Aberdeen's Registration. V
Aberdeen. Wash- March II Rr1a.
t w I a h v. n mIamv. . I . r I
tion. The books show 1.6 SS voters'
names enrpuca. . .
This Bank Pays More Per Cent.
WAVERLEIOH
Lots NOW $225 and up; $25 down; $10 per Month
Buy now, sell later. Mke money as others have done
JNO. R SHARKEY COMPANY I
122 Sixth Street
PHONES:
MAIN SSO
More Light at Less Cost S5g
Inverted Gas Light Burns Thre Hours for One Cent
Cheapest and best light on earth. Fits all fixtures. XMstrtbntors for
Portland. Mantels or au ainus.
ThoCele-
Stari
r
Some Phone B-aeaa. STAR LIC1HT CO
XM Ocaa Are.
HOLLADAY'S ADDITION!
The one best place in Portland to buy. Geographical setter and most tfa. '
slrable residence property of the city. ,- I
Seeing is believing. Better go and see the many choice residences under
construction and the improvements going on. 1
THE OREOON REAL ESTATE 'COMPANY ;
SStt TXTXD BTSZET. r POXTU.an, OHIOO.
THE J.
CMcCMKEW
COMPfiWY
Roche Harbor Unte. Alsen's Portland Cement:
Pentel Plaster, tmporiea -te JHrtcls. Imported end Domestle IFire Clay; Hair-
NeptT Bunding, Casting and
Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Sheet UetafXath.
S31-S3S Has XJLai-f.
Phone rials 170.
TOUTtAVO. OB J 00 W,
Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Oollsjmakor.
t ' wqi8i ana structural work,
PHOENIX IRON WORK!
- Offlee and Works, '- .
awthne Areonej ana East " 1 ' . ' . ' ' . hoae r1 e.
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