ST. JOHNS PENINSULA
. SECTION SIX
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1 1903.
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FRANCIS I. JH'KENXA,
PENINSULA CERTAIN
OF STEADY PROGRESS
W. Jt KILLINQSWOCTII.
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An; Eight-Mile Stretch of Beautiful Upland With Grad-;
ual Slope to Columbia Jclver Twenty Jliles or v
; t " ; Waterfront on Deep Water ; : ' ?
To th cloea baerver of natural eon
dltlona It would seem that the territory
extending, from Piedmont' weat to tha
Western limit of St Johns waa fore
ordained to ba tha horn of vast pop
ulation and tha alt of a myriad of In
duatrlal enterprises. . An ' eight-mile
stretch of beautiful , upland '. with
gradual alopa to : tha Columbia river
on tha north and. on tha south to tha
Willamette, thus affording an excellent
drainage and making an Ideal residence
section. ' With mora than 10 miles of
waterfront already dotted with manu
facturing nlanra amnlnvtiif millions1 nf
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Mr.Atcn.enDa s operations on me I capital ana giving employment to aev-
nonlnanln r wall l,n,wn, .11 .ifU 'rai wousana worxers. is 11 100 mucn
' ---- - - itojnay that the peninsula la destined
gens. The, University la a Standing I to'become the rhlef manufacturing can-
monument of hi. Mr1IK.!-
iveann Deueves t printer a in k is b i me avauaDiuty-r ma peninaaia as a
.11 i r iii. l. lit for toe nuiidinr no.oi-a rreat
his efforts ar crowned with success I Co., have acquired over 1,000 acres of
Is evident.
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land and have begon the erection of a
plant tnat will rival anyyiing or tna
I kind west of Chicago. Mora than
11.000.000 will be expended In tha build
ing ana equipping or tius nuge esiao
llsnment, and steady employment will
ba riven to --at least 1.000 workmen. ,
An a result of the coming of tha
Bwlrts to the peninsula, tremendous
Impetus wta given to real estate values
in tnai aisinci.' - ii is proDaoiy no x-
aaaeratlon to say that 60 oer cant has
been added to 1 the actual . cash value
of every foot of ground between Pied
mont and 8V Johna. The ' whole dis
trict - has ' been surveyed and platted
Into lots, n and thousands nave been
sold to future home-bulldet-s. ; - These
additions were nut on the maiiket at a
price and on terms within reach, of
the humblest worker. . ;
Activity , in residence building
throughout the entire length of the
peninsula is greater man at any previ
ous time Especially la this the caae
at St Johns, Portsmouth, University
Park. Maeclv Junction and In the .dis
trict' adjacent to the new carbarns.
u:;'f":1''lrfdoek: for Shipping,
fine of the. most ' Imoortant enter
prises on the peninsula is the Port of
Portland drydock.. Under the authority
of the legislature Ve drydock was con
structed ty the commission at a cost
of 1400,000.- Kvery. available Bite on
the , Columbia and Willamette river
was thoroughly Investigated In en en-
deav6r to find the most suitable lo
cation for Us establishment. ' The board
of commissioners finally-, adopted the
present location"" near fit Johns as' the
most suttaoie. ana aryaocv ,is ouu
feet long, built in sections, and Is
capable , of handling the largest, ; ves
sels that come Into this--port
As a direct result or locating tne
this factory is operated an excelsior
miu. -
The Jobes Milling company, has a
modern up-to-date rlourlna- mill, whlc:
turns out about lit barrels of flour
per day.
One of the; moat. Imoortant ' Indu
tries on the peninsula waterfront Is
the Portland woolen mills, 'which was
established two yesrs sgo by k-oum
ber of Portland capitalists. The -capl
tal stork of the company Is 1500.000. It
employs about 200 workmen and has a
payroll of 110,09 a months. :
-within the past year, an aabestas
mBniiFrflif!n nlanl mrmm mmtm M I1im4 At
St. John. This concern manufactures I Mr. KllllnESWorth is a pioneer Of
2t".m7: covering for boilers and th, peninsula, having been one of the
The 6L Johns Collapsible Box far-1 early settlers. His fine residence at
lory. Is an Important peninsula Indus-1 Walnnt Parr la a landmark a"nd was
try, manufacturing all kinds ef boxes . ... ul .? lanamars. ana was
which find a ready market in am thai Diuit over zu years ago in me forest.
Pacific, coast States. ; I Ul ImnllMt faith In Aim nnnlnanla la
The Mlrlnit Iron snrVi mnA the RL '.r - -
John Shipbuilding company are both I known to all.
nourianing peninsula plants, f
Ine St. Johns Lumber company", with
a capacity of 100.009 feet of lumber a
day. Is one of the leading Industrial
enterprises on the lower peninsula.
This Concern employs about 100 men
and has a monthly payroll of 18.000.
rne- unufui I'Miin? runs is one or
ine amaucr iiiuu'uriei or in district.
It turns out all kind of . f inlanlnK
mmoer ana na a large ciientug on
the lower peninsula.
There are - two ateam laundries - In
thai district, both being located at St.
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. ' Haks Braaxfasi rood. '
Th Oregon "Food eomoany. - which
manuracturee nreaKraat cereals, i one
Of the newest enterprise' on the penin
sula, At INortnern 1111L, ueacn lirotbers
have recently bull t And.ara. now oDerat.
ing an up-to-oaia iron rounnry.
Artificial ice -Is now manufactured In
the district, the Harris Ice faotory hav-1
HUGE
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Inr recently been established.
ODooslte ITnlv-
laraette waterfront Is - the Peninsula
i-erstty Park on the Wll-i
Lumber company, which operates- one
or tne largest Hawmius in tne Port
land district This plant-annually cuts
III FIVE YEARS
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Only Short Time Ago Not a
Single Building on St.
; Johns Elverfrbnt. "
TAX VALUATION NOW
OVER TWO MILLION
INDUSTRIAL SECTION
OF GROWING SUBURB
Jfanufacturing: Plants ITave Established Near, St. Johns
v - Great Undertaking of Swift & Co., Union Oil V ;
Company and Other Concerns.
about 100.000,000 feet of lumber, em- .,,., mii l.tJ n Snhnrh
ploys 600 men and has a, monthlr pay
ron or oetween su. ttio ana s&e.ooo.
Tne commercial' ana financial inter
ests ox the peninsula are taken care
of by two banks, the First National
and the Peninsula bank, both located at
bl jonns. .
.- St. John Orowlar City.
The larrest center of DODulatton on
mi peninsula is Bt4onns, a thriving,
and Projection of Main Line of O,
B. & N. Unprecedented Stimulus
to Growth and Building. ,
, Mr. Grindstaff has been-in the real J'ydock on the peninsula side of the
I Willamette driver, two boat-bulldlng
uudjucdo utauj j cai a miu uu i plants nav been estannsnea at - Ht
been confining' his maninnl&tlonB to Johns. In one, wooden vessels are
peninsula property for. some time. He
Is largely . Interested - In McKenna
Junction the' tunnel site, on the Co
lumbia bbulevard. k. ' '
LOUIS F. 'SWIFT.
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built and repaired and thevtber is de
voted to the construction and repair of
Steel vessels.,.
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TteTowf.the' drydock on, the 8t, Johns
Waterfront are a number of large manu
facturing plants. The Portland Manu
facturing 'company was the first fac
torv. located in St. Johns. .This con
cern employs about 75 men and manu
facture veneers of all kinds, from
native woods, makes fruit baskets and
boxes, cabinet, drawer. ; clothes - ham
pers and many other-, useful articles
of a like nature. In connection wltn
Whin M. L. Holbrook. . the heaviest
EuHr L15'-b"8 !SI.",-L5,,?Aff' I?! individual property-owner on the enln
limit more important manufacturing sula, became Interested in St Johns flv
establishments than any city of, its I years ago there was. not one building
" university Park, Portsmouth. North-1 on th BVTjrr0nt
ern HI1L Maerlv Junction and a score I th population of the little town was
or smaller places along tne . peninsula less than 800. The assessed valuation
line of the Portland, Railway, Light ft nr all classes of orooerty was only about
Power company are building up with an fi..!?! Z7 PJ0De"y V'1' D0"
astonishing rapidity. Three years, ago iSOO.000. There are now between 4.000
all but two or three of these places' and S,00( people Inside the city limits,
had either never beep thought of or and th aagessed valuation of property
were mere names on the map of Port- 7 . . . viyyvnj
lana s suouroan territory. While now a I .." .vw.vw.. .
conservative estimate of the BCfouIn-1 : Althourh the bulldlnr of tha electric
i?nif.ioib j? ni.nuxteiVdoo rauray,sav ? 3 Mns rnd
there were 2.600 reonle in the entire whole peninsula, a mighty stimulus, the
district three years ago. (real growth of that district began when
The strlctlr residential portion of the It k.. . .,..
lower peninsula center, around Unlver- Vf tha" O." R." A Nrrailway"w."S
liEiJf,. r,..V' SKLI0 through the town. It was imme
!oldlstrlct after this that far-seeing in-
l.io u.lu j. i.p,ui, Hum up wiui vestora realised that Bt Johns waa des-
LEAGUE FACTOR
III DEVELOPS!
Mr. Swift is president of the Swift
Packing j company; -whoee.. Pacific
coast headquarters! are being estab
lished on the peninsula. , ' , . ' T
Business Organizations on
7 Peninsula Hlff or Om-S
: tinuett improveraeni. .
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1 Down .on the peninsula the people are
preparing to do many things. They want
better streets, more light,, better- ar
service,' docks, more people and many
more industrial . and commercial organ
izations' and Institutions. Jn order , to
get all of - these boons they : have or
ganized . the Peninsula Development
league. The development league is the
concrete- representative of the whole
peninsula-and is .working for the good
of the whole district. - .s
Will a. ateel is president or the or
ganisation, and Oeorge J. Perkins sec
retary. The. organization Is composed
the homes of Portland's business men
ana wnrKingmen. r, - n
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of -delegates from all of the commercial
and Improvement clubs and associations
or tne peninsula district wno, joinea to
gether In, one body, work for th Im
provement of their district. . In the past
this organization ' has - done much for
the upbuilding of the lower part of the
east side, and at tne present time plans
are oemg - perreciea ny -,wnicn a cam
palrn of advertisement and , a'ance
ment will be carried on with a view of
directing the eyes of investors and resi
dents m that direction, -i ;
Delegations from th organisation
nave had mucn to do in securing con
cessions ' from the ' city - government in
regard - to ,. street Improvement, better
lights and other Improvements. , Better
car. service,- nas - also oeen . secured
through the efforts of the league and it
is proposed to ask for still more recog
nition In the near future.
The Improvement' associations, com
mercial clubs and board of trade, from
the suburban district of the peninsula
which compose the league together with
their delegate are a follows: . -
Arbor Lodge Improvement association,
E. A. Tudor; North Albina Improvement
association,- Robert V. Mills; Peninsula
Improvement association, E. H. Webber;
Piedmont Improvement club, George W.
Ashford; St. Johns Commercial ., club,
George J.- Perkins;"- University . Park
Board of Trade. Will O. 8teel: Wood lawn
Push club. W, T. Vaughn; Maegly Junc
tion Commercial club, M. C Van Tyne.
tlned to become a city, and a scramble
at once set la to secure choice locations
on the main streets for business pur
poses. Real estate became very valu-
BDie, resulting in asionismng increases
In values. , An Instance of these ad
vances la -values will serve to show
what investors' think Of lower penin
sula property, Three year ago Mr.
Holbrook sold 1,600 feet of waterfront
to Barker & Stewart of the Peninsular
Lumber company for. 116.000. A few
month ago this same property was sold
io ins v, n. tt r. jo. ror iu,uoo.
- Five vears aro tha t.lrda onrnlod. Kullt
their nests and raised their little fami
lies in the tree along the St. Johns
waterfront., with no thought at hinn-
disturbed. Now. the hum of Industry
there Is that of an Important manufac
turing center.- Two large additions are
Soon to be made to the list of Industrial
enterprises st St. Johna Porter Bros..
contractors on the north bank road, re
cently purchased from M. I Holbrook
zuu reet on the riverfront, on - which
they propose to erect a modern ware.
house and - dock. Another purchase of
river ironware was recennv marl, hv
local, capitalists., who announced that
the property i to be used as a sit for
an Important industry, the nature of
which has not a yet been made public.
Factory Inspection and the health and
safety of employes have been the mih.
Ject of legislation In 89 of - the states
and territories. , These include all those
states in which manufacturing or min
ing employs any considerable number
or persons. , - . , . t . -
In tha Iat four year th "Peninsula. '
extending from Pat ton avenue on the
east to tha Junction of th Willamette
and Columbia rivers, and comprising
about seven and a half square miles,
haa experienced ya growth, and develop
ment that haa been tb marvel of tha
oldest inhabitant and haa aroused tha
keenest lntareat or tha . wooia city.
Practically the entire area. In varioua
subdivisions, has changed ownership In
that time, and the Willamette water,
front has become a buey scene of In
dustry. - -
The men who have planned and pro
moted th large movement have as a
rule planned and executed wisely. The
peninsula has bean platted Into a har
monious whole, and ha secured street
car lines and steam railroads. It has
a complete system of streets, avenues
and boulevards that will In time aerv
satisfactorily an enormous population.
Tha arhnla rilatrlrt la bounded bV tWO
boulevards and these will Become- fa
vorite drivea and speedways. The Wil
lamette boulevard extends from Lower
Albina along the Willamette river to
Bt Johns and effects a junction with
Columbia boulevard, which follows the
contour of the hlsh r round along the
opposite eld of the peninsula a dls-
tanoe of is miles, ine two Douisvaros
having a combined length 'of 34 miles.
Near the center of the peninsula proper
ha been segregated a beautiful SO-acre
tract, containing trees and shrubbery
and named Columbia park. This tract
belongs to tha puDllo ana is new oeing
ImnrAVArl.
nnHnsr tha ' f our-vaar nerlod referred
to the peninsula has seen practically
all of He modern development as a real
dence and Industrial district. Ita sight
ly ares lying above the Columbia' river
Dot torn contains aooui a.avu scro. ap
proximately 26,000 lots have been eojd,
and the price la said to have, averaged
about 1100 per lat. Many of the streets
are 100 feet - wide and a considerable
part of the district has alleys through
the blocks. . . 1 , . - ' . . i
An undertaking that 1 Doing watcnen
wlth-deen Interest by a larae part Of
the population la tha development of an
educational -Institution near the center
of the peninsula. It la known as Co
lumbia .university. Set amid spacious
grounds commanding a magnificent
view of the city of Portland, the Colum
bia and Willamette rivers, and all the
h1mI mountains aeen from Port
land, it la an ideal location for a great
college. The Institution at present has
li students ana a xacuiiy oi i imw
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The Industrial pans or tn pennsuia i
r. rAttoru 1 1 v i nnK inn DUU UI Hl "
trlot Along the Willamette river nna
been located the Portland drydoca, cost
ing $400,000. where annually .60 to 0
vessels are docked for repairs. inn
University Lumber A Shingle mill, em
ploying 100 people, is a new and grow
"5-he1 same 'district contains the city's
Important oil plants, owned by too
Union OH company and the Standard
rt nmnanv TTjioh. haa six lares tanas.
and plants for bottling and canning oils
of all kinds, and these plant are the
distributing center xor ,m
northwest.
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.Th Peninsula Lumber company, with
1,100 feet of waterfront on the Wil
lamette river, and SO acre of 'land, ha
an enormous plant employing 160 mn
and running day and night, Th com
pany ha 1,100,000 feet of cut lumber
piled up In ita yards.
Tb Weatern Cooperag company ha
Just purchased a 40-acr alto on tha
river front and will erect a large plant.
The 'veneer and box factory has . es
tablished a modern plant, employing- 60
men. The St. Johns Lumbar company
haa a growing business and an up-to-date
plant, employing about 100 men.
Th bteel Shipbuilding company I the
ttrst of that class of industries to adopt
the peninsula as Its home, and Is doing
a successful business. . , .
One of the Important developments on
the Willamette water frontage of the
lower peninsula la the Portland Woolen
Mills company, manufacturing a strict
ly Oregon product from Oregon wooL
It employs about 100 people and la des
tined to add mucb to tne , peninsula s
prosperity.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber company,
foreseeing th great development that
will snake th peninsula a populous and
rich district, has purchased a site of
iv acres for a great sawmill plant, to
be erected In the not far distant future,
on the Willamette waterfront below 8t
Johns.
Over on the Columbia river side of
tne peninsula will be the great packing
house development that has already
been Inaugurated by Swift ft Co. This
concern ha acquired 1,100 acres of land,
mostly on tha Columbia river bottoms,
but embracing a considerable acreuga
of high ground at and around Oraybrook
aaaition. wnere tne mam packing town
win oa duul i ne company nas platted
a city for 10,000 to 20,000 people, and
will start the ball rolling with the erec
tion of Duiiding for a bank, merchan
dise firms, a town hail, a Mr station.
and various line or business. . . - -
The city of St. Johns has shown the
most wonderful growth and development
in ne last iwo years. rom a slow
growing village without any Important
municipal Improvements It has become
a modem little city with, Improved
streets, a good water plant. Are protec
tion, a ciiy. naii, a - good notei, - two
banks, many good merchandising es
tablishments and a number of Important
Industries, Over . at Northern Hill,
nearer the center of th peninsula, a
new business center haa been started.
Here the Joseph Leach foundry haa been
established, the Novelty Iron Works
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Mr, Brong has - been a party to
many extensive , realty transactions
all over the city. .He Is president of
the Brong Steele company which has
acquired Lovelelgh, part, of the old
Love tract.' ! ,; i ;' '. .
K. 0. BRAND.
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i Industrial parts or tne p enn suinihllve b(n opcned, aird a plant has been
generally along the banks of thjerecte, and Urt4,a lnt0 operation manu
great rivers that border the dia- facturlnr a preakfat food from corn.
Pacific
Gradually the businesa and residence
districts of the peninsula are taking
form, the future business streets are
coming to the front and the various sec
tions are beginning to show what they
can do In the line of development. - It is
believed that eventually a -main busi
ness thoroughfare cutting through the
entire peninsula and connecting all the
principal district will grow out of th
present sectional development, and far
seeing Investor are anxiously scanning
every development to discern the loca
tion of the great street of the future.. ,
MAEGL
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PRICES ADVANCE
Remarkable Rise in Values
in Comparatively Brief ,
Record of Time.
There Ms no stronger evidence of th
Interest In the peninsula 'than th
manipulations In property - at Maegly
Junction. Of course the center of at
traction there U the Portland ft Seattle
railroad where It crosses the O. R. &
N. -The extensive railroad yards ex
tending from - the boulevard to - tb
slough and th new 'depot site right
at the junction are inducing . many, to
speculate at this point Walker addi
tion, , adjoining Maegly Junction to - the
east, sold ' in May, 1906. for 7.600.
There being 78 lots the average price
was less than 1100 par lot. w -
So rapidly did this property appeal
to the public that R.-O. Brand -paid
125.000 for It in the spring of 1907.
Mr. Brand sold most of it out for about
double what it cost him,, and it is said
that fully 1160.000 was since realised
on this small addition, and the price i
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are still advancing there. Mr. Maegly;
who is one of th large property owners
on the peninsula, has sold an Immense
amount of his holdings during the last
two years. College Place, the . favored
spot at Maegly Junctions which was
Improved about a year ago, haa been
very active and as high values , a
i,ooo is now held on 26-foot lot
there. , . .., .;
It Is the opinion of many that a bus
iness and manufacturing district will
be centered there. .. Cobb Brothers, the
agents ; for Maegly Junction property.
repiu i many recnoi stues ana aumtn
ous inquiries for factory sites. It is
not thought that much of a building
stir will start at the Junction till the
new depot and freiarht sheds are built.
Before the summer is over it is ex
pected that that section of th penin
sula will Improve with a bound. - -
New York's 212 Banks. r
' From Moody's Magaslne. '
Twenty years aro the fact waa made
much of that New York citv boasted
of 100 banks and trust companies.- To
day, however, we find that- the greater
city has no less than 111 institutions of
this character. .- . -
When we add in ' the branches ' we
make a,-total of 2 different bankinr
organisations or places where deposit
account ara opened and the different
branches of the banking business -car
ried ou. . , ; - :
Of th total of 211 actual s Institu
tions 44 are national banks. 61 are state
banks,-62 savings banks and 65 trust
companies. It Is unnecessary to ay
that the capital and deposits of the 44
national bunks overtop the same items
in all the other classes of Institutions.
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Mr. Brand Is one of the successful
real estate operators of, the penin
sula. ' Foreseeing the expansion at
Maegly Junction, he acquired the .
Walker addition on the Columbia
boulevard for, $25,000 and turned
most of It over quickly for 145,000.
S. N. STEELE.
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; Mr. .Steele, late manager of the
real estate department of the Title
Guarantee & Trust company, has
turned his efforts to the peninsula.
He is a member of the firm of tha
Brong-Steele "company, owners of
Lovelelgh,-the latest peninsula a d
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