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I0REG0N PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY
' JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JDE ALE RS IN '
: Paints; Oils Varnishes arid Painters' Supplies
93 GRAND ' AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST."; Telephone East 2898
Distributors' for the Green-Marshall Company's Faints and the .
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. MAY : 18, 1003.
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John A. Melton
CAXPiEJITEB ASTD BBTLDEB
;" Factory and Offleq 1S5 Second
street, near Main..
yv Phonee: MaJn 17J7; A-178T v
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Office and Store Fixtures built
arid remodeled.
Altering and repairing
bouses.
Shot, .ses and Counters built
HOLLADAY'S ADDITIpN
The one' beet place In Portland to buy. '.Geographical center and most e- j
v Seeing ia believing. Better no and see the man? eholcs residences under
construction, And the improvements going on..., . i: . . ' '
1 ' THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
THXBI STBXDT, - POBTXABTP, OXEGrOH.
LOCAL DEMI
v KEEPS UP WELL
Xumber Receives Short Set
, t - back by Storm But Out-
lookilmproves.1
SHINGLES ABE WEAK;
: f AND HILLS CLOSE
flooding Permits Show Substantial
i'v , Increase, ; More Having , Been , Is
y: sued Daring Week: Than During
N Any Other Like Period of 1008.
' The stormy weather' ia not promoting
actual' bulldlna- oDerations. .and as a
result there la no great stir In lumber
circles Jusf . r But S theref ' will be
an early revival because more-building
permit war taken out this week than
In any week ; since the - first or tne
ur ' . Taktnr all ' thtnrs lntd consld-
ration, the- -local demand la therefore
quite satisfactory. n
Irn forelern orders are
Itvered during the next .few weeks
and 'this will Tceep a number of rhllls
In steady operation. Eastern rail busi
ness la still hot to piecea by the in
creased rreignt -raie ana r tn uncer
tainty or.' its oeing reaucea. - . - '
Shingles are weaker If . anything and
few . mills wiir "remain lonsr in opera
tion: unless th market shows eigne of
n early recovery It ie : not desired
to atock up the yards With atock undsr
present 'conditions." : . -r"
. ' Mlllwork manufacturers have had -no
cession" to complain of poor -business,
but prices are much in sympathy -with
1 lumber. This, however, does not seri
ously affect them since they, have- the
benefit -of -th reduced, .lumber quota
tions. ': ' '" I'--'
- Relative' to "the general situation the
'American' Lumberman of Chicago aays:
"With financial conditions au6h that
the retail demand during April was far
below, what I it ought to have . been,
there would aeem to be reason for ex
pecting more call for lumber during
May, Iwt. thus far , it has not ma
terialised .except in a few of the larger
cities ' where building ' operations are
1 considerably heavier than usual. It
l worthy of note " that the Chicago
building department during April issued
permits for buildings of greater valua
tion than during April last- year.;. Sim
ilar conditions . exist in a - number of
other 'centers, buti . this - mayi, be ac
counted for by the fact that the de-
firesslon in values ttt - building lumbar
s felt to a greater extent in the large1
cities where orders ..are placed for
larger quantities of material than in
the country .where the farmer buys 'in
small lots. 'Furthermore, the accumu
latlona of stocks in country yards, pur
chased at 'the high prices prevailing a
few- months ago. have not k been dis
posed -of and : the retailer ' Is 1 unable to
see his way clear to dispose of lumber
at tees -than he paid for it, even though
1 he realises that there has been.' an un
usual .depression in values and that he
could replace (t at a fraction of what
tt cost lim. 4
- "Manufacturing- concerns that ; ar
buyers , of lumber are consuming less
. than, the normal quantity,! but this sec
tion of the trade seems to be on the
- verge of improvement. -As for the -railroads,
it is still impossible-to predict
Just what they will do, or when they
will be in the market. That they have
been feeling the market for- several
weeks has been - taken aa an indication
that they, would want lumber before
long...nj it in wen Known tnat tney
need It, but : the reduction in rallrfail
revenues haa been' so marked - In recent
months as to make railroad-buyers ex
tremely cautious and anxious to post
pone action until' they can secure every
rossible advantage. Thia does not mean
hat the railroads are not to go.-ahead
with extensions and Improvements, but
buying will be more conservative and
a -close watch will be kept en the cost
ef railroad , work unttl',tha.- practical
effect upon dividends of recent leglela
; tfon has been ascertained.' ..-a.,- r
DOll GOES CHiriESE
. BlDlflG Oil SEG011D
' 'T'.' ""a, I .'- v''-
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"Pressed - ' Brick Structure
Wilf Be Kented to1
r : AVliite Tenants.'
' Another dd Second street landmark,
the brick 'vat the southwest corner -of
Second and Yamhill, Is being torn out
- to -make, way for a modern four-story
business block. This structure-is one
of the oldest buildings in that part , of
the city. It-was put up about 35 years
i ago, and-for:the past 25 years has been
occupied . by Chinese. - The property be
longs to Moy Back HIn and associates,
who are now preparing to put up a
handsome pressed brick structure that
will be a distinct ornament to the re
tail district south of Morrison street.
It is understood that the owner of the
nuarter block adjoining the Mov Back
Hln "quarter on the south will raxe the
old-'-brlck houses .on t'oat 'corner-and
replace them with a modern up-to-date
tmprovernent..f The; work will probably
be done this summer, and when - com
plated wtl-. greatly improve the - ap-
Fieararce of the district. The new build
ng will not be Used by Chfhese tenants,
the owners declarlna that their nrnrxrr.
ty is now top valuable ,te be used by
Chinese,
WASTE STEAf.l
HEATS HOUSE
Ultra -; Modern Besidence
' Shows Tendency, Toward
Concrete Construction. '
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.The ideal 'twentieth century home hat
Just been completed at Carrollton, 1111'
noIa.The house Is constructed of con
crete and 'there Is not a sign of a chlm
ney, although the building is supplied
with an. Abundance of artificial light
and heat. . Neither is there any fire la
the house, nor coal, nor ashes, nor dan
gerous - gases. While this - wonderful
residence 'Is the first of its kind In the
world. It . Is beyond a doubt agood ex'
ample of what" the average American
home, will be In a few years from now
when both' wood and, coal have become
too expensive for -common', uqe. This
model' home "is two' torles - high, with
attic and basement and has eight roms
on the main floors. .. '
In building this - dwelling . Edison's
iaea or a concrete nouse to re poured in
one big mold, was not carried out, yet
the foundation and walls are of concrete
blocks. The concrete was mixed on the
Bite and molded into the building blocks
as -required.' There was no waste of
building material. The floors are of
wood' and - the interior -is'- finished In
? taster and oak. The style of archltec
ure is of the plain, substantial mission
type. This idea - Is carried -out in the
interior decorations as well. 'The build
ing is fronted by a large porch 8 by 82
feet and cost less than 13,609. Perhaps
tlTe most novel feature about thts won
derful residence .la the faot that )t is
heated by steam from a -central- station.
-.There Is. no noisy, dusty furnace in
the basement demanding dally attention
all - the long winter months. Instead
the steam, which usually goes to wast
about small electric light planta, la car
ried to the house by underground pipes.
Thia steam pipe enters the house in the
basement and .Is -carried to the rooms
Just, the same -as the steam from an
ordinary furnace. -. The rooms are heated
with steam radiators. Of course some
special arrangement had to be supplied
to furnish hot water for the bath; room.
Near the celling in the bath room la lo
cated a water tank which-ia kept con
stantly hot by a number of small pipes
through .which a continual flow of hot
steam Is maintained. This tank sun-
plies hot water for the bath and to the
ADUDTFu T
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HOUSE
happen to - the steam heating ' syatem.
The greatest inventor and. genlue lnthe
world haa -predicted that the house of
the near future will be made entirely bf
concrete, cast in - " mold. Scientists
have predicted that the home of the fu
ture will have no chimney or. flue.
These Ideas are all incorporated In this
twentieth century nome. ,
CEMENT BLOCKS III'
All
fill HI nil I III
Benton - Street Structure
T AVill Be M Most Solid
Construction."
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'" Architects ' Goodrich tt Goodrich are
getting up plans for a four-series flat
to be erected on Benton, street near Du
pont. The building will be novel In
character and design. It Is to be built
of cement ; blocks, ana wut -rest on a
concrete foundation. Each of the four
apartments will contain five rooms, and
are to be equipped with all the modern
accessories usual, in -such; structures.
This firm has a numDer or commis
sions - on --.hand for improvements . in
Roa Cltv Park, including a six-room
bungalow - for Mr. Pearson, -. and two
buildings of 'a similar type; for- William
Kuyath, each of which are to have, full
concrete oasemenis ana - do equipped
with hot 'water - heating systems, - fire-
nlaces. modern dumbing, etc They are
to have cobblestone cnimneys and porch
: New Residence", of 1 A. Refiling Cedar Hill;
C0HSTRUCTI0I1
COIJTRACTS LET
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Work Soon to Bein on
Many Houses, and Besi-.
dences as Well.'
A. large amount of 'new . construction
was 'got. under way this week, much -of
which ' has been in .the bands of. x, the
architects for some' time.
The contract waa . let thla morning
for the erection of the three-story brick
apartment building at Fourteenth -and
Columbia' Streets, for M. Pallay. The
structure will cost ' when .. completed
about $45,000, and will be ; one of the
finest, buildings of the kind in the city
A permit- was taktn out Tuesday for
me otto KY wranaes nats, w
go up on Clay street, between West
Park and - Tenth- streets. The nermlt
calls for a SM.O00 expenditure, but the
improvement win cost, when completed,
nearer $20,000. .
- Construction work has begun on - W.
J. Van Bchuyver'a , new residence on
Twenty-fifth street, between Marshall
and. Northrup streets. It la to be a
two story , frame,- handsomely appointed
and Will cost between $12,000 and 416,-
000. '. .-' ' i ' ' m. ,
' Work on the Hasel tine flats, on Stout
Street,, between Madison and Main
streets, is progressing, favorably. ' J. O.
Trembley has the principal .contract.
Architect Barndt is taking, separate
bids for the different classes of work
on the Odd Fellows' temnle. to be emot
ed on Fast Sixth and East Alder streets.
it is expected that all the contracts will
be let by June 1, when construction of
the temple will be got under .way. -When
completed the building will cost about
$25,000, and will be ,, handsome addi
tion to tne east side.
The building at Fourth .and '. Rtork
streets, t formerly, occupied as a vaude
ville . theatre is undergoing .extensive
alterations and repairs, to cost approx
imately $16,000. - ,.
Contracts, for the erectfen nf th
Peter Zimmerman flats, on East Twelfth
street, near
East Burnslde, have been
wash bowla located in. two of thevuB-JJfV -Thla is to be a.-hlgh-elass, p-tc-
stalrs bedrooms. - : V T2. "tructure and win coat about $7,-
Of course the house is also wired fori V00 , - -."
electric heat - in case : anything should I ' Architect Brown la preparing plana
iur ma io ecnooinouses xo Da ereotea
in Portland suburbs. Jfor Mllwaukl h
has deigned a four-room building, which
will cost approximately $10,000, and for
the Gladstone district an '. eight-room
structure Is being planned, which will
cost about $ IS, 000.
A permit has been taken i out by
Frank Wilder for the erection of a two
story, double-flat on East Eighth street.
between Burnslde and Ankeny Streets,
to cost $4,000. ' ' f
C E. Curry has begun the erection
of a modern two-story frame residence
pn Prospect, drive that will cost, when
completed, between- $7,000) and $8,000. '
. Ground haa been broken for the foun
dation of a two-story frame tenement
on Salmon; street, near Nartilla. The
improvement is being built for Mrs. C.
R. Holt and will cost approximately $7,
000. .: R. F. Straus has begun the erection
of a two-story cottage, on First street,
between Whittaker and Curry streets,
South Portland, to cost $2,600. -
W. Ia Morgan announces that In a
few' days excavating will begin for the
foundation for the three-story apartment-house
to be erected at Twenty-first
and Kearney atreetq. The building will
occupy a 40 by SO foot site, will contain
eight four-room apartments and will
coat $16,000. .- .'.,
DR. ELIOT 0 OF
HOOD RIVER BLOCK
Weil-Known Pastor Erect
ing Business Structure
JJp Columbia.
Dr. T. !. Eliot of ths cltv has com
menced the erection of a $20,000 brick
business - block In Hood River. The
structure Is to occupy a 60x100 -foot
lrt Atul hltv. n .hetflrht -at - lA .tnHjia
The-ground floor will be used for mer
cantile purposes - and the upper atory
littea up ror - orrices. -- - i
Architects Doyle A Patterson prepared
the plans for the building, which will
be, when completed, the finest business
Duucang in ooa Kiver.
BIGGEST C0XSTRFCTI0N
WEEK OF THE YEAR
4 ' 'Building permits Issued during;'. 4
4 the week ending last night were
4 but a few hundred dollars short
4 of $260,000, which exceeds by a '
4 good many thousand dollars the
volume"' or Tne w ' construction
4 ' commenced In any one week
4 : since the first of the year. Prac- v
4 tically all of this sum will go
4 into : the construction of rest- 4
4 dences, flats and apartment
4 - houses, there being but one per- -
4 mlt issued for a business house,
4 and tht was for a two-story.
4 brick structure to cost $18,000. ..? 4
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TASTEFUL H0H1E
OF SPUE Wl
0 Aviier Copyrights Plans for
Unique Six-Koom , Swiss
. ft Bungalow. ,
In order to prevent ether ambitious
builders of artlstlo ' homes from1 copy
ing . the design of his new suburban
residence, a .wealthy resident bf .Spo
kane has ' copyrighted the plans '. and
published to the world that no one else
in the falls city . shall duplicate the
house without the consent of Mr. Mar
tin. ' j - v !'-" ;
The house 4n question is a strikingly
original and attractive building., which
has Just been completed in Spokane's
well known residential quarter. It con
forms to no particular style of archi
tecture, but bears a cloae resemblance
to what is known aa the Swiss bunga
low. " - - -
The building is so altogether unique
and unlike anything known to modern
architecture that 'a "description of its
more salient points may not oe unin
teresting to prospective. buUdera of at
tractive homes IrtvPortland. The front
porch, covered with the main roof, has
a cobblestone floor and is Inclosed With
lattice. The pillars are shingled-and
between them Js a built-in seat.. The
house rests on a rustic mnuc iouno-
tlon, and the massive exposed cntmne'
la f-rmtninert of the same material
Brown shingled walla, with trimmings
of Ivory white, give to the house an un
usual coloring. The wlndpws have very
small panes. The hardware tnrpugnout
the house is ef brass, including a mi
anflnu. Irnooker. -
The celling 1 follows the lines of the
roof and Is spanned by solid beams. A
massive fireplace constructed of honey
comb basalt rocK.' Wltn -neavy cement
mantel shelf. The chimney breast is
exposed to the celling and. the hearth is
vitrified brick, raised, five Inches above
th Aaa, level.'
In the' principal rooms the finish is
select fir, stained brown, and the floors
are waxed manle. The walla In the living-room
are treated in golden brown
and the celling in pumpkin yellow.
noliarhtful Dutch deslrns are carried
out in the dining-room. -There Js delft
blue paper wainscot to the height ef- the
platerail, battened with flr strips, above
which are Delft designs. 'The celling
is treated in drab. The Kitcnen ta nn
lshed throughout In white enamel. A
unlaue feature of the house-is a tank
and sprinkler on the roof ' for use in
coollna- ths house in hot weather.
There are nut six rooms m tne struo-
lure ei n cost o ouiia cpoui o.vuo.
And TJcPherson IVork
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The. heaviest and most dur
able cast iron furnaces made
;with long smoke flues and
Built to last:
The best workmen, best ma
terial, all : superintended by
people who know how and
do it ' ;
We want to instaltyour fin
naceor any kind of heating
plant .
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w. g. Mcpherson co.
Heeating: Engineers
' 32S Gllssn SI. 7," ' '. Y ' '
rlers. The . bulldlnrs will cost- about
$.600 each. fy x C . '
I70RK BEGIfiS 0 HOTEL
AT TEIITII AIID ALDER
Rosenblatt Building : Main
; Contracts WTill Soon
' v ' " Be Let. "
Rapid progress is .belng"made In ex
cavating for the foundation, of the Ros
enblatt hotel at Tenth and Alder streets.
The work, Is -being 'done by C " 3. Cook
ft 'Co., using their big steam lifter. Contracts-have
been let 1 for the concrete
foundation, concrete pier footlnga and
basement walls. Architect Knighton Is
preparing plans and specifications for
the main structure, and will probably be
ready to lt the contracts by June 1.
The buildlnc Is to be - a five-mnrv
brick structure with a. wsll-fHcing of
fressed brick and terra-cotta trimming
t will cover the entire' auartnr-hinlt
A Ml , ..In. A tt k.. r ..
Besiuliifu!
Waver
700 XOTS S0L.O; IN
eigh
R1AY 25,1908
, Prices Will Be Advanced
,: $5o;oo'Mch ; .
; BUY NOWl -MAKE MONEY! SEE!
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Jolin P. Sharkey Company
ewfs!5t
Keep Out the Enemies
of Health
By providing your doors and windows
with good, substantial screens that will
prevent flies, mosquitoes and other in
sects from .carrying in the germs of dis
ease and otherwise annoying you. We
will provide you with window screens
and screen cloth,' as well as all klnl
of wire goods, poultry netting and wlrj
fencing at trifling cost at Avery's.
AVERY & CO.
M Third St; Bet Pine & Ash
NEW ERA PAINT
A Perfect ; Paint
for Beautifying and Protecting all Kinds
of Structures. Put ..up in full . JJ.
- Standard Measure
New Era Paint & Varnish Cd.-a
TRAVIS BROS. LUMBER CO.
451 Hawthorne Avenue
Bast 202
Common, Fir ' Lumber, ; $8 M. VI
PHONE
B 2020
For Electric Wiring Had Electric Scrr?
sonxir wxb --- -- conduit wos.:
.Estimates and Specifications Furnished.
' PKOHB MAnf 5086; A-1944
'.? ' No Trouble to Call on You. ' , ' , "
COM ETT ULCCTRIC CO.'
419 ICorriaon Btreet, Sear Sleventh.
' niB B. WH.SOK. FreS. A. W. TASKS, 1B.pt.
IT TOIT HA VB A ROOF TO COVER FIGURE WITH US ON
QENASCO ROOFING
-, Carried In stock for all kinds of roofs ' and fully guaranteed.
Central Door & Lumber Co.
13th and Ollsaa ttreats, , . . Phones Mala 4793. A-17"
A2537
122V2 SIXTH STREET
. ; PHONES :
Main 550
REX FUNTICOTE
ROOFING
W. P. FULLER & COM Pacific Coast Asc::tr
THE J.TvlcCRAHEN mn?iW'.
Roche Harbor Lime. Alsen's Portland Cement; Neptl Eulldlnp Casting an. I
Dental Plaster. Imported Fire Brick, Imported end Domestic Fire Clnv. I'ulr
Fibered Hardwall Plaster. Plastering Hair and Fiber, AUunited Bteel bludan:;, '
Herringbone Expanded Steel XAth, Boston Sheet Metal I.otn.
831-833 POra 8TBEZT. Vsoae riaU 870. QS.TXmASTD. CSSSC. !
The Adamant Company':
" - Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS are the best '
"CROWN BRAND Hair Fibered
WOOD FIBER PLASTER
- ." ' ' FINISHING PLASTER (Ur"
Offloe WoMeste Bldg. Phone Kala Tin. Eome A1219.
t . ' i Pectory, Poo ltth St. Phone i:-!a I
Repair Worav Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists a l r
. w Building and Structural "Work.
PHOENIX iron wori::
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OiTlee and Works,
Hawthorn Aveuu and East
.Third 8Uat.
ENGINEERS