THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING," MAY- 23, 1808.
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OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY
JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Paints, bils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies ,
93 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2898
Distributor for the' Green-Marshall Company's Pairits and the ' -,
: ' Los Angeles Varnish" Company's Varnishes
rm SW W ; . t ' mm
KUer nerson itfira
And McPh
John A. Melton
' CARPBHTEB, AZTD BTOtDEH
Factory and Offleo Z3S Second
treat, near Main. '
Phones: Main 1797; A-17ST '
Office and Store Fixtures built
.-'.'- i. and remodeled. ,l
';S . . .
Altering and repairing "
, bouses. -
Shov -ae and Counters built.
HOLLADAY'S ADDITION
i ' Tbe one beet piece In Portland to buy. . Geographical cotter and moete
treble residence property of, the city. - - s
Seeing la believing. Better go and see the many choice residences under
construction and the. improvements going on. . -i .
THE OREQON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
KBM VHXBD STREET,
voiniinii oregkw.
Wwm III
LUMBER MARKET
Milimen Eeport Slight In
crease in Kail Busi
ness
LOCAL DEMAND
CONTINUES GOOD
Low Prices- Still Rale and Builders
Are Benefiting Thereby, as Is Seen
by Large Number of Handsome
Dwellings Springing Xpjn City.
There appears to be a slight Improve
ment in the lumber business. Rait or
ders are said to show an Increase as
compared with business of ' the past
three months, although at low prices.
The general consensus of opinion Is that
the bottom has been reached and that
the next material change will be for
W the better, from a manufacturer's point
Portland builders have been getting
the benefit of a low market for several
months, and many monuments in the
shape of handsome rosldences testify
thereof, i At no time in the city's history
have morei dwellings sprung up dwell
ings of such-handsome lines and ale
ant finish as at present. And It is
greed that the inviting; lumber prices
have hod much to do therewith.
r .1 huainiMM tm still reoorted very
good, and indications are that conditions
win warrant s uonimuwran B
there might be a slight falling off dur
nv ik. haiorht nt eummer. when a Qui
etness is experienced in most lines of
Industry! ana wnen tne Deacn ami moun
tain resorts are tile main objects of In
terest. J .
Foreign business continues good, sev
eral cargoes being on the list for export
within the next few weeks. Some go
to Europe, where there Is a good de
mand for high-class decking and spar
lumber, and others are booked for the
orient and the antipodes. Part of one
cargo goes to New Zealand, the first
to be sent there from this district for
a long time. .-
Good crop prospects from all parts
of the country are, giving the lumber
men hope of an improved fall trade
and better business next year, when re
tail yards will be pretty well depleted
unless they be stocked up In the mean-
tlA'declsion is looked for In the rate
advance case now before, the Interstate
commerce commission, and a more set
tled condition of the market is expect
ed .when it finally-becomes known what
rate really prevails on lumber from the
coast to points east of the mountains.
1 At present there is a difference of 10
cents per 100 pounds that mlllmen do
not know whether to absorb or not. ,
SCHOOLS JOIN TO
BOOST FOR ALBANY
tSveelal DUpateh to Th Joornil.l
Albany, Or., May 23 Manager Bury
I. Daaent of the Albany Commercial
club has enlisted the aid of the schools
. in his publicity campaign. He has
' directed letters to the heads of the vari
ous schools In the cltv and of Albany
college, asking them to furnish names
or parties mat may possioiy oe inter
ested in this section and especially the
city and county. To these will be sent
pamphlets descriptive of . Albany and
Linn county. This invitation has been
accepted an together all will work for
the upbuilding of Albany and the Wil
lamette valley. : --
The Commercial club la planning to
take a hand in the advertising of Al
bany's manufactured products and ex
pects In this manner to encourage such
enterprises and to offer incentives for
other manufacturing concerns to seek
.. this city. . .
PORTUII LEADS
NJ BUILDING
Amount Expended for April
Far in Excess of Seattle
'.. or Los Angeles.
The American Contractor of Chicago
has complied the following table, giving
the building: record of 47 of the leading
cities in the United States for the
months of April. 1B07 and 1908. Port
land shows a loss of about $600,000, yet
Us total for last month was nearly
1300.000 srreater than that of either Los
Angeiea or steatite
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" j-.. Buildings at Second and .Yamhill to Be Replaced by New Four-Story Structure.
SAWS
HAMMERS
Umatilla People at Seattle.
(SpMtal ptmiateb te The lowaaLk'
Pendleton, May 13 It Is estimated
that 300 Umatilla county people are
viewing the Atlantlo fleet at Seattle
today. One special train bearing about
160 left the city yesterday and many
Jirivate parties went by way of Port
end to the sound. -
H ills and Horses
are a bad combination and the
resultant strained shoulders and
'', legs must.be given careful atten- '
'" --5 tion' If your faithful beast Is to
be spared ta yott..Prompttreat
, me a is necessary and the best
. tuited or the purpose is.old
reliable ' - V ; -
V.t; Mexican .
Mustang Liniment
t Made of ofla, famous for their "
V - penetrating and healing quail- V "
-j- - tits it quickly relieves soreness, H
soothes the injured parts and "
'removes all stifiQiess from the-' ;
joints and limbs, v ". ."
Scad fbr a FREB eory of our vahtehle booklet
Totati from a E Toret Doctor's Diary." -'
Lyon Manufacturing Co.,
M 8out h Fifth St., Brooklya, K. T.
City
Baltimore . .....
Birmingham
Bridgeport .....
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland ......
Chattanooga ....
Davenport
Denver ........
Detroit .........
Evansvllle .
Grand Rapids . .
Hartford .......
Indianapolis . . . .
Kansas City ....
Louisville ......
Los Angelea . . .
Manchester ....
Milwaukee . ... .
Minneapolis ....
Memphis ......
Mobile
New Haven
Newark
New Orleans . . .
Manhattan . . .
Brooklyn
Bronx
New York
Omaha
Philadelphia ....
Paterson
Portland, Or. ...
Reading ........
Rochester ......
6t Paul ,..,.
St Joseph
St. Louis
San Antonio ....
San Francisco . .'
Soranton
Seattle
Spokane
South Bend ....
Syracuse .......
Salt Lake City..
Topeka .........
Toleda .........
Worcester ......
Wllkesbarr ....
April,
1U8,
cost.
I 475,420
130,606 117,683
600,000
,130,850
1,446,667
197,140
68,660
1,412,746
833,360
60,618
105,246
226,330
822,093
1,669,050
251,421
664,960
87.476
897,197
989,030
248,795
31,025
245,680
769.493
8i;740
11.100,796
2,386,803
1.475,070
14.962,170
801,085
8.178.535
166,899
980,410
38,000
445,823
639,292
160,646
2,033,200
148,016
2,084,015
812,808
705,876
. 764,630
166,128
827,410
381,109
115,327
237,618
195,876
187,162
April.
1907. .
cost
$ 881,929
127.686
.,802,910
1.086,700
6,336,960
' 1.486,212
95,836
66,430
620,996
1,271,400
82,616
219.077
848,700
729,301
1,129,996
446,220
1,451,662
79,116
1,454,196
1,147,960
482,639
173,270
358,839
1.280,933
227.261
12.647,223
9,694.616
2,797.426
26,039,168
413,275
6,893,500
223,493
1.626,977
422,446
786,046
623,119
109.280
2,589,447
180,695
8,227,410
222,119
741.999
664,380
887.206
666,623
178,100
,91,420
841,624
430,740
270.895
Total ...y.V;. 347.816,663
Total loss per cent, 83.
872,133,173
STOVELESS HOUSETOBE
BUILT OF FIELD STONE
Novel Structure to Be Erect
, ed in Upper Albina by
A.H. Faber.
Architect A. H. Faber Is getting up
the design for a residence for himself
to be erected at the northwest, corner
of Ainsworth street and Garfield avenue,
that will bo altogether-unlike any other
residence ever put up In Portland. The
distinguishing features . of this : struo
turo will be its walls of "mossy" or
field stone, undressed, and the faot that
all the heating, lighting and cooking
will be done with electricity. The house
Is to have dimensions of 40 by (6 feet,
will rest on a full concrete casement
and will contain nine rooms.
At the rear of this house and form
ing a pert of it, will be a quaint. mossy
stone tower, on which will be erected
a Dutch windmill, the wings of which
will have a sweep of 32 feet and will
be capable of developing eight or ten
horsepower.- Geared to the windmill is
to be a dynamo, connected with a stor
age battery. Thus will be generated and
stored ample electrical current to sup
ply all the needs of the household. -
The building itself will cost about
$6,000 and the electrical apparatus 32,
000 additional, making the total expen
diture not leas than 33,000. v- :
This is the second residence of an un
usual styla and character that Mr. Fa
ber Will have, erected In Portland, the
first having been erected at the north
east corner, of Ainsworth street and
Garfield avenue" This is a modern
home, built entirely without flues, and
heated and lighted with- gas eK&nufac
tured on the premises from garfoline. -'
Mr. Faber Is now planning a concrete
block building for Donahue A Hardin,
which is to be 42" by 64. two stories
high, contain nine 'rooms with basement
and attic, and. equipped with a hot
water heating plant. , It will cost 89,000.
VANDERBILT TO GIVE
. SON FIVE MILLIONS
(United Pien Leeatd Wlre.1
- New York May I J. Five millions in
stead of the 810,000,000 she demanded is
the enormous sum of money that Al
fred G. Vanderbllt must set aside for
his . son aa the result of the divorce
frranted Mrs. A. O. Vanderbllt. accord
n to a report. - This cash settlement
was agreed upon In a compromise
reached by lawyers representing the
founs; millionaire and his former wife,
t 1s said that he has been wlllinr rlrht
along to give 35,000.000, but he insisted
Hint twice thnt amount was excessive
and unreasonable ; - .
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AND PLflHES BUSY
Construction Under Way of
Many Medium-Sized
; Buildings.
A large number of substantial build
ing contracts were let during the past
week. This In addition to the Usual
number of contracts let for moderate
priced residences brought the total vol
ume of new construction for the week
close to the splendid record of the week
ending May 16.; 1 ,:.
.Architect Otto Kleeman ' has awarded
the contract for the proposed Selling
building, at the northeast corner of
Grand avenue and Belmont street. This
structure is to- be 60x100, three stories
high, and will cost approximately $25,-
ooo.
Ground was broken this week for the
four-flat building of T. J. McNamee at
Grand avenue and Orearon street. EachJ
of the four flats will contain six rooms
and will be thoroughly modern and up-
to-date.
Architects Goodrich A Goodrich have
let the contracts for the construction of
two bungalows at Rose City Park for
William Kuyatn.
' Washington Rtreet Building-.
Jennln?- & Co. are building a two-
story brick store on a part of the Mo
Ginn quarter block at the southeast cor
ner of Washington and Seventh streets.
Tha huildlna- will cost when oomDleted
about 810,000.
Mrs. u. v. wens nas oegun tne erec
tion of a handsome dwelling at the cor
ner of Tillamook and Bast Twenty-first
street It is to be a two-story f ram-,
handsomely appointed, and will cost
about 312,000.
On East Sixteenth street, between Hal
ey and Weidler streets, Meelian & Rice
are building a two-story frame resi
dence, to cost approximately $6,000.
A permit haa been taken out for a
modern two-story frame dwelling: by
H. H. NorthruD to be erected on Elis
abeth street at the end 'of Twentieth
etreet, Portland Heights, to cost 87)00.
H. L. Ply male has beaun the erection
of a double flat on Tillamook, between
East Seventh street and Union avenue,
to cost approximately $4,000.
Bast Bide nets.
Work will soon be Kin on a four-
series flat for Mrs. J. B. Comstock at
the "northeast corner of East Sixth and
Weidler streets. Each flat will contain
five rooms and will have modern ap
pointments throughout. The estimated
cost Is $7,600.
Contractors Trains A Gate ha th
contract for tne construction of the
two-story dwelling of A. Gleblseh at
East Twenty-first and Halsay street a
The structure will cost when oompleted
about $4,000.
Mrs. li .u. ;urtis nas begun tna. erec
tion of a two-story frame dwelllna on
East Twenty-ninth street, between East
Main, and East Salmon streets.
The Hancock Street Building company
la getting up plans for two bungalows
to be built by Mrs. A. Jenkins at the
corner of East Tenth and Tillamook
streets.
M. F. Donanoe IS preparing to begin
the erection of a handsome cement block
residence at 'the southwest corner of
Sumner street and Garfield avenue, In
Walnut Park. The estimated cost of the
structure is $10,000. While the build
ing will be but two and one half stories
high, foundation walls sufficiently
strong to support five stories will be
put in. As already noted the walls are
to be of concrete blocks with double
hollows. The porch columns and bal
ustrades will be of artificial stone and
the floors will all be hardwood, blrdsoye
maple and oak.
-Architect Faber is getting up the de
sign of the buildings on which con
struction work will begin about June 1.
Beech Street School.
School district No. 1, Portland, has
taken out a permit for the erection- of
a two-story frame schoolhouse to be
built on Beech street, between Gar
field and Mallory avenues, to cost $30,
000. Contractor Hobklrk will put up
the structure.
Alex Gevurts has begun the erection
of a two-story frame dwelling on North
rup street, between Twenty-fifth andl
Twenty-sixth streets. OnmnlAtnA rh
building -will cost approximately $4,000.
A modern two-story frame dwelling
la being erected on East Twenty-fourth
ireei, oetween xinamooK and Han
cock streets,, for E. H. Meyer. The
Duiiaing win cost aoout xs.&oo.
Tuesday of this week a nermlt mi
Issued for the erection of $4,000 homo
on Eleventh street, between Jefferson
and Main street.
H. A. Hlnshaw has begun the emotion
or a modern cottage on East Taylor,
near East Thirty-ninth street, which
will cost when completed about $3,000.
A firm of Portland iivhltat. ho.
in preparation plans for two large build
ing to be erected at Marshfield, Ore
gon, una a notel building, 60x100, is
to be a four-story brick or concrete
siruciure wnicn win cost approximate
ly $60,000, and the other aa 18-room
frame schoolhouse with concret ha fo
ment will cost $35,000. Bids will be
Jsked on the schoolhouse May 25. and
une 1 the hotel plans will be sub
mitted to Portland contractor
PRINTSHOP WILL GO
IIIIO NEW BOUG
HIGHEST PRAISE
6IIIEII COIICREIE
4ssaassBsasaBBasssBsej . v.., . .;
Strongly Becommended for
All Sorts of Eailroad
Engineering.
Work on the Fenton Struc
ture on Seventh Street
Is Progressing.
Work on the four-story steel frame
building under construction for W. D.
Fenton on 'Seventh street, between Oak
and Ankeny, la progressing favorably.
Two stories of the steel frame is In
place and a permit for the brick walls
has been Issued to Contractor Tresham,
who began this week running up the
wans.
The reneral eontraot calls for tha
completion of the struoture by June 1
but It will be as late as July 1 before
it will be turned over to the owner.
When oompleted It will have cost about
I4U.UUU. I
Glass & Prudhomme have taken a
lease on the entire structure and will
occupy the four floors and basement
with their printing business, now con
ducted on First street.
Fools are generally lonar-lived. Ths
one who rocks the boat always lives to
tell about It.
About as strong and unqualified an
Indorsement of concrete as was ever
rendered was that made at the - recent
annual convention ol the American
Railway Engineering and .Maintenance
of Wav association held In New York.
The members of this association met for
purely practical purposes the compari
son of experiences and observations of
tne past year, and being engaged in du
ties requiring the highest intelligence.
iney are qualified to apeak with autnor
lty on the subject of their work. The
committee on buildings took into con
slderation every phase relating to the
construction of roundhouses, tbe de
structive influences to - which these
Dutidings are subjected and tbe eco
nomic problems involved. Its -verdict
was that In economy of first cost, dura
bility and fire-resisting; qualities, there
is no other fireproof roof construction
which is equal to reenforced concrete.
The committee went on to say .that a
roof of this charaoter gives the great
est freedom from possibility of Inter
ruption by trait lo because of .fire, cy
clone or earthquake, and that conse
quently no Insurance is shown for the
ooncrete roof roundhouses, while the
others have a rate upon tbe entire value
of each stall. Including foundations and
pits, equipment and all accessories.
xn another committee report, that on
masonry, a toplo for consideration was
present typical standard designs now in
use for masonry culverts, both stone
and concrete. On this toplo the commit
tee's Introductory paragraph was as
concise and suggestive as the reference
to tne roundhouse quoted above. It
said: "Your committee finds that stone
structures of this class are raDidlv ro
t n mi, n .... . 1 , . ,
... is vu. us?, cuiu iiiciciui, elim
inated them from consideration, and
connnes itseir to concrete culverts -slain
Thus stone work Is absolutely elimi
nated from further consideration in a.
field it formerly occupied to the exclu
sion of practically every other material.
If extended experiments and the prac
tical use of concrete by experts of such
prominence warrant them in indorsing
it ior structures nxeiy to encounter
the most severe tests to which a build
ing material can be subjected, their re
ports and conclusions should certainly
go rar towara inspiring aonnasnce in
those who still hesitate to adont con.
crete for ordinary purposes.
Building Permits.
William Qrahach. erect studio. Front.
between Sheridan and Caruthera, $2,000;
D. W. Wakefield, srect dwelling. Chap
man, between Madison and Jefferson,
z,uuu; a. jn. necnon, erect dwelling.
Colonial and Shaver. $2,000; Oliver
Chined Flow company, erect warehouse,
East First, between Taylor and Yam
hill. $25,000; Long Investment company,
alter and repair grill and saloon, Sixth,
between Alder and Washington, $2,600;
Olaf Kyllo. erect dwelling. Broadwav.
between East First and East Second,
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 ho& and.
do it
We want to install your, fur-"
nace or any kind of heating
plant
TBE
w. g. Mcpherson co.
Heating Engineers
528 disss SL
VOLJ CAN'T LOSE
IN BUYING BUILDING LOTS IN '
BEAUTIFUL
Portland's progressive and popular subdivision 12 minute car
ride TWO car lines Within the two-mile limit from courthouse
School, engine house, graded streets, cement walks, Bull Run
water. - ' ' v . -
, MONDAY NEXT
Lots Will Be Advanced
$50.00 EACH
Buy today! Take a car ride to Beautiful Waverleigh. Our agent
' on the ground all day.. " ) - t
JN0. P. SHARKEY COMPANY
. - 122 SIXTH STREET
. A-2537 Phones Main .550. '
For Your Lawn and
Garden
We have everything' that Is needed fn
mowers, reels, hose, bossies and grass
catchers, besides all kinds of garden
tools and Implements. Anything in this
line procured here is : from the best
Banufacturers, and is the best of the
nd made we handle no inferior goods.
AVERY & CO.
48 Third St, Bet Pine & Ash
NEW ERA PAINT
A Perfect Paint
for Beautifying and Protecting all Kands
of Structures. Put up in full U." &
Standard Measure ' ;
New Era Paint & VarnisK Co. Jli 9H&
TRAVIS BRP. LUBER CO,
451 Havvthorno Avenue
Bast 202
Common Fir Lumber, $8 M.
PHONE
B 2020
c
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For Electric Wiring and Electric Scpplles
uosebs wmiro cohdutt wo&ic
Estimates and Specifications Furnished.
PBOITB MADff 6086 ; A-1544
No Trouble to Call on You.
COMET ELECTRIC CO.
4 la Morrison atree. Hew Eleventh.
raZ9 S. WXX.BOW. rres. A. W. PABXS, Kgr.
IF TOU HAYS A ROOF TO COVER FIOURH WITH US ON
GEN ASCO ROOFING
Carried in stock for all kinds of roofs and fttHy guaranteed.
Central Door & Lumber Co.
18tk and Ollean Btreeia. - -rkoasa seals 4798. A-1793.
REX FUINTKOTE
ROOFING
W. P. FULLER & CO., Pacific Coast Agents
Tiff? I NnPn AFffPHT rnPIDAPITr
Roche Harbor Lime, Alsen's Portland Cement; NepLI Building, Casting and
Dental Plaster, Imported Fire Brick, Imported end Domestlo Fire Clay, ITmr
Fibered Hardwall Plaster, Plastering Eair and Fiber. Allunlted Btl studding.
Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Sheet Metal Lath.
831-S35 BZKB BTRBBT. . - Phoa. rials 870. rOXTUBB. CM GO.
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The Adamant ICompany'o
) M.-a. a . a a w a VkV a SB . L. a,
"CROWN BRAKD Hair Fibered " '
' WOOP .FIBER PLASTER ,
''."". ' FINISHING PLASTER (Unfberei)
Offloe worotste Bldg. rhoa. seals Tie. Kom. Aiaia.
. S-actory, Poot 14tk Bt Phone Kalit SV "
Repair Work Qlvan Prompt Attention Founders. Machinists and r ..nimi
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PHOENIX IRON WORKS
Off les and Works, .
Eawthoma Afnns and Salt
'Xliitd Ltrecb
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