THE OREGON : SUNDAY JOURNAL, , PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE ". 21, 1068.
SULLIVAN'S': GULCH TO DRAIN
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SEWERAGE OF VAST DISTRICT
East Side Residents Plan Scheme of Drainage Will Accom
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modate Large Area in Resident Section; Adding Greatly
to Property Valuations in Region Affected
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Central East Portland U about to
open a campaign for a trunk ,- sewer
down Sullivan' gulch, which will aerv
aa immense district, extending from
Rosa City Park to '' the Willamette
river, and which would be second In
importance only to , the big Brooklyn
sewer now nearlng completion. ,,;..
To A. B. Slauson, manager of the
realty department of . Hartman : and
Thompson. Is due the credit for having
" first called attention to this economical
means of constructing the trunk of a
ewer svtera that will provide an ex
lenKive : and rapidly growing district
with sewer facilities for all time to
come. It will cover Roee City 'Park.,
Rossmere, and the other additions along
andy Road. Montavilla, all of North
Mount Tabor, Center addition and the
territorw for a number of blocks on
both . sides of Sullivan's gulch. ..
Xa Heed of Baw.v-,;V'v;Iv-
Portions of the territory tributary
to the proposed trunk sewer are badly
In need of sewerage facilities, Monta
villa, Mount Tabor, north of the Base
Line road and Center addition have
reached the point in population where
? roper sewerage is a prime necessity.
Yom Center addition west, there is a
considerable area on both sides of the
gulch without seweraKe. The new ad
ditions along the Sandy road, are not
as yet clamoring for sewerage, ' but
within a few years they will have filled
up with people to such an extent as
to make the construction of a large
Bfwer main Imperative. . ---..
"Whai is the most important Improve
ment for central JCast Portland r - was
awked of Allan B. Slauson, manager of
tne realty department of Messrs.
ilartman & Thompson, recently.
"A bigger: and better sewerage sys
tem, by . all means." was the replv.
Central Kast Portland 1. fairly, well
provided' with small Hewers, but in the
great ' restricted district, which . begins
at Holladay addition and runs east
ward there are sewers only as far as
Twenty-fourth street.
Kurt 8 Permanent.
"The rapid up-bulldlng of this sec
tion with beautiful homes renders It
almost imperative that the city should
take Immediate action to provide some
adequate sewerage system, one that
would not only be sufficient for pres
ent needs, but for r several years to
com. . Such a sewer could now be con
structed at comparatively small expense.
Nature has made a natural drainage
canal which takes care of all the surf
ace water, no matter bow heavy the
storms. , ,- . -
"This natural drainage canal Is known
to residents of the east side as 'Sulli
van's gulch.' The natural easy grade
from the river level to the higher
ground of Multnomah county has been
utilized by the O. R. & N. Railroad com
pany for many years, but no effort has
been made to fill up this gulch, or ro
Improve It in any way, other than to
build the necessary bridges across it
at Union avenue, Grand avenue,
Twelfth and .Twenty-eighth streets.
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"It is a well-known fact that the ex
cavation for the construction of sewers
through city streets already built and
Improved, where in many cases It is
necessary to dig deep enough for a
Well,, is-the largest part of the cost.
"An Immense newer, sufficient s to
carry all the waste of a largely popu
lated city in central East Portland,
could be built for a distance of four
or five miles, emptying into the river
at the mouth of Sullivan's gulch, at
a comparatively low cost, and every
foot of ground for a mile or more on
either side of this sewer would be
Increased In value threefold by such
construction probably 10 times .. the
cost of the assessments.
"At the present time the right of way
for Ruch a newer: could undoubtedly be
secured absolutely without cost from
every property owner bordering upon
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out the whole length of this natural
arainage canat.
"In my opinion this is of as great im
portance to the east side as the con
structlon of bridces or a subway.
. "Anyone who saw the great gathering
or people on urand avenue during tne
Rose Festival, when the east side
turned out in all its strength for a car
nival night, could not fail to realise
that they could manage to get along
fairly well on this side of the river if
tne west side were cut on entirely.
Bapid Transit Seeded.
"Grand avenue is a magnificent
street., some day there will be depart
ment stores along that thoroughfare
that will hold the trade of a great ma
jority of the residents of the east side.
"The question, of bridges or a subway
Is not nearly of so vital importance to
the east side as it is to the west side.
It Is the west side which must build
these avenues of communication, or it
will lose much of the trade of the big
residence district of the east side.
"This Is not Idle talk. The people
of the east side have already secured a
finer High school than the west side
can boast of. Before long we will need
a new courthouse, the location of which
will be derided bv votes, and the east
side have the votes; therefore they will
have the courthouso. If they do not
take the postofflce away from us before
many years it will be a wonder.
"The only way for the west side to
hold its commercial supremacy Is to
provide rapid transit, either across or
under the river, or both."
CONTRACTS LET.
Oil HUflNBB
Tarlin & Orendorff to Put Up
a Four-Story Brick
Structure. '
FREIGHT HOUSE FOR
STREETCAR COMPANY
Itevlln & Wallace Build at East First
and Yamhill -Factory for Camp
bell Safety Gaa Burning Company.
Contract for four - large east-side
building Improvements have been let In
tha past few days.
Parlln &' Orendorff,, who nave many
, Tears conducted "an ' agricultural Im
plement warehouse In Portland, have be
gun. -tha -erection wf ; a four-story7' brick
warehouse on, Belmont and- East Water
.streets, to cost $60,000. The. frontage
on Belmont street Is to ba .200 feet, -and
on the southern Pacific' track and Bast
Vater street 100 feet each. - Tha foun
datlon will rest on piling, driven eon
crete piles, 'if found practicable. The
name or the structure 1s ;to bm or mm
construction, tWe iieavy timbers - being
made of Oregon . fir.' ' Six, months will
le reauired in finishing the structure.
, A building permit has been' Issued, to
the Portland -Railway, Eight & Power
company for lite erectlon-of a -freight-
Jmuse and .wharf fronting the wiliam
ttte river-and between ICast Clay and
Kast Market .streets. ....Tha. building la 'to
tK a part of the east side term In :i yard
ana win jpost about fzo.wof 'j tie rreagnt-
Imuse is to be a 60 hy 159 foot'struc
1ure resting on-a. foundation, of-piling.
The wharf is to foe 160 by 40ft feet. ,
' . ArohHect Emit - Sohacht haa let the
cwntract for the erection of the ware-
)uw fer Devlin A Wallace, to be built
lit Kast First ad East Yamhill .streets,
(The structure Is to- be'; of - brick con
struction ' and will Cost approximately
:. i Plans' are being , prepared for a four-
r.torv brick -factory.- and . warehouse at
last , Eighth and Belmont streets, for
V.mpbell's Safety Jas Burning J-, com
tanv. - The building is- to cover a ouar-
ler block, is to bo-four stories high, of
brick construction snd ,wlU cost j0,000.
The riant now occunies a frame build
lag on the Jot adjoining-the above site,
which baa been, found. Inadequate for
the purpose. - : - '. .'. .. --
The. contract ,has "been' let for the
erection - of ;a-. lodge - building for the
tMd Fellow. -'! It (is - to- be- erected on
Kant Aider street, between East( Bixth
and East Seventh- streets, ,1s to be- of
reenfoned concrete i construction Vand
will cost $25,600. -,. -
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A. Bungalow at Rossmere.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE GOOD PROPERTIES EVERY ONE
A BARGAIN AND WELL WORTH YOUR CAREFUL AT-
TENTION :
Mr. McGrath is president of the lrv
Jngton Investment company. Both be and
bis awoclate, J. K. CoKtello. are men
-f wide real estate, experience. They
jiave hndled. tracts successfully in
large cities and are responsible for the
Inning up of that pari of beautiful
Jrvington between Thompson and Tre
rnont at reets and Kourteenta and
Twenty-fjurta streets'. -
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- . From. Judge
laughter papa n um at trtal what
V .yT 8upfK brlngg the most com
Iirt.to a nn?
1 tu.a An acuuiital, I should think. "
$2,400 Modern cottage, 5
"large rooms, tinted walls, im
proved street, lawn and roses,
lot 50x100; $100 down, balance
same as rent.
$1,900 Five-room new bunga
low, small lot, modern in every
S'waff only $200 cash required ;
. come early, r
$2,000 Five rooms, new house,
tinted walls, " fixtures in, mod
ern plumbing, large basement,
, lot 50x100, improved street;
only $300 down. This beats
paying rent.
$2,600-rBeautiful cozy bunga-
. low, large rooms, fireplace, attic
'-'and basement, improved street,
near Hawthorne ; $500, balance
monthly. - :
$3,600-New ! modem 7-room
.house, only one block to car,
lot -50x9Q, nice neighborhood ;
small amount cash necessary.
$2360 r Fivc-ropmy: .bungalow,
fireplace, attic,' basement, sfrict
"ly rnodern; corner lot 50x100,
'macadamized street,' cement
" -vyalks all paid ; only $500 re
j! "quired 1 to secure this little
- dream-of a home. ,p ' .
$3,650 New r modern v 6-room
house, on Hawthorne a ve., fire
place, lot 43x100; $1,800 down,
balance to suit.- .
WE ALSO HAVE A . LARGE VARIETY OF. FARMS AND
. ACREAGE NEAR THE CITY
CONKLIN:BR.OS.
.-. PHONE, MAIN' 2859. 302' ROTHCHILD BLDG, ,
Or corner East Thirty-fifth and Hawthorne avc This office open
. . on Sunday and Evenings. ..'..! i , :, . V
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?4,700 Elegant 10-room bun
galow, tinted and paneled walls,
beam ceiling, fireplace, cement
basement, furnace, laundry
trays everything, in fact, to
maWe a home complete; $2,000
down, balance to suit.
92,000 4M lots 50x100 each,
near car, high and sightly, cov
ered with -beautiful fir trees, in
Kichmond, all . streets now
; being improved nothing bet
ter as a speculation.
$700 Each Two fine, high lots,
43x100, on E. Taylor near E.
39th; $100 down and $10 per
month.
$1,375 Full Va block on E.
near Hawthorne ave, lies
beautifully.
$450 Choice lots'on and near
E. 34th st.; $50 down and $10
per month. . , -
$1,050 Splendid lot;' 50x100,
:on jc, dist north of Hawthorne,
street, graded, . cement' walk,
;. sewer,1 gas, east front cash.
$500 Fine lot, 50x100, ..on E.
Lincoln near 37th"$50 down
and ?10 per month.
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"OVERLOOK" LOOKING EAST FROM RIVER BANK
The Choicest -EAST S
District
IDEResidenGe
, Barring;:N6ne;
Where lots can be had at reasonable prices on easy terms. .. .Thanks, to its locate
Willamette, overlooking the entire CITY, RIVER AND MOUNTAINS, it is destined to be the most
valuable residence property in PortlandEleVated 200 feet" above the river yet; no hills to climb--High-class
improvements installed -CEMENT WALKS AND CUfeBS, MODERN SEWER SYSTEM, SIX
INCH WATER MAINS, GAS, ELECTRICITY AND TELEPHONE, GRAVELLED BOULEVARD
streets, provide every modern convenienceBuilding restrictions of $2,000, only one residence on each
lot and no building closer than 20 feet to street line, assure first-clstss honies No lot ovef2 blocks from car.
A IUAT T ITXTl? Tnat Overlook,, considering its area, holds the record for the
number and quality of. homes erected the past. year.
Remember, "The Best Is None Too Good" for You
Take either the Mississippi Ave., Williams Ave., or Woodlawn car, transfer to R.-S. car it takes you
to the center of the addition. For further information call or write
A. F. SWENSS0N
PHONES MAIN 3055 A-3055
253 WASHINGTON STREET
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A suberb of merit
Four houses completed
Nine houses under construction
Twenty more houses being planned
Water in front of every lot V
In the direct line of Portland's Great Central Eastern Growth
Building and business restrictions :
Some'of the most successful men of Oregon have invested
here. WHY NOT YOU?
Lots $350 to $55010 cash; balance $10.00 per month
HE SPANTON CO.
V;Ky "':sj!':V '.yK
:: 270 STARK STREET
PHONES: Miin3!s38
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