The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 26, 1908, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY &VENINO. SEPTEMBER 20. 1003. . J "BUILD NOW" IDEA HAS TAKEN A STRONG HOLD DulMtn. work In ell Ir.ee In Tort land never looked better thn It doe. today. the admission belnf freely made by architects, builders and contractor that tha seat II mouina win wi -1 kiMin. ' development In this city of .n.ia jinanilnni Members of nplllPfvu w . ... - tha bulUInc tradea report that ample t work la In sight to keep buay every Portland workman In the building trade for a Ion time to come. x.' Li. niuirii received from tne . i. ..ninna of other cltlea. when "comp with thoa. implied by tha local unions, enow a much larger per cent of employed among the work men of thla city tnan in 1 ik. 1'nlt Otaitaaal A HO ScwrfV. fl thai" thi volum. of 2? iJ?Uu"mhl1 o Willed workman, marnbora of tha butldlnf tradea. that ara evarv day coming to cmikiiI frflm all over the Pacific coast and from- as far east aa Salt t ab n.nm and other Rocky moun- Aiti.. ThM mnn aav that ev rwhara tha renort haa sons out that Portland la tha center of a heayj L. 4Mi.iAnm.nt mwA thai a yet Influx of workman may bo expected In tha next rew weeas. Ball- Averaa-e Xa Biff. . Th. wnrd of buildln permits le aned ao far thla month ahowa a dally sveraare of nearly $40,000. a figure that will brine the total for the month to conalderably more than 11.000.00. Thla mum loea not Include, any of the half doaen bt buildings that have Just been Hmiirl In the central business dls- - commenced In the cent ' wir-t m Minn of these oer likely be applied for until some time in rw-tnhcr.. Theaa figures Indicate a strong; and ateady revival of building ' In Portland and ara In marked contrast with tha hesitancy ie oy property owners and bulldera one year ago, when the oausaa which led up to the October ' panto wera beginning to make thera aelves felt. . Aside from tha demand for mora and better build Inga of all classes, an Im pelling reason for the activity of build ers ta the reduced cost of labor and ma terials. An Instance of this la to be found in a comparison of the bids re cently submitted on a reinforced con-i ereta buildinr with those submitted on I duplicate of the same structure IS month, ago. The total cost of this structure as shown by the .figures of he various contractors engaged on It will about $170,000. yet the con tract ors' hide, submit tod In June. 1107. were for $!!&,00. Here Is a saving of near ly 21 per cent, due In a groat nieas ure to the lmarned cost of materials and to eom eitent to a lower scale or wages. . Beduetloa la All Uses. Thla reduction according to the beat obtainable Information, prevalla In all clasaea of building, and Is In a great measure responsible for tha movement in residence hulldln which haa been Portland In for the paat In progress six months. When a prospective home builder finds that tha situation has so changed from a year ago that he can save II per cent by proceeding with his build ing now, he la more than apt to make an extra effort to do eo. The result of thra condition la that, tha "build now' movement haa taken a deeper hold upon the realdenta of Portland than la gen erally suspected. Money Bared and Made. Thla la not only tha time to save money by building but It la the time to make money by building, la the sen timent expreaaed by thoae who have taken and are taking advantage of the cheapened coat of labor and materials. Bulldera of apartment houses and flats ar that it la almost Impossible to sup ply the demand of tenanta for theae buildings.-' There is no doubt that the shortage of dwellings and apartments is becoming greater ss the winter sea son approaches, so that those who build now while the conditions are altogether favorable will not onlv aave greatly In the low cost of building materials, but they will also find their property In first-class demand when It Is completed. Few desirable houses are to be found for rent In Portland, aa compared with the number at the beginning of the summer, while the department houses of all kinds are full, and the better and newer ones nearly all have a wait ing list Six months ago there seemed to be ome danger of over-building. Then there was a large number of vacant residences In the city, but this condi tion haa entirely changed and now. the vacant house In a desirable residence district la rarely seen. saWsVaassaM ERECTION OF HOUSES FOR HOMES ALMOST A FAD THIS IS CITY ENGINEER'S WAV OF MAKING CEMENT MIXTURE ' Editor of The , Journal Will you '. please tell ma how to mix cement for ' tha purpose of making a sidewalk. Z did not succeed In getting a good mixture. Arlcta. Or. HENRY MILLER. The following are the specifications required by the city engineer for laying artificial atone sidewalks: First should be laid a bed of concrete three Inches in thickness, to be made aa follows: One part of cement and three parts of eand,. thoroughly mixed dry and made Into a mortar with the least possible amount of water: to this will be added broken atone which haa been drenched 1 with water, but containing no loose water in the heap. The mortar and the stone shall be mijeedn such proportions that all the voids in the mass are filled with mor tar. Small gravel may be used instead of broken rock. The sand should be clean, sharp Columbia river sand. The wearing surface should be comoosed of equal parts of cement and sand made into & mortar ana thoroughly mixed. This should be laid on the concrete bed. and should be three-quarters of an Inch thicx. xne new made walk should be protected from the rain and sun with boards for about three days, or until thoroughly Bet HEARST ATTACKS ; 010-JWT lilEII Says McLaughlin and Sibley Standard Oilers and Has , kell Trust Organizer. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ' New Tor k. Sept. 26. In an address last night at the independence party State convention William, R. Hearst con tinued his attacks on public officials : In both the old parties, singling out " - Senator Mol.aunn of South Carolina. ; Representative Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania, and an unnamed Repub- lican United States senator. He also renewed his attack' upon (governor Haskell of Oklahoma. Hearst read letters alleged to have . passed between McLaunn and Sibley on one nana ana jonn v. Arcnooio, vice- :. president of the Standard Oil company, en the other. The McLaurln correspond ence purported to relate to McLaurin'a employment by tne standard on com pany in capacity of attorney. Me- Laurln a alleged need of help In fight ing United States Senator Tillman, his rival and bitter foe, was the basis of McLaurin'a appeal for the oil trust's backing. McLaurln, according to Hearst, .informed the oil magnate under date Of May 19. 1102. that he "could beat Tillman If properly and generously upported." On December 1, 1901, Arch- bold bad written McLaurln a letter in which he said: . 'I ana greatly Interested In the sug- ?:estion of the law practice and will see o it that it is kept In mind, wtth the hrpa --that something may develop In which I can be of service to you In connection therewith." The Siblev letter related to an impe cunious Republican I'nited Slates sen ator, who had struck Sibley for a loan of $1,000 and whose case Flbley carried op to Archbold aa that of "one who will do anything in the world for his friends ir ever needed.- In the letter Siblev, referring to the desired loan, asked Archbold. "Do you want to make the Investment T" la his assault upon Governor Hselcell treasurer of the Democratic natlonni committee. Hearet said Haskell was "not only a Standard Oil tool and a pro moter of crooked railroads, but waa one of the organiser of the steel trust." In support of the steel trust rharge Hearst quoted from what he said was a court record of a suit brought by Jqhn p. Bailey, Haskell's law partner In Ohio, against the Illinois Steel com pany and the Federal 8teel company for services rendered by Mr. Haskell as at torney "and organizer." Hearst also quoted from what he de clared was a recent speech of Haskell defending the Standard Oil company as "having done wonders in .the country." SELFEIDGE BURIED WITH HIGH HONORS Washington, Sept 26. -The body of Lieutenant Thomaa F, Selfridge o the United States signal corps, who was killed September 17 In the wreck of Or ville Wright's aeroplane at Fort Myer, was buried in the Arlington National cemetery with full military honors this afternoon. The body was borne to the grave on a flag draped bier., es corted by a squad of the Thirteenth cavalry and followed by two troops of uie nm regiment. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Selfrldo-n of San FTanclaco, parents of the lieutenant. were attended bv a little rroun Tnenns. Among me honorary pallbear ers were some of the most Dromlnent aeronautical experts in me country, in cluding Professor Alex. Oraham Bell V. W. Baldwin, Glenn Curtis and John A. u. Mcuuray or the Aerial Experimen tal ai-sociatlon. with Major Oeorn O. Squler, Captain Charles Wallace and Lieutenant Winters of the aeronautical board of the signal corps. In addition. mere were a numner or civilian ex perts, who were witnessing the Wright nignts nere at tne time or tne avoi dant. Attorney George F. Felts has let the contract for the erection of a two- story store and flat building at the northeast corner of Hamilton avenue and Corbett street The building is to be of frame construction, with a full concrete basement and will cost about 16.000. On the ground floor will be two 25-foot storerooms, and in the sec ond story will be two living apart ments. A. H. Carr has begun the erection of a store building at university .fark. Which win cost about li.fioo Rev. F. A. Emerson has berun the erection of a $2,600 two-story cottage at Kose City rark. B. F. Doty has taken out permits for a two-story frame residence and three Hi -story frame cottages, all to be erected on East Grant, between East Thirty-fourth and East Thirty-seventh streets. The buildings, completed, will cost an toia aDoui jo.uuu. Charles T. Cash has begun the erec tlon of a two-story frame dwelling at the corner of Chapman and Jackaon streets, to cost $2,200. Double Trams Plat Max Singer la building for Mrs. Han- nan newman a aouDie rrame nat on First street, between Hall and College, the contract price being $3,000. David Merner has commenced to build a one-story frame cottage on his recent ly purchased lot on Garfield street, be tween Fearl ana J arret t streets. It will cost between $2,600 and 13.000. M. Falrbatm has let the contract for a lH-atory frame dwelling to be erect ed on Newton street between Vaughan and Wilson streets, at a cost of $2,600. N. Monnes will build a residence on Mildred street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets, to cost $2,600 or $3,000. It is to be a one-story frame of the bungalow type. J. Lx Angell and L. Sparks are each to build a $2,000 cottage, the former at Vernon and the latter at Sunnyside. Cottage on East Bide. Worthlngton & Kennedy have begun the erection of two $1,600 cottages on Thirty-eighth J. H. Crook haa let the contract for a 1,260 cottage on Church street between iverDy ana commercial streets. C M. Poby and J. H. Campbell are eacn building $1,000 homes,' the former on Grand avenue, between Ashley and Alnswortli, and the latter on East Twenty-eighth street between Couch ana Davis. McCormlck & Jordan are building i dwelling for O. Fraier on East Yam hill, between East Thirty-eighth and .ai Thirty-ninth streets, to cost $2,000. ina Koberts construction company nns Degun me erection or am $1,800 frame cottage for Henry Cooley on East Thirty-ninth street, between East Burn side and East Ankeny streets. Otto Kleeman has completed the plans for a handsome two-storv residence, to be erected at the northwest corner of East Thirty-first street and Hawthorne avenue. The contract for its erection will be let early next week. The same architect has let the con tract for the erection of Anton fiei-h- tem'a two-story building to be erected at the southeast corner of East Twenty second and Powell streets. Homes tor Two okj. - J ". ,B-W V. . , s fc, ., - , . ;,,..-V r r . II The poorest fur nace ever built will heat your house if properly 'installed. But IF youVe looking for the; lowest priced furnace will it be properly installed? Cheap work usually goes with "cheap fur naces. I We sell good furnaces! The best we know of; - better still .v We know how to install them and do it Odd Fellows' New East Side Temple. I and East Thirty-ninth Men. 3. J. Brown and Theo Schauer are each to build a $2,600 home An the aoutheastern part of the city. Mr.wown is to bulla a one-storv frame cottnar nn Crampton street between Mllwaukle and Lavern. and the Schauer rouse will he two-story frame and will be erected at the corner of East Thirty-third and urooKiyn streets. At the corner of Hawthorne avenue ana .ast Thlrtv-thlrd street J Crelghton is preparing to build a two story residence at a coat of 12.600. C. H. Daugherty has begun the erec tion of a I -story cottage, to cost iz.Duu. on uieveiana avenue, between Ainsworm ana jarrett streets. J. W. Milllngton haa taken out m. ner. mit for tne erection of two cottages at the corner of East Thlrtv-thlrd and stepnene streets, eacn to cost $1,760. F. W. Ayers has begun the erection or a I'A-siory cottage, to cost 12.000 on East Thirty-second street between RED FIR LOGS BECOME FIRMER Demand for Kailroad Mater ial Revives Dead Market. ThcWaGallflcPherson aO tompa East Washington street, between East i Thompson and Fernwood. RUSSIA REPORTS CHOLERA DECREASE (United Frets Leased Wire.) St. Petersburg. Sent. 26. The author ities have issued a hopeful statement s to cholera conditions. Today a 20 per cent decrease In the number of new cases Is reported. From noon Thurs day to noon today about 200 new cases nave oeen reported, tnougn it is believed mere nave actually been more. DIG6IHG FOR BJ6 HEW PRIIITSHOP Contractor Will Soon Begin on Invin-Hodson . Building. Dr. Rowe at Babia, tUsltett rna Leased Win. Rio Janeiro. Brazil. Sent 16. The t earner Verdi, conducting the American sclentlet. Dr. Rowe. to the Pan-American scientific congress, to meet In San tiago, has reached Babia on Its wsy to the Pacific. The secretary of the nary has Invited all Brazilian poets to write, each, one warrior's etanaa dedicated to the sail ors of the navy. The German minister has given a banouet to our minister of war, who Is setting out for a voyage to Germany In the Interest of the government. THE CURE FOR SCROFULA Swollen r Lands about the neck, weak ere a. Dale, wny ronolnlong. nnttiaz ton and nicer, skin diseases, and general poor health, are the' usual way ia which Scrofula is manifested. The disease being; deeply, intrenched ia the blood often attack the bonea, resultinr in White Swelling-. l : f - i . ... .. .?! m mwiir, uu uk acTOiujuus ua (uDercuiaT mailer SO UOTOOgnlJ'l WtroT the healthful properties of the blood that Scrofula sometimes terminate ia consumption, an incurable disease. The entire circulation beiasr contaminated, the only way to core the tremble is to thoroughly fri ftj Klnrw. en4 fvcfiM tKe r-iiit ml lm t - V 1.1 ..... S. S. S. is the very best treatment for Scrofula ; it renovates the entire Acxi rJTT'y aod drives out the scrofulous and tubercular deposits. S. S. S is the pre.! est of all blood purifiers, and it not only goes right down to the Excavating for the foundation of the new home of the Irwin-Hodson Print ing company at Fifteenth and Gliaan streets Is under way and in the next few days actual construction of the building will begin. The building is being erected for the printing company by L,lpman, Wolfe A Co., the owners of the site. It la to be 100 by 100 feet. two stories high and will cost about 140.000. W. U Morgan and associates have taken out a permit for a five-story frame and stucco apartment house to be erected on King street. between Wayne and Washington streets, at a cost of 140.000. Excavating for the Brewster apart ment house to be built on Wayne street between King and St. Clair, began yes terday. This is to be a frame building, three stories high and will cost about $12,000. Austins N. Felts haa taken nut a per mit for the erection of a two-story store and apartment building at the northeast corner of Corbett atreet and Hamilton avenue. The building will cost IS, 000. The Kenton Building company haa begun the erection of a $4,600 frame bungalow on Lterby street near Wlnchell. ThMHnr TtheKIM has taken nut Verm It for a two-atory frame dwelling ft) be erected on Ilalght street between , Pearl and Jarrett streets. It Is to be a frame structure and will cost about $M00. H. K. Northrop haa begun the erection of a two-story frame dwelling on Mont gomery drive, between Spring and Elm streets, to cost M..09. COSTLY HOUSES ARE TO BE BUILT HII BUILDS FLAT ON KUHOT District on East Side Fast Filling Up With Homes., Benjamin Howman nas taken out a permit for the erection of a four-se ries flat on Belmont street, between East Eleventh and East Twelfth streets. When completed it will cost about $7,- 600. The district In which this build ing is going up ia rapidly filling up with flats and apartment houses, no less than 20 such structures having been erected there in the past 12 months. Charles Downer has begun the erec tion of a modern two-story frame cot tare on East Thirty-ninth street, be tween Clinton and Taggart streets. The estimated cost of the Improvement Is 15,000. E A. Stephens has taken out a permit for the erection or a double flat on Savler street, between Twenty ninth and Thirtieth streets, which will coat about $$,000. Contractor C. N. Beauater has com menced work on the residence of '. Since the railroads began to come Into the market for ties and bridge, material the demand for red fir haa Increased considerably with the result that the demoralised red fir . log market has begun to show signs of recuperating. For several months red fir loga have been down to $5.50 and $f per 1,000 feet but most loggers hold them now at $7 or $8. Red fir. being tough of fiber, Is used almost exclusively for material that will be subjected to heavy strains. the yellow fir being better adapted for finish material. Local lumber manufacturers renort a continuation of good business here for building material and they do not an ticipate a serious falling off this fall unless the weather becomes so inclem ent as to put a check to building opera tions entirely. Liocal mill men have had no trouble this year in getting cars to handle their shipments and this has been a very good feature in ruling ran oraers. a year ago the car situation was the one se rious trouble In that it waa Impossible to make deliveries within anything like reasonable time. Following is the view of local prom inent lumber dealers of present mar ket conditions and the general outlook: "In the last 30 days, notwithstanding that August is always a dull month, i both inquiry and demand have shown a substantial improvement Several of the, western roads have renewed buying my HEATING ENGINEERS 328 Glisan Street Portland, Ore. to a considerable extent and the Im provement in prices is encouraging the yards, to look up conditions of their stock and place orders to renew broken lines. "All tha mills In this section are heavily oversold on upper grades and there are no accumulations of common. Prices have advanced sharply on upper errades and are probably 6 to 10 per cent higher on lower grades. With the improvement we have experienced dur ing an extremely dull month ' we have good reason to anticipate greater Im provement in September and October, when the croos will have been har vested and building , in the country re newed. "We believe the buyers do not appre ciate how well the mills in Oregon are fixed with orders. For eight months practically all the small mills have been Bnut down, i l ney nave msraeiea wuai stock they had on hand, consequently the entire consumption of fir lumber has been furnished by the large mills and most of them have been running day shifts, whereas they ordinarily run day and night. Tnis nas maae an ex treme scarcity In some grades that are In heavy demand ana an enormous shortage in such items as vertical flooring and No. 1 finish." HEW RESIDENCES FOR IBVIIIGTOII nside information T. Cask, on Chapman atree, near JefJ several of the buildings, and soon ferson. The building is to be a two- story frame and will coat $$.(00. Contractor R. A. Cornell will build the O. E. Krausse residence, to be erected on Hoyt street between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. The residence will cost between $6,000 and $(.000 and will be aa attractive addi tion to the Nb Hill district. Contractor M. K Espy will soon com mence the construction of Mrs. C. R Holt's hsndsome boras on Salmon street. near Nirtilla. which will coat some where near $S.000 when completed. Contracts for several expensive rrl vale realdences were awarded la the early pert of the week, moet of them In rf . erected In t he beet residence eec . very bottofii of the trouble and rrmores tie cause, fcctit supplies the weak. iin. . the e.t .mT t! w.e4 blood with the beaJlhfcl properties it is ia need of. a ad ia this way " At ,ha ""TLS Twr"',h d car 1 - J up weak, frail, scrofnlons persons and makes them strony and healthy. r7ririt"Vj" S. S. S. is a rJt'e. -'e, YTjretalle preparation and is suited for persons of 'Tr11'", rrTT attractive r r s-e. iw.k on fie UooJ conU:.itir information abort Scrofula and any ZhZ VLnLht,ZS iz t-J aiviee free. ST7ITTPICinC CO- ATLANTA CJL J4rr.,R.',!Hrt Tascie Salmon street, near KartUU. The build- lag win cost between M.eao end I7.t O. K. Kraueee has broken ground for a IS.09 residence on Hoyt street, be tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth treeta. Kaniee Bettencmirt Kaa eontractcd with J. f. Ptenll for Um erection of two-etory frame raxridence of hand some. 4ifa to be erected o Haw thorne aenue. between East Thlrtr- eventh end Eaat Thlrtv-eivhth street a The building will rest about $1 . R Htrtiman. a Anirtlril Anil Ar. rmeili from the seat, la building two-atory retnforr-ed concrete apertmeeit-bons at Oarfleld street. Wet wees Skldmor and rvolng. The building will eoet a boat $ Less. Architects Travis and Wilson have completed plans for a number of at tractive residences to be erected by El wood Wiles. These homes are to be thoroughly modern and up-to-date, of very attractive appearance and will be erected in the choicest parts of Irving ton. Work la already under way on these are completed, the erection others In the series will follow. The same firm of a re hi tret a has let tne contract for the building of a band Borne home for C. Im Strong on East Thirtieth street, between East Grant ana fcut Harrison streets. A BVaUrr CS1 1 M) dreads the fire. The dread ta whole some, but not the burn; that can be Deajed and Instantly relieved by apply ing saiiarae enow Liniment. Be pre pared for accidents by keeping a bottle always In the houae. Best for sprains. onuses, rote, scalds, rntumttlim. Mn. ralgia, buslons any sad all aches and peine. PrM lie. SS ami 11 Sa SVila K uoiDwt uni com Deny. BOPTDB SfUeaebnasemaaaadynnslsa lew eafavttkeai will Wrt. -FidelittRdptureCure S14 SvrUul SUag. rwrUaaa. Orae-ea. I ,'ertwtal U - L i a i t w-t-i ii - i iwiii. h i-rem We will give you and all you want to know about paint any time you drop into our store. THE BIG PAINT STOKE Fisher, Thorsen & Co. J FRONT AND MORRISON STS. The Handy Man about house or farm can. save money in carpenters' bills if he has the proper tools and material for building on a small scale or repairing around the house or barn. You will find the best tools and hardware of aH kinds and house-furnishing goods at Avery's. . A VERV& CO. iS Third St., Bet. Pine & Ash CASTINGS FOR MACHINE AND STRUCTURAL WORK THE INDEPENDENT FOUNDRY CO. Phones Main, 2323. A4221 23d and York Streets HOLLADAY'S ADDITION Thwi AT) Hefta. tlllM lf YetSt1 mrtA Vrl flaAarMMklAail u. . . . sirable residence property of the city. . TOW .aa moet ae- Seetng Is bellering. Betfee n ent see the man.-.!.. ...i . ... construction and the Impror mants coins on. " eager THE OREGON UEAL ESTATE COMPANY H TXBB ITUR. MBTian. ouan. Repair Work Olren Prompt A ttenUon Founders. Machinists anl Rnti.rm.k... Bunding and Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS EM GINE B RS Otto and Works Xawtaorne Areane and Bast Talrd Street. rhoae Sast 8S. oxixa.sn. emBCrOir. REX FLINTKOTE ROOFIINQ W. p. FULLER .& CO.. Pacific Coast Agent. John A. -Melton exMrxwm An inun raetory and OfTlee til aWoowd strewt. aear Mala. Pfcones: Mala KIT; A-1TU fit rj Li" 7 v- v J Office and Btore Tlxtnrea bailt and remodeled. Alterlnc and repalrtna boas Saev aad Counters beilt. km IF TOO HAVE A ROOF TO COVER riOCR WITH VM OJ Qenasco Roofing Carried ta stock for ail kinds ef roofs aad fuCy ruaraateed CENTRAL DOOR & LUMBER CO. wm i a iwe-eiotr i'sse rssMeaee e - - f rko KaU 47S&, A ITM IStk aad 0Usaa rtreete