The Oregon daily journal., December 19, 1908, Page 9, Image 9

THESE GUI
MAKERS OF
CITIES
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Architects of American In
stitute Are of the Befet and
Stand for Only the Best in
Construction and Adorn
ment; ' ' ' ' ;
'Washington, Dec. 19. The 'American
Institute of .Architects haa Just closed
here a three days' session. An even'
in; program In memory of St. Gaudens
was one of Ita features. . Organised In
the spring of 1857 by . a number , of
enthusiastic young New York architects,
the Institute named as Us objects: To
organise and unite in fellowship the
architects of the United States of Am
erica, and to combine their efforts so
as to Dromote the artistic, scientific,
and 'practical efficiency of the profes-
, sion.
That the organization has fulfilled the
promises incorporated in the specified
objects can be seen from the many evi
dences of its Influence in movements for
the public good. The movement for
the systematic improvement of the clt
lee of the country originated in tht
American Institute of Architects, when
it had a. committee reoort on the lm
provement of Washington. When the
remodeling of the White House and the
extension of the cap I to 1 were first dls
' cussed and the fact became known that
such changes as suggested would mar
tne neauty or those amces.ii was mis
organization ' that successfully inter
fered. It prevented an Improper loca
tion or tne Agricultural ounaing in
Washington, and so saved The Mall
from permanent disfiguration, and the
otty rrom a retaraea arusuo oeveiop
ment.
Membership an Honor Badge.
The establishment of the American
academy in Rome, a post-graduate
school or arcniteciure, painting, sculp
ture and music, exists partly because
of the earnest work of the Institute.
The movement to establish a post-graduate
school of fine arts in Washing
ton owes its origin to this same pro
gressive body.' Achievement in architect
ure is to be rewarded in the future by
this Institute, the award to be in the
form of a gold medal. Last year the
first award was made, the medal be
ing given to Sir Aston Webb, the noted
English architect.
So careful has the association been
that ita membership be up to the high
est ' mark of efficiency, that when it
had first perfected Its organization and
looked to Increasing the membership, it
found, after canvassing the country,
only 1 a architects whom it deemed ad
visable to Invite, to Join the charter
members. " This same degree of carefulness-has
been preserved, and the
. present list of 600 members is a roll
of the leaders in their branch of art,
and is a list of names that have be
come more than country-wide In their
fame. .
Government Guided.
For the first few years of its ex
i.n , In. Hint van retarded In
Its arowth by the civil war. and. the j
nosed of dulv elected delegates, and be
cause at that time the famous Octagon
house was leased for the use of the in
stitute. ? The Pittsburg convention of
was noteworthy rrom tne raci mat
the chief trend of the papers read was
toward emphasizing the fine arts side
or architecture, when with rew except
tlons the tiaDers had hitherto been a
voted to discussions of methods of prac
tice ana construction. ,
' ' The pack and aarde Idea.
The convention of ' 1S00 Is a part of
tne civic history or tne country, ii wss
then that a park commission, the first
formally constituted commission of It
kind . in this country, was aopointea
and 1 led the way for -dozens of other
cities. .Nine papers were reaa at mis
tne
meeting on
s development of Wash
ington. The ' government ! had theoe
printed with elaborate illustrations and
so inaugurated a movement for city bet
terment and city bulkllng that spread
10 aii pans or tne country. Tne garaen
Idea received impetus at this meeting
from papers read on the gardens or
At the Cleveland meeting in 1908 the
worn of the convention was all dirctea
toward the great value of study In
Rome and the Importance of having the
American academy there- established on
a firmer basis. The following year a
movement was inaugurated to secure a
f ermanent endowment ror the academy
n Rome and of the $1,000,000 askd
euu.uuu was suDscriDea.
In 1900 a great change was made In
the admission of members. The insti
tute stands for the best In art. and its
memoersnip must represent tne nignesi
type of workers. To that end It was
decided that- beginning with the year
190J applicants for membership must
either have an accredited diploma or
cnurnp or pass an . examination,
either technical or, upon accomplished
worn ana standing. , it is a goodly com
fanv that they ask to enter, a company
hat Is standing- for the best in man
hood and in man's work of building no-
oie eamces, ana tney must have rank.
zTotable presidents.
Note the oresidents who have served
since me institute s inception in wt.
The count rv is the richer in architec
tural beauty because they have lived,
the world the richer In beautv of sDlrit
and of achievement. Richard Upjohn,
the first president, served It years, and
the same mind that wrought out the
beauties of -Trinity church, and other
sunn examples of ecclesiastical arch!
tecture, left an impress of greatness
on me institute. v,i nomas u. waiter,
who served the hxt 10 vears save
Girard college to the nation and designed
tne aome and the wings of the capltol.
Richard M. Hunt, president from 1888
to 1891 brouarht the French chateau
style to its present completion in Amer
ica, and gave as notable examples of
his skill the administration building at
the Columbian exposition and the Van-
derbllt residence, Blltmore, in North
Carolina. "
Daniel H. Tltirnham. vhn wrnurlil nut
for the first time In American exposl
sitions an idea of continuity and har
mony among the bulldlna-s. maklna- this
proof at the Columbian exposition, was
? resident for one year. He perfected
he famous plan for the rehabilitation of
Washington, when the White House and
the capltol will Rive
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BOOM IN RESIDENCE
BUILDING CONTINUES
Purchase of Sites for Blocks of Suburban Cottages Indi
cates Trend of Market Many Handsome Homes
Are Planned by Property Owners.
the Icev
architecture of all the new buildings,
and The Mall will be transformed Into
a thing or beauty. George B. Post, an
other president, was architect of the
New York stock exchange, and the Col
lege of the City of New York. Henry
an Brunt; with his charmlne- essays
on architectural subjects; Robert S.
Peabody, identified with municipal Im-
rovemeni in .Boston; (jnaries f. He
lm, wno gave to posterity the Boston
library, the Columbia and Virginia lnstl
tutes, and the War college, and who
wrought the plans for the restoration of
the White House, and William S. Karnes,
whose group plan of St. Louis, the
United States penitentiaries at Fort
Leavenworth and Atlanta, and custom
house at San Francisco brous-hr him
added fame all served as presidents
nd brouarht their own- hlsrh ideals to
the future elevation of the organisation.
The "Moms'
memDers oemg cuiiea i ikhiui uuirej
the meetings were discontinued until
1864. For the quarter century fo.low
Ing the close of the war, the progress
was slow, much slower than the as-
?1 rations .of its promoters had planned
or. but the spirit of the order, and the
nor-itv of th motives. Dossibly per
meated society further than the more
tangible efforts could nave aone. a
early as 1874 the institute began urging
the government to employ u ck i
ent In its work. . t. .
in if)90 thn Adams bill for the Im
provement of government architecture
was suomiiiea 10 wuim
stigatlon of the institute. Three years
itr tha Tamsev bill was passed, but
it h Hlacharse of its recommenda
tlons for the improvement of architect
ure at the discretion of the secretary
of the treasury. Secretary Carlisle re
fused to put it In effect, but when Sec
retary wage came into on ice iuu in
stitute found in him an able ally, and
since then a sufficient number of build
ings has been erected to prove the worth
of its Ideas, and show Its value to the
community. . . .. .
Chaptera were established by the In
stitute In New York. Philadelphia, Chl-
cairo, Boston. Cincinnati, Baltimore ana
San Francisco by 1881, and in Washing
ton City. Indianapolis, central New York
and Michigan In the next evn years.
There are now 28 chapters represent
in. . wide area of the country. The
New Tork spirit that led to the forma
tin nf tha American Institute of Ar
v.i,a.t frtimd a. kindred solrit In 1884
whpn another organization came, like
voung Lochlnvar, out of the west, and
stood with the older oraer ior nae im
provements in the same art This
nrmnlcatlnn came to the Cin
cinnati meeting of the older one in
1889 and by common consent the two
were merged in one, the Western Asso
ciation of Architects accepting the name
and charter or tne oiaer one.
consulted IT City-Builders.
The various chapters of the insti
tute have been called into conference
time and again in their respective cit
ies when the municipal authorities have
been looking toward improvements in
building laws, or the ejection of new
buildings, or the perfection of new
plans, and always -with the best .results
to those cities. A higher plane of
architecture will ultimately be reached
by the nation when all the common
wealths have followed the examples of
Illinois, California and New Jersey and
have enacted laws that license or regu
late the practice of architecture, and
the institute will be found foremost
In the efforts to have such laws enact
ed. ' " '
Notable conventions have been- held
bv- the institute in the 51 years of its
life. The Cincinnati, one of 1889 was
notable" because it' marked the consoli
dation of the two associations, the
eastern ssa western. The on in Wash
Ingrcu 10 years ago was notable be
cause a new constitution and bylaws
were adopted, changes being made that
required that the conventions be com-1
at Washington.
The home of the institute la tha M-
torlc Octagon house In Washington,' rich
In memories of greats folk who have
been entertained there, and redolent of
the hospitalities disnenaed h ' Cnlnn1
John Taylor, who began building Jt In
1798 at the suairestlon nf hla warm
friend. General YVaahinarton. H r warn
entertamea Jerrerson, Madison, Monroe,
John Qulncy Adams, Decatur. Porter,
Clay. Calhoun. Webster, Randolph, La
fayette and Steuben. Here President
Madison and his family lived for a
while after the burning of the Whi'e
House by the British, and here the
treaty of peace was signed that made
Oreat Britain and the United States
friends again. It Is characteristic of
the institute that it should have pre
served such a house to the nation, and
that it should house Its own offices
here as proof of its annraclatlnn nt
iwa vviiuain mormons
architect.
work as an
FINISH FOUNDATION
FOR BIG BUILDING
O. W. Priest. "One of the most ex
tensive residence contractors' ' hi Port
land, has closed a denl for a .block n
Ravenswood. near Rl.-Sinond. with the
to the Council estate. Davina- Tor It 87000. Mr,
rriest win cover, tne entire diock witn
handsome two story cottages as soon as
the plans are drawn and the contracts
let. ......
John McKachern and W. J. .Irvine,
recent arrivals from the middle west,
have Just purchased three acres each
In the Jorbade acre tract on the Alberta
carline, paying $800 an acre for the
tracts. Both miyers intend improving
their holdings with handsome suburban
cottages as soon as the arrangements
can be perfected.
C. F. Overbaugh has contracted with
P. A. Carlander for the erection of a
14500 dwelling on the corner of Colfax
and Vancouver avenues. Piedmont. The,
residence is to be modern in every par
ticular and will be one of the most at
tractive homes in that district.
' The same contractor has begun the
erection of a seven room bungalow at
Walnut Park, which will cost, when
completed, between $4000 and 14500.
This building is going up at the corner
of Cleveland and Sumner streets, a dis
trict in which numerous attractive
homes have been erected during the past
year.
Kenton, the new peninsula residence
town, which the Swift Interests have
founded; Is enjoying a building boom
of no small oroDortlons. Most of the I
better class of homes going up in Ken
ton are being built of concrete blocks,
some are to be of natural stone, others
of brick and of frame.
The two story cot tare of Mr. Young's,
superintendent of Swift's plant, is well
under way .and when complete will
cost In the neighborhood of $4500.
Dyer 4 Co. have started work on
their $3600 home, which Is to be two
stories in height when finished.
George F. Huesner. manager of the
townslte company, has just completed
a bungalow on Derby street, for his own
occupancy at a cost of $4000.
Finnigan & Balow are building two
brick stores, each two atores high.
'The basement for the 105x61 build
ing to be used by the Royal bakery is
almost rinisnea ana active wont on tne
Work on the foundation of the North
west Leasehold company's new concrete
building on the northwest corner of
Eleventh and Yamhill streets has been
finished and construction of the super
structure will begin immediately after
nuuaays. ine Duiiaing is to be a
; aior.y structure, tne lower floor to
be used for stores and tha nir nnn.
story will be leased for a dancing acad
emy and hall. Christenson & Danforth
have .secured a lease an th.
building.
PLANS HANDSOME
HOME ON HEIGHTS
What is to be one of the handsomest
private homes in the cltv will lAflfl Haa
erected oh Portftmd Heights by Arthur
J. Spencer. Architect Francis J Ttamt
designed the building, which is to be of
yurw coioniai type or architecture. It
w contain 14 rooms and will h
equipped with all the late accessories
to comfort. The estimated cost of the
building Is $15,000.
BIG MILL RUNNING
ON DOUBLE TIME
The Portland Lumber comnahv la nnw
operating- us large plant in south Fort
land both day and night, two crewa ha
Ing engaged. The company contracted
for a large amount of foreign outiness
some time ago and in ordr to get
the cargoes ready when thi carters
arrive had to-put the night ere- to
worn, mow long toe double hlf. pro
gram will be carried out will rinni
nuri jr - uwn conumons.
m&i cithed' ra to 14 bats.
PAZO OINTMENT ts iraaraoteed to rare s
ef Itching. IllliHl. Bloedlns or Protrndliu
ta to 14 da? or mti refaadrd. 60s.
superstructure will soon be rnmmmri
Building operations in Belle Crest.
Hyde Park, Elmhurstand other resi
dence additions In the Rose City Park
district are unusually active. It is es
timated that over ZOO homes have been
established in the residence sections ad
jacent to Rose City Park during the
present year.
Quito a number of new houses have
lURt been completed or are nearins: com
pletion. L. C. Apperson, who manages
the Country club during the winter
months, has almost completed his new
2uuu story ana a naif oungaiow.
J. W. Ramsby will begin erect In a- his
cotage soon which when finished will
cost approximately xzzoo.
The cottage of B. G. Eaton has Just
uven cumiiienuea.
A pretty new tmngalow is going up
near the stone entrance gates to Hyde
fane, mis is to De tne home or wn
Ham Prettyman and will cost about
$1600. ,
A $1500 bungalow is JusfPelng start
ed for Edward Heinze. and T. 8. Wil
ls ms is just moving into his new $1400
Dungaiow.
A resident of Vancouver. Wash., con
cluded a deal last week for $7000 worth
of lots in El Tovar. the Bronir-Steele
company's addition in the northern part
of the city. This . purchaser announces
that he will build a handsome S3000
residence on the property as soon as
the preliminary arrangements can be
made. The ' Brong-Steele comnanv has
sold 1 Tovar lots in the past week to
three investors to the value of $8000,
all of whom are preparing to erect
dwellings on their purchases.
taken
v
be erected on Williams avenue, between
Ed Sheen has
a $3000 two stor
ten out a permit for
rrame dwelling to
KlUingsworth and Sumner.
On Northrup street, near Twenty
fifth. Thomas Moffett has begun the
erection of a handsome . residence to
cost $4000.
Mrs. J. W. Else has taken out a per
mit for the erection of a $3000 resi
dence on Garfield, between Jarre tt and
KlUingsworth.
C. R. Lewthwaite has begun the erec
tion of a two story frame dwelling on
East Twenty-ninth, between Morrison
and Alder. The building will cost about
$2500.
LUMBER MARKET
H STRONGER
Fred H. Oilman, of American
Lumberman, Reviews
Coast Situation.
Next year will be good in the lum
ber business, according to Fred H.
Gilman, Pacific coast manager of the
American Lumberman,- with headquar
ters .at Seattle. Mr. Gilman arrived
here yesterday on one of his periodical
trips along the coast.
"The year 1809 will be a good yean
in .tne lumoer business, said Mr. un
man, "and I think those who intend to
buy would do well to olace orders early
and save the advance.- For the past
several days the market has been stif
fening up In rlne-shape from a lumber-
mans point of view, especially in wes
tern Washington, where the demand is
very strong right now. A few weeks
ago the same conditions were noticed
here and values advanced rapidly. This
.evidently threw a lot of inquiries over
to wasmngton dealers, ror immediate
ly following the advance here, came a
riooa or inquiries to tne mills over our
way. This had the effect of immediately
giving values an upward trend ov'
there, and prices are now practically
on an equal base.
A large number of mills bn Fug-et
throughout the Grays
lapa Harbor districts there
actlvitj
arbor and Wil
is great
From what I have ascertained
CHURCH 111
COST
$25,000
Sunnyside Methodist Con
gregation Plans a Fine
New House of Worship.
. Beginning early next spring the
Sunnyside Congregational church will
erect a new building at a cost of ap
proximately $25,000. Several months
ago the church board purchased a quar-
layior ana je-asi
ter block on East
ffllrtv-second streets, on which the new
nans ior tne
but
ehurch will be erected.
new building have been prepared.
PURITY
-
"The paint that wears,"
"Guaranteed to give satisfaction,"
FULL MEASURE
- i j "Manufactured on the Pacific Cdast. -
. . "Saves 20c per gallon on freight." . , ,
, "Ask your dealer for color cards and prices." ' . - ;
"If he can't supply you, write Us." ' ' ' i
FISHtTrlM
Paint Manufacturer and TcViKera '
y, f ,..-,(-, ,- -
Portland. ' Oregon.
not accented, as the church authorities
preferred to wait until it was known
what size building will be available.
It has not been definitely settled
what class of material will be used in
the construction of the building, al
though the building committee has been
maKing a Sliioy fi cuiirrtw uiutnw un
a view or adopting tnis oiass 01 con
struction. COLO STORAGE
'rttll PLANNED
D. C. Pelton has secured from Ed
ward Mendenhall the 60 ' foot, lot on
East First and East Stark streets,
which was necessary to complete the
half block site for the proposed cold
storaa-e plant to be erected bv Mr
Pelton and associates.
The .new enterprise is to be known
as the National Cold Storage company
and will be- owns and controlled by
V. C Pelton, William Reid and Charles
Smith. Mr. Smith was for a number of
years connected with the Columbia lea
and Fuel company, and will have the
general '.management 01 tne new con
cern. ,
This plant will have a canar.ltv nf Kft
tons of Ice per day and other machinery
will be Installed to handle about is.non
cubic feet of cold storage and refrigera
tion. - Rooms will be provided for the
storage of alt kinds of citrus fruits,
eggs. buttr, cheese, meats and poultry;
in fact, all kinds of fruits and vege-
laoiea ana oeer, ootn xoreign and do
mestic In- the place' of refrigerating
by the old method cold air will be in
stalled, which leaves the rooms per
fectly, dry and clean. A separate room
will be installed for the purpose of
storing valuable furs and ladies' gar
ments. This room will be furnished
with nickel plated trimmings and pro
vided with all the conveniences for
handling delicate goods.
WILL BTJILD FINE
0"C"DTT?C3 nil "CT.Arre
Architect W. L. Morgan Is preparing
plans for a six series flat to be erected
by W. F. Fliedner of the Blumauer
Frank Drug company, on the corner of
Wayne and St. Clair streets. The
building will cost fully $30,000 and Mr.
sound are operating day and night, and
ty.
mills in Orecron. too. are resuming; op
erations in response to large orders and
liberal Inquiries. .
The railroads are bealnnlnd to place
orders for construction material and
this is a good indication. The Harri
man people placed orders for ties and
timbers the other day for its railroad
from Portland to the sound, aijd while
the order was not startling in magni
tude, it is taken as a very favorable
indication of their Intention to proceed
with development work.
-uanrorma is ouying rreeiy ana
frelsrbts are Improvlnr in sympathy.
They have been very low for months,
steam schooners plying between Colum
bia river or Puget sound ports and
San Francisco and - other California
f torts barely -r paying expenses. With
umber freights down to $.V as they
were a few months ago, during tho
dullest period of the dull spell, there
was absolutely no margin of profit.
But they are already back to a some
what reasonable basis. $4 and $4.50
being quoted to San Pedro.
"The fact that the tone in the lumber
market is Improving so rapidly at this
time should prove very encouraging to
the industry because this Is naturally
the dull time, neither the east nor
middle west being in the market. Deal
ers in those sections of the states will
begin placing; orders in February and
I would not be surprised to see excep
tionally heavy orders, basing my opin
ion on general conditions and the lignt
buying last summer when the unsettled
rrelght rate question had such a de
moralizing effect upon the market east
of the Rockies."
rm
Durable
Sanitary
FME1ERI
Best for the Abutting
Property Owner
Because It Is , ,
Noiseless
Glean
Best for the Horse
Because It Is
Resilient and Non-Slippery
The Cost of the Pavement Never Exceeds $2.25 in
the Teaming Limits.
The Cost of Excavation and Cement Work is the
Prevailing Price at Time of Letting
Warren ConstrueSioe
Company
CHRISTMAS
is rapidly approaching, and we know
you wish to fully enter into the spirit
of it, and the pleasure of gift-making.
That is why we want you to look
through our stock of Christmas goods
right away; and we can truthfully say
that never before has our stock been
so large, so varied or so desirable.
Covsuen .
A VERY& CO.
48 Third St, Bet. Pine Ash
HOLLADAY'S ADDITION
The one beat nlace in Pfirta.nA to hnr. Cteoarranhlcal ajiA naaat
alrable residence property of the elty. . j
Beelng Is believing. Better go and see the many choice residences undtr
construction and the Improvements going on. ,
THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
M OBAX9 AVU. . . .. rOBTU5S, OBZOOK.
John A. Melton
OASrSSTTEX A BTSEUDBJt
ractqry and Offleo 2S5 Second
street, near Main,
Phones: Main 17S7; A-17IT
Office and Store OTXttrf ts bull
. and remodeled.
Altering and repairing
bouses..
Shov, ses and Counters bunt
Morgan says that when completed it
will be the .finest thing In Portland in
the way of a flat or apartment Each
flat will contain eight rooms and every
room will be modernly equipped. Ex
cavating for the foundation will begin
next week.
CASTINiJSy
FOR MACHINE AND STRUCTURAL WORK !
THE INDEPENDENT FOUNDRY CO. ;
23d and York Streets Phones Main 2323. A422I
Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders. Machinists and Boilermaker,
Building and Structural Work.
PHOENIX IRON WORKS
BM GiMB BUS
Office and Works
Hawthorne Arenas and lart
Third Street.
Vboae Xaat as.
VOBTXAVD. OXXOOS.
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Do not take chances on it wearing away or experiment with some unknown preparation
which may leave the bronchial tubes and lungs weakened and susceptible to attack from
the germs of Pneumonia or Consumption.
MLI
not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs and prevents serious results
from a cold. Contains no opiates.
De 'Sure You Get Foley's
There ars substitutes made to sell on the good name of Foley
JJoney and Tar. Beware of them. Yon should hare confidence
in a cough cn that haa-been sold with nnirersal satisfaction for
thirty-fire years. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tax Is is
yellow Package. See that you get it. i - -
A Rlothep Testifies '
This is to certify that my daujhtef was down for almost one year
with a cold. The doctors finally pronounced it consumption. VVe had
Etc up hope for her recovery. I was given a sample bottle of Foley's
oney and Tar. I gatre it aft to her in about three hours. It stopped
the cough, and gave her rest. I sent next day and bought a 50c. bottle
and began giving it. In three month's time she was welL There can
not be too much said lo favor of Foley's Honey and Tar. It saved Ky
child's life. Mrs. George Betson, Fountain Grove, 1 Jo.
Three sizes 25c, SOc and $1.00. The 50-cent slie contains two and one-half times as much as the small size
and the $1.00 bottle almost six times as ranch. . ;.--v.-':
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