THE OREGOfo SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21 1909.
APARTMENT HOUSED ATTRACT ATTENTION OF INVESTORS
BIG RETURNS
ROM HIGH
RENTALS
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Capitalists Consider Btiild
ings of This Class Abso
lutely Safe Buys As
High as 20 Per Cent Inter
est, Net, Obtainable.
Conservative Investors In Portland
fealty are turning with aridity to the
, purchasing ijf recently built apartment
houses. No less tban half a doxen fine
hiiiMinrM nf this character have
' chanced bands in this city, In ,te past
SO days. While regal-din, property : of
, this clas as ah absolutely safe Invest
ment, buyer are also attracted by the
. handsome return secured on the Invest-
ment from the high rentals paid for the
apartments. There are any number Of
these buildings, of the better class. In
Portland that pay from U to. It per
cent net on the total Investment.
One of the largest transactions in
apartment house property recently con
cluded was the sale of the Ellis apart
ment on the northesst corner of King
and Washington streets. This Is a
three story brick of handsome design,
covering a 10x100 foot site, and is In
a district that Is rapidly filling up with
. substantial brick and frame apart
ments. . The purchaser, of the .Ellis
".. apartments was , the- 8. Morton Conn
: Real Estate v Investment company.
who paid A. 8. Ellis $66,000 for It. Al-
though hardly completed and mm "yet
untenanted, all the .apartments have
-. ' been rented a t a price which net H per
' cent on the purchase price.
. Bring U 90 Fsr Ont' .
' The Heins Apartments at Fourteenth
, and. Columbia, streets, which were sold
some weeks ago for $75,000, is a new
. and somewhat larger building than the
Ellin apartments and- Is said to yield
s revenue of nearly JO per cent. The
Marlborough apartment In the Nob Hill
district was sold two weeks ago for
' 126.000, and several smaller buildings
i of the same class have changed hands
since the first of the year.
Announcement has been made In the
' past ten days of the Immediate erec
tion or tnree new apartment ouuoings,
all of brick construction, indicating
that builders consider this class of im
provements as excellent paying Invest
ments. .-
Although buying of downtown, or
business. nroDertv is ve.rr much, mors
t(mtt.4 . Va n almn.t mrw timn In the
past three years, brokers and operators
fenerally are confident that a revival In
hat Una of Investment will oome with
the opening of spring, although ' heavy
speeufative buying Is not looked upon
ss probable, it is an open secret tnat
one of the largest mercantile firms in
' the city has been and Is still negotiat-
Ing for one of t we or three prominent
' down town corners, on whloh It is pro
posed to erect a modern department
store building.
Merchants Buy Mow.
Buying' of this character will' no
- doubt dominate down town activity for
some time to come. Office building
' construction completed, in progress ana
' projected. Is sufficient to meet any rea
sonable demand for the next two or
three years, and for this reason it Is
thought that moat of the buying In the
business district for the next year or
so will be by business houses who will
, take the property over for their own
uses, and auch transactions may be
heavier than present Indications would
. seem to warrant.
"When the time comes, and It Is rap
Idly approaching when I have to psy
' $20,000 a year for a corner store In
which to do business." said the man
ager of a large mercantile firm. "I shall
buy and build, it is cheaper and much
more satisfactory."
It should be borne in mind that many
of the most valuable business sites in
Portland have become much too valu
able to be longer used for present pur
poses. For instance there are quarter
blocks on Washington and Morrison
streets that are worth $600,000, but
with the preaent improvements on them
do not yield 3 per cent of this sum.
, This condition Tan not rest nf.i- if
the owners of these parcels are not
'able or refuse to Improve them, it Is
safe to Bay that they will pass into the
hands of those who can and will erect
such structures as will bring a revenue
commensurate with the value of the
sites and the cost of the Improvements.
-.Moat of such construction will be for
department stores or other large bust
'rtess concerns
-, Cam Block Progress.
Portland Is a growing city, nothing
cart for long stop its progress. It must
go forward. Of course there will come
oerlods of comparative dullness, but
large and healthy natural growth
inevitable. That alone will bring
is
new demand for downtown property by
! making more, stores and other buildings
'necessary, and sites for them will have
- to be purchased. Investors understand
thin and will not wait before buying,
"until this property gets out of reach
;the downtown realty district may oevei
on some sunrises before long, which
' will add seat to the whole real estate
, situation.
t One of the recent sales of consider
'able importance, because of its effect
' on a valuable and permanent downtown
corner, was the ourcbase by the trus
tees of the Reformed German Euangel-
' lea i cnurcn or a quarter diock at me
southwest corner of Tenth and Colum-
hia streets. This church owns the
corner at the northeast corner of Tenth
and Stark streets, immediately west of
and adjoining the site of the University
'club, for which It has recently been
offered $71,000. It Is thought that the
' trustees of the church will sell their
oreeent church property and erect a
' handsome new church edifice on the
prooertv at Tenth and Columbia afreets.
The site on Tenth street was purchased
, rrom uus nosenDiait ror 928,000.
alas of the Week.
A 8. Kills has sold to the S. Morton
'Cohn Realty and Investment company
an improved qearterblock on the north
. west corner of Twenty-second and John
son streets for t25.000: also 20 acres at
Jardcn Home on the Salem electric line
, for (7000. An important sale In the
north Portland warehouse district which
lias just come to light was a quarter
block on .Fifteenth, between Raleigh
and Savicr streets. This property wan
sold by C. N. Proud to Edgar B. Alger
for $24,000.
Bishop Charles Sea (Id In r has deeded
to the rector, warden and vestrymen
of t Mark's pariah the quarter block
:on the southwest corner of Twentv
Ttrst and Marshall streets -consideration
$12,000. St. Mark's parish will
erect a handsome church and rectory
on this property.
Jacob KUthsu baa sold to C. B. 81m-
nmns and associates sn Improved puar
trhlock oa the northwest corner' of
. avenue and ' Failing - Street for
Ths ts but one of msnjr sales of
n;n avenue property that haa been
n. la the pant tew weeks. The whole
-
.r'"1" fr north as Highland Is
liuntig up with fciiFlnees houses. r-lt haa
icoPnied m the btielnesa
rr. the entire territory north nf
ttnitartay iwnu ml east T Williams
rreii r. WMtten t TmrcVssefl frori
II --t5-!.-..--t.--r irer.. "' :
street between Clackamas and Halacy
streets, paying for it $8000.
Big Suburban OeaL
One of the largest of recent deals in
suburban lota .was the sale by Erneut
O. Spltxner to the College Endowment
association of SO lots in Feurer's addi
tion for 126.000. A single lot on the
northeast corner of East Ollsan street
and Union avenue has been sold by
Peter Anderson to William P. Wood
ward for 86250.
Walter W. Christensen has Just
closed a deal with A. F. Overman for a
small tract of acreage in Evergreen
park, for which he paid 14250.
Rnnhla Ohinmnr has Durchased two
lots on First street, between Bheridan
and Arthur. The property is midway
of tbe steel bridge on Bouth First street
and was sold by ueorge n. jtoacn lor
t00.
N. V. Rice has sold to D. and
Robert Robs a house and lot ai Sell
wood and six lots In .Ravenswood addi
tion, total consideration xsooo.;
A house and lot on Broadway, be
tween East Seventeenth and East Nine
teenth streeta has been purchasea oy
Harvey Bliss from Jamas R. Baker for
$4800.
8. A. Moeser haa sold to J. H. Weiss
a house and lot on East Baimon street,
near East Twenty-third, for $400.
Lot 7. block S. In Nob Hill Terrace.
has been sold by Rlchartl W. Scott td
C Aerne for 13500.
hi ina in prk View addition has
been sold by Lyman Bnalth to the Nord-by-Craven
Investment company for
isooo.
The Irrlngton Investment company
I rms sold to-Mr-J.-Pe4ahuBta quarter..
block In block 63, irvtngton, tor aovv.
Buys at Mount Tabor.
K. House, for many years a restau
rant keeper in Portland, has purchased
an acre and a half near Mount Tabor
postoffice from I Q. Clarke. Mr.
House paid $3000 for the property,
which was formerly the homealte of
Mr. Clarke, until his dwelling was de
stroyed by fire some months ago. The
new purchaser will erect a modern resi
dence on ths-property.
Elder Neal, of God's church, has pur
chaaed a site on Failing and Garfield
streets, Alblna, on which tne cnurcn
will erect a chapel ano a nrant. i n
nrmr nmiwrtv of the church on Haw
thorns avenue and East Eighth street
s recently sola to tne
creamery. t
Market conditions in suburban realty,
especially Peninsula property, haa been
unusually active during the past week.
The beginning of actual conatruction
work on the huge buildings for the
Swift packing plant has stimulated the
demand for lots In the numerous Penin
sula additions. At East St. Johns, near
Maeglcy Junction, several new lndua
trtea have recently purchased sites for
new enterprises. Considerable building
is in progress In that dlatrtct. Sev
eral new houses are projected for Fair-
port and Kenton oiatncis in nuumuu
to the large building operations in prog
k that Kenton coraoany. Owners
of Peninsula subdivisions are much en
couraged over tne proepwci
without exception- are looking forwarc.
to a contlnuannce of the demand for
that clasa of property.
The Apartiwnt Seeker.
Twas her precloua. yearly pleasure
to
go roving rouna m iuw
With a deaperate expression
In her
eye;
Her almost classic forehead badly wrln
kled by a frown
And her Grecian naaal organ tilted
high.
She was searching for Apartments.
not for "Flats." I'd have you know,
Wtth all up to date Improvements to
be had;
And she made the hall boys weary with
her questioning overflow,
And the Janitors oft went stark, star
ing mad.
From the early hours of morning to the
twilight's falling gloom.
She was riding elevators here and
there; ,
Scanning views from every window and
Hvntir1nff room on room
And discussing Are escapes and talntedl
air.
But when spring had turned to summer
she waa seen, about no more
And no "Bit and Bath" was rented In
She had wandered back to Jersey, where
she'd always lived before.
And was living In a farmhouse Just
LuranaW. Sheldon In New York Times.
Tin TTnlted States mined almost e
K-tlv one third of the lead produced in
the world in 107. Spain. Its nearest
rival, produced 18.7 per cent of the to
tal, and Germany it. per cent.
THEY'RE TWO-FACED
Important, if You Own a Talking- Ma
chine Two Records for. -Practically
the Price of One.
The Double-Sided Talking Machine
Dlsca have proven immensely success,
ful. These records are of such uni
form! high Quality, and the selections
being furnished at practically one half
the cost heretofore, It Is so wonder these
double-sided discs have Jumped Into im
mediate favor.
We have bow on band every, double-
disc record manufactured In this coun
try and abroad. The regular 10-Inch
discs oast cents, others 7t cents, and
tne large- lg-tnon ones are L a 11
tnrh selection is now actually $0 cents
instead or 1 as heretofore,
we have double sidea orand opera
disc records, too. Records that repre
sent sa am aalnglr large saving. Rec
ords thst have heretofore cost at the
rate of two for or lift are now ob-
lainame iwo ror I.n. end a Very lew
selections cost two for t SO. ?
nmwnrr. every double-faced llse
r-M ) nvw for sale t Fillers Piano
.,,.,, nfWM'il T 1 V ln-M Mne
Residence of M. Shummaro,. East Fifty-tliird and Morrison
i'i" : - ' in gs-m . 11 , , (
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NEW LAW WILL RAISE
STANDARD OF BROKERS
Bean's Bill, Just Enacted by Legislature, Puts Curb
stone Brokers and Irresponsible Real Estate
Sharks Out of Business in Oregon.
House bill 15, Introduced by Repre
sentative Bean, providing that all
brokerage contracts for the sale of real
estate most be In writing; is now the
law of Oregon. The full effect of thlfi
law Is not yet appreciated by the large
number of realty operators In this
state, but It will no doubt be to elevate
the business of selling real Droiserty In
Oregon, and rescue It from the blighting
effect produced by the operations of
curbstone brokers.
The business of legitimate real estate
brokers in Portland has for two years
past been seriously handicapped by a
perfect cloud of would be brokers whose
offices are on the street corners and
whosa chief reliance for a living is in
being able to connect themselves with
a negotiation in such a way as tj force
a division of the commission.
The following ts a copy of the bill as
It was passed by both houas of the
legislature and signed by the governor:
"Section 1. That section 797 of Bel
linger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and
Statutes of the state of Oregen, be and
the same Is hereby amended to read as
follows :
"Sec. "97. Agreement not in writing,
when void. In the following cases the
agreement is void, unless the same or
Bum note or memorandum thereof, ex
pressing the consideration, be In writing
and subscribed by the party to be
charged, or by his lawfully authorised
agent; evidence, therefore, of the agree
ment shall not be received other than
the wTltlng, or secondary evidence of Its
contents, in tbe cases prescribed by
"i. An agreement that by its terma
la not to be performed witnin a year
from the making thereof.
"2. An agreement to answer for the
debt, default, or miscarriage of another.
"I. An agreement by an executor or
WON PRIZES OFFERED BY SONS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Winners of the prizes offered by the
Oregon Society Sons of the American
Revolution for the best essays on sub
jects connected with the War for In
dependence, and participated in only
by pupils in the Oregon public achola.
have Just been announced by the com
mittee making the award. The follow
ing are the names of the winners to
gether with the subjects and prizes:
Winners High School Contest First,
Otto Purcell, 20, farKpiace. or. , sec
ond. Lance Read, 10, 392 East Stark
street, a member of the Washington
High. School. Both wrote on 'Washing
tons Greatness In What Did It Con
sist"
Winners! High School Contest First,
priseJ 20. Miss Beatrice Btevenson.
Hood1 street. Portland, of Hhattuk
school. Subject. "The Battle of Sara
toga" Second prise, $10, Harry Parsons.
728 Kast Eighth street, Portland. School
Of Trades. Subject, -causes or evo
lutlonary War." Third prise. $5, Irene
l.crr. 110 Kranrls avenue, " Portland.
Clinton-Kelly school. c-The Causes ot
the Revolutionary War., Fourth prlae,
$1, Josephine Orscb. St-Clinton -street,
Portland. Clinton-Kelly schpol, "The
Causes of - the Revolutionary-. War.
Fifth prls. IS, Emma JB. wooiion.
Firhth street. Astoria. Astoria public
school. The Battle of Bunker Hill."
In oroer to encourage love or country
and the study of its history, the Oregon
Bocietv Rons or tne American revolu
tion offer annual prises to the pupils
of the public schools of tha, state for
the best essays on subjects connected
with the Revolutionary-War.' Prises of
121 enf 1 are swerrle.1 for the first
Kiid second best essays' written by btgni
StreeU.
Residence of Philip Buehner, Pifty-f If th Street and Hawthorne Avenue.
,
administrator to pay the debt of his
testator or Intestate out -of his own
estate. '
"4. An agreement made upon con
sideration of marriage, other than a mu
tual promise to marry.
"5. An agreement for the sale f per
sonal property at a price not less than
$50 unless the buyer accept and receive
some part of such personal property,
or pav at the time some part of the
purchase money; but when the sale is
made by auction, an entry by the auc
tioneer. In h(s sale book, at the time of
the aale. of the kind or property sold,
the terms of the sale, the price, and
the names of the purchase and person
on whose account the sale is made. Is
a sufficient memorandum.
"6. An agreement for the leasing, for
a longer period than one year, ok for
the aale of real property, or of any
Interest therein.
"7. An agreement concerning real
property,. made by an agent of the party
sought to be charged, unless the au
thority of the agent be In writing.
"8. An agreement authorizing or em
ploying an agent or broker or purchase
real estate for compensation or a com
mission." As amended the law- now says that an
agent or broker employed to sell or buy
real estate for compensation or a com
missloD must have a written contract
signed by the party chargeable with
the commission. In other words an
agent or broker having only a verbal
contract with the owner authorizing the
Bale of the realty, ton d who makes the
sale carmot enforce in the courts pay
ment of his commission. The probable
effect of thle statute will be to concen
trate the realty brokerage business Into
the hands of a smaller number of
operators and at the same time stop
practically all litigation for the collec
tion of commissions.
school pupils on either of ' the follow
ing subjects: (1) "Foreign Aid in the
Revolutionary 'War," (2) ''Washington's
Greatest In What Did It Consist?"
Prises of $20, $10 and three of $S
each are riven for the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth best essays writ
ten by grade pupils on any one of the
following subjects: (1) "The Causes
of the. Revolutionary War." (J) "The
Battle of Saratoga." (3) "The Navv in
the Revolutionary War," (4) "The Bat
tle of Bunker Hill."
The essays are limited to 3,000 words
each, and in awarding the prizes the
committee Is governed by consideration
of: Originality, accuracy of statement,
manner of treatment; orthography, syn
tax and punctuation, neatness and legi
bility. The committee making the award of
the prizes lust announced was composed
of the following members of the so
ciety: William Blttle Wells, R. I. Eck
erson and B. A. Thaxter.
35 HORSES BOUGHT
U. 8. Inspectors Acrepc North PoMr-.-,-der
Animajg or Cavalry.'-.
7 8prtl Dispatch te Tbe Jaernal.)
"North Powder. Or., Fb. JO. Twenty
eight horses at $100 each", the second
lot bousbt-here 6y Case E. Prescott
and H Bldweli; and" seven' more, pur
chased by C. Todd of Pendleton, at
$100 to $212.60. alt upVto-the requlre
ment for United States cavalry serv
ice, were accepted by the inspector;
and sltiupeli toduY. i
Kesldance of P. P. Dabney, West Avenue and
ELMHUES'r PROPERTY-
IX ACTIVE DEMAND
Hilton, Dodds ft Campbell have sold
over 40 lots in Elmhurst during the past
week. Many of the buyers are making
preparations to build, homes In this ad
dition. Ex-Governor Geer and George
W. Hill are among those who have an
nounced their Intention of building as
soon as the weather clears up. Elm
hurst will have Bull Run water as soon
as the connection can be made with the
tx inch main at the Barr road. The
owners of the addition have ordered
12,000 feet of three Inch agtd two Inch
galvanized pipe which will be delivered
In a short time, when work of laying
It will begin.
RAIL PROSPJOCTS BRIGHT 1
Line for Eastern KlCrkitAt County
Seems Assured.
(Special DUpatch to Tb Journal. 1
Hurum, Wash.. Feb. 20. All lndlca
tlona point to the building of a rail
road In the eastern part of Klickitat
county from Alderdale on the Columbia
river, northwest to Bickleton, a dis
tance of 28 miles. W. A. Laidlaw, capi
talist, and A. E. Hammond of Port
land, civil engineer for the Columbia
southern road, are Interested In the
scneme. A proposition , has been sub
mitted by the Tjromoters to the stock
holders, and if. the question of grade
is accepted the building of the road
is to be completed in time to move the
next crop. The right of way has been
nearly all secured. The cost of the
road wnt oe about izzo.ooo.
The Klickitat County Horticultural
society by request of the county com
missioners, has appointed a commit
tee, consisting or. M. 1 McCann. A. W.
Montgomery, J. R. McMahon, W, E.
Hornlbrook and Almond Baker, to hold
an examination for fruit inapector for
line county, Aiarcn . in examina
tion ! required by law. ? i:
i nomas iantry has soldi a 100 . acre
tract or rruit land to a Seattle man.
In the Lrfle district, for $2200.
After having been remodeled at, a
big exoense and with several new ma
chines added, the -White Pine Lumber
company, near uoidendaie, has started
its mill up and Is worklna- to canaclrv.
Husnm Is only awaiting the coming
i winy spring, wnen several sub
stantial business houses will be erect
ed. A number, of residences will also
be built, and a general hum of activity
will prevail.
The council of White Salmon has
ordered a hook and ladder outfit and
other equipment for a fire department
ABOUT LUMPS IN
WOMAN'S BREAST
"Lumps in the Breast Sore Death" :
Dr. S. R. Chamley, the acknowledged
authority in America on Cancer, says in
his book on cancers and tumors cured
without knife or pain, that any lump
In woman's breast is cancer. The book
teaches that any tumor, lump or sore
on the Hp, face or anywhere six months
Is a cancer. The Doctor offers $1,000
If he fails to cure any cancer he treats
before It poisona . deep glands, and
charges nothing until cured. Strictly
reliable; no X-Ray or other swindle.
The book Is full of ministers', doctors'
and hillllonaires' testimonials, many of
them right here. The -leading newspa
pers and .medical Journals, the world
over have, given him great praise; no
man is doing a grander work for hu
manity. He has been curing cancers
overs a third of .a century. ' Investi
gate his absolute guarantee.:- The book
Is sent free to those who describe their
cancer,-. 60 cents to others. The reader
may save a life hjr sending this to some'
one with cancer. Address Dr. and Mra
Dr. Chamley ft Co.. 69 McAllister Su
Pan Francisco. Cat - -
i' "T
Columbia Trust Company,
Couch Building. ;
East Salmon Street.
TWENTY-FIFTH STREET.
PROPERTY SELLS
James A. Sheffield, manager of tha
real estate department of A. H. Blrrell
company, reports the purchase of fur
ther holdings ", of 76x100 feet facing
south on Marshall street, dJolnlng CI.
F. Sanborn's, recent purchase of the
Van Schuyver'property. for- $9600, from
the Columbia Land company. This, to
gether with the 60 foot lot to the north
on Twenty-fifth street- recently pur
chased, gives ' this fine property 225
feet facing south on Marshall street,
and 160 feet facing east on . Twenty
fifth street. . '
The A. H. Blrrell -company- recently
acquired the Howe tract bounded ,by Di
vision street on the south, East Grant
on the north and Bast Thirty-ninth to
Bast Forty-first streets. Contracts have
been let for grading -streets and putting
down cement sidewalks. -This Afln-3
property will be placed on -the market
at once. The new Richmond school
house facing on East Forty-first and
Sherman makes this very desirable res
idence property. t
ftebfut Sales.
Malt ft Von Borstal have sold ' for
James R. Baker his home on Hast Nine
teenth and Broadway streets to Harvey
Bliss. Consideration was $4300. Mr.
Bliss la a -new arrival In this city, com
ing here from Montana. It Is the inten
tion of Mr. Bliss to .make this city his
home. '
Neal Brown reports the sale of 40
acres of Improved farm land three and
"hns -half miles from Bruwiiavtlte7trt
Ijinn county, for $18,000. Including stock
and Implements. The farm belonged to
J. A. Eberle and waa sold to H. S. Mills
of Chicago.
DAIRY INDUSTRY GROWS
Remarkable Showings Are Made In
" Oakland Section.
' (gpeHal Dta Dutch lm Tbt Joanul.t
Oakland, Or., Feb. 20.-8ince the es
tablishment of the -creamery at Oakland
last fall quite an impetus has been
given the dairy industry In this section.
A number of farmers who were 'luke
warm" toward this branch of farming
are now devoting attention to the-dairy
herd and to the, growth of joot and forage-
crops. Aa an example of what can
be .accomplished along these lines the
operations of EL L. Warner, a patron of
the. Oakland creamery. Is given, show
ing the gross receipts and Improvements
for 'the past six years:
no. founds. Average
Year,
J90S
1B04
1906
mo 6
1907
cows.
... 7
...11
...IS
...13
...14
but fat. per cow-
Value.
$ 141.90
' $21.14
086.49
765.1$
1.1(1.17
787 10S
1.S1S 119
2,826 217
$.086 237
3,868 276
3.740 287
190g
. .13
1.122.09
In January, 1909, from It Jersey cows
and heifers Mr. .Warner sold to the
Oakland creamery 1724 pounds of cream,
containing 661.79 pounds of butteaj fat,
for which at 86 centsper pound he re
ceived $20.24. Withthe skim milk he
fed 12 hogs and 9 calves. He expects
to produce 800 pounds of butter fat per
eowrer better, during theearrent -yearr
These cows -have been In milk an .aver
age of 116 days to January 1, 1909. In
1902 the cows freshened In March and
have credtl in that year of 10 months
only. . In 1907 the cows freshened lrr
the fall and got better rations. Four
of the cows of the 1903 herd were in the
1904 list and two of them are In the
herd at nreaent.
While !Mr. Warner Is carrying on this
profitable dairy business, he Is. wtth the
help oi one son, -Keeping his lo acre
farm up to a mgn state or fertility.
THE CAPPING OF A TOOTH
is a delicate and very particular opera
tion. But it is also a very necessary
I ..... . A . . TWn , tat
!.. Ill IIKI WI A. t, ..
we. take the greatest care in aavmnin
our patients before performing any kind
of operation. We do Crown and Bridge
Work; filling with gold, silver, or alloy,
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. Their Being to Perfected
Passenger Carrier Inven
v tion Not Modern.
Fewinventlons have been such pow
erful 'factors in tha ' building of the
modern city aa the elevator.. The swift
ly moving steel cage, with its quota of
passengers, plying upward and down
ward with almost express train speed,
haa made the skyscraper a possibility,,
has anada practicable the segregating ef
thousands of offices in a small space,
and haa revolutionised , family Ufa by
making- .the big apartment house a
place of homes that are easily access
ible.' 'j. .
The commercial supremacy of tha big
American city is due almost as much
to the. modern passenger elevator aa to -its
geographical location. For example,
four storied buildings, tha maximum
height desirable where elevators are
lacking, would have made the office
buildings of New York crowd all others
entirely off Manhattan Island, would
have sent tha householder further than
Brooklyn - for a dwelling place, and
have necessitated, the walking of end- .
less miles by those who constitute NewJ
York's business world. As time is moJW
ey In these days, this" would be equiv
alent to the loss of millions of dollars
every month. The elevator obviates
such a toss.
' ala BaUdl&f Typloal.
The elevators in Park Place building
New Tork, are examples of the value
of the elevator in modern business life.
There are ten in this building. They
serve 00( people using the 1000 of
fices, and have each a capacity of
1 persona Each elevator makes the
trip to tha top of tha building, 294
feet, and back In three minutes, and
makes 200 trips a day. Every 14 hours
ths ten travel In the aggregate 220
miles, a dlstanoa equivalent to that
from IJaw. York to Washington. The
latest elevator census shows that New
York -alone has over 18.000 elevators,
and that, over 16,000 of these are pas
senger cars, carrying an average of
2.000,00 9 people a day. or a bfllion or
more a - year.
An expert estimates that there are
150,000 elevators In the United States
Assuming that each ona Is one rat.
300 days in the year, and carries an av
erage of 100 oeraona a day. the total
carried in a year would bs 4,600.000.-
000. Tha figures seem too large for
credulity, and yet they show an aver
age of only 66 rides every 12 months
for each person in this country, and
they illustrate tha essentiality of ths
passenger elevator in latter day eivil-
i2aiion.
rrodnot of Veoeaalty.
The passenger elevator came Into be
ing because it had to be. It Is a pro
duct of the centralization In given
spots of large numbers of people with
the consequent enhancement of demand
for land. Its perfection enabled the
development of . the modern "down
town" section of a city, so that
1000 men and women carry on their
activities where without the elevator
there- would ba perhaps CO.
8o far back as two or three centur
ies before Christ, freight hoists were
In use. Passenger elevators were de
vised 800 years later, but were known
In only, isolated cases, another thou
sand years elapsing before there was
real-progress in perfecting them. Cit
ies began to. grow to large dimensions
and vaater population. - Pressure of
population began to force upward the
value of city realty. Society grew com
plex. v Buslneaa took on more compli
cated phasea - : - '
The restless spirit now developed to
an almost frensy, took hold of human
ity; and the day ' for the evolution of
the passenger elevator had arrived. ,
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Higher in the - air went business
buildings. As they rose difficulties of
utilising such Mgn structures increaaea,
man brought Into application their in
ventive genius and simple devices were
created to be operated by man power.
Then came tha hydraulic elevator, with
a car weighing more than the weight
and tha motive power supplied by put
ting in or taking out waier from an
appended receptacle, f
The first power elevators In use In
the United Statea were the belt driven,
spur geared freight machines of 1850.
They were used in factories and - big
stores and tha efficiency suggested
their application to tha needs of the
neonle. This auk-gestlon began to ts
rtohane about 1870. and Inventors de- V
vised a very noisy arrair a riven oy iwo ,
steam cylinders. Tn 1880 the WesteraF I
Union and the Tribune buildings U I
New .York were equipped with pas
senger elevators, and the new machine
waa classed as one of the wonders of
the world. These two elevators were
operated by steam, but later the West
ern Union chsnged Its motive force to
a water balance affair.. -
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These were later superseded by ' tha
electric mechanism, to which have been
added aafety devices. These render el
evators so safe that there is little risk
of Injury to the passengers, and experts ,
contend that ona Is safer traveling in.
one of these cages tha In the coach or
sleeping car of a standard railway. '
The value of the new device had been
Droved bv the two New York compan
ies, and forthwith every new building
was made - higher and the elevator
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wiuiiiiubiii .u. . .'unum;.
remodeled to meet the demands of a
time saving, energy saving people. By
1886 there were 4000 lit operation In
New York alone.- Speed and safety are
tha first two requisite The higher
the building the faater must the 'ele
vator go If it meets the demands of
its patrons, but wise legislatures have
Intervened in the Interest, of - htlman
health and sanity,. - . .
Question of Btatbematlog.
There 1s a definite and a fixed rel
tion between the amount of rentable
floor aoace In a building and the num
ber of elevators required to serve that X
running- i no mrcnuoci now usual iv
allows 25.000 square feet of rentable
space to each elevator.. He figures on
each elevator carrying: so many pas
sengers In so many, minutes, and knows
that In his calculations he must allow
76 per . cent of every trip to be takenv
up in the egress and ingress of the .
passengers.
It is claimed there are now no basic
patents which make . it - possible to
monopolise passenger elevator - manu
facture.' aa has been -done to a large ex- -tent
with, telephones. ,The use of ele-.
vators is' tnuch more " general in the
United States than In any foreign eoun
trv; but American manufacturers are
building up a large trade with other
lands. They supplied over 170 eleva
tors for the Ijondon subway and a large '
number for the Elbe tunnel In Oermanr.
In 1886 the total American sales of el
evators amounted to 32,600,000. Within
20 years the amount had sorting to
$30,000,000.
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