THE OREGON SUNDAY JQURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,; MARCH 21,' 1909.
GtISS " A CONSTRUCTION BREAKS AffiIOCAE; RECORDS
CROAKERS SILENCED
BY BUILDING DEMAND
TAXES CAN BE REDUCED IF
OWNERS GO INTO POLITICS
New York la Waking Up to the Situatlou Good Kxtunplo for City
"'-'V?-:V. ' , .of l'ortlaud. ' ; : "' '
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Cry for More Store Rooms and Offices
Still Continue to Be Heard in Spite
of Erection of Many Magnificent Bus
iness Blocks.
Of the many large buildings of the
clasa A type new under const ruction In
, thin city pictures of half a dozen of the
more Important onta are found on this
MC. At no. tlmo In lUe Jilslory of
,Iortland has such a large amount of
new "fconstructlon been under way.
jlkjtted all over the central business and
thn wholesale districts-are magnificent
.structures In all stuges of construction,
'while In the north end warehouse area I
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Is to be done in green terracotta with . f-iS i 1 ' . . U i " ' S ! i1 J M WCKjf twAit -Mt H .
buff terracotta reTlef. Above the sec- I ' hp H M., ' J - 5.s Jg j -V J JHif lS!J -CS) ' ''
on; floor the bay windows and cornice I . t f . lJ I wr-'j TTT H ' i Hl.-LR f ' 5nf , VU'll f-fTr t. 1 J I
concrele-iurface will bo cement finish I , t IFl I i LUW MTV ? 1 ' PltV! F"' JT -
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I'Th 1 -r"T. (I I prmtlk: I 'A, . F J'f 'IL
Medical Building at the Corner of Park and Alder Streets.
, "Portland taxpayers . cannot ' help
themaelves, cannot reduce th tax bur
den. Vannot reduce the UHseisment. nor
can they reduce the tax levy by effect
Ins an organization and nnnointlnr an
investigating committee to look into a
condition that la alreadv aimed, sealed
and delivered,", aald one of the largest
taxpayers In the city, a man who firmly
oeiievea mai mere is great waate in
expending the tax money collected In
Wila city and county.
"Organize, vea bv all meana organize
but organise to take possesalon of the
municipal ana. county governments at
the next city and state elections, but
do not organise for the purpose of un
dertaking to do the Impossible, that is
undoing the things. that have already
oeen aone unaer ine rorms or law.
-"The laws must be changed, a new
deal must be made, and these things
can be done by the taxpayers whenever
they see fit .to take control of the
city and county governments, and
paradoxical aa it may seem they can
do this without taking an active per
sonal part In politics. '
Org-animation in Haw Tork.
"Look at the splendid organization of
New York city's- 200,000 taxpayers,
which contains 96' per cent of all the
taxpayers In the greater city now pay
ing, taxes on ' real property. "It Is con
ceded by all the big New York- dallies
that this organization will dictate the
nominations made by the two Dolltlcal
parties for municipal officers next fall i
undesirable candidate will be defeated.
In this manner, by. shaping public
opinion through the educational agen
cies of their many local and central
organisations, taxpayers plan to root
corruption out of municipal politics and
to induce the highest moral type of
men to accept public office. Not only '
cun the city save millions by means of
a more business like control of public
nrki hut the hudvet salary list con
tains a little item of $80,000,000 which
invites soecial Investigation and .re
trHnrhmunL
This prospective reform becomes mo
lnvltlno- to taxpayers who contribute t
monev because the few isolated ln-
tinrn nf MHlarv Investigation have re
vealed the fact that the city of New
York Is paying three and four men to
do the work which ought to be ac-'
comDlished by one man. under ordinary
business supervision.
For Instance, 78 different persons In
the city government contract for sup
plies. It is estimated that a business
basis of Durchase would save New York
city $7,000,000 every year. Neither these
taxpayers organizations nor me mnivia-
unl taxpayers want to get 'into politics,
but the politicians have taken the control
Of the annual budget contributed by the
tRxnavers for citv expenses and a large
part of. that money Is misspent.
Part or Business Plant.
The property' of taxpayers is a part
of -the business plant of the city and
as such, owners of that property who
are taxed to pay the city's running ex-
Lewis Build ing Under Construction at Fourth and Oak Streets.
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W. P. Fuller Company's Building, Twelfth and Davis Streets.
six store rooms, all fronting on Oak
street. Two hydraulic elevators with
a speed of 800 feet a minute will be In
stalled in the building.
Vacuum heating and cleaning systems
will bo Installed in the new structure.
From top to bottom, the Interior finish
will be done In Philippine mahogany.
The Hurley-Mason company are the
contractors. Its estimated cost is $200,-000.
Another modern structure or reen
forced concrete construction now going
up is the uulldlne Known as the Impe
rial hotel annex, but which in reality is
to become the Imperial hotel. This Is
to be a nine-story building and occu
pies the quarter block at the southeast
corner of Seventh and Stark streets. It
will contain about 300 rooms and will
cost when completed something like
$250,000. It is being erected for Theo
dore R. Wilcox and will be the only
class A strictly fireproof hotel building
In Portland.
Another modern hotel building near
Ing completion is the Renblatt at Tenth
and Alder streets. This is a five-story
structure of the mill-construction, slow
burning type. The Tenth street front
presents an unusually attractive ap
pearance and is done in cream terra
cotta. At Alder and Chapman streets
the Studebaker. company is Just com
pleting a 100 by 100 foot four-story
brick garage, and automobile ware
house and salesroom. The building was
especially designed for the Studebaker
company and occupies an ideal location
for an automobile headquarters.
On the block bounded by Twelfth,
Thirteenth. Davis and Everett streets.
John Klernan, one of the large property
holders in Portland, is building a four
atory and basement structure for the
W. P. Fuller company. The building
will nave dimensions or zoo by 200 feet
and will contain about 200,000 square
feet or floor space, making It the larg
est warenouse nnrt salesroom In Fort
land. The structure Is of the mill con
struction, slow-burnlna type and will
rost about $200,000. The W. P. Fuller
company expects to occupy the new
building about June 1.
At Fourteenth and Irving streets, the
six-story warenouse under construction
ror Crane & Co. is nearlne completion.
This structure occupies a quarter block
ana will cost sometnmg like x 150,000.
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Young Men's Christian Association Building, Under Construction, at thtTL?
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The long auiet volcano of Collma. In
Mexico, again he become active, emit
ting smoke and sparks In alarming
quantities.
n immense amount of new building is
. going on.
Long ago, the over-conservatives
' sounded the alarm of an over built city
and predicted all ports of financial ils-
r aster to cnnie. from what tliev ternu'ii
the danger of locking up too much
money jr unprofitable building enter-
T. rises. At the time ti l(os4r l of Trade
mildiiig v.as projected and wnrk on It
begun, these sarin- (.'sirv c'litlemen
to,xl aghast at the prospect of an 11
Hor' trnartless offli building In
-bt"ti nearly $100. 00U was to be ln
.vestcd. The Beard of Trade lia for r rear
'.te-n full of tenants snd sine its ron-
tructifn was g"1 under way. the ntfcr
vpace In Portland ba b--n mor.. than
doubled and it is still a difficult mattfr
te lease desirable UMrters in anv tt the
-flrrt -las of free buiirtin In th- t
o promising ia the f .tiire .' I'ortlau.i
-that three of the mwt lve-heaied
. hnaipess men in live citv ar.- t-. h nihil
' Ing to completion a huge structure in
the office Imililine renter In order to
' tneet a demand fr more offn spare
-that It is not doubt-d will be larre
.'g'l to fill them all
Th demand for mnrw anil better mer
. -aall quarters In the retail hucine
.rters. for iarger and more substantial
wtrlwurt and for increased fsrintles
la th vhlMl4 district Is an ever pre.
--M and preaatng condition In Portland
It H fly rswntly that the proper! y
. tere ar.f 1rF4r Jure awakened to
th iiirtl.-e f this 4maad and they are
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Monaco to School Children.
From the New Tork Tribune.
Dr. Dapling-ton's report fit the appall
ing Increase of heart disease and other
physical infirmities among school chil
dren, and his confident designation of
overpressure In study as Its cause,
should afford food for thought to teach
ers, physiologists and all parents. It
Is startling to hear that only 30 per
cent of school children are physically
sound and normal, and that hundreds
of them are dying yearly of heart dis
eases. Such figures give emphasis to
the complaints which have been numer
ously made of overstudy, and especially
of the forcing of young minds with too
many studies at once and with studies
in advance of their years. We have
heard of such practices as the giving of
six or seven solid" studies. Including
clvis, political economy and poetical 1
criticism, to children not yet in their
teens. I
and that It will control the policy of
the New Tork city government for the
iour years Beginning januarv 1. iio.
Why the leaders of New York's 200.-
000 taxpayers want to control the next
municipal administration is known to
everyone who has followed . the City a
financial manipulations during the
past few years. Huge waate of public
money has brought New Tork close to
the danger point of debt liability. Dras
tic economy Is needed without delay.
The taxpayers have started organise
Hons which cover and cross over every
seetlon of the greater city. Before elec
tion those organizations win embrace
a large part of New York's 200.000 tax
payers, hliouid any part rail to read
the handwriting on the wall and nomi
nate candidates who refuse to pledge
themselves to the administration 011
broad, business like lines free from
Partisan pressure and blundering "boss"'
rule, the word will oulcklv rw among
those taxpayers' organizations and the
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MODERN LIGHTING
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Is not an expense, but an investment;
W it put permanent selling value
into your property. Thousands move
each year info new fiomes, flats, of
fices, stores; their firt demand is
modernized lighting. Besides a mag
nificent line of domestic and import
ed fixtures, we manufacture them to
satisfy the requirement of each par
ticular demand, and we assure yon
unequalled lighting results in service
and artistic designing. - . - - -
M. J.WALSH . CO. 5JiT?Z
penses, realise that the time, has oo
to Dlnce thia business on a more stl
stantial basis. The only way to do thin
is to take it out or tne nands or tlx
professional politicians. To do so baa
become a matter .of urgent business)
rather than of politics.'
These - considerations are Impelling
both taxpayers and rentpayers to unite
for better government That they can
control the next election without going
Into politics either. to Indorse the partic
ular candidates or to nominate men of
their own number, is regarded as not
only probable, but practically certain.
They 1 11 tend to rouse public Anialon to
such a state by throwing the search
light .of publicity on municipal affairs,
that no party will dare to nominate un
fit men.
Through free mass meetings the tax
payers', organizations of greater New
Tork aim to show property ewners and
rentpayers the exact government con
ditions of thia city. This organization
alms to insure responsible candidates
nd better government after the next
mayoralty election.
Portland can do the same. In order
to do so they roust carry out practirally
the same plan of action, or a very slmi- .
lar one to that adopted by the New
Tork Taxpayers' league.
More Floods or Xrw Taxation.
nnm the Boston TraasrripC
Senator Clapp of Minnesota made
good point tn the debate oa the naval
approprtatiosi whea be dryly remarked
that If the senate continued lo "pro
test" against the Increased expense ef
the navy without cutting dowar the
ltBa erttietn the aggregate cost ef
the service weald Inevitably Increase,
Ft range thai no senator ahuld hare
attered this pa If Me truth before A
senate protest without action Is sinr-lr
the firing tt a blank rartridra. The
way to -resume la to resume, to e-o.
mis econontsei, a truth made patent
earlier tn fh -dtncamiio t-r - suate
Hale a warning that If the military so
ravai tadrt ke at tKeir prm i t
rate of exweio for a few reen wn
wtti will bare to rhnnan Mrent
liimg bonds or Imposing nfv tata.
non.