journal, roi;xLA;;n. gunday no::ia:;G, c .. . ... Ji 4 W i. W j-.; .j - . LEADS fflLDFOS KlUflUHGOF Mil II 1W ' SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF HANDLING DIRT FROM BASEMENT AfJD FOUNDATION EXCAVATIONS Portland Concern Makes Dirt Fly for New Buildings With Modern Machines Invention of C. J. Cook. ll-r -'w i.i ; - - lit ' ' !lf HI V l. "s - ' 'lit ";'u i s .. , 'Ji V - 4 - - f ' II in ; : y-fl 1 s , I II 'L -ill' II i . ::.v.W i-v.''- IJ , VCS -i. ...n . . Srl rrwm m. , ity -'OV v-v-" " , ,,,"IJ, im -JZZZZ-zsz i" . i 4';-V u linr NrW Ifrl.llKll"- i ! ? . r s 1 "1 iinm 111 11 111 iiiiiiii n .v' 1 tv ?ii Kill KS IS II'IUPOIIW New Town In Beautiful Tuala tin Valley Is Made Terminal . of United Railways. , Dirt moving hyi become a science In TortJand. The ' one . man ho ' is . re- ; sponsible for the complete: revolution Which has taken place in the past five years la the haldllng f dirt taken from basement excavations la C. J. Cook, head of th well known firm of the C' J. ,Cook company. : Thl& concern now thinks lees of digging out 1000 or i?00 cub.lc yards ot earth In a day knd transporting 1t Hcross the city to some fill 'than the . olc-tlar excavating- contractor thought of removlng'.fiO cubic yards In the same vtlme, ' v "!;-H " x Under the ; old-' aysttun. : to. " excavate for the foundation and: basemen of a quarter block building required from l t eight weeks, while the C J. Cook .company now thinM there Is something badly wrong when It falls to complete such a. Job in 16 days. '. Witfi' such a change as this, truly, dirt moving In Portland has .become a science. Kuee Quantity Bandied. ' : Mr. Cook's company might be -described as a wholesale mover of dirt, cilice It handles approximately 200,000 cu bic yards every ytar and has for the past ' Jive years moved this prodigious amount of old mother earth every, yea Th la conoern has not only worked s, revoj Hon in excavating foundation and basev 'Tttents . and in grading residence addi tions adjacent to the city, but 'h!l making a comfortable sum of money for Ifeelf it has added many thousand tt dollars In value to much of the close-In east Bide districts. This has been done by hauling thousands of wagon loads' of earth across the Morrison street bridge end dumping them Into the old sloughs ' that at one tlma criss-crossed much of the east side from the river , to EaBt Tenth street and from Burnalde street south of the Inman-Poulsen mill. So much of this filling has been done that Mr. Cook now thinks that excavating In Portland will become a serious problem in th next two' years, for the reason that there will be nowhere to put: th( ' dirt. ; - jj0 puoe rot Wrt " .' In other words, according to him, basements that are now excavated for from 65 cents to 75 cents ft cubic yard will cost II or fl.68 yard, and all because the dirt will have to be hauled . four or flra miles instead - of one or two miles. Mr. Cook Is very modest about his xna were is now a greater volume company's wonderful achievement in of durable building construction going the dirt moving line, but he is even on in Portland than at any time In the more so when it is suggested to him city's history is easily proved by a that his own invehUye genius has trans- e0mparlson of the building operations . formed what was at one time a hercu- , .... . i.n ...v under wy lnH 07 and those of today. proposition. It is by means Sf tha big Jn fur !. Corbott build- machines called excavators, these huge 1 viB JDuara oi irauo, commercial - derricks that swing arctihd with" . the 1 C.lub, ; Failing , and Mediclal buildings rapidity "Of ft fly wheel and pick up and the T. - M. C, A. and T. w; & A. enormous iron buckets filled With dm, struotures, were aU In process of rec-1 that basement excavating has been mads yon so slmpl. and comparatively cheap. Th year 190 h up to this time , coo invsator. ; . bean considered the high water mark Mr. Cook designed this machine him- w building in this city. At that time self and had the first one built Just fireproof buildings under construction five years ago by the Willamette Iron were estimated at a value of 12,100.000 Workft-Later a-h had two erected In and Portland thought that ft stupen the east and now operates all three of a0us surtl to be invested in, fireproof thtm. His company '.also uses the reg- structures In this city in any one year, ulation steam shovels in excavating, but How few people realise the fact that the steam shovel Is only adapted to dry thero are under construction at this weathar. whild the big , derrick exca time in the business" center fireproof vator will work quite as well In rain buildings valued at more than $3,000,000. -, as it will in sunshine. In fact no kind The reason that this fact is so little of weather Interferes with .the operar' appreciated is, that Portlandera have fcon of this machine. -The excavation come to-'look upon the putting up of for the foundation and basement of the a skyscraper as a rather commonplace Medical building was done by one of affair, while four years ago the buildr these machines during the silver thaw, lng of such a structure marked ah and three of them were lifting 850 cubic epoch in the city's development, yards of earth each every day during A Building's. - wnstmetAd another of these labor aav I . . ela" A buildings now under i----i-.- i.hi-i..i;- wnswucuon, in tnis city, -but- struc , oen completed and turned over to , the This is ft derrick which Hits wagon ,-.. , . . v,. h -rh t' th- owners that cost over $1,000,000. while and carries it far out over t fill and there dumps it, all done by machinery. - f Xxoavator Owns Dirt North Plains Is the latest town to be laid out along the projected extension of the United Railways through the Tualatin . valley. The United Railways line west Is piercing the richest section of the famous valley and has already located its "next terminus at the new town of North Plains, which is situated on a gentle rise in the center of the valley. , l : ; ' Surrounding th town the rolling; fields of yellow grain creep! away up the sides f the hills till, they re lost amid , the deeper color of the forest trees.' making Ji , ideal spot for the townslte. Con ractors and engineers have invaded this peaceful valley and stakes and grades .ire; rapidly, changing the face of Wash--ngton county. The railroad is burrow ing through the hills and nosing Its way Dut to. the,vHey.. ; f", ;i . '.ri:.'W:;f ; ' ,. Anxious for Servioe. The, railroad 'officials are anxious to live North Plains a service as soon as 'possible as a number of purchasers of the town propeTty are impatient to begin operations and for. this reason ft tem porary line has been constructed around the hill to the north and will be used until the tunnel Is finished. . ' ) It is further learned from officers of the company that the track wlU be In operation With electrloars shortly after November,' although ; by , the middle of this month operations will he . inm. 1 menced by . steam over the whole sys tem. , ; . ' Tha, grade Is completed "and ftll the bridges Are finished. The ties have t-been- distributed over: the full length of the line and the laying-of steel is progressing rapidly, being already with- i in two miles or North Plains.,, New cars have been ordered end great -improvements have been made In these cars. All the latfft dnvire naMsvr f(r speed and safety are hoir.it attach-- ! t them and the comfort of passengers has been ft matter of great considera tion. One big difference is that the color of the new cars will be thf fame as those now operating on the Oregon Electric Jlne. Thie colors have been , chosen for their brightness and lasting qualities. - Tunnel Construction Difficult ', . The now difficult part -of the con-rfl structlon of the North Plains line has j been the driving of, the tunnel under the hills, which enters the ridge at Cor- j nellas Gap and Is now more than halt j completed. . When finished it will ba 4103 feet long. ; ' , Gangs of men are working day', and night driving their way through the rock of the hllL The tunnel will lessen the grade and shorten the time uetween this city and North Plains; -The United Railways line runs on an astonishingly ' low grade, leaving the city on a 1.6 P- cent Krade, and it will run-through tunnel on an almost level graae, wmie the Southern Pacific leavea on a 4 per cent, and the Oregon Electric on a . per cent grade: This Is one reason ' tb : company .decided to undergo the enor-i mous. expense of driving a tunnel. through the lower part of the range., f, 's Plana for the depot buildings at North Plain have been designed and the con-: tract for their construction has been !4 Nearly opposite the site chosen ? for: these buildings ft lumber yard U-beio( established as fast as teams ere Able' to haul the lumber from the mill some' few miles away, f Lumber is also on the ground for a store :r buildings , which will be erected close to the new depot by Harry Harris. -This is the first of sev eral buildings that are tt 'be built- im mediately. ' ' ' ' - The contracting for the grading of the streets of North pitting has been let and , the work will be hurrlod along., ' Work has begun on the big water system that will supply the town and some of the acreage tracts nearby with water. .When the plans for the town re carried out Tualatan valley, will have ft model town - and Portland will be en riched by the addition of this excep tionally rich suburb. , ,. ' - in 1900 Belgium adopted' what ' is called an ' Insurance annuity and na tionally sustained pension act 'Under It annuities are granted according to age and amount of premium paid. Pen sions are paid to ftll over 65 years under certain prescribed conditions, of want , and disability.. . , , , , , r Never Before Have So Many -FireproofStructures Been in Process of Erection in Portland! Labor saving devices employed by the C. J. Cook company In handling the enormous amount of dirt re 'moved in excavating for foundations and basements of Portland buildings, showing steam derrick and excavator, derrick dumping dirt in fill from removal wagon bed, electric truck used in handling ma terials for concrete mixture and wagon with removable bed filled with dirt, all making one of the completest and best systematized arrangements for handling dirt on a large scale to be found in any city in the country. r r dieted by "Architects Emll Sohacht & "Bon. ,., .., Thi MoKay Blook. v ' Donald McKay's new'slx story build ing going up at Third and Tamhlli is progressing favorably, the work so far having been done in record time. This structure is to be' occupied by. the lowers Furniture company as one of the up to date coast furniture stores. The building will cost between $90,000 announcement has been made In the past few days of others of the same class on which work will begin in ft short time that will cost closa to si.sno.nnn. This machine may be seen at work! Here la a total of more than t5.ooo.000 In the fill that Is being made in the Invested in nsw fireproof buildings, not HAwtnorna siougn ai tjeimonx ana jbasi one or which was under construction Eighth streets. Something that is not generally known about excavating is the -fact that thb dirt removed from basements belongs to the excavator and Is sold by him "or the company, to some tne who has a fill to make. The exca vating companies figure that what they get for making the excavation Just .about pays for the cost of handling the dirt, leaving the proceeds derived from the sale of the dirt on the profit side of the ledger. , Mr. Cook thinks that his excavating , equipment is superior from every view year ago and all of which will -be com pleted by October 1. 1911. In comparing Hie volume of new con struction jMer wajLfoury earsa go with that of the present time, no ac count is taken of the score of brick and- concrete apartment houses going up .today, while not a single structurs or tnis class was being erected In Port land during any part of the year 1907. - Spalding Building1. Among the finer buildings Just about completed are the 12 story 8paldlng structure ana tne point to anything of the kind in use in the first of which was built at a cost other cities. He aays that the big con- 0f nearlv 1700.000. while th A,w,rt re tractors of Chicago and other -eastern cities have sent a man out here to observe the work of his excavator and vithout exception these mn have told him that he had the beat labor saving . device of the kind they had, seen. T "ti i "Best Method. Most of the dirt removed from base- resents an Investment of $250,000. Of the finer class A buildings which will be under way in the next few months is the new Lipman & Wolfe department store which Is estimated will cost $600, 000. the 12 story office building of T B. wllcox to cost approximately $400. 000 and the new Columbia theatre and ttfnts fn large eastern cities Is handled hotel, which will probably represent an by means of the big derrick lifting the investment close to $350,000. wagon beds down into, the excavation and after they are filled, lifting them tack onto the wagon again. This pro cess has been In vogue for many rears Jn the large eastern cities, but men who have seen the Cook method say that it la crude compared to the way thu same work is done in Portland. The C, J.' Cook company employs about 250 teams in keeping the dirt out of the way of its excavators. Each tuo-horse team handles two cubic yards cf earth in a load and when the men leave-the barns at 7:30 o'clock every morning:, they know Just exactly how- many cUblo yards of earth they are .ex- James Stewart & Co. is making another record In raising the steel frame of the Ben Selling building at Sixth and Alder streets. The steel frame of the base ment and five stories of the superstruc ture is in place. Mr. Gilbert says that unless some unforeseen accident inter venes the skeleton of the entire 13 stories will be in place before November 1. The work 1 being done with the minimum obstruction , to street traffic, and $100,000ndarrmridentirwiirn!w7d!!;rickr sti!,e(1 n ""ir be completed by February 1 Another - large central structure re cently begun for which the foundation is about ready for the - superstructure work is the five story hotel under con struction at the northeast corner of Tenth and Stark streets by Prledenthal & Hlrsch. The building is to be of brick construction with steel columns, beams and girders. Its estimated cost Is $75,000. ' Superintendent Gilbert for Contractors steel dlrectly'from the trucks to the places where it is to be used. Increase Water Bates. Umatilla, Or., Oct 8, The O. R. & N., who Supply the city with water, have given notice to all water users Of advance in rates of double what the rata was a year ago. The advance Is causing a lot of disappointment, as nearly all the users are O. B. & N. em ployes. HUGHES AND DORNEY SQ 1 SZ4.000 FARM CJHughe and R- B. Dorney nego tiated the sale last week Of ft 820-acre farm located seven miles northeast of Vancouver. Wash. The property for merly belonged to T. J. -Leonard, who purchased it six months ago for $16,000 and sold it for $24,000 last week to Charles A. Meyers. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Dorney have successfully operated In farm lands tributary to Portland for the past year, having closed up ft num ber of Important transactions during that time. -- - - - L ; - m Mia Under construction in the business center are the following, nearly all 6f which are fireproof structures: The 15 story Teon building, $600,000; 12 Btory Selling building, $400,000; 10 story Maegly-Tichntr building, $360, John Deere Plow company's eight story warehouse, $300,000; Marshall-Wells four story warehouse, $200,000; addi tional stories on the Chamber of Com merce, $150,000; Hellig' theatre, $150, 000; Haak building, - $150,000; Frleden thai '& Hlrsch hotel, $100,000; Powers furniture store, $100,000. , . JTrw Work Progresses. Work of putting in the concrete foot An Exclusive High-class Restricted Addition to Portland Heights MAGNIFICENT PANORAMIC VIEW of the entire city from Selhvood to the City of Vancouver, the WillarnetteHand Columbia Rivers. - . - - Doira911 -Waffti -No Alarm Clock Is Going to Ring When the Time Strikes the Hour ot Your Opportunity Every day we hear people tell of the prices property was selling for in Portland several years ago, and what a mistake they made in not investing at that time. , There never was a better time to buy real estate in Portland than RIGHT NOW, and those whd do not grasp the opportun - ity when it comes along will have the 6ame old story of lost . opportunities to telL . ' ! More people have become rich through buying real estate than from any other way. f - - , Land owners are the most independent people on earth. uj.. ... - . a, , ., .. .. ... .. .. " " Offers YOU the opportunity to be independent. We are selling lots as low as 8250-55 Dovvnand S5 a Monih Complete abstract from U. S. patent down to date, showing clear title, furnished, free with each lot. All streets graded, water mains in front of every lot, sidewalks in front of every lot All Improvements Paid , This, is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to get t itartf f orWpayT ments are so easy that most anyone can buy a lot and get the' advantage of increase1 in price which is sure to come. Investigate You owe It to 'yourself. Take Mount Scott car to Lents. Our Office 1 opposite station. Or 'come to our main office, and we win take you out in our auto - Geo. T. Moore Co. 517-518 Abington Building, Third St, Bet Wash, and Stark i - Phone Main 802 ' pwled to move thAn day. The handling ings and basement walls for the Tichnor f dirt has been reduced by this co,m- & Maegly building and the Powers fur- pany toi such an exact scienee thst the niture store, two of the largest central ; ocavators are kept .constantly, at work structures recently begun, Is practically lifting the big buckets cf dirt tip to completed. Another week will see the the trsp. Ko Time Lost The engineer who handles the exca vator knows -Chat 1 there is going to be a wagon underneath: to catch the earth walls of the first story of both build ings well under way. Plans of the Maegly & Tichnor building, at Seventh and Alder streets, have been radically changed from the original design, which 5 SNOW-CROWNED MOUNTAIN PEAKS A beautiful verdant park contoured and platted to please the artist eye. Sheltered nooks arid wooded knolls, winding drives and sight ly terraces. This beautiful property now offertd fof your inspection. I N V E ST IGTE NOW VIRGINIA HEIGHTS when It is dumped into the trap. No ?' ? "i J"J2, UL?f"8iruc time Is lost by men waiting for teams to Cbro. They , are alwaya there, an,! the earth Is carted away as fast as It la brought out Of the hole. " The C. J. Cook company Has been in the business of diffging excAvttions in Portland ffr. 18. y-ars. For the first I on this machine before he got one that -11-. TfrTH IV'Ty. V iron type, "ine new uesign.caus ror a 10 -story reen forced concrete . strncture. to cost $250,000 instead of $100,000, the estimated cost as originally ' planned. Plans for the building have been com- irrtbod of the pick and shovel and the about it modestly he Is naturally proud mule 'team."- It is Just five years ago of the fact that he is the Inventor-and tJiat the first derrick excavator w&s pert 1 the. buljder.of one of the greatest lab-jr frcUd. Mr. Cook worked Ion lght years lsnving devices of recent years. On' the West Side of -the River Joins Paved District Bull Run Water ' Best Car Service in the' City Streets. Now Being Graded No Bridges to Cross t Building Restrictions -i Joins a District of Character 1 IfYouHad$1500 Tacked On J1M P. CO. Ivlatn 550, A 1550 ' ' " ""' y . . 'i,.-.,,- I.,,-.-,,-. , ..i jn, iiui,iii.,ihv,h,i -infirr- r - ri- if - I 1 "lnl 1 'I' "" - .ihi--. r' To your present yearly' income, wouldn't .you feel rich? - ' A five-acre farm at NORTH PLAINS .Would give you such an addition, or more. Besides, you could stijl hold your POSITION in the city. Come in and ask questions about the town of NORTH PLAINS and the fertile acreage surrounding it. - ' A ' Our salesmen are; perfectly willing to, spend any amount of time with you." It will pay you to find out , about the most productive spot' in TUALATIN VAL LEY, and we are able. to. offer you exceptional prices and terms on this, property only Snjinute from the heart ' of Portland. 1 ' ONE TO'FIVE ACRES -ROTH-TRUSTTGGMPAN- Room 3 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon r