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MA E hi OFFICE BUILDINGS NEW PROFESSION Rapid Growth in Construction of Modern Skyscraper Calls 1 for Services , of Exjjerts : Schools May Teach It. "Building management as a profea alon" has become, within the past few years, a topic of general . interest In very large city in the country, due to the fact that enormous sums of money have been Invested in office buildings of the skyplerclng and steel and concrete types. The care and man agement of these huge structures re quires the services of men of no or dinary ability and It is predicted by thoae who have interested themselves in m suDjeci inat me vime win come when the sclentif to management of of fice buildings will be taught in com mercial and. trade schools In many of the country's leading cities. Growth Is BapUUr j The present type of office building does not have a very long history. It, date back only 20 or 26 years to the time when the steel, frame and lectrlp elevator came Into use. With out the fast elevator it was- impossible to use high buildings; without the steel frame, buildings were limited In height because of the great thickness of the walls and the high cost of ma Bonry structures. The office building business now has attained enormous proportions. A few statistics which have been gleaned from various sources 'and which are perhaps more or less Incomplete, will give some idea of the size of the business. The following recapitulation of facts and. figures which have been gathered by an authority on the subject shows that the business of operating modern office buildings has grown beyond the stage when they were left in the hands of a Janitor and a rental collection agency: "The amount of money 4nvested In pfflce buildings in the United States exceeds $20,000,000,000; the number of employes needed to operate these build ings is over 800,000; the number of tenants housed in these buildings U over 7,500,090; over 100,000,000 people are carried daily in the elevators of these buildings." In an address recently delivered be fore a gathering of millionaires by the head of one of the largest office build ing corporations in the world, the fol lowing are some of the most Interest ing observations made by the speakers: "No business will be permanent un less It rests upon a sound economic basis. The business of owning and op erating business buildings has such a basis. The great business of the world is trading. Business buildings have been found convenient places for the headquarters or sales offices of the sellers, and also convenient places for the purchasing offices of the pur chasers. The1 manufacturing plant can be located whers conditions dictate; where the- raw-material Is located; whers power or fuel is cheap; where the product can be put out for the least cost The sales office must be located where the sales force can most sadly get in touch with the buyers. To Become a Profession. The wonderful thing about office building development Is that the great bulk of the property is In the hands of Inexperienced building managers; many f them, for various reasons. Incapable ti getting good results for the owner. In olden times If a son seemed unfit for business or law or medicine, and sort of BO-aecount generally, his parents made a minister of him; the same course of procedure sometimes has been followed In selecting office building managers. "Office buildings are usually built by men of more or less wealth, and some poor relative or friends of the fam ily who has proved unsuccessful In other lines was considered good enough to manage the office building. Some of these managers have made good; more of them have proved to be failures, and the business has been condemned be cause of the poor results obtained. The same kind of management would have gotten an equally poor result In any business. "No man should be allowed to handle an Important building who does not visit at least a doason other buildings during a year, and discuss methods with at least a doien building managers. The building owner should provide time, ways and means for his manager to do this. He si.ould send his manager to the meetings of the National Busi ness Managers' association. "In the' future - colleges and trade schools will J no doubt have good courses- in building management. When such schools are established and when the business of managing buildings is teoognised as it should be, the man agement of buildings Instead of being a vocation will become a profession. "In time, as building managers are educated, their position in the business world will take .on an increased dig nity and a greater Importance. Yield, Is Broad. From every standpoint the business is a desirable one. It Is a broad field one that requires industry and talent to reach. To a successful man It offers good reward for his services and an honorable position in the busi ness world. "In various' ways the business will be made more scientific. In the past most building managers have' received too little compensation for services ren dered. ' Frequently the compensation, though small, was . commensurate with the kind of services rendered. Men who have mastered the business and who are In charge of good priii'cs are receiving ample reward for service. . " "In Chicago, the managers of M . .1.. mmImm ..ftm KAArt fit T C A A . year, and in addition they are allowed ample office assistance. Managers of New York office buildings receive even higher salaries. These salaries com pare favorably with the salaries in oiner lines 01 commercial uusiness. i ns , tendency, however, la for building man agers' salaries to increase, because, as I have stated before, the ownera are beginning to realize the importance of the factor of management. To sum the whole subjeot up. It May be said that the business of man - aging buildings la one of the great pro fessions of ' the country; that Is an ever-widening field; that the manager Is playing a more and more important part in this business; that the import ance of selecting a proper manager Is rrmlriij hnma in t-i z nnm a ' Vi n kll1 v In managers are receiving a fair re ward ior service renueTca; tnai xne tutu re Of the business from the stand point of, the manage will be good and that successful management will mean In the future even: 'greater, reward for services rendered and a mors and' mors Important position In the business ".i-"".'.V'",'i v ' ' ' i 'I ""''-"-',V ..v ' ..' ..." .a':. .i, v v. '. i' v;'- .''"'.; ' . '; - i :: '" ;'. ," " ' r " V;: : '" "o " ,j : - f.XZZmi . .J. .ksManXS -:;-, fi. ' w-J I ' - - - ' - l . uif : - i . 3 mm Mmlmmm ;. J ?J JT . -.4 4' Y i K ;,v, - a :;-: , Si . nv j ? II iiiiJx! i , ,. ; 5 4 s. rr- ,Ktiw--' ' - .w I .V'ffc.fc- dfr v k iS-- x k " 1,1 ' FREE COMPtilTiON PLAN IN FEDERAL . BUILDING DESIGNS Handsome story an 5 a half residence recently completed by Contractor Cooper at - ! " ' worth avenues. ' . Mallory and Kllllngs- Portland Architects See Op portunity to Capture Honor of Drawing Plans for Port land's New Postoffice. Tortland architects are wondering if thier In any truth in the report that the supervising architect of the treasury de partment Is going to hold a competition for the selection of the design of the new Portland postoffice. unner the Tarsney act, which -was passed by congress during tha first McKlnley administration, the supervis ing arenuect is authorized to hold a competition to select the architect who shall furnish plans for a public struc ture authorized by congress., It is currently reported that the su pervising architect has already an nounced that the plans for Portland's new postoffice are to bd selected under the provisions of the Tarsney act If this report is true, It means that the plans for the new poBtofflce will not NEXT SMOOTHS WILL SEE HOST OF RESIDENCES GO UP Portland Architects' Offices Are Full of Plans for Bun galows, Chalets, Cottages and Homes of Other Kinds. Among Portland architects making a specialty of fine residences come re ports of an Immense amount, of con struction in this city during the next six months. One firm has received com missions for eight dwelling houses, all of which will be under way within SO days. Architects Jaeobberger and Smith have prepared plans for a 9T000 residence to be erected on Overton street between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets for Mrs. Q. T. Willett. The building will be -of frame construction, with stucco exterior, and will contain 10 large rooms. The same firm is drawing plans for a $6000 home for J. F. Relnhart, which he will erect on Iroquois street and Crystal Bprlng boulevard in Eastmore land. The building will contain eight large rooms, and will be finished throughout in hardwood. Architects Roberts & Roberts are get lng up the designs- for a number of modern homes to bo erected in the Rose City Park district These houses will cost from S3000 to $5000 each, and will be of the bungalow or Swiss chalet type. One of the most attractive houses, plans for which are being drawn by this firm. Is a stx room California bungalow to be erected In Rose City Park for J. C. Brown at a .cost of $4000. The plans call for a beamed and paneled dining room, containing built In buffet and linen closets, a large living room with Inglenook den at one end and a large pressed brick fireplace at the other, a cabinet kitchen, sleeping porch and a billiard room in tne attic This firm is also getting up the de sign for a bungalow for W. W. Sinclair, to be erected on East Sixty-seventh street near Sandy boulevard at a cost of $3000; also plans of a building of the same type for M. J. Byrne, which he will build at Rose City Park, at a cost of $3250. $3600 Bungalow Wear icilwaukie. The drawings are also under way for a typical California bungalow with a shingled exterior, to be erected near Milwaukle by John Peters of the Peters Manufacturing company. The house will contain six lsrge rooms, and will cost approximately $2600. F. E. Ross has commissioned a local architect to prepare th drawings for a one and one half story frame residence of the Swiss Chalet type, which he pro poses to build on East Forty-second (jstreet, near Sandy boulevard. The house will contain eight large rooms, and will be finished chiefly in hard wood. Its estimated cost is $3600. Bmbaker and Benedict, who recently purchased a block of lots on East Fif tieth street and Hawthorne avenue, are preparing to Improve each with a mod ern dwelling houso. Construction has already begun on two of the houses, and the others will be begun as soon aa the plans can bo drawn. C. W. Mower, a local contractor. Is having plans drawn "for a seven room bungalow which ho will build at Villa mead at an approximate cost of $3000. Albert Rlchau Is preparing to begin erection of a two fctory seven room res idence at Rose City Park. Plans for the structure are now being drawn In the offices of a local architect. The estimated cost of the proposed Improve ment is $3800. t' Martin B. Donovan took out permits buildings which were completed under the provisions of the Tarsney act, in a communication to congress says: , Xocal rirm to Compete. : . "I have to state that the experience of the department with the seven build ings completed and under construction has been on the whole favorable, as to merit of design and quality of construc tion . work." ' " It has been the privilege of at least one local .firm, .Whidden k Lewis, "to participate by invitation . from the su pervlaing architect for federal buildings in San Francisco and in Denver. There are other firms In the city competent to participate in this competition If one is granted by the supervising archi tect . .' . . The location of the new postoffice will) demand that the structure assemble well with the plan for the "Greater Portland," which E. H. Bennett Is work ing upon through the Civlo league. It should be a source of much pride to all citizens to retain the architectural com mission in this .city and steps should be taken at once to bring the matter before the supervising-architect "temple" of his cult where, as alleged, ' he has .mistreated a large number of hl young glrr'dlsetples,":; r '. :! v; Governor Bass,' thirty-seven, Is the youngest man to whrr M - . ever confided the chief magistracy. 1 LOOK AHEAI HILLSB0R0 POULTRY SHOW DRAWS CROWD (Special Dtapstch to The Journit.) Hlllsboro, Or., Jan. S8. The first ex hibition of the Washington County Poul try and Pet 8tock association, Is being held here. A large number of entries have been- made and the exhibit Is good. The attendance has been good . and a large crowd Is expected today,-as the show closes tonight. . it is being held in the city hall with J F. Saunders of Bethany in charge. Quarter block apartment house nearing completion at Twentieth and Washington, street. The building be longs to Mra. Phoebe M. Dekum and when completed will represent an investment of above $100,000. last week for two two-story frame dwellings to be erected on East Forty sixth street, between Gibbon and Crook. The houses will cost approximately $2000 each. R. S. McFarland lias begun erection of three one story frame cottages, to cost $1800 each. Two of them will oo cupy lots on East Fifty-third and Mad ison fitreets, and the other on East Fifty-first, between' Main and Madison streets. Permits for all three Improve ments were Issued last week. C. 8. Andrews took out permits last week for two one and one half story cot tages to be erected on East Seventy second street between East Burnslde and Thorburn, and to cost $2000 each. A permit has been taken out by Peter Nelson for a one and one half story frame cottage to be erected on Long view avenue, between Shaver and Ma son streets. The bouse will cost $2000. Albert Qerfln last week took out a permit for a two and one half story frame residence to be erected on Mis souri avenue, between Sharer and Fall ing streets. Its estimated cost is $3000 R. E. Blnsco.took out a permit last Thursday for a one story frame cottage, which he will build on East Thirty fourth street between Clinton and Ells worth, at a cost of $2000. VETERAN LEPER GIVES PENSION TO CHARITY (Unites Pretf Leased Wire.) Honolulu. Jan. 28. Captain Joseph Button, "hero of Mclokal." the lepsr refugee, and a veteran of the Civil war, has ordered the TJitted States govern ment to turn over his entire pension, which has been accumulating for 26 years, to the Et Catherine School of Industry at Memphis, Tenn. The amount Is said to run into the thou Eands. Dutton, who througbout the Civil war was connected with the 13th Wisconsin regiment has never touched a penny of the pension awaided him. s. ROSENBLATT BUYS WAREHOUSE WIN Representing the Lwls Investment company, the firm" of Keasey, Humason & Jeffery yesterday sold to Samuel Rosenblatt the Morrison street clothing merchant three lots at the southeast corner of Twenty-second and Petty grove streets for $20,000. the property Is described as lots 15, 18 and 17 in block 289, Couch addition, and has a frontage of 150 feet on Twenty-second street and 100 on Pettygrove. The frOntage on Pettygrove gives It track age on the United Railways Una and makes It available for warehouse purposes. The present congress delegation from fcew York state consists of 26 Repub licans and 11 Democrats. After March 4 the delegation will consist of 23 Dem ocrats and 14' Republicans. be drawn In the office of the supervls lng architect at Washington, D. C, but that the design will be selected from among those submitted by the bfcst architects In the country. Plan Works Well. Among the successful competitions which have been carried on under tills act have been those for the court house and postoffice at Norfolk, Va., the Ellis island Immigration station ef New York, the postoffice and custom house at Baltlmlre, the custom house and federal buildings In such cities as Cleveland, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Providence, "R. I., and San Francisco, Cal. The great value of this method of se lecting architects for government work Is apparent by the quality of the federal architecture which has developed under James Knox Taylor, the supervising architect during the last decade, j The code of competition under 'this act is extremely broad, provisions be ing made for a competent jury to judge of the drawings, which are submitted anonymously. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, after his experience with seven very large MANN ACT MAY REACH EVELYN ARTHUR SEE (VrSUi Prern tjnmO Wtra.) - ChiCRgo, Jan. 2S. Federal officials here are working on an Investigation which may bring Evelyn Arthur See, founder of the "Absolute Life" cult, which hjs for a lasls perfect mother hood, " lrtn the V'nlted States courts for violation of the Mann act, which prohibits the hrliilng of a female from one Htate into another for Immoral purposes. Chief Inspector De Woody Of the de triment of Justice has assigned Spe cial Investigator AV. C. Dannenbcrg to examine the case c.' 'Ittle. Haiel Danner of Lafayette, Ind.. whom Bee Is said to have Induced to come here to enter the one last new continentthe There is only countrv on this richest and best. British ... Columbia is beinjj opened up by three transcontin- -enta'l and other lines of railway. Over 30,000,000 acres of rich agricultural and fruit land; 50, 000.000 of the finest timben coal and mineral lands that have never been touched will be thrown open to the public for de-' velopment. This is the famous Fort George country. Do you want a share of the profits ? Let us send you free a copy of the "British Columbia Bulle tin of Information," giving syn opsis of mining, land, mineral and timber laws. Costs you nothing;. ill , t write toaay. Natural Resources Security Co., Ltd. Paid up Capital $250,000. Joint Owners and Sole Agents, Fort George Townslte. 413 Bower Blag., Vancouver, B. & RICHARD 0BEE District Bales BoUcitor, 407 wells-raryo Bldg., Portland, Oh . Fhor tlsishall 3339. You Must Take Your Turn rpilIiRE is only $60,000 worth of preferred stock of the Oregon Apple Company of Hood River for Baltf. Shares are $10 each and any one buyer may purchase as many as he or she feels that he or she can af ford to pay for at 20 cents per month per share. Ten shares - $100 can be bought and paid for at the rate of $2 per month. This preferred stock earns 10 per cent before the common stock can earn a penny. Those promoting the orchard will not own a share of the preferred stock they are depending upon the common stock to make big profits for themselves. EVERY share of preferred stock earns 10 per cent first then in addition it earns as much as any share of com mon stock. The officers of the company decided to give the in vestor with small means an op portunity to share with those of larger means in the profits of this company. Hood River Valley Orchards are making big profits. At a profit of $600 per acre, the preferred stockholder makes 68 per cent profit on his investment. A $100 investment nets $68. And you pay for this $100 worth of stock in easy pay ments of $2 per month. IT IS quite natural that such an opportunity should be taken advantage of by a great many people. The company mutt be impartial in allotting the stock. Those who raake in quiry and application must take their "turn. Those who apply first will.be served first. There is only $60,000 of this stock is sued and for sale. Many will be disappointed those who send in their names before the entire issue of stock is sub scribed to, will be fortunate. W1 "E HAVE issued a booklet which describes the whole proposition in detail. It illus trates the profits possible for the preferred stockholders to make in tht9 orchard. Names of inquirers for the booklet will be listed in the order received. Each person will be given am ple time to consider the propo sition before actually subscrib ing to the stock say, six days. After six days, if application for stock has not been made, the name will be removed from the list. Either send, call or write for the booklet A UK. Ul CyUll rtJJlK, ,UllipasJi J v aw w , 337 Railway Exchange Phones: A-2226-Haln 3718 Preetrater Wins Game. (Special llsparpb to Th Journal. Milton, Or., Jan. 28. An interesting and well contested game of basketball ; was played In the gymnasium XVednes- : day evening wlien the Empire Business : college team played the Freewater team, t Freewater winning by a score of 11 to; 7 The lineup was as follows: Free-' wrftcr Center. Bert Brlnker; forwards, S B. Sanderson, J. Matthea; guards, A. Clark, A. Mfttthes and A. Jenkins. Em pire Business college Center, A, Mark ham; forwards, Mallahan and Webb; guards, Roff. Tenn and Dickson (sub.) ; FOR SALE BY MercantileTrust&InvestmentCo. FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS 'New house and lot 50x90 on ' Broadway, good neighborhood, paved street. House and lot in St. Johns near j car line. r Farm, on Salem Electric within 20 jiiiles from Portland all cleared and in crops t EASY TERMS ON ANY OF THE ABOVE. 317 Beck Building, Con Seventh and Oak Four lots in Wheatland addition .'to East Portland. Farm on Oregon Electric on Forest Grove division, near Beayerton, with improvements v and stock, partly cleared, or will sell 20 to 23 acres of this . , in, .5 or .10 acre tracts. , 1 0 N NATIONAL ADDITION , , . . . NOW IS YOUR CHANGE The grades for street improvements are now being established, so that you can get an idea as to how your lot will lie after the streets are completed. , Call on us and we will show you where the best locations are and where your money will turn the quickest. A number of people have taken our advice and have already made money by buying in NATIONAL ADDITION. We re .advising you NOW a month from now it will be too late. Every day brings new developments. Read the daily papers and be convinced of the new institu tions locating at KENTON. If substantial corporations are willing to invest hundreds of thousands of dbl: lars-in locating their institutions in. KENTON, you certainly can afford to invest $100. Fill in the coupon below and mail it to us today and we will mail you literature descriptive of KEN TON NATIONAL ADDITION. . ; Cooperative 1 ity Co. 520 Railway Exchange MARSHALL 2248 A 1274 T -a COUFON- CO-OPERA TTVX JtBALTT CO. 620 Railway Excaaags. your new booklet,: descriptive 01 Jten- ton-Nationai Addition. Kam) . . . Address v t worl--- '1 jw.'.-- t ' '-