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8 SMji'E OF CITY TILL BE CHANGED ,M CLOSE 0F19I1 Skyscrapers in Business Dis trict, Hotels, Theatres and i Tall Apartment Houses I, ,1 Give a Different Aspect. 'Porttsnd skyline wilt have an alto- ) gther different Appearance before the death knell of 191 la Bounded. Business rtedy bean announced and that will In vlvai an eipenditure of approximately S5.OO0.00O ; are to be ' built thia year, Felly - one half this mm. In addition. will ba emended In the erection of man uacturin plants, apartment houses, flats, churches and school buildings. 'Not aince the second year following - - tha,lwlaan4 Clark exposition, hen durable -construction of all kinds was . at- a record breaking point, haa there been so much construction activity in Portland aa will be in full swing by " the first day of June. . t Architect realty operators and bulld era declare the skyline in tha business section will show greater and more start ling changes before the fall rains eet to than during any other period of like lenrth here. The year's building activity is not to be-confined , to any one. section of the business district. New buildings will, of course, dot that section of the city . bounded by Third street,Tneveftlhv Air keny and Taylor, while on the east aide preparations are under way tor an im mense amount of new construction In both Alblna and what Is known as East Portland proper.?'.:-x':"':m,ryr $500,000 la Churches Alone. . More than 1500,000 will be expended In, new churches before the building season is over. New schoolhouses to the value of fully 1800,000 are already scheduled for the year and it is known Vt the board of education has yet ether improvements of this-character In iind for the Immediate future, f The largest building project on hand for 1911- is the Multnomah hotel, which I being erected by the R. It. Thomp son estate, on the bloclrbounded ty Third, Fourth, Pine and Ash streets, fhls building is to be a fireproof struo- .ture. eight stories In height and Its as tlmated cost Is $800,000.' - One atory it the building was completed last wee and It Is estimated by the builders that the structure - Will be ready for occu fancy by November X ; ' '-rf'V : The next largest and most expensive tructure to ao no in 1911 Will be'the aew department store for Llpman, Wolfe f: Co., which will occupy the west Side f Fifth street, extending from Alder to wasnington. it la to oe a xireprooi tructure of steel and concrete oonstruo Ion and Is to cost $500,000.-; . r; Early In the summer, the II story ad ltion to the hotel Portland will be got nder war. This la to be of the steel fckeleton type n& together with other mprovementa contemplated to the big hotel will Involve an expenditure of 6 J SA AAA 1 . . rirst Class A rirepxoof School. Portland's t first - Class A fireproof Ichoolhouse will be erected In 1811. It s to take the plaoe of the Lincoln High cuwi ana -wm occupy ine uiocit uuunu-1 hi by Seventh, Park, Mill and Montgom- the architect'a estimate about $500,000. Th miut mrtnm nt th mw nnnrf hnuaa I also to go up this year. Plans have een drawn and approved for this build tig and It la expected the contract will e formally awarded within the next $0 lays. Its estlmsted cost Is $350,000. The Wilcox office building at the southeast corner of Sixth and Washing ne of the smaller office buildings, will trobably be the handsomest structure of ts kind In the city. It Is to be II Itories, of steel and concrete construe- . 7t i fciSI i. pI..nV, u eor n the nelahborhood of 1300. ooo . ' ia a a '". T I a wv -.ww .nun, i Tl P ArA ' nAW 1m . Vi A V.n. , v " " i.uu v ivvfi srenitects iot two otner 11 story ouiw- fug, eacnio cover a euxigo loot . lot, and both to be of reinforced concrete ronsirucuon. jne or tnese is to be an office structure at the northeast corner l'i rvuii.ii ana nunmiuin sireeTS. 'it . 7-..-.l. J . . I k.ani.v.n wMtLf?8 m,t5" XJT FaSfi I VI n'J Ih' W? J- laaen a 50 vear ODtlon on tha alt trnm SHra Pa-AHna A TrimhlA T,. I... vtaia- . ai UnA AAA The other 'h.HiHinV thi. i. J ! erected bv the Mi-Allan HvniiiA.ia .t the northwest corner f Park and Mor- riaon streets. The class of building to te erected on this site Is not yet de termined but it is probable that It will te a combination business house and fcotel structure with the four lower floors being designed for a department tore and the upper stories for a hotel. wnue no definite announcement ha : een made as to when the annex to the hew Bowirs hotel, at the northwest fcorner of Eivnth and Washington, Is to te erected, it was said by Mr. Bowers at 11vl time heJtook charge of the old Nor- onia, that arrangements had been made 'or erection of the annex during the rear. Hew M. a. A. C. a Big roject, 1 1 Three $100,000 buildinBa. tha snrfh Teclflc t)enteJ college at Grand avenue and Oregon streets, a new hotel at First and Columbia, and the Westminster " rhurch at Sixteenth and Hancock are all " lo be completed this year. The contract J18 ben at for the new home of the Multnomah Athletic club on Multnomah field, facing Salmon street, at a cost Of $182,000. At the northwest corner of Seventh nd Alder, the Pantages Theatre com pany will build a new playhouse which . Ivlll cost from $100,000 to $160,000 An other new theatre in in ,n ,,n n .v.- li te ' of the old Arlington club at the t piortnwest corner or Alder and West , Park streets. This Is to be the new Lyric and will, It la estimated, cost .1100,000.; ' f Xa Anartment Sonaa wmm li Before the building season Is well tmder way at least one dosen new brick tpartment houses will be under con - function. Apartment house construo- I Ion in Portland is expected to reach ta. maximum In IBil. Estimates, by .... those familiar With thla class of con struction In Portland, place the amount if money to be invested in new apart-nent- houses this year at $2,000,000. I The new buildings enumerated here re those construction of which is an asured fact. BUILDERS' EXCHANGE TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING The Portland Builders Exchange will old a special meeting Friday, March 74 at I p. m at 10 Second street Th 4 tmetlng is Important and a large at tendance la desired. . Jiurpal Want Ads bring resultav Finest Private Residence in Portend T EVwirrAAn rnfim What Is to be the finest private real dence in, "Portlahff.Ii the magnificent three atory structure under construction In Irvington for Andrew R. Porter, of Porter Bros., railroad contractors. The building occupies a site 160 by 150 feet on . Tillamook Street, between East Twentieth and -. Bast Twenty-second streets." It contains 14 large rooms, is finished ' throughout In hardwood and will cost 150,000. Work was started on the house last August and has con tinued through the winter without de lay. Architect C C. Robbins, under whose direction the house Is being built, estimates that it will be completed and ready for occupancy by May I.. The residence Is 56x60 feet, full base ment with Tentno buff sandstone treat ment, first atory of cream pressed brick with exterior plaster cast second story and gable work, making a beautiful type of early English home. In the base ment is located a complete hot water heating plant, laundry, vacuum cleaning I plant, a billiard room wlth; fireplace treated; In the Moravian type of tile j work and a wine room. The first floor I Annalata of larra Mmntlnn halt, drawtna- 1 room, dining rooih, living room, break fast room, kitchen and den, all of which are of large proportions. s ,.i i t f Seattle S PeDrUary ' LOSS, DO . Dpp Cent I.. LOS AnaeleS " " Loss Is a Third. Portland la the enly Paclflo coast olfv that ahnwaA a' a-nJn In ' hnlMinor of the same month one year ago. Outside of New Tork city, which showed a loss of - $7,000,000, building operations for February, throughout the country, were almost exactly Identical ...' ' a 109 aar"Ki "n ina recora 01 me same monin one rear asro. in t lean- 1,1.. ..I m( cum, rcprBasnung every accuun or the country, the total amount provided for In February permits was approxl mately $$.,000,000, compared with $37, Aoe.ofln tnr vhrnar nit "th nrtm.. Ln ranraainta ih. " . , " talned bv New York. Th clUes reported gsina 68 v'r cent: Baltimore, 18 j.. . ??f ""V .,BU. iol, UeS MOinBS, . Milwaukee. ,84; Mlnneapolla, "o"f. i-aui, xo. The particulars - will ba found In tha following table prepared by the Ameri can Contractor of Chicago: February, 1911. City Cost Baltimore $ 1,252.779 February. 1910. Cost f 427,368 274,867 686,000 48,094 1,678,600 640,971 693,020 84,086 692,590 65,076 808,410 183.866 99,120 277,110 1.155.875 15,047 62.370 1,624,269 818,988 170,330 817,900 274,158 485,980 76,936 635,890 169,047 7,632,936 2.319,126 2,645,660 12,697,720 401,482 160,826 2,045.076 481,644 1,906,066 256,697 643,692 1,229,26$ $44,13) . 89,798 1,853,418 131,860 119,346 72.71$ . 203,054 Blrmlnaham ... 252.171 Buffalo 245,000 Chattanooga ... 43,584 Chicago 4,268,400 Cincinnati 702,795 Cleveland 788.880 Columbue 211,712 Denver 397,925 Des Moines .... 41 2.4 7 a Detroit 2,339,400 Duluth 74,425 Grand Rapids .. 126,083 Hartford 245,140 Kansas City fi3,610 Knoxville 71.144 Little Rock .... Los Angeles ... Louisville Manchester .... Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis .... Nashville Newark New Haven .... Manhattan Brooklyn Bronx New York Okahoma City . Omaha Philadelphia .... Pittsburg ...... Portland Rochester St Paul ....... St Louis ....... Salt Lake City , Bcranton Seattle Tacoma ........ Toludo 107,541 1,009,277 255.095 30,600 340.120 508,117 1,597,150 46.739 456.580 182,320 3.201,385 1,698.400 976,500 8,776,285 297,46.) 197.900 1,912,635 786,465 1,084,425 232,925 1,111,176 1,147,684 87.700 80,868 491,245, 120,470 183,425 Wllkesbarre Worcester ...... 10L006 84.762 Total $$0.118,080 $37.000,760 DEVLIN & FIREBAUGH - i GO TO YEON BUILDING The realty firm of Devlin & Flre baugh, after occupying one aulte of of fices in the Swetland building for the past four - years, haa moved Into the xeon building and occupy a suite of t-omes on-the "ninth floor," v T?5, u.w "cease In Devlin at Flra baugh s business during the past year made it essential to secure larger quar- mSl.,t1M "J UM4 h Printers in China is made la Japan. ' . A I 11 J ' Mil - I I : i.J" j;:Mw-'( "'lip : '..i T . INMMALOI BUILDING WHIP THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY 1" mm n sjsjjsjiiainii'nT'rY-'i"-ii7rit--"-w"WJfM rftpellinv under rnnatriiMnn trrrn Inifpan W tnif a The reception, living room and din-1 ing room, are finished in . mahogany with full height paneling and beamed ceilings; drawing room. In mahogany with fabric walls and plaster cast hand carved ceilings; den and, side hall! In broad flame quarter sawn eastern oak, with the former, paneled full height to dado, with beamed ceilings; The grand staircase Is of massive ma hogany detail and terminates in the up per reception forming a square well In which will be suspended a specially de signed ; pendant fixture with the lower lantern In the center of the well. The second floor consists of upper recep tion hall, family bedroom and sitting room with fireplace, private bath room tiled full height, private rooms of the son and daughter,- large guest room, sleeping balcony, private dressing 'room, covered pergola and sun porch, i The finish of the private aulte Is Ivory 7-coat enamel, with mahogany panels; upper i reception In mahogany- through out, with a large linen closet with col umned front and port Orford cedar lln ng. All other rooms ; on thla floor are 7-coat enamel work. The whole of the mahogany work throughout will 'be finished In 7-coat rubbed work and pol ished In dull tone. The entire building ! Aa a further indication of development In . the city's manufacturing ' industries on the peninsula, comes the announce ment made of tha sale of the tract of land containing 1 acres lying along the 0.-W.. R. ft N. company'a new line at Kenton. ., This tract haa frontage on the railroad as well aa, along tha Columbia slough. The tract haa been purchased by Frank Stensel, a capitalist who re cently came here from the sound cities. and the purchase is made from J. Ia KanKin,' wno naa owned it for many years. .. ., - ' While apparently : Mr. . Stentel is ; tha purchaaer, It Is understood that he rep resents a syndicate of Washington in vestors, who will nsa tha property in 3: NORTH JOIfSMORE NQ INTERESTNO TAXES WHAT YOU GET 50x100 feet, all cleared. Leaving Nice Trees. ' Good Car Service. Cement Sidewalks. Cement Curbs. Graded Streets. y Water Mains. Electric Lights. Telephone Service. Title Guaranteed. Payments Returned With 5 Per. Cent Interest In Case of Death. ' WHAT YOU GIVE Simply the Price of .. The Lot Payable 2 Per Cent Per Month. , There ;are two sections of Jonesmore. The south , 240 lots are sold. The north sec tion now open. - GO OUT OU1MOAY Montavilla fears at Third r and - Morrison. to-East-72nd-and" ; Glisan Streets. !1 Umbdcnstock & Lgrsoa Co. 288 OAK STREET. . . Both Phones. . . ' HIRTEEN HOMESITES SS&v iao.xjoo TV (600SS A INCLUDINO IMPROVEMENTS J& - to Cost $50,000 BBBBBBBBBBBBflS JW(Wa'aee J wilf have hardwood floors with parquet designs in the principal rooma There are five large bedrooms and sewing room on third floor aU finished In se lected fiat grain fir, stained dark and nnianea in 7-coat work, v , - . xne conservatory is placed to the weat pz-tha dining room with a plate and art glass ' treatment intervening oeiween massive mahogany - columns, and large buffet ls set In - tha south waa wun art windows on each, sida The art glass throughout Is designed In a manner atrlctly In key with the de sign of the lioma. The hardware Is in polished ' braaa - with - cut - class knnha. drawer pulls and other harwara to con. form. In. connection with the home la a private garage fitted up with, all the essentials for , taking cara at lntomn. Dues, xne garage is or the aama a- sign or - tna residence with pressed khi; an a vuii sanastone rirst etnrv treatment and exterior plaster cast ra bies, s; ..- - . , ; Mr. Porter, who ie TBBiaeni or tmiutb, Minn., but for the past two or three years has JrSJf ? reaier part of his time in nifuino, e axneota to ratnni vHtv iiw mihuj to r ortiand about May L and wll Immediately occupy his ale. gant new home,, Vl M ,. . - ..v. the,jiear future for mannfaetorlnc par. poses. The price paid la approximately $1750 per acre, and thla figure ts con sidered very reasonable aa compared with other sales In tha vicinity. The transfer waa, negotiated Hinnn.' . Office of the A. H. Birrell .vm,n.. pSMSjasjajassiMs The Most Talked of City in Oregon Reality Syimdicafte : S 928 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE : I PORTLAND, OREGON 'A'"' MORNING.. MARCH 19, nillGl'IKOil Fifty Men Are; Clearing the Jf Und--Sewer Contract 3 ! WSt Has Been Let.--.-V-v';; , Tha 'Beaumont Lan4 company, which early In tha year took' over the Beau mont properly, has completed all the art rangements for Immediate Improvement Of, the entire .tract The sewer contract Is let and tha work Is under way. , The THE SAfCST THE QUICKEST THE EASIEST- THE MOST ECONOMICAL The colonist rates of $25.00 from St Paul an3 other Mississippi River cities have already brought hundreds of people into this thriving little city of Central Oregon. . Lots for business purpose! at well at resi dence lots in Madras are selling rapicBy. -The people of Portland and Oregon should GET BUSY AT ONCE and tnap up some of this town property before the Easterners have secured all of it BUSINESS LOTS SELUNG FROM $250 UPWARDS, AND RESIDENCE LOTS FROM $75 UPWARDS, ON EASY TERMS. Call, phone or write. Don't Jelly. ' ' . - 1911. clearing of the tract and tha grubbing of all the lota. Is progressing rapidly. Soma 10 men are at work clearing the tract Bids have been opened by the ex ecutive board of the' city for grading and hard surfacing, and It is expected that; the contract on thla will be let at tha next regular meeting of the execu tive board, March 14. The scope of the Improvements promised by the Beau moot Land company. Is the most exten sive aver attempted in the city.- Besides other Improvements, such as water, sewer, gas, cement sidewalks and, curbs, tha company has arranged to use what is known as the central block distribu tion for ths telephone and eleotrlo light servloe, and to this end a two foot case ment Is reserved off the rear end of each lot, and It is ttxpected the telephone companies and 'the electric, light com pany will use the same system, of' poles. This will mean that no poles will be placed on. the atroeta, aa it usually the case In most resilience sections of the city, but will be confined to the rear of tha residences, and the service will reach - WMA TQ TRANSFER REAL ESTATE IS BY USING -Certfcte of We Approved by the leiHing bankers, lawyers and real es tate men of Portland - . i- 4 Oyer $250,000 of assets, incf uiding a special fund of $50,000 deposited with the State Treasurer, protect hold ers of our Certificates of Title. title & Trust Company ; t - Paid-Up Capital $250,000 r ; LEWIS BUILDING FOURTH AND OAK STS. the Great West Today Oregon Realty Syndicate, .... 928 Chamber of Commerce Send information regarding lots and business chances in Madras. . NAMt; . . .1. address;.:. ....'.!.. it Mr- the buildings from tha rear Instead of across the front lawn. . ; The company has deposited with ens of 4he local banka $15,000 to provide for the Beaumont extension on the Sandy road car line, north on Forty-second street Into the heart of Beaumont by way of Wistaria avenue, - The Beaumont company will begin tha . construction of the 11h just as soon aa the street grading work affecting the streets over whton the Una la to run Is completed. Whan completed the road will be turned over to the P. R, I A P. company for operation; ' The company reports an active in terest on tha part of home builders and contractorsmore than SS aales of lots having been closed last week. . . - , 1 ' t ' Own Will and Accord. . ; , 1 From the Yonkers Statesman. ' Mr, Styles-i-Dld you ask your wife to wear one of those hobble skirts?' - . Mr. Styles Oh, no. It looks as If she had done it with her own will and a.1 eord.-c".- : ; ?.'v:xt.",. -i'lyt : ?:?