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i". 'O, v.1: . THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL.' PORTI. AND, SUNDAY M0RNIN6, MAY H. BEKHII'SEMEE IlTS HEIGHT OF Tl IE SKYSCRAPERS Maximum Carrying Capacity Is Reached When Car Stops on Four Floors Out of Possible 10 Each Way. v To what daxsllng height will the skyscraper of the future mount' Han the physical limit been reached in the towering "Metropolitan I.lfe, ' ' the 'Sinner.'" that plercws the. sky to urh a depth t lint n crawling ant of a man along lower Rrnadway can scarce ly see tho top of It slender lower, or In- the latest 64-story structure pro jected by New York's princely merchant, Woolworth. for the lower end of Man hattan island? Portland has Ma skvscrapers, aome of them reaching ao high that they put a flick In the necka of the thou gilt leas who try to locate the cornice; but Port land has not yet aurrendered to the passion for "topless Uwor" which rlps New York and Chicago. Never doubt, however, that thla me tropolla of the North Pacific will keep Up with the procession In the building, of lofty structures, as it has and does la every man-made thing. Modern Giants. The true titans of the modern world are the builders, heaving their tons of tone and steel and brick' aloft. In de fiance of the law of gravitation and the wild winds of heaven, and daring even the earthquake to confound their work In ruin. Beside' these modern giants of structural efficiency the . builders of the early world were but pjrgmle playing with blocks In the nursery. This Woolworth building, which la to be piled higher yet nobody knows quite how high than anything so far built on "Lower Broadway." the abiding place of the world's tallest buildings. Is responsible for starting a discussion which seems to have brought forth an answer to the question, "What la to e the determining factor of the future In regard to the height to which buildings may be carried T" In giving the result of his Investiga tions among the architects, builder and levator manufacturer of New York. Edgar Allen Forbes, writing in World's Work, concludes that the elevator man holds the clue to the problem. To each class in turn Mr. Korbes put this question: "What is the limit of the height to which the skyscrapers may be built?" The architects were not dismayed. "If you will give me a base atrge enough," said one, "1 am willing to go up 2000 feet." By a base "large enough" the architect meant a base one tenth the height of the building, dear ly there was nothing to be looked for from the' architect " The builder cared no more for height; he could erect what ever the architect could plan. Finally It was to the elevator makers that Mr. Forbes turned, "How tall could a building be made?" In putting the question he got a definite answer. VHdi of Building'. A building which is to pay its way must have two things plenty of floor pace and facilities for reaching it quickly and comfortably. The expert begins by allotlng one person to every 190 square feet of rentable area, and that gives him the number of people that must be provided for. Every build ing Is a law unto Itself, but an analysis f IS downtown buildings shows that the average number of square feet served by each elevator car la 16,000. (Ten years ago, when quick service was not required. It was nearer 40,000). If we leave out the tower buildings, the average for each car might be placed at 19,000 square feet. The higher the car must climb and the greater the number of stops, the longer the time required for its round trip, of course end hence the smaller number of square feet , of. floor area that it can serve. The taller the building, therefore, the greater the number of cars for the same amount of-.floor space. Every car added . tO-the..attery' means the subtraction of about 64 square feet per floor of rent able space. Continue this process of decreasing rentable area and increasing elevator space In mathematical propor tion as your building climbs, and ulti mately the elevators will require every available square foot, and there will be none left for offices. Zlrrator Bets Limit. "Take another piece of figuring. A mall car with a capacity of 12 people can move more traffic In an hour than a car carrying 20 people and making more stops. The maximum carrying capacity of an elevator is reached when It stops at only four floors out of every possible 10 floors. In each direction. Take one of these cars and let it travel at a rate of 1500 feet a minute, with the average number of stops; It will make the round trip In one of the high buildings In about three minutes. In ..if B: mm UP-'-:; , - lift T7?ijt. SJrwSM III .. 2-- t "SS'l t'.f a'?'. .'.Ji 'itilr IS'. ' - V. ' "v;&?;:": ; - 'vrSS-ilf r;r ' L. 1 HOME BUILDING IN' PORUD HOLDS I CENTER OF STAGE In Laurelhurst, Alone, Since January 1, About $250,000 Has Been Invested in New Residences Other ' Homes, pleted on of the handsomest of 'the newer homta In .tha addition, v " " " ' Across Sandy road, in the additions east. of Jrvlngton, aruch aa Broadway addition, Hancock' street addition and Roasmere, almost every block has '. Its house 'under construction and in sev eral Instance olid blocks of new homes are to be seen. This activity extenda a far. east the eastern boundary ot tha " rjglnal 'Roaa Cltf I rarit tract, v-r.;,'-'.rf. i i ' The Jackson Pemocratio association of tha District of Columbia; which r oently celebrated the eighty-third anniversary-of Its formation, Is the oldest onutical organisation' In ' tho United tatea,.wlth th single axceptlon ot Tam many HalL ., ' ' VW' k jf ' l, 3 .i.. I I i 4 1 trv Top picture Residence of E. L. Mills, 1397 East Seventeenth street. Center picture Residence ot Charles Hellborn, East Seventeenth and Bybee streets. Lower picture Residence of E. A. Clark, 1387 East Seventeenth street. other words, it would take three min utes for one car to get 12 people out of the building. A battery of 20 cars (which would require 1U0 square fee:t of space, exclusive of the corridors) would take 240 people In three minutes. Suppose the population of the build ing is 2400; It would" take "30 minutes for your 20 elevators to get them out to lunch, if the cars were all running at full capacity. As a matter of fact, It would take twice that long to get the people In some buildings out to lunch if everybody should want to go at the same hour. In Chicago, for ex ample, one of the buildings has found It necessary to arrange that certain tenants dismiss their office forces at different hours. In order not to over crowd the elevators. In a certain New York building the architect found that, with the maximum number of cars it would take an hour and a half to get everybody out of the building In case of a panic. "The elevator service therefore sets the ultimate limit of height for build ings. The real reason why there is not likely to be a large number of very high, very slender tower buildings Is that there Is only a small amount of floor area left when the elevator ex pert gets through figuring." 13601SSTTA! IS 27,200 TIip Hunter Realty company closed a denl last week' Involving the sale of a 1380 acre wheat farm In Morrow oounty. The property was sold for Dr. N. E. Wlnnard. of Heppner, to E. M. Everett of Aberdeen, Wash., for $27,200 which is at tho rate of $20 an acre. Over 1000 acres of the place is In cultivation. Dr. Wlnnard took as part payment for tho land the St. James hotel at WInlock, Wash. The hotel property was valued at $11,000. The Hunter firm also sold to J. F. Sappington, a modern residence and seven acres of land in the suburbs of Castle Rock, for $2100. BUYS BLOCK FOR CATHOLIC M $8000 Paid for Site at Fifty fourth Street and Sandy Road. A Moderate Cost Home With Many Attractions U ---. 1 , p I rooms a,,. Hs one room, their divisions I l-----------r.;:".--i "" U being Ktiggested by the square i 1:--.-.-.-- !i W -rXe Leo ' I 33 - As a site for a new Roman Catholic church, parish house and ' parochial school buildings. Archbishop Alexander A. Christie has purchased from the Rose City Park association a block at the intersection of East Fifty-fourth street and Sandy road for $8000. The church authorities were already the owners of the adjoining block to tho north which with this last purchase gives the par lsh 200 by 400 feet of the choicest prop erty in Rose City Park. This sale was made by Hartman & Thompaon, which firm reports a number of other Import ant transactions in Rose City Park and Mornlngslde. . Seven lots located on East Sixty-first street between Klickitat and Fremont were sold to the Bungalow Construction company by Hartman & Thompson for !-'iu. Kacn or the lots will be im proved with a modern six room house. The Mornlngslde syndicate has sold to Milton C. Babcock a seven room frame residence located on East Seventieth street near Stark for $7000. 'That home building In Portland la holding the center of the construction stage Is shown from tne fact that every addition bisected by the Sandy road car line Is literally alive with all sorts of house building mechanics. A run out on this line will show where a good Mg slice of the million dollar a month residence permits Issued 'In Portland since the first of the year la being ex Dended. In Laurelhursrt alone alnce January 1 fully $260,000 has been Invested In residence conatructlon,'and the present Indications are. Judging1 from tha re ports from the offices of local arch I tecta and from tha building prepara tions that are under way, another $280,. 000 will be invested in new construe tlon in that addition alone, before the I building season ends next winter. Eighteen months ago there were but three new residences In Laurelhurst, Now there are not far from one hun dred complete and under construction. All of them are of the higher grada of nouses, costing from $SS00 to $16,000 They are of an unusually attractive class of homes and represent the new est and most up to date types of archl tecture. BnUdlar la taurelhurst. In addition to the home builders a large number of building contractors are operating In Iaurelhurst. George W. Priest, who haa Just completed sev eral blocks of modern housea In the additions to the north of Sandy road, recently bought nine lots facing Pa cific street near East Thirty-ninth, on each of which he plans to build this summer a house to cost from $4000 to $6000. J. E. Fenton, another builder. Is putting up three houses on Clack amas street, between East Thirty-third and East Thirty-fifth. On Wasco street near East Thirty-third. A. F. Smith Is building two very attractive up to date homes. Other speculative builders operating in Laurelhurst are A. W. McCain, on Senate street, near Imperial avenue; W. I Page, on Mlrl mar Place, near Eaat Irving street; W. L. Lempke and F. G. Wagner, on East Gllsan street, near East Thirty-ninth, and C. R. Lewthewalta, on Haselfern Place, near East Everett, and on East Everett, near Laurelhurst avenue. Two Xaadsome Bealdenoea. Two of the handsomest residences in Laurelhurst. and for . that matter In. Portland, are the homes of Charles K. Henry and Dr. Homer I. Keeney. The I Henry house Is a low, rambling struc . ture of the early English type and oc ! cuples an elevated site facing Laddlng I ton Court and East Gllsan street. Dr. Keeney's house is a large two story I bn!ldlng, with an attractive exterior: and is located at the corner of East Thirty-ninth and East Gllsan streets. In the same block as the Henry home. On Hassalo Street, near Peerless Place, C. A. Hoy has built two modern homes. In the same block was re cently completed the handsome resi dence of E. E. Goff. p. A. Carlander has one of the prettiest In Laurelhurst. facing Haaelfern Place, near East Gll san street W. L. Page owns two beau tlful houses at the corner of Mirlmar Place and East Irving street. The home of Louis J. Urdahl is lo cated on Oregon street, near Peerless Place. One of the most attractive of the. residences completed last year In Laurelhurst Is that of M. S. Rasmus sen, which occupies a commanding site on Peerless PJace, near Multnomah street. Alger's Home. Among the many fine homes built In Laurelhurst since the first of this year Is that of Edgar B. Alger on Laurel hurst. avenue, .near East Gllsan street. Lester B. Markham, who recently came to Portland from the east, has pur chased and Is occupying the fine build ing erected by the Laurelhurst company at the Gllsan treet entrance to the tract. Mr. Markham paid $10,000 for thl property, and has since spent a considerable sum In remodeling the house. Clifford E. Nichols and C. D. Thomas each have built an attractive home on Haselfern Tlace. At the Interaction Floral avenue and East rVnmh J ,mosE PROPERTY NEXT? Elias Nelson- Charged With Being Member of Ring ot Operators. HL FORGED DEEDS ARE FILeSTI Arct Mado by Count) Detratlva MaRer BUy B Followed by Oth era Eugens Jeweler IyO vramona- is Deal. I Euae Nelsan, real estate dealer In the GerlHiier building, wro -arretted yesterday alternoon on-a charge t be ing implicated iia fraudulent tran fer af property to A C Otrard of- B ceean. Glrard bought the prdpartyaiBf nrry yieieck.-who Is also In JatLA a uax Charge. C & fclton; Mctnvt of police-of Lvt AnaeleaJflhi been draU'o the deals. butM&P'releiaed TftttrVgtrtiM-i-vliU.. rJjiT municipal ;ouri upoji in i u i shew ' tnty V"wUdga f S Mi ni, ha ' FOR. TREE BOOKLET S TEAR OFF AND MAIL THi' COUPON TO-DAY,-' Swindlers know their business well. They plan their work beforehand. They atudy people aa well as property before they attack. Chosen vic tims are those who are not protected In real , evtate transactions. A eertlfloate of title fur nishes the best protec tion. The cost la small. Ask us about It before you make your, next ileal Title k Trait Compear, Fourth Oak, Portland. onse rais .sio and Up THESE PLANS ARE COMPLETE WITH SPECIFICATIONS They contain all the latest built-in features, espe cial attention having been given to beautifying the exterior as well as the most comfortable interior arrangements. James' I3 Tannery Phone Main 3970 701 Board of Trade Bid. of street. T. Townsend has Just com- W. eJ. Clemens V General Insurance, Liability and Bonds SPECIAL GASOLINE LAUNCH INSURANCE Room 2 Commercial Club Building Main 694 A-1497 THE PLAN SHOP PTTBU8KSB AJT AJtTXSTXO BOOK OT OKICrXHAXi BUNGALOWS Each eonoeptloa la specially prepared for tha northern climate. L A WATZTS OF CAUrOBJTZA, the designer has imbibed the spirit cf the true bungalow art, not only from association but also by experience in actual construction. The book has 64 pages profusely illustrated with color plates, half tones, sketches and floor plans. It Is bristling with In terest and suggestions for the builder of a suburban cottage or city resi dence. FBICE 60 CENTS. On sale at The J. K. Gill Co.. Third and Alder, and the Oregon News company, 329 Morlson street, Portland. THE F&AN SKOP is prepared to render architectural service on any class of residence. Write ' for our 8PB0ZAX Sketch Offer. ROLLIN S. TUTTLE. Architect SSSpSK.5??- $150,000 IN ORCHARD LAND-CHANGES HANDS n,jw. jn nr) orijrtnai cont'eiiloii ami represents much ptudy in Imili exterior and Interior. '1 he force of its ttidlvij UsJIty will win its own way. The broad centered porch with Its unique detail has a very Inviting air. The unutiual Shape of the front dormer is verv fit ting and effective for this type of cot tage. A jrick vener is carried up to the window sills and around the hut tresses pf pvtrch The. remaining walln are plastered. The trimmings should lie paintd pu re w hit e. The Interior, .of-4 a very unusual plan. The reoej I. ..n j, ah, inKle nook, living and dining looms ;u. hs une room, their divisions being i.nl Kiigsepted by the square IKists thtit run from the floor to the f-eiling brums nnd the buttrcHses and seat. Km in the reception hall a view of the iiikIc nook xnd dining room may be hurl oe-r the back of the seat. AU the .-eilinRs are beamed. The rear hall ie, tie two chambers on the first floor lu-.d lie balb Another bull ing ..ff u, o jihak room leads to ihel Urged hy decreaslng'the' size ofone or --rrr-ar,, twx, TTiimDera k.notn or tne chambers, and a sleeping porch that may be en-1 this model home $3700. Cost to build Over ) 100.000 worth of Hood River orchard lands, In large holdings, changed ownership last week, while iiumorou'E email transactions brought the total for the week to Well above i '.'. The largeat transaction was tho saleof the orchard belonging to Manning and Jerome Wells for $64,000. This property was purchased by the Hcod River Mineral Springs company. W. 8. Farris took over tho in place belonging, to R. B. Harbison, pay ing $22,600 for It. The Harbison place has a 30 acre orchard of tres from one to 10 years old, one acre in' small fruit and nine acres of uncleared land. E. O. Hall bought the 10 acre or chard belonging to J. W. Shipley for $16,000. John Radcliffs 15 acre place 10"Aftpi1 near Relmnnt wjtii niirphs.. k Anton Han I as man. of Wena tehee. Wash. fjpx-$SO0. - Journal Wani. Ada .brine xoaylta. The Land of Opportunity Never in the history of the world was there a greater certainty of making money than buying Panama , government lands at the present time. Price $5.00 per acre $2.50 down and $2.50 in four years, with no taxes to .pay until one year after final payment is made. The opening of the Panama Canal will, almost in the twinkling of an eye, give this heretofore closed region access to the markets of the world. In the Province of Chirlqui is a belt of citrus fruit land which cannot be surpassed on this continent, where oranges ripen in November, and are ready for the market at a time when there is no other fruit available, and when they will command the highest price. It is almost a certainty these lands, five years hence, will be worth $1000 an acre, yet today they can be had for $500 an acre, for the price of the Government lands is all the same; As the amount of citrus fruit land is limited, applications for same should be filed at once, and will be filled by the Government in the order received by us. REMEMBER, THE TITLE TO THESE LANDS WILL COME DIRECT FROM THE PANAMA GOVERNMENT TO THE PUR CHASER. ' This is worth instant investigation. Panama Development Company 216 MERCANTILE PLACE. Between Fifth and Sixth Sts. ' - Los Angeles, California. ' RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED.