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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1, 1012 1UF11IIIS H. o. aus' in Portland Heights Residence , Sells for $10,000; Other ; i Purchases of Week. . TSV l. ,'Furpi"fi7the"wVi'i known" Pen dleton capitalist, now a resident of Portland, has purchased the elegant new horn of William BUtle Welle, lo cated on fractional half block at the northwest corned of Clifton and Lowns . dole streets,, Portland Height. Mr. Furnish paid 10,000 for the , place and will occupy It aa a home. , - --;Mrarr outse Cr-ttBinmirTSig" Ukn title to a house and lot located on tne north side of Belmont street between East Twenty-third and East Twenty-fourth-- The property was sold by E. .. C. Hurlburt for $7000.. , Another Belmont street sale reported : last r week"1 Involved , the ' quarter block at the southwest corner of Belmont .... and laat Twentieth,- which, was taken over by Charles R. Frazer and associ ates for 16500. i Herbert Gordon has sold to "H. O, Trlplett a costly residence occupying a "quarter block In Walnut Park,-for 110,- 000. . ' . - ; ....... B. Cl'McTarland bas purchased a house mad lot In Rossmere. The hold ing was sold by Una Peterson for 15300. -..- 1 , A new residence located on East Tenth street, between Stanton and Siskiyou, ., was sold last week by Robert B. Beat to Mrs. Dora Myers Brown for $6500. Tina Flat Building to Cost $15,000. Plans of an, eight series frame flat building are being drawn by Architects Roberts ft Roberts for a local Investor. The structure will have ground dlmen- J sions of 3 by 71 feet and will eontalnl 1 v, 1 1 .v t. I L - HI JT 1 3 0 j L imi-t - ; i ' lf)ARTClASbrWltl. ' sis -fc r w,jm.Iw,..' IS V Y .j .....1-.., Structure to Cost $5000; ltal r: Ian Vilia : Type Residence. to "Be Built. VT, Hotel under way at th northwest corner of Park and Morrison streets for sv syndicate of local capltallsU, who recently acquired the site under a fifty year lease, i r,W. l nidner,- of " Morgan, - Flledner ft Boyce, has commissioned - Archlteot Charles W. Jlenn to get tip the working drawings of a 7 room Dutch . colonial residence to become the .owner's home and to : be . erected at . East Twantletb and East Market streets. . The ground dimensions are 88 by BO feet, amply large to permit of commodious rooms. The principal jooma will bave-oak-floors and a hardwood finish. The kitchen, bath and chambers are to be finished in hand-rubbed Ivory enamel, Mr. Filed ner's new home will cost approximately 16000. ' ' Ground will, soon be' broken at East Twenty-fourth and Thompson streets, IrVlngton, for an elegant 10 room resi dence, which Is to be built for the home of a. Portland lawyer. The proposed new residence will be of the Italian Villa type, of the. medieval period. A combination ef brlok and frame con- olll ,K. aWiFlft walla of the ground floor, while the second story walls will be done in shingles. The " entire," ground floor, except the kitchen, will be finished in mahogany, eight three-room suites. It will occupy a fractional lot on East-Fifteenth and Hancock streets and will cost approxi mately $15,000. ; i The building will be seml-colonlal In design and will be finished throughout in selected Oregon fir. It will be fitted up with the usual built-in conveniences, Including the latest pattern of disap pearing wall beds. r 42 Cities Show Gain in Building June Records Prove Portland's Increase Over Same Month One Year Ago Is 55 Per Cent; Chicago Leads. , itone building statistics for the leading cities of the country show a net pain oC J8.000.110, or 7 per cent lacreaae over the figures for the same cities for June. I'll- ' . , Statistical reports to construction news from 78 cities show gains In 43 cities and Josses in. 36. The figures In detail are as follows: ' CIt!e." New York Bronx) Chicago (Binros. Man. and 808 1.271 Boston (Metro. Diet) 417 Washington, D. C 564 Philadelphia 1,408 Los Angeles 1,392 Milwaukee 644 Brooklyn 1,000 Pallas 93 7 Buffalo 444 Detroit 4 . . . 805 San Francisco 614 St. Louis 822 Hartford , 121 Portland. Or. 627 Cleveland 949 Kansas City 435 Minneapolis , 674 Rochester , . . 393 Pittsburg 379 Newark. N. J 275 Indianapolis . r 490 St. Paul 429 Oakland, Cat. .. .... t 888 Cincinnati . : 1,325 Louisville 238 Halt Lake City 83 Seattle . .. -809 Worcester . . . f 02 Wilkes Barre Richmond, Va 125 Memphis 326 1 San Diego 368 Springfield, Mass H6 Omaha 146 Atlanta- 319 'Columbus. Ohio J5! Baltimore 199 New Haven j 127 YounRBtown, Ohio... 124 Toledo 205 : Birmingham . .' 227 ; Denver 209 Albany 285 Pasadena 138 Fort M'ayn 124 Orand Rapids H9 Jacksonville, Fla 110 ; Houston . . , -. 215 -Duluth . ... . . , . . . . . . . . . , J34 New Orleans St. Joseph, Mo 115 Comparative rigures. 1912 No. of Estimated uiags. cost -1911- No. of Estimated P.C. P. CL Bldgs. Cost Gain Loss Norfolk, Va. i-Paterson . i ..... Perkelev ccaar RatsTas: Sacramento Scranton " Peoria Davenport F.vanBvUle. Ind. Iincoln. Neb. . . . HarrlBburfr . . ... : PnrinKfield. 111. Wilmington, Del. 73 85 S7 79 63 62 81 123 59 27 47 48 Tacoma ' 12 Tetat-TTTTTTTTTrm $18,830,575 10,663.900 4,725,000 4,344.361 3,996.785 3,488.337 3,187,396 3,065.600 2,806,620 2,226,000 2,115,160 2,054,542 . 1,931,076 1,926,140 1.176,605 1,669,379 1.342.502 1.828.125 1,261,406 1,109,528 1,09.276 1.038,150 939.485 894.734 ... 814,346 809,731 J86.150 781.915 769.927 751,185 735,453 709,327 669,163 614.015 606,845 689,238 579,116 522,751 388,409 878,705 375,858 359,235 356,355 312,995 310,048 300,980 271.420 252,469 247,080 - 244.135 234,637 227.692 217,398 210,367. 169,850 168,000 157,107 155,229 153,465 151,500 141.000 137.160 119,730 111.345 110,567 94,827 721 1.081 515 634 1,735 933 427 1,339 926 368 647 635 682 136 643 '741 387 628 873 416 249 484 376 .277 1,066 239 77 884 161 266 259 137 122 393 222 4S2 106 104 176 L'60 208 257 100 86 128 105 160 162 '62 60 193 9 60 ioi. "25 178 129- 61 5 8 59 65 42 29 21 1r : 49 100 28 22- 113 30 29 46 58 223 $15,385,403 7,026,100 7,247,000 2.143,816 4,440,466 2,790,521 1,144,871 6,167,220 3,443,422 968,000 1,400,140 1,954,501 1.786.176 1.213.640 1.823,305 1,979,034 946,243 1,818.866 972.766 1,179,563 1,144,839 857.167 694,851 35 610.878 47 2,271,480 365.200 365.200 788,405 421,098 208.489 1,037,486 686.330 645,400 493,697 401,030 612,334 719,065 933.24.3 465,660 242,322 369.190 224,881 587,600 291,915 296,193 341,660 186,105 222,900 200.135 . 382,770 ... 48,445 "S70 1,279,308 ... 300,083 . . . 152.50O 198,000 123,787 301.777 103.600 143.550 390,733 102,050 97,850 265,390 276.673 101,620 33 io 41 19 16 27 '6 4 122 116 '83 260 "3 4 24 51 10 2 60 "7 5 31 13 23 .10 '26 '48 5 34 23 64 4 19 44 J6 39 12 4 38 82 80 1 it II- 'T: SI 4 $ I j, hUlm Jl;,jujiii i ll I ! Store and hotel under construction by the Harvey Scott estate at the northwest corner of Thirteenth and MorrlBon streets. . DESPITE HOT SPELL HOUSE BUILDING IS STILL VERY ACTIVE More Than 30 Permits Issued Last Week for Homes Cost ing in Excess of $3000 Cottages Planned. 20 ii 64 61. 60 7 S8,76Of9?,1J,yi--J2,-t)Tjr-'$S5,30T,T0?"""""T Chicago leads off with a handsome gain of over $3,500,000 or 60 per cent increase of last June's totals. New York gains 9 per cent, and Philadelphia, 10 per cent. The large gains were made In such cities as Washington, 102 per cent; Buffalo, 129; Milwaukee, 178; Detroit, 61; Louisville. 122; Salt Lake, 115; Kan sas City, 42; St. Paul, 35. Portland's total for the month was $1,176,000. Other coast cities made splendid records. Ban Francisco going over $2,000,000; Los Angeles making a gain of 25 per cent, while Seattle showed a standoff. The decreases were widely scattered, and In a majority of cases were in the smaller cities. While the extreme high temperature prevailing throughout last week Inter fered to some extent with the real es tate market, house building,' particularly of the better class of residences, was unusually active. Above 30 permits for homes to cost in excess of $3000 were Issued last week. i 'There were also a number of permits for important structures of other classes taken out during the week. The largest of these permits .was taken out by the Foreland Seed, company authorizing the construction of a five story mill con struction warehouse on East Alder street, between East First and East Second at a cost of $60,000. The Beed Institute took out a permit for a one story concrete power house, to be erected on the college campus at Eastmoreland. Joseph McClelland has begun the erection of a $10,000 home In Irvlngton. The drawings show an unusually attrac tive two story frame structure of the Colonial type. It will occupy a Quarter block on Wasco street, near East Fif teenth. Other Permits Zs'ned. Thomas Q. Farrell has procured a per mit fox. two and one-half story frame dwelling, which he Is building on East Twenty-fifth street, between Market and Apartment Houses Will Cost $125,000, Architect's drawings of sevn story fireproof apartment house to be erected by the Wauna -Land company on Davis Wilt have around dimensions of "0 by 100 feet ind will be practically fire proof, the only wood used in its con struction being the interior finish, doors and windier framta Granlta will be used In facing the basement walls and red Missouri brick with' cream colored tewa cotta trim will be used in facing The entrance foyer will be approached through k tiled court and will have marbled floors and wainscoting, plast ered cornice, and heavy beamed ceilings. All the cjorrldor floors will be laid In terrazo. iTha living rooms and guest chambers will each have a fireplace and each apartment will be equipped with a built in refrigerator. apartments, from three rooms to nine rooms each, Its estimated cost Is $126, 000. The Wauna Land company owns the adjoining 70 by 100 foot lot and expects to duplicate this building In a short tlma . .. Stevens, and which will cost $8000. A permit was issued last Thursday to William Durf linger for a two story frame residence,-of modern,, up to date design, which he is building on East Twelfth street between Knott and Stanton, Its estimated cost .Is $6000. Permits were Issued during the week for six $5000 dwellings, as follow: - Mrs. Elisabeth Slgman, . two story house, Halaey, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets.. i : Fred A. Jacobs, tw story residence, corner King and Salmon. Mrs. Anna Miller, two story dwelling, East Ninth street, between Tacoma and Spokane. F. A. Johnson, two story residence, East Twenty-sixth and Fremont, Ala meda Park. C. J. Gulden, one and one-half story cottage, Clackamas, between East Thirty-third and East Thirty-fifth. Kobert B. Beat, two two story dwell ings, East Twelfth, between Stanton and Knott. R. R. Adams, one' and one-half story cottage, Royal Court, between East Gli san and East Everett. Other dwelling bouse permits-were is sued as follows: Two Story Swellings. John Zwlck, one and one-half story cottage, East Forty-fourth near Maln.l $1500. J. L, Kamopp, two one story cottages, East Forty-sixth, between' C14y - and Market, $2000 aeh. - .) 3. M. BUtseTS" one and one-half story cottage. East Twenty-eighth, near Pres. cott, $2000. Sherman D. Clark, one and one-halt story cottage, Jarrett, near East Sev. enth, $2000. J. T. Ennls, one story cottage. East Seventeenth, between Sumner and Em merson, $2000. M. M.--Faresman. - one- and one-half story cottage, East Thirty-fourth, near Clinton, $2000. W. A. Roberts, ona and one-half story cottage, East Sixty-seventh, near Stan ton, $1800. J. P. Johnson, one and one-half story cottage, East Thirty-second and Wy gant, $1800. Additional Cottage. Edward Musener, one and one-half story cottage. East Sherman, near East Fifty-fourth, $2000. S. H. Austin, one and one-half story cottage, East Forty-ninth, between Ivon and Division, $2500. William Durfllnger, one- story cot tage. Everett, near East Seventieth, $3000. A. J. Rahn, one story cottage, East Twelfth street, near Stanton, $2750. E. R. Angel, one and one-half story cottage, East Forty-second, between Clay and Harrison, $2500. Joseph Basler has commissioned arch itect Fred S. Allerton to prepare draw ing for a modern two story residence of the Colonial type, which he plans to build at East Fifteenth and Thompson streets in Irvlngton. The house will cost in the neighborhood of $6000.' T I L E Don't fail to see our exhibit of Tile when in need of any thing in this line, Wa carry the largest assortment in the city. Kaatle, Bathroom and all Floor Tile. Fred W, Wagner 363 BUrk ft. Main 8339 PJVCIFIUR0N-W0RKS BTBTTOTUBAXi BJTSXXi ABCjuxECtuslAX IBOsT Immediate Delivery VortlabO, Or. Hardwood will be used in flooring the entire building, and the finish of the chambers will be in white enamel. A looal capitalist, whose name is tem porarily withheld, Is having plans drawn for an $8000 residence to be built on a commanding point - on King's Heights. The Columbia Trust company is hav ing plans drawn for two seven-room frame dwellings of. the English half timbered type, to be built in AJamnda park for client of the company, The houses will coat about $4200 each. HANDSOME APARTMENT HOUSE FOR EAST SIDE At the northeast corner Of East Eleventh and East Alder ' street, di rectly across the street from the main entrance to the East Side Branch Li brary r J, D. - Wharton has begun the erection of a brick apartment house, which when completed will be one of the handsomest structures of Its kind on the east side. 'The building will be 4 stdrlcs and a basement, 60 by 100 feet In ground dimensions with an "L" 20 by 28 feet at the rear. All" told there will be 30 two and three room apartments. ! Tho exterior will be faced with tap estry brick, with . trimmings In light colored stone and heavy iron cornlca. Oak, mahogany, fir and Ivory enamel will be used In the Interior finish of the suites. Built In buffets," disappear ing furniture and electric dumb watt ers are soma of the modern convenient, ces with which each sulta will be sup plied. The estimated cost of the Im provement Is $60,000. . - A teaapoonful of salt to a gill of milk makes, a mixture which will re-, move most ink stains from clothing. an c v o oS I'UAAALifA I'" -J LjootiO poo AAA La. ' toooi food I JOOOJ sW " M if 1 in j ks?esxsa Qhickanlar&s House ff,,hot V;- ; W fP Fruit 7toA.4 IN wqon I r. ii 8l ftllttilOy O QO &QBj;t 5QOOO cxl' OOO V 9 ooooooooooooo Showing 5xc ouTeKros Acre in umrl&on vittl a. mm If you've eot a few dollars in your pocket and can spare a few each month,- take advantage at once of this unexcelled investment. . PARKROSE is in the direct line of Portland's growth. It is just beyond Rose City, Park. Already it has practically every advantage and convenience of right in town. The car service is excellent The above diagram shows just what a big investment Parkrose really is. A whole acre here costs no more than a good city lot in some other place. Buy that acre today. It should not be long until you can put an acre in Jots on the market and make a good profit. More fortunes have been made in that way than any other. Don't lose this opportunity to make a profit out of Portland's continual growth. NOW is the time to get informa tion on Parkrose. Call or phone today SLAUSON-CRAIG COMPANY 304 OAK ST OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL CLUB SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT Six valuable Investment Talks by a prominent publicity man will be sent to any address on request. These talks ara, helpful to the bomesetker and to the small, aa wall a taa largo investor and capitalist. Supply limited, make early application. t The SUCCESSFUL man is he who invests after a careful study of conditions which af fect land values. The pioneers taking advantage of BAY CITY THE DEEP WATER SEAPORT AND RAILROAD TERMINUS ON TILLAMOOK BAY will be immensely wealthy in a few years. With railroads and a deep channel to handle the BILLIONS OF FEET of timber that will be cut and handled at BAY CITY a great industrial and commercial city will develop in a short time. Lots now selling at $65 to $1600 will sell for . $300 to $10,000 in a few years. BAY CITY will be Oregon's second metropolis unless all SURE INDI CATIONS and precedents, are reversed, which will not likely occur. Investors who study conditions most carefully bur alHhe lots in BAY -CITY-thejr can afford, and regret they cannot buy more. BPEOTAl Washington, July ,19. The house adopted the conference re port on the rivers and harbors appro priation bill late this afternoon. Tho measure now goes to the president for signature. Tbls assarea 4ba Tillamook Bay Jetty and deep ohannal to Bay City. i ' BAT CITY ZJtSS CO. Send Investment Talks to the under signed. Kam Address BAY CITY LAND CO. 701-2-3 SPALDING BUILDING, PORTLAND. j-7-ai-ia AUBUC1TY r rv ir .fcdk Ask anyone who has seerj the "Ed Lane Place," NOW MANZANITA BEACH, what they think pf it, and abide by their decision. SURROUNDINGS Near the railroad, on the ocean front, near .Nehalem Bay, at the foot of Necar ney Mountain, makes this an ideaf spot. CONDITIONS Nine tenths covered with a beautiful grove, balance grass-covered; all brush being removed and trees trimmed; streets to be graded and water piped to and in the tract. Lots 50x100 and our $75 lots are as good as $250 lots in same locality. NOW IS THE GROUND-FLOOR OPPORTUNITY on this property. Call on or write us for full information. v -Manzanit ' W ' MSsaT 1 BBST ROOM 601 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING U1; - v