THE 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
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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:
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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
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No. of Estimated P.C. P. CL
Bldgs. Cost Gain Loss
Norfolk, Va.
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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
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$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
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193
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113
30
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46
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$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
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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.
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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
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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. .
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Showing 5xc ouTeKros Acre
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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.
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BAT CITY ZJtSS CO.
Send Investment Talks to the under
signed. Kam
Address
BAY CITY LAND CO.
701-2-3 SPALDING BUILDING, PORTLAND.
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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
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ROOM 601 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
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