The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 26, 1913, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextI. ' : ' : I. THE OREGON DAlLV JOURNAL; PORTLAND, t FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 28, 1913.: i: ii orougly than ths mbat gifted orator. They teach the every day things of life., show howv different people live, teach history, ; geography; in fact, are icon veyors of general knowledge, -Wnst is learned through ths rt mmiiv welfare of the business, 40 local man agers of mdtldn picture-theatres formed ths "Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Portland" last month and . elected Meivitt O. Wlnstock- as president. Ths local organisation, according to Its pres ident Is simply a nucleus for a national orgaTilratloov whteh- th roeal eiv wih -to organise to ths end that the, "movies" may hsve ths representation and achieve ' a proper place In the national business UfS. . - y,V SOME STRIKING FEATURES OF PORTLAND'S MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE YEAR JjARGERJPLACE INJHE j forgotten . . than ? knowledge f a-ained throughtltsrears-and- for-this r easou the, movies ars exerting a great Influ enos on our national life and ars doing a tremendous amount of good." -' ' With a view of furthering ths general T i I PORTLAND'S BUILDING PROGRESS 'IN 1913 IS-PHENOMENAL -- ' I ";;,iT"" : J .' - -u- : - -'t ' : ' ' '" ' , ' v " ' - - -'1 ir r ' - . .-r i j WW MiiMIWlM.l..ill.. I i i ...I i 11. m - .1.1- I MM ill I. ..HIIWW.IW IMHIH Wild IWIH KM III, II I fill ASSUMING ; , i , ' ; . , ; ; -- --, , -. . M- - u J f,,J" l-Ofl ANGELES lw-&p i" I HELD OF AMUSEMEN ' " , W i,VXEYWDRKI6 Tf?TnWTr-vJ?nT H 'M vWi ' ' Srg I ftps? y is eKiyiSlk KBffSBS .sw rs! Seventy-five; Licensed ' Motion Picture Houses In Portland Cater to Thousands. ' AS FIGURES PHNE Review "of . Year's Achieve- t ' ments fs "Pleasant Story 0 i- Progress and Prosperity,! INETEEN; THIRTEEN has been bUt year for Portland. 1 V Not only bag it brought material development, but aoclal proareaa a well. Atnple eVidende of the former Is seen In the records for building permits, bank clearings, postofflce receipts and ship ments of lumber, wheat and flour. For the first 11 months of the year mors than I1I.oqo.009 worth of bulMlnr was - done. This Includes $4,000,000 worth of residenos construction, $4,000,000 worth of business, office construction and 14.000,000 worth of apartment houses, liotelg, public bulldlnis, factories, warehouses,- mills, ete. , Only one other city in me united states under 500,000 popu latlon enjoys such a record. The posui receipts for the first 11 . u months of the year exceed 11,000,000 new-record; bank clearings for ths same period total tS74,878,(lS, while . -goods to the value of $11,819,694 were exported to lands beyond the sea. These Indications of pronounced business activity promts muoh for the new I.- year..' !! ine.net returns rrom the season's I crops, harvested In the great Inland -eni. i plrs for . which Portland is the dls t't trlbutlnr' point, have in most cases ex- rt ceeded those of last year. Oregon's JT- grain crops produced $43,488,000; dairy h t products yielded Jfl.44O.0OO more; vege- ti ; tables added $11,130,000 to the state's wealth; the fruit , crop was worth $9,070,230; while the returas from llve- .siock, lumner ana otner products rsn well Into the millions. Thes rim p.. se of greatest importance in showing now me agricultural development of the state coordinates the business activities : or tns city. iHor hs commercial needs of tomor row, are being anticipated is shown In ths comprehensive plan for the develop- . mem m ine ommma river; the. comple tion of ths south Jetty and the work on the Celllo canal; and the construction or me nrst unit of an Interurban elec trie system of such vital significance to , Portland and the entire Willamette , vaney. ; , v iAt th same time an advancement has been mads along civic and social lines of perhaps greater Importance than the material ; progress. The commission form of government has been given a '.six months' trial and Is proving a suc cess; active work has been begun on the establishment of a system of public docks; the good roads movement in all parts of the. state has been furthered by .ctual , construction work In accordance witn ft program that Is of more than 4tat wld scope; an Interstate bridge across ths Columbia river has been authorised; ;a state industrial welfare commission hss biased the way for slater commonwealths to follow in es tablish a minimum wage and pre scribing maximum working hours for women employed In factories, offices, mercantile establishments,- etc.; expert surveys of the city, county and school administrations have shown how these affairs can b conducted more efficient ly! a renewed Impetus 'has been given jmbllo playground and school garden j activities; the Ross Festival - associa tion has been reorganissd on a broader basis to provide a mors comprehensive annual clvlo pageant In future such ar soma of the more Important achieve ments that a wide awaks citizenship has accomplished during 11 In ths Interest of a greater. Portland.-, i' I i Oregon . was admitted to th Union t Vebruary 14; 1859, at which time the PORTLAND'S BILL FOR DOWNTOWN OFRCE BUILDINGS IN 1913 IS NEARLY $4,000,000 ti M it - ti - j 5! it ' i: : . i n I. : k Business, Section Transformed During Twelvemonth by the Construction of 1 1 Office Structures Built to Supply Increasing Demand of Business, ' v BUILDING PERMITS FOR 1913 Here are the official figures on building In Portland for the first 11 months of 1818: . Month. Number. January 800 February 536 March 616 April 703 May 604 June ... 4. , 472 July B15 . August 626 September. ti,,..N667 October 631 November 484 Valuation. 91,168,870 724,090 902,740 2,03T,335 880,075 1,001,415 000,890 1,236,110. 1,670,045 784,220 602,080 Total . , 6244 $12,060,070 PORTLAND'S BUILDING RECORD. v . Portland's expenditure for new buildings in the past decade ap proximates one third of tlie cost of the Panama canal. Portland has Invested more than $83,000,000 In new buildings In the past five years. There was one building permit issued every 20 minutes during every working day of 1013. There were six residences built every 'working day of the present year. . Three quarters of a million dollars were Invested In apartment houses In 1013. Eleven office buildings were completed or begun during the year, representing an approximate Investment of $4,000,000. Of all the cities of the United States under 500,000 population, Portland stands second in the amount of building done in 1018. ppullia was 9,09. O MEET ths ever growing demands of exDandlns business, 1913 has seen 11 large office buildings com pietea or pegun in tne downtown sec tion of the west side. These struatures range In height to IS stories and repre sent investments in construction that run aa high as $1,000,000 each. When all are oompleted. the sky line or tne city wm te materially changed, the heart of the business district will hsve moved another step westward. direction It has been trending strongly ror tne last rour years, and approxl mately $4,000,000, the amount of money being spent on ths buildings, will have been added to ths permanent Investment values of the city. In addition several hundred thouaands of dollars will bs expended In equipment and furnishings ror tnem. The chief building 'activities as far as office buildings are concerned have centered this year on Washington be tween Broadway and Tenth street. On Washington and Broadway has risen the Morgan building, eight stories height and occupying an entire halt block. Exclusive of furnishings It cost to build $5(0,000. This building wss erected In record time. Work of demol ishing the frame structures which for merly occupied the site was begun" Jan uary $1; tenants were ready for business In the new building October L Just beyond the Morgan building, on Wash ington and Hark, stands ths six story Piatt building, a $100,000 structure, which was only completed this fall. On the square bounded -by West Park and Tenth streets scores of men are working daily, erecting ths $900,000 Pittock block, , an eight story building which. when completed, will occupy ths entire quere and In addition to housing sev eral hundred offices and a doien stores will be ths home of the Northwestern Electric company's central heating plant system, and 1U auxiliary steam electric lighting plant. This building Is par ticularly marked tor the depth of It basements, which extend far beneath the surface of ths strJets to give plenty L room 'op W boners and ma chinery that will be Installed later tsvsas Building Well trader Way. The Piatt building, on Washington street, adjoinlg ths Stsvens building, which mounts skyward 13 atotiea and will cost $880.000. is well under way. ,lt Is the tallest building on upper Wash ington street and will be given over to offices. It will be practically a replica of the Wilcox building. Down Park to Oak, another skyscraper Is nearing completion. It will bs the home of the Pacific Telephone St Tele graph company, and completed will rep' rssent an expenditure of $ Sou, 000. In point of height, the Northwestern National Bank building on ' Morrison street is the tallest building erected In Portland this year. Fifteen stories In height, occupying the full frontage of tne block between Sixth and Broadway, It Is one of the most magnificent ever constructed in this city and is costing ,UUU,VUU lO DUUO. - Another big building, which has added to the attractiveness of Broadway, is tne 10 story Broadway buildings stand ing at the corner of the thorourhfnre after which it was named and Morrison street It was completed early in the summer and cost $150,000. Among the smaller office buildings constructed dur ing ths year is a two story concrete building on Oak and Park streets oppo site the new Pacific Telephone building. This structure, which cost $37,000, Is owned - by the Trimble estate and la leased to the Balfour, Outhrle company for offices. In ths lower downtown section below Fifth street there has been considerable building activity also. Buildings Below Fif th Street. Not including tens of thousands of dollars that have gona into slterattons and repairs of older buildings, three new office buildings have been erected during the year. They are the Title A Trust company's building, on Fourth street near Stark; the Panama building, at Third and Alder, and the Stock Ex change, at Third and Yamhill. vThe Title & Trust company's building viB"t viuuw in iieiBui and cull txuu,- 000. The Panama building represents an expenditure of $100,000. It is a seven story structure. The Stock Exchange cost $75,000 and is six stories high. Re cently announcement was made of a new theatre to occupy the old library site at Broadway and Stark street As ths year closes other plans for further big building operations are under consideration. All In all, Portland's demand for office room has been met, and well met, by construction of buildings fitted for the classes of tensnts sought At the same time, the value of downtown prop. ertlea has been enhanced considerably through the construction of modern and substantial buildings, designed to fill the needs of a discriminating public and aid In the upbuilding of a great city. And He Drove On. From Judge. "Say," calls the bright youth to the honest agriculturist who Is working In his garden, "why don't you set a hen on your egg punts T" "Ma set one on 'em Isst year, an swers the agriculturist, barely looking up. ' "Did She hatch anything?" "Yep. Hatohod out that bed of cocks combs uy the fence." FIVE years ago any man with a reel of film, a plug hat and not mors than $18.66 could pass for a motion picture magnate In Portland,:'' , Today there are real magnates In the field. They do not wear, ths time hon orsd "stove pipe" sky pieces. There Is no need to because the business has passed the stage. whergmoks and lots of It compromised the chief stock In trade. Now there is $600,000 invested In ths local motion business, and $1,500,000 is represented in the. film productions, properties, etc., of the film exchanges of ths city, which are the nrlneln&l atinnlv depots of the entire Pacific . northwest Gone are the old. uneomfortabl. stuffy, HI ventilated "moving picture theatres." They have been replaced by architectural piles which cost anywhere irom su,ooo to $100,000 and upward whsn ths last bit of equipment Is consid ered. In short, the "movies" hsve come to be a great factor In the life of the community, not only from ths stand point or amusement but from the fi nancial viewpoint as well.. An Idea of their popularity may bs gained from the statement that an aver, age of 176.000 Portland people each week Visit the "movies." Thousands of dollars In nickels snd dimes ara spent each year for this class of entertain ment At the present time there ere 75 licensed motion picture houses in Port land. Half a dozen of them represent Investments ranging from $25,000 to $125,000 each. Othera occupy rented quarters and the overwhelming majority are fitted up and conducted on ths same nigh plane demanded In houses for legitimate" drama. Portland Is known In the moving clo ture world as a "town of highest standard." The local censorship board has done much to event a this utatna The board does not have any legal power to prohibit the exhibition of any picture which It does not approve. However, members of the board and the moving picture managers have worked In har mony and few indeed are the cases where a film has' Deen ' run publicly after the board had passed upon It unfavorably.' . . The present tendency of moving pic ture men Is to make their exhibitions such that they will be not only enter taining but educational as well. Edaoatloaal restores of Movies. In this regard, one of the leading men In the business said: "Motion pictures do more toward edu cating the people as a whole than any other single agency. The pictures on the screen convey sermons and lessons of real life far more forcibly and vlg- Farmers Teamsters Horsemen i LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST WHEN IN NEED OF horse eomimts The Sharkey Fish-Brarfd Collar is recognized the standard of perfection on the Pacific Coast, and U today without a rival for shape, material and wearing qualities,' thus admitting the superiority, of the Fish Brand Collar. If yoqr dealer will not supply, you, write ua. We will aee why. Always look for the label on each collar. . v .V '.r- '. r- v.,;.", f ;;: 5--U Nothing but Horse Collars: 53 Union Ave. East 246. Portland; Or. Phones: Main 3942, A-5331 Overbeck & Cooke Co. MEMBERS CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE . . Grain, Provisions, Stock, BoncI ancl Cotton - ' , """ ;'."'; 216-218 BOARD OP TRADE BLDQ. PORTLAND, OREGON Correspondents of Logan & Bryan, Chicago, New York, Boston ssseessssssssesssssseesssei : COLUMBIA IS MODEL I : PH0TO-P.LAy : THEATRE a Every demand which the public reasonably can make, of a photo play theatre Is provided at ths Columbia, Sixth and Washington streets. It was built ths past year by Foster & Klelser at a cost of over $100,000 and Is a model theatre In every respect. No pains or expense has been spared to make It a place of refined and wholesome amusement. The build ing Is absolutely fireproof, there are an abundanoe of aisles and exits and the heating and venti lating system is perfect The seats are leather upholstered and there ars a number of boxes suit able for box parties. The decora tions are artistic and beautiful. A ladies' rest room, beautifully furnished, is one of the attrac tions of the theatre, and there is maid in constant attendance. Much care Is exercised by the management In ths selection of attractions. Licensed photo-plays snd scenlo, travel and educational films are provided through the Shaver , Transportation Co. teamen t sThaver,, arah niaon, . r. Henderson, Oil.; eades, Bo Wonder Wanaa and Bono. ; Landing foot ,- of Davis Street, Port- . land, Oregon ';?V Phones r Main S o 1, A-l 1 01. J, : WyShaver, Manager. and ars m Ere wery The Northern Brewery Company. Brewers and Bottlers of Its Famous Brand of Beer: Hop K Gold mum Vsa A Trial Will Convinve you of . Their Superior Excellence OFFICE: 361 East Burnside Street, Portland, Oregon. Phones: East 46, B-1146. com nan v the best productions which can bs secured. A special entertainer and a six piece orchestra provide the musical features. Soon there will be Installed a mammoth Kim ball pipe organ, the largest and most costly In this city, to add to the many other attractions. Per formances begin at 11 At M. dally. Exclusively Girls' School Day Pupil s We still have room for the complete -education of a few more day pupils, who wish to start m the new terra Febru ary first. . ' Hers ars unsurpassed ed ucational facilities amid refined surroundings. Tsrm Starts February First Preparation for : a n v mii... Right of certificate to Wellesley." vassar colleges as well as ths Oregon snd , Washington State Universities. - Also strong general coures with diploma. Classes in all branches of . music. Instrumental, vocal and iiHiniuny. -Art ana JSjocutlon. French and German under natives. Large Gymnasium, Tennis. , Bas- rbi jqk.1i, Avainetio uancing, Rld P1i "tlcal classes in House hold Economics and Sanitation. 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