'-. ! . HOME .-BUILDING ' MOVDBNT . CONTINUES:-STOONG (IN; .THE,',; QTYi TOH"A -TENpENCYTOWARD ;BETTER' .CONSTRUCTION.:
'A PARTME1NT house construction is one of the most important -factors of the year's building record and plans under way promise to carry the activity over into the new year.' ; No. 1 Architects perspective of a new apartment house planned by
. E.4 A. Miller and W. F. Tobey'f or Jason C Moorev to occupy the "quarter block at the southeast corner of East 25th street and Hawthorne" avenue. Construction cost is estimated at $ 1 45.000." No. 2 Proposed temple designed by Edmund
Bergholtz for AI Azar. Pyramid of the United Artisans. The bufldmg will be 100x100 feet in dimensions and will cost approximately $75,000. No. 3 Wheeler apartments, recently completed at No. 284 Wheeler street for N.. A.; Adolovkh at a
cost of ,$15,000. J. B. Clark was the architect No. 4--New Nazarene church at Ridgefield. Wash., to be dedicated at a public meeting today., ;No. 5--rNew home of D. W. Taylor at the northwest corner of . East 28th street and Rex avenue. The
house contains seven rooms and is featured by a tastefully .'designed colonial "entrance. No. 6-Residence'of R. W. Mersereau. recently completed at East 29th and Carlton streets at a cost of $20.000. : The house was designed by Jamieson Parker
and is. one of the most attraclive homes in, Eastmoreland. ' ' , , v -, '') " : u " " I ' ''-,
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INDUSTRIES OF
STATE SHOW BIG
' GAIN FOR YEAR
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More Than 56,000 Men Em
ployed in 3725 'Industrial
Plants" in Oregon, Report
TSalem, Or., Xr. 25. The tyennial re
port of C. II. Gram, stale, labor com
missioner, just compiled, shows a total
of 3725 Industrial plants In Oregon on
September 30, last, as against 5053 on
th samo date a year ago, a net gain
et C73 plants In epite of the 'fact that
S4 of the plants in the list of 1920 have
been destroyed by fire in the blennhun
and SO others have discontinued oper
ations. Most of these Industrial plants
are small Institutions employing only
" few men. la some the owner doing:
all of the work himself. ; The major in
dustries of the state numbering 1327
represent an . aggregate. . investment of
$JS". 52 4.705.52, provide employment to
6S.257 people at an annual wage of
333,290.157.76. the report shows.
Manufacturing plants, representing
more than one half the- state a major
Industries number 786, representing an
aggregate capital of $218,724,209.68, giv
ing employment to 34,717 men and
- 69SC women at, an annual wage of 330.
903,444.21. The value of raw material
: bandied by these plants annually is
placed at 74,91T,e33.55 with Aie fin
ished product valued at S133.970.693.43.
Industrial plants, other - than manu
faeturing. -number 441 with an aggre
aat capitalisation of $158,145,566 67
giving employment to 7900 men and:
1118 womeu at an annual wage of 51Z.
85.896. One hundred logging plants in
the state, representing an aggregate
capital of $10,554,929.17. employ 6SS6
fieople at "an annual wtge of ,Jj,Suo,
S17.B5 with an annual output valued at
jThe report deals at length with . the
work of the department in factory and
boiler Inspection, collection of wages.
consideration of complaints ion the part
cf employes, and is replete with statis
tics dealing with various ;i phases of
labor and Industry in the stated. Point
' Ing out that the department was in
strumental in the collection - of small
wag claims aggregating $22,337.40
during the two-year period Commis
JoBer Oram declares that of the claims
called to his attention "about 50 per
cent, many of which are ; apparently
juat, are not paid. While In a majority
f these cases the amount involved was
small it usually represents all the
claimant baa and the principle involved
en the part of the mployer In refus
ing to pay is just as reprehensible as
though the claim amounted to thou
sands of dollars. he declares.
Callings 'attention,, to the factthat
many of these disputed wage claims
are "above the limit ot those collecti
ble by the small .claims -court but too
amall in themselves to wasrant prose.
cation Gram reoemmends . leglsla-
tion either to b' g them within the
yariadiction of the smalls claims court.
. authori a prosecuting attorneys to act
. without -cost to claimants, or invest the
. labor bureau with authority to fake
assignments ' of the claims - and pro
ceed with their collection, through 'dis
trict attorneys without coat ' to . the
claimants. '
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School Board Buys
Goldsmith Site for
Chapman School
NegotlatIona':were closed Wednesday
by the directors of School District No.
1 for the purchase of the two double
blocks ' bounded by Pettygrove, Ral
eigh, 26th, and 27th streets, from the
Goldsmith estate for a cash con side ra
ti on "of $65,600. The' property, was ac
quired as a site for the proposed new
Chapman school and . plana for a 20
room building are ' being prepared.
Quiroby street, between 26th and 27th
streets, la to be vacated by the city, it
was stated,- and will become a part of
the school property. "
The double block bounded by Quim-
by, Raleigh, 25th and 26th streets is
held by the city, and its use for park
purposes enhances the value of the
new school -site. Assessed value of the
ground purchased by the school board
is $53,400. The sale was handled for
the Goldsmith estate by Wakefield,
Fries & Co. . ,;
New Realty Firm .
' Enters Local Field
The "William : A. Hughes corporation,
with offices and salesrooms in the
Couch building, was. recently organized
for the purpose of conducting a general
real estate brokerage business. -The
Incorporators are - William A. Hughes,
A. C. Gegenhelmer and Milton- S-
Smithy Hughes began his real estate
career as salesman with Frank I. Mc
Guire and more recently was. a mem
ber of the William A. Hughes corn-
pan y. Clara B. Seeck is the vice presi
dent. The secretary, A. C. Gegenhelm
er, was for many years principal ' of
the School of Commerce of Northwest
ern college. Naperville. 111. J.' E. Sius
grave. who has had 30 years experi
ence as real estate salesman.. Is sales
manager for the concern,-:-- Although
the organization was 'completed only
about a month ago eeveral sales have.
already been made. New salesmen are
being employed in the several depart
ments, and the, outlook for the future
is promising, Hughes "stated. ,
$145,000 Apartment
House Planned; for
East Side Location
High class apartment house - prop
erty is proving attractive, to investors
in city real estate and several im
portant projects are under--, way, i
addition to buildings in process of con
struetion and those completed during
the year. Jason C. Moore .announced
last week that plans have been com
pleted for the erection of a four-
story- and basement building. of rein
forced construction on the . quarter
block, at the southeast corner of East
25th street and Hawthorne avenue.
K. A. Miller nd W. F. Tobey are-
the architects and cost ' is estimated
at $145,000. , --.:;v;-;..i, f
The new .apartment house will con
tain s three and two-room apart
ments -Kitchens will be equipped
with electric ' ranges, electric - dumb
waiters, refrigerator service -and other
conveniences- Steel storerooms. gar
page ..Incinerator, laundry and drying
room and a steam heating .plant will
be in the basement, Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Striker have taken the house on
10-year lease and -plan to -open it to
the public About March. JL The Stryk-
crs 'now operate the Ch4saprbTiry hotel.
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Simple Lines of Dutch Colonial
Type Chosen by Instructor in
Graphics at Eigene.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov.
25. Percy . P. Adams, prqfessor of
graphics in thev school of architecture
and allied 1 arts at the University of
Oregon, has just completed a residence
in Eugene .which has many admirers.
It is of Dutch-Colonial design, with a
double-gabled front and a colonial en
trance. The cost of the house, includ
ing the interior, decorating, which Pro
fessor Adams-is doing himself, will be
about 17500. The Bite is on Alder
street near Eighteenth. ' '
Professor Adams new residence con
tains, nine rooms, four on the' lower
floor and five on the upper. On the
lower, floor there is a living room, 15
by 30 feet; a dining room, 15 by 20
feet a study and a built-in kitchen.
French windows open into a sun porch
on ) the south. Entrance to the sun
porch from a flower garden on -the
exterior of the house is gaiued also
through French windows. French win
dows lead into the hall from both the
living room and th? dining room. This
arrangement- gives a well-lighted en
trance at all, times of the day.
0BXATE DWEM15O OBSOLETE
The total area of the lower floor is
about 1700 square feet, with a ceiling
height of about nine feet. In order to
raise- the J lower floor high enough
above the ground for a basement and
yet cave -Steps from- the street t the
entrance, "professor-" Adams prepared
plans f or a- low t front entrance and
inen.au Interior' vestibule with three
more teps. leading to the main .floor.
' Upstairs there are four- bedrooms, a
sewing room, a -bathroom and a, sleep
ing' porch. TW ceiling- height Is eight
feet. Two corner fireplaces have been
built - In upstairs bedrooms. 'The roof
is a gambrel Butch Colonial construe
Uon and has a - two . foot projection
which surrounds the house. The front
is made up of two gambreis or gabies.
These." were placed . somewhat wide
apart in-order to secure adequate bed
room lighting. Tae bouse will-be heat
ed by a hot aJrvfornace located In a
seven ' foot basement. - ' -- S .
Sanitery reasons are responsible' for
the simple building -tylcs f today, in
the opinion -ot frocessor Adams. This,
he eays, is one of "the reasons why the
old fashioned cottages -with their sin
gerbread' trimmings died out. -? It eol
lected too much dust and was too hard
to keep .clean, , '
College' Dormitory ;
: To .Cost. 8100,000
- Whitman " CoDege. Walla 81 Walla.
Wash-. Nor. 25 Bids for the construc
tion of the new Whitman dormitory
will be received until December 4. ac
cording to aa announcement from the
office of President 8. B. I Penrose.
Plans, and spectflcationa for the dor
mitory, the estimated cost of which
will be in the vicinity of $100,000. have
Fcrtland, college arch Iteirt. -The dor-
J mttory will -completed in time for oc-
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PROFESSOR PLANS
MODEL HOUSE FOR
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDA
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Importance of Will
Shown .in Petition
Of Heirs to Estate
The advantage of. d properly draws
will in the settlement of an estate -can
hardly be overestimated. The wisdom
of making this simple provision for the
future was well illustrated in r Judge
Taswell's court last.week when a peti
tion waa filed asking that an admin
istrator be appointed for the estate of
Sarah Alameda Raffety, who died No
vember 17 at the age of 73 years, leav
ing real estate and personal property
valued at approximately $ta,000.
According to the petition Mrs. Raf
fety left no will. She wa the widow
of C H. Raffety and left no children.
the nearest relatives being a brother.
T. F. Smith of Tacoma, and a sister,
Zeralda B. Beverldge of Portland.
Others entitled to a share in - the es
tate are the heirs-at-law of four broth
ers and two sisters of Mrs. Raffety.
These brothers and sisters were, mar
ried and died leaving children, whose
names, . ages and place - of . residence
were unknown according, to the' pea
tion. ' Names of the deceased brothers
-and -sisters were -given as. follows- . I.
N. Smith, Mary A. McCorkle, William
N., Smith. Nancy Jane Judy, Robert
Bruce Smith and J. R. Smith. ' The
Title ft- Trust company was appointed
administrator of the estate, which con
sists largely of residence and business
property in Portland.
Firm Closes Leases
Totaling $300,000
During Three Weeks
The demand for retail stores was in
creased rather, than decreased with the
approach of the holidays, according
to B.- TU. Me tiger of" the Metzger
Parker company, and he stated that he
had been successful . In closing leases
aggregating In excess --of '$75,000 dur
ing the -past -week.- Gross rentals on
leases negotiated by the firm for the
first three weeks In November closely
approach $300,000. ' Among the leases
repotted by Metzger are the following
The store room, at tXo. 283 Aider
street, having a frontage of 20 feet on
Aluer street and a deptft or 40 leet.
together , with a basement- and ' bal
cony, to the S. Kohara company. Ko
bara recently, returned from a trip to
the Orient and opened this branch
store in the heart of the business dis
trict . to . dispose of the tremendous
stock contracted tor. ? . -
A. lease to the Acorn Press by Drs.
S. A. Brown and K. C. Brown at-No.
420 Morrison street. The Acorn Press
have been located in', the Buchanan
building for .10 years, but the expan
sion of their business necessitated t
change to larger -and better quarters.
: Space at No. -411 North . Broadway
to Wells Beanetl by Dr. J. Allen Gil
bert. Bennett is the representative
of the Henderson Motorcycle company,
Bennett has been associated with mo
torcycle -racing for a great-many years
and proposes to. open fan. agency for
his macbinet In ; the quarters leased.
The showroom was a width of 25 feet
on Broadway and extends back
depth of 90 feet. - It lias a splendid
basement, two elevators and a bal
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Salem. Nov. .25. Plana for the erec
tion ' of a warehouse here at an esti
mated cost of $30,000 were aanoonced
Friday by Paul TragUo t The, building
Is to be a. - two-story and basement,
reinforced concrete structure .159 by
IS feet, affording a capacity of 7200
square feet of floor epace. It Is pro
posed to complete - the building . by
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In Mount Angel Is
Showing Increase
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Mount "Angel, Nov. 25, Many im-j
provements in Mout Angel during
the last few months indicate a rapid
ly progressing , town.
The cannery recently built is one of
the biggest of its kind In this part of
the country. It has given employ 1
ment to a great number of people, .be
sides, giving; the farmers a chance to
dispose of their fruit. .There are
large fruit farms in this locality, which
made the budding of the new cannery
possible. Sam H. Brown of Oervais
has 85 acres of, loganberries and 35
acres of blackberries which, are bear
ing fruit. The Community club, with
Joseph Bernt as president, organised
the first part of the year, to further
cooperation between the townspeople
and farmers, now numbers over 200
members.
Among the new buildings completed
this year are those of the-First -Na
tional bank, a general merchandise
store, a harness, -.shoe shop and bar
ber shop of 'yellow brick,' a - two-story
bakery with upper floor being uses
tor ornce rooms; . a new. unaertaiung
parlor - and an addition to the; Ford
garage. The last three buildings were
built with a frontage of tufa rock.
a fireproof atone found in the hills
about 14 miles southeast of Mount
AngeL The new Farmers' Cooperative
Creamery, which was recently com
pleted at the cost of' Jlt.000, is one
of the largest .in - the state.- Eighteen
thousand dollars is paid monthly to
the farmers, while $1600 is expended
monthly for 'labor; 40,000 pounds of
butter ' are turned out every . month.
which is known as the famous "Rose
Valley" brand. , 1
The1 Fred Schwab Commission com
pany recentl y celebrated the ? 80th . an
niversary of its establishment nere.
The . company has a branch office in
Stockton, Cal., and brokerages through'
out the West' and South. Since 1881
Schwab has been a resident of Mount
Angel , and has been holding , the .-office
of mayor "for the last .18 -years.-
Women Eealtors to
Help Chest Drive
The semi-monthly meeting of the
Women's Realty, board,? held- Friday
noon at the Oregon Grill, was' marked
by an unusually large attendance In
compliment to A. R. Rltter. president
of the Northwest Real Estate associa
tion,, who delivered an address on the
advantages resulting to women realty
brokers from membership in a, recog
nised organization. Mr. Rltter pointed
out, that - investors in real estate , pre
fer to deal with licensed brokers who
are members of authorised boards; as
the latter have obligated, themselves
to observe the eedefof ethics laid down
by the National Real .Estate associa
tion. In addition making individual
subscriptions to the Community Chest,
the members of the Women's Realty
board,' at the suggestion of Mrs. T. B.
Nenhausen,- president.' decided at Fri
day's meeting to contribute 50 . to
the Chest as an organiaatiop.
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XOTS OHAJTGE HAJTDS
-Hood River, Nov.-25. Two pieces Of
property in the main business section
changed bands': but,' week . and have
established for the first lima in aeveral
years basis jot property values. -The
property . belonged to the E. I. Smith
estate and comprised two lots, -each
SO by lftn i Mk street. " On . both
lots; are- substantial brick store and
office buildings. One lot with two
story brick building, was purchased by
H. Gross for 12S.O00-and; the Other-lot
wi th two ' one-si ory brick. Stoves,' --was
; acquired by A. S. iwelr for. (lJ)oo.;f
; 26, .1922.
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VALUE OF PUBLIC
Two7Thirds of Total iValue. of
Public Utilities of State Rep
resented by Railroads, : .
Salem. Or.. Nov. 25. The apportioned
value of .public utilities in Oregon for
1922, upon which taxes will be based,
aggregates $123,707,064.80, reduced
from an actual cash vajue of $189,S59,
JI4.60 to correspond to the Assessment
of : other property. . Tbjs represents an
increase of less than $400,000 over the
figure for 1921, when the apportioned
value was -$121,311,472.1?. ' . , V
Mora " than ' two-thirds of the total
value of pubUo 'utllfUes in the state
is represented by railroads with an
apportioned value of $82,752,856.82.
Electric and street railway companies
are valued for taxation purposes, at
$31,046,872.99; telephone' companies,
$7,830,343.22; telegraph companies, . $1.
168,138.26; sleeping, car companies,
$499,269.76; express - car - companies,
$244,215.69; and refrigerator. car -companies.
$165,867.80. . '' r -
Following is the . apportioned . value
of utilities by counties, the first column
representing 'the figures , for 1922 -and
the second column the figures for 1921 :
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6.1,8 17.25
006.B83.e3
8.234,S4.84
2,621.978.08
2.155.918.68
1.107.972.86
: 58.J2T.78
16,136.03
ll.R4T.95
6.73 1.8ST.54
3,S92.KeS.7
4Il.78T.26
' S45.O2S.02
1,859.626.42
1.712,804.84
1.018,481.67
1.923.035.43
1,863.648 08
: IS1.S4S.06
4,286. 4T0.B4
842.828.43
8,291.824.28
2.008.4 84.61
1021
Bkker . ...1
Bmton . -Clarkamu
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Ciatiop. . . .
Colombia . . ,
Crook ....
Our i j . . . .
DaashutM .
6.694.548.88
890,615.44
' 6.091.795.65
2,725.784.95
2.445.271.45
1,131.889,21
" 54.147.89
13.645.05
8T5.7T4.1S
6.85S.7 16.29
8,599,5T.6S
895.S89.49
859.974.56
1,828.959.28
3,675.000.44
. 1.027,967.07
1.892.475.61
Giut
Ramcr'
Hood Rirer.
Jsckioa. . .
Jeffenos ...
Josephine, .
1.360.576.52
1S1.109.94
4,117,896.53
661,897.82
3.887.184.48
2.248.360.23
4.693.586.64
3.771.874.19
LI boo la ...
Inn -. .
Mslhanr .
Marion . .
4.798.988.74
Morrow ' . .
2.759.574.61
S5.911.544. 56
S3. 2TB. 200. 21
Polk - . . ...
Shmu . .
Tillamook .
UmatiUs . . ,
1'iuon. - . . .
1.396,052.94 ' 1.2,013. 80
8.062.427.87
3.279.1T6 63
' 778.68i.
10.218.007.75
6,127,469.26
1.044. 190. 71
6,151.214.71
2,001,570.81
11.951.00
1.286.572.64
799.320.47
10.729,351.97
6,072,521.85
1,051,663.15
5il29.698.74
1,842.475.55
5,183.80
1J258.100.71
Wallowa
Waaeo . . . .
WaahtactDB. -Wheeler
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Taihbitt . .
TablQWalupfll
V .State Shows Loss
Salem, Nov. 25.- The assessed valua
tion of all- property in the " state for
122 shows a decrease of $11305.036.72
as compared to the valuations for 1921,
according to figures compiled by. Frank
A. Lovell. state tax eomndasioner.' The
taxable value of all property in - the
state, this year is $1,009,499,160.3$ as
compared to $1.0:0,804,197.10 In 1S2L
The 'aggregate rvalue , of all, taxable
property aa returned by the county as
sessors, representing all property-with
the . exception - of pebtic utilities, la
$897,432,724.97 -as; compared to $885.-
792,096.84 last- rear, s Public utillUes
add $123307,64.54; to the total t as
sessed value or in State, a decrease of
nearly $400,600 from last year." due to
4 .the decrease .in assessment ratios, i i
UTILITIES SHOWS
SMALL INCREASE
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Work Begun Toward
C oiis tracting4 ;New
r i i sans' ; Temple
. During the last week workmen have
been busyt wrecking the old buildings
which stood on .the corner of Third and
Columbia streets preparatory' to. the.
erection of a $75,000 lodge building by
the 'United Artisans. Bids for con
struction work are being advertised for
and, awards .will , be. announced, soma
time next week, according to C. I
McKenna, supreme secretary of the or
ganization. The new building will be
th horns of Al Azar ; pyramid, the
highest degree in the United Artisans.
Stock to the amount of $35,000 was
sold among the members and friends
of the organization to finance the con
struction of the temple.
The building will occupy a site of 106
by 100 feet and will be two stories in
height. Two largo auditoriums have
been provided to scat several hundred
persons. . Banquet rooms, rest rooms
and offices of the order will be on the
second floor, while In the basement
will be the heating plant 'and billiard
rooms. .. This wU be the third build
ing owned 'by the Urilted' Artisans In
Portland. The -Artisans home on Divi
sion street Is one of the most beauti
ful in architecture, around Portland.
The organization la also -planning the
enlargement of the Artisans building
on Broadway and Oak street by -Adding
four stories, making it 10. stories
in .height. , .
Strong Movement in
Suburban Additions
Program for Spring
Increasing interest in suburban res
.deuce -additions presages a ' strong
movement In that olass of. real -estate
following the -hoiway- penoo, .aocoru
ing to Robert II. Coof rey. manager of
the suburban home department of Flit
ter. Ixwe U Co. Caiman addition. Just
outside the city limit on East ;. 4 2d
street, north of Fremont, la popular
4tH hnm builders interested in acre
age sites. D. Potter, who has been
living In apartments, has bought a
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naif acre traex'-ra auuiwvw mu
proposes 'to -i build i a. - home. Ferry
Smith ' is improving tract In the
same neighborhood and a number Of
others are- coming - In before spring,
Confrey stated. -vt v f T -:
All but one of "the tracts In Rltlow
Iatx thra mi 1 ea from the City On
the Base Una and Barker roads, hare
been sow ' oy onrey uciaiuutut
and many houses . have been built: In
the addition. 71e firm- also proposes
to dispose oil the Middleton tract, re
cently platted rrom 60 acres on -Powell
Valley iatl:.'"W t V-rt-V :ii.V'r
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Planned at Eugene
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,5 Eugene, Or:. Nov. '25. -Plans for the
erection of a new hotel building on the
corner of Tenth and "Willamette streets
have been announced with the. taking
of an option on the property downed by
the Southern Pacific company. Prank
Berger, local realty man, ; and: James
dark. Springfield hop grower, are the
promoters . of the , new hostelry, Two
sets of plans," one for a six-story and
another for a, nine-story hotel, are be
ing drawn by Tourtellotte Sc Hummel.
Portland architects. The - promoters
expect the building to -cost $300,000.
Work of financing the project will be
berried on this winter. It Is hoped to
start building in the spring. , - . , .
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COST PLUS PLAN
PROVES POPULAR
WITH BUILDERS
Abundance of Money , Available
- for Home Building, Loans Are
Retired' in Easy Payments. -
The epoch-making activity of the
past two years In residence construc
tion has developed, during recent
months a decided tendency toward
high class houses and better building
methods. - The- public haa recovered
from the hysteria of the easy money
period which followed the war and
haa learned to .discriminate ' between
the - shoddy -construction of the mer
cenary - contractor ; and ' th skilled
workmanship of ' the consclentioui
home builder. ' . ,i
Plans-are, more carefully thought
out. greater attention is given to the
choice of materials and their struc
tural uses, estimates and costs are
given' more studious consideration by
the publio today than In 1921 or the
previous year. The better clasa
builders not only have encouraged the
sane trend of the market but have
studied out new economics In construc
tion and better methods of financing
building operations for the benefit of
their. patrons. , '
- The. cost plus system applied to home
building has proved popular In many
larger cities . of the country andi-ie-galning
favor in Portland. . The Matot
Construction . company ' uses this
method, charging sjt its fee for archi
tect's plans, estimates, supervision and
three yeara service after the complew
tion of the house 8 per cent of the
construction cost.
,'i The three years sen-ice to the home ''
owner Is .another, innovation Intro
duced by the -Matot company and in
sures against extra expense for minor
adjustments, 1 alterations or repairs '.
found necessary during the .three
year period. .1 This form of guaranty
Is- gradually- coming into -vogue in
other cities and its general acceptance
would -insure careful Inspection on the
part of the builder before a house
turned over to s patron. ; . v
i' There is ' an abundance of money
available for financing home building -operations;
Matot stated and his firm
has adopted a- plan for amortizing
mortgage f loans during a 10-year
period by monthly payments of $12.80
per - $1000.- , The company has placed
contracts-- for the erection - of ,118
houses - line 7lnurr 1. ' 19!2 '"ami
now has 20 bouses under construction. '
The Matot company does not deal in
ready-cut houses - but builds them ' in
the old fashioned ' way on the site.
Houses erected or Under construction .
by the 'company- range In cost from
$2000 to-$12,000.- . : u .
The .borne- building campaign will
continue', at approximately its present
strength. during 1923, Matot stated,
and his firm has contracted in advance
for large - consignments of materials.
STA9SAKD OIX COMTAWT BCIIJ8
Walla Walla,' Wash.. Nov. IS. Ac
cording to J. P. Cr uden, district sales
manager - for the Standard Olt com
panyc that corporation will undertake
in : the . near future a building pro
gram here which win result in a com
plete' rejuvenation of the local plant
of the company and entail an addi
tional expenditure la new building
of between $10,000 and $15,000. Among
the new. buildings to be constructed
are a concrete -garage and a machine
shop. ,
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