C.ZGO:; SUNDAY JOUniiAL, PORTLAND, . fITJ'nJAY LIOIINING, DZCZllZZr. 2U 1C22,
PORTLAND INVESTS
REALTY TRANSFERS
IN RECORD VOLUME
MADE D URING YEAR
PORTLAND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES' BUILD NEW HOMES
BUILDINGS IN 1922
10
23 MILLIONS IN NEW
n
Year.
1900
1901
1902 ;
1903 1
1904
1905
1906-
1907
1908"
1909
1910
Permits. Value.
392...$ 994.985
745... -T1529.I43
1244,.,
1628..:
1720...
2318. ..
3307. , .
3912.
4849...
4739...
6523...
2730,660
4.281.056
4.029.225'
4.183.368'
6.927.971
9.585.797
10.405.131
13.481.380
20.886,202
in i c t tit
1911
7686
. () Figures to December 15 inclusive.
Alt previous building: records in the-history orthejcity were broken
in the construction campaign of the past year, "both; as to the number
of permits granted and thetvalue of buildings erected As a" reflection
v of the rapid development of a 'GreaterPortland,rthe.-buHdfngrcon-struction
movement of the past 12 months has added imoretlian, 3100
new-' dwellings to established residence districts;; developed 'three new
retail trade centers; erected a dozen 'or more high. class business blocks
and witnessed an important expansion of several "Industrial and "com
mercial, plants. . , .
1 The Vevlval in construction got fairly
under way early in - i21. following
marked- recessions In material .and
labor costs from the inflation peak of
1920." r
11, 1S PERMITS ISSUED.
Building permita' ' granted v Jn 1921
totaled 14,19.", valued at $r7,225.M.
compared with .'14.184 -permits valued
at ' $22,526,165 Issued during 1922. up
to and including peoember 15, a gain
for the current year of approximately
30 per cent' The highest previous an-
, nual building record was established in
1910, when S23 permits called tor an
expenditure of $20,886,202.-
Ahalysis of the report of the building
permits division shows a preponderance
of single, and multiple dwelling con
struction during the past ; year, corn
pared with other classes of buildings.
The number of permits for the erection
of residences and flats totaled -3233,
with anaggregate value of $11,726,870,
' or approximately '51 per cent of-the
total amount invested in building con
struction during the year. Permits also
were issued for 32 apartment houses,
with ;a total value- of $1,127,400 and
aggregate r housing "capacity for 413
families, w,
MOUSES BOLT
. During the past two years more than
6300 residence " permits ' have been
granted in the city' and this new con
struction, together with new apartment
bouses and more than 1000 new dwell;
ings erected in near-in suburban dis
tricts, furnished accommodations far
an increase of about 40.000 to the popu
lation of ; Portland. This estimate on
the" 'increase in population is amply
verified In reports on the number of
pupils In the schools of the city, records
of the water bureau and the number of
new Installations made by gas, electric
1 : and telephone companies.
Out of 22 fireproof buildings erected,
tluFfe were of steel' frame, while 19
were of reinforced concrete, with an
aggregate value of $1,349,250.
' . In the seml-flreproof class, 85 permits
were r granted calling for an investment
of $271,250.
Eleven mill-constructed buildings
- ere authorized, at an aggregate cost
' of $383,400:
Buildings of ordinary construction
. numbered 125 and were valued at $2,
$21,650, . Frame constructed buildings totaled
'' 7571, with ah aggregate value of $13,-
501,230.
Six new docks, costing $177,950, and
permits for alterations aggregating
t $5p,000 cover building activities along
.' toe waterfront.
, The largest building operation of the
.year W. the new Elks temple, a fire
proof, steel frame structure covering
f 100 by 150 feet of ground space at the
"V southeast corner of 11th and Alder
streets. The building comprises four
stories with unusually high ceilings,
- and will be used exclusively for lodge
purposes, with the exception of a por
f tlon of the ground floor which is being
" v equipped for retail shops. Architects'
plans for the temple were furnished
by Houghtaling & Dougan.
A" group of three major structures
: designed by Sutton Whitney are
important additions to the west Bide J
- business district. The J. K. Gill build
. ing. covering the quarter block at the
southeast corner of Ftf tb. and Stark
i etreets, is an eight-story reinforced
concrete structure costing In excess of
$300,000, and will be equipped to handle
i the retail and wholesale departments
; "of the ;J-K. Gill company. -..
I35, STEUCTCBE
An" , eight-story . reinforced , concrete
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Contains 'complete list of Banks, Buildings, Clubs,
; , Churches, Depots, Docks, Theatres, Hospitals,
Libraries, Parks, Streets; Etc.- ; - -"
' , : Price 50c . - j T
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. , .roriiano, uregon - -
f Year- ' Permits. Value. ' '
1912 8224... 14.652.071
1913 -2 6710: i. 12.956.915
-J914 5959..; 8;334.075
: : 1915.' 4625:: '.' 4.895;345
! 11916V.' 4467 J IV" .6.301,360
.1912, 8224,. $14,652.07.1
i 1917 3377-..V- 3,643,410
1918- 5707... 6.172,154
. 19)9 ? ' 8922: : 9.840;725
.: 1 920 r: 1 0.1 96 : : v 12)88.505
1921 "14.169: :v 17:225:576
1 922 184. L 22.52 6, 1 65,
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warehouse.' 100 .-by 200 feet in dimen
sions, -located on the - south side of
Irving between 13th, and v ltbBtreet8,
represents an investment ' of - approxi
mately $350,000 and- will house the
Wholesale and mall Order departments
of the Meier AFrink company.' ' Jf
' The Imperial" garage, a six-a'tory, re
inforced concrete building covering (be
quarter , block: at the- southeast corner
of Fourth and - Pine streets was;-de-Signed
-by Sutton &' Whitney,' fort auto
storage, with retail shops on the ground
fkor.t Construction, cost was $125,000.
The same architects furnished plans
for tht new Shriners' hospital for 'crip
pled children, to be ' erected at-VEast
82d: streets and Sandy boulevard.- at$ a
cost of. $278,000,' and . remodeled the
fouMtpry Meier- Frank warehouse
building" at '-"the southwest 'corner"-of
Broadway and Taylor street tor- auto
storage - and i retail shops. '
Erection of the new Odd Fellows
temple on the, quarter block ai the
southwest corner of '10th ' and Salmon
streets .is -an important acquisition -to
that district. The building is a fire
proof, steel " frame- structure., costing
$250,000. The ground floor wlltvbe used
for retail shops and three upper stories
will -"be -equipped ; for 'lodge ' purposes
Architects'' plans i were ' prepared ' by
Krnst Kroner. " " - '
JIODEKW. APABTMEST8
The new Ambassador apartments., re
cently completed on the quarter block
at the southwest corner of Sixth and
Madison - streets, 'established a new
standard for apai-tment house construc
tion In the city. The building is a re
inforced concrete r fireproof - structure
with" brick and terra .cotta exterior.
There are 18 single rooms for bachelor
quarters on the ground floor, and the
eight upper stories are divided Into
48 three, "Your and five room suites,
plans were prepared by Carl ' Llnde
and cost of the building and equipment
was approximately $700,000.
The Sovereign hotel, nearing comple
tion on a 66x100 foot site at the south
west corner of Broadway and Madison
street, is" another exceptional type Of
building for apartment hotel purposes.
Construction is of reinforced concrete
and exterior walls are of brick and
terra cotta. The ground floor will
contain a restaurant, delicatessen and
a spacious lobby. Each suite consists
of a large living room with a kitchen
and breakfast room; on one side and
a bath and dressing' room opposite.
Establishment of the auto . terminal
stage depot at the southwest corner of
Park and Tamhill streets formed the
nucleus of a new retail shopping dis-
trict, and several two-story reinforced
concrete buildings were erected .in the
neighborhood.- Practically all of these
are fully tenanted. Another new trade
center was developed during the year
in the vicinity of Ninth and Oak
streets, with the Fitxpatrick building as
its center. Similar new retail trade
centers at street car transfer points
on the east side have received strong
impetus through the 1922 building cam
paign. .
Residence construction has been welj,
distributed among, the older developed
additions. Westover Terraces and
Arlington Heights on the west side and
Eastmoreland, Laurelhurst, Irvington,
Rose City Park, Piedmont on the east
side have been scenes of unusual con
struction activity. Suburban dwellings
in Dunthorpe also featured the year's
oonstrnctton. A trend toward better
class construction was noted in home
buildings, and this movement will be
more apparent during 1923. according
to architects who are nrenarine nlana
.for jusxt, year's- building. .
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1 Architect's 'drawing-Of new -Shriners hospital , for crippled children," to be 'built, at once. c2 Home of
- "Kenton lodg A. F. and Al C t Benwr mvenne and Kilpatriclc street.1 S Odd' Ftellows temple nndcr
r-eonstrctionjr mi SOtb.. and Salmon, which will, cost $1,100,000. 4 Ifew temple of Mount .Hood lodge
- - A. F. and A. 31. at Hmcrson and Commercial streets. 5 -Temple ' for Al 'Azar pyramid, : United Arti
sans, to be! built at Third" and Colnxnbl streets. - "
Long-Bell1 Project ;
, Creates New City
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v The past .'year witnessed the begin
ning:, of.' the hegira of southern pine
operators to the Oregon fir 6f the Pa
cific Northwest. . '
- Announcing' that -they - had, but five
years - more 4 of " major . operation in
J liar- lLilii :a
southern pine, - the, Long-Bell. Lumber
company, the largest of the manufac
turers of pinefrbm the. routlC came
to the Columbia river-and bought much
of the timber between .Kelso and Che
halls. Washw together with 11,000 acres
for the. Longvie w lownsitnon the Col
ombia at the mot? th of Cowlits river.
A ' dyke a docen milea long is ' being
thrown around -the . property through
the agency of Port of Portland dredges.
A hotel ia rising-. Bank and business
buiiding' -win XoUpw.
Several bun-
dred houses are being constructed sim
ultaneously. - Mills capable of sawing
a million or .more teet -of lumber a day
will be erected. Longvlew Is announced
as city of 20,000 people within two
years and a city of 60,009 in a probable
t-year period. , ,
r "More than 40,000 acres of burned
over lands within the national forests
of Oregon and 'Washington- have been
reforested- by the- Unite States- forest
service -duxing the .last: 12years. -' -
Ketiring County J
Conunission Makes;
Record in Office
The present " county commission
which is disstdved tomorrow -when
two commissioners retire, has a record
for exceptional activity toward public
improvement. - " . " y
Although the plans for jth'e new
Multnomah . county hospital were con
ceived before the present commission
was formed. -two "of its members were
a part of the commission which first
began to push the. enterprise,-' and it
was mainly during the regime of the
present commission that iSe actuai
work of erectlng-the hospital, was car
ried forward. v. '
The commission which? first ; be pan
this , work was ; composed of Rufus
Holman, "Ralph W. Hoyt, commission
ers who retire the first of the year,
and A. A. Muck, -who was succeeded
three years ago by Commissioner Ru-
deen, the 'only member of the present
commission - who will continue In of
fice as the colleague' of Commissioners-
elect Rankin, and , Walker.
Tjo this present commission Is due
much of the credit for the indorse
ment of the two bridge bond issues,
which caH for $3,000,000 for a new
Burnside bridge and $1,600,000 for a
bridge across the Willamette at. Ross
island.
Greely street, long a source of much
contention, was paved and improved
half of its length, during the regime
of the present commission. Many -other
streets and highways in the county
also have been improved and . paved.
The plan for utilising the site, of the
old county poor if arm for a , place of
public interest and general good was
begun by this present coranjission.'.
Under its planning, a part of the farm
has been transferred to the city for
the purpose of establishing a golf
course a'nd a part, of the remainder
given to the school board as a site for
an industrial school. This park when
it is' completed will be called Hoyt
park in honor of Commissioner Hoyt.
Columbia Narrowest
At Five-Mile Rapids
Although the Columbia river drains
an area exceeding a quarter, of a mil
lion square miles in Montana, Wyom
ing, Idaho, British Columbia, Washing
ton and Oregon there is a- point at
Five Mile Rapids, near Celilo, where
the whole great current is narrowed
to. a width of only about 160 feet.
Needless to say the depth of the swift
waters hv almost equal to the width.
The story Is told that when President
Hayes was making a visit to the West
he stopped at. this point and demon
onstrated both the narrowness - of . the
gorge and the strength of his arm by
throwing a stone clear across to the
opposite shore. There is a similar
gorge where .the river Is but a trifle
wider at Ten Mile Rapids in the same
vicinity. But at no other points do
Oregon and Washington get so close
together.
40 Outside Towns
Are Supplied Water
The city of Portland, besides having
an abundance of water for domestic
use., and that water of a quality that
has attracted wide attention i because
of Its purity, is supplying Bull Run
water to nearly 40 outside municipali
ties or small corporations. These are.
bound, by agreements.' which restrict
the use and recognise the. prior -and
superior rights of the citizens of Port
land to the water at, any time lt may
be needed within the city boundaries.
Portlanal
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EAST JTOTH AI EAST MI1J,
' vSTBKETS
AH Types ? Passenger and; Freight
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XIGHT AKD BAt REPAIRS ASD
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Pkoae East THgbt X inkers t
ins iia Aiiomatle 127-2I
. . FINE W ' -
INDUSTRIAL .SITE
Approximately 17 y2 Acres
Over 1150 feet frontage on the Wil
lamette river In the man uf acturi n tr
Sistrict, with the Southern Pacific
nd Oregon Electric lines adjoining
and close to property. The depth of
the river ranges from IS to 28 feet,
for a,- distance of over 500 feet In
front of this property. To close an
estate and satisfy others holding
an interest in it, a very low pricj
and easy terms will be accepted.
E. L BROWN
1123 Xorta western Bank BaJldiag
All classes of property participated
in thereal estate activity" of the past
year , and-recorda show a larger volume
of transfers than during- any previous
12 months' period in the history ot the
city. , In spite of the unusually active
market, business property values have
remained approximately at former 4ev
als.?; There has Been, a tehdencytoward
Steady , increase in -rvalues, in, the, dis
trict south of Morrison and west of
Park street and a similar reaction'. Is
apparent along Broadway and in the
district north -of Washington and west
of :Broadway. ; 'tv.. ' . ,'-:
ApreciatJon in property values has
kept pace, with and beea the .result
of , building'; construction in v the - dis
tricts affected .and has followed the
steady- growth la popuIaUon of ' the
city., v There . has- .'been n effort on
the: part. of., local realtors to . develops
a- speculative market , and the . buying
public has hot' been ii a mood to participate-
in a - gamble on future devel
opment of the city. . - ;
VAirasTABtE ; A : v'i
stability lot. real estate - values ;ln
Portland has been, recognized to a con
siderable extent by out of town s in
vestors. '.- Purchase of the iWelle-Fargo
building by' San Francisco realty oper
ators - f or i J85O,000 ' and 'its subsequent
transfer In" Porter Brothers for; a. coa
sideratton of- Jl.110.000 . wag- the most
important transaction in business prop
erty recorded during the year. Sale of
the ; property ; to; Porter; -Brothers was
handled by the IP. &' Taylor company
and" this firm reported, sales of Mown-,
town real -estate aggregating more
than 18,100,000 -during; 1922. -'.::
, Sale of the Nortonia hotel.; covering
the -quarter, block, at the southwest
corner J of ; lljhand , Stark- streets, to
George BurU of San Francisco for
4100,000 was. another important invest
ment by outside capital, s The hotel
was owned iby J oseph . Healy and : the
transaction, was bandied by Fred Rev
erman of the : Beverman Investment
company,' ; Several:; apartment houses
have been . purchased by out of .town
buyersi'i among' them "being the ' El
bridg . apartments at the southwest
corner of 21st and Overton streets, sold
by the F.s E. i Taylor company to John
W. , Orr, sheriflT of v. Alk , county ; for
JBO.OOor and the! Hartford apartments
at the ' northwest corner ot "21st and
Flanders sold . by i. the ; same realty
f irm - to H. -Hirschberg.Vi president ' of
the Stale Bank ' of Independence, for
$35,000. . .' . ' '
v Transfer - of- the Board ; of '' Trade
building an 11-story fireprooif struc
ture at -the southeast -corner of Fourth
and Oak streets. . from Max H. Houser.
to ATS. Kerry for approximately ?400,
000, was' reported 'arly-' in May, and
the following month the Concord build
ing, a 6-story brick office building
covering 60 by 95 feet of ground space
at the southwest corner of Second and
Stark streets, ' was ' traded to C IX
Crider . of Dallas for city and " farm
property valued at' $150,000. The Con
cord' building had been 'purchased
earlier in the year . from the - Ladd
estate by B. D. Stgler, D. B. Mackle
and H. y Leonard. .
TEMPIB SITE ACQUIRED
' Another realty sale announced ' la
May which attracted unusual - public-,
interest was the transfer ot the St.
Helens hall property, with a frontage
of 200 feet on the east side of Vista
avenue between Park and Main' streets,
from' the Episcopal diocese of Oregon
to the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies of
the Oregon district. Consideration was
$65,000 and it was announced that the
tract would be used as the site for a
$1,000,000 Scottish Rite temple planned
by Sutton & Whitney. '
: Sale of - prpertyf or improvement has
been an important factor in the mar
Office
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S HAVERS
TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY
SHAVERS FLEET
Shaver, Saiah Dixon, Henderson,
; Hercules, Cascade, No ;
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WE SPECIALIZE IN
Farms, City .Homes, Acreage; Easiness ' Property.':
- - Hotels and Apartment Houses . - 'J: '
" Exchanges Blade in AU Parts of the Country ? ;
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED "' ''. 'x
Members of the National Association of
V ' . , Real Estate Boards f",
432 Chamber of Commerce BIdg, Portland, Oreson
ket. Erection of the Paramount aTjart
ment house on property at the north
west corner v of i Kast Broadway and
Wheeler, streets -by : Herbert Gordon
reacted favorably- on other holdings in
the neighborhood and was followed by
the. purchase of a quarter block at the
southeast, corner of this street inter
section by the Haxejwood company as
a site for a manufacturing and retail
confectionery establishment. ,
v Gordon afterward sold the Paramount
apartments to I A Brtx for $200,000.
During vthe. year he purchased four
other s altes : for improvement with
apartments, and hotels one ot the
most important being a tract with 150-foot-
frontage on Main- and .100 -feet
n 11th - street' for the -new , Campbell
hotel. . Sale of the Gordon building at
the northwest : corner "of Jfeufth . and
Stark streets to Grant -P heglry-, by the
Gordon Investment company., involved
a.;consUleratioa".465K000U-vA.ljV:
Sales of the properties of the'jteed
estate -.during the . summer.; months
caused , a flurry In the real estate fnar
ket i One .of the mpjst , Important rpar
eels - -dlspoeed . of . was the - Abington
building, a- 5-story brick structure with
100-foot frontage -on the east .side of
Third' street between Washington and
Stark, purchased by -Frank JClernan
for S125.000. Another interestinar trans
action t in i Thlrd street property f was
the:-transfer, of , theold Ainsworth
Bank baildlng at the northwest corner
of . Third and Oak from the '.United
States National- bank to M. GlloVmau
for. approximately flWJymfj
OTHi:B.TBASSFEKS-r4Sit
. Purchase of. the 60 by 100-foot par
cel at the northeast - corner . of 'Sixth
and : Stark streets from" the Blyth
estate for $225,000 and transfer xf, the
50- byilOOi Bite at the ..northeast; corner
ot this intersection from Philip Gordon
to the Security Savings &- Trust com
pany for $375,000 figure in an import
ant development of .the. financial -district.
.The Security Savings 4: .Trust
company, affiliated -with; the First r'a
tlonal bank, wiir erect - a bonding on
the corner during 1923 ;and the Bank
Of California proposes. 'to build on its
site - the. following 'yeajiy .f' " :
r,-Salo of the Coucft -building. ?an S
story - concrete structure on" the west
side pf Fourth street "between Wash
ington and Stark streets,' by the Lewis
Investment company,-to the Portland
Realty Associates for $135,000 was ond
of the latest, transactions recorded
EAST SIDE DISTBICT.. . ,
-Revival of interest In east side busi
ness "property be gam with 'Hhe? resi
dence building! campaign of 1021 and
has increased steadily through the past
year. The movement "received a strong
Impetus followingr the 'purchase ot ap
proximately $2,000,000 worth of : prop
erty along East First street1 by the
Southern Pacific company for right of
way. : v.
Wholesale gJncery and commission
merchants have been quick, to, respond
to the increase in the number of east
sida retail stores, resulting from the
addition of thousands of new "homes
to the residence districts of that sec
tion ' of the city.:'1 Purchase of. - the
Mitchell, Lewis & Stave c building at
Past . Second and " Morrison streets by
Wadhams , Co. . added the fourth
tiaentberto the group of -Wholesale gro
cers on the east side of the Willamr
ette and inquiries among realty brok
en -point to further increase In the
number durlner 192- ' "
IMPROVEMEKTS EXCEED VIIUOX
The total cost of public improvement
work In .the southeastern district ot
Portland, now in progress or only re
cently completed.; including the Foster
road sewer, the hard surfacing of Fos
ter - road , and the construction cf the
Lents trunk, sewer," is $1,200,000. 4 ;
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