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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1926)
Ore A '. t : "1 i, With Terminals Located trict Is Without Adequate Passenger and Freight Transportation the Service jt fany Sgegflijs ff,a$ Pt$YSR f! SfSS? 99B 9 I?!6? PfaflH in Tfml Before fh Advent of the Auto Lines,' Trans portation Facilities! Were Lacjcing Due to the Impossibility of Thorough Goerjjjg gff ffje for !gr WaftrF-tflS 8S Twfe UnSS Are Now', Operating on Satisfactory Schedule 4t e1 r. ..... KdteiBttwa.' GrU lilUtnoti Clove 46 Newpbrl ! Yachats dtp te'pi tSaftl-ner, V - I Rril .port i - Lakeside NortKBen 0 f 1 , 41 Cape rrr,i . Broekini .: f. MAJOR PROJECTS ! fly 11 '..'" 11 - - j' . . m- 111. I " . .1. : i.try mm HUNDREDS, NEW FIELDS OPENED rapor. Linen, Lnmber Tpn-Story. Of flor- r ItuHdinjt; .KUc If ome ana v.. 3l.v A nrau.wiH ui iiiNTnianm The year Jtast closing banner building year in was the Salem's at the history: Fife years ago,i nri nf 1921. the building records ...... jr . . . . 1 . u ' - 1 'showed ior inai year 1533,020. In 1922 building con struction iri Salem for -the first time jumped to and pastjthe mil--lion dollar mark"; totaling Tit: the end of the year-ftm.ZTttfEach year since has shows, an Increase, In 1923 the total was-f 1.2SS.732 and In J924, $1,731,210; For 1925 the. total is $1,794,935, at gain of $63,725 -over last year, j ' ' .Of the! total for .1925 nearly $1,000,000 went into the construc tion of new dwellings. The exact f figures for . residence j building ' were. $983,275. - r !.'' - The most Costlv-of the- build- ' Ings that have. .gone, up loi. the1 last year and the cost of each were. Mi'os linen mill '133.000; Fisher apartments.: $45,000; St. Vincent tie Paul Catholic church, scnooj curt ftnrlsh house. . $100,000; .Y. M. C. A.. $t2r,.0dft:;risirrnms' )f,r .finniifi- . f't lory for in AH the Principal Cities ;of Oregon, 'the Auto t?4 c V ". rdl i raw 0t. . f I -- -. 5t W CreeW .. .. r-. ". 4 A 4 WILLt EMPLQY L r Western 't'aper Converting ! fo'm pany. $35,600; "MrCurdy apart-. ments... $24,000. ' By the month the permitsi tot aled for the year. as follows; Jan uary, $7f,000; February, :$ 154, 000; March, $155, 00; ; April $268,675; iMay ; $120,950; ,Jun. 4 run. 1 T11 1 1 c Tsn n. ust, $l3l.00t; Eeptember$ll3. O&0; OttoHn 7flr,6S0".: Xcrvember, $7tt,650; Dfecembef.I$lS.0(!r01" " ' Tbe" total of $4!00'for Decem- ber is a decrease. a' compared with1 December a year ago when the- total was $S3. 923, permits:, having -been, iis&uefl in- December last year for a concrete business building ! costing $20,000 'arid, a laundry costing $15,000. ! ... Al-ate-laiit- apring, the-New' r Sa lent Laundry was. ' dedicated. Housedin' a reenforced -eoTicrete Lbcllding, markiHg ttie 'latest im provement in laundry : plant de sign, 'the structure' stands on a lot;74 by 14G feet, at. 263 ,South H'fffr stretrt.' Alt mffchitteir 'ate driven by electric' power, the old 1 i'Ary OA. - - it mi 0r . 1 X n 1 v k aBrt9fi. a r .- r Mr m . i in I. 'i sv)r.t t i 1 1 h f e 711 ' '.'WAT - -v& tr rr . Sir :Jf I i- seT 7-1 -T- V .rson 57 XV jna-RTtt1e ! .V mum, nvui yT I C.f Klamath ? KlaAiathAtfencV- K J"- si fashioned boiler having been, el- j imtnated. Steam is bought 'from; the 1 Portland Electfie-"Power com pany, icondenser, and this distilled, at ,the rate of . 35,000: pounds a moptha.' used "for 'washing pu4 posesj Seven thousand feet of air' pcriminnte goes through the dry er; jA; large rest Voom is, provided forjwpmen employees; 37 persons are j oh the payroll,-, five ctelivery wagons are used. , t Oabriel Powder, an.d Supply company added ;'to Its activities anc Investments, materially '. dur ing! the past." year, and contern plaies furthes expansion in the near- future.' From one, small of fice; oil the second floor formerly occupied, the -organization, has moved into its modern , supply and paint - store at' 175 .South- Commercial street. In addition to the! large powder . business being conducted, a modern lumber yard waf iconslructed at ., 610 North. Capitol street, buildings being set on Iconc.rete foundations. A thlfd rtruck; wilt, be 'added' to the" del- frery system and -dfl, additional rail spur' laid- - ' .? The one story building belag erected on Liberty street adjacent to 'the Salem Bank of Commerce building by Dr. P. L. Sleeves has trails-of rpenforced rtmcrete. Tho building is divided Into threii f7. IllLat . .a Stage and Truck Lines JLw ! Maupi ersf 1 I J Tutnalo 2Bend t TT I Fort Rack ft en A at - fflry I Summer take ' ! I . L: 1 Bsnanta VCalit 121 rooms, to be rentetU Front of the Diujtiing unshed wit.!, Medusa cemWtr Fqnt-'wall has' been" so' constructed jas tb-anoWthe 'plac-' wirtdows.5'','K.'Sorth Tooted is to t De occup!ed: iy a -munnery-snop; theceiitSr' by a f'real;'estate com patty, 1 fcn'rf jtle Wuth, by a loan and18artnff'ranipany, : : .. - r, . . . : i .....,.. c . - I I The? neW lil'ka? vtemple finished j Teceniiy, is one 01 tne I'nest nuua ings in Salem, 'Much .money-, was expended inj putting up this struc ture $175,0(10 the site. $22,500 and the furnishings $3S,G0"r. 1 The building is constructed; 'of feenforced" toucrete, 'and is faced eiv the outside with', light red brick, It ahk has a tile roof. The furnishing!! inside are-of Uia fiu est. all woodwork betas solid ma hogany, Including doors, window frames us jweH a3 chairs. - The floor : is - cohered v wlh genuine V. X. Rubber tiler. the ; design being -dlfterent " throughout .-the building. . ' On. the'Tirst floor" there- i ' the lobby, .first class . , dicing V room , which serves lwBche' at Tioon.'and dinners in jt he- evening." a ladies parloj-.f reading - "Ind lounging Toom, : writing" room, coat room and also the office' of 'the secre tary. On" the-second - floor -1 an auditorura:, small stage-besdles 1 Qperatmg: m This State ire, r itfjrigri J'JLL .j. :'-- -, i ! Antelope WHE 5Ashv.,ooi -4 MiteKeir X PostS R i - ySummer Lak JPaialey , 0 J7z f! MartL. lAdei Wew - New ?iinie! Creek 120 the regulariodge room. ' This building is We of the. finest Elks temples in itlie northwest, itiruig , tne past yearr several s stores aftd, garages" and apartmeijt nouses u&ve yvttn ct'iisii uiitrvi. M Saleni 4 ' - t "" " ' " ' '1 w- vv. r'auut ronstrnct.ea a con - crete store buildinic at '34 5. Xortb Commercial - street' " The- build1-' Ing est $230V' ' ' J. 'E. Scbtt buijt a frame store building at 1955, Fair Gfounds road atJ a cost of $200.0 --l ladd. ahd eBuitj. local bankers, spent $3000 ;ih altering; thejr -brick' an o Icon crete .- building - at 260 Coutr iBtreet. ' " . "A store building, finished la stucco, wits, erected at 475 Xorth Church-, street by, C, C. Wilson The strurtur tost" $3000. ' , ' -. ItalpIt'L McCurtly built a , group of court apartments at the corner of Miller and 'John streets. Cost of construction vaa , $2f 4,00(1. C. C. Gsibriei of , the Gabriel Powder and Supply company, eotvr fstrncted a warewruse and a waro house shedat 610 North Capitol, the two buildings costing $6000. Roth and Company, local gro cers spent $1000 in repairing. their store building at 134 Ndrltt Lift erty.' - -5 ; ' -' "Valley Motor company '- con structed a . brick J store ' buildifig Qffe? a Service That Is U 30 id Spring Kultonfq FAlbeU. rUkiah rktrsMiil iRange Creek. Be cH Creek ox City ! 'Canyon City V. Burn 3 Malheur,, County i-oads CruinD VfJTMM. Highways used' ty motor stages only LUiumrn"!. - " .! trucks , , , , j. Railroads N. E next to - their garage on High stret between" COnt "and Cheme- Eketa streets. -,' The, s,Uuctur$K cost J T-Kf- Ilosslf built a, dwelling .; - .v. -'-"- ""Vf-" 'Capitol sti-.eet at a ctjsti of- $,3QA; : , a store mjjiiina was- ereetea ,by -.'A. CV Nejspn- si .-34 5-, Xorth 1 A service- Nation .ura built by I. D. o Jnes on the comer of Cap itol and Court streets.! The struc-; ture cost. $6000. : - I The old Liberty theater, was al tered into a" store room for the Cosmopolitan Stores,. Inc.; at - a cost' of '$400Ov The location is oa Liberty jitreet between. -Stat ati& Court streets.'. ''" - "Adam Khgel, -prdrnineBt Salem contractor erected "a ' group , of Lcourt upavtments -In the". 1000 block on North" Capitol street. The apartments cost $38,000. T. J. Hill' ahd i Sou built a $4500 store, at 175 Stato'street, Costliest apartment: house to be built during the past-year was constructed .'by O.. L. 1 Fishervat 330 Oak street. - The" apartment honse cost; $45,000. -Nelson, Jaeob and- Ling- con structed a concrete store build ing at 350 North High street. The (CoUni u pae 2) Unparajled irt the. West ' N5Telocast VJ. MdkaliSprs Hetive - Uty v,. . 1 , . "bMarKeur TWlJurtin ton. ; Harper, Juntura j . 1 tiverside M A L h e u r ! 9Vte highways use by moloK stages stn4 .. not i use bv - - - uced by motor fttjes anrf (under construction) 4- D V 1 "THANKS FOR. TOUR," WRITES j 1 l YQlpg0ir "Y" INDUSTRY TRIP ' I . ' ritten-by.. 1 ' KRAIDSHIAEGH ' ranghf ' the ;!V o'clock; stage a( Itrook-Cor0ermy roasiv and I, land got to Salem at .9:50. Then after considerable askings and di recting: we finally goti to - the Ti Mir C. A.' ". . Li. . I . -" 'Well, .we .waited around .therd till 10, o'clock, - Then- the men said jit was tliae -to , go so we got Into cars, and started out; 'Fir's! we went arouna the insane asy luitn but we didn't : go in. From there, we went to the penitentiary. We went along the cells, and into the movie-house. " Then we went outside and ' . saw , them taking loads of flax to the refinery Ve went to.- the - reflnery and. sawa matt forking flax r between two rollers: ; be 5 would i do. that for about three times' the'a he would Throw it onto a "table where men would' tie it up, into shocks, then take ft on wher.e a man would put it between' a kind of cogs and make It fluffy.1- Jlio wdtjld prja.lt on then to tome a,.a who would Practically No Dis 4 rJLi 2 t: i "trucks ' - tKuck 117 1 I M 1 -A I f - v4 . 1 ' ' fyssaT reciatr! by Iloys . Who CJain Distlnfi itotlx of 0rration , put it in a kind of -carder ana then sack, it up , to ship to the. linen mills. From the penitentiary we w'-t back to the insane asylum. went in and went -through 't!. kitchen, the carpenter shcp 1 ' the" mattress shoj. 1 Then we V. ; : outside and saw little tracks t'l over so we asketf the leader wjit they' were 'for. ,.He, said, ' "V. ::, ten. minutes before dinner a 1 bell rings and mere are iom c; buildings that laold the r -:-. So little trains run on. the t i and get dinner t all the r ' bytlS o'clock, s.z.1 thre ar..: -'vatorf too' '- We .iid it w: classy-way..,"- y . .. k ."..It was about ilianer ttine f w- went.down'to -a little re&ti.;tu:t and-had dins sr. ',. After dlsner wwer.t toAl i . engine houe. We wr-l: ened a plr.":i jn t ?.,- -. : z: . down a bruti :' t!...t -.si' Then they n i wi-.r, !".:; . n :