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The bend bulletin Section 2 City Improvements Organizations and Building VOL. X. BEND. OKEGON. WEDNESDAY. JULY , 1912. NO. 17 t Great Faith in Bend Shown by Remarkable Building Investments Stone, Brick and Frame Structures Rise ii City Municipal Improvements, Electric and Water Systems Notable 4 $80,000 in Permanent Structures Since Railroads Advent Qnu of tlio most striking example of substantial itovotopinrrit of llond unit of tilt faith which Investor have 'n (,o town li emphnsljvd In ntnno nnd lirlck In tho building recorl which I being mndn. A year iiko there was only ono building l town that was nut of frnnio contrac tion, this being tho A, C. Lucas brick residence. To (I ii y IH'iiil has either completed or In course of construe tlon nine lirlck or stono lamltirna block, tho record of ana yonr's building. Theso rcprosont nn lie vestment of approximately 180,000. Kor tho construction of theso sub stantial nnd permanent atructurou It ha not Ixxiii necessary to lniiort tho mntrlnl. lloth stono nnd brick nro quarried nnd manufactured hero, and It wan thin that has boon used mostly In erecting lhoo buildings. Hank lluildlng to Coct 920,000 The moit Important of theso la tho new homo which the First Nat ional Hank la bulldlnic at the corner of llond and Oregon street, which will coat 120.000. It will bo tho finest building not only In Ilend, but alio In Central Oregon. Work wh atarted March 1, and tho bank will move In on October 1. Tho building haa a frontsgo of CO feet on llond atreet and a depth of 70 on Oregon. On tho flnt door will bo the bank'a nuartera and n atore -' T Many Frame Business : Buildings Have Risen i HirliiktltiK of tho HlrcotH add to about tho city, In tho best IociiIIoiim, thitlr npiiunrnnco nnd tho excellence 'ami tho strongest kind of n water or ineir condition Tho nuinhor of frnmo business buildings ortictod tho past your hui olio btion noteworthy. On Wnll street II. If. Davie re built it ono-story block containing two store rooms, to replace tho structure destroyed by tiro. leon I'ulka built tho atoru occupied by tho Maiinholmor Mercantile Compnny. and A. II. Illnck constructed n one itory building contttlnlng two atoro roomi. An addition wn mndo by J. I'. Johnion to thu Thompson furnl turn atom building. On llond street Myera & Wllkoy ro built their two story building buruod laat fall, us did uUo tho owtiura of tho ono atory atructuro adjoining. Next to thli Carmody I Iron, till aprlng put up a ono-story bualucn block, nnd tho building which they formerly occupied wa remodeled. On tho other aide of tho atreet hna been built tho Dream Theatre by Itudow ft Cvnns, thli atructuro hav ing handionio atucco front. J.. A. Bhnw erected tho atoro building which he occuplei. and Hunter & Htaata put on att addition to the Hope Furniture Store building. On Oreenwood avenue A. C. Kver aon lait winter put up a ono-atory framo building containing atoro room and office, and II. J. Murphy a two-story atructuro. On Kir aveuuo W. J. Shannon and Ole Nelson made nddlttona to their hotel building, and on Minnesota atreet J. II. Onelll constructed n ono atory office building. The largeit and moat exponslvo frame building In town la the rail road warehouse, which li described In section 3. Another largo warehouse la that built by the llond Hardware Coiu- Tho principal business thorough fare nro Wall nnd llond Btreol nnd (Jroonwond aveuuo. Tliuso nrn each 80 feet In width, iih are most of tho cross streets In tho business ceutor. Tho other street and avenue are practically nil 00 feet wide. Most of tho blocks In both thu business and residence district linvo 20-foot alloys. Tho following street and avenues lmvo sidewalk laid on thorn for nt least ono block: I'ront, Wall, llond, Koit, Juniper, Ironwood, Hawthorn, Oreenwood, Kir, Hvorgroon, Ken tucky. Ohio, Minnesota, Oregon, Ne vada, Third, Kourth, Klfth, Cascndo and Mountain View. Water Needs Are Well Supplied pressure so strong that streams of water can bo thrown easily over two and tli reo story buildings. Tho great advantage of this splendid pressure has been evidenced on several oc casion, when tho toluntecr flro de partment has put out fire In frame building that might Iibvo created serious datnogo with a les efficient service. Over 20,000 feet, or nearly four mile of wood pine I laid under tho streets or Ilend, supplying not only l!io central huslneM diatilrta but also most of tho residential section. There nro at prcuont nearly 200 tap In tho water main, for houso and store connection. Ilend' New o,O0O Hank lltillding -- - 4 Indiana limestone, I tho material being used for tho outside work. with llcnd-mndo brick for tho In terior walls, Tho Inside dccorttlont. of tho bank will ba mnrbla and ma hogany. Hntlirr llultdlug ltlln. ,K. A. Hathrr has under construc tion on Wnll street n two-story brick building which will rust about $12, 000. Tho front Is of grey pressed brick, tho remainder being or tho Hand manufactured product. Too building has n 60-foot frontage and n f0foot depth. The first floor will no one large room, occupied by Mr Snthor's jcueral merchardiso linl new Tho aeeonil 'looi is tiMiktieil for oilier, hall, club mourns, etc Htoun I'nmrnger Station. Tho llond passenger depot Is n fine example or tho boautlful luiliuiug which tho stono iiuarrJed hero makes. This stono I found In four color, tho pink and groy being mostly used for tho depot. Tht building was erected at a cost of $12,500. Tho I). A. Iloyd and tho Majley Rlinpson blocks, on (Irconwawl avo n uo nt the corner of llond street, nro nlso constructed of nlono. Mr. Iloyd' property wn completed In Janunry, nt n cost of $9000 it has n street froutngo of 106 fiol on Ho ml nnd Orcouwond. Tho first lloor Is A feature about Ilend that appeals to every business man, Investor and housekeeper, I tho oxcclton.'a of It water, nnd tho excellence of Ha water systoni. Tho pumping plant, which sup plies tho town nnd tho 30.000 gallon tank, which I always kept full, com prises a SOO-gallon-a-mlnute two step centrifugal pumr, driven by n 3f horsepower electric motor, and an auxiliary steam outfit with a 200-gallon-a.mlnuto pump. Thore nro 12 hydr.int scattered . !- II . - f jGaaBBaBaBaBaaWP',TPTlPn 7r ' 'I1 "JTt PlWtrBwBPBBBr "-'2 H t ft' W " r'afMffll ,im i.ii .M.Minir. win i.n ninpM. nsny on tho east siuo or ine rauroan drey pressed brick, trimmed with at Kon avenue, for the handling of li largo iiuiiic. Tho roundhouse, nt tho end of tho rnllroad lino, was built during the unit year, of course. Tho quarter of tho Ice factory.! cold storage and creamery Is n frame' building, located In l.ytlo on tho rail road snur. It wus completed this snrltiR. Near tho rallrond wnrchousn tho Wenandy l.lvery & Auto Co ha re cently built n feed Imrn. On Front street J J Klein hn oonuiloted n Inrgo rooming houso. at a cost of about 18800. nnd on the adjoining lot has under construction n double apartment houso that will cost 11750. TOWN HAS FIVE MILES OF SIDEWALK COSTING 57,400 . In tho lino of municipal Improve ments, tho amount of sidewalk built Is remnrkablo for n town the slxe of ilond. l'ractloally all of theso nro nfioHtnnintl nf tilnik linnrita. Tliimn for omcoa and storo and tho , won. , lhc lllu,tlU stctlon nro from eight to twelve feet wide, and none In tho contains 10 rooms. It I occupied by tho Hotol Wright nnd tho 8Ur Itestnurant nml liaKory. Tho Mnrley-Hlmpson building was built nt n cost of approximately $11, 000. It I occupied by tho Now Tnggart Hotel. Tho Oreenwood avenue frontnga I 03 feet, tho ex treme depth bolng 103 foot. It wn completed tho first or Juno. On tho old Drnko lawn on Wall street Jame II. llcaii hn a two-otory building constructed or tono nearly completed, nt a cost or nbout 7000. Its dimension uro 26 by 100 feet Tho first lloor Is for atoro uso, nnd tho socond for room nnd omcc. Tho first stono building started In llond wn by J. I. West, on Orcou wood nvonuo. It la of two Btorles, with SR-root froutngo. Tho upper tory Is occupied by tho Oregon Ilniel. Tho nrst lloor in Kir nuiru purposo. O'DonnellN llulldliiit. O'Donnoll Hros. lmvo begun work on tho erection of n hrlck building on Wall Btroot, two Htorlu In height. Tho ground floor will bo 60x70 feet In dimensions nnd contain two store rooms, one of which will bo occupied by tho bulldor with their ment market. UpstnlrH will bo ofllcos. Tho front will bo of proBBod brick mid stono blocks. Tho cost will bo approximately $0000. On Orogon Btroot, a douulo store building with street froutngo of 78 foot has boon built by M. Lnrn of Seattle, nt a cost of nbout $3000. Tho front Is of brick nnd tho walls 6fcoricroto. Tho struoiuro U ocou jjloa by tho Skuso Hnrdwnro Com-sjaky-and tho grocery department of A. WLhtb, & Co. city ha a less width limit six feet. Theso wnlks nro nil kept In Rood repair, and most of thorn have beon laid within tho Inst two years. Tho 1011 City Council mndo a record In tho amount of sidewalk wljlch It ordored laid, tho result being that when tho railroad was ready for trains to bo operated Into Ilend, tho newcomer found hero u city with miles or substantial board walk throughout tho entire busliiets sec tion nnd penetrating tho most thickly papulnted residence district. Data furnished by Street Coin mlsslonor Tom Murphy, shows that there Is now laid within tho corporate limits a total or approximately live miles or walk, Tho cost per foot for construction averages nbout 2S conts. making theso Uvo miles ropro- sent In round numbers $7400. Tho owners of tho abutting property where sldownlkB uro laid pay tho cost of their construction, tho city building tho crosswalks out of gen oral taxation funds. 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