SA-,,
BUILDING
SECTION
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
BUILDING
SECTION
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MmifOlil) OWSCJOtf, SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1011.
No. 92.
MAKING MEDFORD THE BEST BUILT CITY IN OREGON
VAST AMOUNT
OF
MATERIALS
FOR BUILDING
Seven Hundred Cnrlonds of Lumber,
Forty Thousand Barrels of Ce
ment, $125,000 Worth of Brick,
$30,000 In Paint.
SI, 0000,000
BEING SPENT
IN BUILDING
The Heart of the Business District of Medford
TOTAL EXCEEDS RECORD
OF YEAR AGO BY THIRD
Brick Is Made Locally as Are Ce
ment Products Stone Supplied
by Local Quarries.
Many Fine Business Blocks Delnnj
Erected and Scores of Attractive
Residences In All Parts of the City
Are Under Way With More Planned
SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURES
TO HOUSE BUSINESS FIRMS
Stone. Brick and Concrete Bulldlnus
All Represented Appearance
of City Rapidly Changing.
H UftHMf
Tim following HliiiuittM h
Id the amount of building ma
terial which will ho used in
.Mcilfiinl tliirhiK Mil, have
been fiirnihi'tl by lending
dealer in the vurioiH hues:
Lumber, 700 carloiiilri, or
H.000,000 foot, valued at
$:ioo,ouo.
Cement, -1(1,01)11 barrels, or
P.'O.OOO wicks, valued tit
lfiO,U0U.
I'aint to an iiiiioiiut of
:in,ooo.
Iliif-k to mi nmoiint of
.ll!r,000.
Iluildliig hiiidwuni to an
amount or-.tot,miO.
For ordinary 'building materials
ctutbtHtiitt; of lumber, brick, paint,
hardware and eemnil. .Medford with
tlii year expends- over .tlloO.OOO, no.
finding to estimates furnished by
leadint; husiiliirfrf finurt of the oily
dealing in these liiu-n. Tim money
expended for tlnr hiipplics will ex
ceed thovoconl of 10 1 0 by oiie-thiid
or .fJOO.OOD.
It will icqulrn upproximalcly 701)
carload of lumber or 11,(1110,111)0
feet to htipply t)it demand locally
during It'll. This Imnher n valued
at $'JO a thousand or .fJHO.OOO.
Over f 10,(100 barrels of cement
valued at :i.(U a barrel or $1X1,000
will bo used In various improve
ments. Much brick Is lining mudu locally
and sold to contractors, A certain
amount of ftriek bus been im)ortcd.
Over .fl'JJi.UOO will bo expended for
this material nlono.
I'aint will he spread plentifully,
over 1:10,000 going '"r- 'his.
Building hardware will he used hi
Inrgo onlers, the total cost being es
timated at .r)0,)00,
Aside, from theho estimates, stone
mid cement blocks will swell thti to
tal as will plustur, wiring, plumbing
and the like,
heiligTbIT
theatre if aided
Calvin IIoIIIk loft Saturday even
ing for Portland, after having looked
tho ground over thoroughly regard
liiK a theater In Medford. Ho real
1.ch that Medford Ih all excellent
hIiow town and Is quite wIIIIiik to
liiilhl a theater on the sumo terniH
and condltloiiH that his comiiauy Ih
building them In other places, name
ly; to have a curtain number of IioiuIh
taken hy tho citizen.
Tho IioikIh would draw 7 tier rent,
and with thu pVopqrty all cleared of
eiH'umhraucu except tho IioikIh, which
would represent about one-half the
actual property, It would make a ho
unity an Kilt edged as u real estate
mortgage,
A theater tuur the mnnngoinoiit
of Mr, Holllg and IiIh auuoclateH would
eiiHtire tho highest claim of attractloiiH
that conio to tho Pacific, coast, mid
thuso investing In liondH could he us
Hiired that thu house- would ho run
on Htrlctly IiuhIiiudh prluelpleH and
the 7 per cent InteroHt paid promitly,
There are uovorul oxeollont loca
tions that can iu uoettred at a roiinon
ahlo figure,
In addition in spending close to a
million dollars for paving and other
improvements Medford will upend no
less than . 1,000,000 in business
blocks and lcsidvnecs during the
present building hcasou. .January 1,
llll'J, .Till tiud nearly 20 new Iiiim
iiosh hlocks erected, while the num
ber of new homes can only be esti
mated. No lexs than 7f buildings for
rcidonco purposes are now in course
of erection. In every direction
streets ant partially blocked by huge
piles of building materials. Lumber
ami brick dealers have estimated
Hint this yuiiKs record will exceed
that f HMO by 3.'l per ecu).
Hotel .Meilfortl Is t'mtcr Way.
This mhisoii will see among 'the
new buildings ejected a modem five
story hotel, which U to be the Mer
of any hotel outside of Portland in
the state. lt will contain 10(1 room,
and cost $IW,0I)0. The hotel,
which will be known as the
".Medford," eame ih the result of a
three-year agitation for a commodi
ous new hotel. Local business men,
headed by Dr. K. Hartou Piekel, mem
ber of (he slate board of health, sub
scribed tolhe building fund, The ho
tel will bo opened about September t.
Store's Home to Cost 9100,000.
Another of the large building
blocks being erected Ibis year is to
be the home of the .Medford Furni
ture & Hardware company and will
cost $1(10,000. This building will be
four stories in height, of concrete and
be the largest More building of its
kind in southern Oregon. It wilt be
ready for occupancy iu the fall. Fin
ishers are now at work.
Hospital Will Haw 100 Itooms.
Tho Sisters of Providence are
erecting u modern hospital iu Ibis
city to be called the "Saered Heart
Hospital," which will require 1,000,-
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Fourth of July parade marching do wn Main street. Elk' lodge hi foro ground.
MANY HOMES
BEING ERECTED
Medford Sash & Door Company Re
port Many Calls for Residence Fix
tures Which Shows Healthy Tend
ency of Building Operations.
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"We ure having lots of calls for
work for homes at present," stated
.Mr. Hansen of the Medford Sash A
Door company Saturday. "And that
fact H)eaks well for continued build
ing activity in Medford. Of cource
wu have bad oiir fiharu of the big
work, and recently you will note we
havejind a very large share of it,
bin the home building feature is what
impresses me n being a good sign
for the city."
This concern has been successful
iu being awarded contracts for build
ing material on au unusually large
percentage of the new buildings in
Medford and are experiencing a pros
perous year.
ERECT BUILDING
FOR OPERATIONS
Building Supply Company Constructs
Structure 80 by 80 Feet, Two
Stories High as Workshop and
Factory All Kinds of Finishing
The large building erected by- the
Huilders' Supply company, ens't ;f
Hear creek on Jackson boulevard, Is
near completion and will be a marked
addition to lunnufactunug Medford.
Tho building is S080 feet nnd two
stories Ingle The hlrgc machines
are to stand on concrete on tho firt
floor mid nil the light machines will
be operated on the second floor. The
first floor alone will have more floor
space that the plant now being used
by this growing concern.
The officers, workroom, glue
benches, etc., will also bo on tho sec
ond floor. A paint room and glass
room will be put iu the ground .floor
and a blower sy-tem of getting rid
MASONS PLAN
FINE TEMPLE
Will Be Built of Oregon Material
Throughout and Local Firms Will
Handle the Job Even the Furni
ture Is to Be Made In Medford.
(Continue! on naco X)
Medford's New Hospital Now Under Construction
Plans have been completed for u
four-story Musonic temple to cost
not less than $40,000, to bo erected
at the southwest comor of Maui
street and Ittversido avenue.
This building will bo second to
nono in the state in point "of beauty
nnd utility. It will lmvo a frontage
of 43 feet on Main street mid 141
feet on Hivorsido avenue.
Iu addition to tho four stoncsf
there will bo n full basement uudcr
the entire building nnd extending to
the curb line of tho sidewalks, in
which will bo installed the heating
plant, fuel rooms, ware rooms for
stores nbove, janitor's quarters and
u commodious and modorn cafe.
Tho first story above basement
will continue two mercantile storo
rooms, tho nir lobbys, vestibules unci
rest rooms.
Top Floors for Lodge.
Tho second story will consist en-
mvg vi tu4ti.v k.iaivi ti ivvuif i
hall-1
EAGLE POINT
BANK BUILDS
Handsome Two Story Structure Com
pleted for New Financial Institu
tionFixtures All Made In Med
ford by Mission Furniture Co.
Tho bandsomo two-story building
just completed for the First State
bank at Eugle Point, is largely the
product of JTedford workmanship
and reflects credit nliko to Eagle
Point nnd this city. The .bank will
open its new doors Monday and its
omcers have been busy receiving
compliments from customers and vis
itors. All of tho fixtures and practically
all of the bank furniture was made
by tho Mission Furniture Works of
Medford. Part of tho work is done
in oak and part in Oregon fir. The
locul-concern that supplied tho fix
tures is coming to the front in this
line and is proving its capability of
turning out high class work. It cm-
ploys a number of skilled workmen
and tho ambition of each seems to
bo how good nnd not bow cheaply
a piece of work can bo done. It is
n homo industry that is deserving
of encouragement us it has shown
that it can do work as well and us
reasonably as outside firms.
BEST PAVED
CITYQFITSS1ZE
IN NWS
City Council Orders Hundred Thou
sand Square Yards of Additional
Hard Surface Pavement at Its
Regular Monthly Meeting Friday.
TOTAL PAVED STREETS
TO EXCEED 24 MILES
IhtHomout finished and a hundred men at work constructing walls of Sacred Heart hospital on Nob hill.
Iliiihliiig Mil cost .tl'2,u0 and will contain ,100 room, ho la'rgot hospital in Oregon outside Portland,
together with wido corridors, ball-1 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 8.
ways and stairs. Tho third and That tho Kobort Dollar Steamship
fourth stories will bo used for lodgo company of Snn Francisco is con-
purposes exclusively. K,est rooms, templating n change from tho British
parlor, library, commandory nud'to tho Chinc&o flag is admitted to- radB have- also called tor tho laying
day by Stanley Dollar. Ho said this ' n asphalt macadam road botweon
movo would bo nindo with the expeo- thla c,tX n"d Central Point. Medford
Million Dollars Is Approximate Cost
of Paving Medford Streets
Work Is Being Pushed.
Nearly 100,000 squaro yards ot
asphalt paving was ordered by tho
city council Friday evening. Thoao
streets which will bo paved aro North
Grape from Sixth to Vermont; South
Ivy from Eighth to Thirteenth; Rose
avenuo from Seventh to Fourth;
Beatty from C to Manzanlta; Ben
nett avenuo from Howard to Roose
velt; Tenth street wcst from Oak
dalo to Holly; Washington from
Genesee to Roosevelt; Hamilton from
Oakdalo to Oleson; Oleson from Sec
ond to Fourth; Third from D'AnJou
to Apple; Mistletoe from Main to
Tenth; South Peach from Seventh to
Eighth; Newtown from Scvonth to
Tenth; Bartlett from Eighth to
Ninth; Orange from Tenth to Elev
enth; Minnesota avenue from Geneva
to Roosevelt; Alloy of block 2, Cen
tral arcifuo, running - "north and'
south; alley through block 21 from
East Soventh to Sixth, and alley from
Eighth to point sevcnty-(lvo feet
from Seventh.
llcst Patcd City.
Tho time Is close at hand when
Medford will bo known as tho best
paved city of Us slzo In America.
Threo hundred men, modern machin
ery and nearly 150 head of horses
aro employed in transforming her
streets, which .heretofore in mld-wln-ter
havo been but streaks of mlro
into boulevards open to traffic tho
year around. To date nearly 300,--000
squaro yards of pavement has
been laid whilo contracts for similar
quantity has just been lot. When
completed Medford will havo nearly
twenty-four miles of paved streets,
costing nearly SI, 000, 000, a trem
endous amount considering tho pop
ulation now estimated at 10,500.
Threo years ago thoro was not a
single squaro yard of paving in tho
state south of Eugeno. Then it was
that Medford, an ambitious Uttlo city
of 5000 souls started an agitation for
better streets. Each winter found her
thoroughfares impassiblo. Tho agi
tation grow and a contract was lot
for 35,000 yards. This was laid on
tho principal street of tho city and
so obvious wore Its bonoflts, that tho
following season an additional con
tract was lot. This soason this has
been supplemented by a contract as
great as tho first two together. Other
towns In southern Orogon havo pro
fited by Mcdford's examplo and now
aro having their streets surfaced.
Tho county court recognizing tho
bcuoflts to' bo dorived from good
other lockers and dressing rooms,
banquet hull, unto rooms, kitcliou,
lodge hall, and supplementary purt
nients, will ul bo arranged admira
bly and providod with every facility
essential to comfort of lodgo attend
ants and their friends.
The ventilating and heating sys
tem throughout tho building will bo
ideal. By pressing n button, mech
nnism will be sot iu motion thnt will
givo entire change of air in tho lodgo
apd banquet rooms in but n few mo
incuts without chilling anyone of
causing discomfiture. This -will bo
au emergency arrangement supple
mentary to tho regular ventilating
provision which will for nil regular
occasions bo ample.
White Pressed IJrkk Wulls.
Tho exterior of tho building will
bo of white prossed brick and gran
ite with torm cotta trim.
Tho building dosign throughout is
massivo mid will, when completed,
impart an aspect of dignified gran
deur. Tho designing nnd decoration ot
the lortjro room mid fixtures will bo
tation that tho Chinese government
would grunt it n subsidy.
a modorn adaptation of Egyptian
modes.
There will bo special fcuturcs of
lighting that aro entirely original und
will ndd muo hto tho attractiveness
of tho interior.
The firm of Power, Hooves & West
aro in ohurgo of tho work. It is the
intention thnt all work and all ma
uteriuls shall bo providod, ns far as
possible, with local people. All ma
toridls Mnst bo of Oregon production.
Tho Masons boliovo in patronizing
homo industries, consequlmtly all fur
nishings will bo purchased of homo
merchants or olso mado in Med
ford. The special furniture of tho lodg
room will bo do&igned by tho archi
tects nnd will be built in Hertford
shops of nativo woods nnd finished
iu ft way to proouro uniquo effects
of tho highest degroo of perfection
known to tho craft.
pointed tho way.
Who Is Doing It?
Tho glguntlc task of making Med
ford tho best paved city in America
Is in tho hands of tho Olark & Hon
ory Construction company of Sacra
mento and Stockton, Cal. That they
aro doing a good job and aro laying
a superior pnvomont is ovldoncod by
tho fact that thoy havo just boon
awarded tho second contract aftor
laying six or sovon miles ot their uhj
plialt pavoment Iu tho city. Thoy
now havo moro work than thoy can
complete this season, which will ox
tend until tho rainy soason sots In,
but thoy aro making great offortH
to got as much ot tho work dono
us posslblo. Thoy will comploto
their original contract Into in July
und then will start on tho work ot
laying tho additional 300,000 yards
of pnvomont. It may bo that a third
contract will bo given them next sea
son but oven If this is not done Med
ford, for Its size, will be the bet
paved city Iu tho United Stat.
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