NEW YEARS 191 T GREATER SALEM AND WESTERN OREGON DEVELOPMENT EDITION DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
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VOL. XXI.
SALEM, OREGON, NEW TEARS. 1911.
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Salem, Falls City & Western
R. R. Great Benefit to Salem
Rich Country Tapped by This Line Rolls Trainloads of Pro
duce and Thousands of Doll ars Into Salem Annually.
Phenomenal as has Been the de
velopment of resources of Western
Oregon and the consequent rapid
growth of cities situate In this terri
tory, there are many more things in
Bight for the comparatively Immedi
ate future which will eventually make
the Capital City stand forth even
more prominently as a commercial,
Industrial and railroad center, en
hancing the value of property and
building up enterprises of every na
ture as outlying territory la made
available through railway construc
tion and operation. In this question
every citizen ia vitally Interested and
watches every move on the transpor
tation checker board as closely as
those actually behind the various
projects already completed or those
contemplated in the near future.
Salem has been blessed more recent
ly by the completion of one line In
particular which has given her added
prestige as a railroad center and that
is the Salem, Falls City & Western
railroad whose operations are con
ducted from West Salem and which
has brought into close communica
tion rich territory whose products
heretofore were handled elsewhere.
Extending to Falls City and being
responsible for seven new towns
along the route, the Salem, Falls City
Sc. Western road has become one of
the most important freight and pas
senger feeders the Capital City has.
Freight which was previously han
dled at Dallas now comes to West
Salem, being routed from here to all
sections of the country. A large
portion of this comprises lumber
products, there being' some of the
finest timber tracts In the state trib
utary to the line. Furthermore, it
has been the means of a further agri
cultural development all along the
line, making It possible to send
produce to Salem and Portland
quickly and cheaply, insuring to the
raiser the greatest returns. The
Salem, Falls City & Western is a
standard guage road and in handling
all freight regular steam locomotives
furnish the motive power, but for
passengers, express, mall, etc., gaso
line motor cars are operated and
thousands of people are carried in
both directions each year. The line
has been in operation less than two
years but its popularity easily ex-
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I Wisdom, the Wealth of the Wise;
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It is better to walk a mile and Live in your cwn house than a few steps and carry the ::
rent chains.
f Buy your own lot, Plan your own house, The insatllment plan assists you. The best
of all investments today, Mr. Workingman, .is in
WEST SALEM
t Terminus of Salem,-Falls City and Western Railway, The Hub of future commercial en- I
terprjses. - Big factory already completed- Fine residential districts. Lots on install- f
ment plan
t NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, ACT IN THE LIVING PRESENT. $5.00 DOWN AND f
$6.00 PER MONTH WITHOUT INTEREST
A great financier once said he attributed his success to the fact, when others were think- I
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I WEST SALEM IS A SOUND AND PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT. WE INVITE YOU TO I
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
WATERS BROTHERS,
STATE STREET. United States National Bank Building. GROUND FLOOR i
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Is a hand some subdivision located on the West side of the river about
three-quarters of a mile from the United States National Bank building and
is the largest residence district in Salem maintaining a building restriction
a restriction just high enough to guarantee the surroundings of
West Salem
Every indication points to an active movement in West Salem property
during the present winter and coming spring There is a strong probability
that a second bridge will cross the Willamette and that at a point South
of the present structure, This would bring it opposite to Kingwood Park,
the
Coming Residence Section
Where active work will soon commence on the grading of streets, in
stalling cement walks and curbs, the erection of a handsome passenger
depot, several modem residences and other
Substantial Improvements
Full particulars about the tract such as price, terms, maps, etc, can be
had from
Capitol Trust Company
OWNERS
205-206 McKay Building Portland, Oregon
Bechtel & Byhon, Agents, Salem, Or.
The Capital City
Growing Westward
FIXE RESIDENCE ADDITION' TO
SALEM SPRISeiXfl UP ON WEST
SIDE OF WILLAMETTE.
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Salem has crown 'eastward to the
state-lands, and cab now expand
north and south and westward. And
it is westward, ho, the Capital City's
star of empire takes its way. Three
additions and a lot of acreage is laid
out On that slda of th river, and
substantial improvements are plan
ned and being carried into effect.
There is a beautiful! range of hills
comlne down clone to tha river nnri
an open flat spaed spreading toward
ine norm. At xne south the hills
come down almost td the river. With
the construct)
Falls City railroad, there entered a
new me . into wis overflow or the
Capital City onto the west bank, and
today there are factories going In,
an electric light and power plant is
being constructed, ;a lumber yard
has been established, and there is
talk of another bridge across the
river from the foot of Ferry street.
West Salem has a population of
about 600 neonlfi nnri nlnna oro
completed for a $4000 high school
uuuaing.
Contracts have been let for the
construction f a now wnlHna
at Kingwood station. This addition
nas a property restriction that no
dwelling to cost less than $1,500 go
up on lots sold there, and as soon
as there are enough people, water
service will be put ;in. Kingwood
has plans made for a riverside drive,
and a park, and altogether modern
Ideas are followed by . the enterpris
ing managers, The Capitol Trust
Company of Portland, offices In tha
McKay building. Bechtel & Bynon,
of this city are the local agents for
this beautiful property. Waters
Brothers addition has been very
largely sold off, ard Is a very desira
ble part of West Salem. Here many
houses and walks are being built. It
is only a question of a short time
when West Salem will be formally
annexed and made part of the Capi
tal City.
REMARKABLE GROWTH OP
SALEM IN THK YEAR 1910.
The city of Salem, during the cur
rent year, has enjoyed unprecedented
prosperity and, as well, has estab
lished new records in most every de
partment of commercial activity. In
! addition, the amount of public work
undertaken during this year is with
out paralley in the annals of the city.
In the Item of hard-surfaced pave
ment alone the city has undertaken
thus far, during the year 1910, work
to the amount of $275,000, most of
: which has already been Installed.
I The hard-surfaced street Improve
I ment already Initiated for the year
1911 contemplates approximately six
mile s of work. The streets to be im
' proved are all on the broad Salem
type. When this work is completed
I the larger part of the original plat of
1 the city of Salem will have been hard
faced. Included in this scheme is
a grand boulevard joining the two
principal Btate institutions located
I within the limits, and affording a con
tinuous drive from the business dis
trict and circling practically the
. whole of the original plat of Salem,
land including in addition a large
scope of the newer eastern district of
the city. This boulevard drive will
measure in length approximately six
miles.
I Contracts for additional sewerage.
I to the-extent of approximately $300,
000. have recently been signed, and
mis, in addition to the sewers already
Installed, places Salem in the unique
position of affording sewerage facil
ities to every block of platted land
within its corporate limits, a measure
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Large Farms Surrounding
Salem Being Subdivided
Thousands of Small Tracts Surrounding Salem on All Sides
Will Make It the Trading Center of the Willamette Valley.
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West Salem Supply Company !
has. ari l Z.I3AKI , Proprietor
General Merchandise,
Groceries, Etc.
Caters to Country Trade, Orders of Any J
Size Filled
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The year just closed will go down
Into history as a most Important one
in the life of Balem and Marlon
county, for during the past twelve
months a great deal has been accom
plished that will leave its mark on
the onward march of progress and
in the upbuilding of this section of
the Willametto valley. Among the
most important events may bo men
tioned the following:
In Salem permanent and substan
tial additions have been made to the
already large amount of street work
completed, and outside the city a
vast amount of money has been spoat
on the highways leading in every di
rection through the county, and, bet
ter still, assurance has been given
that the good work will go on In the
laudable undertaking in both the
city and county at large.
The year 1910 witnessed more
building in Salem than during any
former year in the city's history, and
the different lumber yards were taxed
to their utmost capacity during the
entire time.
Not less than 3,435 acrs were sub
divided into small tracts and lots,
and a great majority of these places
have been sold and in many cases
built upon and otherwise improved.
A hotel, the like of which would
be a credit to any city on the coast,
has been opened in Salem, wiping
out a blot which has existed for
years, as Salem was known prover
bially as a place poorly supplied with
hotels.
The people of Salem voted to pur
chase the. plant supplying the. city
with water, and the details of this
most important step are about com
pleted. A sewer system covering practi
cally tha entire city has been adapted
and work is now under way on the
much needed undertaking.
A competing line of railroad run
ning from the center of the city to
the State Fair Grounds was built
and commenced operations In time
for the late fair, proving a great con
venience to thousands who visited
the big show.
Several landmarks on State street,
eyesores for years, have been torn
down to make room for a modern
theater and office building.
These and many other, though less
important matters, have developed
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President, priacipal owner and master builder, LOUIS GERLINGER, Sr.::
Principal Office at Dallas, Office of the President in the Gerlinger building, Portland, I
Joint ottices at balem with the Oregon Electric,
I Main Line, 2iy2 miles from West Salem, via Dallas to Falls City,
t Two spurs, one of five miles to the Spaulding Logging camps, and three miles to the t
Willamette Valley mills and logging camp,
ConnectionsCrossing the Southern Pacific west side division, at Dallas, and at South- f
em raciric crossing,
Operates sawmills at Dallas and above Falls City. , - (
Gerlingers have timber land holdings of 500,000,000 feet and with their associates hold f
i,ow,uuu,uuu reet or timoer tributary to he railroad,
Prospective extension to the Coast Range and into the Siletz f
country, and across steel bridge at Salem.
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t Hacks run in connection with all trains to and from
Salem. Close connections with the Southern Pacific
and Oregon Electric trains at Salem from both ways
during the past year, a year that ha
been as full of elections as a New
York tenement Is full of tallons. Not
a .propitious time to be sure for vast
undertakings, yet the good people of
Salem and Marion county, with an
abiding faith in the present and fu
ture of thlB, the heart of the Willa
mette valley, have accompanied that
faith with deeds of an enduring na
ture. It is commonly conceded that the
awakening of Salem came with the
advent of the paved streets. Tha
first few blocks were hard Indeed to
get started, but once- the Ice was
broken the rest came easy.- So much
in favor are good streets that dur
ing 1910 no less than 121 blocks were
permanently improved. Of these
thirty-four were of bithulitlc, seven
teen of concrete and seventy of mac
adam. It is doubtful if any other
city the size of Salem on "the coast
has improved as much street surface
as this city during the past year.
Over 200 building permits were
issued in this city during the year
just closed, and in the smaller towns
and In the county at large a vast
amount of building has been carried
on. The new buildings are largely
of a better oharacter than those here
tofore erected. They are larger as
a rule, have more style and certainly
are more attractive. This is due in
a measure to the fact that architects
are employed more freely than- in
years gone by.
One of the mOBt surprising develop
ments of the old year is the amount
of acreage that has been subdivided
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subdivisions, comprising 3,435
acres, have been cut up into lots and
small tracts.
if he who makes two blades of
grass grow where only one grew be
fore haB done so good a work as to
entitle him to be called a benefactor
to his race, why should not the man
who makes it possible for fifty famil
ies to own homes on a section where
only one family lived before be equal
ly eligible to a seat in the hall of
fame? He should be, and he is one
of tha greatest benefactors a city or
town oan have. No town can hope
to amount to much without a bark
country, and no back country, how
ever rich in production, will amount
to much so far as the town Is con
cerned until it Is settled with what
is termed the small farmer.
No less a personage than James J..
Hill Is credited with the statement,
that ten acres of land in the Willa--mette
valley, properly worked, will
bring as much to a family of workers:
as a quarter section in some of tht
Eastern states.
If Salem is to continue to grow,
and no one seems to doubt that it
will, it will have to thank the man
who Is filling up the small tracts with
the small farmer.
An example may be cited showing;
what an advantage it Is to a town to
have many small tracts Instead of
larger holdings from whioh to draw
its trade. Take for Instance a piece
of land of about 300 acres one mile
from the Fair Grounds which had
been in one farm and occupied by
one family. At the time it changed
hands, last March, a number of per
sons doubted the wisdom of sub
dividing so large a piece. However,
it was cut up into fifty-five tracts
and most of those have been sold,
and a large number Improved. When
these tracts are all sold and occu
pied there will be fifty-five families,
as against one to support Salem. Not
only will they purchase their sup
plies In Salem but they will produce
stuff that is either disposed here lo
cally or through Salem commission
men.
The recorder's office, which In a
way Is regarded as a thermometer by
showing tha amount of business tran
sacted in the realm of the realty mar
ket shows some heavy business deals
for the past year. Recorder Drager,
who has Just closed his term of of
fice, has had a record year both for
instruments recorded and for fees
received, taken In about $7,500, as
against $8,700 for 1909. Over 7,000
instruments were recorded last year,
as against 6,145 in the year previouj.
As few contracts for the sale of
real estate are recorded it Is Impos
sible to accurately figure on the num
ber of sales made in real estato dur
ing the past year, but as a large per
centage of sales made are done by
contract, It is not a wild hazard to
say that 5,000 papers were Issued In
connection with sales that were not
recorded.
The 1909 valuation of property In
Marlon county was $32,443,800,
while the 1910 assessed valuation has
been figured at $34,960,490, with
four to five millions to be added yet
when the corporation attsessmeat are
decided upon, which will be close to
$40,000,000 for 1910.
Nineteen eleven opens up most aus
piciously for this section of the ral-
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