Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-25
VERIFY SALEM GROWS.
Th9 Building Season has Fair =
ly Opened.
NEW BRICKS GOING UP.
The Coming Summer Promises
to be one of Unexcelled Pros
perity for Salem.
NEW BRICKS GOING UP.

Salem, the beautiful aud progress
i've capital of the state has been con
sidere'! by some staid, stately and
somewhat somnolent in the way of
business enterprise, except being
shaken up annually by the state fair
and hienuially by the state legisla-
ture. Aside from the state institu-
tions it has been noted as city of
schools and churches. Ifeyen sleepi-
ness could have been applied to the
city, happily now that time is past
and Salem has fallen into the line of
the marching cities of the North
west and there is no longer any
yawn and dream, but an active life
full of vigor and progressive spirit.
The time when Salem was mere
feeder TO Portland has past never to
return, and those bright days when
the metropolis of Oregon could "gob-
ble up" the energetic and business
citizens is now ms II romance. The
tide has begun to flow the other
way and Salem is beginning to come
into prominence. The first impress
sion on the stranger when he comes
to Salem is unbounded admiration
for its beautiful location, broad
streets, majestic buildings, many
schools, numerous churches and
lovely homes; all this increased by
the gentle Willamette carrying the
commerce of the great valley to the
sea.
A visit through the various addi-
tious to the city reveals the fact that
u large number of new buildings are
under way of construction, or work
will soon be begun on them. BE
sides the $4,000 school building and
nearly $50, 900 on the water system
in South Salem, a half dozen cot
tages are planned to be built this
spring.
Yew park will have a dozen new
buildings before the summer is fairly
begun. A lady from Portland is
having a large two story house
erected, and has bought six other lots
on which she intends to have cot
tages in the course of year Two
other two story houses are in way of
building in the same locality. Aside
from these six cottages, ranging in
cost from 5000 to $1,000 each, are now
being built. A number of new
buildings are going up in the suburb
town east of the Southern Pacific
depot.
In East Salem the plans are under
way for almost a building boom.
Heidecker Bros. are building a fine
cottage on Court and Eighteenth
streets. 1t will have cement found
ations, with basement and one story.
Conductor McNalIy, of the electric
railway, is also building fine cot
tage on the Simpson plsce, facing
Court street near Eighteenth. Mr..
w. A. Vinson, who has just settled
here from Ohio, is building tempo
rary dwelling on Court street, near
Eighteenth, and Will erect good
residence in the fall on the front of
his lot.
In Englewood Mr.. Stevens has
nice house we'll under way. Il. III.
Wilson, secretary of the electric road,
has just begun work on his house.
o. M. Smith will have two cottages
built on his lots aud H. G. Caldwell
will put up two story house on his
tract in the early part of the summer.
In Highland d. M. Smith has a
fine house almost completed. -Four
other cottages are now building.
VIM. Wickey has the frame work
up for a cottage which will cost
about $1,000 when completed. This
is near the North Salem school.
One other house is receiving the
finishing touches and the foundation
of third is being laid in the same
vicinity. These are only few OF
the many buildings that are going
up in the outskirts of the city.
Within the city proper some costly
buildings will be made. Il. Holver-
son will have one built on the corner
of Chemeketa and Winter streets
which will cost, when completed,
$4,000 or $1,000. Another costly
dwelling will soon be erected on
State and Twelfth streets. Besides
the brick to be erected by Mr.. Gray
another half block is talked of.
This is the block north of the VIII
lamette hotel.
The following is from man who
Just aWoke yesterday and took
look about the city to see If it was
really growing as the papers say it (.
is. He was pleased to call himself .
"Moss Back" and thus he says; 1
"OldMoss Back ON his peregrination
around the suburbs of Salem yester-
day was as much surprised as ever
was his old prototype, Rip Van
Wrinkle. Where one year ago was
vacancy is now covered with neat,
tasty cottages and elegant mansions
The amount of Improvement the
last year is simply incredible until
each sees it for himself. Besld the
elang and bang of saw and hammer