The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-08-25
CAPITAL CITY
IMPROVEMENTS
Buildings Go Up and Old Ones
n RemOdeled.
Salem Property owners Show Confidence In the
Future Of the City more Work Under
Way Than for Years.

TIE IonRNAL takes pleasure in men,
tioning some improvements going on in
the city, mos of the following data being
furnished by ID. s. Bentley & Co. the
dealers in builders supplies
b. b. Cronk is having constructed on
his farm at Rosedale, a large modern
fruit dryer. Mr.. Cronk has one OF the
finest prune orchards in Marion county,
and he expects to enlarge his dryer next
year. Mrs, Doty, Henderson, Edmund
son, r. j. Spencer and others in the
Rosedae district are building new
dryers.
The new Odd Fellows hall is going up
rapidly and will be all under cover be.
fore the bad weather Gets in. Work
men now have the walls of the third
story completed.
Erb and Van Patton, who have the
contract TO remodel the House Of Re
preventative, have their work nearly
completed. The painters are also max
ing good headway and the building will
soon be ready.
Fred Steusloff is contemplating build.
ing large modern slaughter house at a
cost OF about $1,000. Mr.. Steusloff has
just completed cement basement un.
der his property on Commercial and
Union streets.
Preparation for building DR.. ]. N.
Smiths new residence on Court street,
is now under fair headway, and when
completed it will be one of the neatest
little cottages in Salem, costing about
5000.
d. S. Bentley & Co. are contemplating
building two.story warehouse on the
river bank, between Marion and Union
streets. This enterprising firms business
is increasing and more room is needed
Judge Boice, Ben Taylor, james
Dalrymple, A. A. Burton and Sam
Mundell have added new cement walks
to their property.
The s. l.. & T. Company are doing
some expensive improvement at the
power house and are also doing consid.
cradle track work.
Work on the Penitentiary new wing is
progressing and all difficulty between the
employees and employers is now adjusted
satisfactorily.
Mr.. Byrd, on Union street, and H..
Simpson, on Marion street, have had
some minor improvement done to their
property.
James Shantz, the Court street mer.
chant, has just completed a neat cottage
in North Salem at a cost Of about $500.
S. Friedman's new and elegant cot.
tage, on the corner OF Center and
Church streets, is now completed.
John Minger is building a neat resi-
dence east OF the asylum, which will
cost in the neighborhood Of 1920.
DIR. J. w. Cusick, has had a very neat
barn built on his Commercial street
property at a cost of about 800.
Mrs. Anna Farmer, is building a neat
dwelling on her farm just south of
Salem at cost of about $1,000.
Samuel Hayden is having constructed
two elegant cottages on the corner OF
Cottage and Ferry streets.
z, s. Knights new store room on
Court street is almost completed and will
be very neat building.
Ex-Governor u. f. Moody is having
one block Of cement sidewalk built al
joining his home.
Mr.. Kurtz' property that was damag.
ed by fire fewlweeks ago has undergone
some repairs.
Joseph Meyers has just had the old
court house re-shingled using 10000
shingles.
Some work is being done at the Salem
Hospital in the way of remodeling the
building.
l., NJ, Zorin is building residence
east of the asylum at cost Of about
$1,000.
Al. Johnson has had constructed q
neat barn on his property on Piety Hill
VIM, Westacott's fine new house on
Chemeketa street is now completed.
Eugene Eckerlin, is building an an,
mex 10 his Commercial street saloon.
Sheriff Frank Durbin is remodelinl
his residence on Court street.
Ira Erb has just completed wind mill
on his property on 10Th street,
Theo. Wolf is improving his residence
property on Commercial street.
John Gray has his contract at the
asylum nearly completed.
Mr.. Flake has recently built new
barn in Depot Addition,
Mrs. Mize is having built neat
house in South Salem.
VIM, Seigmund is building neat res,
idence in Yew Park.
John Amsler is building residence
near Lincoln school.
These hot days take your Sunday din,