The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
1any improvements Contemplated
Will Enhance Values Greatly--
Transfers for First Five Days,'of
Last Week Total More Than
$85,O0O.OO

II. BOWden, cottage, "a South Fourth
street, to cost $3.50; w. d. Casner,
cottage, Ninth and Cherry streets; A.
V. Murphy, cottage on Roos; Charles
Rhnehart, house at Frances and Del
mas streets; ]. H. Flanders, two story
house at $3.50 Chase avenue costing
$4,000; N. Sullivan, cottage near Fourth
and Stahl; A. NJ. Cation, two story
house, Catherine and Whitman streets,
costing $4,000
Need Apartment Houses.
According to Secretary Moore of the
Walla Walla Commercial club one of
the city's greatest needs, is for a
number of large and substantial apart
ment houses. "Walla Walla is head
quarters for no less than 70 travel
constantly asserting the need of
suitable apartment houses where they
may be enabled to leave their fam
lilies; where light house keeping can
be done. Present conditions make it
extremely inconvenient." In some de-
gree at least, this need is to be ap-
peased, for Mrs. Cochrane has secured
permission to construct a two-s story
frame apartment house at Spokane
and Sumach streets. The building is
to cost 5000. 1t is further under
stood that other houses of similar kind
are to be built this coming summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanborn are also about
to build two story frame fiat at 403
East Main street, at cost of $4,000.
Among the industrial enterprises for
which permits have been issued, and
which are under construction or about
to be started, is the factory near
Eleventh and Moore streets by the
Garden City Milling company The
building is to be of corrugated iron
and will cost when completed SIS, 900.
Fred Glafke of the Interior Grocery
company has secured permission to
erect a large brick storehouse in block
2, of Shields addition, that will entail
IN expenditure Of $1,000. There are
numerous store buildings costing from
1000 upward to be erected at once.
College Grounds Beautified.
Whitman college grounds will be
by the construction Of a $4,000 con-
servatery of music. This building will
by the young ladies' dormitory. The
plans for this building are drawn and
provide for the erection of a rein
forced concrete structure.
Though it is yet too early to give an
accurate forecast of the new buildings
which will be erected in connection
with Whitman college, the plans of
the college authorities include the.
erection of the following buildings as
soon as the necessary funds are Sc
cured Three dornitories, each to
cost $4,000; two science buildings,
equipped, 900 each; library build
ing. $4,000; art building, $4,000;
academy building, for Pearsons acad-
envy, $4,000; central heating plant,
100000; and chapel in memory of
Cusing Eells, $4,000.
That Walla Walla will also have a
new E,ks' building seems an assured
thing. Already a committee has been
appointed and is at work planning for
the construction of a modern home for
the local lodge. The lodge at the
present time numbers over 800 mem
bers and the need of a lodge build
ing is felt. Plans as yet are in an
embryonic state. Whether to con-
struct a building for lodge purposes
alone or to build large four or five
story structure so that part of the
space could be employed for office
and store purposes, is the question
agitating the members of the lodge. A
definite decision in this regard will
probably be reached shortly, accord
ing to Secretary Jackson of the local
order. The lodge owns plot OF
ground at Third and Birch streets'
and there is some talk Of selling 1t and
h,,,;no land in a location better suited
70 the majority of the members
Hotel Rumors Rife.
Hotel rumors are rife in the city.
II is known that several parties are
occurring on constructing mooerh
hos+e,erv in walla Walla this summer
or fall but so far their plans nave
remained in the dark. The need TOT
new and modern hotel in Waiia
waua is great The hotels in the city