East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-31

The past year has been one Of build
Ing here In Pendleton. The carpenter
the brick mason and the concrete
worker have all been busy and botr
the business and residence districts
exhibit the results of his labor. Build.
ing activity here has not been pne.
nomenal but II has been steady and
indicative sof healthy growth.
The cost of new residences built l.:
Pendleton during the past twelve
month will exceed $1,000 and more
than $4,000 has been spent in the
business district Aside from the
many new homes built, a great many
of the older houses have been i'm
proved by additions, alterations, re
modelling and interior and exterior bet
terments. Up until the middle of De-
cember, the city recorder had issued
165 different building permits and
when II is taken into consideration
that much building is done without
the formality of securing permit,
some idea of the extent of the i'm.
provement done may be had
The month OF May stands out on
the building records as the leader In
building activity. Twenty-one per.
mits were issued during the 81 days
and the total cost OF the improve.
ments represented was $s5.s25. Oc.
tober came second with % permits
and s24,465.
The following are the total number
Of permits issued month by month
and the aggregate cost of the inn
provements
January, Z, sS725; February, G.,
s11.2so; March. IL, s10,7s5; April, 8.
s6125; May, 81, sS5,S25; June. =,
s1475; July Is, s15.S05; August, Is,
s1o.330; September. II, s443o; Octo.
ber, 22, s24.465; November. s. 1896:
December tpartiaD 4, SITS; total
1856. s12s,e65.
Business Buildings,
There have not been very many bus.
iness blocks built during the pas.
year for the very good reason that
Pendleton already has a business dis,
trict as large as many cities of twice
her population But still the evident
prosperity and the continued growth
Of business has warranted the increas-
ing of this business section to some
extent
One OF the most notable of the bus
tness buildings constructed since the
last year is the one in which the Alta
theater is now housed. II was built
on Alta street opposite the city hall
during the summer by Charles F. |
Colesworthy at a cost of over $10,-
900. Designed from the first for a |
theater, II was made modern in every |
respect and both its exterior and in
terror appearance does credit to the |
city. Its dimensions are 100x50 with |
16 foot walls. 1t has full basement !
and is built of brick.
Another brick structure Of the past |
year is the two-sfory brick with |
which Mrs. Isabella Bolcott Carter re-
wood street between Alta and Court
The building cost $4,000 and is so built
that II may easily be converted into
q store building should Cottonwood
street ever become one of the princi-
pal business streets. 1t is now used
as a livery stable. The property was
recently acquired by Fred Schneirer.
John F. Robinson, the laundryman,
has spent about $1,000 improving his
brick block at the corner of Court
and Thompson. during the year. In
the spring he built a two-story addi-
ton, 21x50, on the east side of the
old building, putting in new front
and changing his office at a cost of
1880. Still later he built a fuel house
just back of his building after acquir-
ing an additional lot of Jessie s. Vert
During the past two months he has
had the entire upper story of ms
block fixed up as modern apartments
at cost of s2750.
His apartments are not the only
ones fitted up down town during the