4 THE ODD FELLOWS WILL CONSTRUCT FINE BUILDING c ' - - Porter Hall Company Undertakes Project to Aid Fraternalism and Aid Business. admission was charged, and the general public was then admitted. It was a treat that many availed themselves of to walk around the beautiful grounds and to view the hothouses hd lounge on th lawn under the beautiful trees and peo--pie, who ran the government here at that time thought five thousand dollars an extortionate sum, and, also predicted that he would never build on the lines of hia excavation, but up went the building. , The second most prominent building provided for in te building permits of this week is that of Porter Hall company, which is to be constructed at the 'northeast corner of Nineteenth and Grove streets. The present plan calls for a structure of only three stories, ut, ' tha - building will eventually assume .imposing' proportions, the original showing a. structure nine stories , In height, and of most ornate design. The utilization of those plans will be adual and th'e projectors, in this re- pect, will be guided by demands made trpon thm . by lodges, and merchants who wish tolocate in that vicinity. The lot upoa '"."wlqh the structure is to stand. wai bght only a few months ago for the ew 0f $18,000, but now It has mote thai doubled " the purchase ' WORK fro COMMENCE. Work wUlblcommenced on the pro- Ject at the earliest possible moment, and will be rushed in order to enable the hall to be opened for business at an early day.. The plans contemplate a class A building, which means that it will be proof against fires and earthquakes. The frame will be of steel, and the floors of concrete, Tha exterior will be of brick and terra cotta. The style of architecture will be the French Renaissance. There; will be a mansard roof -and this will be covered .with slate. The three first floors will be used by department stores, and it is understood that they have already been spoken, for by one of the largest firms In that line of business in the country, r HIGHER STORIES. The fourth floor will be reserred for offices, and on. the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth stories will be located a number of lodge rooms. On the ninth floor there will be a. large assembly hall, which will be devoted to festivity and entertainment purposes.. There will be two systems of elevators, and one Of these will be used by the department stores, and the other will be utilised by the renters of the various offices, the patrons of the lodges and those seeking recreation. These plans will, of course, be changed to suit the incipient part of the structure, which is to be erected at once. Porter Hall Company is confposed of Odd Fellows, mainly members of Porter Lodge, No. 272, L O. O. F. The lodge, before the fire,-used to hold its meetings in Loring hall at the corner of Eleventh and Clay streets, out that structure was destroyed by the earthquake. The lodge has not been very well satisfied with the places In which it has been meeting since. There was no room for the -lodge to meet in Odd Fellows hall on Franklin street, and. accordingly, the members determined to build a fraternal home for themselves. They therefore bought the lot at the intersection mentioned. The erection of this structure In con-Junction with the Arcade Hotel, which MEN T II INTERIOR Sales and Progress Made in Some Towns of Alameda County. The Russell farm, containing 243 acres, at Russell's Station, has been laid out into a townslte .containing. 1700 lots and has been placed on the market by San Francisco and Oakland firms. Fifty lots have already been sold and fifty more have been spoken for. The lots are being offered at low figures and such easy terms, 10 per cent down and $5 per month, is now In course of construction on the adjoining lot at the intersection of Grove and Twentieth streets will change the residence aspect of. that quarter, andi there is no doubt that, be- which are there located, will be sacri ficed and be moved to some other section In order to make way for coming business places V fore long, some of the pretty homes-1