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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1876)
May. THE WEST SHORE. 5 OUR ILLUSTRATION'S. Asksny's New Market Block, owned In- Capt A. P. Ankeny, is located on the est side of first btreet between Ash and It is one of the handsomest blocks in his city, was built in 187a and 1874, is Lnstructed entirely of brick and iron, and ,is a frontage of 230 feet on First street, eins 30 feet in excess of any block in 'ortland, which is caused by the curve ade in First Street at this point to connect ith North First. The north end of the .lock is occupied by Wells, Fargo & Co. 1 lie interior is nnisucu up in elegant style for the convenience of both the Company and its patrons ; Mr Dudley Evans is the Agent here. Next we come to the West ern Union Tel. Co.; they occupy the lower story as a neat office, the upper being used entirely by the operators. The establish ment is ably presided over by Mr. James Guild, the Portland Manager. Adjoining his is the neatly furnished office of Mark A. King, who has been favorably known to our business community for a number of years. He is the Agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, with $80,000,000 assctj, and the Liverpool, Lon don and Globe Fire Insurance Co., with $.'8,000,000 assets. These two Companies are the largest in the world, and those seeking either Life or Fire Insurance will do well to call on Mr. King. At No. 7 First St., we find the firm of James Laidlaw A Co., Commission and Shipping Merchants, they do a large business in that line and are also Agents for Calcutta Gunny Bags, Dundee Grain Bags and Bagging, Lea 4 Perrins Worcestershire Sauce, and Giant Powder ; they are also heavy exporters of Columbia River Salmon, and have been estab lished here since 1871, Mr. James Laidlaw the resident partner here, is the British Vice Consul. Adjoining we find the Oregon Washington Trust Investment Company, of Scotland. This Company started business in Oregon two years ago with a capital of $750,000 and have during that time loaned out in this State $"52 2, 5 50. The President in Scotland is the Right Hon. "The Earl of Airlie." The Managing Director here is William ReiJ, Esq., who him self formed this Company in 1S73 andisa large stockholder in it. He came to Oregon specially to take charge of that Company's business, and has since taken part in every public enterprise calculated to devel op this State. The Local Directors here are B. Goldsmith and Donald Macleay, of this city. Ascending an easy pair of Stairs w-e come to neat suits of offices occupied, respectively, by hills Hughes, Lsq., as a Law office, James T. Ghiselin, Physician and Surgeon, formerly of the U. S. A., and by our County Judge, J. H. Woodward, the Portland Board of Trade, the St. Andrew Society, and the Oregon Board of Immi gration, have each their respective rooms on this floor. Mr. L. B. Stearns, the assistant Secretary of the latter institution, will be found here from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., to furnish all information to immigrants free of charge. We are now in the three Story Building which is known as the Mar ket: the 2nd and 3d floor is fitted upas one of the most elegant theaters on the Coast. Tiiere are few public halls anywhere cajtable of holding 1,000 people that can 1 vacated so rapidly as the New Market Theatre, in case of fire, there being three different pairs of stairs leading from the main hall to the street besides balconies for one-half block, leading from the win dows both north and south ; the ground floor runs through one block from First to Second with entrance on both streets, and is used as a market It is a matter of pride with our citizens. JlSF& 3 iWL and especially the owner, Capt. Ankeny, that they can truthfully say that even San Francisco, with its 160,000 inhabitants, cannot show so neat, clean and well fur nished a public market. Entering on First Street, we find to the right Spaulding Bros, occupying Stalls i, 2 and 3, for the sale of meats. They have been established since 1872, and being both energetic and enterprising, not only do a large city trade, but also supply the country for a circuit of twenty miles. We next find the Seed and Nursery De pot of II. Hanson, whose Nursery is loca ted in East Portland, and has been estab lished 20 years. Samples of plants are kept at this Depot, to make selections from, whfch are filled from the Nursery. The seed business, although only started in 1873, has grown extensive, undoubtedly owing to the fact that Mr. H. grows most all his own seeds, and is therefore enabled to guar antee them fresh and true to name. Henry Martin occupies Stall 13, for Fish and Poultry. Ad Burchard will be found in the last Stall on this side, it being the first from the second Street entrance. Crossing over we come to Fabre's fa mous coffee stand, now run by Barnes & Son, as isalso theGroccrv adjoining. They occupy one fourth of all the available space in the Market. Last, but by no means least, we find A. H. Johnson, his being the first three Stalls on theleft of the First Street entrance, they are known as No. 26, 27 and 28. Mr. Johnson has been in the business here for 24 years and not only has he a large city v' SCENE ON THE COLUMBIA. CASTLE ROCK IN THE DISTANCE. retail custom, but he also slaughters for a great many of our city retail markets, and does a large business as a live stock broker. His slaughter house is located at the head of B Street, in what is known as Johnson's addition to Portland. Passing' on further south we find the offices of P. W. Gillette, real estate deal er and Ed. Hall, Agent for the North British and Mercantile Fire Ins. Co. The corner of Ash is the Drug Store ofWm. Pfunder. Mr. P. was educated and passed examination in Germany as Chemist and Apothecary. In 1864, he came to the U. S., serving in the largest and finest Apothecary establishment in Bos ton; in 1870 he came to this city, being employed as the compounding chemist, in the largest Drug Store here. In 1873, he started a Drug Store of his own, at the corner of Oak and First Sts , and last year took possession of his present elegant es tablishment. II is prescription list has now reached the immense No. 64,000. His selection of perfumes, toilet articles and fancy goods is immense, and he makes a specialty of rare chemicals and pure drugs. Mr. P. is ably assisted by Louis Brunnow, Esq., formerly Secretary to the Medical Director of the Department of the Colum bia. Mr. Pfunder being absent on a bus iness tour in the Eastern Stales at present, the establishment is in charge of Mr. Brunnow. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Collegiate, Salem. A cord of wood will make from sixty to sixty-five bushels of charcoal. They generally burn it in pits of say sixteen cords. The wood is piled conical in shape, and a sixteen cord pit is covered with about two hundred lbs. of hay, then with soil on top of the hay, so as to prevent it from blazing. It takes from six to eight days to burn a pit, and this must be watched day and night. Should it not burn fast enough, one or two air holes are opened at the bottom to give draft. If it burns too fast, these arc closed. The top of the pit is generally kept moist by sprinkling, to prevent it burning too fast. The principle is to char the wood, but not to let it burn, otherwise it would burn to ashes and be useless. The price of charcoal varies according to locality from eight to fifteen cents per bushel. The wood is generally obtained at two dollars per cord. Mav, Clackamas To DisTiNorisu Ml'SHROOMS FROM PoiSOXOt'S FfXOl. I. Sprinkle a little salt 011 the spongy part, or gills of the sample to be tried. If they turn yellow, they are poisonous if black they are wholesome. Allow the salt to act before you decUc the question. 2. False mushrooms have a warty cap, or else fragments of membrane adhering to the upper surface, are heavy, and emerge from a vulva or bag;; they grow in tufts or clus ters in woods, on stumps of trees, etc., u-ifr(vi tlii trim nuulirnAinu trrmv n ivi. tures. 3. False mushrooms have an tringent, stiptic, and disagreeable taste. f 57 IT' V. y 1 4. When cut they turn blue. 5. They arc moist on the surface, and generally of a rose or orange color. 6. The gills of a true mushroom are of a pinky red, chang ing to a liver color. 7. The flesh is white. 8. The stem is white, solid and cylin drical. Chas. G., Jr., & Co., NoRTiiFiELn, Minn. There are several tanneries in this State, all doing well; one, csjiecially, has amassed a large fortune in the business. Hemlock flourishes in Oregon, furnishing a suffi ciency of bark. The demand for leather is good. A firm with some "grit" and "push" could establish a large business in this line with our neighboring Territories. The "fever and ague bugbear" is all bosh; we haven't as much of it in this State as your own Minnesota has. The rumor you heard of is perhaps a weak invention of some of our California friends (?) who arc not over-anxious to see our own State settled up. By the way, shaking of fever and ague, their Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys arc nice little hot-beds for that pleasant (?) sensation. G. A. M Joliit, III. The general health in this State is good. Consumption is not a prevalent disease here; however, we should not advise one already having that disease to settle in Western Oregon. Eastern Oregon has a climate that more nearly fulfills the. condition of a consumptive's home than any yet under consideration. The climate is dry, sum mer and winter. The total rainfali is not over 20 to 25 inches annually, and that comes in modest showers in spring and fall. The prevailing winds are from the west in winter and spring, but they have lost their moisture in passing the summits of the Cascade Mountains. In summer and fall the wind is from the northwest, a strong breeze, delightfully cool and in vigorating, but never attaining to the highl of a gale. There are no violent changes of temperature. The winter is of short duration, during which the air is sharp and bracing, very rarely biting cold. The summer is long; always dry; sometimes quite warm; never hot or sultry-. The air circulates freely over the high rolling table lands which constitutes almost the entire surface of the country; a pure mountain air, that carries fresh life and renewed vigor and energy into the system of the de bilitated consumptive. Neither the sum mer's heat nor the winter's cold is so severe as to render the climate an un desirable one for the native of any temper ale climate on earth. Fruits of all kinds flourish most luxuriantly, especially plums, apples, pears, and cherries. It is very dllfi- lltt In on. ...I..., ...... nf ,1 - C... . 1. .1.- , 7 ' ' - " ' P'iar aa- vantages. ia uu iiaiusuip ai an 10 come here; railroad to San Francisco and steamer to Portland. That would be the best route traveling with children. Portland has as-j'000 '"habitants, Salem 5,000, Albany 4,ooo. The prospects for a "all rail" route to the East is good; it may. However, take several yean before it is finished. A Mother, in Table Rock, Ark., wants to know, "do chil dren flourish in Oregon." It is a standing joke on this State all over the coast that Oregon is especially noted for its large baliies and apples. Out of a population of 105,000 this State has nearly 32,000 under 10 years of age. This does not include the crop of 1876. Inquirer, Des Moines, Iowa. The area of Washington Territory in square miles is (19.994; in acres, 44,796,160. Its population, at the formation of the Territory, in 1853, was about 7,000; in i860, at its first separate U. S. census, a little in excess of 11,000; in 1870, 23,955; in 1876, (estimated) 40,000. Its taxable property is about 16,000,000. Up to June 30, 1875, the whole number of acres of public land in the Territory surveyed by Government was 11,290,115, leaving un survcyed 33,506,045 acres. The twoprin ciial bodies of water connecting with the territory arc Pugct Sound and Columbia river; the former having a shore line of 1594 miles, and the later extending along the southern boundary 300mi!es and through the eastern continent 350 more. The three leading cities are Seattle, Walla Wal la and Olympia. The three highest moun tains are Rainier, 14,444 feet; Baker, 11, 100 feet; and St. Helen's, 9, 750 feet John B., Jerome, Ind. Samish Is a rich agricultural district in Whatcom county, W. T., but is as yet snrscly settled. Good farming lands can he bought or rented there on reasonab'o terms; manydesirable claims of (i')verument lands are yet to be had at usu il price. The lands in that lo cality comprise thousands of acres of tide and fresh water marsh and some excellent timber lands. Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. Money is a good servant, but a danger ous master.
