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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1880)
102 THE WEST SHORE. April, 1880 permanent homes and nxKp pop. UEATIONS AT THE CI. Ml l:s of THE MAM'KACTUKINO IMH'STKIES O. 1111: 1 ai 11 k Nokiiiwisi. V ttV. I.. II. AlKINtOX. scantling on their elevated tramway to Ijestic firs, spruce, cedar, pine, maple, the- bluff along the kadi, make l went y cotton-wood and ash along river, lake Till! MATI IIIAI.H I'OH MAM I Ac It II I s ll is plain thai man muni have mate riaU to w oik uxn ni well ns tooli to wmk wuii. J 1 1 1 winker ,Illv 1IV( ii"ii,in( fin naci-ft mut hate the mi lalhc ore bed. not lar oil". Thi Sdrntijit American of M 13th, 18S0, says: " The tonfidciiec of dealers, bated on llie guarantee llicy haw in hand ..I liny 01 consumers to purchase hht-i idly, may. without invtMna 1,1. . - v It) vii- tliuaiatm, be relied umjii to niainlain Ibe energy and givc lengthened vitality lo the pi-nod i. business cnlcrpii.c n.m .-.m vi 1 wwwm I0IWTO vu ansjM, iuiisU entered. And in tin mu rJ ii... ......... ..1 ... ...v h tm 1 at ilivUmni of business at tit ity does this renewed lid- ccm to inn ., high 0010 iwiiii miiIi laige piuniis ni ii lhoe miiniik.l mil, ,,i, t.,1 woiking lion and -tn ! 1 ... j I v ,,, ,11 ,1,, . '. lion form, through which they im nude to witr the puipo.es of mini, art mrm mi cagtiiy sought Im, notWlt tnndiiiL' I l 11 r I), 1 r :iiJ v in. 1 , 1 i,y p 1 - "" mi tent., (lint out fititwn i s .....I . I . 1 11 n anil machine MOfM can baldly begin to oi v im- ni nun. I. tU. : 1 . .. ,. K""" aiiiiioiut. i mean. the ut t UN of iniu h, in , 1 tad ,., ual labor in our present ,r,,n m slcc " ""'! i. and of tu. fuunm-. among the mines now man. It naui aim, moie nth ftalva mining in the ,,1,1,, Mates. nirnn. new intcinii.r. , the tame MMt whetrw 1 the ore. and the meant of .melting them can ba found near enough u.gelhct to u.c thrni and lieight tin iron to matket. Three thing. , ,, , ). lm fr ,hi. i.on furnace; lirl, the metallic Mfj ".. ..id. the COl Ihitd, the l,,,u bed Chairoal bungs out the brat inm, ,t it it u.uallv 1(0 iMlk' 111 With the nat.xe ioal M of anlhrar,,. 1 and rolling coal. In one way this tea,, i an eihp. 1 reduced lo a minimum. The lumUi null, of I'uget Sound hum up lliou.aii.1. of c.,,,1, f , wau Utmbw evtrj erttl to Kct mi i 01 It. Let lhre slabs and refute Ik: slat krd, coveted and btntj into char coal ami it tan v tian.poned to the furnacra more cheaply titan i..Vr .an be futni.hrd and it w,ll produce a. food or bcttri i.on, l ui example; The I'ugtt M.ll flfj t Port (iambic tan run their refuse tlaU and or non Coal pit in the hill side and keep llicm in constant operation. The charcoal can he conveyed to barges through chutes and towed to the fur naces and then elevated to high sheds by endless chain buckets, thence borne when needed into the top of the blast chimney. By this means the rehand- ling w ould be saved and the cost be merely a fraction of that by the usual method of chopping and piling cord- "..l to make charcoal. It would prob ably match anthracite coal in economy, cun if such a vein were found in the vicinity. Grant, for the sake or argu ment, that good and abundant iron ore, Inne and iharcoal can be had at any point, or on any shore, or island of I'li- gel's Sound, and you have the condi- ""- "t suuivs ni the production iron and of jt manufacture for all the inland of uade at home and com. nicuc abioad. iron oicis said to be a product of the "K "i swamp vei'ctation of tin. mr. x.niferous peri.,,1 whu.li nrodnr..,! ih,. coal measures. Itv ,. ,L. i.u. ,ilt f usually show maiks of fire. ..ml. iblv lull Ii. L. I . J s. i.u s n: ... .... pencil to appear in the vidnlty of coal IKils, ,Si, 1 ,, e. . . n "'sis in renruyi ama and Ohift, Sucli are the iW. t" hght anioni' (he islamk dong llu- si.H of ' nc more ucent N.K ores nr.. ... ..inuiii ""."" ' Hats, like the Pln;lllllll ""ey. and thou Deal Pah t : usmu. ne more com Dad mIm , , , louuii no r, v ,,i, 1.1 , . . . , itmuu north (ne and Sound, and far up the mountains to the snow line, reveal a strength of soil and an evenness of climate favora ble to the growth of materials and of food for the needs of a large variety of industries and a dense population. The signs arc that the Puget's Sound basin will be in a measure the Penn sylvania of the Pacific Northwest. Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal arc now annually exported through Dc Fuca Straits to the south coast markets for domestic and steam purposes. Ilun- Iredl of millions of feet of lumber and pars are annually exported thence for markets on the Pacific, southward to Chili, SOUthweBtward throughout Aus tralasia, and westward to the ports of China and Japan. Let a tithe of the value of these yearly exports from the forests, and soils, and mineral beds be spent in developing other resources in that region, and the future will show thriving Industries, and prosperous com munities. The same classes of facts hold alon.r the lower basin of the Columbia river and its affluents, Lumber abounds, lion ores prove rich. Coal veins have been found which promise well. Tlu home industries have begun vigorously in many of the towns along the Wil lamette river. The materials arm ph. sily obtained and transported and sent "'I directions to quick mar kel -. Manufacturers of wood .-1.1,1 "f brass and tin, of brick ami sfnto. r crocks and earthen ware, of woolen and .'-IVdeg.ando,,,;,,,, ft JT I f fl"Ur ip. 1 ") "odoubi I,- foundw the bilk' nomc usc nav CriwcoaibecUinpi ? J"0tl ' n'rac ,nd P! "ong ,lu- h' beyond CedTr Un y VCi"' lhe communities . Sn,.hmish ' ()rt," :'" W-bingtoare becom- ,, - . 'o louniy "I'-uouverM.hu,,,. Theoldcr -Ker coal. e already found r '"taunc. xae bads d! ii.1i I . - '--'-nd San jLufimd "ami.. 1 he 111 arc g more independent r,r ; ,. . . iiiuuita. Dames are established and u proved methods and will, Perm products arc ' greater variety and ninntilv VI.... . . ' . ' a 01 cnoice fibre is raisi n 01 .11 ,-, - .- -. .. , M , muso, ijregonand Wash- '" f Uu-sc,, I? M''""1 ":,x-d is raised in large Jnhdustiicv. P-jquanttnes for oil. A fcw ,m J '"""4 r "nds o 1 """""'Ihc problem of U. ;M7'."! K-M-ml 1 ver have become penalty of cxpcrts Rnd lw production of l' . undated by our ehn f C" 01 r.l ,lr 0wi cl.matc and - i i"K harves,5,and by cluick ,1UXU fl)ron'Pt and cheap trans- t- iinr fruitt and ......i. . " ,a
