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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1880)
May, 1880. THE WEST SHORE. '33 ping facilities. The basement is built of hewn j stono and is connected by easy stairs and olovator i with the salesioom above. Heavily loaded trucks oau discharge or load freight direct at the base- ment rinnm, the descent of Stark street to tho ferry landing gives the building this advantage and really makes it appear a four story structure, both from Stark street and from the river view. The basement is used ontirely for storing oils, pitch and the heavier goods generally. The find ttoor is the salesroom proper, and also contains the elegant offices of the Hrm. The second floor is the package department, whilst the third floor will be eatirely used for the manufacture ef the " Oregon Kidney Tea," a preparation of which this tlrm is sole proprietors, and which has already become a favorite remedy all over the 1'acifla Coast. '1 he immense success that this Arm has proven is no doubt in a great measure due to tho agree able and entire absence of well-dressod flguro OUR liRlTlSH COLUMBIA PICTURE. As has been our custom, regularly in each number, fisr tho vrnr pnf , we pre cnt another British Columbia view in this number, namely, the wharves and iron works of Joseph Spratt, Esq., at Victoria. This is, without a doubt, the most complete establishment of the kind in the Pacific Northwest. The iron works are fitted with the latest improved labor-saving machinery, oc cupy a full block 2.(0 feet square, and give employment to seventy men. The works embrace machine and boiler shops, stove and brass foundry. The Father (who is always trying to tench his son how to net while at table) " Well, John, you sec that when I have finished eating I klwityi leave the table." John " Yes, sir; and that is all you do leave." A young Indyjust home from board ing school, on being told by the ser vant that thev had no gooseberries, ex claimed : " Why, what has happened to the goose ?" The second son of the composer Mendelssohn has died at Merlin. It was his brother who when nsked, "What in your opinion, is the most ep hemeral of your father's works?" replied, "I." BPRATT8 WHARF AM) IKON WORKS, VICTORIA, 1). . Kaon a I'uoro uv R. Maynami. beads and loungers, so often found iu large estab lishments. Notwithstanding they employ a full corps of bookkeepers, talesmen aud clerks, overy partner is a full working member, and capable of taking hold of any department of this immense establishment A TltKATISK ON THE HoRSK AND its Diseases. A 92-pagc pamphlet with numerous illustrations, by Dr. I). 1. Kendall & Co. Price 25 cents, livery owner of a horse should send for this valuable pamphlet. It will pay for itself nearly every week in the year, as it is one of the most comprehensive works on the home and iu disease which has ever come under our notice. olliccs, warehouses and wharves, oc cupy another full block. Mr. Spratt, one of Victoria's most enterprising citizens, came to that city in 1863, is a practical machinist, having served his time under Sir John Kcnnie ; he is also a competent civil engineer, graduating at the same time with the since cel ebrated Joseph Trutch. Mr, Spratt is the Government mail contractor be tween Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox, for which purpose he runs two very nice steamers, both of which he is sole owner of. Pkacticai. Camki.ia Cui.tuhk. By Robert J. llalliday, Florist, Balti more, Md. Price j.oo. This is an elegant book of 141 pages, handsomely bound and illustrated with 43 wood engravings aud five Iwautiful chromo plates. Mr. llalliday writes plain, sen sible English, without flourishes, and his book is therefore one that will be favorably received by matter-of-fact, sensible people. No one who cultivates this queen of flowers, the cameha, cau possibly meet with perfect success un less they have read Mr. llalliday's treatise.
