Jul y-August, 1880.
THE WEST SHORE.
'9?
At convenient places in the business water works, a very valuable piece of j ami in suits, with bath-rooms on second
portion, are several large cisterns, property. Mr. Urooks has been a rcsi-1 and third floors. The rooms are all
whilst from the fire-plugs on street cor-1 dent here since 1863, owns one of the 1 thoroughly ventilated and well fur-
! handsomest residences m the rtlnce. and ' nished. csnccullv
' ' I i
nets a 42-lb. pressure is obtained.
u the elegant
ladies' parlor, 14 feet square. All the
furniture for this immense cstahlish-
The place boasts of a neat and roomy is an enterprising citizen
Opera House, owned by Max Vogt The hotels of The Dalles are far
& Co. It is constructed of brick, is en- above the average of what one would j ment was purchased of the Oregon
tircly fire proof, and has a seating ca- expect to find at a place having but Furniture Manufacturing Company,
parity of 600. 2,600 inhabitants. The Umatilla House, The present firm first started this hotel
I In 1803, they afterwards enlarged and
The general health of the inhabit- owned by I). Handlcy and N. It. Sin-
ants is above the average. School fa- nod, is certainly the finest furnished
cililies arc very good, and placet of
worship numerous.
The traveling facilities are excellent
house to be found outside of Portland.
It occupies Kx feet front by 1111 feel in
depth, and cost nearly $K,ooo. The
A daily line of the finest river steamers office is 30x40 feet, and contains the
on the Pacific Coast, passing the grand- handsomest counter and most elegant
est portion of the famous Columbia key-rack in the State. They are con
river scenery, land you in Portland, structed of ash, maple and walnut, and
after a refreshing trip of ten hours, at arc the work of the Oregon Furniture
an expense of $5.
A line of railway
connect! the city
with Celilo, and
from t h e r e a
steamer leaves
daily for Eastern
Oregon, Wash
ington and Ida
ho. The comple
tion this summer
of the O. R . ft
N. Co.'s line of
railway to Walla
Walla will bring
Eastern Wash
ington yet nearer
to The Dalles
and add still more
to its importance.
Several lines of
stages, making
regular trips to
r .
jmBMS1 lav Esaws psii W"a'v- aVflMafl9?3M0m
cosmopolitan HOTEL, Till: DALLES. Proa Photo by f. J. ;-hni.
had the house nearly ready for occu
pancy, when the big fire destroyed the
entire establishment. They immedi
ately rebuilt and opened the present
house on October a 5, 1879. Some idea
tif the business transacted by this house
may be formed when we tell our read
ers that the Umatilla House uses nearly
$(kx) worth of meat every month, and
that it furnishes,
on an avcrii(e,
500 meals per
day.
The Cosmo
politan is owned
li y 'I' h o m .
Smith, and al
though a some
what smaller
house, is in mi
way inferior to
any hotel outside
of Portland, Mr.
Smith Hist optn
ed the Empire
Hotel at The
Dalles, in 1H01;
fi nail y he re
moved to Salem,
where the trav
cling public will
remember h i m
a the genial pro
the various mining districts, have their Manufacturing Company, of this city. I prlctor of the Chemckcta. In 1874,
terminus here, whilst all the freights A large Macnealc & Urban safe fur- he became one of the proprietor of
for Grant county and interior towns nishes a safe receptacle for the valuables the Occidental Hotel at Cortland, re
are here transferred to " prairie schoon- of the guest. The lavatory is supplied maining there until 1 879. Hi hotel
ers." The Oregon Railway .St Naviga- with marble basins and beautiful large at The Dulles king destroyed by the
tiou Company's repair shops, employ- pier-glass. The billiard room is 50 big fire of 1 870, he rebuilt, and opened
ing a large force of men, are located feet w ide and 40 feet in depth, contains the present house on the J7H1 of Oc
here, and add to keep the money circu- four of Hrunswick, Uulkc's & Co.'i toiler of that year. The house has a
lating amongst the prosperous and en- tables, and thirty elegant settees, cc
tci prising business men of the place. dally designed for this house by Mr.
frontage of 1 10 feet, by 40 feet in depth,
with an I. 00 feet long. The rooms,
of which there are 75, are all light,
thoroughly ventilated, and neatly fur
nished by the firm of Shimllcr Ac Chad
bourne, of Portland. The billiard
room ronliiifik lurn Ii.I.Im. ,.t .
quality of flour p day, for which they hc(lc,i 7 " --npetent steward. Two Nlcrn ,d hc ' hM JJJ
find a ready sale in the upper country, niKhu of easy stairs one from the f Decker ft Sort elegant piano.
although thev shin considerably ... . X , L ' iiinmg-ruotri is jn reel, is neatly
although they amp cons.ucrahly ID y , ,he floor, and here wo funiihed, and the table .re supplied
Portland. 1 his firm a so own the cil v C-.l ... -I L! i. .ll I ' .. ''""
A very go.nl flouring mill is located Smmw I-wcntciii, .'resident of the
here and owned by S. L, Brooks ami Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Corn
Mr. I. M. Humason. They manu- Pny- The dining-room i 50x90 feet,
facture about fifty barrel, of a .upcrior hM a fu" cort of attentive waiter,
m . - - J I l.j WVJIII UJIUIUIIi.Bl.1, "'ii'J