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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1881)
34 THE WEST SHORE. February, 1 86 1 V The room l well warmed in cold weather by a Mr ii m heater neatly covered with it nuulilc hluli. The upholstery of tin room is Mimptuoti in the extreme, mill it h dcliculc linls yivv (he mi loon a palatial appear Mine, esjcciiilly lit night, w hen the nickel-plated I. imp nrc lighted up. I'llssillg 1(1 tliu Inirii (line deck, (ir, u it is c .tiled in siciinilioiit par l.incc, "the roof," m fiii'l leu slate rooms fur 1 1 If accoillllioilitliim of nil the officer save the clerk. On top of thin w Texas," wt find tin el egant pilot-house, enclosed with platc glat windows, and provided with a Mecring-whccl, which i oHTiitcd with a hydraulic lever working two cylin der connected to the rudder ly strong wire rot. Tlii lever, which can l moved hy a child of nix years, is moie powerful itt chunitig the vessel's course than the combined hone niul in uncle of any ten men you enn find. It l, together with the water-tight com partment mentioned aliove, n complete Nilicy o insurance iion ench one of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.' aeventecn alcamltoat no provided. On the roof are evcn lifc-hont with crane derrick which can 1c lowered at a moment' notice of fire. Take her for all, (he it complete in every detail ; nothing Wing spared that will conduce to aafety and comfort of the traveling puhlic. Her cost wit not far fioiii $i mkx), and nhe U omI for ten year of fmuie service. She U under t oinmitnd ofCapt. J dm II. Wolf, who hiu Ih-i it m.iMcr mid pilot on 'iik loulu for I lie past i w i nly eight year. The fit Join arc iti charge of joliti Mm.UII; tlie of liev uii'L.t nvi r by I .tiiic O'Neill .itid Fred KinM i in ehaie oTlho tiilin.iiy i.'iii(m tit. Kvciy mail ia jiiMter of hU lia.iiii-K,irKl khe Inn rxciUil the nio4 fiviw. bl comment fiwn all 1 -? JMf"m'."m1l X- O. K. & N. fO.'S STKAM KK, WIDK WKST-I'oitlttiid ami Cascade Uoutc, Eastern tourists that have traveled on her. The Wide West in the Oregon Rail way and Navigation Co.V favorite steamboat, and makes regular daily trip between l'ortlnnd and the Cas cades, passing the finest part of the famous Columbia river scenery. IIKITISU COI.UMIIIA. A prosperous season is about dawn ing on this favored locality. Rich in natural resources, which arc being grad ually devcloK'(l, its railroad enterprises are to be pushed forward with renewed vigor so soon as spring fairly opens. The contractor of the Savona branch of the Canadian Pacific R. R. adver tise for 3,"00 white laborers. Victoria, the metropolis, will reap a rich har- r Iilll 1; 8 4 -aV i It ... ,-, -'s'4rv-- k ft-- j ntMNt; KAloriN. sTl AMI K WlUf WtST, l'0,v!. G.ItiOsc vest from the general activity. Already a pretty place, with natu ral iidvaniages of loca tion and climntty these brisk times w ll have a tendency to build up and make it a still hantlfomcr and mure desirable pi lire for business and resi dence. Numerous en gravings of the city and surroundings have, from time to lime, appeared in these columns. We present in this issue t hree additional views. The Four-mile house is lo cated at Craigflower, four miles from Victo ria, in the midst of a cool forest and within sight of salt water. It is but one of the numerous charming, rural spots to be found on the far-famed roads leading in nearly every direction from the city. Corner Douglass and Cormorant Sts. is a substantial, neatly kept hotel, the property of Joseph Gosncll, Esq., who also owns a number of neat cottages adjoining. Mr. G. came to B. C. from Canada in 1862, and is an enterprising, go-ahead merchant, being engaged in the grocery business directly opposite the hotel. Government is the principal business street, and the stores thereon will com pare favorably with those of any city on the Pacific coast. Tourists, espe cially, will find the London 3azar, of which Mr. Thos. Carrington is propri- tor, a nice place to visit. The goods ' displayed therein arc mo tly of foreign niaiiufiic'iireund entirely unlike those we are in the habit of si 1 in,' in similar stoics 011 the A 1 if hi sii'e. Adjoining the It.'zar me the wai t rooms Mid fur niture maniifaclo.y j vf Jj'CobSthl. The More rims llirouvl' In in Gov ernment In Liiii; ley Kls. TU hitler street lieing consiili-ijiblc low er than llio fiirmtr, in: kes ibo building 11 thi'i e story one 011 I.anghy street. It is 64 feel wide on both itrtnitv wit atted by ! ; ,;' ill