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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1881)
August, 1881.'. 232 THE WEST SHORE. KoCTDXi Oaauo. CwmIu44 fro M 31V.) The gemof the mountain,1 she i ever clothed in her "beautiful gar ment," for hc ha none other to wear. You will tee at once that the location, naturally picturesque and lovclv, it maile to hloom at the rose, and all the turrounding posc a wonderful at" tractivencM. The very architecture of her building, whether original or copied, her taundlcst tupply of the beverage of God, her grand orchard in extravagant fruitage, her gardent with their floral beauty, and her field with everything needful, and almost everything dctirable for man or beast to cat and live in luxury, all conspire to make it to. Almost every variety of fruit, nuts flowcrt, grat, grain and vegetable grow in great abundance and to the greatest ticrfcction here. Athland, with 850 inhabitant, a per but census hat two neat churchea and, in addition to firt-clas public kIiooIs, where rich and poor alike drink of the fountain of knowledge, it hat a Chris tian College and Normal School, where every branch of ttudy, from the primary to the highest uicntific course, tt taught. Having almost unlimited water power, the corresponding re tource of the country will ultimately harnnt it all to the wheel, and there 1 no good reason why Ahland should not become the Lowell of the Pacific. With tplendid woolen, flouring, lum lierin and wood-working milltalready at work, the i well in the content for that enviable d induction. Already the productt of her loomt have, without rail or water transportation, even with extravagant rate of freight, found their way to tl.e market of the world, and aimply, too, Wcbum; natural cause conspire to work in her favor. Port land and all intermediate town in Oregon, Walla Walla and the Sound country, San Francico, Sacramento and the intermediate town in Cali fornia all find it to their advantage to order these good quite extcnivcly. And the owner of the mill have been compelled to order large addition of machinery in order to meet the grow ing demand for their fabric. To day they art three month behind their Summer ordcia, and that, too, after having been compelled to decline aome very tempting order from the EaO. In conclusion, with climate not too hot nor too cold, and an atmosphere neither loo Uamp nor too dry, it would not eem unreasonable to conclude that the time approaches w hen ketlik tttkert, a well at comfort lover, will turn their wcarv but honeful tlrrw tata-anl Ihit luly of America, Southern Oregon, ami that many of them will rind lading benefit and permanent home in AthUnU. A. U. R. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD. One of the most important railways now building is the Canadian Pacific. , Oregon and Washington are inter ested in it final completion, to some extent, we lay before our readers a brief outline of its plans. By an act passed during the last session of the Canadian Parliament, the construction of that portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway not then under contract, was handed over to a syndicate of French, English and Canadian capitalists, who for a money bonus of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land along the line of the road, agree to complete the con struction of the trans-continental road. The Canadian government agreeing to complete the portions of the line under contract, as well as the unlet part in British Columbia extending from Emory Bar to Burrard Inlet, handing over these portions to the syndicate on the 30th of June, 1891, when the entire road must be completed. It will then be owned by the syndicate. The length of the line is as follows: From llurrard Inlet, II. C, to sum- mil of the Kocky Mountain! . . , . 496 mile From uimniit to head of Lake Supe- rinr 1,451 mile From take Superior to Calendar Sta tion 550 miles Total 2,498 mile At Calendar Station a connection is made with the Canada Central Rail road (already in the hands of the syn licatc) to Halifax, on the Atlantic sea board, which brings them within 7 lays tail of Europe. The syndicate is now pushing on the construction of the eastern section from Calendar Station to the head of Lake Superior, and the central section from too mile west of the Red river in Manitoba to the Rocky Mountains, The headquarters of the syndicate is in Montreal, Canada. Mr. George Ste phen, formerly president of the Bank of Montreal, being president, and Mr Charlet Drinkwatcr, recently of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway, be ing secretary. On this end of the line work ha been actively prosecuted since May, iSSo, on the section known as the Emory and Savona branch, starting three-fourths of a mile below Emory Bar on the Fraser river, and extending for 1 27 mile toward the Rocky aiounuina. ihit contract it in the handt of a syndicate, of which Mr. S. G. Reed, of this city, it a member, who receive $10,000,000 from the govern ment for its construction, and which we consider a very reasonable price con sidering the character of the work. In the distance, of 127 miles the road passes through 15 tunnels, one i,6oo feet in length, just completed, has alone cost the sum of $250,000 to con struct. Twenty miles of track are now aid, and under the energetic manage ment of Mr. A. Onderdonk, a member of the syndicate, and who is right at the scene of operation, having his resi dence at Yale, where the company's headquarters are located, is being pushed forward with all possible speed. The company have been somewhat hampered by their inability to ob tain a sufliciency of labor, not withstanding the liberal schedule of prices adopted by them. The rates of wages for white labor are: Overseers, per month $ 125 Rock Foremen, per day,.. $3 00 to 4 00 Eaith " " " 2 25 " 3 00 Bridge " " " 300 Bridge carpenters, first-class, per day. . . 2 50 Bridge " second-class, " "... 2 00 Masons, per day, ..$3 5010 3 50 Blacksmiths, first-class, per day 3 CO do second-class " " 2 50 do Helpers, per day, ..$1 50 to 2 00 Drillers, per day I 75 " 2 00 Laborers, " " I 50 " I 75 Hewers, " " 2 50 " 3 00 Choppers, " " 1 50 " 2 00 Boarding houses are convenient along the line, and good substantial fare is furnished at $4.00 per week. Employ ment is given to all who apply. Travel ing expenses from San Francisco to Yale being even advanced where la borers have not the means to bear their own expenses. Notwithstanding this liberality on part of the Company, mal contents are found who after working few weeks become tired, quit work and spread reports about mistreatment of laborers, bad fare, etc. these; reports have no foundation whatever. We have conversed with sober and indus trious men who have been in the cm ploy of the Company for months and they express themselves as perfectly satisfied. Sir Charles Tupper the Can adian Minister of Railway, ii now in British Columbia to locate the final ter minus of the railway, nd also to ex amine into the work already completed by the syndicate, and from what we have seen of the road we have every reason to believe that when Sir Charles returns to Ottawa on the 10th of next month, it will be with a feeling of perfect satisfaction that the railway work from Emory Bar to Savon Ferry ia in competent hands.