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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1882)
June, 1882. THE WEST SHORE. 115 Ihe city. Elsewhere will be found an illustration which will give the reader an idea of this boule vard as it now is. The residences of the laboring class are not to found m Crowded tenement houses or nnrmur I Numerous hotels, none of them, however, noted nounced their opening day at yet but It will no for any particular grandeur, furnish accommoda- doubt take place Immediately after the Oregon tion suited to the tastes and means of their patrons. State Fair. Right here it may lc well tu mention that a large The San Francisco Mechanics' Fair will, for . hotel. Conducted in firef.rlnsft atvtf.. wnnlrl h lit It... Ikl. ua winw lla .turn luiIMInn alley,, as in many ct.es. Each cottage stands in paying investment here. on Its own ground, repenting a money value a lot by Itself, and all are neat and comfortable The elegant and costly temples of the Masons of $350,000. Under the guidance of II. l Con . and even the most humble do not lack the adorn- and Odd Fellows are ornaments to the city. Our wall, Esq., the enterprising president of the As- ment of some climbing rose, clinging vine or pot citizens are well supplied with gas and water, at a sociatlon, we had the pleasure during a recent of flowers, to give evidence of the thrift, prosp :r- fair price, and we have one of the most completely trip to San Francisco, of making a tour through ity and contentment that reigns within. Poverty equipped and efficient fire departments in the the building which is rapidly approaching com- in its true sense is here unknown, for no one who Union. Our mnnufactuiing interests are already pletlon and will be ready by opening day, August is industrious and prudent can fail to provide for larce. and are raoidlv incrMinir. Ve-nlncr full nr ieih TK ,,ir!,,r nn.wni. . nr.i immnnrt j himself and family all the necessaries and even with the growth and importance of the state. whilst the Interior has Wen arranged with every manyof the elegancies and luxuries of life. Exclusive of the harbor view, the buildings possible convenience foi Ihe olf.cers of Ihe Associa- I Of the institutions of our city, the first in im- illustrated in this number of the West Shori tlon as well as the exhibitors. The' garden Is al. I portance, and the first in the hearts of all our were erected at a cost of $955,000. ready assuming a most beautiful trcplcat appear- : citizens, are the public schools. These occupy It must not be supposed that the present pros- ance, and from what we saw and heard we have four spacious and magnificent buildings, furnished perity and importance of our city has been easily no hesitancy In promising all who may attend f with all the latest improvements, where some 2,800 attained. Our progress has been greatly retarded this fair a rare treat. I children of the rich and poor meet on an equal by our long distance from and want of direct j ... , J standing, and under the care of 60 teachers receive communication with the ereat business centers of ' i '.ra.ni.i.iim hu l..i fnrmo.l n? et!Tti0n70 fTd ? 1 deVeIP thtfaCuUie8 lhe MSU ?"W0 de8lrUCtive fire have tilcd Ur called the Coeur d'Alcne Railroad and ot body ana mind, and to prepare the young city in quick succession, laying waste a large part ' . student to fulfill all the duties which are likely to of the business portion. The failure of the rail- Steamboat Company. I he incorpora enter into the occupation of his future life. Two roads started some yearsago to make the promised on are W.II. Fife, J. P. Ticrnatl and other public school buildings are now being erected conpection with California and the east, all F. E. Smith, men well known through at the north and south ends of the city, and when tended to diminish the growth and prosperity of out the Territory. The object of the these are completed the city will have invested in our city. incorporation is to build, cpuip and opcr- school property the sum of $200,000. The yearly But with the-organization of the 0. K. fit N. raromj an(j telegraph line from' expense of these institutions is over $80,000 which Co., and its absorption of all (he steamboat and , ,.. is cheerfully borne by the taxpayers of the city, as railroad lines and the securing of the control of Rathdrum to a point oil Loelir (1 Alcne the schools are their pride and boast. In addition the Northern Pacific by the same management, a lake, near the military poht. AIhO to to these a public high school, where all who have new and brighter era has dawned and the future build and navigate steamboats on Cocur made the necessary progress are taught the higher greatness of Portland is now assured. When J'Alene lake and river and the St. Jos branches. The Catholics have St. Michael's Col- the overland road, which is being pushed for- j( rjvcr amj tQ L)Ujj 0tJ,cr linen of lege and Sr. Mary's Academy, and the Episcopal ward vigorously, shall have been completed, and .. , j Washington Idaho Mon denomination have Bishop Scott Grammar School merchandise from the eastern marts, and Imml. '"llroaa " h . ' . for boys and St. Helen's Hall for girls, and there grants from all the countries of Europe to occupy n Oregon. The capital Stock is also a German school. , and till our vast acrea of fertile soil, which so far of the company in one million dollars, The Portland public library, with its 11,000 has lain dormant for want of them, are landed and Spokane Falls, W. T. ia the prill volumes, and the Odd Fellows' and Catholic in our city when the extensive system of rail- cpUl pa,:e 0f business. The line from libraries, together with three daily papers, fourteen ways contemplated shall have spread its ramifi. RajhJrum to the Cocur d'Alcne lake il weeklies, one semi-weekly, and six monthlies, be- cations to every fertile valley in the Northwest, and lQCajct definitely. The company ex sides a larger number of Eastern and European poured on our wharves the vast and evcr-incrcas- 1 t(J jmjj ft roa(j from ,ne head of papers and magazines than is taken in any other ing products of the finest agricultural section of yjgntion on the St. Joseph river to city of its size n America, furnish reading for all the Union when on the completion of the rail- parmjnjrton in time to bring the next who' desire. So much for education. , road to California the magnificent sleaimhlps now harvested crop into Spokane Falls. Our banks, seven in number, with a capital of running between here and San Francisco shall p ne line of the road to the lake Irom $5,000,000 and deposits aggregating about the have been placed on the China route then will Rathdruin U ol comparatively easy con same amount, have the entire confidence of our Portland have entered upon a career which shall ruction.. Two steamers of llRht draft business men and the commercial world, and end In a greatness ind prosperity far exceeding wij jjC constructed at once. The ma- , furnish all the conveniences and accommodations that ever dreamed ofby her most sanguine citizens, ter;ai i already under way. The Rock expected 'of 'such institutions for transaction of and which will fully justify her claim to the proud ford and Farmington countries are gen business. Although our population is not pre- title of the "Queen City of the Pacific Northwest"' errlly known to be the most thickly eminently religious, our churches number a score, TTT populated portions ol our 'country ana and though none of them are celebrated for cost or magnificence, they are commodious and well built, I Managers of Ihe different county and stale about the very finest wheat growing localities.. and are well attended and liberally sustained. All (.in m the Pacific coast are making extra efforts secU and denominations are free to worship ac- for the season of 1882. At Washington county Several surveying parties of the N. cording to the dictates of their own consciences, the fair begins on July 3d and conlinue one week, I p; R arc now at work each s'ulc of Gentile and Jew.orthodox and freethinker.even the never before have they offered so atlraclive a ,he (jaacat'lci range. Mr. Sheets and despised Chmaman. has his josh-house where he progr,mme. Special trams win run irom 1 on- h';s'mcn wi jcave thc railroad at South pncuces iiis.DarDarousana neamenisn me. - Und daily at excur.. n,.!,:. -anA .it , f, the fireen ociely oilers 1 " ation. One city boasts a handsome and com- jqco as premiums for their next annual fair, to river pasws, one ol whlcn W uvorcu oy modious theater where the best Ulent that visiu Legin July 27th. The Klickitat Couniy Society the Cbiqf Engineer above all the Cas- ih P.rlfir nmai from time to time all Ihe nffcn $1,000. , Icade nasties cxnlored. Mr. Ward on latest attractions in the theatrical line. A spacious The Oregon Stale Fair opens Sept. 18th M,l eMvrn' ,;de ha already made a tion of much of the line lete hia work shortly. .. . . r . . Tn. Unrfi.mi MM-ninci rail imvw iiwi . cuitarai proaucu 01 cur siaie. latest attractions in the theatrical line. A spacious Tbe Oregon suae r air u. i eMvrn t, pavUion has been erected, where every year is one week, offers a well arranged programme, held a fair to exhibit the mechanical and agri- hang, liberal purses and deserve, goal patronage. , l..:.;: TPoriUnd Mechanics' Fair have not an- and will compl
