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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1883)
4 THE WEST SHORE. January, 1883. I made Ibis winter. This coal it superior for domestic and steam purjioses. In the Carbon Hill seties of veins are coals siirior to the fa mous Cumberland for blacksmitliing purposes, and other coals excelling those used in the manufac tuic of cU at CuwaWJe, Pcini.svlvama, being rich in fixed catkin. This licars strongly on the question of iron manufactures in New Tacomi. Furthermore, in reference to coal, New Tacoma ii the nearest shipping point for what is known as the Green river field, and there is reason to be lieve that it will lie to utilized. In fhort there is abundant reason to expect that before eighteen months from the present writing there will be shipped out of the port of New Tacoma, coal to the amount of 2,500 tons per day. Bituminous coal of good promise has also lieen discovered near Chchalii in Iwis county, aliove mentioned. Kesecling New Tacoma as the shipping point for wheat, its history has already begun, the first ship, named Dakota, having been loaded with wheat it this place in Oclolicr, 1S81. Several others cleared since that lime, and with a numlier now lying at these docks receiving wheat and awaiting cargo from the fields of Eastern Wash ington via the Columbia river and the Pacific di vision. Eirsl. The Cascade division being the line for a railroad fiom near the mouth of Snake river as directly as may lie west to I'uget Sound, is a land giant line and is, therefore, if for no other reason, certain to lie built, Ixxause the land is of great value ; and it is to be built toon, surveys lieing about completed, and pass through the Cascade range selected, as apears from Mr. Villard's re cent annual report, as follows : " Surveys were continued on this division to determine the liesl route and the best point for crossing the Cascade Rnnge. Twenty-one passes nave lieen examined. the result is that the Stampede Tans, at the head of Sunday creek, branch of (.tern river, is shown to lie the best Hiint for crowing. It it nearly due east from Ta coma, and can lie crossed by a tunnel Q.loo feet t .1 ..e - L'v. m u cirvuiiiiii in ,oos, u'ci aimve tne sea level. The line from Tacoma to ItlufT Wells on the main roail is ton miles loni! bv this route Staniiede I'm has decided advantages in its low elevation, comparative ease of access, and rniir freedom fiom slides of snow, rock or earth, in the paw itself or on any part of the line approaching Over this division will lie brought in the future the surplus wheat of Eastern Washington for shipment alimail. nccimu. ine stan.tanlgu.ige road south through the great wheat region of the Wil 1 . IS lamette alley u separated Irom the Pacific Division by a gap of lorty miles. Itidi re ,,, veilised for to close this gap this spring. In an ticipaiion of thi. M,. Yillard sent Mr. Mallory, n expe u uom tM ,u Ncw Tacoma to ex mine and select a site for the const met ion of targe ami costly l,ra elevators, Mr. Mallory nn making tne rumination, uid lliM he hai run met ith any sue more favmahlc f, ,he o. catiun ,s heal elevators il,an the ground indi cairn i,y mm n the walrr fumt of New Tr, Sulssr.,uentl,- Mr. Vill.rJ mie,e, the preparation of. and there have liccn prepared, elaborate plans .n n eiev.tors (,iiusi,aiins of which we furn tat and the w.k of building, i, MwM ill liegm ratly in the ap,tsaching spring kerml event, str.mgly sup,, lhc expressions " ttmunet "wsl by lUnry Vill.td in J,U cch in New Taccmia on the 4th dav of October 1881. On that occasion, referring to nis amy as president of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany, he said : That dutv I am free to say, I consider, to a great extent, identical with the interests of your town. And I will go further and say that the interests of your town are largely identical with the interests of those whom I represent that is, my friends in the east and elsewhere who nave united with me in gathering up the necessary capital for doing for you what you have vainly expected for many years to be done for you that is, of giving you a tnrougn ran connection who the Eastern states. You may be aware at least the newspapers have communicated sufficiently about it that the parties who with me formed the Oregon & Transcontinental Company are stock holders to a very large extent in the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In other words, they have larger interests in the stock of the Northern Pacific than in the Oregon Kailway & navigation Company, or as parlies in interest in any other enterprise which is to be carried to fruition by the Oregon & Transconti-''ntal Company. Now the very fact thai ilie largest interests ol this controlling company ire identical with the interests of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany as such, should be the best assurance to you that we shall do everything to promote the growth of the Northern Pacific to the utmost extent ; that we shall use every effort to make our investments in Northern Pacific stock as lucrative as possible. I have spoken of our interests as Northern Pacific stockholders as a guarantee to you that everything will be done to bring this great enterprise of the Northern Pacific to its legitimate fruition. Our interests as Northern Pacific stockholders, as I mentioned, are para mount. AJ Northern Pacific stockholders we are more largely interested than any of you individual' ly in the fate of this town. That is, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, as the leading stock. holder in the Tacoma Land Company, is more iiuitcmcu in uie growtn ana prosperity ot this community than any one else residing here or elsewhere. This additional fact is a further guarantee to you that the Northern Pnrifio Rail, road Company, as such, will do whatever can be done legitimately with due regard to its other interests as a transportation line, for the develop ment ol this place." My personality has betn identified very largely in the public mind here with the question of the construction of the Cascade branch. You mav rempmlu-r iht nr. my first appearance in the Board of Directors of ! rtmnern racitic, 1 telegraphed out here that the Cascade branch should lie built under any and all circumstances. I intend to keep that assur ance and promise. But in connection w,u. mis sui.jeci t wish to submit a few considera. ..oil. 10 you as practical business men. We propose to deal with the Northern Pacific, to conduct the enterprise as a business enterprise, for lhc lnefit of us stockholders, having due reeard at the same time for ih im ttrncls vf ik. ..t tl- Now, you may be aware that it is the purpose of -...b.i. Ul llIC mmnern racihc and t -to it, 7. "'ugion lerntory branch from ' " " ry natural thing for the c Pny to do, to bring about this connection We intend to mat - . . v lunnccuon at the ear est hai' ?r0, r'n? Tna " point i " wneal slllPPing . acom. . vv heat sh pp,ng polnt ha) rf k that the Om.,n i " "7. Mion is shall build a W C"Lhm'lany lPPing poinu" ' ms Tacom ' vctSl 2 , eT4CmtAr"- Piously ad. locate the interest of the t,; , . ! " oq ooiu are conducted with the ability requisite for newspan, nf ilia mminn vQt1" r1 vi ius w-Fiiuig lllbiKJIUllS The stores already established will , favorably with any on the coast, and their pro. pwciuia u a general ruie are enterprising, p. ing business men. St. Luke's Memorial Church is a rift tn it,. city by C. B. Wright, Esq., ex-vice-president of the northern Pacific Railroad, now a resident of Philadelphia. It is entirely constructed of stone and cost the donor the sum of $23,000. The architecture is the work of Mr. J, Sherwin of fortland. The " Fannie C. Paddock Memorial " hospital was erected in memory of the wife of Bishop Paddock. It has a beautiful location on the road way between Old and New Tacoma, stands on sloping ground, affording natural drainage, and U said to be one of the best conducted institutions of the kind on the coast. Rev. E. F. Miles. M.D.. is the physician in charge. The views we furnish of residences are but specimens, the city contains many beautiful places not here illustrated. Those shown will suffice to give an idea that the people have full confidence in the future of the city, and have come to stay. Since part of this article was in type Tht Tacoma, the first of the fleet of new colliers men tioned on page three, has arrived and taken her place on the line. She is a magnificent specimen of naval architecture, in fact the finest and largest collier on the coast. The Oregonian of January 1st is a perfect en cyclopedia of the Pacific Northwest. An intelli gent perusal of its columns will enlighten all about the progressive strides we are making. The publisher of The West Shore has just returned from an extended Eastern tour, and is proud to record it that, although we made it a business to critically examine newspapers of all places we passed through, we have nowhere, with the ex ception of the metropolitan press of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, etc., seen an abler conducted journal than the Oregonian, not even in cities where the population is four times greater than that of Portland. The entire railroad system of the Pacific Northwest having now 1,380 miles in operation and more building, is controlled by Henry Vil lard, Esq. The system includes the lines of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company the Northern Pacific, the Oregon and CaliforM Railroad, east and west side, and the Oregonian Railway Co. (narrow guage). Mr. Villard 1 controls the ocean steamers from Portland ana Puget Sound to San Francisco, the princip1 river lines in Oregon and Washington, and nearly all the Sound steamers. The Northern Pacific RjR also have eleven hundred miles of railroad finih at the eastern end. Thisgives fourteen hundred ana eighty miles of road under one directory. Tht Northwest News has been published no for nearly a month, and certainly improves wit every issue. It looks as if it has come to W and we wish it unbounded success. There cer tainly is room here in a growing metropolitan city like Portland, and there is no reason whale1 why it should not be on the very best of tefl with all publishers, editors, and the paw 10 general.