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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1883)
April, 1883. THE WEST SHORE. 9 earners are endeavoring to form a " Packers' Protective Union," to protect their interests in foreign markets where Sacramento and other fish are sold as Columbia salmon to the injury of the puckers, here, also to prevent llic cutting and stealing of nets, and to take concerted action in propagating salmon in the river. Such a union must be productive of good to the canning industry of the Columbia. Manufactures. A In rf;e boot and shoe factory is being added to the industries of Victoria, B. C. The Washington flouring mills at Waitsburg, W. T., will be increased to twice their present capacity this summer, and the roller system adopted. Mr. Precedent, of San Jose, California, has purchased the flouring mills at Phoenix, Jackson county, Oregon. It is announced that the oil lands of Elhi, near New Tacoma, will be tested this summer by a well organized company. A factory to manufacture barrels for shipping Puget sound lime is being put up at Bowman's landing, on Orcas island. A new flouring mill on the gradual reduction roller system will be built this year in Colfax, VV. T., at an expense of $55,000. The Missouri valley flouring mill at Cenlerville, Montana, has begun oerationi under charge of an experienced Minneapolis miller. S The woolen mills at Dayton, W, T., are being thoroughly overhauled, and will begin running again in May, havii'g been idle several y.ara, The Tacoma Lime Co. has been incorporated with its principal office in Portland. Its object is to manufacture and deal in lime, lumler, etc. The Durand Organ Co. has been incororated in Portland with a capital stock of $30,000, and preparations are being made to manufacture their instruments here. The new mill at Oregon City, owned by J. M, Welch k Co., has begun work. The gradual re duction process is used, and the present cacity is 750 barrel per day, which will soon be In creased to 1,000. A large foundry and machine shop is nearly completed in Corvallis, Oregon. It occupies a large two-stry building, which, kith other pur tions of the establishment, covers a large space of ground. The discovery of large beds of lime rock near Lake Pend d'Oreille will be of vast benefit to the buildinc and brick industry in that region. There is an inviting field for brick manufacturers through out the whole northwest. The brick are wanted am! the market is sure. The Oregon Iron and Steel Co., capital stock $3,000,000, has purchased Smith Hios. & Wat son's iron works property in Portland and Albina. The extensive rolling mills this company will erect will be of great benefit to Portland and the whole coast, helping to build up this city and it- velop our great iron resources. The manufacture ol brick is Incoming one of the important indutries of the coast, owing to the enormous demand for building purpose. Small brick yards are to I found In the outskirts of nearly every town of any size, but are in most In stances incapable of supplying even the local market. A large brick yard at Steilacoom Is working on heavy contracts, and work has been commenced upon a splendid bed of clay near New Tacoma, where not leu than 6,000,000 brick will be made this season. Spokane Falls has also fine deposits of clay, and of the brick made there a manufacturer says 1 " The clay out of which the majority of the brick have been made here is of a very strong na ture ; it requires an admixture ol nearly an equal quantity of sand to keep the brick from cracking while in the process of drying. The sand, of which there is an unlimited quantity adjacent to the deposits of clay, also has the effect of produo ing a fine blood red color to the brick when burned. When the sand reaches a certain hea', in the process of burning. It melts and fuses with the clay, resulting in a brick of most extraordinary strength. Their tenacity is an important factor in reducing the price, as the brickmakcr is at com parativeiy little lots from breakage, w'. ile he has the grim satisfaction of knowing that when once burned they will stand like a stonewall. The clay used in brick making all over the Pacific coast is found in the lop soil, instead of under neath, as in the east, lite subsoil here, from some geological cause, does not posses body enough for the purpose. As a result of these facts the fine steam power brickmaklng machinery used in the east cannot lie used here I too many roots, etc., in the clay. In the largest as well as the smallest brickyards in California and Oregon the brick are all moulded by hand. Counting first cost of very expensive machinery, breakdowns, etc., they cannot be manufactured on any chceiwr principle than by hand moulding. Taking things into consideration, the chances for making brick at this point are very favorable, so much m that they can lie, and are, pmlilably manufactured to sell at a price so much Ik-low the present price in Portland as in more than counterbalance the extra cost of lime requited for brick buildingi here." l.UMIir.R. A new steam saw mill Is being put up ten miles from Kat Portland. The new saw and planing mill at Sumner, W, T., is completed and nearly ready In commence woik. The Multnomah Lumbering Co. ha Uen In coriuraled in Portland, lo manufacture and deal in lumber. A company has lieen incorporated in Mason county, W. T., to build a lugging railroad near Union City. Hanson A Co. 'a mill al Tacoma ha recently ... t. . been enlarged lo 'laily rapsciiy cm mj.owi icci, and new wood-winking machinery has been added' The lumbermen of Wisconsin are turning their attention to (he forest ol the great northwest, A company has been organized there thai ll soon begin operations at some favorable point. A portion of the material for Ihe logging road from Utile Skookurn lo the Lhehalis coumry, has already Uen purchased. The Port IDakely Mill Co. will build lh road this season If Kible. In March thirteen vessels louk cargoes of lum her from Puget sound ports lo Honolulu. Callso, Iquique, Melbourne, Mnejr "! Shanghai, Cn' sling of 7,574,000 feel of rough and 1,407,000 feet of dressed lumber, 7o8,oco laths snd pickets. nd 404,000 shingles, all valued at $1)7,050, At A-U'.A tl.t CmImh Mill Co. iiu been in corporated, and has purchased the saw mill prop. rty of George Hume, and Ihe West Shore mills have been enlarged In a daily capacity of '35,000 feel. The market Is not yet fu'ly supplied In thai city. Two cedar slumps in Snohomish county, W, T., measure 63 and 56 feel in circumference respect ively, at t distance of one foot from the ground. A pitch pine tree In the C'uur d'Alene mountains h reported with a height of 115 feel, and a elr- unifercnce of V feel, five feel fiom the ground. The Western Mill Co. has been lncocHiraled to build a saw mill on Lake Union, In Seattle- It is the lourth new mill enterpiise founded In that city this year. The capacity will he 30,0.10 feet per day. Mclmnald & Kellie are driving ilea on Ihe flats south of the gas works, a tindalion for a new saw mill and sah factory. A new lath mill ha commenced operations. The pn lection of our forests from ihe devastat ing fire thai annually sweep through them should ie one of the first care of our jieople. Not only are the home and liv s of sturdy settler endan gered, but one of our greatest source of wealth I being consumed In smoke. The following notice being freely circulated In Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and shows thai the inleilor depart ment Is stilting In the matter t DsTAarnrNTor in Ixmaioa, ) iKNkAL Land Omi k, J Washington, i. C March 8, iHHj. ) The attention of the public I called to ihe fact lhl large quantities of Ihe public limber are an nually destroyed by ihe forest lire wh'ch, In many cases, originate through the carelessness of hunt ing, piospeclliig anil oilier camping parlies wlilUi in some Instance lliey occur lliruugli design. I lake ibi method of warning all pervin thai, hereafter, Ihe cause and origin of all finest hrrs will I closely Investigated, and where Ihe hi Is ascertained lo hs?4originled through elller care lessness or design, the panic Imi'ficatcd will I ftinulnl Id thi Jull mlml 0 Imv. sqieclal tinnier agrni are nereoy uirrcieo 10 proceed against all offender under ih local law of ihe stale or U-nitory, rrUling lo Ihe unlawful selling out ol fires, in which llie same may occur. I he public, grnerally, are rnpiesled to aid Ihe offi.'cr of the government in its efforts In ch k Ihe evil referred lo, and In li e punishment of all ufleiider. N. C. MlKaI AMi, Comiiiisatmrr. Puget sound I considered one of Ihe mini re markable bodlc of watt r In the world. It Is sur rounded by continuous forest that reach Insck lo the summit of I ha Cascade and Ihe Olympia range. The si nam that come down from Ihe mountain on every side have fertile valleys 1 hm of them are already occupied ami well cultivated. It was once Mirved Ihe land around Ihe oiuimI wis worthless, and thai It forest Mood on rock without toil) 11 lime has demonstrated lhal all ihe upland between the ttream, ami esiending lo Ihe mountains I ikh, deep si.il, lhal will produce anything lhal i!l grow initial climate. Timtt, Munludtii, Minn. Onuine soda spring have been found al Ihe head of Ahlanum valley, tome twenty -six NiiU from Yakima'trty, W. T. Kxceltenl bread ha been made by simply mixing flour with water from the spring, ssing no other Ingredient mil tall,