THE WEST SHORE.
8
GROWTH OF PORTLAND.
AiKJnn 1QS. nt, Sfi38.500: in Sellwood. 55. at $60,000- .
total of 776 buildings, costing $4,039,100. Eeal estate.
Ko rnniil Iwih boon tlm growth of our oily, nml so mi- transfers foot up 85,784,961.85, and street improvements
.,r,-u,.,l l. w l.r ii in our expanding bnsinoss relations, cost 47,fj'J7.Uo.
but liHlo f.tt.Mition ImM Wn paid to tlm lintunil
nn
,it j "
Tii miiiHifiicturinc industries 5.4ttl hands waro nm
ioyed, turning out products valued at $11,423,000, being
i increase of 1,303 hands and $3,689,000 in products
over the previous year.
The population, estimated from data carefully col
looted, is shown in comparison with the census of 1880 as
follows:
.U tho Post Office ?72.703.B8 were receive! f.
amps, etc., and $349,113.95 from money orders and
i -i tr.rtnrt nci frr? 1 J j. i i
ik's, wliiie 51rj.v21.oi) were piuu out to noiaers of
Buildings.
Purl bind 4,7.18
KiiHt I'ortlnnd 1,1128
Allium 823
Suburbs 302
Tolnl.
. 6,411
Incri'iixe in tlireo yenrs, 25,830, or 122 per cent.
1883.
80,018
6,522
2,205
1,315
46,150
Population'
1880.
17,577
2,934
143
100
20,814
l.,.,,C.u Hurt mirr. 1 US mill OJilst 111 Olll" Vftl'V llUUSt. st
im... th,, ftv udiiuk ik unexcelled tor ih
lilt' nil.) Minm nun. ,V '
Ix'iiut v 'f l'H'atioii, mid tho scenic panorama of Anture money orders and notes,
I'll - n i
witucHwil from our very street, no inaller in wnicn
direction one may turn, is refreshing and invigorating in
tho extreme. Visitors notion thin feature especially, anil
never fail to comment tijion tho pleasant sensations ex
IM'rionceil, wliilo walking througli tho crowded and noisy
streets, whenever Ihoir eyes rested on the graceful lines
of Mount Hood or the rounded cone of St Helena. The
river will) its inlands and numerous craft; the hills and
ruvincH hack of town; the residenco streets with their
fringo of shade trees, and, above all, the city itself, as
neon from the hills on the went, present beautiful pic
tures, especially attractive to one to whom these scenes
are new, ami imparting an undefinablo sense of content
ment and happiness to those who witness them daily.
Our nrtint gives us glimpses of a few of the most familiar
Hcenes, including the recreation park, a view down the river,
nml the cnlrancn way to our beautiful City of the Dead
Yet Portland is not s 1 in its best liidit from nn
. . ,
artistic standpoint, pleasant and refreshing as that cer
tainly ih, hut from the vantagn ground of its position as
the inetroKilis and commercial center of tho Pacific North
west In Kopleinlor last The West Siioue presented
engravings of tho business blocks and common-inl fi.w.a
wvi iuoj
together with an accurate and complete description of tho
cny, containing many HtatiHticH of ts (rr.mil, ,i ,,!..
. , , - unit W (UH1
during tho previous year. It now presents a gonoral
BM.,inu nummary mo city for tho year 18SI), com
piUI chiefly from tho lnmo holidav nnmlmr 'f ..
Umjtmum, whoso outerpriso in collecting and publiBhini;
o groat nn amount of valuable information settles it even
moro surely in iU position as tho loading daily of the
rortland lias 125 business firms ami
." , .i.Mi.em, nianuracturors, etc tmomfiiw.
itli n capital rnnirimr from Km ... .nn,U i ' 1MrT
H.dotnulongk,regaUHlV,:iO.(H . , '' ,,0ho
grain. h " JL SB
Z ." r hardware. Kl..v " ...
Tho tola v,.li...r i . . w -''W.OOO.
U111H UiiU.i.l 4,. 1 .
Km.n c-uutrioH wi W.ZZi &ml mX othor nf ,;t" 7 " t0r stains 282 illustrations
nlu,HUtf.V,7U ao7,rrs7l .CP",:l,8 t whont, 9 nnJ ficory. and gives information of more than
itlW,m; LWMSUMl valued pities. It i8, in fftct) a perfect encyclopedia 0f
In PorUmiil uu 3m l..;i.i:.. ... the rnciflc Northwest On t o m oanA
cunt uf mmUA. ....... 7"." were erected at a Postn i.i . , . . . w ww T7
. , t mimil( m at W2iWOi o-,... u complex indexed volume, neatly bound in
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
The Astoria Chamber of Commerce has forwarded a
memorial to Congress asking for an appropriation of
500,000 for the improvement of the mouth of the Colum
bia. It shows that the commerce of the river is increas
ing at the rate of 25 per cent annually; that 838 vessels,
with a registered tonnage of 1,152,994 tons and cargoes
valued at 841,000,000, passed over the bar in 1883; that
largo American wooden vessels drawing from 23 to 26
ioet or water cannot cross the bar with a full cargo, so
that the carrying of grain is chiefly confined to the
English iron vessels of lichter draft: that the bar can be
so improved that a vessel drawing 26 feet can cross at
1! 1
uny nine; ana properly asserts that the improvement of
tho Columbia River bar is the most necessary work con-
luiupiawn in tne JNortliwest
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR 1883.
From Olervatlon Taken at the U. 8. Signal Station, Portland, Or.
u,. , . , No. of No. of No. of No. of
Min HiRliMt Lowest Mnim dm... v-;.. rimirl. Rninv Total
nnmm. ltrniD. Tnmn Tomr. ti. i n. pin
. . . r uujd, jaio. lojn. 4J
' ".i-i
TO inmrv Hi uf.
Nurd 'ViV2
April 211.(122
MllV Nl in..
June.... so'uh
Ji'iy 2iui;n
Auinwt. ... ai.oB
Sopii'inbcr 2ti.ii
OcIiiIht. .. au.tku
N'iV(milMr. Sil.ini
Deoomljor.. Sil.119
Total.
55.0
611.0
75.0
74.2
84.0
87.0
IM .0
83.11
87.(1
01.2
0(1.0
56.4
8.6
7.0
31.0
8:1.2
4(1.0
44.0
48.0
43.5
44.6
37.0
33.5
24.2
37.5
33.0
50.4
4U.2
57.4
63.4
60.9
62.8
61.2
50.8
46.5
41.9
4
11
18
a
8
14
25
24
19
4
1
6
in
12
8
12
14
12
6
5
7
11
11
14
17
5
10
16
11
4
1
a
4
16
18
11
116 115
19
9
10
a
o
8
11
16
22
16
135
18.70
2.31
6.40
7.8
1.67
.18
.00
.10
.67
i.Ul
8.29
6.34
5U4
i : I"" 51.8 131
UIKIIlflllOWri.1 nn l.:.i ,- . . " . . ..
nd mnrlir . ui'ierent days, st no time mffioient for sleighing,
.ho wTT 8 10 min bofore th0 8t0" ""led. PrevaiUng direction of
.
The West Shore for 1883 contains 282 illustrations
. uui ihe Vest Shore, Portland, Or.