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fully two-thirds of the toUl output, which reaches a
total of $189,000.00 for the current year. Tho heaT.
ier grades of leather are now produced here, but goat,
calf and kid skins must be imported. The tanning of
finer leathers in Portland would be of great advan
tage to the local manufacturers of boots and shoes.
The great bulk of goods sold at wholesale in this city
are manufactured in San Francisco. It is only a
qaestion of time when Portland will supply the north
west market with boots and shoes of her own produc
tion. DREWF.BI FA
Portland has three large breweries, supplying
nearly all the local trade and a largo portion of the
northwest The business has grown to such propor.
tions in the last few years, that it now takes a capital
of $700,000.00 to handle it, and the product this year
reaches the large sum of $130,000.00. The largest es
tablishment is that of the City Brewery, owned and
managed by Henry Weinhard. On another pago is
given an engraving of the extensive buildings, locat
ed on the corner of Eleventh and C streets. Mr.
Weinhard's business has increased wonderfully under
his able management and in consequence of tho ex
cellence of bis product Not many years ago San
Francisco had almost a monopoly of this market, but
the fact is now universally recognized that the home
product is superior to anything produced in Califor
nia, and the consequence is an increasing demand,
which Mr. Weinhard finds it difficult to supply. He
has made improvements in his plant during the past
two years to the amount of $200,000.00, including a
large refrigerator and a powerful Corliss engine.
There are now three refrigerators, driven by threo
engines of a total of one hundred and sixty horse
power, and a working capacity equivalent to sixty
toes of ice per day. This is one of tho most impor-
tantof Portland's industries, and is a home enterprise
in every sense of the word. It uses Oregon barley
and hops, both of which are of such superior quality
that they are in great demand by eastern brewers.
His kegs are made from Oregon wood, his fuel is a
home product of considerable consequence, costing
$11,00') 00 a year, and his pay roll of $21,000.00 g
to rople living within our midst. Mr. Weinhard is
one of the vice presidents of the United Brewers' As
sociation of America, a fitting recognition of his im
portance in tho trade as the proprietor of the largest
and most complete brewery on the North Pacific coast
MUCK.
Three brick yards are at present engaged in the
manufacture of that important building material, pro
ducing about fourteen millions annually, valued at
li'20,000.00. The entire product is handled by the
brick exchange Some pressed brick are made, but
the chief product is the common red brick, which is
of good quality. The city consumes nearly all the
product, though small lots are sent to outside points.
The product has doubled in tho last two years, and
tho building prospects of Portland are such as to war
rant tho prediction of a still greater demand A new
yard has just been opened.
MlOUM, WOOI'ES WAItC and iwionrx.
Two factories are engaged in the production of
brooms on a largo scale, and one in a more modest
way. One factory is making wooden and willow
ware. Ono is engaged in tho manufacture of bruhr
of all kinds, while another makes brushes an adjunct
of its other business. The capital of I.JJ.oOJOO in
vested produces $82,000.00 worth of goods annually.
Manufacturers complain of a scarcity of broom corn,
and say that farmers would find it a laying crop. It
would seem that this industry must grow to much
larger proportions, and that broom factorlra In this
city would furnish a market for a great quantity of
broom corn. The growing of this meal ill un
doubteJIy do much to render diversified farming
profitable.
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At Albina extensive car shops were complctM Ut
year by the Northern Pacifio Terminal Company, a
corporation wboM stock Is owned by the Northern
Pacific, Southern Pacific and Oregon lUilway k Nav.
igition Company. The works, as they now stand,
coit$"i25,ni000, and consist of blacksmith, machine
and paint shops, foundry, pattern store hou, engine
hous, dust tower and sundry other nocesaar ball!
ings. There are now ninety men at work, bat the
olant is sufficient for tho employment of a tlnutMi I
bauds, and when the shoj are running upon the Un
designed, about that number will be given atrady
work. It is the intention to make this a repair and
general construction shop for tho roads owning th
company's stock. Each one of tbei roads bu ct
shops of it own, that of the Oregon lines of th
Southern Pacific being in Ewt Portland, &J the
other two at town on their reipMlvo Jifee. .Never
tbeless, the terminal company, which will als build
the grand union dejd aoon to bo erected l-to lr the
accommodation of th'a roads, will d the uv Itn
portant work. Tlo shoj in Kat Portland employ
elglty-thrM neB, the total vah of wit k d t;e in both
shot, as now running, Wing I V)M)(n
No effort Is made to compute the labor of carja
tnaemplojed in the eotstrocttoa of buillicgs, a&l
the sUtistic4 here given refer only to stop work sl!