100
THE WEST SHORE.
tho manufacture of the thousand &od one things made
in a carpenter and cabinet shop. There are seven
ihojHi employing from fire to fifteen hands each, while
numerous ihopi of one or two hands assist in making
a total of ono hundred and seven bands, ard a product
of $1 i0,(M0o. Carpenters receive from $2.50 to $3.50
per day.
fAliMAOEK, WAOOXH AND lil.AC'KKJlITIIlNO.
The manufacture of carriages and wacona is car
ricd on by no loss than fifteen firms, employing from
two to twenty hands each, while twice as many are
doing general blackimithing. Workmen receive from
$2 00 to $1 00 per day, according to the class of work
done. Nearly all work is done for special orders, and
but few vehicles are made for stock, and for reasons
previously explained. Carriage and wagon work
amounts to $251,000.00 a year, with an investment in
plant of $j,500.00; and blacksmithing reaches $125,
m0O, with an investment of $21,000.00. In all, one
hundred and mncty-ono men are employed.
quality of tobacco is grown in this region, we m
safely predict its manufacture in this city into ciguj
and other forms of commercial tobacco.
CLOTHING.
CEMENT AM AltTIFKIAL HTONK.
A factory has recently begun the manufacture of
Portland cement in Oregon City. Tho article is made
from rock brought from Southern Oregon. In this
quite extensive industry $100,000.00 have been invest
ed, and tho gross product for tho year is estimated at
f.W.0O. Closely allied to this is tho manufacture
of artificial stone for sidewalks and building purpos-
ea. Work of this kind has been done here for a se
ries of years, and tho durability of tho material has
won for it such favorable consideration that the de
mand for it is lecoming greater every year. About
fcmKXJOU is tho estimate placed upon tho value of
tho product, in tho absenco of exact data.
cm ft eatoi:ies.
No largo cigar factories have yet been opened in
Portland, though tho wholesale trado of this city is
very largo. A great many small factories, employing
irora ono lo hvo hands, are located in various portions
of tho city, making a total output of $SO,000.00 worth
of cigars, chiefly of tho cheaper brands. There is
just about to bo started a factory emnlovint? Uflnlv
five hands, for the manufacture of cigars by machin-
ft i t . . . ...
cry oi recent invention. This will, of course, require
but little skilled labor. As all tho materials have to
b9 imported from other localities, there is littlo ex.
fetation on tho part of dealers that largo factories
win soon do established her; yet, so far as that is
concerned, tho factories at San F rancisco have to im.
port nearly everything. The experiment of raising
tobacco in tho Yakima country is being tried. Last
year a few acres were planted and the product was de
clared by cxporU to bo excellent If a first-class
Under this general title are grouped the nr.
branches of cloak and dress makinc:, eentlorw.
clothing manufactured by custom tailors, furs, and
general manufactured clothing and underwit r.
the manufacture of cloaks and dresses there a c,
tablishments employing all the way from one to sixty
girls, the total number of hands being three hnnrM
and nine. The girls receive from $2.00 to $12.00 per
week, averaging about $G.00. Only two houses ram
a line of goods, the others simply making up mate-
rial purchased elsewhere, Consequently, the capital
invested, $51,000.00, is small when compared with tU
value of the completed articles, which amounto to
$111,000.00. The term "gentlemen's clothincm.
braces the work of custom tailors, three of whom era-
ploy eighteen hands each, and one twenty-five hands-
also the product of a small shirt factory and an estab
lishment manufacturing about $20,000.00 worth of oil
clothing annually. There are several Chinese firmi
quite extensively engaged in tailoring and the mann
facture of shirts, etc., seventy-five hands beine em
ployed, but neither the hands nor their product, which
is considerable, is included in the statistics riven in
this article. Tailors work chiefly by the piece, and
make from $15.00 to $30.00 per week, and some more.
on the best kinds of work. Qaite a number of girla
are employed, earning $8.00 to $10.00 per week.
The capital invested is $70,700.00 and the output
$303,000.00. Two firms are largely engaged in the
tanning of skins and the manufacture of fur clothics
and articles of all kinds, their combined product be
ing $55,000.00. Nearly all the furs used are from the
Pacific coast, including seal skins, which, however,
are dressed and dyed in London. Not including the
product of the Brownsville and Oregon City woolen
mills, which are considered under another head, the
combined product of clothing reaches the sum of
$802,000.00.
COFFEES AND 8HCES.
In the business of preDarini? coffee and soices for
the general market, three firms have invested Il7r
000.00 and turn out an annual product of $10S,OOO.OQ.
Two-thirds of this ATA hnndlasl Vixr n-Vinlnafllfl and r8-
w MiUVIV4 J TWVWfcw
tail dealers in the city, and the remainder is shipp
to country dealers direct This does not represest
by any mean?, the quantity of these goods used ifl
the northwest, but as all the materials for mate
them are imported, our manufacturers have no adns
tages over those in other cities. The goods are
and sold on extremely close margins.