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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1889)
THE WEST SHORE. l-Oiw. Washington, Initial ,n ;,-. i.... m r n.M a L. "J .u i. 'i U- Im a,-at Wn I'M. firfj in ibe f w W t w- i t'J Cw!iM liilham. ho ,m -J It W-l i'J I. to 1W. ,hil cora' t, ., , iu nr t:-ti U rJu.wi tot!.m tht Cayuw coun ty ,,. !, iu it. of Wti J If. Wbitain. Morrow was t.i i . r, J J I. M'rri, ow of lU piowrri of that Hf, n uu tU n-jst.!. (Vf , TJ:mk, Columbia, ttV.u....t.. r.fclivM, YLitl. (Vii, Klamath, Wawo, t v .:.. Ka-Uur all Uv bratal title prrtain- ,i ic r ff1t! )!;r UWlUMBamfd lCUM i tu i.fcarj!i 'l a iu l.n.iu, an I Jowphtne In hon id ( V.m J wjl.t I.?.'!, i (ixf ol early gold mining rM 1 fc-! , rjtt,u a Rffi w-ntimrnt and not a U'i 1 ( u t.' tr.l E,!.:i,ftjt lUt can Dot U (00 i f li tj-. .U tr.irt'li o( Uh oi l and iml young. i i. iiim - tut rn ( tiN -Tlt l'(vr Colum h. . tt.'.tf i;ij.j.t .tvumrn!i lo I'ntjh Colura . U ! f. er,Uf ;, Untn Irotn lh Y!e l.ci.j -!,-!. 1 jt. U r jrl jr iU lmjfyvmfntof iu u : i i,tt Uiin Cr.-l.a IV iflc croMing, i J .., 4. iu 1 1 l.snlnry. T1. diiUnre . u t.u.!f.j B..t, uh iiw!trt u. Lan-W and u.. ... . fkv. ix, I ili U mvifihle at t j V vi uut iur d w iu chuhfl in more or l 7 Un, th.h orror clofflj ithin tiie l'ii,,.i, i.,,.;,.;,! luuu. 7lmi.illri.i. . J J .1, n.,w ,,,it duin. irtm-.!.i!,!y av V )ui..m. J t.U k.t v, Co!cak rivrn.raul by ,,"VlM1,,n'JfM fct-iUnm. Tl;ilfr,itU a,.l8l,(W .. , ,a ' -:::;:;rrvu - ''-i ;:: - -.-.X7; .... t, I". 'VI, .ft 1 1 I II li t. with the mining diBtricta of Metalline and Colville in the United Kates, also, may spring np on this waterway when in prowl The newly projected line from Spokane Falls to con nect with Upir Mia river navigation and thus with the Canadian Pacific will give Spokane Falls a hold on some of the ore bucineBS as well as the trade of an important domestic min ing section. Ntw Estebi'bihkh at Tacoma. The bustling "Terminal City" seems to inaugurate a new enterprise of some kind nearly every day, not a few of them being of much importance to the general welfare of the entire northwest, such as redac tion works, elevators, etc. Among the most recent project are the following: The Tacoma & Lake City Railway & Naviga tion Co. has been incorporated to build a railroad from some point on the sound near Tacoma to American lake, the beauti ful pleasure resort a few miles from the city, where the Lake City Land Co. has laid out a town site. The end of the rail road will be connected with the city by a ferry line. The North western Soap Co. has erected a factory at Scott's station, on Hunt's Prairie addition to the city. The Puget Sound Bedding h Supply Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50, 000.00, and will engage in the manufacture of mattresses and other bedding materials. The North Tacoma Improvement Co. has incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.00, for the purjxe of operating a ferry line between Tacoma and Maury'i island and Quartermaster harbor, to connect the city with a new town site which has been platted on Vashon island. The Michigan A Maine Lumber & Milling Co. has been incorporat ed with a capital stock of $100,000.00, to manufacture lumber and furniture and engage in mining. Another manufacturing enterprise is that of the Superior Taint Co., which has moved ita plant from St. Paul to Tacoma, and will engage largely in the manufacture of putty, mixed paints, refined oils, etc., and deal extensively in paints, oils, sash, doors, etc. Capitalist! from Milwaukee and Minneapolis have united with Tocoma gentlemen in organizing the Security Bank, with a capital of $100,000.00, which will begin business early in the summer. Hans for the new Methodist university building have been adopted by the building committee, and active building opera tions have been commenced. The edifice will cover a space of rtxty by one hundred feet in size, exclusive of tower and pro lotions, and will be three stories high, of Romanesque style of architecture. The basement will ba of brick, with cut stone trimming, and the three stories of broken ashlar, the entire Kliflce cwting $iB,ooo.oo. The Sumner Manufacturing Co. and the Mount Tacoma Manufacturing Co. have been incorporated nd will both engage in the manufacture of lumber, sash, doors, Winds, etc. Au Cod Kimierien. Governor Swineford, of Ahuka, in one of his letWs to the Ahikan, thus speaks of the cod fishing ltliliulrv i. tl... . . .... - v. .j.lon: ln addlti5n to ,nc,p,ent mining I , ht'n ' "till another which I have only vaguely hint i ' huh " li'tinfd to make either Unga or some other j I'M m this immediate miction a place of great importance. I j'tt-ielothe cod fi.heri,.,. This fish, though found all along t from the cithern boundary to Behring's strait, U, J" !' , TJ ln u"iU'T numbere on th banks lying to the ., lhe Msu!in inlands, or if not so, the fishermen i-tT l7 T',UU ,h" ''r('fwnc because of their close prox Ci"',, hl' h are not on'y safe but easy of acceM. ft ; Itfr !hal tllf'r ,ocalitie9 my ia time bea1 ! i1cvt- n T ,n-''on, but certain it is, that the time J' iuJ lUt- i" the not far distant future, when the