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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1889)
Tin: WEST SHORE. the capital of only Vancouver island, which ...rki, printing f(fitry, legislative hall and muse- na wai .'. . . ... i :.V . .. UiUinrr. a ! was a separate colony, mm Fiu .-v t-rJ ittnn in that Uahty. Th grounds are tasto folly laid out and much attrition )i given to keeping them in ord'-r they al)i prenent a handsome ap ltkurr The U'-w court house miaaivn build ing ;mt (vui.l'tl t e xit (if nearly JMXiO.OO. Tho nty hall, city and provincial jails, public and private school and ortll-K building, hospitals, a dozen church, most of which have tome sjcial feature! that make thntn ink-resting, and the Urge numler of fine business blocks and private residences contribute much tn the Attractive aj jx aranpe of the city. Tho lafjfe t.ne n-idrt,tv Uguu by the late Kobert Puns tnuif, and now ling oomph-ted at a cost of nearly jeViUiKKi, it the tnt prominent structuro of iU class in the nty, and it occupies an elevatiou in tho western I rt that makes it visible from every (uartcr. A new public hospital ia U-itg built in thnoutakirta of the t.n at a ct of alut It it locat- el n a tract of nim-Wn acrea of land, on which ii a lroift of oaks and ornamental trees that ia unsur jl for rustic Uouty, A new Presbyterian church, preparations for the construction of which are now In progress, will l an ittiortant alditiou to tho ar chitectural fraturea of the city. The rnt cMual oUcrvrr in Victoria will notice, that the nty Ii not one that ha gnu u up in a decade It Lm in A U-n liiini into eiiiince m a proxrty vultori by the tnrlho.li that have obtained in so many wrsU-rn cities, nor u it a town MciatHl with fosturoso Mi; urrt snti.juily. The Hudaon'i Hay (V.tujny rstsblishol a trading t at Victoria early ku the rcoi,t century In M7 a fort waa built there. 1 lie )eara IsU-r the l. u tu lttl, and in Ni'J it was InorporslM The Crst uw arrived from En- tho year above mentioned, when Vancouver was made a jart of Britiab Columbia, New Westminster was tho seat of government of the colony on the main land, but when the two became united under the aame provincial government Victoria was made the general capital, which it still is. From the first, how ever, Victoria was the chief trading point of the en tiro British poHsesBions west of the Rocky mountains, liocauHO it was bo accessible by water, which was the great highway for all commerce. It has been but a few years now that a practicable overland route has boon in oration between Old Canada and the prov inces of tho west connecting the two oceans. Until alwut five years ago tho chief route for travel or traffic was by way of Ban Francisco or Portland, so it was no small advantage that Victoria was situated com paratively near theBO great commercial centers to the south. It is the oldest city in the province, and also tho commercial metropolis and social center. Ship ping from all parts of the world enters the harbor, making it an important port of tho Pacific seaboard. Victoria is increasing in size and importance from tho force of its own momentum. The larger it grows tho more rapid is its advancement This is true be cauao it iK)8Be8HCB the elements of growth in and about its borders. Though it is in a new country, and near a Mter developed section, tho national trade restric tions prevent competition from abroad, which would retard local industrial progress. The development of tho uatural wealth of the province is encouraged in every way possible. Tho government built a great railway for it and has subsidized lines of ocean Bteam ships to ply to countries on the other side of the globo, in addition to the encouragement of home en- I L ki' I' .... . " .u . i or many rsrs inn Uuu,ns Jiay teri.r sea. Th inllnnnM. . s I V ......... i It l .1 .. : ' d did uuw ju IU1I UUCIBliUU, IT. r ! "" U""m' "J onu.l .eiirit, i. iafaBed in all linC. L!ao.. an.! hater mduitrial (r.tiba were en- of buiinesn th. IW, ,r, tMld ti.mr i L,B ; ' h m the largest iron works on the Pacific fc ,.f the fl,o thuty thouVU , :, 1 1 ' ,lV,Vre "tared. Five boot and .hoe fac- .nLwmWin that rZZ Ul07apl,i? tmt.dent hull ,u r,al .n,L U,,a lTKi 1 .c. carriage factories, two furniture factories, M t- tad a Sradu. MJ JZ Tf ' wir6 WrkB' mm Tl. i-j ulat, m a. ,,ru jU .UttUri " i 7' amI pickJiD8 Mttblbbment, aU-ut .ii Wa thousand Th. ct), accaxtjl, man T Mr f ' ""WW work. cigar box fac tfarlBiir.fi and yyngi uwicu tar, UD d.vrl' t i tKioT'l two book binderies, h M au ,it whch if ctntnandl M U e crn' hhUrkt &D(i 40 me&1 t.al trad.rs in of tU ,.nitw. ltU N . D" the other more important manufactui. .bment. of the city, and they turn out a I