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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1890)
WEST SHOItK. The steel for the track li the heaviest ever made, and weight 110 pound to the yard. There will tie a double track upon which a cradle containing the vessel under transfer will U placed. Tlie locomotives, two of which will le used in draw ing vessel aroM the Isthmus, are built on the same principle a ordinary engine, hut of much greater weight and ower. The veseela to be traneorted will be hoisted by hydraulic ow er from the basin to the track, and It U estimated that with thii power and the roadbed in good condition, a ahlp of ordinary opacity will lie taken from the Hay of Fundy and placed in the Oulf of H. Lawrence In two and one-half hour, though a speed of ten miles an hour ia obtainable. Puring the coming year the Chignedo marine transort railway should I in active oKration, and a caving on each trip w ill be made of MO mile. Tula la the only ship railway in North America. Htlmrwn Bros., representing a large amount of Michigan capital, will erect a large manufacturing establishment at Hal lard or Salmon bay, near battle. They own 8.WK) acre of choice timber lands in Oregon and 15,000 In Washington. They propose to manufacture lumber, shingle, sashe, doors, blinds, etc., on a Urge scale. They purchased the Chicago mil's, at Italian!, owned by Hossmin A McDonald, for 100,000, and have also purchased of the West Coast Improvement Company 210 ftt-tof adjoining land as an additional site, Uon which they w ill erect the necessary buildings for the minufa lories named. They also Intend to add to the capacity of the Kossman h Mc iKjnald mill, so that the output of sawed lumber alone will exceed 40,000,000 feet js-r year. Himson Brother will put In their own railways at Ballard and extend the present line to North Beach, where foreign shlp menta will le made. They will also own their own vessels, tugboat, barges, etc., to Uj employed in Die shipment from their largo manufactories, and will employ about 1,000 men. The work of building and improvement will 1 Wgun imme diately and pushed to completion with all possible hut. It I estimated that not b than 1,000,000 logs will be retired to carry on the concern in all it branchea, and the comjeny had this In view when making their Urge purchases of timber land along Tuget sound and in Oregon, which aggregate 21,000 acre of the lt land obtainable. The rejrts of the mine Inspectors of Washington just j-uh-lished for the year ending the first of (K toler show the number of men employed In coal mining In that state to have 1-een 2,M3 and the total outjmt for the year to have been tlti3 tons. By mine the output in ton la as folio : WtU etlrO Fnuklln ,M, HUtk lMt txA (!r Mwi&Uio fM KUts 41 IU-Ii, M-W iHrUn O"' lleeU SB ( t-4o J' IWk I'rslns WJk TuJ WM There U but little doubt but that t! hollo war foundry will be establish! In CUhali within the wit ninety (Jars, r-ubsrrijiiona to the stork have been ao liberal that a guarantee ha been given Mr. Mob! that the full amount wooll be raised, and U start tvJay for rheboygsfi. Michigan, to I!" U bonifies Although tferw U a large 'juanMy of porcelain lined war used la the t'niUd Mat there are but I'ee or Isit pVee where it I made, and the bnlnea I highly profitable. Such a manufactory a the one projoeed fr ChrhaU till employ thirty or more men and U the means of disbursing a Urge amount of money here. Beside this the foundry will um the coal In the hill on the rat side of town and thus ran another Important Industry to be established hrr. There I sNo a prol ability of still another Industry springing up In this connection. It ha tiren demoltitrated that dell of the Wit pilty of kaolin eilst In this county from which pot'ery and enamel! earthenware I made, having that rare quality of furnishing It own enamel. The manufacture of this ware will naturally fob low that of jwrvrUln, and It U even thought that ne of the ImjKMtatit constituents of jiorcelaln will t found her. We may look for mortant development during the lie it sli month. Sujpt. The good snow roads and the new rate on ore shipment have prompted the Nine-Mile mine owner to Increase their output, and push it to the dep4 at Wallace. The Custer mm ny Is sending down some of Its richest product, and the Call fornla resumed exportation during the week. The platUm at the dex4 1 full of ore, and the only drawbe k to I apprehended Is In railroad transportellon, as lite wrather is giving both toads a deal of trouble just now, It Is probable (list several more mine will I added to the ore shipping lit! tfor spring If transportation facilities ran U s wed. A railroad 1 needed a badly up Nine-Mile now a It wa up Canyon irecktwoyeer ago. It will no doubt U budt In the early spring, Tle miner running an on cut on the Tusnimbl i ration Ulwernthe Tuscumbla and Toiighnul on r-unsrt hsv sin k three M of solid galena -Wallace, Idaho, fit Veil. Tlie eiceptlonally dry year Jt ed ha rou the peo ple of the Kittitas valley, Washington, to the ieieMty U jrv vlding Irrigation for their land. WhIU their rr Ust seso suffered for moisture, the wstr of Yakima and (VM-im riv er fl wel by in great volume. The rler tan U made avslb able In Irrigating at least 2.H,Wfl additUal a'ree, and a pv. sitlon has len ma-le by capitalist lonnatf ml v large ranate at a cost of aUut IVWi), the wrk loUcori) ltel within lU year, or a forfeiture of IV),') will he pid. A soUrlUn of 175,000 Is ake. of the farmer and land owners, and It Is agreed on the l-art of tU rsnsl company It hae one td their ranaU rea-ly t j supply wser by the first 4 Jurm. This rr.U-rpf ie will ld mlihotia to the wesllh of the vsl'ey and wdl iiswre l.e county against any jjsiI U failure of rroj hsreaf'r. Oreg'rfjCity' ost U cheap aM rspi I connects with I'ortland are lightening fspMy. N'4 only .h U Merojjt to htrrl Itailway Cou.jny pro.e l eiUnd eUtrU? line from I'altun I'srk.bul sersl I ru are on lU essl I U of the river. Tl- I'ortland an I Oeg.rfi City Badsay Company hss Un orgnii-l by w.II krwn 1'ortUn I rapiub U', some of wloiii are thief owners of lU VarMWr w hne, to coristru.1 a r--l Ua :t Titian I to Oitg.o City by the way of fell owl and MJwaikk f tk4i:y an siUnnol lU otUr line. AftoJUr roijy has ln wgr.U. M tU ia i j-'ifp' and to fvr.l.nue on to I'-artow iUIUm. ArvJ.r boat Is to be put ol lU tU't, l k tr Iripi dty. AH this p-ltU to f pt I growth of tU rly at tU UIl N'.h Yakima, Wishing, w;:i l. syi'em 4 t. Ur k anl an ttW hghl pUfct In iyttU. TUe .y Utrl laing the Yakima rtr far tU milU of tU NuU. V fighi U way U a d tU d ifsw U at- Sk