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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1890)
WEST FHOltE. PROGRESS OF PUYALLUP. HE young town near Tacoma that haa hitherto been chiefly known ai a hop renter in fait de veloping into a city of coniiderable imjHrtanrf. A large number of new building art being erected thii year in Puyallup, and itrrtt improve ment are being made and new businewi enterprise Uing inaugurated. The new hotel, routing IXtyXiO, will lie an important addition to the town. The site N'lctel for the building it an attractive one and it surrounding are plcarant. It hat an entire link faring the public plaza, Pioneer park, a large square, centrally located and ornamented with shade tree and lluwera. The old hop house, built by the pioneer hop raiser, Mr. E. Meeker, who formerly owned the land now constituting the park, in an interesting, rustic f ature, and it ia fitting that it should be preserved a the trade mark of the city'a procjrrity. Aa time pas es, too many evidence of the old-time glory are cast away to make room for modern improvement, and this unique relic of the early day in the hop country U lecoming of historic value. It la in good taste to keep the old hop houne in that public place a an or nament and an object of general interest. The fine hotel, the Park, the new Farmer' hank building, the public achool building and the brick busmen house Illustrated on page 410, W the char arter of the tructurea in Puyallup. They are of modern architectural design and are well built. Pu yallup will 1 ready to axommodate a large tourist trade the coming ean. A motor line It to he con structed between it and Tacoma to facilitate rotnmu niration between the two place. Thl year will wit ness important improvement in the rond city of Pierce county that will increase it busine and plarr it on a basia for further advancement. WOOD DATTEAUS ON THE COLUMBIA. pVKRY old pioneer of Oregon will rcmemUr th r batteau used to navigate the Columbia, fr In them many a family brought the content of their emigrant wagona down the river from Th Ial!c. These large flat bottom, aquare end boat were introduce! by the IIuWa Pay Co, and with ranoe ftitnpriml the river fleet until they were iujr edI by the tcamlat. Even now they are ud on the middle river, that stretch of aUut forty mita U U"nthCaadand The laJK f f tbecKivryane of w4 and lumber to market at Tb Palle. TVe large, dumpy craft can trt jrj-lM with tr. nor can they U sailed to much a IranUr It is only the peculiar condition of navigation there that nuUr thrtii at all vticaMe TIrt l MMy itnmg current in the rivet, and the Uttrans utillt thl in descending the sln-am, fluting with the rur rent. On the other hand, there U an almt constant up stream wind, ai d by the aid f thU an4 lar square sail, they manse to aetnl lh stream 'r gret U necessarily slow In eilhrr dim tln. In going down, whenever the wind i stronger than the rufrt. the U'ftt an hor in me sheltered st, and ajtaln th same cours i uruel In returning should the wind fail or shift rood to the rnttward That portion of (he Columbia U noted for It strong wind, which sweep eastward with imh fr at timm a to make the water eicrtdingly rough White rap wave apear on the river at large a 0w on a fair find lake In a heavy blow. Cndrr the combined ef (n of the current and wind opting rarh Uhr, U wave Ucome very large and dangrruti to lh u ikilled navigator. They hrrak over the stem of th batteau and send their tlirg tpray high In the air The equipment of a batteau li m l very eitrinive A crew of three or fi.ur f-r mahaging the craft and loading atxl unloading (a its rotnplriurnt. A amall dn k hotie itrar the Item tlpii l.lh kit. hiah l lerping quartet, in the rear of whhh I a I t) plat form on wh'uh the helnnttian aiand It I a UUt tfif craft toe uj.n the rtrr, with the while raj breaking all around it, but i-1 iuh an om as I U srlrt ted f'ir a pbaure e Kunlofi. RAILROAD TO PORT ANGELtft A FEW day g It w rarnr. that a yreig H forj- of th Cnloti Parlfic had Urn ami t i IWI Angeb to lay out mm f fty owil by lh n.mjny lhrr, an I it wss r. njotufed that tU proj.rd line of (hat r-a I d n the wett !! of Pwg'l nund wa deigned t" Urnint thrf ir.U 4 I of at Port Twni-nl 111 lb !. trrn figtUiir. by the liKorj-rati m of lb Portland, M St i'U A . tort Uatlway Co , aiiiig lh iMofj.ft..f Utr-g ..ii of the leading ofterr of tk t'ulon IV IftVt In PortUJ Tle rvutr i.et.lio(r.I in th artkb of lofj.,f!n are: Ffwtu Pt At.g'!' ll'tf to Ofay' bail r, thejre .uthe.trfly U Poftlafl AU "'lUfl; from Oray' haf! r to lU C4umMa u-ito At rla. and easterly f'" P"M Af i'b l Pt Iwti-l, v 1m the main lit In rhU!i r...ly tltj b Olympia It will h lU ,( UnPl t U struts of Fu a a,l f vlht M by an ritrnalon of tb l!afl fadaay f' Fp:.l ,trait4. 1 lr.flll AiV "' ii m ri.avU W tU b !t iff of !rituh (VI m!.ia .4i4 time Hk It U d" l ty li e Iir.f t' that U.U U a Cn;- IV rt.tjfit ; lu U U thto t c j'7 d i- 'il f.U 5