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try and are In many cases In advanced
stage of disease this accounts for the
many deaths In the hospitals and sani
tariums. Another source of mortality
which contributes to our rate that should
not be charged to the city Is the largo
number of ships that visit this harbor
from every country on the globe to
carry away the wheat crop tributary to
Portland. With these facts to consider in
connection with the mortality rate of
Portland w e are credited w ith second place
as the healthiest city of our class. There
Is no real reason why we should not be
first. J. P. MEN'EFEE.
Health Commissioner.
AS A CHimCH-GOIXCr CITY.
Bandar Ser Ices Attended ly Congre
gations That Aggregate 20,000.
The church buildings of Portland com
pare very favorably with those of other
cities of like population. Sdme of these
edifices would be an ornament to any
city. As to the clergy they, no doubt, are
among the best of their respective denom
inations. Portland Is a. growing, enterprising
town, and it Is manifestly Important that
men of ability, culture and energy and up-to-date
men occupy her pulpits. The ideal
may not be fully realized In our clergy,
but If one of the number may speak he
would say: Portland has nothing to be
ashamed of In her ministers.
The character of our church buildings
and the character of our clergymen are in
themselves commendations to our city,
and the earnest of a mighty, moral
influence. "We Relieve that the moral
well being of the community is greatly
furthered by the churches. Of the clergy
(generally President Roosevelt says: "It
is probable no other class of our citizens
Ho anything like the amount of dlsinter
fested labor for their fellow men."
, Hut what about the church-going pro
clivity of the people? it rolcht bo
I better. There are here as else
l where, powerful counter attractions
to public worship, by which people
re orawn in streams, xnis is nowing
new, nor Is it characteristic of our city.
The worst pessimist Is the ecclesiastical
pessimist. Clergymen should be bright and
hopeful. It is & bad thing to measure the
religion of a community merely by the
slze of the congregation. Going to church
Is but a small part of our duty. Good old
days and good old times have gone; new
Ways and better times have arived.
On this New Year's day it Is wholesome,
it Is Inspiring to preach the gospel of
hopefulness. Handsome, well-appointed
church, buildings and bright, instructive
cervices bring good congregations not
only In Portland, but everywhere.
A goodly portion of our population Is of
. church-going mind. No doubt an aver
age or more than 20,000 people attend
church on every Lord's day.
The fact of our many attractive church
buildings and the multitude of congrega
tions and their maintenance of their
Church services speak louder than word.
REV. GEORGE B. VAN WATERS, D.D.,
Rector St. David's Episcopal Church.
AS A CONSERVATIVE CITY.
Portland Does Bnslncna In the Old
Fashioned, Sabntantlal "Way.
A conservative, stable city is determined
In a great measure by the character of
the aggregation composing it climatic
conditions enter largely into the question.
Whatever may have been the predilec
tions of the early settlers of Western
Oregon, their enthusiasm begotten of the
cold, crisp climate of New England, and
the now Central West, was tempered by
the mists that came with early Autumn
and lingered intermittently until early
Summer of the ensuing year. There was
no diminution of purpose or vigorous re
solve, but there was of necessity conse
quent delay, -which produced thoughtful
men and carefully matured plans; and so
for the first 30 years of its existence,
Portland struggled and wrought and
overcame, and grew. The foundation
stones were deeply and permanently set,
and the transition from the swaddling
clothes of a settlement to the splendid
vestments of a metropolis was simply a
vindication of the natural laws governing
the "permanent growth and building of
cities. To steeple-chasing communities
we may seem laggard, but within our
selves we know we are steadfast and
sure. It appeals now as a surprise, not
unmixed with pride, that about the first
tangible statistical knowledge that East
en people had of Portland was that away
up on the Willamette River in far-away
Oregon, was a city ranking among the
wealthiest in America, and maintaining
out of Its opulence churches, schools and
clubs on a scale that comoared most fa
vorably with similar organizations in the
older municipalities of the other states.
"Wo art not unlike other communities In
the sense that the history of our city Is
in a large part the biography of the men
who built it. The result of their labors Is
a blend of plan, purposo and consumma
tion. I wish It were within the scope of
this brief article to mention the names
of some of the stalwart men who stood
fo Portland when she needed strength,
and who gave her their guidance and
guarantee, the cost of which was meas
ured by laborious effort and liberal con
tribution of needed funds.
The early settlers, by reason of their
Isolation, were peculiarly close in their
social relations. Friendships were welded
then that 50 lapsing years have not im
paired. It has been an endless chain of
kindly interest and tradition that binds
the old families together, and that will
perpetuate Itself through their children's
children. 1 Is this same coterie that
forms the warp and woof of the social
fabric of Portland; fortunate the man or
woman, -who by reason of credentials and
Character har. the entree to these favored
homer; within their portals there Is gra
cious welcome to neighbor, friend and
6tranger, and there lingers the halo of
refinement and education.
In a commercial sense Portland Is not
only conservative, but modest. Barring
San Francisco, no city on the Pacific
Coast transacts so large a volume Vf
business, all done quietly and perhaps
with too little comment. Yearly a great
fleet of ships glide Into our port, carry
ing products from the factories and fields
of the world, and In exchange weigh an
chor, loaded to the water's edge.
There is an abundance of money In
financial institutions to care for all legit
imate demands of trade and to spare.
The banks pay their clearing-house debit
balances In coin, as they do checks pre
sented at their counters. It seems a
little old-fashioned to liquidate in actual
double eagles once a day, but it's an
other evidence of a homely way.
From a political point of view, we are
much the same perhaps as "other places
abuses are corrected as they are discov
ered, and from time to tirao as office
holders in their own esteem become abso
lutely essential to the public welfare,
they are retired, succeeded by others and
others still, until oblivion is full of great
men gone before. Our municipality will
joon be robed in a nice new charter gar
ment that will, it is hoped, not cover a
multitude of sins.
In a newspaper way wo have delivered
at our homes and offices each morning a
publication noting the best In literature,
art and morals, and without a peer In
its line In even the greater cities of the
East. A strict and careful censorship is
maintained upon the happenings wired
from this locality, and yellow colored
statements, unreliable and misleading in
formation must hail from other parts
than this.
It requires little skill and only truth to
prove we are a prudent people, given to
appreciate solidity and merit, that the de
termination to build a great city is inher
ent in the inhabitants and location, that
leaving out calamities that may not be
foreseen or forestalled, no obstacle or
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zens and the successful fruition" of their
hopes. This much we know.
FRANK C. MIULER.
AS A RAILROAD TERMCV'AI.
Portland the Only City on the Coast
Entitled to This Distinction.
Many people have an Ides, in a general
way that Portland Is what we call a ter
minal point, butvfew, even railroad men
themselves, realize the magnitude of the
traffic, both freight and passenger, that
dally passes through our gates.
The word terminal conveys to the aver
age mind the impression that it is a place
at which trains stop, for the reason that
it is the end of the line, and from which
trains start, for a like reason; "ooth of
which are in a measure correct, and yet
both entirely wrong. t
A railroad terminal, properly speaking,
is a point to which traffic gravitates by
reason of Its geographical position, irre
spective of any artificial means to pro
duce such an effect. Terminus Is defined
as the end or limit beyond which you can
not go. Railroads may make temporary
stopping places, division stations and dis
tributing points, but terminals never. As
water finds Its level, so terminals are a
natural sequence to railroad construction.
Look over your map and find if you can
any other point outside of Portland suit
able for a terminal. Situated as she is at
the entrance to the Willamette Valley, at
the confluence of the Willamette ind
mighty Columbia Rivers, with their trib
utaries, at t?.o natural gateway to tno
Orient, all the traffic of which must neces
sarily pass through her portals, she can
not very well help but become the hub
towards which all lines converge. The
following diagram will tend to illustrate
the position of Portland as a railroad
center.
Portland is easily the second largest dis
tributing point on the Pacific Coast, San
Francisco being first. The amount of
charge paid annually on west-bound
transcontinental freight to Portland and
territory tributary thereto la, in round
numbers; $20,OCO,00O, of which Portland pays
about one-fifth. The east-bound business is
more than double that of the west bound.
These figures do not Include local or ex
port business, the volume of which Is
very great. It is estimated that the
freight charges represent about 5 per cent
of the value of the goods. This being true,
the value of the goods coming into this
territory would be about 5100.0CO.O00, while
the value of the east-bound product will
reach the magnificent figure of 11,000,000,000.
There arc 32 passenger trains in and out
of Portland, 14 of which are transconti-
nental trains. This does not Include sub
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urban trains, of which there are more
than U00 per dayr doing business heyond
the city limits.
Take the 32 trains and multiply them by
the days in the year and we have annu
ally In and out of Portland 1LCS0 passen
ger trains. Let us now presume that each
train carries seven passengor cars, which
Is a conservative estimate, and that the
average number to the car is 30 passen
gers, thus we find that the railroads car
ry in and out of Portland annually 70.0SO
passenger cars and 2,4K,fcOO people. Now,
if -ne will take the 200 suburban trains,
estimating one car to the train and 20
people to the car, we have an additional
73,000 trains and 1,460.000 people or a grana
total of 3,91S,S0O passengers and S4,&J
trains.
Let us go a little further: "If wo esti
mate nine cars to the train which would
Include baggage, mall and express cars,
this would give us, exclusive of suburban
trains, 103,120 cars, to which we will add
the 73,000 suburban cars, making a total
of 178,120 passenger cars in and out of
Portland annually. Now if we will esti
mate 50 feet to the car this will give us a
train of cfirs 995 miles long. The number
of locomotives required to haul the 11.CS0
tm1n fthn snhnrhnti holn;- olvtrlrV n
eluding relays, is approximately 67.S90. 1 watershed of the Columbia seeks Port
whlch at an average of 40 feet each will land as Its center. In short, Portland is
make 514 miles or a train of engines and
cars that will reach 100 miles beyond Den
ver.
There is an average of 1000 tons or
freight per day or 365,000 tons annually
Riandled In and out of Portland. The av
erage number of freight cars; loaded and
empty. In and out of Portland per day Is
620. or 226,300 annually. Taking 40 feet as
the average length per car, we have a
string of cars 1715 miles long, or reaching
within 100 miles of Omaha.
Taking 30 cars as an average train, we
have 20 trains per day, or 7543 trains per
year. To handle these trains It -will re
quire approximately about S0.O0Q locomo
tives, which at an average of 40 feet
each will amount to 379 miles.
Summing up the total of passenger and
freight cars annually handled in and out
of Portland, and the locomotives required
to haul them, we have i69,3S0 car?, which
will reach from Portland to 400 miles
"beyond Chicago, and 117(StK) locomotives,
reaching a distance of S93 miles, the total
length of cars and locomotives being 3CQ3
milco, or fron Portland to New York and
back to Oswego, N. Y.
If there Is any virtue in. figures, Port-
land Is Certainly entitled to be called a
railroad terminal.
THOMAS McCUSKER, I
Contracting. Freight Agt. S. P. Co.
AS A SEAPORT.
Portlnnd Destined to Become
the
First Port on the Pacific.
The position of Portland as a seaport
depends upon the conditions which, have
controlled the birth and growth of the
seaports of the world, since men first
went down to sea. in ships. Seaports aro
not made they grow, as a result of con
ditions yfferlng a profit to commerce.
Commerce originates on the land, the sea
playing no part therein, save as a means
of transportation from land to land. The
one condition of accessibility to the sea
going vessel being given', the conditions
which control in the birth, growth and
prosperity of the seaport, come from the
side of the land.
Extending from the northern to the
southern boundary of the United1 States,
a chain of high and rugged mountains,
known as the Sierra Nevadas in California
and the Cascades In Oregon and Wash
ington, separates the Pacific Coast from
thet country at large. At the expense of
long tunnels, costly snowsheds. heavy
grades, a considerable Increase Jn distance
and a consequent heavy continuing tax
on traffic, these mountains have been
crosfcd by railroads, at elevations vary
ing from 2S0O to 7000 feet. They have been
and may be crossed at water level grade
at our port only, via the Columbia river.
Between these mountains and the sea,
at Jthe mouth of the gorge made by the
Columbia River, Is the City of Portland.
On 'tho coast, extending from California
to tho northern boundary of Washingtou,
Is the Coast Range ot mountains. Be
tween this and the Cascade Range, and
south of the Columbians a broad and fer
tile valley, about double the size of the
State of Massachusetts. This section
could reach the sea by crossing the Coast
Mountains at heavy grades. But along
this entire coast Is no harbor admitting
other than llght-drauglit coasting vessels,
and it Is compelled to seek its nutlet at
Portland, which is at the mouth of the
general valley, and which It reaches at
low grades. To the north of the Colum
bia the country west of the Cascade
Mountains Is divided Into two sections
by Its general lay and watershed. Puget
Sound making In to the east of the Coqst
Range, extends south to about the water
shed of tho Columbia. The country Imme
diately surrounding the Sound finds its
outlet to the sea by way of the sound.
The country to the "south and within the
the only point In the Pacific Northwest
where land lines of transportation may
converge at easy grades. The effect of
this situation has thus far been that, from
all directions, railroad lines have been
built to Portland, making the city the
greatest railroad center west of the Rooky
Mountains. The advantage which the
gorge of the Columbia gives Portland In
grade and distance may be best under
stood by a comparison with the Northern
Pacific, which is the road coraing into the
most direct competition with It. as for
that part of the Pacific Northwest to tne
east of the Cascade Mountains. From
the point of divergence the road of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
for Portland, ia the gorge, the Northern
Pacific crossing the mountains for Puget
Sound, the road via the gorge has an ad
vantage of 77 miles In distance to the
seaport, with water-level or descending
grades, while the traffic for Puget Sound
must be lifted one-half mile in the air
and then lowered again. The advantage
in gnfde and distance is the same for
through as for local traffic, and is the
same as against all other roads yet built
across these mountains, as against the
Northern Pacific. What the added dis-
tance, and lieavy grades cost the JCPirds
crossing these mountains at elevations,
as over the' cost to the road by way or
the Columbia, cannot be stated accurate
ly, but it cannot bo far from $1 per ton
on all traffic each way.
To those unacquainted with tho subject,
tp many who should bo perfectly familiar
with the conditions under which they
arise and flourish, the opinion is common
that a seaport should be as near the sea
as possible, and tho inland location of
Portland lif regarded as a disadvantage.
That Portland Is readily accessible to the
seagoing vessel is proven by the fact that
ships of all classes hare been, for some
half century, and noyr are dally arriving
at and departing from her wharves. Tno
fact is, as plrovea by the- location: of the
seaports of the world-, that the seaport is
in no case located as. near the sea as
possible, but as far inland as the seago
ing vessel can penetrate, when" the pene
tration is In the line of the stream of tho
commerce which finds Its outlet, and inlet
through the port, and tho-.so-called Inland
location of Portland, is not her weakness,
but her strength as a seaport. There are
23 seaports In the world reported tis each
navmg an unusual commerce of '5,000,000
tons or over. They are: Antwerp, Balti
more, Buenos AyreS, Cardiff, Constanti
nople, Genoa, Glasgow, Hamburg. Havre.
Hong Kong, Lisbon, Liverpool, London,
Marseilles, Newcastle upon Tyne. New
Orleans, Hevr York, Odessa, Philadelphia.
Rotterdam, Shanghai, Southampton, and,
according to some authorities, Calcutta.
Of theso the following are located Inland:
Miles.
Antwerp v 50
Baltimore 178
Buenos Ayrcs 120
Cardiff SO
Glasgow SO
Hamburg .- : 93
Lisbon 12
London 50
Newcastle-on-Tyne 10
New Orleans 107
Philadelphia. 96
Rotterdam 20
Shanghai 13
Calcutta t SO
Constantinople and Odessa may also be
said to be a long way inland. The loca
tion of Hong Kong Is determined by In
ternational relations. In all other cases,
excepting New York, penetration Is not
practicable. Nor Is it practicable to a
greater extent in those cases given above,
where it is but a few miles. In the case
of New York, the possible penetration is
not In line with the great bulk of Its
commerce. With smaller ports, the pro
portion of inland locations is greater.
The cause of the Inland location of sea
ports is" profit. Without- profit there
would be no commerce. Without com
merce there would bo no seaport, for a
peaptfrt is not a place where seagoing
vessels inlght, but where they do, come
and go. The cheapest known means of
transportation is the seagoing vessel; as a
consequence, it 19 unprofitable for the land
line of transportation to carry the goods
of commerce any part of tho distance
over which they may be carried by. the
ship. Take Portland as an illustration. It
is about 100 miles from Portlandr to an
available port at the mouth ot tho Co
lumbia, with the route of short line and
easy grade, a3 for the country at large,
through Portland. Tho cheapest means of
transportation by land is by rail. Accord
ing to the best authorities, the lowest
cost, to the railroad, of transportation by
rail, is one-half of a cent per ton per mile,
of 50 cents per ton for the 100 miles. An
ocean steamer, such es those now em
ployed in the Oriental trade with Port
land, carries about S000 tons; her cost of
operation, including charter, Is les than
5700 per day of 24 hours; the actual cost
of transporting he cargo the 100 miles,
the cost per hour for the time employed
In making the distance. For the railroad
the largest unit is the largest practicable
freight train; for tho steamer It is the
steamer. The time required for a freight
train to move SOOO tons of freight from
Portland to the mouth ot the Columbia
would beabout 100 hours, the cost to the
road J40W. Tho time . occupied by the
steamer does not exceed 10 hours, the cost
does not exceed $300. If the steamer had
to lighter three-fourths of her cargo, the
difference in cost on the other one-fourth
would bring her to Portland. The same
relative cost holds good for smaller ves
sels, and for all ports of the world. To
state the facts Is to point out the cause
for the inland location of seaports.
But if the foregoing is true as to all
seaports as to Portland and all seaports
located on rivers, there Is still another
source of profit to commerce, and, conse
quently, an additional cause for the In
land location of tRe port. The advantage
which the fresh water of the river offers
to the seagoing vessel, in cleaning its bot
tohi from the growtha which accumulate
at sea, doing away with tho necessity for
docking and scraping, more than compen
sates for the distance traveled In the
river. The Portland-European fleet makes
quicker time between the Pacific Coast
and Europe than the fleet of either San
Francisco or Puget Sound. This advan-.
tage makes charters for Portland as low
as they eould be had for the mouth of
Ihe Columbia, and entirely eliminates from
t . to .
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The archbishop of this diocese has procured the beautiful brick mansion erected especially for college purposes at
the delightfully sightly University Park, on the St. Johns division of the City & Suburban Railroad, and will conduct
a university there, second to none on the Pacific Coast. The building was remodeled and dedicated on Sunday, Sep
tember L "The grounds are being greatly beautified, and the magnificent school -ite placed yn. the most presentable
condition. The school opened September 5 to young men of all denominations. It w ill be a school of learning of the
highest grade, wholly freed from fads and frills.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY wilt be the pride of the Pacific Northwest. It will be broad. It will be liberal. It will
bo thorough. It will be modern. It will be manned with a faculty of the mo3t polished and finished educators in
Anierica. It will attract young mcfn from everywhere.
OUR DELIdHTFUL CMMATEwill bring young men from the East as soon as it Js known that Portland has
such a university. There will be no excuse for our wealthy men to send their sons away from Portland for a
finished education. Tho seat of the great Columbia University will be the seat of culture and refinement. If you
'desire to bring up your sdns and daughters in the pure air of Intelligence, and In a portion of the city where no
saloons, gambling-house3 or places of immorality will be permitted to start, send them to Columbia University. Such
restrictions are placed in every deed to lots in this section of the city.
UNIVERSITY PARK, 'the site of the university, couldnot be more charming, situated, as it is. on a high
eminence overlooking the picturesque Willamette RHer, within the city limits, and in full view of Portland, whence
It is easily reached by electric cars'.
This Institution is well equipped to accommodate 200 students, boarders, half-hoarders, and day scholars; and In
charge of a faculty of efficient teachers, offers to young men every facility for a thorough commercial, and classical
education, including, besides English, Latin and Greek, the modern languages, French, German and Spanish.
The scholcstlr year comprises one session of ten months, which Is divided into two terms, the first beginning in
September and ending in February, the second ending In June. Terms on application. For full particulars, apply to
IEV. E. P. MURPHY, Late of Notre Dame University
University Park, P. O., Portland, Oregon.
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the question the, cost of ascending; and de
scending the river.
Portland is now the second seaport on
tno Pacific Coast, withltt the "United
States; with her unequaled advantages
from the side of tho land, and her fresh
waters', she must become the first.
ELLIS G. HUGHES,
President tJt .tho Port of Portland Commission.
GROWTH IX RECEXT YEARS.
Portland, on. the Broadeit and Easi
est Trade Route to Asia.
When I first saw Portland, a little
more than 49 years ago, she Was a small
town, thinly scattered along tho river
bank, from about Madison street to Burn
side, with a background ot tall fir trees,
reaching up to the very back-doors of the
manufactories, and but few stores. All
of the stores were on Front street, and
there were but five or six residences back
of Third street. At that time sho did
not contain over SCO population.
For many years -her growth was slow,
owing to the long distance from tho great
heehlve of population, and the expense
and dangers of the trip. The passage
around Cape Horn, or across "The Isth
mus" was enormously expensive, and
took much time, while a trip across the
plains took from four to six months, be
sides its great cost, and tho danger from
passing through numerous bands of hos
tile Indians. v
In 1S60. she had a population of 2S00.
The census of 1S70 gave her a little more
than SOOO, "which she more than doubled
by 1SS0. Since that time her growth has
been much more rapid. In 1S90 she
reached 46.3S5, while the census of 1000
gave her 90,426. From the large number
of dwelling houses erected within the
year, and the great Increase In the num
ber of school children, the best judges
now estimate her population at 105,000.
Ever since 1S70 Portland has been a city
of great wealth per capita, ranking
duvit, tut; au3ii;oi. All nt iuuut.i j , uim
her own money has made her what she
Is, together with her favorable location,
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She stands near the foot of the great
Valley of the Columbia, which contains
245,000 square miles, an area more than
equal to the States of New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and
Virginia, an Empire of Itself. The
THE HOBART-CURTIS.
The Hobart-Curtls, of which an illustration is given, is one of the best
appointed and equipped private hotels on the Pacific Coast. It is a five
story structure, with basement and attic, built of brick and stone, and
is situate on Fourteenth street, 100 feet north of Jefferson, in one of the
most dellghtfur parts of the city.
From Its commanding position the view Is superb. There can be seen
the snowclad peaks of Hood, Adam3 and Helens, and the beautiful Will
amette, flowing to mingle Its waters with tha lordly Columbia, 12 miles
below.
Tho ground"; are capacious, fronting 150 feet on Fourteenth street, with
a depth of 470 feet. A beautiful llwrc adds to the attraction. That the
place is homelike and satisfactory la shown by the fact that many who
entered as guests 10 years ago, when it was first thrown open to the pub
lic, are still found within its walls.
The house contains over 1W) rooms, is lighted by electricity and gas;
has an elevator, and is heated by the hot-water system, which gives an
even and satisfactory temperature. It is well protected against fire, and
has one of the most beautiful rtinlng-rooms to be anywhere found.
A car line leads direct to tne Grand Central station, without transfer,
and by connections communicates with all parts of the city. The house
Is under the able management of Mrs. Hobart Curtis, and It has done
much to add to the good name which Portland enjojs of giving enter
tainment to the public.
The Hobart-Curtis is a credit to the city.
productions of this vast region nat
urally flow and roll down Into her ware
houses on. a water revel, and can find
no other road to the markets of the
world, except by being carried over higb
mountains.
This vast Empire Is yet in its-very in
fancy; is just beginning to feel th
healthful glow and push of growth and
prosperity; Is just beginning to pour it?
surplus trade into Portland's lap.
Portland stands on the nearest, broad
est easiest road from the Atlantic Sea
board to the Orient. The trade between
the United States and Asia is growing
so rapidly that it promises soon to become,
a flood.
She is already a railroad center. Her
railroad depots stand alongside the great
ship docks, where inland transportation
ends, and where ocean transportation be
gins! Portland stands right In the way
of everything advantageous. Nothing
can miss her without being carried oer
mountains at greater cost. Competition
must, and will, eventually, bring all the
productions of the Columbia Basin to
Portland. She will see that the great
river is kept open between her docks
and the ocean, that ships of every size
may come and meet the cars from all
the land.
Portland's wholesale, or jobbing trade,
has reached the handsome sum of $120,
000.000 per annum.
Her banks deposits amount to $20,000,
000. Her banks clearances. 5110.000,000. and
the lumber cut of the city's mills fully
300,000,000 feet per annum.
The site of Portland Is most pictur
esque, and beautiful. No city excels It
Her climate Is exceedingly healthful and
free from extremes of heat and cold.
Her public schools are equal to the best
In the country. Her churches are nutn-'
erous and many of them elegant. Her
society Is good, and her people Intelli
gent. Her advantageous position, which
naturally drawH trade to her. together
. nuu ljiu w until i lmi ,iuvtiu ui lilt; . u-
I lumbla Basin, and the prodigious Increase
i of the Oriental trade, give her a most
with the wonderful growth of the Co-
brilliant and alluring future. Well may
old Portlandcrs, who have known her
village days, and have helped to build
her up, be proud of her as she Is, and
hopeful of her future.
P. W. GILLETTE.
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