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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1903)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1903. IS GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES Unexampled Progress In Many Lines of In dustry During the Past Year. THE amount of capital invested In manufacturing and mechanical in dustries Is about $40,000,000. This sum represents the value of land, buildings, anachlncry. tools and implements, and live capital invested, but does not include the capital stock of any of the manufacturing corporations in the state. The value of products for the state is the gross value, and not the net or true value- The finished product of one factory 'is often the raw material of another. In such cases the value of the former reappears again in other establishments. Following is a statement of the speci fied industries in 1902, as compared with census returns in 1900. The figures given , lor 1902 are estimated for the most part, but I "will be found as nearly correct as Is pos- j slble under the circumstances, the esti-Nj mates being based on careful inquiry and I general knowledge of the conditions in 1 the state, added to the knowledge gained i by the compiler in taking the statistics , of manufactures in the census of 1900. The difference between the census re turns of 1900 and the estimated figures as given below is due largely to the neglect j o enumerators throughout the state to I 4 Ssily follow instructions in the matter of reporting sucn esxaDiisnmenus as pnoiog raphers, shoemakers, contractors, dress makers, milliners, etc, who all come un der the head of "Maitufacturers" in the census report When It is considered that It was the duty of the enumerator to re port all persons on the population sched ule, as well as to fill in the agriculture, mortality, livestock and other schedules, it may explain, though not excuse, this dereliction to duty on his part. STATISTICS OF MANUFAC TURE. (Br C. II. Mclsaae, secretary Manu facturers' Association of the Northwest.) Oregon 1002. No. manufacturing' and me chanical Industries 4,000 Capital Invested f40.000.000 Value of land and buildings. 11,000.000 No. officials and clerks 3,000 Salaries, officials and clerics. $ 1,330.000 "Wage-earners employed 30.000 Total wages paid J12.0O0.0O0 Value product, state and city 00,023.000 Value of product in city.... 37.763,000 Value of product in state... 23,163,000 Portland 1002. No. of establishments 1,800 Capital invested $30.000, 000 "Wase-e&rners 20,000 Total wcgres paid 5 8,000.000 Value of product 37,755,500 The natural resources of the state are extensive, furnishing material for Its various manufacturing enterprises, while It has good harbors for the marketing of Its manufactured goods. The streams of the state furnish abundant power," the railroad and water lines furnish adequate transportation for the output of Its fac tories and mills, so taking into . consider ation the disadvantages we have been working under In the past in securing OREGON aiAXUFACTUKES BY SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES. Awnings, tents and galls Bagr, other than paper BIcvcle and tricycle repairing Ulacksmirhlng and wheclwrighting Bookbinding and blank nook-making Boots and shoes Bottling Boxes, wooden, packing Brass casting and brass finishing Bread and other bakery products : Brick and tile Brooms and brushes -Carpentering Carpets, rag Carriages and wagons ... Cars and general shop construction and repairs by steam rail way companies and street-car companies Cheese and butter factory product Clothing, men's custom work and repairing ClDthing, rren's factory product Clothing, women's dressmaking. Clothing, women's factory product Coffee and spice-roasting and grinding , Confectionery ' Cooperage JDyelr.g and cleaning Electrical construction and repairs Engraving, steel, including plate-prjnting Fish canning and preserving Flouring and grist mill products Foundry and machine shop product Fruits and vegetables, canning and preserving Fur goods ; Furniture, cabinet-making, repairing and upholstering Furntlure, factory product Gas, illuminating and heating Hair work . ,Jce. artificial -- Leather, tanned, curried and finished , Liquors, malt Ix)ck and gunsmlthing j. Looking-glass and picture frames .' Lumber and timber products . Lumber, planing mill products. Including sash, doors and blinds Marble and stone work Masonrv. brick and stone ; Mattresses and spring beds Millinery, custom work . Mineral and soda water Monuments and tombstones Painting, house, signs, etc.. Points .... Paper and wood pulp .". Paper-hanging .-. , .... Patent medicines and compounds Paving and paving materials Perfumery and cosmetics .... . Photography Pickies, preserves and sauces -. Plastering and stucco wbrk , Plumbing and gas and steam-ifittlng-. , Pottery, terra cotta and fire clay products Printing and publishing, book and job....: Printing and publishing, newspapers and periodicals ..... Hoofing and roofing material ...... Saddlery and harness ; Ship and boatbuilding, wooden Shirta , SlaUgntering and meat-packing, wholesale' Soap and candles Tinsmithlng. coppersmlthing and shee-iron woiking . . Tobacco, cigar and cigarettes Tools, not elsewhere specified Trunks and valises .... Typewriter repairing Umbrellas and canes Upholstering materials ........ "Watch, clock and -Jewelry repairing , Wood, turned and carved j. Woolen goods .....j .....Y... All other industries 1900. ! 77.1G6 223,300 133,562 726,533 52,700 134,541 8,636 172.070 27.CC5 778.946 227,141 16.934 1.341.725 10,224 128,425 1.026.169 639,232 676.S96 165;204 317.918 67,947 2S2.260 330.616 72,043 30,180 50,909 U.65S 1.788.809 6,364.023 816,926 14L498 135.S14 228.693 298.790 174.955 7,998 116,031 249,728 714.242 36,235 30.480 10,352.167 651.547 39,940 . L2S8.9S7 , SS.7K 399,149 141,552 123,679 474,653 . 141,559 1,305,696 103,746 36,572 154,565 2S.802 185.517 63,800 31,327 523,901 90,837 351,654 1.678,337 114.800 856,617 G54,3S5 43.090 1,638,480 127,612 756,352 146.401 17,440 17,000 8,100 28,619 28.000 200,104 23,005 937.824 3.926,155 1902. 100,000 410.000 145.000 760.000 100.000 150,000 12.000 200.000 33,000 $00,000 240.000 60,000 2,000.000 15.000 150,000 1.500,000 3,800,000 00.000 05,000 MfcWO 9o,a& 540.000' 400.000 90,000 43,000 200.000 15,000 2,100,000 7,564,000 3,400,000 160.000 160.000 560.000 800.000 200.000 10,000 150.000 325.000 1.000,000 45,000 45.000 12,000,000 850,000 50.000 1.600.000 100.000 500,000 180.000 150.000 575,000 200.000 1,600,000 150,000 50,000 200.000 50.000 225,000 ' 110.000 50,000 1,000,000 140,000 500,000 1,300,000 160.000 1,600.000 900,000 100,000 2,000.000 250.000 1,000,000 200.000 26,000 60,000 10,000 40,000 88.000 250,000 45,000 l.SOO.000 5,500,000 Totals ,54,000,5S7 $60,925,000 MANUFACTURES IX-PORTLAND BY SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES. Awnings, tents and sails . ; Bags, oth.er than paper , Bicycle and tricycle repairing Blacksmithlng and wheelwrlghtlng Boots and snoes, custom work and repairing Brass casting and brass finishing .. Bread and other bakery products Brick and tile Carpentering -" Carpets, rag ...:..... . " Carriages and wagons . Cheese, butter, factory product Cars and general shop construction and repairs by steam and street railway companies -. Clothing, men's custom work and repairing -. ."." Clothing, men's factory product Clothing, women's dressmaking i " Clothing, women's factory product Coffee, -and spice-roasting and grinding....... ... uoniecuonery Cooperage ' Dyeing and cleaning .-...! Electrical construction and repairs , Engraving, steel, Including plate-printing " Flour and gristmill products Foundry and machine shop products ' Fur goods - " Furniture, cabinet-making, repairing and upholstering ...."."" Furniture, factory product Hair work , Fruits and vegtables, canning and preserving -.. Gas. Illuminating and heating Ice, artiflcal Lock and cunsmlthins- Leather, tanned and curried and finished .,., Liquors, malt .... , Looking glass and Dicture frames " Lumber and timber products .......- Xumber, planing mill products, including sash, doors and ..........a. .................a.......' Marble and stene work " .Masonry, brick and stone i.. I!!. Millinery, custom work 4 j.... Mattresses and spring beds ..s : " III. 'I' V ". Mineral and soda water , Monuments and tombstones' '.. - . ",-' " Painting, house, sign, etc : ......; ...... ..-.!" Paints . Paper-hanplng . "II"!!"!!.".""!!"" Patent medicines and compounds Paving and paving materials i'noicgrapny j Plastering and stucco work . ..."."" l"'l".". "Y ' Plumbing, steam and eas-fittine Printing and nubllshlntr. boot and Job . . " " ; Printing and publishing, newspapers and- periodicals . 'Booting and roofing materials .."' Pottery terra cotta and tire clay products "I Saddlery and harness Ship and "boatbuilding, wooden k ." Shirts f. e . . i Slaughtering and meat-packing Soap and candles ! Tinsmithlng. coppersmlthing and sheet-Iron" working Hllll'" Tobacco and diirars . - iJTools I" Trunks and valises Typewriter repairing ". - Umbrellas ana canes Watch, irtock and jewelry repairing Wood, turned and carved... " I "All otner inaustrles 1060. 74,746 223,300 78,206 166.734 69,663 ,.27,665 641.008- 68,600 908,330 6.020 59,855 17L5S5' 575,689 16S;204 2S4.013 62.447 3S2;260 291,806 63.548 .2469 47,409 7,658 1,759,262 578,957 133.S14 175,640 225,393 7.89S 91,400 30,562 26.OS0 3,539,268 855.600 238.3S7 iio.ioi 81,450 377, (54 141;539 25,746 33,072 154,565 110,232 .25.715 374,831 315,606 637.074 111,300 568774 399.717 ' 43.090 1,306,996 115,859 .303,920 64.65S 17,440 17,000 ,8,100 28.619 113,737 12,115 5.33L294 1902. t 85,000 410,000 95.000 210,000 100,000 33.000 725,000 150,000 1,500.000 7,500 75,000 200,000 L300.000 625.000 415.000 225,000 75,000 540,000 S60.000 80,000 35.000 150.000 17.000. 2,000,000 1,200.000 160,000 400.000 735,000 10.000 140.000 200.000 103.000 S5.000 250,000 900.000 30.000 4,500,000 760,000 35.000 2,000.000 325.000 100.000 130.000 110.000 450.000 200.000 125.000 45.000 2.000.000 150.000 40.000 750.00) 400.000 -L2M.O00 1M.0M 100,000 LOO0.O00 600.000 100,000 1,500.000 225,000 600.000 125,000 25.000 40,000 10.000 40,000 140,000 20,000 S.TXW.OOO Totals .$23,4SL132 $37,755,500 Embraces ammunition t.ithitf mal anA u i..- i . . iJiw r,0t,d sh0 cut stock, boou andhoes. factory product, bottling boxe. a,nd Pushes, china decoraUng. cofflna, burial cases crinfffiioH"16 fwlne' $oets, drucglsta' preparations (not including TnLP T,eiHS;?i?;tlnc' engraving and die sinklnjr, fertllUera. fish cannlne and pre- fm- rtfi?. f;CIVi n11 " cetera, rlass. cutUnr, stain and ornament c? Btamps hat an,A cap (not IncludlnB lur hats and wool hats). nSn??i. i Jf" ?n'e"onal and scienUnc: Iron work, architectural and .ni lIJvItPStnd "ectors- laPWan' work, matches, mirrors, mftdels and pat teryw, mucilage and paste, musical Instruments and materials, linseed oil oDtlcal irooda. tv--fnmerr and cosmetics. DhotosrraDhie material. w.iKVS:i oplJcrJBr ?r Pf;6,1 and "ialla and socretye andTmblemT rlcoleTSTnd jpoltehlng. sausase. saws, sewing machine repairlnr, showcases, stationery Roods. steiSn packing, surgical appliances, upholsterln materials, varnish, vlaecar aid llder S window ehades, wire work (includWg wire rope andcable): aoa aer, wtilps, Portlan SCENIC LI Railway S NE ystem OF PORTLAND Only Electric Line to Columbia River and Vancouver Barracks 'Cable Road to Portland Heights Thoroughly Modern Equipment and First-CIass Service 1 - 1 1 1 1 ijSl I 1 V PRFf . : ? ' ' - " - (Zuilos . i I I . : ifeKi-& cLAMfr , ftlT'i::SHii--Ii---.-- EH31 - : . ' - 1 .T jt " " '- - - jF "1"" fl " Lirc Pa I 1 lr cLrdilioW: J3 lll ZZZ 4-f I DAW3 Sr x ' - - . ; 'i 'f 'P' HE OJ-JXX - -4i i I lXilLl!2t 4 i 1 iKj-BfTBPr" h - : U LQ Tiu I I I r ftl . - ! ! - .'A if kL : :F IITTT"! "TTTt The Portland Railway Company now operates 29 miles of electric track and 2 miles of cable but will construct extensions, as indicated by dotted lines on the map, aggregating over 10 miles,- as soon as the material now ordered arrives. Extensive improvements have been made, the 40 and 45-pound T rails are being replacedby 91-pound girder rails. A massive new carbarn has been erected at the corner of Twenty-third'fcnd Washington streets, an addition has been made to the Woodlawn carhouse and a freighthouse has been constructed at Fifth and Hoyt streets, obviating the necessity of loading freight cars on the streets. The Company has also built a large two-story brick carshop, as they build all their own cars. The motors used are the General Electric and Westinghouse types. At present the.Company has 91 open and closed passenger cars, 2 freight cars and 2 electric snow brooms. The points of interest reached by the Portland Railway, which passes through the best residence section of the city are the City Park, Willamette Heights, Union Depot, City Hall, Library, Portland Heights, Race Track, Hospitals, the principal Hotels and business-blocks. Points of interest on the East Side are the. Columbia River and Vancouver Barracks, via ferry. At Vancouver is located the Barracks, one of the finest military posts of the United States Army and the headquarters of the Department of the Columbia. Generals Grant, Sheridan, and other distinguished officers of the army.have been stationed there at different times! The City Park is one of the most attractive natural parks in any city. On the Willamette Heights can be seen one of the finest views of all the snow-clad mountain peaks, with city, lakes and rivers in the foreground. The Portland Heights is the highest point reached by our street-car lines, commanding a magnifi cent view of the city and .surrounding country. favorable rates for transporting goods, and tha unjtfst prejudice of our local community against "home-made goods," which prejudice is most unfair, Portland can now come under the head of a manu facturing city. "With an era of unprece dented growth and prosperitS' before us, the people of Portland and Oregon are urgently called upon to earnestly consider the necessity of energeUcally pushing the development of the manufacturing possi bilities of the etate, which la,the only sure means of making growth and prosperity here continuous and permanent Statistics for 13 leading Industries in Oregon are herewith presented: Lumber and timber product tlS.O00.000 Flouring and grist mill product.. 7.554.000 Fish-canning and preserving .... 2,100,000 Slaughtering and meat-packing.. 2,000,000 Newspapers aud peiiodlcals 1,800,000 Paper and wood pulp .. 1,600,000 Cars and general shop construc tion by steam railway and stret-car companies 1.500,000 Saddlery and harness 1,500,000 Foundry and machine shop prod uct .. 1,400.000 Woolen goods 1,300,000 Furniture 'WW Bread and bakery products 900,000 Ship and boatbuilding.............. S0O.O00 Sash, doors and blinds 50,000 Let your watchword be, "Patronize Home Industry.,r and practice it faith fully, and the manufacturers will build Up your city and state by furnishing em ployment to your boys and girls, then in time manufactures will flourish here, and not only Portland but all the towns of the state would thrill with rapid growth and healthy, splendid, steady development C. H. MclSAAC, Secretary -Manufacturers' Association of the Northwest. have thl3 year "been shipped to France, the home of the prune. Prunegrowlng is one of tho money-making Industries of Oregon, and there is a gold mine In the hills south of Salem where tho prune orchards are the most profitable. ' LANDS FOR SETTLERS. Arid Territory of Large Extent In Oregon. One of the greatest "Opportunities ever offered to homeseekers Is now open In the arid lands of Eastern Oregon. These lands can be had for almost nothing. Over 3,000,000 acres are so situated that water can bo conducted upon them. "When once reclaimed the land is very valuable, for the crop never fails, and no land Is more productive. In order to make the greatest success of irrigation, settlers should go upon the land In colonies, so as to build irrigating ditches by co-operative effort, or individuals should locate where com- morpl-il 1t,tHrnt1nn MmntMlfio Vin.'n olm.li. j appropriated water.. Makini? Condensed Milk. Condensed milk factories are being erected at Hlllsboro and Forest Grove, and the operation of these will create a greater demand for milk. The product Of the factories will be shipped out of the state, thus bringing in rdoney to add to the wealth of the community. Promts la Praaes. "I know many prunegrowera la tho ftosedale district whose profits laBt sea son were from 550 to 5100 an acre and some qaade even more," says Banker JdhnH. Albert, of Salem. Oregon prunes MILLIONS IN LUMBER. Mills ot Portland Alone Cat 350,000, 000 Tcet. The lumber cut in Oregon for the year 1902 amounted to 1.000.000.000 feet, with a total value of 510,000.000. The mills of Portland alone cut 350,000,000 feet, and of this SOO.000.000 feet was exported. Al though this cut of lumber seems enor mous, if the manufacture continues at the rate of a billion feet a year, it will take 234 years to cut all- the merchantable tim ber now standing. in Oregon. In the mean time a vast amount of young timber is coming on to take the place of that cut' Dairies Produce $3,000,000. The value of the product of Oregon dairies last year was 53,600,000, and the supply was not enough to meet the de manfl. Oregon dairymen receive from 6 to 7 cents a pound more for their product than- do the dairymen -of the Eastern states. There are about 300 creameries and chese factories In the state. ' la the Hill -Region. The hill regions of Oregon are yet al most entirely .unsettled. This refers to the foothills of the Cascade and Coast Range Mountains. In this section there will some day be thousands of the hap piest homes In Oregon. With all the ad vantages and none of the disad vantages of Switzerland, the hill country of Oregon holds out great Inducements to the man with a family who is seeking a cheap home. 31xiny Conl Pr rtnect. Within 50 miles ot Portland numerous coal prospects have been discovered, and by chemical tests and practical use under the boiler it has been demonstrated that this coal produces satisfactory results. Remoteness from transportation lines is all that has retarded the development of these resources. InduntrlcM Give Employment. One of the secrets of the general pros perity in Oregon Is the number ot indus tries which give employment to -all classes of people. The orchards, hopyards, fruit canneries and numerous factories give em ployment to men, women, and children at remunerative wages. The hop Industry alone, requires the services of 25,000 per sons during the picking season, and chil dren make good wages at this work. Over 51.250,000 is annually distributed among; the people of Western Oregon on account of wages to workers in the hopyards. You can make as much money In Oregon as in any other state, and get more en Joyment out of life in the meantime. Oregon Water Power & Railway Company , . . v - - General Offices: First St., N. E Cor. Alder PORTLAND, OREGON THE ONLY JNTERURBAN LINE IN OREGON DOING A PASSENGER and FREIGHT TRAFFIC This line reaches Oregon City and Canemah and will soon estab lish service between Portland, Gresham, Eagle Creek, Currinsville and Springwater. A water-power plant will be installed on the Clack amas River for furnishing power for the use of the lines of this system and for commercial purposes. This line brings Clackamas County to 'Portland's door.