Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 04, 1911, Section Five, Image 98

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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND IN LEAD AS MANUFACTURING CITY Position as Industrial Center of Pacific Northwest Is Undisputed. Output Gaining Each Year in Volume and Value. PORTLAND has lH bm the recog nised manufacturing center of the ficlflc Northwest. No other city In this territory approaches Portland in the rain of Its manufactured output, the naraher of Its manufactories or the n imbr cf n-.ea employed In these plants. The city's Industrial payroll rar.ks second only to Kin Francisco en. Vie ra-lfto Coast and It Is growing; r li'i each year. M-iny conditions combine to make Fortisad the manufacturing headiuart ars of tr.e 1'aclttc Northwest. In the first place l:s transportation facilities re uarlva'e-L No other city has a water grade by which commodities can shlfped iJ ant from the Interior. The tr-al CoIumMa I'.lver. navleable fr hundreds of miles. U an Invaluable nsset. Ii'it besl-'-s affordlns; passage for ship, the a.ler cut by the river srives practicably a "level grade through tr.a mountain. Ti;e Hlil and Harrlman rilr" aili. dwn opposite banks of the 0"!imVa. icive I-ortland a de-ldd ad vnt.j over other Coast cities whim Trot d-i their shipping; with the Kast and with the Interior over steep jrrades. Portland's ro.s.lon of trie only fresh water harbor on the Pacific Coast la another bir advantage. Its central location on the American coast line siakes it convenient for all coastwise bctlDen. while ressels from Its har Dr ma rsf alarlr to the markets of the lrlent. Another thins; In Portland's, favor Is fu vs.it extent of waterfront. Not only do Its factories line the Willam ette Itlver f'ir several miles, but ad ditional plants have been opened up on trtba'-iry waterways. The great prnln sila district on t.ne north border of the rlty If one of the flr.et manuf acturlnir -sit. In Am-Tl' a. with both rail and !ep water transportation Immediately at hand. That capital fully appreciates this fact Is Indicated by the glfrantlc r.terprlrs that have irrown up on the Penlrsula within tne past few years. The Immense waterpower tributary to Portland Is another factor of great Importance. Power Is transmitted now from the foils of the Willamette at Oregon City and from the Clackamas Illver at Cutadero. The development of power cn the Casad ro Is now being greatly extended. Another large pow er project Is being carried out by the ilour.t Hood Railway ec Power Com pany. TT.roarhout the state, too. avall ul.le waterpower Is almost unlimited. As a manufacturing center Portland Is also helped by the great stores of raw materials at Its very doors, first among theie Is lis timber. The vast ness cf Oregon's forest wealth almost passes belief. Its lumber mills lead all line of manufacturing and Its lumber goes to every market on the Jaclflc The finer grades of lumber are numer ous. They have already built up a b!(T furnltnre manufacturing business, KrMrh, Is certain to Increase In propor tions. Conditions In Oreron are Ideal for dairying;, and Portland his a lares output of cheese and butter: the ranges and farms of Oregon. Washington and Idaho furnish the cattle, sheep and hogs for Portland's packing plants; building stone, various ores, clay for tile and crick, and many other commodities used In manufacturing are plentiful, while, grain Is one of the leading products. The growth of manufacturing In Portland has been very rapid. Not only have advantageous conditions attracted capital here, but several agencies have been actively advertising these ad vantages. Among them Is the Minn. fcturers Association. which has broncht a number of Important plant to Portland and Is still busy attracting capital here for Investment. A new arencv In the same field la the Indus trial bureau of the Tortland Commer cial Club. It Is difficult to determine Just what Is the extent of manuf Bcturlng in Port land at present. Kstlmates that have been made vary considerably. The, fol lowing table hae been prepared by R. W. Raymond, of the Commercial Cluh. but does not Include plants established during 1910: Total number of manufacturing plants. CI; capital Invested. :.S?8. Jil: officials and clerks. 1514: salaries paid these men. 12.09. T57; wage earn ers, 11.419: wages paid. .!. 21: value of materials used. :i.741.30; miscellaneous expenses. 11.605.244; value of output. $44,111,347. These figures are far under those prepared by others who are also In close touch with local manufacturing. The disparity Is doubtless caused prin cipally by the fact that Mr. Raymond includes In his table only manufactories within the city limits, whereas a large portion of (he manufacturing district and some of the largest plants are out side the city. From his table, for In stance, have been omitted all the In dustries) on the Peninsula. These in clude the great Swift packing plant, the Monarch lumber mill and other large plants. In fact, the Peninsula Is Portland's largest single manufactur ing district, and lie Industries are lust as properly Included lB the city's total as If they were Inside the boundaries. What the manufacturing statistics would show If the plants on the out skirts of the city, as well as those within Its limit, were Included. It la Impossible to say. The Manufacturers' Association several months ago gave out the following figures: total num ber of manufactories. IDuO; capital In vested. $64,000,000; annual output. $$&. Ouo.000. Mr. Raymond, discussing the five year period from ISOi to 110. said re cently: "The factory Increase for the entire T'nlted Slatee. outside Industrial New York. In the last five-year Government period was one factory to each 100.000 population. On this basts Portland should have added two new factories. She actually gained $44. a net gain of it per cent In five years. The gain from 1300 to 1305 was only 7 per cent, lactones are distributed among a smaller ai umber of lines than In 103. showing more Intelligent concentration on lines moet profitable. "Raw materials Increased from $17. 000.000 In 190i to $.'1,741,930 in 110. Increase In number of men employed and wages paid Is most significant. In the five-year period there was an ad dition of more than 6000 men to the pay-rolls, a gain of 64 per cent. Pay envelopes of 1905 contained $5. 330. 000; those of 1)10 contained approximately I10.000.oo0. a gain of 80 per cent. 'Lumber and timber employ $000 hands and pay $1,600,000 in wages. The car repair shops employ 1200 hands) and pay nearly 11.000.009 In wages. Planing mills employ 1000 hands and pay $700,000 In wages. Foundries and machine shops employ 9&0 men and pay $800,000. "In value of product, lumber and timber rank first with $.131,204: flour and grist mills second, with $3,727,115.- Whlle Portland Is the center, all parts of Oregon have their manufac turing enterprises. Oregon City, with the falls of the Willamette at Its door, has some of the largest manufacturing planta In the West. Including great paper factories and woolen mills. There are large woolen mills In several Ore gon cities, as well as numerous flour mills, fruit rannerlee. milk condensers, cheese factories and similar enter prises. Oregon as a manufacturing state is gaining rapidly and Its future la be yond estimation. . MORE THAN 100 MILES OF STREETS IMPROVED Year's Record Shows That Portland's Hard-Surface Area Is Be ing Extended With Great Rapidity Many Sewers Laid. THE amount of municipal Improve ment work performed In Portland la 110 nnder the direction of the t':ty Engineer's office far surpassed the t-est reoord previously made. More I'.ard-surrace pavement w as laid, great er leaeths of sidewalk were built and greater mileage of sewers construct ed than In any other single year In the cf.y's history. The records of the City Engineer's Office show that 10174 miles of street r Improved, as follows: Asphalt. :i.0; stone blocks. L(2S: bltultthlr, Si.104: MMui. 10 717: macadam. 4.10; rvol. 2 ; earth graded. J4.1; con crete. 1 04i. The following is a summary of street lir.proveroents. expressed In miles, fin ished up to January 1. 1911: Asphalt. 44.120: stone blocks, 0s; wood blocks. 1 J: bltoJlthlc (4.011; I las ..am, 14.17$: macadam. (1.773: grav- 1. s2-i7i. plank roadway. (.041: ele vated roadway. :.17; vitrified brick. .4.1): graiei streets (earth, grade). 3iJ 104; bituminous nvaendam. .1&2; con crete. .. a total of 434 ill miles. In adlition there Is .370 miles of stsel fcrtdve and .104. mile of reinforced con crote bridge. The fallowing roadway Improvement work was commenced during 1)10. but 2:as not yet been completed and accept er 1. hence Is not tncl ide-1 in the figures g'.von shove: Asphalt. 7.910: bttullthlc. 1 (14: Hiium, 3 111. stone blocks. 41S; concrete. .031. a total of 11.(01 miles. There was laid during the year a to til of i:i.SJ miles of sidewalk of which C7S9 miles was wood and the balance of cement. Of this 1710 pieces, all cement, a total of 12. 170 lineal feet, win laid by private Individuals In ac cordance with Instructions of the City J r.c'necr. The total amount of cement wal In rloce In the city on January 1. 1)11. was (11.177 miles. The total cost of roadway Improve-r-ient work performed during 1910 was $tjl. 241.74. There was expended In the laying of siwrrs during 1)10 the sum of l'J05. 7 '.( OS. The mileage of sewers con structed was 3.24$. made up as fol lows: Twenty-four-tnch circular brick sal stone. 47 feet: -lnch concrete. 3!U feet: 2-lnch concrete. lit feet: tO-tnch concrete. 37 feet; (7-lnch con crete. 1017 feet: (4-lnch concrete. 140 X-et: l-lnch concrete. 757 feet: 46-Inch concrete. 3211 feet: 3-lnch concrete. Hl feet; 11-Inch concrete. 274i feet: 12-inch concrete. 1040 feet; 10-Inch con crete. (353 feet: vitrified pipe ranging la diameter from six Inches to 14 Inches. (44.4S7 feet: 19 Inches by 24 Inches ecK-shapcd concrete. (& feet; Inch's by 14 Inches egg-shaped con crete. 430 feet. The total mileage of sewers In place January 1. 1911. was 29(144. lurinc 1310 there were Issued from the offi.-e of the City Engineer 4S74 fern-.its to open streets for the laying tf g. sewer and water mains and 144 permits t r private tra.lin. JUl street Improvement work, such as sewors. sidewalks and pavements. Is a direct charae asainst the properties ter.efit-l. -Ml such work Is performed under the d:rectlon of the City Kngl Brr by contractors who are awarded tie work by the Executive Hoard, a bodv that acts in the capacity of an ad sr'sory committee to the Mayor. Hr-eclal f;retsincnl are iJ lor by short- terra bonds carrying I per cent Inter est. These are guaranteed by the city which coUecta from property holders In annual Installments. JOSEPH SUPPLE Ship Yard Marine Ways and Dock ka Uss City. Foot of Belmont St PORTLAND, OR. A- ECK HARXyT, Pras. Pkeae Mala MT. STAR MACHINE 8 TOOL WORKS Stationary and Marine Engine Repairing Gratings, I row Dora, Railings, Ceiwrrete Workers' Tool. WN4 Lifts. H seal ale ta aaa Blackasaltha. 352 Glisan Street Near Eighth, Pextlaa. Oregon. deem XVe.bW Wiper Always, ta Uteck 1 THE OVERALL .AUNDRY & SUPPLY CO. PIIOSE MAI 437S FOOT MARKET ST. . PORTLAUD, OR. If You Are Building You Need Us Povey Bros. Glass Co. Manufacturers of Art Glass and Mirrora Fifth and Flanders Streets Portland, I i l x Oregon ESTABLISHED 18 8 4 Telephone Mala 1SI Will save to larger am a better ejaartera a bent Fehraary 6th, earner Seeoad aaa ft ark Streets, FortlaaeV Oregon. F. L Didsefeaetder. COLUMBIA MILLING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF -WHITE MOUNTAIN" FLOUR "MORNING GLORY" CEREALS East Second and Market Streets, Portland, Or. Operation of This Plant at Kenton Has Already Saved Portland Property Owners Over $100,000 sr,W tt v fe5 Kii4- Phones Main 2146 A 2146 Manufacturers of Tin, Sheet, Brass, Copper and Iron Work Oregon Sheet Metal Works 146 Front Street, Portland. Oregon Re-Tinning, Boat, Hotel and Restaurant Work OUR SPECIALTY F. C. STETTLER Manufacturer of PAPER BOXES Tenth and Cllsan Streets PORTLAND, OREGON Factory of the Portland Glased Cement Pipe Co. at Kenton. The Bea-Innlns; of a Large Industry. Sewer Pipe of every kind is costing nearly 25 per cent less than before the introduction of Glazed Cement Pipe. Competition has done it! The perfection of the process Vhy which Glazed Cement Pipe is made means more than the saving of thousands of dollars, however it means the manufacture of a Sewer Pipe that by its permanency and absolute impervious ness to liquids and gases safeguards the health of the household from danger where least expected. Our present plant at Kenton is an interesting factory to inspect, and visitors are always welcome. It must soon be enlarged, to keep pace with the demand for our pipe. PORTLAND GLAZED CEMENT PIPE CO. Main Office, 302 Beck BIdg. Factory, Kenton Cement Sidewalks Street Paving Concrete Work of Every Nature CONTRACTOR Upon completion of the Yeon Building our offices will be Nos. 1023-1029 in that Bids. Present offices at 301 Beck BIdg. Especially Equipped to Handle Work of Every Description Promptly and Economically We Are Sola Manufacturers of the Famous "NEWBERG RED" FACE BRICK Others Using- the Word ta Advertise Their Goods Do So Untswfully BEMEtTBER THE FIRM NEWBERG BRICK & TILE COMPANY Principal Offlost SO-7 Board of Trads Bull dins;. Phono Macs 4TS. A S14. Portland, Ores. Oregon Brass Works HICH4SIUDU GOODS AD PROMPT ATTETTIOX. iMssd aaa Everett Streets. BRASS FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS Cast! oars In Bronte, Brass. Copper, Aluminum and Composition Finishing: and Plating-Drawn Brass Itod. Wire. Sheet and Tube Brass. Specialists In Storefront Construction. Manufacturers and distribu tors of Hosier Patent Sash Bars and Metal bash. Old store fronts can be reconstructed and made most attractive. PACIFIC METAL WORKS Headquarters for High-Grade Solders, Babbitt Metal, Type Metals, Etc '---.rtrfX tJ' - i . - f -sri f " 3 -v'l A ? t I - . 1 . i .. . v riK fi v ;:. ' t v - . - : . ?frvm : -, i . rt-$ f . I t -f .stv I Tin PlaffR nnd Roofinfi Plates THE BEST IN THE MARKET New Location, N. W. Corner Park and Everett, Portland, Oregon OFFICE PHOTOS: MAIN S A 11 SB WAREHOCSK PHOXIS: MAIN 643 A Oregon Transfer Co. General Transfer and Storage Agents STORAGE PUBLIC SCALES Operating U. S. Internal Revenue General Bonded Warehouse WARKHOI-WKS: I3TH AXD GLISAN 1HH ASD iOHNSOS OFFICE 1 HOTT BTBEEX BET. 5TU AND 6TK. POBT1AXD. OB. Large Increased Plant Facilities Portland Paper Box Go. STUART KTEFF 92-94 Front Street N. E. Cor. Stark St. Manufacturera Cartons, Enve lopes, Mailing- Tubes, and Paper Specialties. Pacific Tent & Awning Company MANUFACTURERS PACIFIC BRAND AQUAPELLE Water-proof Clothing-,. Horse, Wagon Covers and Storm Fronts, Sails, Tents, Awnings, Stable Blankets, Flags and Banners. If It Is made of canvas we make it. '2T FIRST ST Portland, Or. The Northrop & Sturgis Company Established 1856 Manufacturing Chemists Grocers' Sundries, Bakers' aad Confectioners' Specialties, Bar Supplies and Carbon ated Beverages Portland, Oregon.