PORTLAND 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
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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
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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.