2
tmmHimniiiimimiimtimiiiitnimmniiiiimHmtimnmnm
TITTC nr rvn a MrvTMr
I Passing Cargoes on Local
aumiinHmiiiuiiimiif
nuitiimnutiittiuiiiuuinintit
la1 la "
r v
V7.
"7 '
&4 fea
By DeWltt Harry.
(Copyright by Emma Hyatt Morton.)
THE sea has not yet lost Its ro
mantic appeal. Accessibility has
somewhat detracted from the
former yearning that most boys used
. to possess to brave the bounding
main, but adventurous spirits yet
embark on long journeys that will
take them into all seas. ,
Modern commerce has managed to
bring the entire world closer together.
Steam vessels of substantial size carry
climes and seaport cities are rapidly
finding themseJveB getting closer and
."closer to lands in former days con
sidered remote. All ports on one
body of water are finding much In
common. Portland, along with the
other commanding cities of the Pa
cific ocean, is beginning to realize
that she is bound together with other '
ports on the same body of water with
ties of tradev that are not to be
ignored.
' Foreign Trade I Sought.
Ko longer is it possible for one
commercial city to consider itself all
eufficlent and neglect the opportuni
ties that present to become better
acquainted. A proven axiom of the
modern business world, as true In
overseas commerce as In land deals.
Is that trade will not come without
solicitation and where It is not de
aired. Portland has her busy agents
in all quarters of the globe drumming
up business and she is showing to all
-who care to know that she wants
trade and is ready to do her best to
cater to it In the proper manner.
Development of cargo lines out of
this port during the past five years
has not been as great as would
naturally be expected, but an inspec
tion of the waterfront and of the
character of the trade that Is carried
on there will show the student of
conditions the possibilities for further
development, and demonstrate to the
shrewd thinker, beyond a doubt, that
the city is just entering on an era of
overseas traffic that will eclipse by
far any that has been had in former
times.
Cargo lines from Portland ply to
all quarters of the globe. The prod
ucts of Oregon and the Portland
territory are urgently needed, and
the present Unes making It their
business to carry traffic from here,
find that they have all the cargo
offered that they can handle. For
this reason" the. need for more ships
has become imperative and with in
dications assuring a profitable future
for trade with other lands from this
port, a concerted movement has been
started to obtain the assignment of
more bottoms to trade out of here.
Immensity of Traffic la Shown.
The Immensity of the scope of this
port's traffic aa shown by the char
acter of the cargoes being handled
along the harbor front at almost any
time of the year, will astound the
average and unknowing visitor. The
produce of almost every known land
and clime arrives or Is dispatched
from Portland docks. Destinations
of departing vessels recall all the
ports of world-wide renown and many
seldom mentioned. The extent of the
trade and its magnitude is astound
ing. It is hard to comprehend the
future possibilities.
At one dock there will be a ship
topping off a load for China, the
busy crews stowing the last of the
cargo in the holds as the oil barges
alongside fill up the tanks with fuel
for the long voyage across the largest
ocean. Just a short distance away
will be a tiny schooner, storm-worn
and showing many signs of hard
-weather, discharging a load of copra.
Stacked in the docks will be arriving
freights from the orient comradly
bobnobbing'with cargo ready to cross
the Pacific, a meeting of orient and
Occident. Varied are the goods that
meet on this common ground and
wide Is the latitude of their origin.
Chinese Eggs Come Here.
Stacks of egg crates, made in Ore
gon, starting on a long trip to China
to care for the produce of the slant
eyed hen. In a few months these
same cases will reappear on the local
ocks, filled with the oval result of
the oriental.'chlckens' activities. From
here the eggs are shipped to eastern
trade centers where imported "fruit"
of this character is in demand, as in
Oregon there is usually sufficient of
the fresh-laid domestic variety, to
care for the trado.
Paper from the Oregon mills, in
hutfe rolls, destined for use in print-
Docks Open Vista of Commercial Possibilities in Modern
i 8
Oregon Hard What: Flout
ing plants that employ queer char
acters and have their news colums
backwards, leaves on almost every
boat. This state is supplying the
disciples of Confucius with sheets
for dissemenatlng their weighty
knowledge and philosophy and even
some of the paper Is used by Japa
nese in the construction of light par
titions In their bamboo homes.
Oregon lumber in Immense quanti
ties, some of the cargoes consisting
of millions of board feet measure, de
part almost weekly. Flour and grain
for the hungry maws of oriental peo
ples. Machinery and supplies of an
agricultural character for the hus
bandman of the overseas ranch. Chem
icals, clothing, sheet steel and metals,
wire, hardware, tools, paint and hun
dreds of other commodities In demand
ST
' '? iff i a
U ' s-rvr V' I" y I y J-
t - J - , lv-, -i ri I j v" f'- Sr'"
I
td a nr ttntt ivnHTT
v
s51
-5
offforOrientj
4
I .:.J ."J !f
---rY.--v -f-r- r-'---miim,,mmmaifmmnTiu' i irn- fwiTMBM j rit 1-1 riThn,niiiTtfTi--rrt---Trt fnriiff fn rrt rritffn .r it- lain n - iiimii-"fT i""r-T-vinri-if 1 I - -- -... 7. kaawk-w ' - x- tifc-iiviitWi-tiiiiiiiiiiiTrr-i nT-ir
Copra From Jbvtfi Sea Islands for Portland Factories '"
4- ft
Crate. Going p China to Bring Back Fggs.
overseas leave here In enormous ship
ments and pass the .strange new ar
rivals on the docks.
Incoming are bale after bale of
hemp or sisal fiber, copra, rice, ma
hogany logs, iron bark, cases of eggs,
bolts of cloth and dried fish. Silk
cargoes frequently arrive, but they
are trans-shipped at once into ex
press trains and never lie on the
docks. Hugs from the orient, curios
and many strange commodities make
their appearance from time to time
and few of the dockhands are' sur
prised at any extraordinary arrival
in their ken. At one time lately there
vii an assorted shipment of mum
mies and souvenirs from ancient
tombs on the docks. These attracted
no more than passing notice.
The most startling thing about the
TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXUX, TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 1,
Era of Rapid Steam Transport That Permits of Visiting All Corners of the
A.
1 1
"if if 1
jrt rn - lJT-
flTckev O'Pourke, Famed
Engineer of lightship 77
a u r
- Ar..
ftft,:
local harbor of late years has been
the transition from the windjammer
age to that of steam. Nowhere on
the face of the globe has this been
accentuated more' than here, for it
was to this port, in the fall of the
year, that the world's shipping used
to hurry to take advantage of the
grain charters and carry the food to
needy nations. The contrast between
the old and the new in Portland har
bor la a big on to those who are
familiar with the olden days.
When photographers used to want
to show activity in the harbor they
used to await the advent of a fleet
of the sailing ships and then "shoot."
Now the harbor does not present such
a busy appearance as most of the
cargo vessels making this a regular
port of call are big steam tramps, and
SlZWJ TI L1MW
1
amh pt ach nr. atuud wadt
cm
1
LastKomenis.
t
1 i-r r-7r-
rr
i , r-'rt
I s
Huge Grain Elevator under Construction at St.
while they handle huge cargoes and
the tonnage of the port is very large,
the shipping scenes do not have the
bustle that they did In the olden days
when the fairway was crowded with
the graceful shapes of the fast sailing
vesse Is:
Old-Tim "Crimp" Has Paeaed.
Then the old time "crimp" has
passed away. Its day of question
able usefulness has passed. The sailor
boarding houses along the boulder
paved water front streets are vacant
for the present day sailor would be
considered almost a mollycoddle by
the rough roustabout of olden days
who used to stage a debauch at each
port of arrival and would likely find
himself the very next day aboard a
strange ship and bound for some re
mote corner of the world.
In modern American steamships the
1920,
't S r?
5 ,
Print Pap?r and
Mewing fori of Cargo and Taking, on fuel Oil.
t' . if f.
if .
(MiFt -
life of the ordinary deck hand is far
from a hard one and the accommoda
tion placed at his disposal even rivals
that given the passenger of not so
long ago. JThia change of heart on the
part of the Bhip owners and operators
has been brought about by necessity
as they found that they could not get
the crews if they forced them to live
like animals. The close fo'castle of
the days of yore is gone to return no
nfore and the sailor has a better life
and faster trips and less tediousness
than was the case under olden con
ditions. i
Opportunity for Travel Given.
Present day merchant marine is at
tracting constantly a better class of
men and younger fellows are grad
ually taking it up as a means of
B ...i-ififctM: ... X - . xy...i -t ... LVKKS
Globe Harbor Holds Promise of Great Future
1
If!"
Wire leaving for Japan.
fii ' t t r
7'
Johns Terminal .
broadening . their outlook by travel.
Government training ships that make
it their business to furnish courses
which fit the boys for the life on
ocean-going vessels, make this a con
stant port of call and offer many in-"
ducements for those who become in
terested. These hardy young men soon
find their "sea legs" under expert
supervision and are then ready to un
dertake their duties in a far from
lubberlike manner. Opportunity to em
brace a gainful and healthy occupa
tion are thus offered to many and
they are taking advantage of It.
though the nation's marine yet shows
a shortage of men.
True, the old time days of furling
the sails in zero weather gales have
passed, but there are few who be
moan them.. Trips around the Horn
ft -- - . " ' 'r--
11 A - .
i V ' I ill' M
ttm . illlrllt1,1 i
II I'M I
I i;i ! I ilxs
.. " . .liS- . X w
dadtc I
J TV H ''SI
1
are seiaoni neara rr tnexe aavH wit
the canal and long voyages are the
exception. The modern adventurer Into
sea lanes finds it possible to view
more ol the world in a shorter time
than did any of the old timers, no
matter how fortunate they were or
how faet they worked.
Shipbuilders Are Active.
Then there is the activity in the lo
cal shipbuilding plants, the constant
racket of the riveters as they anchor
the plites In place on the frames of
the huge vessels that are to go forth
and roam the world. Almost every
phase o'f nautical life takes place in
Portland harbor and the eeeker after
interest can find plenty to occupy his
time there. There are the fast patrol
boats, the revenue cutters, the light
house tenders and the occasional visit
of the, light boats themselves after
their annual overhauling. In this re
spect Micky O'Rourke. engineer of
lightboat ?s-o. 77, John Fleming Wil
son's hero of so many briny adven
tures at the mouth of the Columbia,
will be sadly missed aa the doughty
little Irishman passed away last sum
mer, remaining at his post of duty
on his beloved craft to the very last.
Portland harbor, cans the Columbia
river bar which is now out of exist
ence, is now entering on a totally new
stage of Its development as a real
major port of. the world. The construc
tion of the St. Johns terminal, admit
tedly the best thing of its kind on
the Pacific coast, will attract a great
deal of shipping here and the change
in handling grain, from the ' old
method of shipping in jute bags to
the new of bulk shipments, is also
expected to have a great deal to do
with making this a greater port.
The present radiations of the lines
plying out of Portland in their world
traffic resemble nothing so much as a
huge fan and the ribs are being con
stantly increased. Duplication of lines
is also another favorable indication
and the increased number of firms en
tering the foreign shipping field
shows, as nothing else would, the
possibilities for future development.
With the goods needed by the world (
at large produced right here so close j
to shipping, with the ships at hand
ready1 to carry the produce where it lo
wanted and a natural port eecond to
none on the coast and constantly be
ing developed, the future promises
much for the ColumDia ana wuisra
ette rivers as active ca.noro y
rivers as active centers
handling freight for the world y
large. "
Of late the main difficulty in nn
,.itv has been to obtain enough bot
toms to handlethe traffic originating
in the territory. Officials of th
chamber of commerce and other trade
bodies have been putting in their best
efforts to obtain their rightful share
of ships for assignment to local firms,
and for this reason have been keep
ing a strong delegation at Washing
ton to watch out for their interests.
The expected assignment will relieve
the present trade to some extent, de
pending absolutely on the number of.
vessels that are oowmeo, im mo in
dications are that a large number of
ships could be profitably used, as
cargo at this time is almost going
begging and firms state that they
can furnish much more.
Him Shipping to the Fore.
Development of the upper river
nhirminsr In conjunction with that
from the ocean is also certain, as the
branches are dependent on each other.
All works for a greater .fortiana.
and assures the future of the port.
In few other porta In the world "is
the spectacle witnessed of a tiny
river boat unloading cargo almost di
rectly Into an ocean liner. With the
aid of the river carriers products of
the interior make almost an entire
water voyage to their destination, a
unique record.
Boats assigned to this port by the
United States shipping board have no
difficulty In getting all the cargo
that they wish, and with the cessation
of war it is expected that a great
number of the old-time foreign firms
will have their vessels here after the J
trade that they have let lapse. Off
course It will be rather strange to
miss the network of spars of the!
olden windjammers, but the smoke j
from the sturdy tramps will help to 3
maKe up lor men ni'ocutt, i
the same time tell of the develop
ment of commerce and that this port
has kept up with the march. The
dock commission Is preparing for a
huge volume of business, and have
huge volume of business, and has
equipment to care for the certain in
crease.
The future is sure to treat For
land's commerce well. and. with tJ
opening of the world marts and tK
resumption of commercial relation
without hindrance this city will .be.
hard put to care for the trade.