Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-03-22

fair charges. Good hotels, halls OF
amusements, elegant stores for the
display of goods and wares, whole
blocks of handsome business houses,
beautiful and attractive residences in
the prettiest and grandest styles of
modern architecture, imposing look
ing Churches, and an Odd Fellows
Hall which would be a credit to
city of tenfold the population of Port
land; commodious, extensive and well
built and tightly rooted wharves and
wharf sheds; the grand wharf and
warehouse of the Oregon Steam Nav.
igation Company, which has no equal
in San Francisco, nor a superior in
any city on the Atlantic; a Court
House which in size, appearance and
architeC tural display, is not surpassed
on the coast; and fine public squares
eligiblr located in different parts of
the city, are among the objects which
invite the attention and challenge the
praise of those who come from other
lands to visit the metropolis CT Ore.
gOn.
The city enjoys the protection of a
large, thoroughly equipped: very eff
cient Fire Department Of steam and
hand fire engines, ample hose carts,
hooks and ladders, with commodious
houses for each company; and lofty
fire towers; aud capacious ciSterns
are conveniently placed to afford a
plentiful supply Of water at a mo-
ment's warning. But fires are ex-
ceedingl y rare, and in the period COW
ering the whole existence of the city
there has never occurred a conaagra-
ton Of more than two or three build,
ings at any one time.
A beautiful drive extends from
Portland to the White House, over a
smooth, broad maCadamized road, a
distance of FIVE miles. and all the way
in sight of the Willamette river.
And in one particular all will agree,
come from whatever section of the
Union they may; 1t is, that Portland
has the best paved and cleane8t streets
of any town or city which can be
named. The principal business thor.
Oughfarcs are laid with NicoIson pave.
ment, and system carefully observed
Of even grading, of broad streets laid
out regularly as those of Philadelphia
with blocks all OF size, wide. uni
form sidewalks, and shade or orna
mental trees planted along the resi-
dence streets-all combine to merit
for Portland the praise Of being moi
only the best paved, but one of the
prettieSt, neatest, most tastefully
| planned cities in the country.
To give an idea ofthe trade the city
enjoys, mere mention of its advanta
ges is required. Situated on the vii
lametfe, fourteen miles above where
that river pours its waters into tn,
mighty Columbia, somewhat more thar
one hundred miles above Columbi;
river bar, it is reached by and is TIL
port for the ocean line of steamship
which run weekly between San Fran
cisco and Oregon, the weekly line o
steamers from Victoria and Pugc
Sound, and the numerous sailing YES
sells, from full rugged ships to coaStin!
| schooners, which voyage regularly o
on special charter from the Atlantic
| European, or Ai5atic ports, the Ha
waiian Islands, California, or BIRTHS
Columbia. 1t is the port also fror
whence start and to which come tn
regular daily steam packets, carryin
passengers, freight, mails and express
to and from Astoria and informed
ate points on the Columbia river, cor
Meeting with the mail and passenge
stages from Puget Sound via Olympi
overland to Monticello in Washing
ton Territory; to and fron Fort Var
couver and Cascades, the Dalles an
Umatilla and WalIula, on the uppe
| Columbia, from whence connection
made overland by daily mail stage
? with Idaho and Montana end Uta
| Territories, and thence to the olde
: States by railroad to and from Or,
i, gon City and thence on the upper Wi
: lamette and the Yamhill rivers; an
5 to and from which point also 90 an
. come the small steamer which pile
e on the Tualatin river toward tt
: Coast range of mountains. The O
egon Steam Navigation Company,
:. which Capt Ainsworth is Presiden
t controls the steam traffic of the G.
= lumbia from its mouth to Wallula,
i distance of nearly 400 miles, al
f thence up Snake river to Lewisto
:. Idaho, at the confluence of the Clea
d water, $50 miles above WalIula; al
1t also that between Monticello, on ii
n COwlitz, and Portland. The traf
e from Portland, above on the Will
d mette AID Yamhill and Tualatin river
e, is controlled by the Peoples Trar
e portation Company, A. A. McCulI
;. President.
o. But | must close. Will write aga
= soon. MULTNOMAH.
Parties from Emporia all spe
IL we'll of Joe Kellam and ais acco
~ pli8hed partner, Mr.. Bill, who ha
o. recently bought and taken charge
d the Madison Hou8e.-Topeha Reco,