The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-24
PORTLAND.
The Great Commercial Center
OF the Northwest.
Its Present and Future.

It has population OF 2l.Ol0 It is 10 Oregon,
and the Territories Of Washington and Idaho,
what New York City IS 10 the state Of New
YORK, and bears the same relation 10 that state
and those Territories that Chicago does % IllI-
nois, -. Louis TO Missouri, Philadelphia 20
pennsylvania, and New Orleans 10 Louisiana.
II mas more territory tributary % 10 than any
oiher city iu the United States, and viii soon
be numbered with the foremost cities In the
Union. Even at this time the hammer and the
saw can be heard in all parts Of the city; the
demand FOR buildings is so great that the in
element season OF Winter does not check the
onward march OF its growth. with the vast
number OF ships constantly plying between
this and foreign ports, freighted with our con-
siantly Increasing agricultural products, and
the numerous railroads now tributary TO, or
leImi mating at, this city, 10 will not require
more than ten years TO swell the population OF
4ll 3s ne1uliinl aud growing city % 10000 souls.
.i"Nlhs n larger territory than san Francisco
20 support IL, We may confidently assert that in
- tu'tn a quarter Of a century Portland viii
,i % we iore most city on the coast In point OF
We will here enumerate the many railroad
eulerprlses already inaugurated. some OF
are constructed, and Others in process Of con-
81 ucilon, All making their termlui at this city.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
Is building rapidly west from Duluth. on Lake
superior, and also from the Columbia River
east, and will be completed al an early day
thus connecting Us with all our sister States.
THE OREGON AND cALIFoRNIA R. n.
terminates here, and is having an Immense
patronage.
THE WESTERN OREGON II. r.,
Formerly the Oregon Central. is doing a good
business. This road runs through tb,. fertile
River, and its southern terminus no present is
at Corvallis y miles from Portland.
THE UTAH NORTHERN r. II.
VIII be built through hundreds OF miles Of fer
tile lands, the produce OF which must be
brought 10 this city for shipment This road
Will connect with the Union Pacific r. r.. thus
securing two competing lines from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific. II Is now a settled fact that the
PORTLAND, DALLEs ANufsALT LAKE II. r.
VIII be constructed al an early day. This VIII
give US three trans-cOniinental roads.
NEW EAILRoAD ENTERPRISES.
\ home company, with unlimited capital,
has been organized under the name OF the
Oregon Railway Co. 20 construct uarrOw-gauge
roads from this city 10 the interior portions OF
the state. ultimately connecting with the Cen
trail Pacific, with branches wherever induce
menfs may offer. This enterprise Is being
pushed vigorously TO completion, so that 10
may be in readiness-tO move this Falls crop.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Have been fled to construct n road from Battle
Mountain, Nevada, in the direction OF Oregon.
10 connect with the Oregon Railway Cos road
and make Portland lis terminus. This will
give Us ulrccl communication Win the rlcuest
silver mines in the world, and will make Port
land one OF the greatest railroad centers IN the
Union.
To give the reader an idea OF the magnitude
and extent OF the railroad interests OF this city,
We Will state: There are nine ships on their
way TO this port from New York and Philadel-
phia, and eleven from foreign ports. Many
others viii be dispatched soon. All are laden
with railroad iron to be put down on railroad
lines tributary To, or terminating at, Portland.
We shall soon be connected by rail with the
Northern Pacific r. r.; also with Chicago and
the Atlantic cities. Thousands Of Immigrants
are constantly arriving from all parts Of the
civilized world, and the millions Of acres OF
agricultural lands that lie still uubrOken by
the plOwshare, and awaiting the advent OF the
sturdy farmer, point most cOnclusively 10 the
/ fact that an era of prosperity Is already dawn
ing upon this fair young State. When the i'm
migration has reached its full tide, and three
millions OF acres are under cultivation, then
in the Union.