The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-20
PORTLAND.
The Great Commercial Center
Of the Northwest.
Tts Present and Future.

u has population Of q Q)0. IT'S 10 Oregon,
and the Territories of washington and idaho
what New York city is 20 the state Of New
York, aud bearf flc same relation 20 that state
and those Territories that Chicago does 10 Iili-
nolsi 81. Louis TO Missouri, Philadelphia 10
Pennsylvania, and New Orleans % Louisiana.
10 has more territory tributary 20 30 than any
other city In the United States, and viii soon
be numbered with the foremost cities in the
tuion- Even 90 tlis time tl' i-----..-- --l t'-
saw can De heard in an 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 com
siantiy Increasing agricultural products, and
the numerous railroads now tributary TO, or
teiini mailing 40, this city, 30 viii not require
more tnan ten years To- swell the population OF
our beautiful and gTOWslg city TO luoNl souls.
d"Nins larger territory than san francisco
20 ,.Ppoft IT, we may confidently assert tii'll ln
less ihnn "a quarter of century Portland VIII
I pc lne foremost city on the coast IN point oI
wealth and population.
We VIII here euumcrate the many railroad
enter ipri>es already inaugurafcd. some ul them
are constructed, and others in process Of com
So uciioni an making their tcrmini at this city
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
| is building rapidly west from Duluth, on Lake
superior, and also from the Columbia River
1 east, and VIII Doe completed at an early day.
I thus connecting as with AN our sister States.
THE oEEGoN AND CALIFoRNIA r.. r.
/ Tcrminates here, and is having an Immense
patronage.
TIE WESTERN O8EGoS E. r.,
Formerly the Oregon Central. is doing q good
I business. This road runs through ine fertils
country on the west side Of the WiIamettt
/ EIveE. aud IFS southern terminus 40 present b.
ut Corvallis, % miles from Portland.
THE UTAH SoigrHEEN b r..
VIII DE built through hundreds of miles OF fer
etile lands, the produce OF which must bee
brought 20 this city for shipment. This road
viii connect with the Union Pacific T. r.. thus
securing two competing lines from the Atlantic
% the Pacific. lt ls now settled fact that the
roETI.AND, DALLEs ASp SALT LAKE r.. b.
VIII De constructed at an early day. This Will
give as three tluus-conilncutiJ roads.
NEw EAILEoAD ENTERPRISES.
a home company, with unlimited capital
has been organized under the name oi the
. oregon Railway Go. 90 construct uurruU-e1 1ugc
roads from tnl- city tu The interior portions ol
tral fdclncr win brancuts Wherever induce
ments may offer. This enterprise is being
pushed vigorously 10 compicuons so that u
may uc ia readiness tu move tuls Fails crop.
ARTICLES Or IScoEPoEArIoS
Have been nlcd % construct % road from EattI,
Mountain, Nevada ln the direction of Oregon
o. connect with The oregon Railway COS road
and make Portland IFS terminus. This wlI
give Us direct com aIunlcation with the richest
silver mines in the world, and VIII make Port
land one OF the greatest railroad ceutcrs iu the
Union.
To give the reader an idea OF the magnitude
aud extent OF the railroad interests OF this city
we viii state: There are nine ships on thelI
way 20 This port from New York and Philadei
phla, and eleven nom foreign ports. Many
others viii be dispatched soon. All are laden
with railroad iron % be put down on railroad
lines tributary 20, or term mating at, Portland
We shall soon De connected by rail with lht
Northern Pacific T.. r.; also with Chicago and
the Atlantic cities. Thousands of imml grants
are constantly arriving from an parts OF the
civilized world, and she millions OF acres OF
agricultural lands that lic still an broken by
the plowsharc, and awaiting The advent 90 Che
sturdy farmer, point most cuuclusivcly 90 ful
! fact that an era of prosperity Us already dawn
ing upon this fair young state When the lm-
migration has reached its full tide, ana three
millions of acres are under cultivation, then
viii oregon bc known as the wCaltlle>t state
iu the Union.