The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-13
PORTLAND.
The Great Commercial Center
OF the Northwest.
It's Present and Future.

Ithas o population Of gOo. Itisto oregon,
and the Territories OF Washington and Idaho,
what Ncw York City Is 10 the State OF New
York, and bears the same relation % that state
and those Territories that Chicago does TO Ilie
nols, 81. louis 20 Missouri, Philadelphia 10
Pennsylvania, and NeW Orleans 90 Louisiana.
10 has more territory tributary % It than any
other city iu the United States, and VIII soon
Pc numbered with the foremost ciles in the
Union. Even 40 this time the hammer and the
saw can De heard in an parts of the city; the
demand Cor buildings is 30 great that the I'M
element season OF Winter does not check thc
onward march OF DTS growth. With the vast
number OF ships constantly plying between
this and foreign ports, freirhtcd with our con-
s;antly increasing agricultural products, and
the numerous railroads now tributary 90, or
terminating ai, this city, Do win not require
more Than ten years Co swell Else population of
llaNlhE p iaI-ef territory man san Francisco
tu support Do, We may confidently assert that boz
less than quarter of "a century Portland viii
he fne foremost Clfv on tue coast iu point of
wealth aul population.
We viii here cuumcrafc the many r1iir1lI
enterprises already luauguratet. S1mcoftuem
are constructed, and others iu process of COM
stuctiou, all making their te-mlu. GO this city.
THE NoEguEHS PACIFIC
Us building rapidlywesf from Duluth. ON Lake
superior, ana also irom tle Columbia River
east, and VIII be completed af nn early day,
ihns connecting rs with aI our sister States.
TIE OREGON ASD cALIror,rA n. I.
Terminate here, aud is having an Immense
Patronage.
THIS wEsrEu, OREGON D.. ul,
Formerly TIE Oregon Central. is doing % root
country ou rae wa-f sfda of mo VriTIarle-f. 2.
t.lNeri ana pos southern terminus at present I-
at OuIsaiiis- 20 miles from Portland.
THIS UTAH NoEIuEuN D. 1.
VIII De built through hundseIsof fn.Ias of fer
iile lands, ihe produce OF which must De
wiz connect with The Union Pacific r. b.. thus
securing two competing lines from the Atlantic
70 the Pacific. IT'S now settled fact that the
r1HrLAsD, nALLEs AND SALT LAKE D.. n.
VIII De constructed at an carlyday. ThIswul
give us three trans-coutineuiai roads.
NEw RAILRoAD ENrEnPHIsEs.
a home company, with unlimited capital
has been organized under fhe name ot tna
oregon Railway 60. o. construct uarruw-.auee
roads from tlls city lo tle Interior portions I'd
tue state. ultimately connecting with Ila Ceu-
lfI l'ae.le, WIN pfanches wherever induce
pushed vigorously 90 completion. so that ID
may be in readiness to move this FaIi's crop.
AETICLEs OF ISCoEPoEATIoS
Have been lled 10 construed aroai from Battle
Mountain, Nevada, iu the direction ~ Urarou.
o. connect with the Oregon RAILWAY i-8-. r1.li
and make Portland IT'S terminus This viii
give Us direct communication with THE richest
silver mines DOB the world. and VIII make Port
land one ol tue greatest railroad celilrs lu the
Union.
To give tho reldera idea OF the magnitude
and extent oi the railroad Interests of iuis city,
we VIII state: There are nine ships ou their
way iu THIS port from NeW York and Fuiiaiei-
phla, and eleven from foreign ports Many
others VIII De dispatched soon. All are laden
with railroad iron 90 he pgt down ON railroad
l-n.s tributary o. ur terminal ai- 'orti d.