The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-01
PORTLAND.
The Great Commercial Center
of the Northwest.
It's Present and Future.

II has population Of q 900. It is to Oregon,
and the Territories Of Washington and Idaho,
what New York City is TO the State OF New
YORK. and bears the same relation 20 that State
and those Territories that Chicago does to Illi-
hois' 81. Louis 10 Missouri, Philadelphia 10
fehnsylVania, and New orleans TO Louisiana.
II mas more territory tributary TO It than any
otner city in the United States, and will soon
oe numbered with the foremost cities in the
Union. Even at this time the hammer and the
si" can be heard in all parts Of the city; the
uemand for buildings is so great that the in
clement season OF Winter does not check the
onward march OF its growth. With the vast
number OF ships constantly plying between
thls and foreign ports, freighted with our con-
stantiy Increasing agricultural products, and
the numerous railroads now tributary to, or
@ @eIIhinailng at, this city, Il will not require
tiIoie @ tutn ten years to swell the population OF
0uI % beautiful and growing city to 10000 souls.
~ 81 port II, We may confidently assert that In
iess than quarter Of a century Portland will
oe tns foremost city on the coast in point OF
Weaith and population.
We viii here enumerate the many railroad
enterprises already inaugurated. Some ofthem
sste :, constructed, and others in process OF con-
attuctioh, All making their termini 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 at al early day,
thus connecting Us with all our sister States.
THE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA r. r.
patronage.
THE WESTERN OREGON r. r,
Formerly the Oregon Central, is doing a good
business This road runs through the fertile
PS,.l SPTSuntry on the west side OF the Willamette
AT CORVALLIS, " miles from Portland.
THE UTAH NORTHERN r. r.
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 X r. thus
securing two competing lines from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific. II Is now settled fact that the
PORTLAND, DALLEs AND SALT LAKE r r.
VIII be constructed at an early day. This will
give us three trans-cOntinental roads.
NEw RAILROAD ENTERPRISES.
a home company, with unlimited capital,
has been organized under the name OF the
Oregon Railway Co. to construct narrow-gauge
roads from this city to the interior portions OF
the state. ultimately connecting with the Cen
tral Pacific, with branches wherever induce
ments may offer. This enterprise is being
pushed vigorously to completion, so that il
may be in readiness to move this Falls crop.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Have been filed 10 construct a road from Battle
Mountain, Nevada, in the direction Of Oregon,
10 connect with the Oregon Railway Co.'S road
and make Portland its terminus This Will
give US direct communication with the richest
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 viii state: There are nine ships on their
way TO this port from New York and Philadei-
phia, and eleven from foreign ports. Many
others viii be dispatched soon. All are laden
with railroad iron 10 be put down on railroad
lines tributary to, or terminating at, Portland.
We shall soon be connected by rail with the
Northern Pacific K. 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 unbroken by
the plowshare, and awaiting the advent OF the
sturdy farmer, point most cOnclusively TO the
TACT 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
Will Oregon be known as the wealthiest State
in the Union.