The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-03
PORTLAND.
The Great Commercial Center
of the Northwest.
Tts Present and Future.

II has population OF q ,0oO II Is 10 Oregon
and the Territories Of Washington and Idaho,
what New York City Is to the State OF New
YORK, and bears the same relation to that state
aud those Territories that Chicago does 10 Illi-
nois, st. Louis 10 Missouri, Philadelphia TO
Pennsylvania, and New Orleans 10 Louisiana.
II has more territory tributary TO IL than any
other city ia the United States, and viii soon
be numbered with the foremost eities 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 50 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
this and foreign ports, freighted with our con-
stantly increasing agricultural products, and
the numerous railroads now tributary 10, or
terminating at, this city, II Will not require
more than ten years to swell the population OF
our our beautiful aud growing city 10 10000 souls.
haNlns a larger territory than san Francisco
70 support 10, We may confidently assert thatin
iess man a quarter OF century Portland VIII
wealth and population.
we VIII here enumerate the many railroad
enterprises already inaugurated. some ofthem
are constructed, and Others in process Of con-
81 uciion, all making their termini at this city.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
IL building rapidly west from Duluth, on Lake
superior, and also from the Columbia River
east, and will be completed At aa early day.
thus connecting us with all our sister States.
THE OREGON AND cALIFoRSIA II. r..
Terminates here, and is having an immense
patronage.
THE WESTERN OREGON T.. r.,
Formerly the Oregon Central, is doing good
business. This road runs through the fertile
country on the west side of the Willamette
River, and its southern terminus at present is
AT Corvallis, y miles from Portland.
THE UTAH NORTHEKN r. r.
VIII be built through hundreds OF miles Of fer
tile lands, the produce OF which must be
brought % 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 AND SALT LAKE R. r.
VIII be constructed al an early day. This will
give Us three trans-continental roads.
SEw RAILROAD ENTERPRISES.
4 home company, with unlimited capital,
has been organized under the name OF the
oregon Railway Co. 70 construct narrOw-gauge
roads from this city to the interior portions OF
the state. ultimately connecting with the Cen
trai Pacific, with branches wherever induce
mcnts 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 to construct road from Battle
Mountain, Nevada, in the direction OF Oregon,
% connect with the oregon Railway Cos road
and make Portland its terminus This will
give US direct com IN uuicailOn 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 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 Will be dispatched soon. All are laden
with railroad iron To be put down on railroad
lines tributary 10, 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 unbrOken 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 im-
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.