, 1882-11-17
Rolling Mill at 0swego.
Willamette Farmer,J

Willamette Farmer,l
1t seems that private capital, to very
large amOuul, Is Interested at the present
time III ueveIOpInB the IRON interests Oi
our Stale. AS a commencement, pur-
chase Has been made Ot tue properly at
UswegU, eIgnI miles from PortIaliu, )" mere
"a smelling furnace has been III operation
for some Years. Land to the extent Ot
$1,000 acres III all has been acquired,
glvlng the company control ot vast beds
OT IRON, Imuer Iiillu ana water privileges.
lne estate Is immense In extent, ana tine
enterprise WA De pushed With dIl the
force great capItal can lmpart. lhe lu-
tentlon Is to not only manufacture pig
IRON from the ore, out to establish roll
ing mllis capaDie Of turning OH lmnense
QUANTITIES Of material. such WORKS as
tus VIII inIuate Il business tnat must
grow To vast proportions. Our mIe,
must someuine Ue Improved anu lhe
sooner the better. III We can SATISFY the
great deluiiuu lor railroad iron tnuU viii
hereafter eAlst On TINS SIDE ot the conIl-
nent, b., LONE manufacture, tDat Will De
a grand coinMenceinenG lur tLe manu-
iaclure oI non. IL Is III sucu Respects
tnuI tnls purtIUn vi the faclnc loasu can
ana must excel the development ot tnese
natural resources wlL Drins permanent
prosperlly anu lmInenSe wealth., AS III
does Iii Otuer OLdLts.
one great advantage of the Oswego
location Is tuaG snlps can Load tnefe DIS
easily us at PUrtiand. lne ore Deus
nave Ueen traced nine miles; Tue metai
Is VI superior qudliIy, equal W pest NOT
way lruu; LIE ore 10 81 easily Sol tllal
iron can ue made unuer tne nIusJ iaVor-
| auie circumstances, water power being
auuuuant lUr tne rulnng mills Tor
Years past Inc ventral racine railroad
Iitis iIau It's Car wheels made ol OsWeSo
| IRON, because OF Its superior lous hhess
ada genera. good quahty, for IT is edid 10
Ue supu,lOr W any ore heretofore luunu
IN Norm Auler4ua. Al Il company nau
Operated these mines wlLh suIucient cap
ual neIetolUre, no DOUBT great SUCCESS
| wuuiu nave followed. AS IL 10, tue IRON
| .4is been sill ptu aUIoau III bars or pigs,
| and Used az uVnle Ill lIaAnIs stoves, ana
Uy our tUununeS and nlacnlle shops 10
sucu good advantage that lney nave ac-
quIreu Reputation Tor uolng better
WORK than oan rt!nclsco suops, Ine non
| being Of better quaIity imam the imported
IRON, or iron from CalllOrnla mliles, used
III tnat city. he ore deposit extends
through tne range OI hllls back ot Fort
land, and crops out again near the Col
unDIa rlver near oU, ueIenS.
Tue company tnat incorporates with
5. u. Reed as President, mas Il nominal
capital OF S3,UUU,UUO and should the Dusl-
ness prosper with good management, no
DOUBT unlimited capital Will stand ready
to take hold OF it, The result OF possess
ing IRON, coal, forests and limestone, all
Ut which are necessary for the manufac-
ture OF iron, can hardly be appreciated
by common minds. We may live TO see
the greatest Industries known to man
thrive and build up immense shops and
factories close by us, employing large
forces OF laborers to be fed from on fields
| and gardens, and generally to benefit the
country by cheapening products OF iron
as well as furnishing better home mar
ket for farm stuff. 1t is fully probable
that iron ships may before long be built
on Oregon rivers and on Puget Sound,
where iron mines are also worked.
| Should iron manufacture prove really a
success, We may look for such results as
we do not dream of. Our State has
turned out good wooden ships, and iron
ship building eau easily follow. The
products OF the soil and general living
| expenses here are SO reasonable that Ia
bor can easily compete with the East
While iron manufacture could exist
here to some extent without through rail-
road connection, yet such connection
will secure the transportation of labor
ers in greater numbers and at reasona-
ble cost, and will in every way increase
the probability OF success in all such en-
terprises. We must have such facilities
before we can reach any high condition
as manufacturing region. We predicate
our highest hopes of future greatness
and prominence on the fact that we pos
sess natural resources to make manufac-
turing possible, In this respect we must
take the lead over all other portions OF
the West t,Oast.