, 1882-10-07
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y. Doiph rnade the following address
Judge Deadly and fellow Citizens: On
behalf Of the President and the other OH !
GERS Of the Oregon Rsilway and Navigs- I
ton Company, thank YOU ior the kind
words Just uttered with reference TO them /
and congratulate you upon the event IN
which We have just participated.
The connecting of the metropolis OF Or .
sc3u xith the great INLAND Empire" Of
the northwest Ly railroad, Is an event oi
no small importance 10 the citizens OF
Portland and The people OF the State OF
Oregon.
Fourteen years ago last April, ! had the
homer Of delivering an address at the
breaking Of ground az East Portland Tor
tbs Oregon Central Railroad, and remem-
f! ber 10 have said On that OCCASION IN SUB
stance: I'VE are fast being bound to our
common country by bands Of iron and
ties stronger than hooks OF steel IN the
! Union and Central Pacific Railroads has
teuiny 10 completion" and IN the beautl-
/ fuI language Of another before the close oi
! 1870 the iron horse will mingle AZ one run
, the smoke Of his nostrils with the spray
! Of both oceans. When this great work
| IS completed, San Francisco and New
! York viii be nearer together than San
| Francisco and Portland, and the com
merce Of the Atlantic VIII be bound to-
| lether and the plains over which it stretch
| es and the mountain 1t scales, will wake
| from patures solitude to the whiri and
activity OF advancing civilization passing
over the great rhoroughfare IN continu-
Gus stream. 4 stit more important en-
| terprise to the State, Is the Northern Pa
cifc railroad, connecting the Great Lakes
with Puget Sound, destined TO be the
| great thoroughfare across the continent. |
| Over it tie Chinese Empire with Its SIX
hundred millions Of inhabitants, will pour
its commerce.. When these great enter !
pTises are completed, Iide Of lmIaigra-
ton from ali the other portions
, Of the uniCn IL sure TO set IN Tor the IA
c:,ic coast. Not alone restless adveDtur-
! ers in search OF fortunes, having no inter
est in the country, but the hardy sons OF
Z a L - 81
: families"
! Years OF disappointment, Of hopes de-
ferred. ot patient waiting, have passed
! since then: years IN El.ich, notTi;Lst2nd-
+ iny our great resources and our unequal
ei climate, every industry larsulshei !.
Bat thanks to the foresight, the faith aai
the energy Of Henry Willard, and the con
fidence and support OF his friends, a
! charge mas come over va.
Every industry Of OUT commonwealth
( has been stimulated into new life. Oar
prosperity IS assured. Already the TIDE
of immigration is setting an upon rs The
great "InIand Empire Of the northwest
I may he said to have been reGiscnverad in
ihe discovery of its aGaptabilty 70 acri
! cultural pursuits.
PortlInd, instead Of being n way sta
lion between the termini Of two great
/ transcontinental railroads, las become,
! for the tine at least, the terminus Of cne
! If them Portland IS this day connected
with the continuous line Of railroad
stretching away towards the east five
( hundred ard thirteen miles IN length,
over which he fertile valleys OF the north
wes. shall pour their wealth at her feet
To day, m Jour presence, has been
| driven the last spike which unites the city
# PortiaHG with the ra;lroad lines IF the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
and the Northern Pacific Railroad, and !
within a year VIII he driven the las. spike /!
! ;Aat shall connect Portland with Tie great
! railroad system of the union Then vii |
begin T. prur INTO the state such tide Of
! immigration a. has nerer been witnessed |
N ans other portion oi the union. And I
closely following the completion Of the |
| Oree.n California rsiiroad, connecting !
/ the two great ciiirs uf the Pacific coast /
We shall n"; a;teinpt TO prophecy what !
the rsxt fourteen years gIil bring forth. /!
! am satisfied that the most saBgune !
do not yet fully apprehynd our future. l I
firmly bciieve that 10 PARTON Of the !
/ Union, and perhaps no portion Of the I.
I earth, possesses such combination Of al |
vantages as this northwest country. and !:
7 now here else does labor bring such sure |!
and borntiful reward as here. Our fer !
tIle soil, our mineral wealth, our forests !
| oi timber. and moro than al, the mild !,
ness # car winters, which 81 greatly les !
! sen tie cost and labcr OF agricultural pur- |!
sui,s, are sure 70 attract IN the near iu- /,
lure great population to cur state. In !
| wealth. and population this country will !
Al no d;stsut day surpsss New ENGLAND. /
/ The principle a:ent which Is % bring this !
! Greac population 20 our barla,s, which is |
! 10 develop cur resUuIoes and 10 furnish |
! orr fertile valleys means Of tranSp ,Tta- .
! ton, IN short, which IS 70 infrse the life !
! current into every industry Of the ccun !
( ny. ~ the railroad. !
/ Fellow citizens, as citiz-n 81 the state, I
! interested IN her deveiopment, as citi- !
IN c; Portland, interested ia its prosper |
/ Iiy, ningle my ccapratulatioas with |
yonrs upon the auspicious even; ot this !
/ hour.
: Democratic Protest.