Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-09

river. and but for low clouds we could
have seen some OF the snow capped
peaks Of Oregon.
At m early LoCr in the r corning We
| boarded tue train and soon We're on our
way to Portland. Oregon. At WallEla
Junction ve connected with The N1rt1
eEn Pacific Il kulrUad. We no.lced =:
every station along the line OF the road
thus Tar and farther on. immense guam
titles of grain awaiting shipment.
Steamboats, ply on the riy-r 81 that
fEeight is transported both 10y water
and by rall. A. the junction the Col
umb;a and Snake rivers unite and flow
ing westward enter the Pacific Oseau
Tho valley of the Colum bla IL rough
and unluvItIng. there being bat little Of
Interest and worth 10 be sseu. The OF
Is tO9u Of note - the TALES, whore we
o. a splendid dinner. There are falls
III the river hare. and jus: below the
siuuS form narrow passage. Further
on wn care to the cascades 10 the river
which are obstractionS to the naviga-
ton of the river. 70 overcome he DIFF.
hcUlty the government :. engaged Ia
the co.'s rOction Of = huge canal with
locks aud dams. The work vii! COS. an
lmmense amount of money, aud will
relieve Uncle Sam of friiis of that I'M
nense pile of specie which Is getting To
be a burden to the Treasury Deu4rt-
ment. AZ Z p. m. We arrived At Port
land which Is a noisy, busy place. 1t is
the port for the ocean steamers. and as
here il concentrated the trade from San
Francisco as Well As Chicago. il has be-
come place of strong competition be
tween those two commercial cities. and
not little envy has been engendercd.
Doubtless Chicago Will come out ah-ad
in the fight for the bulk oi trade now
that there Is direct railroad cJmmuni
cation. Already the st. Paul. Milwau-
kee and Chicago commercial man is
the person of self Importance. and his
trunks and brass the dread of baggage
smashers and railroad men generally,
but then it Is possible they are neces-
sary evil that wo can't get along with
ont or scarcely get along with.
Portland Ia situated on the Columbia
river, near the mouth Of tho Willamette
river, and among the other thing. for
which the city is noted is the inconvs-
nience to the travelling public the prin
Opal railroads terminate on one side of
the river and the depots and city are on
the other sido-but then this arrange
ment gives life to Il transfer monopoly
that is fighting the hotels. By tho way.
western life looms up hugely at those
hotels. One must crowd his way
through motley crew OF humanity,
seething in fog of tobacco smoke. TO
reach the hotel register. and half
drunken second clerk tries his best TO
give the necessary information Is 10
your baggage. THIS same office room
door stands open - admit the crowd
into the dining room, where, amid TO-
bacco smoke to help along in the sea-
soning of your vict tuals, to try to satisfy
tho cravings Of stomach unused TO TO-
bacoo. The transom of your bedroom
in the upper hall, if left open. admits
the foul fumes Of tobacco smoke. Oh
whore shall We 90 to find Gods pure air
pure from rom and tobacco!
A Q place of fSrsds Portland ia greatly
blessed, and many fine stores line her
q tons paved streets.
Next morninR's train over the Oregon
and California road carried rs away
from that land and water port toward
this city, the capitol town of the State.
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