The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-01-09
ALBANY.

"Pralso sounds best when receiyed from
strangers" !" and 90 . newspaper article on
ones own city or county IL most sppre-
ciAisd when published away from home.
Below wo give an article In the .sorego-
nian" Of January Let. Coming from that
Journal Il will 10 read with interest by
those desiring 10 sso howa pslghbor deals
with us: ALBANY II the county seat OF
Linn county and IL . city Of about 1000
inhabitants. II II most f4vo-abiy sItualsd
on the east bank OF the Willamette river
jest below the mouth of the caiapoola.
II has the great advantage Of both river
and railroad transpoFtatlon,--the Oregon
and California passing through IL, and Il
II also on the direct limo Of tho Oregon
Pacific Railroad now In course OF construe-
ten, The townaits Is on lsvel prairie,
which extsnds from The river 70 tho foot
hills OF the Cascade msuntain-, distance
Of sixteen miles, embracing The most ex-
tsnsive and valuable section Of the VIII
lameits valley. A . manufacturing city
it has ne equal In the state, power being
furnished by the Santlam Ditch aud Canal
Company, which was organized In Au.
gust, 1871, with capital OF fsse,0o This
canal taps the Santiam river near Leba non
and fiowa = distance or twelve miles
through = rich farming country 20 the
south side Of Albany. II divides at the
corner ef Eighth aad Vine streets, one
branch running down Vino street and
empty Ing inle the CAlApooia with fall Of
over thirty-two feet. The other branch
runs down Eighth street to 1hursten
street, thence 70 the river, VIII ere &c has q
fall OF thirty-six feot. A number Of later
al dltches leave the main stream and run-
ming the entire length Of the city under
the sidewalks make q safe guarantee
against ire and furnish an immenss
amount Of hydraulic power, which, being
90 much cheaper, has almost superseded
the use Of steam, These streams furnish
the power for the Magnolia Touring mills,
MonteIth's Touring Nails, the Red Crows
FIGURING mills, James Dannal's furniture
factory, Zeyss Hochstedler's sash aud
door factory, Brink q Sons furniture fAc.
tory,L Putnam's chair factory John Brush
SENS establishment manufacturing wire
cloth, perforated zinc and woven wire
mattresses, Graf & Fron's furniture fac
tory, Turner's custom mills, Robinson a
Vests lumber mills, Cherry a Parke's
foundry, James Chsrry's foundry, Best q
Althsnse's machine factory, and num-
ber Of establishments OF lesser note, A,
can thus be seen in tie matter Of manu-.
factories the city IL richly endowed ai
present, and has most fiattering future
rs the canal has much surplus power
when required.
For some years past the improvement,
made in Albany were In advance ofthe
city and country, and during that time
the oity has bean slowly but steadily
catching up, It has now reached that
point and % spring opens improvements
will again commsnce. The school direc.
tors now have competent architects draw
! ing the plans fer large and commodioui
school house, the contract for which vii
be let this Winter and It's construction
commenced early In the Spring. The
buildings will cover an entire block neal
the center Of the city, purchased for tha
purpose"