The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-01-31

oht anu taHsaUiduk. AHs saNibSs iot
manufacturing are excellent, msgnlH.
cent water power furnished by the Albany
and sant:am canal constructed from point
on the south Santlam River 10 Albany,
distance OF fourteen miles aud with Ca
paeI,y Of 10000 running feet per minute,
and this supply may be doubled with very
little expense. Already new wooden
mill lately constructed Ut cost OF $4,000,
is run by this power. Besides, there are
four Touring mills. TN Ice factory, electric
light plant. two furniture factories, iron /
foundry, web wire factory, grain storage
houses, sash and door factories and others |
run by this power ard yet there Is abnn-
dant room for further utilization OF this |
power. On account OF this vast water |
powsr excellent transportation facilities,
easy access to unlimited quantities Of ma
terlals. Aibanyis destined % be and viii |
soon become, the great manufacturing |
Lowell Of the state As to tho surrounding |
country with reference to agriculture ard |
horticulture. we can frankly say that Il |
could hardly be better. In all directions |
from the city are vast expan ies OF Arairie
lands, level skifted here and there with |
tim Der and brush lands. very productive |
Of whest. oats, and barley. Potatoes,
cabbage. surnips and In fact all kinds of
vegetables withproper care and cultivation |
arc grown In great abundance.
Apples. pears. s.piums. cherries. .pranes. grapes,
and ether fruits srow in great abundance. I'll
Is safs TO say tha; nowhere do apples. pear,
plams. cherries and pruses do better Than here
In the Willamette valley.
In a genefei sense there mar be said 70 be
but two climatic seasons here. the Try season
aud the vet season. The vet OF rainy season
begins usually about the I'm; or middle Of Nov.
ember and continues up 10 the middle fApril,
during which period Il rains great deal. of
course there are days. and even weeks, At
times. during this period. iha. arc dry, sum
shiny and very pleasant. Strange - II may
appear to persons raised In other and different
climates, this season is very healthy, and the
more continuous the rain the better Is health.
We do not have the same degrees OF heat
here ,ha, people who live ia the same latitude
east Of The Rocky Mountains afe sahiccied to.
AID when the thermometer here marks 90 de-
grecs. the heat Is not 80 oppressive as the same
degree in the Misslsripf,i Valley, tcf, a. rule,
when the Thermometer reaches the above indi-
Gated degree here. BY four or five o'clock 10
the evening Of such days the weather has mod
Grated through lie iaslusnce of sea breezes.
which al thar lonr begin 20 sweep over the
valley, that q woolrn coat Is often required.
The nights srs refreshing and invigors,ing.
Scarcely nigh, during summs. but that one
or more blankets are required while sleeping.
The thermometer marks 20 degrees above aero
ordinarily in the coldes, days Of winter. Once
in the history Of the country twiutcr OF iS74-yli
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10 degrees below zero
This filed the olies. inhabitant with amaze
ment. One winter subsequent to the above
the thermometer marked zero. These are the
"hard winters" to which oregcnians refer
when discussing The weather. But on neither
Of these occasions did the cold last more than
two days. Sometimes quite heavy SHOWS fall
here, but they soon melt away under the SOFT
ening influence Of chinook wind.
The average yearly rainfall here Is about IS
inches. One year with another II rains much
more in Illinois than in Oregon.
For transportation faculties, Albany is re
markably fortunate and well supplied, with
prospects fair Of still better. Il is on the line
of the Southern Pacific connecting Portland,
Oregon, with San Francisco. II Is on the line
ofthe Oregon Pacific in course Of construction
from Yaquina Bay, On the Pacific Ocean, te
Boise City, Idaho, where connection will
some one of,he trans continental routes from
the east will be made. This road is alread,
completed from Yaquina Bay to Albany ans
thence on east from Albany, distance Of q
miles, or i4s miles from Yaquina Bay. Th
/ road makes close connection with line o
, Ocean steamers plying between the Bay ant
San Francisco. Besides this we have connec
,. sion with Portland by steamboats, that ply tn
Willamette river, A branch line Of the South
ern Pacific connects with Lebanon, a YER
3 thriving town, fourteen miles east of Albany
A company has been duly organized, and ]
route surveyed for railroad from Albany /
Astoria at the mouth Of tn. Columbia river
$ work on which, we are assured, will begi
early the coming season, Thus It will be seel
that Albany Is destined to be railroad cente
for the Willamette Valley, which, OF itself,
-
: an earnest Of rapid, prosperous growth Of tn
city, The real estate transactions in Alban
last year were very large amounting to an es
timated aggregate Of 100000. The improve
4 ments Ivy way Of construction Of business, man
9 ufactarlug, and dwelling houses amounted /
8bous 100000. Highly creditable as thi
showing is, Il i, insignificant in compariso
!. with the progress and Improvements which ar
foreshadowed in the preparations for the com
ing year. Without extravagancc, we feel sal
! IN saying to our illinois friend that Albany
!, -aquestionabiy the coming city Of the William
!. cite Valley, Our business men arc fully i'm
i bued with that energetic spirit Of pluck an
!. enterprise 50 essential to the building up Of
|" great manufacturing and commercial cit.
i. The citizens Of this place have, in times pas
p contributed as bonuses sr75, 900 for the er
couraeement ofrailroads, wooden mills, et
They are fully alive 10 their interests. tt
nt civ has an excellent fre department. bcil
!. 1.-Two engine companies and d hook and ladd
company, The department has two vi
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