East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-16

lllest warehouses; edcH WIFI llS WHITE
winged messenger of commerce load
ing or unloading at its wharf, are so
many evidences of the wealth and
commercial importance in the world
of this city and the country tributary
to it.
First House i'm 1912.
The first house on the present sight
of the city of Portland was built in
1912. and the city laid out in 1S45. 1t
seems a far cry from that solitary
| log structure of so years ago to the
city of today, stretching along both
sides of this stream and reaching out
into the country beyond, and in the
light of past developments it does
not require a very prophetic vision to
see another far cry to the Portland of
60 years hence.
The New York World of recent
date, commenting on the uptown
march of that city, says: From the
roof of a two million dollar hotel, ris-
ing from a two million dollar site in
Battery place, guests of the early
future are to have the privilege,
while they dine, of gazing across the
bay and down through the Narrows
at the fairest water prospect round
about New York. The new hotel will
rise a long quarter of a mile from
where, opposite Bowling Green, the
serene knickerbockers of a day far
away sat in the garden of Kreiger's
tavern and saw the sun sink behind
the trees"
1t may be some time in the future
before it will be found necessary to
build a two million dollar hotel on
top of Portland Heights to gain
glimpse of Mt. Hood over the inter
vening skyscrapers, but the uptown
movement has begun. Here are
churches and theaters near neighbors
at 18th and 14th streets, and here is
lot 5Ox100 feet on 14th street, on
which a brick business block is to be
erected, sold yesterday for 24,500
This is only one of the many signs of
the uptown progress which is noted
At the city hall, a splendid struc-
ture erected at a cost, including the
site, of $675,000, Is found the muse
|, UNI where the visitor can spend some
of his spare time very profitably.
, |
Historical society," in whose rooms a
collection of interesting relics and
curioslties are found, from which
much information of the early history
of the state and also its progress and
, resources, as one of the important
| commonwealth of the nation, can be
learned.
First Newspaper in 1850.
For instance, here, hanging on the
wall. is a framed copy of the first
: newspaper published in the state-a
: little 4-psge, 6-column weekly, pub
lishet in 1850. Looking through the
, window, the present home of the
8 same newspaper can be seen, towering
= hish among its business neighbors,
showing clearly that in the march of
progress the art of building a great
: newspaper has not Jagged by the
. wayslde.
! A few years ago a ferry boat was
, found sufficient for the demands of
traffic between the two sides of the
: river. The ferry is still In operation.
apparently doing a good business. In
: addition, there are now four bridges
across tne SlfedInJ ana Sllll tneTe IL
much complaint of impeded traffic.
While the west side of the river
has all the wholesale establishments
and, in fact. nearly all the business,
the east side now claims half the
city's population, and the residence
district on that side is building up
o rapidly. probably because property is
/. much cheaper, and also little nearer
a Mt. Hood.
i OF cdhrse, all these people who live
o on the east side and do business, or
i work on the west side, have to cross
these bridges several times a day.
To reach st. Johns, Vancouver
Oregon City, or In fact, almost any
of the points reached by the Portland
street railway. the river has to be
crossed, and as a consequence, life on
the bridges at times becomes quite
animated, not to say strenuous.
drayman loads up his team to the
last pound it can pull, and gets hune