The new age., 1907-01-05

iuF trade. Every possible deep-Water
harbor on the Atlantic has been util-
lzed, and the time is at hand when it
must be the same on our Pacific
shores.
Another reason why Coos Bay has
Deen tardy in its development is be-
cause in earlier days there were often
only ten feet of water on the bar at
low tide. BY government appropriation
work was done in 1879 and 1890, which
resulted in 26 feet of water at low tide
and this was accomplished so easily,
and without requiring all the appro-
prlation that had been made for the
work, that the Coos Bay Chamber of
Commerce has memorialized congress
to continue the work until thirty feet
of water shall have been assured,
which will enable the largest vessel to
ride in at all times in safety. Local
steps have already been taken to make
this uniform depth in every part of
the bay by the creation of a Coos Bay
Harbor Commission by the state.
1t has ever been the history of the
world that good harbor makes a COM
mercial center when there is a rich
country back of it. Hence in the ordi-
nary course Of events there is bound
to be large city on Coos Bay and
probably one that will cover the mar
row peninsula as New York City covers
Manhattan Island. In evidence of this
there are two more large mills build
ing, and a denaturalized alcohol plant.
a large .woodenware factory and sew
eral large store and warehouses are
now being planned and contracted for.
A good beginning has already been
made. Marshfield, the oldest and
largest town, has immense coal bunk
ers, saw mill running day and night,
and is the point from which the rail-
road runs inland North Bend, only
three years old, has almost overtaken
its neighbor in Importance. It's re-
port for 1905 showed 602 men en-
ployed in it's mills and factories, and
yearly output of over a million dol
lars. Both towns have well-suported
churches and schools. Already a wide
avenue is graded between the sister
towns and an electric line is under
way, which, when completed, will make
them practically one. Furthermore,
they are bound to reach across and
embrace. Empire, the town On the
opposite side of the peninsula, and the
first shipping point, where just now
it is said lots are worth $500 apiece,
and cannot be bought for less than
81, 900. The reason for the boom in
Empire is that man has bought it
up who is said to own 10000 acres OF
timber land in Southern Oregon, and
he intends to revive the saw mill, build
a cannery, and otherwise develop the
fn ~ uyhf ic @
natural place as the entrance to the
flarbor
hut MarshfieId, North Bend and EN-
pire, growing as they are. and with
only the possibility of growing towards
each other, will eventually become one
and instead of being
rivals, each will share the advantages
of all, and their common centre will
be the natural point of vantage.
Mr.. Shaefer has foreseen this and
has laid out an addition to Central
Place exactly in the centre, one and a
half miles from deep water and like
distances from the centres of each of
the three towns on the bay. Sherman
avenue, the principal SO-foot graded
street running north and south and
North Bend with Marsh
field, is intersected by Newmark street, |
also 80 feet wide and running east and
west across the peninsula, which is on
the line of Mr.. Schaefer's addition. 1t
Is predicted by those who understand |
the situation that within a few years |
lots in Shaefer's addition will bring |
the highest price of any sold in open |
market on the peninsula.
Where else in the United States |
can such a combination of natural fea- !
lures that make values be found? |
Back of it are the inexhaustible re- |
of the richest part of Oregon; |
the magnificent forests and mountain |
ous scenery that charm beauty-lovers; |
and the pulsations thrilling through |
It of three towns already of consid-
erable Importance and not only offer
ng present employment to all who
wish it but natural facilities inviting
he investment of capital in unnum-
lered ways. Many also will feel the
fascination of being so near the ocean
md will be quick to respond to the |
reckoning Orient which is extending
the glad hand across the majestic
Pacific. With many, the equable
climate, the cool summers and warm
winters, the pure mountain water; the
reedom from rheumatism, typhoid and
nalarial fevers. with an eXtraOrdinar- I,
ly low death rate, and 13 degrees va
iation-will not be minor advantages
,ffered by Coos Bay, which is certainly
deal in its combination of induce ,
nents as a place for health, pleasure
Dd business.
The cities on Coos Bay have been
ounded by progressive, public-spirited 4
nen. who have sensed the truth of the
and Bible maxim that in
rider to have more they must share
What they have and so they have
hanged conditions from earlier days
vhen the settlers rather discouraged
theirs from joining them, and are in :
itine the world to see what thew have
0 offer, confident that those who see t
20 country will never want to leave
permanently. c
Coos Bay is now reached by the
sreakwater and M. F. Plant steamers +
nnning from San Francisco; by the
roanoke from Portland; by the Kill c
onrn, which leaves Portland and San
Tancisco on alternate Saturdays: and r
y the Alliance, making the exclusive
un from Portland to Coos Bay. There I
re also the stage lines from Drain !.
nd Roseburg. which connect it with u
a Cnnthoryo Do l.