Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

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glory, and gets a constant overflow
of all the advertising and life of
the educational metropolis of Ore
gon
That it is the starting point of the
klamath Falls extension, that in 10
months an enormous traffic will be
pouring through Springfield into the
great klamath Lake BASIN that this
is destined to be a great railroad
junction town and manufacturing
center.
Birdseye View of Valley.
The writer stood upon the butte
that carries the waterworks reser-
voir and Mayor VIM NJ Sutton,
capitalist who erects brick blocks as
fast as they are needed, showed him
the Kingdoms of the world lying at
the feet of Springfield
To all points of the compass from
Springfield extend waterways: To
the north the lordly Willamette, to
the. east the Mckenzie and Mohawk,
to the south and west the Middle
and Coast forks. All around a cen
tral plain as smooth as a billiard
table lie $4,000 acres of fertile
land, with valleys broadening out
into rich foothills of orchard land
grain and dairy farms, and all
around a rim of blue mountains
Eugene, with it's shining suburbs
and glittering spires, lies three
miles west Coburg, a few miles
north. Springfield Junction, Goshen
and Natron in the other directions.
Springfield is incorporated about
two miles square.
Railroad Division Point.
Logically, Springfield is destined
to be a railroad division point of
one or more railroads. The main
line of the Southern Pacific, the
Natron and klamath Falls line, the
Portlan, Eugene e. Eastern are all
in here now, and the Hill line is
coming across the hill. Two more
electric lines are surveyed in here.
The great Booth-Kelly plant, with
it's logging road-a Southern Pacific
extension to Wendling-is also oper-
ated to Springfield. This is also the
terminus of the East Side division,
the Woodburn and Springfield
branch
Manufacturing Plants.
John Townseth is manager of the
biggest sawmill plant of the Booth
Kelly Lumber Co., located here. The
capacity is 25O,OOO feet in "a hours,
or 10000 in ten hours, working so
men on the mill and four large plan
ers.
Fischer & Bally have just com
pleted a new mill here-an up-to-
date plant with planers and dry
capacity, 10000 to $4,000
feet per day. They operate a mill
at Marcola
There is prospect of other saw
mills coming here, as shipping facil-
titles are unsurpassed.
The Springfield Planning Mills EN-
ploy 20 men in making mill-work,
sash, doors and furniture.
The Springfield Flouring Mills
have capacity of 1875 barrels a day,
with S. X. Noel, pioneer miller,
as owner. Mr. Noel has made sue
cess of every mill he has ever con-
Quoted.
w. D. Smith operates a shingle
mill. with capacity of 10000 a day. !
There is a match factory, with
modern machinery, that is not run
ming at present.
Springfield has an opening for a
foundry, laundry, creamery and fur
niture factory.
Perkins & Co do a large business
in dressed meats. slaughtering 800 |
beef cattle and as many veal, sheep
and swine in a month. They have /
a cold storage plant and supply the
railroad and logging camps and the
local markets.
Good Public Improvements.
Springfield has all the essentials |
of a prosperous city such as electric !
lights. city water supply from deep |
wells. rock crushing plant, the |
best lighted streets of any town in /
western Oregon, a good city hall and
fire department. There is a FIRST
class sewerage system. two miles OF
concrete walks and the city council
has let paving contracts for several
miles of streets. A grange fair is
held here annually, There is a $50,
600 high school on a fine site and
frst-class public schools
Live Lot of Boosters.
Springfield has a commercial club
and number of boosters who keep
things going. A. S. Walker is presi-
dent and John c. Mullen secretary.
Mr.. Walker has been here % years
in real estate and insurance and
knows the needs of the country and
city. Mr. Mullen is an attorney
read law with Judge Grant B. DIM
mick Of Oregon City
The Commercial club carries on
publicity work. circulates literature
and shows cOurtesies TO people VINO +
come 10 Springfield 10 locate. Inc
Mckenzie irrigation Co. is planning
and boosting for irrigated tracts OF
20. 600 acres.
The Springfield News reflects the
progress. activity and enterprise OF .
tbe community on an questions.
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