Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-21


tries Of Llnnton is the West Oregon
Lumber company, which owns a $780,
600 plant and employs 1926 men, with
a payroll of $4,000 per month, and an
output of 100000 feet daily
The Consumers Lumber and Supply
company is erecting mill about / q
miles below Linnton. The present in
vestment is $4,000. One hundred men
are already employed at this plant,
with payroll of $75OO per month. The
daily cut is $4,000 feet
Just below the above plant is locat-
ed the mill of the S. Ban shingle com
pany, representing an investment of
$4,000, and producing over 100000
shingles per month. This company
employs 10 men with a payroll Of
more than $1,000 per month. Mr.. Ban
owns IA acres a mile or so north Of
Linnton, and a short distance south of
the shingle mill, upon which it Is his
intention to erect in the near future a
large hardwood lumber mill, securing
his supply Of logs from Japan.
Big Tract Purchased.
In the same vicinity is the Columbia
Creosoting company, with an $4,000
property exclusive of wharf, turning
out 100000 feet per month of bridge
timbers, ties, plling and paving blocks.
In this locality Henry Copenhagen,
a large railroad contractor, has pur-
chased a tract Of land and within the
next few months will move his $4,000
plant here from San Francisco. 1t is
the purpose TO manufacture hydraulic
power transmiters and do the repair
ing here for their construction forces.
The Oregon Wood Distilling COM
pany is located at the south edge of
Linnton, with and establishment rep
resenting $15O,OOO actual value of ma
chinery and apparatus. Employment
is given to % men and the payroll
runs about $4,000 per month
About a mile south of Linnton the
Portland Gas & Coke company are
rushing work on their new $S,0OOO0O
plant. With As acres and a river
frontage Of 1900 feet, this plant will
be among the most modern and com
plete in the country, The. buildings
will be of reinforced concrete, and as
nearly fireproof as they can be made,
while special attention has been given
to making them architecturally beau
tiful. The grounds will be- parkedN
planted with trees and shrubbery and
made to conform to the plans of the
new city beautiful.
Adjoining the gas plant on the south
the Standard Oil comapny is rushing
work on its new $5OO,OO0 plant. The
entire Portland business of this com
pany will be concentrated at this
point, and will give employment to a
large number of men.
Farther south the Indian Oil com
pany is expending 100000 in the erec.
tion Of a new plant,
The new paint and oil plant Of S. c.
Rasmussen & Sons and the Oregon
Cooperage company's factory are loco
ted in the same vicinity, while Just be-
low the old Lewis and Clark fair
grounds the Lewis-Wlley syndicate is
making a fill of IA acres in Guilds
lake for the Berlin machine works,
upon which a 100000 plant is to be
erected.
Near the west enc Of the North Bank
bridge a subdivision enterprise Of 100
acres into small factory sites is under
contemplation with excellent prospects
for favorable conclusion.
All told, over s5,OoO,OOO is now be-
ing expended in the creation of new
industrial plants down the river on
the west side between Guilds lake and
Harborton, which is the next station
below Linnton on the United Railways.
The payroll Of Linnton and vicinity
now runs close to $1,000 per day,
The main channel Of the Willamette
river runs on the west side at this
point hugging closely the Linnton
frontage and affording a depth of &c
to 2S feet Below Linnton, at the south
end Of Willamette slough, three big
dredges are now at work making
waterway 200 feet wide and deep
enough to accommodate any boat COM
ing in over the Columbia bar,
The Portland water board has
agreed to extend the 16-inch main on
the Linnton road to the city limits and
from there the officials Of Llnnton
viii make an extension to their town
Of 12-lnch main which will supply
all needs.
New Residences Under Way,
The additions Of Fairmount May.
brook, wildwood Court, Glen Harbor,
Waldemere, Harborton and numerous
others along the Iinnton boulevard |
have been laid out within the last two
or three years and some Of them al
most entirely sold out, while in all OF