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The Burned City Of Portland

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
August
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The City of Portland is the principa seaport town and ibe most important city in Oregon. It is situated on the YVilla mette Kiver within ten miles of its mouth, and has herotofore been almos totally exeiupt from fires. From its eaa ily accessible position, it has bccome oue of the leading towns in the State, ui contains about 9,000 inhabitants. It was settled in 1847. The Oregon and Cali fornia road through froui Portland to Oakland has but j.ust been finished, anf another railroad from Sulem, the capita of the State, to Portland is in process o construotion. The city has admirable aclvantages for nuvigation besides its position on the Willamette Iliver. Tht, Columbia Iliver, which flows within í short and easy distance of the city, is about 100 miles from the ocean by a direct course, and is navigablo ninety-six miles from its mouth for vessels drawing sixteen feet of water. For man y years past competition has been oxcessive, anc continaed attempts have been madu to withdraw the large shipping inteiests from Portland to St. Helcns, but the mercantiie interests of the former city have been too powerful to admit of its successful accomplishinent, and its shipping and inland commerce has eontinned iindiminished. The toxi Was built on a plain, at aa ek'atiofi of thirty feet above the level of the sea, and is surrounded by deftse forests of tall spruce, fl'r and othei evergreen trees. The houses were principally built of wood, are on the average about two stories in height, and would naturally fall an easy prey to fire. The temperature is comparatively mild, averaging about seventy degrees in pummer and in the winter seldoiu loss than forty degrees. The educational iristitutions of the place have rapidly increased within a few years, and the city supports two daily newspapers and six weeltly iournals.- N. Y. World.

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Old News
Michigan Argus