Polk's Portland city directory, 1957, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1950

USA > Oregon > Multnomah County > Portland > Polk's Portland city directory, 1957 > Part 1

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.

Tel: CApitol 8-8141

COMMONWEALTH, INC. Property Management & Business Properties & Industrial Sales and Leasas 2nd Floor Equitable Building

GILL'S

Call CApitol 8-8681

OFFICE SUPPLY AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT HEADQUARTERS FOR OVER 90 YEARS!

THE J. K. GILL CO. S. W. Fifth Avenue at Stark

FOR Every FIRST NATIONAL BANK

BANKING SERVICE!

Open 10 to 5 Six Days a Week Monday Thru Saturday

76 Statewide Offices

OF PORTLAND

LIST OF PORTLAND AND STATEWIDE OFFICES IN YELLOW PAGES, BANK DEPARTMENT Member Federsi Insurance Corporation

PACIFIC TITLE INSURANCE CO. Oregon's Oldest Title Company

MAIN OFFICE 315 S. W. 4th Ave. Near Oak St. CApitol 2-9931

EAST SIDE OFFICE: 1439 S. E. 39th Ave. At Hawthorne Blvd. BEImont 4-7489

WASHINGTON COUNTY BRANCH: 175 N. Hall Street Mitchell 4-1194 Beaverton, Oregon

AN OREGON OWNED COMPANY

63 Banking Offices Throughout Oregon

U.S. NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND

See Page 18 in Yellow Pages for U. S. National Branch Near You

A. B. SMITH CHEVROLET CO.

CHEVROLET

A Great Place to Buy Best Car . Best Deal · Best Service

Phone CApito! 8-5161

NORRIS BEGGS & SIMPSON

Effective FINANCING-MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING of Real Estate Investments in the Pacific Northwest

PROPERTY FACTORS . 711 S. W. ALDER

CApitol 3-7181

Every Helpful Banking Service

W. Burnside at 13th Avenue

Mortgage Loans

A STATEMENT OF ADVERTISING PRINCIPLES

I. Good Advertising ~~ aims to inform the con- sumer and help him to buy more intelligently.

2. Good Advertising ~tells the truth, avoiding misstatement of facts as well as possible deception through implication or omission. It makes no claims which cannot be met in full and without further qualification. It uses only testimonials of competent witnesses.

3. Good Advertising ~~ conforms to the gen- erally accepted standards of good taste. It seeks public acceptance on the basis of the merits of the product or service advertised rather than by the disparagement of competing goods. It tries to avoid practices that are offensive or annoying.

4. Good Advertising ~~ recognizes both its eco- nomic responsibility to help reduce distribution costs and its social responsibility in serving the public interest.

Advertising Federation of America

(Your Directory publishers fully subscribe to the principles set forth in this statement)

R. L. POLK & CO.'S

EVERY BANKING SERVICE

Statewide

An Oregon Bank Serving Oregon

IN PORTLAND

HEAD OFFICE Broadway and 6th at Stark Phone CApitol 8-6111 CITIZENS 636 S. E. Grand at Alder Phone: CApitol 8-6111 EASTPORT PLAZA 4300 S. E. 82nd Avenue Phone: PRospect 5-4361

HOLLYWOOD 1901 N. E. 42nd Ave., at Hancock Phone: ATlantic 8-5321

METROPOLITAN 900 S. W. Sixth Avenue at Taylor Phone: CApitol 8-6111

MILWAUKIE-POWELL 3003 S.E. Milwaukie at Powell Phone: CApitol 8-6111

PENINSULA 7340 N. Philadelphia, at Jersey St. Phone: AVenue 6-0621

STADIUM 2000 S. W. Morrison, near Burnside Phone: CApitol 8-6111

UNION AVENUE

5505 N.E. Union Ave. at Killingsworth Phone: ATlantic 4-1163

THROUGHOUT THE STATE ...

ALBANY

Albany Community Branch 205 Ellsworth Phone: WAbash 6-2251

DAYTON Dayton, Oregon Phone: Red 33

MEDFORD 133 E. Main, at Central Phone: SPring 2-6126

MILL CITY 100 North First Avenue Phone: 7707

MONMOUTH 193 East Main Phone: SKyline 7-1402

University 1310 State Street Phone: 4-4451

West Salem 1117 Edgewater Phone: 4-2259

ATHENA Main Street Phone: 141

GRANTS PASS 400 S. W. Sixth Phone: GReenwood 6-6895

BEAVERTON 8 Watson Street Phone: Mitchell 4-2131

HERMISTON 204 Main Street Phone: JOrdan 7-6472

NEWBERG 515 E. 1st Street Phone: 4821

ONTARIO 281 S. W. 1st Phone: 377

OREGON CITY

901 Main Street Phone: 5228 (Portland Phone: Olive 4-4308)

TIGARD

Main Street, at Tigard Avenue Phone: MErcury 9-1196 TILLAMOOK 210 Main Avenue Phone: Victor 2-4401

BURNS (Harney Co. Branch) 499 Broadway, at "A" Phone: 5001

KLAMATH FALLS 734 Main, at 8th Phone: TUxedo 4-3191

REDMOND 404 Sixth, at D Phone: Lincoln 8-2134

CLOVERDALE Cloverdale, Oregon (Highway 101) Phone: 555

LA GRANDE 1202 Adams, at Depot Phone: WOodland 3-2141

MCMINNVILLE 343 Third, at Devis Phone: 11

ST. HELENS 200 South First Phone: 750

ST. PAUL Church and Main Phone: 321

Rorvick between Nehalem and 1st Phone: EMerson 8-3334

THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

SALEM Ladd & Bush - Salem 302 State, at Commercial Phone: 4-4411 North Salem 1990 Fairgrounds Road Phone: 3-9281

AMITY 5th and Trade Phone: 3241

DRAIN Front and "C" Phone: TEmple 6-9115

ASHLAND 30 North Second Phone: MUrdock 9-6511

DUFUR 102 Main Street Phone: 3011

MT. ANGEL

Main at College Phone: Main 15

MYRTLE CREEK 1st and Main Phone: 265

SHERIDAN 210 S. Bridge Street Phone: THornwall 3-2332 SHERWOOD Ist and Washington Phone: JAckson 7-2401 SPRINGFIELD 449 Main Street, at 5th Phone: Riverside 7-3366 THE DALLES 319 Washington, at 3rd Phone: CYpress 6-2235

BANKS Main and Market Phone: EAst 2101 BEND 102 Oregon, at Bond Phone: EVergreen 2-4611 BROOKINGS 648 Chetco Blvd. Phone: 2951

HILLSBORO COMMERCIAL 204A E. Main Street Phone: Hillsboro 2111

HOOD RIVER

301-303 Oak Street Phone: 9244

JUNCTION CITY

611 Greenwood, at 6th Phone: Wyman 8-2311

PENDLETON 157 S. Main, at Court Phone: 200

ROSEBURG 201 North Jackson and Oak Phone: ORchard 2-2661

VALE 284 A Street West Phone: 9071 VERNONIA 905 Bridge Street Phone: HAzel 9-6401 WEST SLOPE 8680 S. W. Canyon Road Phone: CYpress 2-2638 WHEELER

COOS BAY 2nd and Central Phone: COngress 7-3191 CORVALLIS 202 South 2nd, at Madison Phone: PLaze 3-6621

MADRAS 406 South Fifth Phone: 2242

PORTLAND CITY DIRECTORY

U.S. NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND

SANDY BOULEVARD 3456 N. E. 72nd Avenue at Sandy Phone: ATlantic 8-5091

ASTORIA 1215 Duane Street Phone: 197

EUGENE 811 Willamette, at 8th Phone: Dlamond 4-2261

SOCIATION ORGANIZED VIGILANTIA

CREDIT

NATIONAL

1896

· N3W

Portland Association of Credit Men, Inc.

CREDIT REPORTING COLLECTIONS ADJUSTMENTS

Owned Exclusively by the Principal Wholesalers, Bankers and Manufacturers of Oregon

Since 1896

Affiliated with the National Association of Credit Men

R. W. KUPFER

Executive Vice-President and General Manager

Telephone CApitol 6-3531 444 Pittock Block, Portland, Oregon

R. L. POLK & CO.'S

POLK'S PORTLAND (MULTNOMAH COUNTY, ORE.)

CITY DIRECTORY 1957

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also the

YELLOW PAGES

With a Special ADVERTISING SECTION and a Complete CLASSIFIED LIST FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

LEASED ON SUBSCRIPTION

DIRECTORY

IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN

BUYER ... SELLER

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 71 Columbia Street, Room 301, Seattle 4, Wash.

DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Member Association of North American Directory Publishers Copyright, 1957, by R. L. Polk & Co.

Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909

That any person who willfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or willfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.

From the collection of the

Z m L n o Prelinger V

ibrary p

San Francisco, California 2008

Publisher's Note

The information in this directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is com- piled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them, nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsi- bility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next Directory.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers

INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX

R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1957 edition of the Portland City Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of Portland's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Portland to the world.

The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unriv- aled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Portland Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the city.

Three Major Departments

The three major departments are arranged in the following order :-

I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of Portland, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog. likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a large commercial and in- dustrial center like Portland, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always im- mediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.

II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Portland, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.

III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the desig- nation of tenant-owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.

Community Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a port, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Portland.

The Portland Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Portland City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in the offices of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 700 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by mem- bers of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and pro- fessional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page Numbers Below Refer To The Yellow Pages

Page

Aetna Life Insurance Co .. left side lines and 68 Haney Wm A & Son left side lines and 114

Albina Fuel Co 51 Heathman Hotel .right top lines and 66

Alpenrose Dairy Co Inc left side lines and 44 Holden Glen A & Associates

Aluminum-Lock Shingle Inc right side lines and 113

Apostolic Faith The 29

Ballow & Wright 3

Bank of California National Association The right top lines and

Bankers Life Company-Des Moines

left side lines and 69

Barnard Motors Inc .right top lines and 4

Beltone Hearing Center

Berg Charles F Inc right bottom lines

Bernard Motors Inc right top lines and 4

Berry Bail Bonds

Blyth & Co Inc right bottom lines and 20

Burnett Roy Motors Inc left side lines and 5

Business Equipment Bureau 28

Business Men's Assurance Co of America left top lines and 70

Business Men's Telephone Exchange 122

California - Western States Life Insurance Co left side lines and Y

Campbell - Norquist & Co right sides lines 42 and 104 Campbell - Weiss Blueprint Co left sides lines and 19

Canadian Bank of Commerce

Capitol Life Insurance Co

left side lines and 71

Carnation Co

.. right top lines and

Carson John T Co Inc right side lines and 53

Chown Hardware Co left side lines and 60

Coffey H K & Associates left side lines and 72

Cole Benjamin B Inc

.left bottom lines and

Collections Incorporated

„left bottom lines and

Commonwealth Ine

„right top lines and 108

Commonwealth Title Insurance Co

right top lines and 123

Continental Adjustment Association Inc right side lines and 34

Dearing - Allen Motors 11

Doctors Official Telephone Exchange

right top lines left bottom lines and 48

Dooly & Co right side lines and 94

Edwards Furniture Co 57 left side lines and 109 English Henry F

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US left side lines and 73

Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa right side lines and 74

Equitable Savings & Loan Association right bottom lines and 115

Fahey - Brockman 30

Farmers Dairy Association 44

First National Bank of Portland

front cover left top lines and 16

Foster & Marshall right bottom lines and 21

Frank Chevrolet Co 6

Fuller W P & Co 105

Gill J K Co The .front cover left top lines and 103 Goodall Oil Co 53

Great - West Life Assurance Co The

left side lines and 75

Page

left side lines and 77

Holman Fuel Co

left side lines and

Imperial Hotel

Insurance Company of Oregon left side lines and 88

Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co left bottom lines and 52

Jacobsen K F & Co Inc 106

Jones June S & Co .......

.right bottom lines and

Jones Lumber Corporation ...... right side lines and

Journal Publishing Co

.. right top lines and 101

Kearney Street Convalescent Center 64

Kruse Motors 11

Lakeside Dairy 45

Liberty Fuel & Ice Co

.left side lines and

Lipman Wolfe & Co

right bottom lines and

Marsh & McLennan - Cosgrove & Company

left side lines and

Merrifield - Mitchell Agency

left side lines and 80 Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane right bottom lines and 23

Metropolitan Cleaners .......... right side lines and 30

Morrison Oil Co. 55

Morton W Dee Insurance Agency 94

Multnomah County Medical Society

.X and

Mutual Adjustment Co

„left bottom lines and

Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York

left side lines and

National Credit Bureau ......... left bottom lines and 36

New England Mutual Life Insurance Co right side lines and 82

New York Life Insurance Co ... right side lines and 83

Nordstrom's 119 Norris, Beggs & Simpson

front cover right top lines and 110

Northern School Supply Co 118

Northwest Credit Service Inc right bottom lines and 37

Northwest Hospital Service right bottom lines and 63 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Mil-

waukee Wis

„left side lines and

Occidental Life Insurance Co of California

left side lines and

Olsen Roe Transfer Co

100

Olympic National Life Insurance Co

right side lines and 86

Oregon Transfer Co

128

Oregonian The

.left top lines and 102

Pacific Building Materials Co ........ left bottom lines

Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Association

left bottom lines and 117

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co left side lines and 87

Pacific Northwest Co

.left bottom lines and

Pacific Power & Light Co

back cover right top lines and

Pacific Title Insurance Co front cover back bone right top lines and double spread 124-125

Grossmayer Phil Co

left top lines and

Pearson Mortuary

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co right side lines and 88

Physicians & Surgeons Hospital 65

Pinkerton National Detective Agency Inc 47 Smith A B Chevrolet Co

Pope & Talbot Ine

120

Portland Association of Credit Men Inc ...... C and

Portland Chamber of Commerce

Portland Collection Bureau 39

Portland Gas & Coke Co back cover, left top lines and 59

Portland General Electric Co

back cover right tep lines and 50

Portland Marble Works

Portland Realty Service 112

Portland Trust Bank

Pownall, Taylor & Hays ...... right bottom lines and 89

Prudential Insurance Co of America The

left side lines and 90

Radio Cab Co

right side lines and 121

Rasmussen Don Co 7

Readymix Concrete Company 27

Retail Credit Association of Portland back cover left top lines and 40

Riverview Abbey, Mausoleum & Crematorium

right side lines and 99

Riverview Cemetery, Crematorium & Mausoleum 98

Rose City Transit Co

.. right side lines and 127

Rosenblatts

„right side lines and

Sandberg H J Co

left bottom lines and

Zilka, Smither & Co Inc

right bottom lines and

Sharff & Son

Page

Shaw Surgical Co 64

Sherman Clay & Co 13

Shipley and Company Agency 91

front cover left top lines and 8

Smith Corporation (Congress Hotel) 67 Smith's Home Furnishings Ine

right side lines and 62 Southland Life Insurance Co of Texas right side lines and 92

Standard Insurance Co back bone right top lines and 93

Title and Trust Company

back cover right top lines and 126

Town Finance Co

Tracey & Co Inc right bottom lines and 12

United Adjusters Inc „right bottom lines and 41

United Finance Co .left side lines and 96 United States National Bank front cover, right top lines B and 18

Vincent Dean Inc

.right top lines and 111

Weisfield's Inc

Wentworth & Irwin Inc ......... right bottom lines and Windolph Pontiac Co

left bottom lines Z and 10

Witter Dean & Co .right top lines and 25

Zell Brothers

Zidell Machinery & Supply Co

107

PORTLAND, OREGON

(Courtesy Portland Chamber of Commerce)

Statistical Review

Form of Government-Commission.

Population-(1957 certification, Oregon State Board of Census) 412,100. Urbanized area, 601,000; Portland Metropolitan Area, 805,100: Multnomah County, 529,140; Clackamas County, 103,190; additional nearby counties in retail trade area: Yamhill, 30,770; Columbia, 22,810; Polk, 23,870; Marion, 113,420. Arca-68.89 square miles.

Altitude-175 feet above sea level for city-wide average.

Parks and recreation-Pacific Coast League baseball at Multnomah Stadium, also site of college and high school football and civic events; 88 developed park areas covering 2,000 acres, including many with community houses, baseball fields, playground apparatus, swimming pools; Washington Zoo; 2 mu- nicipal, 5 public and 6 private golf courses.

Assessed valuation-$681,503,140 ( 1956-57).

Financial data-6 major banks and trust companies with numerous branches, total deposits over $1 billion. Bank clearings for 1956, $9,974,177.000.

Postal Receipts -- $12,022.392 (1956).

Building and Construction-7,015 permits, with total value of $45,106,070, issued in 1956.

Dwellings-Occupied dwelling units in city 143,049; owner-occupied, 592. (City Planning Commis- sion report, Jan. 1, 1957).

Industry-About 1800 manufacturing plants in Portland Metropolitan Area, employing more than 60,000. (U. S. Census of Manufactures, 1954). Manufacturing plants provide approximately one-fourth of the employment in Portland arca, with metalworking, food products and lumber products leading the field. Other categories include pulp and paper, shipbuilding, airplane parts, foundries, aluminum, chemi- eals, knit goods, textiles, clothing.

Newspapers-Metropolitan, 2; commercial, 1.

Hotels-9 class A, with 2 major new constructions planned in 1957: 254 of other classifications. Hospitals-Nine general, 2 children's and 2 isolation: 2,688 beds. Seven specialized (including 510- bed Veterans'): 1,298 beds. Four of the general hospitals offer nurses training.

Cultural facilities-Portland Symphony Orchestra, Junior Symphony, Multnomah County Library (15 branches, 750,000 volumes), Civic Theater, Portland Art Museum. Oregon Historical Society and Mu- seum, Portland Museum of Science and Industry.

Schools-Public elementary, 83; public high schools, 10; private and parochial elementary, 35; pri- vate and parochial high schools, 8; art and sciences colleges, 5; professional colleges, 4; junior colleges, 3; theological schools, 4; numerous business colleges and trade schools. Pupils in public schools, 72,000; pa- rochial schools, 12,000; private schools, 500.

Telephones-178,448 (Portland exchange).

Railroads-5 (Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Southern Pacific, Spokane, Portland & Seattle. Airports-2.

Amusements-Auditorium seats, 5,500 persons. 60 theatres, with total seating capacity of 46,803. Multnomah Stadium seats 31,000.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 1,364, of which 1,009 miles are paved. Miles of gas mains. 2,467; sewers, 1,312. Capacity of water works (municipally-owned storage at Bull Run Reservoir), 15,- 000,000.000 gallons; daily average consumption within city limits, 46,643.800 gallons; miles of mains, 1,353: value of plant, in excess of $30.000,000. Fire department has 731 men, with 50 pieces of motorized equip- ment; radio receivers in all stations, and all mobile apparatus equipped with two-way sets. Police de- partment has 665 men, with 177 pieces of mobile equipment, all with two-way radios. The police radio has inter-communication with the Oregon State Police, Washington State Police and police departments of other cities.

General Review

Portland is the chief market, wholesale center and seaport of the Pacific Northwest Regional Trade Area, comprising the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. As a jobbing and manu- facturing center, it serves a territory in excess of 254,000 square miles. Its exclusive trade area covers more than 154,000 square miles, taking in Oregon, southwest and eastern Washington and Idaho. It lies just above the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the latter being the second largest commercial river in the U. S., a position made doubly important through the continuous improvement of these great commercial waterways by the U. S. Government and the Port of Portland.

Portland retailers serve nearly 1,000,000 people, with the retail trading arca covering a radius of 40 to 50 miles. The wholesale trade area comprises a territory with 2,788,120 people.

Portland covers an arca of 69.89 square miles, and its population is increasing on an average of 2% yearly. It is called "The Rose City" in appreciation of the fact that its people pay especial attention to the beautification of their homes and especially to the planting of gardens and hedges. It is a city of

INTRODUCTION

homes, where the people take particular pride in making it known that without home life no progress can be made in growth nor in grandeur.

Portland is, most unusual in its efforts to develop the country throughout the state and also in the adjoining states, considered its trade territory, which has a very advantageous effect on the commerce of the city. The Columbia Gorge gives a water-level route from far in the interior, Railway lines operating on this grade pour their traffic into Portland most economically as a consequence. This splendid harbor is the only fresh-water harbor on the Pacific Coast, and there is a minimum 35-foot channel depth to the sea at mean low tide.

The City of Portland has a water-front project that cost in excess of $2,500,000, making a solid concrete harbor wall for a distance of two miles. It is a part of the gigantic water-front improvement project to assure Portland one of the greatest commercial enterprises on an inland river.

Vessels of 35-foot draft enter the river with ease. War vessels make Portland at intervals, steaming into the central harbor, which is in the heart of the city.

Portland is one of the chief lumber manufacturing cities of the world. More than one-fifth of the nation's standing timber is in Oregon. The chief wood-using industries are lumber, pulp, insulation, paper, veneers, plywood, furniture, store fixtures, showcases, excelsior, doors, sash, ready-built houses, plywood, box shooks, battery separators, and almost everything included in the woodworking industry.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Polk's Portland city directory, 1957, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co Publication date: 1957 Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk Number of Pages: 1950

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Portland, Or. : R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1950