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THE CITY OF PORTLAND
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Simon, A. Meier, D. Metzgar, W. Masters & Son, John Wilson, M. Moskowitz, P. Selling, Loeb Bros., Koshland Bros., Van Fridagh & Co., S. Levy, Mrs. C. Levy, Kohn Bros., Galland, Goodman & Co., Joseph Harris & Son, J. M. Breck, M. Franklin, J. M. Fryer & Co., Beck & Waldman, Clarke, Henderson & Cook, Leon Ach, and John Enery. In the groceries and provisions there were the wholesale merchants: Amos, Williams & Meyers; Leveredge, Wadhams & Co., and Corbitt & Macleay, and thirty-three retailers. In hardware: Corbett, Failing & Co., Hawley, Dodd & Co., E. J. Northrup & Co., and Charles Hopkins. The druggists were: J. A. Chapman, Hodge, Calef & Co., Smith & Davis, C. H. Woodward, S. G. Skidmore, and Wetherford & Co. George L. Story made a specialty of paints and oils. There were nine houses of commission merchants: Allen & Lewis, McCraken, Merrill & Co., Knapp, Burrell & Co., Everding & Farrell, George Abernethy, Williams & Meyers, Everding & Beebe, Janion & Rhoades, and T. A. Savier & Co. The lumber manufacturers and merchants were: Abrams & Besser, Smith Bros. & Co., J, M. Ritchie, and Estes, Stimson & Co. The foundries were: the Eagle, the Oregon Iron Works, the Willamette Iron Works, Smith Bros. Iron Works and the Columbia Iron Works. The furniture dealers were: Hurgren & Shindler, Emil Lowenstein & Co., W. F. Wilcox, and Richter & Co. Hat manufacturers were: J. C. Meussdorfer, N. Walker and Currier & Co. The flour mills: G. W. Vaughn and McLeran Bros. The physicians were: R. Glisan, J. S. Giltner, J. A. Chapman, J, C. Hawthorn, A. M. Loryea, W. H. Watkins, R. B. Wilson, G. Kellogg, J. W. Murray, E. Poppleton, J. A. Chapman, I. A. Davenport, H. A. Bodman, S. Parker, F. C. Paine, J. C. Ryan, F. W. Schule, Robert Patton, J. M. Roland, J. F. Ghiselin, H. McKinnell, Charles Schumacher, G. W. Brown, T. J. Sloan, W. Weatherford and J. Dickson. The printers were: G. H. Himes and A. G. Walling. The publications were: The Oregonian, which issued daily and weekly editions and was published by H. L. Pittock with H. W. Scott as editor; The Bulletin, James O'Meara editor; the Oregon Herald, H. L. Patterson proprietor, and Sylvester Pennoyer editor; the Pacific Christian Advocate, I. Dillon editor; the Catholic Sentinel, H. L. Herman editor; the Oregon Deutshe Zeitung, A. Le Grand editor; and the Good Templar, with C. Beal as editor. The Oregon almanac and city directory were regularly issued by S. J. McCormick.

The saddlers were J. B. Congle, Samuel Sherlock & Co., N. Thwing, and Welch & Morgan. The leather dealers, J. A. Strowbridge and Daniel O. O'Reagan. The dentists were J. R. Cardwell, C. H. Mack, J. G. Glenn, J. H. Hatch, J. W. Dodge, Wm. Koehler and Friedland & Calder. In the crockery and glassware trade there were W. Jackson, H. W. Monnastes, A. D. Shelby, M. Seller and J. McHenry.

There were seven wholesale dealers in liquors, nine livery stables, thirteen meat markets, four photograph galleries, twenty cigar and tobacco dealers, six breweries, five bakeries, two brickyards, four banks, fourteen printers, one match factory, one soap factory, one salt works, one barrel factory, two box factories, twenty-one dressmakers, five dealers in Chinese goods, two book binderies, one tannery, five wagon makers, six blacksmith shops, two express companies, three railroad companies, five merchant tailors, two telegraph offices, thirteen licensed draymen and two undertakers, besides a number of other occupations such as auctioneer and wigmaker.

The assessed value of property in the city was six million, eight hundred and forty-eight thousand, five hundred and sixty-eight dollars; about half of its purchasing value. The population was estimated at nine thousand, five hundred and sixty-five.

In 1871 the improvements continued, the amount spent on buildings being estimated at one million, two hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars. Commenting upon this at the time, the Oregonian said: "Many of these buildings are costly and of handsome and imposing appearance. We doubt if any city