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314 gauge, and the property is now controlled by the Southern Pacific Company. The station was named for the Earl of Airlie in Scotland, who was president of the Oregonian Railway Company and who visited Oregon during the course of construction. Airlie has an elevation of 247 feet.

, Linn County. "Albany was founded in 1848 by Walter and Thomas Monteith, named after Albany, New York, by request of James P. Millar, and incorporated in 1864" (Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume II, page 716). The first house in Albany, then the finest residence in Oregon, was built in 1849 by Monteith brothers, at Washington and Second streets. The first settler arrived in 1845 (The Oregonian, November 18, 1888). The first store was established in 1849. The town of Takena was started in 1849, just below Albany, and by act of January 12, 1854 (Oregon Session Laws, page 27), the legislature gave the name to both towns, but in 1855, Albany was restored by the legislature. The first school was opened in 1851, the post office in 1852, the first flouring mill in 1852. The first steamboat arrived in 1852. The Monteiths and Samuel Althouse bought the townsite in 1848 from Hiram Smead, for $400. The geography of the immediate vicinity of Albany is shown on the V. S. Geological Survey map of the Albany quadrangle. The government bench mark in the Linn County courthouse in Albany has an elevation of 214 feet.

For additional information about the Monteiths and early history of Albany, see Oregon Journal, December 5, 1925, editorial page.

, Umatilla County. The author has been unable to secure information concerning the origin of the name of this community and would appreciate such.

, Multnomah County. Albina is now a part of Portland, but it was originally a separate municipality. It was laid out in 1872 and incorporated in 1887. Portland, East Portland and Albina were consolidated in