The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-17
WHAT OUGHT TO DE DONE,
AND WHY.

The Railroad will be completed to Au-
rora, by the 25th of December next
There is no longer any doubt about that.
A depot will be built somewhere above
Rock Island, probably IN the vicinity of
what is known as PARROTS Hill. This
is for the accommodation Of river ship
pers and anticipates other means of trans
portatiou on the river than we now have
The track will likely reach this point by
the time the boating season begins this
fall. Boats here, will not huvo to encoun-
ter the strong current aud rough water ut
Rock Island, and hence may be construct
ed on lighter aud cheaper plan than
those now in USE Those living upon the
West side of the river must rely upon
river means of transportation for years to
come, and in order to keep pace with tho
East side in improvements, population,
trade and all the elements of growth aud
prosperity, they must cheaper frcights.
If the farmer in Linn gets his wheat to
Portland for G or s cents per bushel, the
farmer in Benton must get his there for
less than Is cents-it costs the latter sum to
transport, from points in that county now.
This is the way TO do it--bu;ld cheap
light draft steamboats-boats that can
run on the Willamette most of, if not all
the year-and taks your freight to the
nearest depot upon the rivers bank. A
boat that will carry l25 tons can be built
for $40 900 or less. Such boat will land
at least, 1900 tons per month, ut the
Rock Island depot-from, say, Corvallis,
or more than enough, exclusive OF the
charges by rail, to pay the cost of con.
struction, as rates now are. We do not
know just what the Railroad charges will
be, for the distance named but are assured
that they will be as low as the company
can possibly put them They must be
low to secure business, and business is
what the Road wants aud will have. Mr..
Holiday will build warehouses aud
wharis, upon the tract recently purchased
in East Portland, more co,nmodious than
those upon the opposite side, into which
the freighted cars will be emptied, and
from which steamers, clippers, barques
and schooners will load for distaut mar.
kets.
\ company has been Incorporated in
Benton Co upon the plan above sugges-
ted, aud it is bound TO succeed Upon u
small capital, and though j. should carry
only the freight Of its Stockholders, it will
do over $4,000 worth Of carrying in
single season, at the usual rates If the
men who are complaining of hard times
want to astonish themselves, let them fg.
urc little. If they want to realize some
thing for their years labor let them
more. The rattling Rail cars will soon
be here and Oregon will go forward
half century at a bound. Men must grasp
enterprise. or be run over By it. Energy
is capital intelligence is its employment.
The gods help those who hclp
themselves" Farmers can do .lothing
better than to take hold of srcn busi.
ness. Business men and Capitalists will
find it a good enterprise.
No man in the 'Sorld, VIC suppose,
knows his own Business better than Mr..
Holiday, and set We venture to say, that
nc can make no investment that will re-
turn lager profit than the building of a
few b:,ats on the Willamette. They
wo'Iid be an invaluable auxiliary to his
railroad and TO the line Of steamships ia
which he has so large an interest. They
would enable him to do the work for both
sides of the river instead of oDe, and
upon the principle that the one who doe,
the largest business can afford the smallest
profit, he could afford to carry at much
less rates than the men whose business
and business facilities are so inconsidcr
able compared with his.