The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-05-21

table line of the canal when the
truth declares that the entire line Of
levels from one end to the other fol
lowed the center Of the county road,
Had he known that our line Of level
ing had nothing to do with the line
Of the canal, but was intended tc
answer no other purpose than estab-
lish the difference in attitude of the
two extremes Of the line, it would
have saved him a great deal Of worry
and much irrelevant, superAuous
reasoning. He seems to be totally
blind to another important fact, that
the overwhelming advantages that he
attaches 20 the Brumley route can be
as readily applied to the Harrisburg
line as to the Albany, and we hereby
assure him and all others whom it
may concern, that if upon a reliable
examination it is found to possess
the advantages claimed for it, it will
undoubtedly be the line of the Nc
Kenzie and Harrisburg Canal. And
it is fervsntly hoped that henceforth
our old friend viii properly under
stand that preliminary survey.
Once more he makes another vain
call upon the people of Albany to
investigate his route for q canal to
their city, making statements thereon
that fall to the ground the moment
they come in contact with the touch
of truth. After all the intense in
terest and confidence he seems to
feel in his pet project, in the throes
of his anxiety he divulges the fact
that he has no reason to suppose
that Albany will build one foot of his
visionary canal or that they want it
all. For with fondling, beseeching
strain he asks "the most enterprising
people in the most enterprising
town in the Willamette Valley if
they want his water or the business
it will make" They will tell him
"no" and for these reasons in part:
The Santiam Water Ditch Company,
with a capital stock Of 100000 have
completed a canal that furnishes
$4,000 feet of water per minute at
an expense of $55, 900 or $6O, 900, in
curing debt Of $25, 900 or $50, 900.
They have sold about 5000 feet of
water which supplies the present de-
mand. No doubt the whole of their
water in time will be in demand but
an amount through the same ditch
can be furnished, limited only by
the Santiam river. Some months
ago they threw upon the market
100000 of additional stock, no part
of which has been taken. They
have surrounded the business part of
Albany with their canal and branches
and the $4,000 stock already taken
absorbs all of the capital of the place
for that kind of investment. Now
if the Santiam Company cannot sell
$1,000 of stock or any part of it in
q completed and successful enter
prise, how and when, we ask Mr.. G.
and his friends. do you expect to sell
$3.50, 900 of additional stock (the cost
of your canal) in an untried, unde-
veloped enterprise Of the same char
acter in the same market and in di-
rect competition with the Santiam
Company in the matter of water
power. (The vital point of the San
tam Company Further, when ac-
cess to the city Of Albany is almost
entirely cut off. There is no hope of
making an amicable arrangement
with them, for their very existence
depends upon keeping you out. On
the contrary you will find all the in
fluence Of that company arrayed
against you. Your canal will not
cost less than $3.50, 900, an enterprise,
considering the business, and the
circumstances surrounding it, renders
it impracticable. As an investment
it won't pay, and no wide awake bus
mess man will touch it.
Our esteemed friend has labored
much to prove the people of Harris
burg have done nothing nor never
intend to do anything in the direc-
ton Of the Mckenzie and Harrisburg
Canal. To show the true value. of
his statements we assure the public
that considerably over one hundred
shares have been taken in the city Of
Harrisburg in the canal, and several
Of our most wealthy and weighty cit
liens have done but little as yet, but
will invest largely in che enterprise,
For the present the argument is
closed and we submit the case to the
jury. J. +. HKSDRrx.
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