The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-04

American coast. we now ma IL lmpOSSlple
to have them upon the line before sometime
next summer; but whether in. summer
spring or winter it is absolutely assured that
the material is provided and just as soon as
the weather will permit. work will be
pushed to its completion. Applause
And now have word to say to the
people of Oregon. To people in this valley,
in Portland, or wherever they ,faim to be
citizens of the State. We hold out the
promise that we will carry freight for them
upon terms that will enable them to enjoy
its freights, at fair remuneration for the
line, and when we cannot meet any other
and all other competition we do not ask for
patronage. Another thing we promise is,
whereas now to reach San Francisco by
way If Portland it takes from three days
TO three and half. We will make the
time by our line insile of forty hours and
we will sign time contracts for the delivery
of freight from here to San Francisco III
forty eight hours, and do it at prices ag-
gregatlng fifty per cent below ruling rates.
(Applause.) And now l wish to say some
thing to you in regard to much that has
been SAID during my absence, as to state
ments which the Oregon Pacific Railroad
company made in printed prospectus con-
tanning information compiled from various
districts of the Willamette valley by differ
ent parties. These statements have been
traduceI have been called in question and
those who have taken part in them have
been vilified / will call attention to a
paper in my hand which finds place among
the laws of the state of Oregon namely.
House Joint Resolution No. s, Session 1880
This proves all that you gentlemen. bave
said and some within the sound of my voice
have supported. The leading spirit of the
opposition saw proper. in excepting to our
statements in our prospectus to characterize
them as false, misleading. deliberate and
willful perversions of facts, overlooking
the fact that this, the best of evidence had
declared the very statements which he made
were absolutely false and those which we
made were absolutely true. We are thus
supported in onr statements by the legis-
lative assembly of the State of Oregon
composed of gentlemen from oil parts of
the state, who are supposed to have the
fullest information of the facts of which
they speak. 1t was said that our statement
that 'tseven counties which would contrib
ute to the Oregon Pacific had produced
seven millions of bushels of wheat" was a
burning falsehood; that the Yaquina bay
was a little pond over which man might
walk; that the entrance was only suitable
for small fishing smacks. and now if you
will bear with me will read what the
legislative assembly did say, latter careful
deliberation,) to the Congress of the United
States (reads house joint memorial No. s
concerning the Yaquina harbor and -togeth-
er with the certificate of the secretary of
state under the seal of Oregon.) have to
congratulate You all that our hope for the
railroad has now taken the form oe reality.
This hope may be strengthened by sight
from day to day, in seeing what is done,
what will be done. The little that has been
done here during the past few weeks, l
promise will be but as the dew compared
with the copious showers, to the work to
be done upon the opening of spring, for
wherever it is possible to place men to
prosecute that work they shall be placed
[Applause.
want to say just a word or two with re-
gard to the means of exit after our products
have reached the sea board. noticed few
days ago. in remarks made in reference to
the development of industries here and con
cerning the means of export, it was claimed
as great merit that much thought had been
bestowed upon the question of carrying off
the large surplus of the wheat crop, and
much correspondence had been had i'll efforts
to esta llsh steamer line of communication
with Great Britain: and that parties who
own line of steamers on the other side
could be induced to enter into the arrange
mcnts provided return of five per cent
upon the Investment could be made. Now
the fact is ti.at The pioneer effort for procu-
ring steam communication between the
Pacific coast and Great Britain is no longer
a simple question of correspondence, but is
reduced to actual fact. /, acting on behalf
of the Oregon Pacific railroad, did some
months ago, through the agency of the
electric cable which girdle the world, enter
into correspondence Which demonstrated the
possibility of establishing this line of steam
communication with this coast, of providing
suitable coaling stations. and of carrying off
the surplus wheat products of this coast and
all this ut pri, es which considered suf-
ficiently remunerative when the difference
between the time and the consequent cost of
sailing ships as against steamers are consid.
cred. The fist three steamships bringing
srael rails for the Oregon Pacific on their
outward voyage will arrive this month. No
pledge of five per cent. was required. All
that was necessary was to make them see it
in business point of view, and they did it.
and instead of the three ships we asked for,
seven are now on the way. The other lines
have taken it up since, and our office in New
York has had the offer of over fifty steam
ships for general trade. and they say they
are willing to enter into contracts to bring
emisrants at fifty-tive dollars per head, not
eighty dollars. Perhaps the difference be-
tween eighty and ffty-five dollars is to pay
more profits on more watered stock, but l
have no knowledge of that.
And now by inversion l have word
to say in response to Judge Burnett
for what he has been kind enough to say. /
saw hy inversion because should have said
that first instead of last. but like child
desired to preserve the bon.bons to the last.
I thank you all for the kindness l have re-
ceived, for the welcome he has been pleased
to offer in your behalf, and l accept it as
being one'of you, az a fellow citizen, not as
stranger TO your city: and it has been a
glorious thought tome whilst in the whirl
of business in the east, that ! was tn. re
benefitting everyone of you, who have been
here working for our mutual interests. You
were necessary, you have enabled me to do
what have done, and again | thank you.
Prolonged applause.l
At the close of Col Hogg's address, Col.
Kinney, chairman of the committee on
resolutions, presented the following rssoiu.
tions which were read by MIR. Woodcock oi
the committee. and after speeches by
Judges Chenoweth and Burnett were unan
imonsly adopted:
WHEREAS, The producers of Oregon ever
since her organization have generally been
compelled to depend upon corporations hav'
| ing a monopoly of the carrying trade Of the
State in order to get the produce Of tbs
country to market: and WHEREAS, The cos,
Of transportation ly the means heretofore al
| hand has been high, exhorintant, extortion
ate and oppressive, thereby dwarfing and
| paraIizing every business interest of the
State and compelling her producers to toi