The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-30
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I-pl lily RtsoSs AsSha - 49,
GzzETrE@has' written well nigh con
:: rtan.fy- ott the subject Of Yaquin'
=. Bay He eoppereu mites, its claims
issfuture, e,.wese.co.nmented on weel
by week by W. B. Carte, the. former
:. editor of this paper, until he became
the. object of derision,. especially te
!, his Portland friends. He was called
E visionary, fanatlcal, sang aine, insane
The bay was considered his, craze, OF
monomania. But he never let go his
hold, and he died encouraged by the
knowledge that Col. Hogg had sue
ceeded in gaining audience at Wash
ington for the claims of his favorite
OBJECT. The obtaining of the frs,
appropriations, against the open op
position of the lobby worked by all
the influence and supported by all
the money power Of the o. r. 6 N.
and also against the worse than in
difference Of the u. S. Engineer de-
partment, was rightly deemed by all
the friends of the enterprise the first
great victory yinethis long warfare In
the sssaeess,< rnow smiling on-us all
along Abs: line: We ares prone to forget
the ardaa.as fight by. which it was
49,, is.stss.a i.s.st ;s-s -
But the knell' Of. monopoly in Ore
: g5n sonnaad when the $4,000 ap-
preparation was granted.
Without the harbor the Oregon
Pacific. rsilroal might have been
rightly deemed the mere. shadow and
sham it was called by the Hon. Sol.
Hirsch, the Portland and o. r. S N.
president of. the Oregon senate, in
their chamber year ago. "a frand
of the first water was the. elegant
expression Of that excited orator, if
our memory serves lis. rightly. He
will very shortly have the chance to
make good his mocking boast that he
wolhlds raise $4,000 in two hours
towards the enterprise on assurance
that the section between Corvallis
and Yaqnina bay wonld be built in
two years from July last. The rail
road we belieyeis is not in need of such
assistahce,: but: no doubt the Hon.
gentleman and. bis Portland friends
and supporters will be glad of the
chance Of compounding for their
promised contribution by a handsome
donation towards the harbor i'm
proveinent fund. The committee
might take this thing in hand. We |
make them a presentaof the suggest
ion, promise as full an advertisement
as e.eans giisye Of the names and
amounts Of the subscriptions of the
Hon. Sol: Hirslr and his allies. .Judg-
ing however Of the prospect by the
generous response the Oregonian has
obtained to its call, a few days ago,
on the Portland men to buy dredee
to clean out the sand bars and mud
between that great metropolitan city
and the ocean, we fear the Harbor
improvement Fund will not grow
very rich on the Portland contribu-
tiohs. -. .
Onthes whole we think the Valley
farmers fad-s better rely on them
selves; Every one knows and aanits
the-reak hearing of the case. Here
it is.ihn as few WoEds.aas. we.scan put
1t: The outfetsiisI needed the railroad
is being built; Congress will most
certainly appropriate largely the
coming year,.a few dallars from each
farmer and store keeper. interested
will answer the whole purpose; the
saving by.the Oregon Pacific route
OYER the actual charges made this ;
the o r. 81 N. and the
East and West side railroads, with
The costs and delays of the shipping
from Portland. down to Astoria and
over the Columbia bar, totals to
quite ten cents -bushel: this actual ;
saving To- thessYalley farmers depends
on the early success of the Harbor
lnprovement: Therefore, let Ben
lon aom.y take the frss step, and :
let every RESIDENT, without exception,
give a7little, as ho feels be can well |
afford. Then the end is. gained: no q
stoppage Of the works. however tenn j
porarNswfi occur, and the next apro-
priation viii go straight to its pur- s
pose, without being frittered away
n getting things back to the place
hey are in today. Common, and |
cheerful action is needed. The story
s not bad one told, we believe, Of {
he late Commodore Vanderbilt. b
1le and friend were Discussing the G
nisfoftnnes of comon acquaintance Q
-"How I pity him." said the Com n
nodore's friend ~ pity him fifty p