The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-04-14

The attack of the Oregonian is directed
to two points. First, the future of Yaquina,
and on this it says ''Yaquina is not por..
of shipment, nor can it ever be made great
shipping point. There is less than lS feet
depth of water on the Yaquina bar at highest
tile, Mr.. Hosg's and Mr.. Nash's false state
ments to the contrary notwithstanding, and
there is not deep water room in Yaquina
bay for large fleet" And second, on the
prospects of the freight business of the o.
P. R., and on this it says ''as for the absurd
estimate of 440, 900 tons of freight it is
enough to say that if the proposed Oregon
Pacific road should do the whole business
of Western Oregon, leaving nothing for
other lines, such traffic could not possibly
amount to 44O,O 600, tons per annum for
years to come. The country has not the
business" First then as to Yaquina harbor.
As to the depth ON the bar, the allegation
as above stated is simply audaciously false,
in the face of the statements made OF
almost every trip by the Captains of tn:
schooners and steamers entering and leaving
the port, who report depths varying from
II to 20 feet at high water, for years past
and down to this very month of April, when
Captain Winant has just brought in the
sSea Foam" with sixteen feet OH an ebb-
tide. entering the harb.r under sail, with
a light breeze, thick fog, and against tide,
As for the available space inside, the
Oregonian itself in November, 1880, reported
that the channel 'as far as Newport is "a
feet deep and from 800 to GOO feet wide
Farther up the hay the channel widens to
| 1000 feet or more, and becomes slightly
.hallowcr at the head, where Is feet is
shown. All the figures for depth are at
extreme low water. The tides marked
at Newport wharf show an average of S
feet" So, the Oregonian considers deep
water channel from 600 to 1000 or more feet
in width, and upwards of six miles long,
not "deep water room enough for lalge
fleet" Very large that feet must be to be
inconvenienced at Yaquina for want of
room. We trust we may live to see that
inconvenienced fleet. By that time the
fears of the Oregonian may be realized in
full
Next as to the freight prospects of the
Oregon Pacific. This Is the old bugbear
again dressed mp. When in November, 1880,
the Oregonian .had its former fling at the
wheat products of these valley counties a
careful and full investigation was rade by
unprejudiced citizens of good repute i'll
| -: &ho aho,i
in tho valley papers. The showing was
for wheat alone in the seven valley counties
a total of 4, 307, sos centa!s. Thus the es-
Inmates quoted in the circular of the Oregon
ing into aceoun the other exports from the
valley in oats, hay. fruit, cattle, wool, hides,
hops, butter, potatoes, and other produce.
and the inward freight for population OF
fully $4,000 persons.
The ISLANDERS of the Oregonian against the
characters of C Icnel Hogg and Mr.. Wallis
Nash those gentlemen can afford to pass in
silent contempt. The capitalists who are
building the Oregon Pacific are the last mer
in the world to be taken in by ''railroad
sharpers" or to be drawn into concerted
jobs" by Enthusiastically persons" And
we who have watched the pcrseverin.
efforts which Colonel Hogg and his allie.
have been making. for years to make known
the facts of this enterprise; with whom thei1
private characters and home lives are famii
lar, who are aware Of -, -, ceaseless endeav
ors to diseredlt the one and to blacken tn:
other put forth by a band of unscrupulou'
spectators and their hireiing editors, WI
bid them god speed, noSdoubting that the1
will carry into their conduct of a great ane
successful undertaking the same qualitie
which have supported them through thei
arduous fight for recognition of interests
in which their own prosperity and til
setting free of Oregon from hard ant
grasping monopoly are closely blended
But this immaculate and prudish oil,
:, virgin holds up her hands in horror at tn
+ idea of the Oregon Pacific giving thirty pc
cent of stock with its bonds. We hav
heard before of one who compounds fo
sins that she's inclined to, by dammin
S those that she's no mind to-" The Orego
, Pacific gives thirty per cent! Goodness
watered stock infamous
u How about the O. r. l. N. and the Orego
u Improvement Where was the virtuou
i Indignation of the Oregon when Nj
Z Willard gave one hundred per cent stoc
t with his bonds! And where was the vii
n tuous indignation of Sam Clarke, in h
r Willamette Farmer - He had not the
, supplied MI Willard with his duplicat
iition, one for circulation in the East, th
= other for Oregon. and so got tongue-tied
s why did he not speak out then !? Did yo
a never see two or three ours rush out frol
e behind fence as a man. on horsebac
t passes! How they bark and growl and ru
i round ;.but the horseman takes no heed,
g he is wise; and this Barking dies away, as
IS gets by; but one big dog, little more We,
{ tu-esonse tina, the rest has one jump mor'
h and one big bark to finish with, and follow
! up till the man is clean gone ont of re acl
l. Well, that's just the eway in Oregon. Tt
II Oregon Pacific is just out Of their reaci
IS out they are tryiugtone bark more.
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