Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-13
SALEM TO THE FRONT |!
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held
This Morning.
SALEM, ASTORIA AND EASTERN
Public Meeting at the Opera House
To-Morrow Night Keep Your Eye
On the Bonfire And the Band.


meeting of Salem's enterprising citi-
zens, was held at the Capital Ma
tional Bank to discuss the railroad
problem from Salem to the sea.
Tine spacious psrlors of the bank
were crowded with citizens who
were eager to hear of any new de-
velopments in the matter. Shortly
after 10 o'clock the meeting was
called to order end Mr.. H. b. Thiel-
sen, of Astoria, was noted present
through an invitation from the COM
mittee. Mr.. Thielssn was called for
and i'm neat speech he drew
out many important points and
put new life INTO the en-.
terprse. Mr.. Thielsen is an ex-
perienccd railroad engineer. His
father superintended the construc-
ton of the California railroad and
Mr.. Thielsen has for several years
been connected with the Northern
Pacific railroad. He spoke at some
length of the feasibility of the new
road and said that the outside cost
of the road from Salem to Sheridan,
including all the necessary rolling
stock for the construction would
not cost, at the outside figures,
over $4,000 per mile. He was
sanguine that the route proposed
was the best to be found. In
speaking Of the influence that the
road would have over Salem, Mr..
Thielseu said that when the COM
pany was organized last year IN AS
tofia to build their road the capital
stock was placed at $75, 900. People
could see the amount was not
large enough to do the work
properly, and did not take
much interest in it, but just as soon
as the capital stock was placed at
$175, 900, the citizens awoke as from
u dream, and during the year just
passed, real estate there advanced to
over $2,OO0,000 above its former esti-
mate, and 1t will do the same right
here in Salem. At the conclusion
of Mr.. Thielsen's remarks, COM
mittee was appointed with E. M.
Waite as chairman to arrange for
a public meeting at the oper,. house
tomorrow night. The meeting is
public one and all who desire to sub
scribe any stock or who feel the
slightest interest in the road are
earnestly requested to be present
and participate In the meeting. The
brass band will surround huge bon
fire at the intersection of Court and
Liberty streets and a regular "Forth
of Julia" picnic had. Some rous-
ing speeches are expected.
THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT!
There Is no doubt now but what
the road will be built. or course
there has been lots of "paper blow
ing" about the enterprise, but when
IL will be remembered that the ELI
terprise as such grand one no eX-
cuse will be needed. The citizens OF
this city say they want the road.
The citizens of Astora say they want
II, and every person living along
the proposed route favors II and who
can be against II.
The JOURNAL makes II u point TO
have II little something In Its
columns besides boom and railroad
matters, hut for oil that the people
like to read about the new railroad
to the coast. Our saying 80 In these
columns will not make the road II
certainty, but II Is the quiet, sub
stantial work Of our citizens that
tells. To shout "Giye us a railroad
% the sea' won't build u foot Of
the track, but whenever we
can set forth good, sound reasons
why the road should built We feel
that we are lending "a hand towards
the end ~ view. Ilombast will not
build anything. Intelligent 90.
operation II required IA produce re-
suits, and this II the means being
pursued by salen's wise business
heads.
Keep your eye on the bonfire aud
the brass band tomorrow night,
a.. a.