The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-05-05

plenty WOrk and general prosperity
all we need to do is to pull together.
Then G. r. Thomson stood up and
said he and Geo. holland had some
good lots at the Seaside, and as soon
as they were sold the railroad COM
pany would have $4,000 cash to
spend.
| Then the band played another tune,
and a motion by G. r. Thomson to
appoint committee of three to solicit
subscriptions to the Astoria and South
Coast road was carried.
The chair said he would appoint the
COMMITTEE at some fnture time.
He thought that committees should
be appointed on railroads, transporta-
ton, real estate, taxation, commerce,
manufactures, advertising, location,
etc.
Then the band played another tune.
Ex-mayor Trullinger was the next
speaker. He was the only one Of the
lot that had anything to say that had
much go to it.
He struck out In a rafting good
speech: he thought that the way todo
was to get the minneapolis move"
to get in and rustic: not to stay shiver-
ing and waiting on the bank, but to
plunge in: quit crying about the need
OF outside capital: build the railroad
to the Seaside, and then point to the
Nehalem, and make money. Build
the road to big timber: put some life
into things: there is more money in
the completion of the Aatoria and
South Coast road than any similar
enterprise on the coast. A railroad to
the Nehalem would give this town q
permanent life that nothing else could,
or would. The lumber business is on
the up grade: it will soon be the lead
ing business here. Millions lay in the
completion of the road to the south of
US. This could be made the finest
lumber market on the coast. We
have the logs, the water, the site. the op-
portunity. All wene ed is a little en-
ergy. There is lots of money in As
toria; enough to build the road five
times over. There are plenty of men
who can bet $500 on cock fight, or a
prize fight, or horse race; they could
just as easy put up $500 railroad
subscription and make thousands out
of the investment.
Suppose we had half a dozen saw
mills here, each employing 100 men,
that would mean an addition of $500
to the city. The three mills here now
aid greatly in keeping money in Cir
culation: he believed they were pro-
portionately as good as the canneries:
he would like to see or hear of can
ner who had invested the money he
had made in the canning business in
Astoria property. Sawmills, wher-
ever located distribute money and
make times lively, great cities have
been and will be built up by the lum-
Der business: If he had two years more
Of average success he would build
half of it himself: he now had a good
railroad and good rolling stock with
which he could carry 15 NJ feet logs
in fifteen minutes to his roads ter
minus.
There are men in the city who have
grown here: spent all their lives here,
who never went five miles in the
woods: what we need is energy, pluck,
confidence, not to set around smoking
cigars all day and part Of the night
and telling people what ought to be
done. There was too much advice
now. People want to be stirred up:
they want to get "the Minneapolis
move on them" men coming in here
hew out homes in the wilderness and
do more to cultivate and civilize the
country than those who are spending
their days and their years in talk and
trying to get in the way of people who
want to work and make Astoria amount
to something.
"For Gods sake" said the speaker,
"if you don't want to help, don't hinder
those who do" He went on and let
in some interesting light on helps and
hindrances and how much it some
times costs men for right-of-way, ETC.,
and thought it wasn't wise to always
wait to have q COW come along and
back up to be MIXED
Then the band played another tune
and J. Q. A. Bowlby said that the
object of the meeting was to give peo-
pie who don't ordinarily attend bus
mess meetings an opportunity to be
present: that the idea was to discuss
ways and means of aiding the general
welfare of the city: that if the meet
ing had been held in the chamber of
commerce rooms great many
couldn't get in: that in holding the
meeting in so large building as the
opera house everybody who felt SO in
clined could have chance to partici-
pate.
He moved that the committees sug-
gested by the chair be so appointed.
The motion was carried.
On motion of G. W. Fulton a vote
Of thanks was extended the Western
Amateur band for their courtesy and
hberality In furnishing music.
On motion Of the chairman a vote
of thanks was rendered L. E. Selig
for the use Of the hall.
Then the band played another
tune.
Then everybody who was there
went auay