The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-09

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of the meeting, was seconded and car
ried.
The secretary then read
ENGINEER THIELsoN's REPORT.
ASTORIA, Oct. 9TH, 1889.
To the President and Board of Directors
of the Astoria and South Coast Rail
tOGy Co.:
CONTINENTAL the close of the first
fiscal wear of this company, / beg leave
to lay before you the following brief re-
port of what has been accomplished in
the work of construction between Astoria
aud the Ocean House.
Having been appointed by you to the
Office of chief engineer and superintend-
ent, / began the preliminary survey in
September 1888, and in October had COM
pleted the location of the road from the
foot of Washington street, in Astoria, to
the north line of the Holiday property
at Seaside, a distance of Is miles.
The work of securing rights of way fol-
lowed, and while in many cases they
were cheerfully donated, in others the
work was attended with unexpected diff
Guilty, considering the benefit the build
ing of the road would prove to the coun-
try traversed by it.
secured from and over Trullinger's prop
erty, in Astoria, to the Holiday line at
q cost of 81, $3.50.
Application was made to congress for
the right to build bridges across Young's
bay and SkipanOn creek; but afterwards,
in view of recent decisions of the su-
preme court, to the effect that the state
had exclusive jurisdiction over navigable
waters wholly within her boundaries, il
was deemed advisable to apply to the
state legislature, which was done, and an
act passed and approved by the governor.
In pursuance of the requirements of this
act, maps and plans of the location of
the bridges were submitted to commits
sion appointed by the county court of
Clatsop county, receiving their approval,
and the maps were filed with the secre-
tary of state, together with formal ac-
ceptance of the act by the board of di-
reotOrs of this company.
Contracts were let for clearing the
right of way through the Skipanon woods
TO Lund, FItje & Co., and to the Portland
MacadamiZing & Paving Co., for grad
ing, grubbing and clearing ten miles
from Skipanon creek southwardly, reach
ing to the Gearhart woods; contracts
were afterwards let to Chas. II. Ewing
for grading between the west shore of
Young's bay and Skipanon creek and to
w. H. Parker for clearing and grading
from the end of the ten miles graded by
the p. Nj. & p. Co., to the Ocean House.
These contracts have all been completed.
Contracts for $1,000 cross ties have also
been filled and the ties delivered and
piled alongside of a half-mile of track
from the south side of Skipanon creek,
the rails for which were purchased and
laid for that purpose.
The contract for furnishing piles for
the trestIe work between Young's bay
channel and Skipanon creek was let to L.
Michaels, and the piles have nearly all
been delivered. A contract for pile-driv-
ing and completing the trestlework be-
tween Young's bay channel and the
Ocean House was let to Thos. G.. David
son, of East Portland, under which up to
this time he has driven the piles and par
TALLY completed the trestle for half a
mile from the west shore of Young's
bay towards the channel, and has only
about one hundred piles to drive between
Young's bay and Skipanon creek. and
has all the piles driven between Skipa-
non creek and the Ocean House.
ALI important contracts have been
submitted to public bidding, and in all
cases have been let to the lowest bidder.
Arrangements having been made for
the delivery of our track materials upon
our own cars at Skipanon. 1 had an in
cline and landing prepared where on the
2nd of this month a locomotive and 7
cars loaded with 135 gross tons of 20
pound-steel rails were received and a
carload of fastenings arriving on the 4th,
track laying was begun on the day fol
lowing.
A water tank of $1,000 gallons capac.
ity has been purchased and will he
erected at once at Skipanon where a we'll
has already been dug. The power for
operating this pump will be furnished by
twenty foot wind mill, the contract for
furnishing and erecting which has been
let to the Pacific Mfg Co. Portland.
Arrangements for ample terminal
grounds haYe been made with Col. Jas.
Taylor, who has agreed to convey title
to grounds at Smiths Point, having
frontage of about q of mile on the
Young's bay channel and almost a mile
on the Columbia river ship channel and
covering an area of nearly 400 acres.
Title to this property will be conveyed
in consideration of $25,OOO of the capi-
tai stock of this company whenever the
road shall reach the Willamette valley.