The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-05-15
SOME ANCIENT HISTORY.
A Free Gift and Bonus of $l50,000.
Some Names and Amounts Then Subscribed

The September sun of '87 shone or
a subscription list in this CITY which
footed up the neat little sum of Sl5O
900.
That was gift, pure and simple
The idea was that a company would
build railroad here, and on the
strength of that belief Astoria pledged
S15O,OOO.
Among the subscriptions-the gifts
were Jas, Taylor, $4,000; Geo
Flayel, $4,000; the Welch heir, ST..
600; j. G. Trullinger, 5000; w. w
Parker, $1,000; Estate A. Van Dusep'
$1,000; Jno. A. Devlin, $1,000; J. O'
A. Bowlby, G. Il. Page and NJ. J. Kin.
ney, each, $2,500; 81. B. Parker, D.
Morgan, Est. c. Boiling, Jno. West,
Z. L. Parker, Capt. J. W. White, D.
K. Warren, each, $4,000; Dan Graham,
z. W. Fulton, A. Montgomery, F. w.
Newell, J. II. d. Gray, F. J. Taylor.
M. G. Crosby, J. o. Hanthorn, G. j.
Trenchard. Robt. Carruthers. Geo.
Hill, w. E. Dement,, J. G. Hustler, I.
Bergman, J. K. Kelly, I. W. Case, L.
c. and W: s. Kinney, Sam1 Elmore,
John Hobson, Warren estate, Jno
Adair, T. A Hyland, each, $1,000; A.
III. Stone, $3.50; s. S. Gordon, Ed.
OConnor, A. J. Megler, ]. F. Hal
loran q Co., j. W. Gearhsrt, NJ. Eli
OFT, Surprenant & Ferguson, W. d,
Barth, G. Reed, C. s. Wright.
NJ. Rogers, Sisters of Charity, Geo. G.
Flavel, each $500. Arndt & Ferchen,
Geo. Davidson, each S400. Mrs. Grant.
A. c. Fisher, each $500. G. H. Cooper.
VIM. Loeb, L. A. Loomis, w. D.
Smith, VIM. Book, John Hahn, ID. c.
Ireland, A. Crosby, Chas. Heilborn,
Iheo. Bracker, P. j. Goodman, J. H.
Mansell, Thompson & Ross, N. Clin-
ton, VIM. Edgar, A. V. Allen, W. L.
Robb, Geo. Mclean, A. Gilbert, H.
Berendes, E. r. Hawes, Howell Lewis.
G. Karwonen, I. G. Boiling, F. Sher-
man, c. 2. Upshur, Evenson & Cook,
Clatsop Ferry Co., E. P. Parker, w.
G: Ross, Mrs. OBrien, A. Knapp, J. F.
Warren, E. G. Crow, l.. Dielman, w.
Kneimeyer, G. H. Rohr, Col. River
Packing Co., Mrs. r, Wihlgren, Scan
dinavian Packing Co., Occident Pack
ing Co.; w. B. Headington, NJ. Wise
and Dean Blanchard, each $3.50. ri.
Christiansen, Alex Grant, A. L. & J.
A. Fulton, Wherry & Co., E. A. Noyes,
Mrs. Badollett, G. A. Mcclure, each
$500. G. E. Balm, r. N. Carnahan, h.
Spellmeier, W. E. Joplin, Lewis Will
son, Aug. Danielson, Mrs. Sherman,
G. Hansen, II. Wise, H. Mccormick,
u. Sierra, Jas. Turk, w. Truitt, J. P.
Leon Mansur, A. L. Full
ton, G. G. Fulton, J. E. Higgins, J. De
Force, H. Alberson, 8. T. McKean,
Geo. holland, c. r. Thomson, Mrs. G.
W. Fox, Misses Badollett, B. Gala |
CHER, H. F. Fisher, D. E. Pease,
W. Munson, Hiram Gray,
Griffin L. Reed, each 800. j.
NJ. Olsen, P. E. Ferchen, j. w. /
Conn, J. W. Bottom, o. Sovey, A. |
Melin, A. A. Cleveland, A. P. Stokes,
]. n. Griffin, Sherman 4 Ward, E. @. |
Jeffers, j. E. LaForce, T. A. Nc
Bride, J. Rentz, M. Young, Miss Kate
Taylor, Robt. Christie, o. B. Estes,
each $50; VIM. Larsen, $40. H. F.
Prael, w. A. Sherman, L. g. Haven,
B. L. Ward, G. Gratke, L. M. Shaffer,
J. +. Page, F. Hausman, Frank Ferrell,
Jno. Tuomala, Chas. Larsen, Jackob
Moore, Erick Manuala, Jno. jackson,
A. Barry, ]. A. Laurila, o. P. Graham,
J. Cusick, P. Sorensen, J. s. Church,
McPharlan, C. ]. Curtis, A. E.
King, ID. Douglas. each $25. s. B.
Crow, Fl. A. Smith, each $40. P.
O'Hara, o. Heilborn, Jno. Hunter,
zach $40. A. J. johnson, Pete Jordan,
v. Bender, c. G. Shepherd. each So.
Whatever is lacking, not exceeding
Bis 900, Jos. Hume.
The above names and amounts
ooted up close on to S150O00-an out
md out gift.
Some names appear there, and
'ome are conspicuous by their ab-
,ence.
There is another list, not proposed
gift, not subsidy, but solid and
substantial investment-th list of
subscribers to the Astoria & South
Coast railroad company's stock.
Some names that were on the sub
'idy list would look well on the list
Of railroad stock subscriptions also,
and some are also conspicuously alb
sent from both.