The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-22

the life Of said contract, the said Land
or so much of it az shall not hive ion
used shall be re-dteded to me Dy slelial
warranty against your acts. exc,nt
taxes, and without cost or expelso to
me.
The course which has been pursued
has b-en found necessary on account of
the fact that when former subsidies
We're raised in the name of some rar.
ticulnr person. the property owners
were tied down 10 dealing with that
person only, to de exclusion, as If
happened, Of one Or two others who OK.
pressed themselves as willing. and who
were certainly able, to build the road
Several parties have recently asked
about the possibility of raising a sub.
sidy and the property owners finally
decided to devise a plan by which a
subsidy could be raised so as to be
open to ALL
AT the initial meeting, which was
held on the 9th inst, the manner
of raising a subsidy which might he
in such shape as not to conflne the
dealings of the subsidy trustees to anv
one party, was freely discussed. Tho
result was a decision that the chairman
OF the meeting should appoint a COM
mittee of twenty-one to represent all
interests-a committee the personnel OF
which would be such that no dissatis-
faction could arise, and one in whom
the confidence of the public generally
would be placed
{. II. Page, f. j. Taylor, ]. O. A.
Bowlby, and c. r. Thomson were an
pointed committee to draw up a form
Of deed. These gentlemen carefully went
over the entire ground, considered all
circumstances then existing and likely
TO arise, and the result was the draft
ing of a form of deed which they
consider will be acceptable alike to the
subscriber to the subsidy, and to those
with whom the latter may have TO
deal.
The object of the committee is to raise
"A subsidy of such attractive propor-
tions that attention can be compelled
in money centers. and to satisfy all
parties the road will be built both to
Astoria and to Flavel or a point near
there.
NO time will be lost in securing the
right of way along the water front,
and the signatures to the petition to
the government for permission to cross
Young's Bay. Mr.. Kennedy, than
hom no more reliable engineer is to
be found, has generously come forward
with an offer to survey, gratuitously,
the water front and make the necessary
map, and has also taken in hand the
of the plans for the bridge;
and 1t is rightly considered that his
work will be accepted without question
)y any railroad men in the country or
n the world. A blue print of the wa
er front will be completed by Mr..
raymond today, and can be seen dur
ng the afternoon at the Real Estate
Exchange. The bridge plan will be fin
shed in the course of three or four
lays.
AT the present time inquiries come 5
rom three sources, asking for informa-
ion about a railroad subsidy, and one q
f the parties is now on the way here
second will be on hand about the t
ime the subsidy is raised, and still a O
bird, from whom a letter was received
Wednesday last, will be on hand be- c
ore New Years !,
The property owners can now con-
ratulate themselves, for the first time,
n being on thoroughly business i
Ooting and it will be strange if, be-
ore the close of the year about to r
avn, Astoria does not have transcon- IL
mental railroad connection.