The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-06
A sENsIBLE SUGGESTION.
For the Building of a Wagon Road to
the Beach. :.


Editor Astorian:-
We have been 80 often disappointedfhy
getting anything In the way OF actrM
railroad work done. that 1t would seem Y.
advisable for us, as a community to
give transcontinental railroad asitAtton
a long rest. Let us try to do SOME
thing of great present need and ldsF
inr benefit to our county, and gSt
work that Astorians can take hold ot
and build, without consulting or waif-
ing upon gentlemanly "promoters from
New York. Philadelphia, or even BosT
ton. I mean just a wagon road from .
Astoria to Clatsop Beach. Let tht x,
road follow the line OF the SeasRoree.
railway track from Warrenton TO sshes
end of the trestle. thence by draw Y
bridge and trestle straight on to Iayy9s
lors point to connection with the,exSS'
listing county road around TaNlq gss
Point. good road over thts ,roqstfJ !
would place Astoria within one homes
drive of Clatsop Beach, also enappnn.S
all residents of Clatsop and vicinity Nsto''
reach Astoria by wagon. ALREADY tprte
roads exist between Warrenton' AMI
c,atson beach. The advantages % PEI
derived by Astoria from such digfS'SSssi
read TO the beach would be very HrsAl Y
mot less, for the first year. tnan s1SF,
GOO. which sum would increase iargstf
and ranidly as our seashore. yisitag
Increase In numbers from year to yeay
70 gov nothing of the stimulus Y wonlH 7
rive to the development of all the clas-
son country. Undoubtedly. the peAeEsA
the country people would derive tfol31s
s,ch n road would be very large indega,
40 large that we would feel fiee hease, ~
ing to build such a road to our p'n,esS
ability. Had we gone to work ten yen i,
ago and built this road, 1t IL my HIP
belief that today Astoria would hayg
transcontineHtal railroad conffetAp II
and our county much larger PoN9lf 3
ton. 1t 10 too late to ggisvs over fHih9 y
rnaccomplished; rather LET W R i
hands and help ourselves In q stbstyfE
TIA, way. A united effort EN- eaellff (,
build this road, even in these hzr9
times. My idea would be to OrfanlEe III
ioint stock company for building tNEgH
wagon road and a. separate company
for building the draw bridge. A To-
foot plank road with necessary tuFhsP
outs. from Astoria to Warrenton. conl4
be buiit Tor, something under $seocE
A draw bridge to satisfysall reasonable
needs for $4,000, or for dfawbridse ANA
road, say s75OOo Such 2 road would
he. worth to clatsop county the first
year, after completion, not less than
s5O.OOO Why, then, should not the couh-
ty build and own such i property? Be- K
cause the county has not the Fsghtto 40
20, But such right can be ahtaintu.
and the willingness OF our people 70
have the county obtain such right "
I'LL that Is needed to ensrre getting the
same. l believe the stock In both road
and bridge companies could be reaa'f
lly placed In our own county, especlaily
4 the subscribers to stock could nave
reasonable assurances that In the near
future (say within two years. the conn, con1Il, .
u would take both road and bridge
off their hands at cost. One object J
{ ,haye in. writing this is to call out the
views Of Astortans and other large
property sowners. in the county, 40 70
the desirabiltiy Of making this q couh'
" work. AS a matter of course. the
completion Of this work. as outlined.
would render the carrying the Seashore
track into Astoria very easy matter
Having railway traffic across Young'ss
Bay we still need the wagon road, ~
outlined. (, Indeed. a wagon road from
Astoria to Clatsop Beach would 90
more to build up Astoria than ram
way between Astoria and Seaside can
do for many good reasons. such-'WASet
on road would make and continue Az
toria as the headquarters for lefBo
proportion OF our seaside visitors, whlllss
rail traffic makes the beach headqyAE.
ters for the same people. Astorie hAs,
always needed one good drive Way
and she will always need the seme.
until she has a direct road to cAtso2
beach, which would give her the hand
soonest and grandest drive in the wide
world. Respectfully.
JOHN ADAIR
Sunnvrnead Or. Dec. g. 1898. slfb