The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-21
Chamber Of
Commerce Meet

Regular meeting. of the. chamber Of
commerce was held last evening, MIR
Wingate presiding. e. C. Holden sec,
retary.
The following communication from
Mr.. W. A. Story, Of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce was read;
lowing to the fact that the appro.
priation made by the legislature fol
the exhibition Of Oregon produce al
the Worlds Fair was too small to
permit the commission to issue suit
able publication in quantities demand
ed for the occasion, work to be
published under the auspices of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce was
indorsed by the Worlds Fair COM
missioners. This work will be descrip-
tive of the natural resources, advant-
ages and general industries of this
state. Each section of the state will
be represented in an impartial man.
mer, as each section will be asked to
support the work in order. that a large
number of the books may be issued
The work will be beautifully illustrat-
ed, and will contain reading matter
calculated to induce desirable immi-
grafton to the State Of oregon.
1 would ask you to place this matter
before your honorable body at your
earliest convenience. Kindly inform
me of the date of your next meeting"
'Tn reply to yours of the 10th, would
say many thanks for giving kind at
tention to the matter. Inasmuch as
will not be able to come to Astoria
Monday, Mr.. w. L. Dudley, a member
of the Portland Chamber Of Commerce,
who has been appointed to work with
me, will be in Astoria on Monday even
ing, and will ask permission to go be-
fore your honorable body to more
clearly state the intending work for
consideration"
Mr.. w. L. Dudley, also member Of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce,
who is on the same committee with Mr..
Storey, being present by invitation, ex-
planned more fully the intention and
object of the Portland Board of Com
merce. On motion the matter was re-
ferred to a special committee consist
ing of Messrs. Bowlby, Lewis and Tai
liant.
The committee of timber experts ap-
pointed at the last meeting to correct
a statement contained in the Puget
Sound Lumberman, as to timber in
Clatsop county, reported as follows:
your committee to whom was re-
ferred the statement published in the
Puget Sound Lumberman elative to
the amount of standing timber in Clat-
sop county, beg to report as follows:
We have carefully considered the mat
ter and would state that any estimate
as TO maximum amount of timber
standing in the county under existing
means of information can be nothing
more than conjectured, and entitled to
little credit.
Estimates actually made vary ac-
cording to locality, from 4OM. to 200 M.
feet per acre. AS minimum average
we would not place the amount of
merchantable timber in Clatsop county
at less than so M. feet per acre"
The following communications from
Senators Dolph and Mitchell were
read:
II am just in receipt Of your favor
of the 21st, inst, enclosing copy of
memorial of the chamber Of commerce,
favoring the annexation of the Hawaii
"As you are probably aware, imme-
diately after the news of the revolu-
ton was received here l made a speech
in the senate favoring annexation.
was taken sick Immediately after the
message transmitting the treaty was
sent to the senate, and have not been
able to be in the senate since, probably
will not be there again during the
present session. / understand, how
ever, that there is no hope of securing
consideration of the treaty during the
present congress, and l have great
fears that it will be killed by demo-
cratic opposition. 1 shall do all that I
can to secure it's ratification"
II beg respectfully to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of Feb. 21st, for
warding me a copy of resolutions re-
Gently adopted by your chamber, con-
cerning the annexation to the United
States of the Hawaiian Islands; all of
which 1 shall bring to the attention Of
the senate, and will give the same my
earnest attention. / am personally in
favor of annexation on proper terms" !"
Mr.. James w. Welch presented the
following resolution, which was adopt
ed:
Resolved. That this chamber re-
spectfully suggest to the honorable, the
county commissioners, to take into se-
rious consideration the advlsability of
providing a portable saw mill to be
used for the construction of plank
roads in this county.
On motion, committee of three,
with President Wingate as chairman,
was appointed to ascertain the prob
able cost of portable saw mill, and
to procure such other statistics as may
be proper to lay before the county COM
missioners in comforting on the subject.
The meeting adjourned.