Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-10-11
Hotch P0tch from Yaquina.

HOtch POtch from Yaquina.
This is a record Of happenings as
seen through the eyes of the writer
and individual opinions of the same.
The editor of this paper is not, nei-
ther are his uncles, his cousins or
his aunts, to be held responsible for
anything that may appear from time
to time in this corner. I have
thought best to make this eXplana-
ton in the start for this reason;
"Whenever in course Of human
events" an editor writes anything
that does not please me, I always
order my paper stopped at once,
AS there may possibly be others
who have contracted the same vile
habit, this explanation is made to
clear the editor from all blame, aud
to save him from financial loss. l
Furthermore give to each and every
reader of this corner who may take
exceptions to my individual opin-
ions as herein expressed, the full
and free right to go out into the
open air by himself and cuss me to
his hearts content, without any
mental reservation whatsoever,
with the full assurance that it will
have the same effect on me as it
would were he standing directly in
my presence. In order that all may
know more definitely who to kick
at and make inquiries of, you will
find my name at the bottom Of this
article, and my address is Yaquina,
Lincoln county, Oregon. All que
ries of a proper nature and of inter-
est to the public will be answered
in this column, provided they are
accompanied with two-cent stamp,
otherwise no attention will be paid
to them.
The steamship South Coast, with
a cargo of Pioneer stone, sailed for
San Francisco last Saturday. And
thereon hangs tale, which I will
proceed to unfold at once. 1t ap-
pears in a late revision of freight
rates, after the Homer was put on
the route between San Francisco
Yaquina, our sister town Toledo,
was given freight schedule con.
siderably lower than they had re-
ceived before, while Yaquina with
out any transfer whatever, being sit
uated right at the company's docks
was given a rate double that of To-
ledo' Capt. Johnson, of the steam-
er Scotia, carrying stone from the
Pioneer stone quarry to San Fran
cisco offered freight rates TO va
quiua that would would put busi-
ness men here on an equal footing
with surrounding points; all offer
which they promptly accepted.
The next move in order by the
company controlling the steamship
line between Yaquina and San
Francisco was to get rid of the
steamer Scotia from the route and
secure ship bound by an iron clad
agreement to keep hands off of the
up freight at less than monopoly
rates. And this is why the South
Coast Is on the route. Mr.. Crosby,
when asked by prominent busi-
ness man of Yaquina, why the rates
were set so it was possible for him
ship freight from San Francisco tc
Toledo, and back by rail to Yaquina
and save IS per cent on his freight
over a shipment direct to Yaquina,
and why the unjust discrimination
against this particular point, where,
by all the natural laws of commerce
treights should be the lowest, being
situated at the company's own land.
ing and no transfers to make, re-
Piled that the rates were made by
John R. Puckering, purser Of the
steamer Homer, he having been on
the route before and was familiar
with the traffic. And now some
good people do say, and honestly
believe, that there is a place away,
yes, ever so far away from good St.
Peters gate, that is filled with just
such men as John r. P.
The Yaquina Institute is fairly
started and will soon close the first
month of its first term. The school
is winning golden opinions from all