The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-11-29
BE UP AND DOING.
Sensible Suggestions Anent the Building
of the Young's Bay Bridge.
Probable Plans of the o. r. and N. Co.,
as Forcshadowed by "Messback"-
Public Meeting Called for
Friday Evening.
Astolla, November g. 1Yq4.

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To the Editor;--
In this mornings issue of your paper
you reported the substance of an in
tervlew with officials Of the o. r. and
/ N. Co., in which interview said officials
told of intended improvements which
their company proposes to make in its
river service, between this city and
Port Ind, and limited at some action
whie'l 1t proposes taking in the near
futu ; which will be OF great benefit
to THIS city. At first I was inclined
to Il nix they referred to the building
of The Gobel road; but when | remem.
bered that Mr.. Mcneil had remarked
in substance that he would build a
road to Astoria when he got ready.
and that Astoria could not haI re a road
till then, | concluded Otherwise am
| therefore in the dark as to what was
meant by the aforesaid officials: hut. ~
the proposed action of that COMPANY
lies in the direction of acquiring the
Seashore road, either by purchase or
lease, and tho operation of it in connec
ton with their boats as a through line.
the benefit to Astoria therefrom will
be about equal to the benefits which this
.city receives from the through summer
business of the Ilwaco Railway and
Navigation Company, which is practi |
cally nothing. 1T is to the interest of |
the last named company to have all
the supplies which go to North Beach
come from Portland; for in that case
1t gets all the freighting from Port
land while, If it came from Astoria
that company might get but a small
part of the freighting from Portland.
or elsewhere, to Astoria, and could
only depend upon the freight from
Astoria to the beach. With the Sea-
shore road in the hands of the o. r.
and N. Co., the same conditions will
exist on the south beach in future. pro,
vided other conditions are the same as /:
1t present.
Flow are we going to remedy this
threatened danger? There is lust one
way. Let the city build the Young's !
3ay bridge, and let us have a good !,
Dad from the west end of the bridge :
o the ocean beach, and our merchants
an then reach every portion Of the !,
'each, and of Clalusop Plains. with
heir wagons; and the chances are
argely in favor of the proposition. that
said company obtains control of the
eashore road, it would be only too
lad to avail itself of the opportunity
Heie1 by the bridge to gain an en- =
'@nce into the city, and if so, its cars G
'ould be operated from here.
hear some persons say that we
ant afford to build the bridge he
'use our taxes are too heavy now. =,
al that would increase our taxes. =
most thought the remark had been .
ade by myself, for it is in reality the -
'gument Of a mossback (or of soma a.
le VINO DON'T want the bridge built).
the bridge will be self SUSTAINING
mich 1t undoubtedly wilD and this
" can derive, through its business >.
en- $4,000 q year profit from the -
siness which such an enterprise will "
1ld up, 1t seems as if the shoe might VI
on the other foot. One reason why
T taxes are so great is because we
We not, in the past, developed our
sources so that the surroundlne
lntry could build up, and become 50
iuable and profitable, and help to ne
lr the expenses of running the coun.
When a merchant finds he is In
1t and running behind if he thinks
It by adding to his stock he can in an
ase his busintss and make it profit sos
e. does he hesitate about making the c
lesSsary Investment? Not at all He ant
1ws that, while there is an additional 1t
lay necessary, that that additional cen
lay is what will save him from bank
'tcy. 6
et us help ourselves a ,i.,,o nv lots
'e been trying to BUY a railroad for che
ong time and without success Let
start anew, and do for ourselves U
can accomplish something n Ne sho
try. l remember hearing a prom fl
II Portlander say that Astoria would
er get railrOad, nor accomplish "
thing else, because no ten men in cen
place, could agree upon any one Rot
g, and because its people would NOT cent
mpt to do for themselves. but were mar
'tantly trying to get someone TO :.
e IN and build their place up for Al
n, without any eXertion or risk on IN I
part. Mr. Hammond told us only est
week that railroad alone Womb ,an
build us city; but that. in con- );
ion with railroad, it would re, clde
e enterprise and push on the part
ur people A little enterprise and ~,
oad, Let us trv II "''t d pit
ice no one else seems inclined To ever
the lead in this matter, | move INTO
all who favor the building of river
re across Young's Bay by the city, shou
at the Chamber of Commerce
1 1880 O'Clock. then ana thern ing
ulate some plan of carrying this nave
ct forward to completion. FoW'
MoSSBACK. or,