The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-12
.ONE OF THE Things
That is Going to Make Astoria
a City.
COTTON FACTORY TO BE BUILT
Negotiations Pending Between DR..
Kinney and Eastern Capitalists
Likely to Prove Successful.

Few, perhaps, in Oregon ARE aware OF
the amount of cotton used in this state
and the Northwest generally. Along the
Columbia river tons of cotton rope, twine
and netting are used every year In the
fishing business, white ON the Sound and
In Alaska additional tons are consumed
every season. All of this vast quantity
CT cotton goods comes from Boston and
Baltimore ais figh-class freight at heavy
expense to THE fishermen, and in the end
to the consumer of salmon. The COTTON
fibre from which is manufa actured this
twine and netting is all shipped to Bos-
ton from Georgia and Texas, THUS en-
failing the expense of freight charges
both ON the raw material and THE man.
ufadtn'ed article on the Oregon fisherman.
In conversation with DIR. Alfred Kinney
who lis always looking out for something
Uiilt wild benefit Astoria, that gentleman
said to an Astorian representative that
negotiations were well under way, which,
If successful, would change all of this
and greatly reduce the cost OF cotton
goods to Oregon consumers 1t rs pro-
pllssd to put a plant in Astoria for the
manufacture of these goods, and as the
advantages are thrHe+fold there would
SCENE to be no doubt about the ultimate
success of the scheme.
The fed Is large and an entirely un-
occupied one. A manufacturer would
have tine Columbia river the Sound and
Alaska for his market with cheap freight
rates and quick service to aid In selling
his goods
The consumer here would save Just
Inference in the freight rate from Boston
to THE coast ON the high class nlanufactur-
ed article, because tine row cotton can be
hauled from Texas to Astoria as cheaply
as 1t cam be from Texas to Boston.
The next great advantage to the con-
sumer would be THAT he could order Olts
goods as me needed Them AS " stands
now many OF the goods andGalB of the
'6eavier orders have to be placed in the
fall for the Following spring ube, Because
the high rate Of freight makes shipment
by water around the horn or the Panama
route necessity. This is ATTENDED with
great danger, because seine nets must be
made to fit the ground upon which they
are to be used, and measurements very
Frequently change on account OF the shift
ing of the sands. Not long since George
Kaboth, THE well known fisherman, order
ed in certain December a seine for his
grounds, but when 1t arrived in the spring
his fishing grounds had so changed in
shape from the shifting of the sands
to order am entirely new seine to be
tipped to him by eNpre;e at an add tional
expense of $500.
The amount of cotton used on THE Col
unlbia river alone runs up into many car
loads every season. Each gill net re-
quireS the use of 60 pounds of cotton
eadh year. Cannerymen say that II a
manufactured win establish such a plant,
as is contemplated, In Astoria, II neces-
sary, they will subscribe for one-haN OF
the necessary capital stock, and many of
the wealthy scandinavian ffsdhermen OF
UppeG'town have stated that If a man
could be found IwaTo understood the blIsl-
ness and upon whom implicit reliance
could be placed to make them a good ar
ticle and honestly conduct the business, |
they would themselves put UP the neces-
eary capital.
DIR. Kinney Is In correspondence with |
Boston people on the subject and Mr.. |
Hammond has been hooking into the mat |
ter on his present trip east, and there s |
no doubt but what Eastern capitalists |
VIII be aere In the spring to investigate
the question. Should the Doctors efforts
be successful, and there is every reason
to believe that they will be, the result
will be that labor will he provided for
hundreds. many thousands of dollars with
be kept at home instead of being sent
east, and Astoria will be in a position to
not only supply the home demand, but
ahso the Puget Sound and Alaska mar
lpets.