The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-18
Hammond Has Dropped All
Other Interests.
mR.FENwIcK, HIS PARTNER. HERE
Tells of Their Montana Business
and Mr.. HammOnd's Career
He Is for Astoria.

A party OF prominent business men
came down from Portland yesterday, hav-
Ing as their guest Mr.. G. w. Fenwick, the
brother-in-law and business partner OF
Mr.. Hammond, In Montana Manager l..
b. Seeley. and J. NJ Turney, OF tn White
Collar line, noted for their hospitality.
did the honors. Upon reaching Astoria
they were Joined by Mayor Kinney En-
gineer Jameson, OF the railroad. and
Mr.. G. 9. vanIrtten A trip was made
around the bay, a visit paid to FlaveI,
and after lunch all proceeded to the rail-
road camps above Tongue Point An ex-
cursion was also made to the top Of one
or the hills from which fine view was
had of the surroundings OF Astoria, the
weather for once favoring the visitor.
Mr.. Fenwick, who Is on q vacation trim
TO California, and naturally much inter-
ested In Mr. Hammonds outside enter
prises, came to Astoria at the latter's
request TO look over the ground OF the
future port of the Pacific coast. To an
Historian representative last evening. lust
before leaving for Portland, ,.he SAID:
Although prepared to see much. am
surprised beyond measure at the work
already done here. Astoria is too big a
proposition for one to make up his mind
about II. or talk intelligently about il In
a short time. You have rare combina-
ton of natural resources and commerciaf
facilities. The export and import business
with China and Japan is only IN Its IN.
fancy and is going to grow rapidly. Here
Is the place for It to be handled. and here
Is where It will be handled, II know
anything about A. B. Hammond. am
glad to see the new contract for an ORR
entail line Of steamers by the o. r. and
NJ, as It Is only forerunner OF what
Will be done In the future on a much
larger scale
"As to Mr.. Hammond's plans and the
details of his operations, ! can tell you
nothing, as the correspondence is not
conducted in Montana. and he has not
been there but twenty-four hours on his
way to New York. have charge OF our
Bib Blackfoot Milling Co., which employs
250 men In the one plant, besides the log
gers and men In smaller outside mills.
In the main mill we will have cut 30,OU0,0O0
feet of lumber this year, and have ham
died 100000 feet from the sral'er mills,
making our total output 100000 feet In
addition we manufacture sash. doors,
blinds, etc.
''As to the future OF the railroad here,
and all this talk in the papers about the
Southern Pacific eating up the o. r. ana
NJ, and the whole state OF Oregon, l only
know what see In the papers, But from
what ! do know Of Mr.. Hammond, who
has never made failure In his life, there
is no danger OF Astoria suffering in the
future from any combination that may
be made against IL. recollect when he
was cutting cord wood on the Missouri
river twenty-five years ago. and from
that time TO the present, his general make
up, business foresight and executive abil-
lty have carried him successfully through
all Of his various enterprises. He Is COM
pletely absorbed in the Astoria project,
and has left all OF his Montana business
to us. You may be sure that there will
be big change in the Pacific coast rail-
road map In the next few years.
Mr.. Hammond. who will be here right
after the holidays. Is looking forward to
his next summers work in Astoria with
the keenest sense Of pleasure. l VIII be
here again, as am immensely attracted
by the situation"