The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-30
BIG LUMBER DEAL.
Tine Bear River Canal Co. Of Utah, Buy
100000 Feet Of Oregon Fir In
Astoria.


Mr.. w. II. Rowe, president of the
Bear River Canal Co., Of Corinne, Utah.
and the ogden Street Railway and
Water Works Company, of Ogden, was
in the city yesterday While here he
negotiated with local parties for the
purchase of 100000 feet Of fir lumber
to be used for numing purposes in
their canal system This is the first
of several large orders which are ex-
pectei to follow, as his company have
many thousand acres Of land over
whicS irrigation fumes are to be con-
struc. ID. In conversation with an AS
toriar reporter, Mr.. Rowe said:
I'm our specifications the engineer
calls Tor Oregon fir and we have found
that It is the most durable timber we
can find. Recently we received the last
of a 16-car order of Oregon fir from
the willamette Mills, at Portland and
we used it up as fast as received. l
find that Astoria can quote us a better
price on the lumber. than we have been
able to get in Portland, and it goes
without saying that this market will
receive our future orders.
"The Bear River Canal is a gigantic
enterprise" continued Mr. Rowe, land
the man who passed on the engineers
specifications was none other than Mr..
rbp
ported on your water works system
Specifications. The source of water is
at the head of a great gorge on the
Bear River, and the first few miles
of fume is through a series of tunnels
and fumes built high above the river
After leaving the gorge the canal eX-
tends over thousands Of acres of land,
that, before water reached it, was ut
terly worthless. Where formerly moth
ing but sage brush would grow on the
land, now grows the finest of grasses,
grains, and vegetables, and will pro-
duce anything that will grow above
ground"
In speaking of the Ogden water
works Mr.. Rowe said:
81 see that Astoria is preparing to
construct a new water works system.
l have had considerable experience in
that line, as our company owns the
Ogden system, which l consider the
finest of its size in the country. 1t is
on the gravity system, and contains
81 miles of pipe The efficiency of the
system was clearly demonstrated dur
ing a big fire that occurred at the time
of the great strike last summer, when
the conhagration threatened the whole
city, For hours a pressure Of l20
pounds was turned on the entire sys-
TEN, and fourteen lines Of hose were
constantly drawing from the mains.
From start to finish there was no diff
ference in the pressure. can say
this, however, in connection with your
water system, the greatest of care
should be exercised in selecting pipe.
don't care to say anything against
various classes Of pipe now ON the mar
ket, but if the Ogden Water Works was
to do the whole thing over again, moth.
ing but cast iron pipe would be used
where any great pressure is needed"
Mr.. Rowe expresses himself as be-
ing greatly impressed with Astoria,
and predicts a great growth for this
city when the railroad comes. He is
a director in the q. Y. NJ l., the great
Mormon mercantile establishment of
Salt Lake city and incidentally re-
marked that from ten to fifteen car
loads of Columbia river salmon were
used by that institution every year.
He returns east this morning, but will
visit Astoria again at no distant day.
The federal judiciary of Alaska in |
tend petitioning congress to make an
and pass a law authoriz- |
ng the appointment of deputy marshals |
and commissioners in the Yukon coun-
try The miners, While generally |
and law-abiding, recognize !
the necessity of having a court, and |
for that reason and the moral effect it
will have on the community, the min
ers made the request, United States |
Marshal Williams, of Alaska, in speak,
ing Of the matter said that he and the |
other Federal officials of the territory, |
would iOin I'm the rpQueSt nhera oro |
upwards of 1000 miners in the Yukon |