The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-17
FOR WARD MARCH
IS THE WORD
The Time for Activity on the Part Of
All Astorians Is NOG.
Here.
CONTRACTS AWARDED SOON
Who Arc the 0nss TO Be Bsusiited By the
NsS Order Of Things - The Asto-
rians kho Get 10 the ffoat
0i the Procession.

" Nv fNNN'RfN's
Since the Incorporation OF the Flavei
Hotel Company the calling for bids
for the construction OF the big eto-foot
dock and warehouse at Flnvel and the
letting Of the contracts for the building
OF the railway through the city, tho de-
pot and the completion OF the line TO
ooble, rumorn are revived tknt one or two
elevators and Touring mill will soon
bo arranged for IN the west side OF the
bay, Peavey Brothers. OF Minneapolis. it
IL well known, long since guaranteed
that as soon aS the railway was assured
they would build a large elevator In As
toria for the handling OF wheat Co
incident with the establishment OF an
elevator. a -four mill will fellow as a
necessity There IL no better point In
the state Of oregon for a large mill than
Astoria T'nc profits which might be
derived from the sale OF the refuse OF
tho min alone would more than pay its
running expenses. In the counties OF
Pacific. wahkiakum. IN Washington. ana
Clatsop and Tillamook oregon, scarcely
a pound OF feed Of any description II pro-
duccd. These counties contain many
thousand domestic animals. ana bran.
shorts and middllnga would md ready
sale at good prices.
Within two or three days the railroad
contracts VIII be let. ana probably AT
the HamO time contracts will be made for
the construction OF the FlaVel hotel and
the Astoria depot. Fifteen hundred ad-
ditonal workmrn viii be employed Who
VIII furnish the lumber. sash. doors ana
blinds Tor these various entcrpriHcsf :
Where IL the hardware 10 come from: the
tools, groceries and provisions for the
laborerag
Astorians have now been at work more
than year In an effort TO secure the right
OF way and depot grounds Ia the city.
The results OF their Iabors at conaer-
vatiyc estimate. amoants TO about 50. o.00
From the amount OF talk and energy ex-
pended. II might have been thought that
half million was being raised. In ten
days time two-thirds OF the property
owners on the west side OF the bay ig-
noring tho opposition OF the other one
third. put their heads together in bus
mess manner ana raised tSs Oo for The
new hotel The names OF subscribers TO
the enterprise have been publlshed ana
they include. for "A large mart tho wide
nWnk. ana en,rsetle men OF Astoria
There IA NOT N modern snwmiIi Of large
capacity nj the mouth OF the Columbia
river. There IA NOT an Institution here
thai. can f,,rnsh drv Iumhcr or sash ana
doors IN any ouantity i, Is asserted
thnt thene ia moi n strictly wholesnle rro-
Gerry or dr,, goods estahlI.hmcrt ,hnt ran
acu In rnriond lots NJ lowest marker
rates The nrIees OF inside nronerty an
tho city. are also IN n measure nrohIh-
tive n az niain,v evident therefore
that tbs tlmo ms come for Astorinns 20
take ,heIr nlare In the front ~ Tho Dro.
cessIon Ifn,to.dnte methods must he
cmployed ana tho con,ne,I,ion Of general
markets. must hs r,et Tho ,,ne is here
when large ADVANCES must and vii,
come A revolu,ion IN every branch ot
huslness "a ip,p,Inent ar ncwcomers ,vn,
o., the creay, AZ ~, h,,s,nass contra rtor.
who purrhase IN large quantities will he
comnelInd fon,orrow 10 scsk otncr war
ke,s In which "a huv can,,aiis,s cop,en,-
Mating the ercctlon ~ business hlocks
will snreIv NO, nav fancy nrIcea n is
sa,isSnr,oy, 10 no,c that rovcments arc
or Zoo, hy ,hs Iars,es, nronsrty nyyrers
and lcna,nr husiness arms 10 contorm 20
tho ,rend ~ Inc ,,r,as No donht nj,