The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-08

Concerning Judge Tnyl"rs letter
published In N, Historian week ago
sunday. can only say that I believe
that II WAS written In the right spirit
and thoroughly covered the ground.
Everybody knoWr that I am friendly
tp Mr. Hammond and the railroad com
pnny and anyone who viii stop to
think cannot help but admit that a
great work is going on In our midst
II We over grt anywhere with this
town. or make anything out Of IT,
there must be- more harmony among
the people There can be- nothing pos
sibly gained by quaTcllug and quib-
bling amongst ourselves. II Is time
60 br up ana doing and It is time for
each and everyone to do his utmost
iY help the place grow and 10 develop
all those enterprises which are so much
needed. The very man of all men 10
help us, aud the only man who has
yet accomplished any real results. to-
wards making here such city as our
natural resources. warrant is A, B.
Hammond lie rs man closely In
touch with capital. throughout the
east. and can interest that capital In
our behalf Why should We autagon-
lEc such "a man as that I think that
the newspaper attacks against him, his
company and his efforts, have been
most uncallcd Tor and most unjust.
when "a man offers 10 put up four dol
lars to one 90 develop manufacturing
Industries here and then gets nothing
but abuse, how can We expect that he
win do Tor us what he would II he had
the hearty support of every business
man In the place II IN a sclf-cvident
" men viii come To this city and put
up money In It's development and the
urthcrancr Of commercial enterprises
iu the face NJ opposition, ridicue, in
suits and all manner Of unpleasant
features.
II took a trip this summer with Mr.
Hammond 10 Missoula, and visited at
his home, while in Montana | found
that the universal sentiment there was
that II YOU trust Mr. Hammond i'm
pliCitly he never goes back on a friend,
| thoroughly believe this. | learned
that there are many people in Montana
who FOR years past have placed their
entire business In MIR Hammunds
hands and have not even kept their
own books II Is a common saying
there that Hammond can do It better
than We can" II is the mcrest non
srusc and can only do us Injury, that
we have permitted such criticisms and
insults to be- offered 10y the newspapers
or individuals to Mir, Hammond or the
railroad company, Newspapers are
supposed TO reflect public sentiment,
We, here at home know them aud
have sized them up, Hut when these
get abroad and contain
such attacks against our own property
owners aud the man who has made II
possible To- realize our highest hopes,
strangers can only think that where
there is SO much smoke there must he
some fire.
while We know that the whole rail
road project has gone little slower
than We first anticipated, yet none of
us expected such continuance Of hard
times. our railroad is the only one
under construction in the United
States The company is. paying its
bills promptly and to my knowledge
has never borrowed dollar with |
which to meet It's obligations, and We
are getting a better road in every |
respect than We had reason to expect |
under our contract with Mr.. Ham |
nund II is being constructed as rap |
dly as possible, and at the present |
'atc will bo completed long before the |
SEPARATION Of the terms of the con-
ract
1T is wrong and in every way unjust
'or the papers or individuals to criu-
'izc Mr. Hammond and the work being
lone as has been the ease In many in
stances within the past ninety days.
Il has really been better for us that
he railroad Was not built and put in
operation this year 1t gives property
,wuers Il good opportunity to lay their
,lns aud meet the requirements of
he situation when the road shall have
,ocn completed. The railroad is but
he beginning of the work that has to
,c done to place this city in the front
anks of commerce, and the sooner we
ealize that, wake up to the situation.
md prepare to meet the emergencies
which win confront us and successfully
provide for the great changes that
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