The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-30
SUMNER RESORTS
ARE OPENING
Large Number Of Visitors Expected
This Season, Owing to In
creased Facilities.
ACTIVITY Ar CLATsop BEACH
Improvements Being Made EyefyNhere at
Seaside--Neh Cottages BHilt-NeN
Attractions Offered Better
transportation.

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II the good ship bearing the first Of
the iron for the Astoria and Columbia
River Railway arrives In the next two
days. Il looks very much like the road
from Seaside 20 Astoria viii be finish.
lshcd by the 9Th OF July. at least so
that trains viii be able TO come up as
far as the FlRyel dock on the other
side Of the bay all Is hurry and hustle
about the railroad. supt Lester Is
kept busy looking after the repair work
going on between Warrenton and Sen
side where a large force OF men are
laying new rails and ties and ballasting
the track The entire line is being fenc-
cd In 50 that from the time Il Is finish
ed there viii be no more annoyance
from stock getting on the track. The
seashore traiiic has opened up several
weeks earlier this year than usual.
and both hotels and stores at Seaside
report far heavier business for the
past month than during the same pc.
riod last year During the past twelve
months there has been several cot
tages erected at Seaside and they are
all either Allied with occupants or spok-
On for.
With train running directly 10 the
resorts on Clntsop beach from this
city there Is no reason why the visitors
10 the beaches this side should not dou-
bile In numbers during the next season.
No one who has visited both sides OF
the river. unless very much preiudieed
to the north side. viii fail to admit
that Clatsop resorts are far superior.
The principal drawback heretofore has
been In the inadequate means Of reach
Ing the beaches on this side, which
will be overcome, OF course. when the
road is completed into the city, There
Is another thing, too; something that
should be discontinued at once. that
has given Clatsop beach an unsavory
reputation In the past. Certain parties
who control advantageous sites next
to the beach have made II practice In
past years OF bleeding campers and
others who desire 90 spend a few days
at the oceanside They wiring the high
est possible price from them for pal
try patch OF ground on which to pitch
their tent, and in various other ways
seek to skin them OF their last cent.
This sort OF business may last FOR a
while. but IL does the whole community
an immeasurable amount OF harm. The
better class OF business men at the re-
SORTS however. do not approve OF this
method OF blood-sucking. and do all
they can TO discourage t.
WIN the hotel and business men OF
Seaside have proper life lines run into
the surf before the season is half gone
this year? II Is a question often asked
your correspondent. More people visit
Seaside during the summer months
than any other resort on Clatsop beach.
and yet there seems to be an inexcus-
able amount OF negligence shown tow
ards the protection Of bathers. Many
more people would visit that delightful
resort II II was known that those who
are in business there looked after mat
ters OF this kind as they do at other
less attractive places, The loss of one
life In the treacherous undertow be-
cause OF the absence Of life lines will
give the place a setback that viii take
years to recover.
DR.. Steiner, of The Dalles, who has
been living at Seaside for the past few
months has decided to build a large
sanitarlum at that place. The building
will be located In a beautiful grove
midway between McGuire's hotel and
the Holladay House. and just east OF
the county road, 1t is proposed to keep
Il open the year through, and will be
used as sort of invalid's hospital
DR.. Steiner, who is an eminent physi'
clan, considers the climate of Seaside
would be very beneficial to his patients
and the natural surroundings admira'
bly, adapted TO an institution of this
kind.
Perhaps the most extensive improve
ment at Seaside this year is being
made by Mr.. Alex. Gilbert, unless II
be the addition of new machinery al
the Seaside sawmill, Mr., Gilbert IL
making Of his place first-class amuse
ment garden, and he promises the pub
lie no end of entertainment during tho
season,
A smal-sized tidal wave visited Ell
Creek and Cannon beaches few day!
ago that was probably the tail-end o
the huge wall of water that swept thu
western coast Of Vancouver Island fol
lowing the great earthquake disturb
ances in Japan. Mr.. Samuel Maddox
who was an eyewitness to the Ell
Creek visitor, describes It as follows:
"I was on the south side Of the creel
at the time, near the pontoon bridge
and hearing an unusual roar glancet
; toward the ocean for the cause. I'm
aglne my surprise at beholding a wal
of water approaching up the creek fron
the ocean, fully three feet high. an