The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-29
NOW THE TIME
TO PREPARE
For the Development Of Auxiliary In
dustries 10 Astoria and Clat-
sop County.
SPRING WILL BE TOO LATI
Union OF Action By All interests Can
not Fall to Have Plenty Of Capital
Here by the Time the Rail-
road Is Completed.

In an interview yesterday afternoon
with a prominent real estate dealer and
property owner upon the subject Of AS
toria's railroad and her future pros
poets. that gentleman said:
In my opinion. now Is the time for
Astorlans to prepare for the future
We have the iron horse arriving and
departing. construction work at War
renton and Flayei is steadily progress
ing. and great changes have been
made in those localities. where will be
the shops and terminal grounds OF the
company: the foundation piling for the
scow Bay depot has now nearly all
been put in place. Corey Brothers
grading on the FIRST ten miles is rapid
ly nearing completion. and more than
800 men are at work on the grade In
the neighborhood or Rainier under Con-
tractors Honeyman. DeHart & Co. Be
fore we realize it the road will have
been completed and trains will be run
ming between here and Portland. What
are we doing in the meantime?
las one OF the property owners who
have largely contributed Of theiI
means to the bringing about Of this
most satisfactory state Of affairs, and
while we all are pinched by the exces-
slve hard times now prevailing. AND
which have prevailed during the past
three years, am firmly convinced that
We cannot afford TO sit idly by and dc
nothing until after the railroad will
have been completed. Only the first
steps have been taken towards secur'
ing the fulfillment and rounding out
OF our highest hopes. In order to bulld
up a prosperous community and 6
commercial center whose power shall
be felt the world over. we must have
something more than a railroad. or q
dozen railroads. There must be facto.
ries to produce traffic for the railroads
and ships TO haul TO the markets oi
the world. and pay rolls for the EN-
ployment of thousands Of workmen
There must be also adequate accom-
mediation for the handling OF the great
wheat tonnage OF oregon and Wash
ington, there must be dry docks TO ac
commodate the merchant marine
there must be flour mills TO make food
products for the Orient. and there mus
be sawmills TO develop the rich re
sources OF our timber preserves.
"Now. while we have almost exceed
ed the limit of our ability. yet by un
ion Of action for a common purpose
we can join hands with those who have
already made 1t possible for the prog
ress already attained. and secure East
ern men Of brains and Eastern capita
TO join us in starting all Of these In
dustries. l know personally that Mr.
Hammond and his associates stanC
ready to take up every possible lin
Of work and that they will put up thre,
dollars to our one. II we have no
money, We can give our work. pledg,
our securities TO aid in these various
enterprises, the establishment of whicl
any child knows win in five years
time quadruple the value of every foo
of property in and about the city, a
well as every business now established
How much better it is to add value I,
one quarter of our possessions, than 4
is to drift along for the quarter Of I
century to come as we have for tn,
quarter of a century past, without max
ing any great improvements or beinl
able to increase our population or sci
our property. We should organize OF
a definite basis. Let people know
what We are going to do. Make ou
efforts auxiliary to those OF the railroad
company, and commence at once. By
making beginning now on broad line
when summer comes in 1897 and tn,
first train rolls into Astoria from Port
land, the world will have become thor
oughly acquainted with what and VIII,
and where we are. and such a star
will have been made in all directions
that a large traffic will be ready fol
the railroad and the ships from ever!
port which will meet the steel rails IL
this city. United we can do all this
divided. it will take centuries to &C
complish our object"