The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-09
TRIP MADE TO ALDERBRooK

a Nile Of Frontage Offered at That rolni--
The City Viii Make Serious Mis-
take II centraI Location
Is Not Secured
"rhr depot site question may be stale
said Judge A. a. Cleveland yesterday
but II il one which has the deepest W.
terest for every man. woman and rhlt
In tho city" That this remark Is true
ID evidenced by tho fact that nearly al
clasuoH Of busintAa Aitn ne ), ~.
past few days. been Engaged IN ono wa,
or another. In efforts 70 settle this all
important subject. Much good work hal
been accomplished. and never before ha'
there been 70 uniyefaal an interest taken
In tho matter Those who LOOK 20 ih'
future. ANA figure upon tho requirement.
OF AEtorla's business mon ten year
hence. have bsen untirlng In their en-
deayorn TO secure an amicable agreement
upon some central location. Scow NAY
seems to more nearly meet the View
ana requirements OF all, than any othei
rlie that has been talked Of
ALpERBRooK
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hammond ~
company with Mr.. B VanDusen, mad
trip to Aiderbrook There . thorough
examination WAS made % the grounds
and Snter frontage offered by the Alder
brook people for depot site and iermlnn
grounds Aldcrbrook property owner
have given about one mile of waterfront
and therr can BE- no question of doubl
that " the railroad company would con
ruit ils own intcreata and DO as Rreal
macy railroad companies have done he
fore, they would locate the depot on THU
site. where II can get the largest dona-
ticn, and whore the greatest portion Of
the subsidy lands r. located. II thii
should be the decision. Il would not onll
bc great Inconvenience TO shippers
Who have 20 receive goods by rail. hui
II would also favo tendency 10 de.
prccinto values ana unsetlle the prices
of business and oven residence property
In tho city MS nt present laid out.
EXPERIENCE or OTHERS.
The Importance Of having the principal
depot Of the railroad located IN the CEN
trail portion Of the city cannot be over
estimated. Astoria II an old town. with
well established business. and has here
loloTe had no direct experience In hand
ling uafflc by rail. The experience OF
other cities. which were similar y situated
might be of value In the settlement 0f
the vtXcd queatlon now before AHtorlans,
when the Union Pacific railroad built
into Butte. Montana. because OF certain
land Influences, they located the depot
one and one half miles down The valley.
Business soon scttlo1 about the depot,
and. practically, a large por;i)n of the
town was moved 20 that site. nj least
temporarily The Older portion OF the
town, with lta established houses. sorely
felt the disadvantage, and later on. when
the Great Northern entered Butte. and
tho Northern Pacific built in there the
people thoroughly realizing the inconven-
i,ucc which they hai experienced In the
past with the old road. did not hesitate
TO donate commodious site for the new
read IN the center OF the town.
The same thing can he aaid Of Helena.
The Northern Pacific built through there
and located It's depot out " iowa Later
the Great Northern built It's line to the
Il y. and as al that me the BUSINESS men
and merchants had rocelvcd SUM sient ex-
pcricncc In the matter af long drayage
haul and Inconvenience In reaching the
passenger station when thoy desired TO
travel. succeeded IN locA' Ing the new road
In the central portion of the city. Up to
this time the Northern had all the traf-
tic OF the town, hut now. the Great Nor
thcrn handles a large share OF The bust.
ness simply because wagons do not have
To gpend NIL day In transferring freight
between the station and the warehouses.
The people were only too glad to donate
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars TO the
new road for the sake OF convenience In
handling tratlc.
~ Miss "a the same history was re-
pcNtod. i'r one road, the Northern Pa
cihc, located It's terminals about one half
a milo west OF the town. Parties who
owned the ground ,'antod the depot there
Tor the purposes OF real estate specn,a-
ton Now having had n number OF
years trial &C such system, the citi-
Gems themselves, are building SicN
depot In the t,r " OF the city, and vii.
present Il to TIT Northern Pacific, the
only road in the town, " :he COMPANY.
viii consent to move It's business lrem
the old site to the new one.
Yakima. on the plains NJ Washington,
a small town In the center OF a rich
hon and fruit country, was almost brok-
en mp because the Northern Pacific saw
M, for It's own convenience. to move It's
depot a little distance from town, about
as far as Alderbrook Is from the oscl-
dent hotel New business houses had TO
be est 'lshed, and even residences were
moved into the neghborhood OF the new
station,
New York City. the great metropolis. Is
undergoing n similar change, In the old
4
way the land mark OF many an old
merchant livirg IN the west today, and
mis- homo while In the great city, on his
annual pilgrimage to buy goods" was
tho center of all business In the me-
tropolls In Its immediate nelghborhooJ
we're the principal wholesale and retai
houses, and from its doors a visitor could
almost throw stono aud hit any place
with which he might have business. To.
day all Is changed. Forty-leNond street
some three miles up Broadway. Is tn,
center OF both certain lines of wholesal,
and all important retail business, as wei
as being the location of the princlpa
theatres and hotels, Near the Forty-eec.
ond street station are the Gilsey House
Hoffman House, Murray I'm Hotel, ant
other palaces for the accommodation o.
visitors. The values of property are Yer,
| materially advanced
In Chicago where once was a collection
| OF shacks, peanut stands. shnnties fol
| railroad employees. and similar structures
| now are found many large wholesale es
Establishments. and retail stores. Whai
| made the change? TIE Northern Pacific
Railroad Terminal Company erected
magnificent passenger station on Flftl
| avenue near the river front, and presto
changel The entire complexion OF tn
neighhorhood is changed.
Look at Washington, the national capt
| ital, The old Baltimore aud Potoma.
Railroad, now the terminal line &C tn
Pennsylvania Central system, has Il