The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-12-19
CASCADE LOCKS
AND RAILROAD
Viii Jointly ReyOlutlonile Business
In the State Of Oregon.
THREE CITIES ARE CEMENTEr
Fruit and Grain Business Handled on "A
New BHsls--Harmony Can Work
Many Wonders

There Is more Of Importance 10 AS
torin involved IN the recent opening of
the Cascade Locks than the casual OBJ
server might think. Besides the tre-
mcndous advantage which the through
waterway win give this city In the
wheat shipping business, controlling as
II viii. the output Of the crops from the
territory contiguous TO Goldcndale and
Tho Dailes. Il means also that there will
be- a revolution In the fruit shipping
business.
Now that the Columbia river lA navl-
gable from The Dalles TO Astoria. this
far, win seriously afrect the shipment
Of California fruits 10 this state. The
products of the fertile Hood River coun-
try w!ll md a ready market In Asto-
ria, and many other Oregon cities. For
many years past California has shipped
enormous quantities OF fruit TO this
state supplying this city and Portland.
Hereafter oregonians will eat Oregon
fruit.
The fruit that Ia grown In the Hood
River Valley IL unsurpassed by any
raised on the coast. and ns II can now
be transported cheaply 10 market, II
promises 10 prove a lively competition
for she California product.
A steamer can make the run from
The Dalles 20 Astoria in twenty.four
hours. while IL takes forty-eight and
hfty hours between san Francisco and
Astoria The Hood River fruit can thus
be laid down In Astoria In much better
condition than that shipped from Cal.
lfornla. The shipments from Cailfor.
mia have reached enormous proportions
but hereafter home producers VIII rear
the benefit of this trade.
The opening of the Cascade locks viii
also have a tendency 10 establish the
commercial supremacy Of Astoria in
the Pacific Northwest. For many years
past. Il Is a well known fact that the
people of The Dallcs and Astoria have
been anything but friendly towards
Portland because of the belief that the
metropolis has done everything possl-
BILE 10 rctard the progress Of those two
cities, Whether this belief has been
we'll founded or not Is not within the
scope of this article to demonstrate. one
thing is certain, however that the COM
pletion OF the locks and the building OF
the railroad TO Astoria have already
greatly cemented the ties Of friendship
aEd business relations between all
three Of the cities, II has been claimed
that but for the hostility and lnterpost-
ton OF Portland The Dalles would long
ago have had It's locks and Astoria its
railroad. However this may be, these
are now matters Of the past. The time
has arrived when the foremost and
most energetic business men realize
that oregon must be for Oregon. Its
three or four principal cities cannot
longer AFFORD TO harbor petty jeal-
ousies, but must work together for the
general good, Each city has It's par
tlcular functions to perform. and all
can work harmoniously. neither one nor
the other gaining any special advan-
take or suffering any special loss be-
cause Of It's sister cities.
The metropolis will always remain the
but The Dalles, Salem and
other interior points have their advan-
tages and win develop on their special
lines. In the very nature OF affairs AS
toria viii be the great shipping port
not only for the entire state Of Oregon,
but OF the Pacific Northwest. These
facts recognized, and all working to
gether on broad lines. will bring about
results which will make Oregon one of
the greatest states In the Union and
her cities must and will grow on their
individual merits. Each one will have
Its peculiar business, and all will be
dependent upon each other The open
ing OF the locks win open one of the
finest wheat-growing districts In the
world, and will give to the farmer the
benefit OF both water and rail transpor-
tatlon to tide water, II Portland loses
the business OF loading ships at her
wharves, she win gain In financial inn
portance and the better control of gem
eral business throughout the state. AS
torla will gain as shipping and COM
mercial center, and viii OF course be-
come more or less of a distributing
situation at the juncture
of tide water and rail While the inn
porting Of fruit from California will be
greatly decreased, there will be a cor
increase in other lines of
business between San Francisco and
Oregon. Much of the wheat from the
now shipped at high rates by
rail to San Francisco. will hereafter
be shipped entirely by water
The completion OF the Astoria and
River Railroad will greatly
increase the lumber business Of the en-
tire state A large belt of forest con-
talning millions OF feet Of lumber will
be opened by the railroad, and ship
ments on a larger scale win be made by
both land and sea. Astoria will nat
urally be the distributing point for this
product, but Portland capital will large