The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01
ASTORIA'SNEW YEAR
The Past Efforts Of . Pstriotie
People.
DAWN OF AN ERA OF SUCCESS
Hard kork aud coniidenee Mill cfoNa All
Eiiorts--"NO Sneh kord as
Fall"
DAWN OF AN ERA OF SUCCESS

Au the bells are ringing In tho new
year the dawn Of brilliant future APP
pears before the view Of Astoflans. Great
events In tho history Of tho city BY tho
nua are proHagod upon the first page OF
IN. newly opened year book and the nir
~ pregnant with that prosperity which
has been the dream Of itH citizens In the
years gone by. standing upon the thresh-
old Of an era Of commercial activity and
power Il IL not amlss 10 consider some 9f
the factors IN this change and 20 look
ai some VI the objects 10 be attained.
MR. A. u. HAMMOND.
Who is building tho Astoria -0oble rail-
road viii be here tomorrow. having Just
spent several months In the East. While
m New York the rails for the road were
purchased. and II II stated by those close
ga touch with him that hc has Done much
work IN arranging plans fof the develop
opmrht Of large industries Ia Astoria and
tho rapid furthcrance OF the commerce
which naturally belongs 90 this port. II
u expected that at once active measures
viii ho pursued FOR the opening up OF
property and this development Of Ulaus
fog all the thousand and ono difcrent
enterprises MNAfN AhhlA llAAN lNlh = NtFaN
city Contracts will be let Tor the balance
~ the road 10 G0hic and all the Vork
possible viii be done this winter. The
bridge across Young's Hay will bo COM
plotted according TO contract. weather per-
mitlng. and by FI,rins time everything
viii be ready 10 rush through 60 compile.
;len Mr. Hammond has declared that
trains will BE- running out Of Astoria by
November next
Early last spring, ms the result Of the
enarta Of few patriotic citizens.
A SUBSIDY COMMITTEE
Was formed. with DR.. A. Kinney as chair.
man. and thia commlttee--''the twenty
onA-commcncod negotiations with A.
n Hammond which resulted in his sign.
Ing a contract TO build Astorla's railroad.
subcommittee were organized TO procure
the right Of way through the city and
from the city 10 Goble. OF one J. W.
Wrlch was chairman. and of theothcr.
Mr. q. Wingatc Everybody on all OF
the committees worked hard and faith
fully, and finally. IN August last they
were able 60 report that all OF the sub
Hidy lands called for In their contract
had been subscribed and the right
% way procured except small
amount which must te purchased
With characteristic Win a new COM
mlticc was formed and a5o.Oo0
bond executed TO Mr.. Hammond. provid-
ing that the balance OF the right OF way
would be purchased by the citizens and
then. In tho fall these details all having
been completed, orders were given and
the officials OF the construction company
started their men to work. The contract
for
THE FIRST TEN MILES
OF road was let 20 Corey Brothers. and
the contract for building the bridge across
NounE's Hay to Wakefield and Jacobsen
Large forces OF men are now at work on
these parts OF shs line. nnd all Il being
done that can be done during the winter
Mr. Hammond has already spent large
sums OF money. has purchased the SEA-
shore railroad. and iO00O tons OF steel
rails, and yet there arc skeptcs who say
that the present enterprise will fail. as
have several others In the dismal past
Not so. Mr.. Hammond is man who has
NEVER MADE A FAILURE,
ls very wealthy himself al the bead OF
large and prosperous enterprises In Mon
tanR. and has associated with him men
OF means and ability In the Astoria pro-
Jrct. II Is said by those who think they
know. that e. =, Huntington Russell
Sage and J. T. Morgan. the Wall street
kings OF New York, are Interested In this
scheme. Whether they are or not, Ger
tain II Is that the capital is all provided
and that Mr.. Hammond has turned over
all his other business to his partners
and will now devote all OF his time anc
energies to Astoria, He has every reasoI
20 do so. for here will be the future por, ,
OF the Pacific, II Is u poor spirit and II
small patriotism that In the face Of all |
that has been done. viii throw doubts |
abroad as TO the success Of the enter |
prise that means millions to the city and |
It's establishment as n commercial queen, |
No. there II no such word as fall" In |
MIR, Hammond's lexicon. and ut would
SEEM" said well known business man
that Il would be much
BETTER BUSINESS
IL all should Join In an earnest effort to |
oo6pei ate IN the development and growth |
OF the city. work now to prepare for the |
future. throw open the doors to capital.
and show capital that there is an invest,
men for II here. The time for mosshack- |
ism has ceased. the time for hard work on |
intelligent lines has come, Each has a
duty to perform, however humble his
position. Cheerfulness and hopefulness
are the spirits TO cultivate on the dawn |
of this new year. There are new houses |
to build. large buildings to erect; floui
mills, cotton factories, elevators, ware
houses and sawmills must line the river
dry dock; railroad yards and
machine shops depots and freight sheds |
are TO build. That time will see all OF |
these vast improvements Is not to be
doubted. and one can at least tell his
friends about all these things without
cold water on what Is as as
sured as anything human can be-
Situated at the mouth of one of the
rivers In the world; having the
grandest natural harhor on the Pacific |
coast with river navlgable for a hum
dred and fifty miles, and which will soon
he opened many mere miles by the COM
pletlon OF the Cascade locks; unbounded |
forests of magnificent timber at her
doors, having the unsurpassed Columbia
salmon, never falling sourse of riches
and ada to all these a, railroad which
shall connect II with the world and bring
the wheat of the interior for shipment TO
Europe from her warehouses, and the
Of a great line OF traffic
with the Orient. what more can be said
than that Astoria viii take its place
among the commercial centers of the
world9
The splendid system Of water works'