The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-24
THE FUTURE OF
THE WEST SIDE
Across the Bay Will Be Located Ele-
yatOrs and Storage Yards.
IT'S RELATION TO THIS CITY
As Brooklyn Is 10 New York city. SO
WIN Fiayel. warrcnton and New
Astoria BE To Astoria.
IT'S RELATION TO THIS CITY

The west side Of the bay at Astoria
viii be 20 the main part of the city
what East Portland II 10 the metrop0-
liz, or what Oakland is TO san Fran
cisco, and Brooklyn to New York.
What is TO be the future Of the west
side Of the bay and what can be done
with the large tracts OF land plated
and already thrown on the market at
New Astoria. Flnvel and warrenton.
are questions that have been frequently
asked recently both by AHtorians and
strangers visiting the city.
The Astorian has carefully investl-
gated the question from the standpoint
Of the owners OF that property, business
men. railroad men and manufacturers.
Those who have studied the situation
are united In the opinion that In few
years warrenton. FlRvei and New As
toria viii second East Portland. or
Brooklyn. New York Astoria proper
viii always be the main city. where
the principal banking and wholesale
business win be done. here the big ship
ping firms will handle their large in
teres,s: here viii be the residence place
of the leading merchants. bankers and
brokers. The prestige Of a large estab-
lished business cannot be overcome,
and when the seawali Il built there viii
be ample room on the level FOR hand
some brick and stone business blocks
and for docks and warehouses on the
Parks and boulevards win
bcautify the old city and in ten years
time Il viii not be recognizable as the
Astoria Of the e0's.
To do large business a railroad must
have plenty of yard room"--level
ground upon which switch tracks can
be constructed for the storage of loaded
and empty cas-. This Is the first
requisite ~ large terminal II Is ad-
mitted that Astoria viii be large ter
minal or nothing. The o. II. and n.
Co has frequently had In It's East Port
land yards at one time $500 cars OF
grain waiting to be unloaded into ships
and elevators. and has frequently been
10 enlarge It's yard room The
Astoria road is being built primarily to
handle the wheat OF this port and must
have every facility for doing work
'hcaply and quickly. Where will the
arge storage yards naturally be locat-
'd2 on the level ground at Flavel
where the company has hundreds OF
Icres OF land donated for the purpose.
Where viii the railroad machine
hops, car shops, blacksmith shops,
store houses round houses.
and water tanks be erected?
Where the company owns plenty Of lev
!, cheap ground. and where taxes are
he cheapest Is not the large tract
'wned by the A, and C. II. X. r. at
'lavel the only site suitable for the
purposes? II is wen known that the
company has already laid out shop
ards where the new steel rails are
low piled. Here they have plenty OF
Dom for all time TO come, even when
he road becomes the terminal OF FIVE
lines and when the Ne
allen Valley line shall have been built
o Albany and East,
Where win the big grain elevators for
he handling and grading Of grain be- /
ween cars and ships be located in AS |
oria? on deep water at the terminal /.
ards where the cars are stored-Fla- /
el. Those nearest MIR Hammond say |
hat they have heard him say many .
ines that II was in the company's .
lans to furnish elevator locations and I
Ir, Frank Peavey. of Minneapolis, the
ig elevator man whose grain houses
re scattered throughout the North
est, when in Astoria last declared his
ltention to build such elevators at
'lavel
Where viii be the location OF the ex-
ort -four mills? Naturally where the
evators are, and where the grain cars
re stored, 1t is known in certain quar-
,rs that schemes are brewing for the
uilding at Flavel and New Astoria of
Irge -four mills for the export trade.
Thus It win be with the proposed ex-
Drt saw mill, cotton and linen twine
plnnlng mills and other factories. They
ust be at the center of railroad ac-
where there Is plenty of
'om and a large business can be han
ed cheaply and eXpeditiously. on ,
oung's bay. also viii be the big dry
lck for the repairing of the largest
,can going vessels, which alone will +,
> the principal factor in establishing &
he supremacy of this port. What then, ;
} all these great enterprises mean for 6
Ie west side? They simply mean that
of workmen and skilled la
,rers viii soon be seeking homes. Can ,
ley afford to live on high priced prop
'ty on the hills of old Astoria? No.
hey must be near their business and
4 ground that Is within their means
ther as renters or buyers New Asto- /
a, Flavel and Warrenton are the nat {
raj sites for their homes, and there I
icy will doubtless settle. /
Another question which has been ask (
is whether all this improvement and !
on the west side will NOT 1