The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-30
FORMAL OPENING
OF FLAVEL BRANCH
Excursion Of Prominent Citizens Gel
ebratrs an Event In ASto-
ria's History.
THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN

10 New Astoria Carries n Larg" Num'
bcr u Guests u; the Railroad Com
pany The Large piles of steel
Rails Steel ships.
Astorans turned out In fun force ycs'
trrday afternoon. nj the invitation OF
the A. and &. Il, r. u, CO.. to formally
celebrate the opening of the Flayci and
New Astoria branch of the road, Incl.
dcntall, the guests Of the occasion were
given tu opportunity To visit the Hotel
Flaycl. and the big steel ships now
dlschArEing rails az the Fl0vci dock
The excursion train left the city nt 1886
o'clock. and consisted of three cars well
nllcd with passengers stops were made
at Sunnymrnd. Warrcnton. Flavcl and
New Astoria The day was an admlra-
bic one for the event. being neither hot
nor cold. and the large crowd was evi-
drnCc ~ the general interest felt In the
work being done by the company IN
and about Astoria The following were
among the guests who accepted the hos
pltality of the company: DR. ALFRED
Kinney and wife. President T, II, Cur
tis. James Finlayson. W @ Gosslin and
wife. NJ J. Kinney and wife. Mr.. Mont
Eomcry. W. H. Adalr. Silns B. Smith.
G.. Il. Thomson. Joe Hoch. y. Morgan,
g. H. Powell a. J. Mcgler. Judge J. Q.
A. Bowlby Brcnhnm VanDusen and
wife. H. O. VanDusen and wife J. NJ.
Gillette and wife. Miss Alice Woods,
Captain Geo Woods. Miss Carter. sa-
lem. Mayor Taylor. Capt Thompson. OF
the Chelmsford. Captain Lewis, OF the
FulWood. Capt Jones. ~ the Twesdale.
Capt. Williams. OF the Melnwcn Capt.
stven. OF the NlthsIale, Il. NJ, Stuart,
Stevcdorc johnson. Col John Adair,
and Mrs, pr Adalr. @, c, Fulton and
wife. W. NJ LAForce and wife. h. +.
Allen. wife and daughter, J. II. Smith,
W. H. Watts. W W, Corey, W, T.
Clutter and wife, {, q. Palmbcrg. l. NJ,
Long. O. sovcy. Grant Trulhnger. 7.
Grant. Supt &. +. Lester. Andrew Dal-
CITY. Capt Reed Or J. A. Fulton, Max
Young. c. II Higgins and Wife, MIR.
Davis Hon. c w Fulton and wife,
James brown. Knappa Pat O'Hara, o.
Furshvrg G. +. Runyon, G. O. Moen,
Dr. August Kinney. W. W. Parker. a.
II. Cyrus, J. s. Dcllinger and wife, T..
j. Smith and wife. Miss Rove, Salt
Lake city. Judge Thomas 4. Mcbride.
q. W. Lounsbprry and wife. Alex Camp
bell and wife. Judge ]. II. u. Gray, A..
Gibbons. II. q. Smith and wife. Rev.
Mr.. Sclboldt. H. s worsley J, b. Wy
att f. l. Dunbar and wife. MIR. Barker
c. $. Wright. Or. Chance. +, c. Warren,
Lyman Kinney. p. A. Stokes, Mr. Hol-
way and wife, q, w Sanborn and wife,
II. NJ stuart u. X Warren, J. O. \.
Jameson, s II. Adair, Frank Warren
and wife. Mrs Carrie Nanpusen, c, j.
Trcnchard and wife, c. r. Smead, St
Louis. T.. Y. Henry. l. Bergman and
wife. \. L,berman. Il, S McEwan, the
first county clerk Of Clatsop county,
who served under Judge w. II. Gray
the Bard of Clatsop, Mr.. John Thomas,
members of the board OF equalization,
the grand and petit juries, and court
The first stop Of the special train was
made at Warrenton where all were
given an opportunity OF inspecting the
new depot and the improvements being
made at that point. The depot building
is "A commodious one. constructed on
modern plans, finished in hard wood.
and a model Of convenience for the bus
mess Of the public and the company.
II stands In the east end Of the Y where
the road switches on from the main line
for FlaveL While the train stood at
the depot yesterday the last spike was
driven on the new connecting the
main line with the branch on the right
hand side and the excursion train was
the first train to pass over the new
track. The whistle sounded and the
train moved on to the shop yards near
Alder Creek, Here another stop was
made while the guests were given an
opportunity to inspect the huge piles
of steel rails. the storehouse, and the
general plans for the improvements
soon TO be made at that point. 1t was
much Of surprise TO the majority Of
the people ON the train to see the tre-
mendous steel rails piled up like cord
wood in stacks as high as house, and
they began to realize something of the
stability and general excellent charac-
ter OF the railroad now under construc-
tion. Some twenty-four piles or stands
of rails were counted, and the founda-
tlons were being laid for another one,
as the party stood there In open-mouth-
ed wonder After some Of the gentle
men had counted all the rails in sight,
the train moved on to New Astoria, or
the end of the line. Here was seen the
site Of Mr.. NJ, j. Kinney's new salmon
cannery and the whole plan of the lit
tie town was explained by Dr. Alfred
Kinney. 1t is but n stones throw from
Fort Stevens. where the government
is now doing large amount of import
ant work The full plans and specih-
cations for the Kinney cannery have
been completed by the architect and in
clude eleven buildings, SOx12O feet, and
one central building 6Oxl2O feet, ranged