The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-06
THE BEGINNING
OF THE END
Bids Called for Tor the Construction
Of the Balance Of the 4. q
{. X. Railroad.
PATIENCE HAS MS REWARD
Lias From seaside 10 the StS SeoH Bay De-
pot kill Soos be 10 Operations Grade
kofk TO C0mHtses betNtta
TosgSs foist aAd Gobls.

The beginning Of tho end Of Astoria'u
railroad difficulties 10 nov At hand. The
long expected has arrived Patience has
been rewarded. Tho development Of As
torla's natural resources ana the building
up OF tho port OF the Columbia will com
mcncs at once. In keeping with his
promises. the matter OF II depot Fi,s hAv-
ing been satisfactorily ssttsd. Mr. Ham
I mond has lnaugnrnted the work ef con-
structon Of tho balance Of the line be-
tween burnside Point and Gobie. and tho
trsstlinE along tho clty's wAtsr front
Tho following telegram received ysster-
day afternoon. speaks for itself;
Portland. or. May 9Th. isS6
Editor Astorian. Astoria. or; -
Please insert the following proposals
I In your paper until May i2th;
Proposals for construction work OF
Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
Sealed proposals will bo received by the
Northwest Construction co a. the offlces
Of the Astoria and Columbia River Rail-
road Company Astoria. oregon. until
noon. May 9Th. iss6. for the construction
Of the grade OF said railroad from the
eastern end Of the portion row under
contract. to Gohlc or vicinity. n distance
Of about Il miles also for construction
OF about 7On0 feet OF trcstle along the
water front OF the city OF Astoria Ap-
proved bonds will bc required Of the sue
cessful bidders, Plans and 1pecincationA
can bc seen AZ tho company's once IN
Astoria. The rlght 90 reject any and all
bids IN reserved"
A. Il. HAMMOND.
Tho nrst notice that the railroad en-
gincers and railroad officlnls In this city
had Of tho intention to call for bids 80
soon. was when the above dispatch was
seen on tho Astorian's bulletin board yes
terday afternoon. In conversation with
~ Aptorian representative. one OF Mr.
Hammopd's assistants said that this call
for bids meant IN" complete conatruc-
tion ot the railroad through the city
from the bridge at Young's hay 20
point about thousand feet east OF the
Scow Ray depot site. and that as out
lined a few days ago In these columns.
trains will be running In the new cen-
tral depot for the handling Of summer
travel To the seaside At the same time
construction viii he pushed forward on
the grade from the east end OF tho sec
ton now under contract with Corey
Brothers TO Gohlc. distance OF about
forty-sevcn miles Mcssrs. Larsen &
Grccnough, the Montana contractors. as
well ~ Corey Brothers and several other
parties. already have their bids pre-
pared TO submit ON the date ,ncclhei IN
the advertisement Tho time given for
putting IN the bids II short hut Is prob
ably all that is necessary and q l. Inn
portant nt the prcscnt that ~ ntNe
time he lost as possible Good weather
will be hcrc IN a few days and every
hour OF the summer season will he utll-
lied IN order TO accomplish as much com
structiun as possible before next winter
a leading business man Yesterday said
that after all of the hard work and long
night on tho part OF the committee 10
secure the depot site which more than
sevcnty-nvo per cent OF the public
thought was Rp impossihlllty Astorians
might well congratulate themselves upon
the success attained and should also take
great pride In the fact that they had
secured such efficient committees to ham
die their affairs. The summer season
Is lust about TO opcn and very happily
with It will he opened the principal part !
Of the construction on Astoria's railroad.
The building OF substantial roadbed |
is difRcult matter az any season NJ the |
year, ana is II particularly hard propos- 1
tion during m oregon winter IL Il n /
comparatively easy matter TO lay rails /
and build pile bridges, but 10 throw \
up solid roadhed is quite another thing.
Another thing which Astorlans can
he proud Of Is the fact that after thirty |
years spent In efforts to secure rail- I
road. and the unsuccessful attempts OF Z
many 1would-he projectors and contract
ors, they have been 80 successful In the /
midst Of the hardest financial times pos (
sibly ever known In this country. ana .
the general depression of business on the ,
Pacific Coast, In securing such man /
as A. r, Hammond to carry out their ]
most cherished plans With all the riches .
OF an Oriental empire at its DOORS with /
resources sufficient to support a kingdom. |
md with forest preserves Of such a
rs would supply the world /
for years with timber. Astoria has
been unable TO develop lll this wealth
simply for the lack OF sixty n Hes Of
railroad, Now that the railroad will
be matter of past history within
lew months this greatest OF Northwest
1arhors will take Its rightful place among
The commercial centers OF the world. No
power can retard Its growth or prevent
The attainment and maintenance OF the
destined to he It's rich wealth
n the near future"
simultaneously with the construction OF
he road, will be built .he central depot
IN the Scow Bay site. The architects
have the plans near completion and
when certain details OF construction
iave been agreed upon they can be nm
shed upon short notice. Mr. Hammond
$ expected TO arrive the latter part Of
he week and President Curtis, OF the
Northwest Construction Company, will
'eturn from Portland today. Chief En-
ylneer Jameson. and his associates, are
working day and night on profles and
pecihcations. Every detail of the work
viii he reduced to fine point, and when
construction commences II can 20 for
ward rapidly and without hindrlnce OF
my kind.
Many large deals are on hand among
historians and certain foreign property
wners, looking to the development OF
nnumerable enterprises dependent upon
md expansions OF the railroad construc-
Ion, To make this one OF the greatest
eaports and commercial centers of the
country there Is an immense amount OF
YORK to he done In the building M of
'reat enterprises necessary to carry on
| large trade Besides the railroad shops
ound houses. switch yards, coal stations
md ocean wharves, there must be n
Try dock OF sufficient capacity to accom-