The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-19
THE RAILROADS
AND ASTORIA
What the Changes Now Being Made
Mean to the Future Port.
ASTORIA Is THE TERMINUS
Oi May Great Railroads Whose Interests
Nave Been con,olidated-O. Ran
Probably FARE Of nils Deal
ASTORIA Is THE TERMINUS

Gradually tho Aues are being drawn
together Wb.ch insure tho lmportan;
position the new Astoria railroad L. 10
occupy or the western railway map.
Every dag fprgcr a new link In the
'ham which soon Nill bind Astoria to
III" eastern part nf the world by rail.
Every Jay spcaa- louder thaa lts pre-.
d',rs""r 0f the H!sdom OF The plans
OF \. u Hammond and his ass ,cia;es
ANA every day only moro strongly sup
ports The predictions made by N. A..
to'iHn man months ago. To-day ano' aer
step has b~-n taken which reveals that
the \. y G.. H. H. Il. is e. part ~ Il
gigantic railroad and ,rans-Paclflc
'rai'c Hch"me backed by the only sue
ccasful western railroads and the grea;-
cs' ~ eastern trunk lines. /. m ist now
BE- admitted ,ha. James J. nm the
Great Northern railroad. c. p. Hunt.
lngton. the Southern Pacific. and The
NhndrrSiis arr an interested IN dcycl-
oplng the Pacnc Northwest. and that
o. '"' u 'nc E'heFa'
plan cannot be doubted for "A momeat
Mr. I'm has theories Of his own
about raIlrraiing the cornerstone of
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mage I" Taln' with some aEures II cost
per ton nile and a comparison ot "ha'
'hvsc hsulrs mean IN extra divl1v1is
u th"y could 'e "Ia"ed on some
"'hrr roads Fhr comparison ia not
just to the other roads. because the
competitive conditions arr very differ
cnl None the less. the iac' remains
that, taken all In AL business Is han
died at less cost on th" Great Northern
road than on any other railway In the
world MT I'M may not care much for
looks ana h. may not set great store
by the railway computations Of other
men or by their ideas But he knows
how TO run rallioad so that 1t can.
live and make money on business on
which most OF the companies would
starve. Presumably he VIII now apply
TINS knowledge to The Northern racine
The process Will mean something Ike
revolution In the methods OF the COM
pany, Probably 1t VIII also mean rev.
olution In the personnel Thlngs VIII
probably come about which VIII break
the hearts OF those to whom the old
Northern Paoitic associations are dear.
Everything VIII SO on a new OASIS ana
be run from new point OF view. iuch
will probably seem piuless. But
Northern Pacific Will make money
The most important Hnange that has
been made In the oregon Railroad y
Navigation Company since It's reorga-
nlzaton was made at the meeting of
the executive committee IN New YORK
yesterday, when Mr. L, a. Nohler' or
Minneapolis, nov general manager of
the Minneapolis 4 st. Louis was made
vice president and manager. This WIN
relieve President Mcneil of the duties
OF manager which he has assumed
temporarily since his election to the
presidency Of the road.
Mr.. A. l.. Mohler who will henceforth
be a prominent figure In Northwestern
railway circles, was born in EphrNa,
Pa, In lS49, and for years worked for
j. ]. Hill He entered railway service
In 1865 as warehouse clerk for the Chi
oago 4 Northwestern at Gait H. and
has since then been eonsecutively, IN
1870 station agent for the Rock Island
& st. Louis at Erie, lll.S In 1Sh' to oc-
tober. 1892. on the Burlington, Cedar
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