The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1897-12-31

Railroad Speculation.

From the Corvallis Times.
What are Hammond's plans? The
question is perplexing, and more than
one Corvallisite is worrying over 1t. So
much concern aver the railroad profile m
has not been felt in this town in many
long month as lie felt at this time. The
latest announcements have net filed
Corvallis people with boundless JOY =.
They no not know exactly what the
matter is, but a condition OF uncertainty
and doubt is oil them. The Corvallis
& Eastern" with one long prong ending
at Malheur and another in Pendleton
and with offices located in Albany. is no
sunbeam or glad sweet cong or free tick
ct to q circus to the average Corvallis
ite.
"Do you suppose they will move the
headquarters to Albany, and If SO,
when ?" 1t was an old citizen who spoke
and the lump in his throat as he groaned
out the question was apparently as big
as q rutabaga. al have seen the ra'l.
road offices here under Nash, under
Billy Hoag, under Hadly, under Char
lev Clark and under Stone, have watch.
ed them when the big guns, the clerks
ard the tiunkies were as thick as flies in
Q sugar barrel, and I've seen them when
the whole biliu wouldn't make a settin
I e. af
watched tbs different men come and go,
the old ones dfoppin of like autumn
isaves, With reG ones to bub out in
their places. and in all the dozen or
more years this thing has been Toin on,
the Offices ssem to belong here, and
dang me il can stand TO see them taken
away"
But il 10 not altogether the threat o.
moving the headquarters that posters
the people. An aSsorbin question is,
''does Hammond intend to build the
Corvallis & Eastern across the noun
tains for the purpose OF connecting il
with the Astoria road to be used specific
ally in booming Astoria, or will q por-
tion OF the extension aud tle traffic i;
will bring he devoted 10 the develop
rnent OF the Yaqulna Fon,eT' 1t was
another old citizen who spoke, bIt there
vas no ruixbass in MS lsrynx. "As
take 1t. " he proceeded. "Hammoud can
nov MAKE heap of money By booming
Astoria. The people there gave him a
great bonus in land and to~n lots and
his reward for his energy in giving
Astoria q railroad after 30 many Others
had failed, will be found n selling this
Astoria property at big prices. This will
tempt hiu' 10 maneuvsr Lie railroad in.
teresls 90 they will do the ui.ermosi
10 boost Astoria and her toxin lots.
'Now on the other hand" continued
this philosopher, "ihe property at Va.
quina that would be doomed by aEy big
railroad development there don't belong
to Hammond. Hammond has there
only few acres OF tide land and il 10
no. even on ,hese iha. his terminal
kt0AbNrt suOPe W 5sEEA u NAf ktAekt
stand. All Of these aprurssnances 10
the railroad line are on the lands Of the
Hoags ard Goes and others. and Ham
moud like any other keen. calculating
business man, does no; make II his bus
insss to spend his money 10 boom the
property Of others without hope Of get
ting slice OF the prosperity himself
This Is exactly what take TO be ine s,i-
uatiCn. aud l tel! yoa il there ever vas
a time when people in this section
should stand together aud pull hard for
the awarding of the contract for i'm d.
provemsnt Of Yaquina IL is now. The
awarding of tina: conirse, would do.
just now wha. nothing else would do.
viz. it would insure for all time an open
harbor and a big traffit through tie
port to the sea."