The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-23
ORECON'S IMPORT
AND EXPORT TRADE
What Is Necessary to Put 1t 10 the
Front Rank.
QUARANTINE STATION NEEDED
Dry DOCK Comes NeNt. and Astoria an
Portland Must rull To0e,htt--
Coal Bunten Mated
QUARANTINE STATION NEEDED

There are mossbacks both IN Portland
and Astoria" These were the words o.
Mr Frank woo,sey. agent OF tho new iln'
OF Oriental steamers 10 the Columbi,
jus, established by the o. Il. a n. co.
when talking TO an Astorian reporter
yesterday.
Some day. both Portland and Astoria
viii wake up to nnd ,ha, they are sin
asSccp In the arms OF the century o'
'has-bccns' There are live men IN both
cities. am glad TO cay. but they ar.
not In the majority. II is a great pleas
ur, to learn OF tho existence IN Astoria
of such an organization as your newly
established Astoria Progressive CONNER
clnI association, and prcdio, they Will
accomplish great things for Astoria. ~
w,li as me whole Columbia river There
are several crying necessities which one
of It's member. t,ols me will hc taken
up at once with vgor.
Tho o. II. & y. Co. has don n 'or
tho state OF oregon. and W r. lis p rs-
cnt vigorous management, h loing r. re
than ever before to huiid up or iGa is
tries. commerce and agriculture The
road is being rcbun, IN places. curves
have bccn strulghtcncd out and grades
reduced The great through line via the
Union Pacific has been rccpvned, but
most important OF an. a frs, c.Iss, mod
crn steamship line with the Oriont has
been established. The hrst steamer. the
Bracmar, I expect, viii arriv here In the
Here IN the opportunity of As
toria and Portland 20 compete with san
Fanclsco on the south. and the Canadian
Pacific at Vancouver and the Northern
Pacific at Tacoma. on the north. II
supported, We are here 10 stay The
light is yours. Don't be backward abou,
coming forward We need your work
as wcsl as moral support Work for the
line. as the Seattle fellows do for their
projects. There are no moSsbacks there
give us your good viii and p,al together.
both Astoria and Poruand. and We win
win,
There Is one matter OF prime import
ancc. needed Immediately at Astoria
and that is u government quarantine sta
tion. We do not want to bring small
pox here, nor DO We expect to. but the
laws are strict and H. perchanoc, there
should b. any mlshap, what does 1t
meane our boats would have TO 80 to
Port townsend ana stay there In quar-
lntinc the limit of ume, thus greatly
lcOlying the discharge OF cargo and the
handling OF business. Tho Chamber OF
Commerce OF Portland has the matter
up with congress- of the establishment
,f quarantine station at the mouth of
he Columbia river, and understand
your Chamber of Commerce has taken
similar action. Or, j, a, Fulton. your
health officer here, and Or. Perry. marine
surgeon at Portland, are both heartily
n favor of tho station and have done
al they could for II. No results have
get been achieved. Astoria and Portland
must join hands and vigorously push the
matter with the department and with
congress Never let up. 1t is OF para
mount importance. Our line NJ boats will :
,c here regularly, and other ships from
foreign ports are arriving an the time,
md many more viii come in the future.
/ understand a bill has passed the house
md gone to the senate, Some one should |
amp lnWashington and watch this mat |
Ter and SEQ that It Is not allowed to get
II could easily be done. ana !
energy win do IL. Your new association
believe viii have hand in It, DR.. /
Fulton or Dr. Perry can tell you the I
exact stanis of the matter today. But
work Is what is wanted and hard work.
We cannot AFFORD to sit down, like Mi |!
,awber. to see what will turn up. AS !
.ora, beirg the harbor at the mouth |
1f the river, should take the lead, rather =
than merely abet the action Of Portland. +
,rt both together with a long, strong