The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-27
ASTORIA WILL BE THE
GREAT EXPORTING POINT.
The Eastern Visitor Says This Clty's SIT
uatlon VIII Secure for Her the
Commercial Plum.

so you want my idea as 70 whether the
Golden Gate OF the Columbia Gateway
will De the greater seaportT'
The Eastern Visitor was down on the
dock yesterday gazing In evident admlra-
lion at the great river when the Scribe
approached him.
Doubtless. Astoria will get the plum.
II will capture all the new China and
Japan 'round-thc-world' traffc from san
Francisco-not merely because this Is a
better harbor. as showed you before:
Astoria has several other points In her
favor. She Is 60 miles by one route ana
iSO miles by the other lhon1lllu route
nearer the Oriental trade than san Fran
cisco. She has the Columbia gorge
through the Cordllleras range Tor a wter.
level rate 10 New York. while san Fran.
cisco has 20 climb an extra 500 feet over
the same range. She has actual distance
OF 1872 TO 9ooO miles inner favor 20 say
nothing of water-lcyel grades. She IA In
about the same latitude with New York,
while San Francisco Is 6O miles further
south. She Is In the center ot the Ameri.
can coast line. so the transconunentals
can readily unite upon her 10 make one
great American port. san Francisco Is
too FAR south Tor that, and ls shut IN. be-
Sides. by mountains an around.
In fact. Mr.. Huntington realized this
great truth when he promoted your trunk
line road. He did Il 10 unite the American
roads against the Canadian 20 get that
Oriental trade
1t Is plain Puget sound will not be In
H. for that trade. Astoria bay viii cap
ture IL. too. from English bay and the
Canadian. tor reasons / could give you
II had time"
''Can you tell Us. then, why the dance
does not begin? We have the railroad.
and the Oregonlan Is jering US because
We are not shipping wheat and there Is
no stir In our property. What Is the
hltch?"
1T is very simple. my friend" said the
Jolly Visitor. Your railroad is not yet
completed. The construction company
has until January /. 1880. to finish It. The
road bed is not up to grade. II Is not ne
for heavy wheat trafic yet But II Is
built for that: sabe? The great interests
that are behind Mr. Hammond are in no
feverish haste. / notice Mr.. Hammond
has called for bids on a new warehouse at
Scow bay. II Is to be fitted with all the
scientific appliances for wheat cleaning
why don't you have a move In real
estate? Simply because the people OF the
country are uncertain as yet whether
your railroad is 10 be local road or an
exporting road. The moment they learn
II is 10 be the latter. your move will be-
gin. Your folks have cried, wolf. wolf"
so long they doubt II there Is any such
animal. The great interests behind the
enterprise are not In the booming busl-
ness. So they keen their own counsels
But ! would not be surprised II some
heavy bonding Of real estate occurred be-
fore next Christmas. Mansell might tell
you something. II he would
Can you say whether our railroad will
become part Of the o. X. q ". system
next january" asked the Scribe.
well really have no positive inform
alton on that subject But II Is not
necessary that II should be In order for
this 70 be the exporting point II Port
land capital had cry-baby sense II surely
would be. But Mr. Hammond and his
friends have only to put wheat buyer
here and arrange with the o. X. & N.
70 turn over It's loaded cars TO the a. X
c. K. X. Then your road will haul all
the wheat. because your buyer can under
bid all other ports. My private opinion
ls, though. that the o. X. & n. and the
Oregonlan will come around about that
time"