The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-18

n n undenstOod that the chamber ot
COmntcn'c n stnl pressing with the Ou.
t1loriiics at Washington tho uryort u,S'w'
stty tOr quarantine station ut thc mouth
" the columbia River \ mVmhcr VI
that body said hst cvcnlng dGW he did
mot know Iu',t What tho htsi steps were
that had h,vn takon by THAT hNly Tho
question ~ to b. presented To congress
now IN sytvsaa. and O., tmpor,apce can ho
fllly Valaed when thu ntct Is consljCrI
thU hN,llcs the lnc " steamers plying
between tho orient and the Columbia the
h,ot NJ ss,ilng ships to rhis port has bcu
laNrly incNasrd and tramp s,camcN
cOmng To tho Coun,ha Nr u ,s'ar NJ or
cgons @g wheat crop have never before
bSn ~ numerous ANY and al of thuc
shlS are nahlc to- brins dls,asc with
them aud Il they caiWo, be aNran,incd
hcrN,, thcy must ,a,il out of the port egaln
and 80 TO Fort ToNur'n.l, This pr,ScdmV
mcans a very great delay 20 commc'vc,
particularly Ia thc casc ot oriental trat.
nc where umc Il the chcr obicc,, NO
oi,c can bslmc the MEMBERS OF the PRO,
ggyVslvo Ase,s'k,,ton for their inIrrVst In
this magpr." said merchant yvsgOgNiay,
"tsecausc w mwst have vvery modcru
cwnvcOience aud all up-to-datc methods
aid Mrihths Cor handling traffic herr"
An OF the KlGslikrrs from Astoria who
sailed ON the Elder Sunday moradng had
Do trouble In getting thvyr outnr aboard
The prospcctos nom Portland kerc abso
cnahlcd 10 set their paraphanalia on the
sshtp. There was a muoh greater ruth At
10th PLACES tl,sn Was anticipated anal tho
agNNts or the ship gave pvGcrcncc to
gold seekers and ,hctr haggagr, In The
CONFUSION ocyS.sSioocd by the Tremendous
crowds NJ curiosity seekers at Portland u
a. learned tiat much stun was rushed
aboard which shouh have waited i,s turn
ON the next sh,p Nothing was loft be-.
hind at Astoria except gootsa destined
FOR branch Astoria Stor's in Skagwoy AMI
Dyea. Two morc vcsses viii b. added TO
the Columbia Ri,r. Alaskan ncc, during
this month. and It ~ anticipated that an
local h,SaDsSss cSn b. taken care OF No
doubt tfi"rc will D. great dcuEtild Cor
transportation from this port by eastern
partS,v' and Olrsudy tho steamer llncs from
Frisco Seattlc and Ticoul ARE bcginning
to fcd tho ,squcezc brought TO bear cOr
Recommendations II rs a forgonc con,
elusion chat there VIII unt b. steamers
enough OH tho A,chc, even Including
,hoSo TO he brough, around trom the At.
lan,ic. to take care Of tho passengers aoi
frslght that will b. r,R,hel TO Alaska dur.
INK the seasson Nstich hns alrcady CON.
mcnoed. These merchants and business
men who have Tor yc0rs had dealings
with tho Pacfc Const Steamship Com,
pany and the o. r. & n. CO .arc loud IN
tlldr praise OF the cficlrn, managrmcn,
Of those companies and ,hr s,ric, system
ut dis'dpllne observed by thcm They
agree that every effort will h. made TO
take olre OF tho local business. but Il Is
Acknowledged that the ,Sustcrncrs must
have some consideration Il ls thought
that with this two new steamers in scr.
vice ,heue viii b. little difficulty IN hand
llng tho busine,ss OF the Astoria businssss
firms as well as the gold seekers.
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