The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-31

old-T.mc Promoter Says Taa, % Arty
70 Good Faith ia TIDE South Coast
Proposition

PORTLAND. March &-EjJj1r A..
,orian: Under the headline "rha gmgk
and The Dead. YOU DO my .hc bouur n
last Wednesdays Astorlau 90 say lmorg
other statements equally erroneous .n.
following:
First, that an As.orian reporter bad
seen William Reid In Portland etc This
is untrue. as I have not There spoken n
any Astoria gentleman. cxerp. 49, J
Kinney Dr. A. c. Kinney and g.. G..
Norton since / returned TO oregon. .al
sidney Del! passed me- on th. .-r,r
three yards on Ju. did uo. =n,lk goo ne
at all.
Second, that the electric nr, 1r .nl-f
which once animated his ,Mr R.un
face Is now gone. and Instead hu .. roA
Ia ilabby-facad old man. withou, energy
ete. This latter allegation is 500 contrary
20 the fact that perhaps ,Ae kinney
brothers will convince you o,hrrwls.
Third you say that after my return
TO Portland recently / started a schemr
for coal railroad 10 Dee strictly A Port
land road, running out from the Nor h.rn
Pacific lyou say up 70 scappos. sor lG
miles to The Nehalem coal fields. bu, That
In this he Re.u has faned-rYIrn.sl
Pardon me saying this is all false as..
pure Imagination. AND YOU KNOW
NOT what 1 may DO ln the fuur. In tac
Nehalem and no other man know tH
MT even myself
Fourth. you say he DRe.N secuted tnc
.dea Of settling the bills aga.us, th. A..
'oria & South Coast railroad. answer
Why should I pay the same? ! was never
70 siockhoIder In that railroad company
except for one share to qualify m.
lis president ! never took a contract l
build .'s railroad. and 90 the Pr..n.
Construction Company. which l.g aar.
tract 10 build It's railway from ... son.
side 70 H'llsbor1, had but i.w shares
all fully paid up Fur'harmo-. 'Nat
company turned over 20 j.. Il. warren
and Judge BOWIby, as trustee. lgr .t.
creditors note for 34Og0 du, by .hc
+ q ". V. Il. Il. Co for work f. al
On that line which note these ,rue'..q
compromised with and received from tho
Southern Pacific Company il large sum
paid to them by its creditors a, Astoria
Again, / did what no otner s.ockho'der
or person IN Astoria did do. namely
while the road was under construction
although ] never subscribed my name 10
the stock Of the Astoria & South Cons
railway lOr contracted wuh l 10 4upply
money 10 build the roadJ ncyer.hclegg
advanced OUT Of my own pockp, Sl5,eo
In gold coin, MERELY AS A CRED.
ITOR. all Invested In and upon the con
structlon Of the grade and surveys from
Seaside 20 HilisbJrO, Dcfor. the bonds
were sold. This / did unhesllaungy. ba-
cause tirsO knew that when the South
Coast railway reached the Neha.cn va
ley from Astoria, 1t would then carry the
enormous resources off 23f,Gy acres Of
land now In that valley, lNCLJDTNG
COAL, to the city Of Astoria, and / did g..
lsecondJ In order 10 show t0 the bond
holders the confidence which N. prcsi-
dent Of the railway (myscD had In ms
success. since it was necessary
that the first 10 miles beyond graride
easteriy should be in running operation
before The Astoria & South Cons, rail-
@aV could get any money from our
promised bondholders; furthermore BY
unanimous resolution Of the Astoria dlrrc.
tors Of the A. & s. G. r. r., passed
AFTER The moneys had been expended
on the grade (which seeJ, a final and mii-
.ual settlement Of accounts was made
between tho A. & s. c. 4. K. Co. ana
The construction company Of all disputes
between them wherein the railroad CON-
)any agreed to traHsfcr-AND DuDl
las deeds on county record
II Hillsboro SNOWFALL IT'S interests IN
hat road-gr3de and surveys and rlrht
Jf-way between Seaside and Hillsboro 70
The Portland, Nehalem and Astoria Ran
way Company and to lts assigns.
All this Is well known in Astoria, and
you knew that I did not as
5ume, nor was liable for. any debts Of
The A. g. s. e. X. r. Hence. from a re-
view Of the erroneous statements in the
Astorian Of last Wednesday, coupled with
he fact that a few prominent citizens
IF Astoria (Which, / am told, you also
knew had invited me 10 reside perman-