The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-01


est v Sollclt your business and cultivate
your good will"
Have you made. or are you expecting
TO make. any traffic connection win the
Union pa1nc sys.sn, and thus make
Astoria the outlet for wheat exporssTr
the Union Pacific system at present
does not extsnd any further ives, than
H1ntlngton Consequently 1t has been
impossible % make traffic connections
with them. Il is reprted that they will
SON take over She o. r. & n. This.
bowsyer. Is a question that know ncth-
lng zboo,. The Astoria raliroad Is ready
10 make traffic connec.ion. not only win
ue Union Pachc but with any other road
thar wishes To DO business With ~
"Is 1t FkeIy that the Union Pacific will
extend to Puget s1und over the Northern
lines, and will thai misitate against the
development Of the Columbia river out
ietT'
"That is a question cannot answer" "
what do you think our people should
DO % advance the interests OF AssorlS?"
Go to work and quit Aowling calamity;
quit trying to sell town lots for more
than uhsy are worth Put your money
into saw mills 4 you have It. or offer
Inducements to Those who have It &c
come here and establish them. Develop
the reso1rces Of ehe country such as the
coal mines. etc. and town lots viii take
care q themselves" -
Can you state how soon. Il at al.
your extension to Neralem or the TIL
smook country will be commencedT'
1--WE have no intention Of extending our
read to Nehaiem or the TillauSOok corrA-
try. Something may be done in the
future but the period Is TOO remote for
any calculation a; the present time"
what about your extension TO Fort
stevens7"
"rhat will be pushed as rapidly as
possible"
Astoria wants common point rates
Mr.. Hammond. What can YOU promise
in that dirscsSOn?"
"a majority OF the people In Astoria
have an idea that their town viii not be
of much mporsaase unless they get the
wheat shipments. Long before there
was any wheat shipped from Puge, sound
the lumber Industries Ehere. had built up
good many very prosperous communi-
ties. Ssat;le and Tacoma were large and
iourishing towns before uhey shipped a
hushel OF waeat. AstDria Is the center
a a country that has great resources in
timber and coal, but her citizens have so
fer failed to develop them. 1t cannot
be dime by Issuing literature. 1t requires
hard work. A short time ago the citizens
of Asbany. in me Willamette valley.
raised the money TO buy land 10 donate
TO u saw mill ccmpany. This mia. when
built. will nearly double the population
OF Albaay. II a saw mm man came to
Astoria tomorrow, where could he obtain
a location for his mill, The whole coun-
try from JOhn Days river TO Fort Stev-
ems, distanSe OF nearly 10 miles, is plat
ted for town lots and held al prices that
are so high 1t would prevent any one
from engaging in the milling business.
Everybody will admit that the building
of two or three large saw mills here
would double the population Of the city
and increase the valuation OF the property
TWO fold. But Notwithstanding this, the
property owners wbuld make the persons
who are wiling to establish saw mills
pay dearly for the privilege Of doing so.
A friend of mine has just returned from
Puget sound and informs me that at the
Port Blakely saw mill alone he saw IA
vessels in the process Of toadsng. The
saw mills at Tacoma and elsewhere were
equally busy in furnishing lumber for the
export trade. What difference here at
Astoria. Not vessel?"