The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-08
WHY DOESN'T HAMMOND
EXTENDED TO NEHALEM.
W. s Reid Thinks Astoria Cannot Grow
yesy Fas WEtaon a Railroad into
the valley.

PORTLAND, Aug I--Editor AsrOrian:
TIE growing o. cities depends largely
upon the lndiyidAaI energies cf the
members Of the community cooperating
together eyea whsrs natural advantages
are against them. as, witness the growth
Of Portland in IT, early days But whsn
We add to this the extra natural resour.
ces in and surrounding AaOrsa why
Is ii thar even with trans-continentaI
railway she moves 50 slowly.
From experience Of Astoria can answer
ihIs question X Is Because OF lack OF
en-operation and u anEed action Of
her psale.-sfoplng against hope shat
some Wizard viii appear ard place As
terra, as he ehl Portland. uron the
pinnacle Of progress. That Is why As
,oria people hoped that Mr.. A. B. Ham.
usond after he built your railroad. As
toria to Goble. would follow with his
syndicate in building Up everything eise
to make Astoria large city.
Whsle caaza, hs.p thanking that
were Mr.. Hammond al the small ex-
pense Of a7s,2ss to build sA miles from
his cIatsop Cry junction to the Neha-
.sm, Aiding that small sum to the three
millions OF dollars he tells me he has
already spent for Assoras benefit.
he would with that extension alone
yield thrse times his railways present
revenue, and doable In few years the
popuiasion q Astoria Ye. remember
he and his syndicate have done all they
agreed to do and reIgiously performed
their contr,o, and there is no obligation
upon him to do more.
Il is true as Mr.. Hammond says that
the Nehaism timber resources VIII alone.
il devsoped. double the popu,ataon Of
your city. and It is also true. as the
6les Of the As,or.an can testify in 1880
and 1891, that especially urged to the
hoard o. directors Of the A. & S. c. rail-
way thar their cooperation in taking
their railroad to the Nehalem river would
add three times the wealth to Astoria
that dlreo; line into Portland would
DO Via the columosa river To say that
Astoria can load u to Il ships at one
time wlgh lumber as Port Blakely now
does without the Nehalem valley is absos
lutely impossible, and {, seems ooolish
for any person to make that assertion.
hold thai without railroad TO Neha-
lem the city OF Astoria Will remain as
she Is now, or at the best carry oat the
Dutchman's motto Of moving an inch
an hour But give Astoria the local rail-
way, either VIA YOungs river or up the
Lewis and Clarke, as an independent
railroad company direct into Astoria
thai is to say If Mr.. Hammond is not
to connect the Nehalem with his own
seaside line at Clatsop junction Cfor no
third party would build to the latter and
let Mr.. Hammond divide the Transports
tlon business with him and pay terminal
faculties to cross his railroad bridge,
and guarantee that in very few years
Ascoria will have larger export and
foreign trade than Port Bhkely has to-
day, aud the same facilities and rates
per railroad to eastern and western
states as Seattle. How are we to get
that Nehalen railway you win ask? BY
co-oparl;lon Of the people Of Astoria
alone in uniting upon one route and back.
ing some capalist who win build it for
them. But is this cooperation possible?
can hardly believe it why? Because
already although I have over 100000 of
my money invested in the old grade be-
yond Clltsop CITY, Portland lawyers.
representing old Astoria and Portland
railway companys interests, write me
Threatening to stop me with a lawsuit
s. try to get certain persons to build
that railroad via my grade on Lewis and
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