The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-14
rliE TELEGRAM REipHTER
MlSQuuTED WILLIAM REID
ile Dor- Noi Think Astoria r. Chasing
poIuslon in lirr seaport Gains
lLs Nrhllrm Road scheme

/ PORTLAND. May Editor As,uflan.
Referring Goo your remarks in today f.
/ Aaiofau regarding myself you do mo an
.lnJurtr, BOO ,rgiluug mr with certain
statement. alleged t0 has, been made by
me in ,hc Evening" Telegram. without
nrs' asking me whether J dli uf dd ~,
make the statements.
never said ,nru that Astoria was
OF had brrn chasing Wild visions ami
|upu,al illusion. of great seapoft' as
10 know better nor did ray cecondl
thal Astoria cannot hops 90 compete with
Portland O., secure Yaqu,na and Ti.la-
nook has lumber or any other trade
What { d,d say. TO the surprise of tho
I reporter War that nature had given AZ
tora WITH \ RAILWAY. "a, rl.l con-
troll VI EVERY ACRE or LAND In tho
Iccn,ral ana upper Nehalcm countries.
which had gi0s0 acres or forests of
7 timber Of pine cedar and mr. whereof
/ IDiuU acres alone were in the basin OF
/ The Nchalcm river itrr.f whose trees are
over 80 fee, high and average - To 70
~ choice trees 10 the acre three to seven
fc,r 90 diameter ! further said lhat the
timber bel, tributary 10 Astoria IN the
NchAlcm contains ONE HUNDRED
uliL.ION FEET az LUMBER standing
in the tree according to United States
estimates every foot OF which ! said
would 80 TO Astoria direct. and no,
passenger nor pound OF freight 10 or
from the Nvhalcm country would ever so
20 Portland. WtrH AN ASTORIA AND
SEHALEM RAILWAY IN OPERA
TluN In replying TO the reporters
question whether railroad line car
ryIpg saw logs from Nrhalcm TO TIL
lamook TO be- manufactured at Astoria
direct would benefit Astoria. | replied
i, would not for the reason that as
Trlamook and Nchalcm bays were both
under United states harbor improve
mcnis vessels carrying lumber made by
Mmhcrmvn at Nchalom and Tilamook
bays exported ihcrcfrom seawards would
do so at 81 per i00 feet cheaper than
Astoria, FOR the reason that Astoria
would have to pay an extra rail haul
or transportation of logs going to thai
city, whereas Astoria's position with
the inner Nohacm country was alto.
gcthcr different There away from the
competition of the Columbia river and
sea coast ports, no possible opposition TO
Astoria could succeed with "a miles OF
railway TO Youngs hay from the Ne
halrm country and therefore Astoria
would have an exclusive monopoly In the
transportation TO. and In the manufac-
,urc ana cXpor, OF one hundred billion
feet " lumber ~ Astoria from the Ne
ha,cm and Upper Nchalcm basin and
tributaries Furthermore. an lumber
grown ABOVE Mlshawaka noated
down the river from points 50 miles
above the Ncharm railroad terminus
would be stopped by dams placed there,
and the Nehalem bay, Is miles below
same, would be shut of from say logs
trNccpt those grown around and above
The Nchalcm bay itsclO thus rendering
a. | said, scarcely possible Tor any rail-
road from Astoria terminating at Ne
hul,m bay, to receive any great volume
Il lumber in competition with that lum-
her received from the central and upper
Nrhalem country going to Astoria via
Saddle Mountam railway, especially as
1t would be- carried In competition with
that lumber which millmcn on Tllmmook
and Nchalcm bays were exporting In
yargocs scawards from these ports.
regret somehow that every time I
cudeavor TO do something for Astoria, .
Portland people or newspapers become
i,ulous and as q result my actions are
1t is however, greater
regret To me that Astoria newspapers
do so readily credit these alleged mis-
statements towt, that Dundee Reid
Ws YOU crroueously call mel is opposed
to the progress Of Astoria as a future
shipping seaport when the facts are
otherwise, WILLIAM REID.