The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-20
AGREEMENT ARRIVED At
SAWMILL PROPOSAL REDUCED
TO WRITING BY GOSSLIN
Committee VIII Commence Work
Monday Morning No Posi-.
bility Of Failure.

| w. Whpplc. =. w Fulton. B. Van Du-
sen. ] r Ross. Martin Foar1. r. 4.
Fisher ana j. Q. 4. B1wIby and " O.
Gosslin. representing A. r. Hammond
and his business associates II was I'm
ally agreed yesterday that the work
/ of securing the concessions asked by
the intending investors would be under
taken. The proposal was discussed az
great length and the committee had a
! thorough understanding of affairs be-
| fore entering into the agreement. In
substance the agreement arrived at
and signed By Mr GOzsl!n Is as fol-
lows:
Flrs,--That Mr. Hammond and his
associates will proceed with the con-
Etrucllon of a sawmlli having a capa-
city " not leas than 10000 feet per
day u iwcniy-four hours Immediately
upon receipt Of deed 10 the Tongue
POiu, sawmIll site and a right Of way
leading 10 the site.
sccond-Tlat hey will proceed at
once with the construction of al nee
,raary buildings for nourng mill
plant having Il capacity of no. less than
1000 barnA per iay Of twcntylour
hours and install as soon as praciica-
b:e an necessary mnchinery required for
plan, having capacity " 800 bar
rcis per day OF twen,y.four hours az
soon as a deed for the Wes, Astoria
site tbciwesn the SEASIDE and Cooper
alive cinnericsl Is furnished. and pro-
ylded lurthcr tina, the people of the
city shall subscribe Tor $4,000 OF the
capital st3,E II the Touring mill COM
plny. which Is 20 b. incorporated for
100000. Ten thousand dollars worth
Of stock will be applied as part pay
mcnt FOR the site
II Is specifically agreed tina; the two
propositions shall be considered to-
gether at all times. ana that II one
falls the other shah likewise BE- in
operative.
The committee was particularly anx-
ious ina. there should be no delay In
the work Of building the mill, and a,
first thought Q, might be- advisable %
wire Mr Hammond. 80 that there
could not b. any possibility OF a mis-
understanding The committeeman all
expressed the utmost faith IN Mr.. Goss-
lin hu,. as the matter was one OF busi-
ness and u vital interest 10 Astoria
people they felt that taclt under
stan ling with Mr. Hammond should be-
had However lt was finally decided
thar Mr. Hammond should no, ~ COM
mun.caFi with until after the FIRST
days work O, course. Mr. Gossl.n is
Mr Hlmmond's representative and
there could hc no misunderstanding
but the committee has laid sentiment
as,d, ami confined itself 20 business.
dealing with the we.l-knowu Astoria
enthusiast as ,hev nigh, have dealt
wl,h a total stranger. To this arrange
men, Mr. GoSslin was perfectly agree
able realizing that Astoria had been
disappointed many times Ia the past
Hnd that there was every reason FOR
the prevention of any misundersiand-
ing now. when the frs, legitimate pro-
p1sI, tor she advancement; of the city
s being considered
ON Monday the committee viii COM
meucc It's work Already The plan OF
action has been outlined. ana the COM
mi;tee Will proceed In the same !n,el-
llgent and confident manner that char
actcrizri IT,, successful effort 20 get
$4,000 FOR an export sawmiil At the
end of the day Mr.. Hammond will be
communicated with ana his signature
90 the necessary agreement secured /
"Of course this proposal is made In /
good faith ana Mr.. Hammond and his
associates mean 20 carry out to the let T.
tor the agreement made for them bv
Mr.. Gossln." said Committeeman T.
Wh.pplc last evening "Bu; It might Z
be- well 10 let the people OF the city .
know tha, there will be a Touring and [,
sawmil here even II the present propo- !
slt,on falls through We will secure .
the sites and THE necessary $4,000
worth OF stock. and should Hammond .
md II impossible 10 build his mills, We
viii ofrcr the inducements to other men
who have been interested during the
past week. Several outside capitalists ,
want 20 80 In here on Just such a prop /
ositon. So no matter what transplres, /
Astoria viii have a 25O,OOO-foot saw.
mill and a 5OO-barrel Touring mill
You may likewise assure the public .
that the $4,000 proposition which the
Sawmll committee recently floated is in
no way affected by Mr., Hammond's Of
fer, That $4,000 will be used for the
purpose FOR which It was subscribed,
think II Is pretty generally under
stood that there is plenty OF room here
FOR more than one mill, and the COM
mittee intends carrying out its original
plan OF securing Hammond Dozen
fourteen The success with which we
have met has greatly encouraged us.
We have communicated with num-
Der Of outside capitalists and have
been assured that plenty of money can
be secured for investment here. Our
field OF operation is not limited. and
before we get through with our hot
air schemes we will have a city at the
mouth Of the Columbia that will make
Oregon's ches; expand with pride"
Mr. Whlpple also made the interest
ing statement that as soon as the
Hammond proposition Is finished a per-