The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-25
EXTENT OF MILL SITE
ONLY EIGHTY ACRES INTONGUE
POINT PROPERTY
Erroneous Belief Regarding the
Matter Corrected by Mr.
B Van Duscn.

Through an unfortunate conclusion.
hastily arrived at the belief has be-
come general In Astoria that Mr. Ham
mon1 and his associates have made un-
reasonable demands on the people Of
this city for the establishment Of the
sawmIll ana Touring mill. That this
erroneous belief f1r which The Morn
ing Asiorian was nnocenIy responsible
IN large measure. should not heretofore
have been corrected seems almost in
credible II has served 10 give 10 the
whll. proposal a backset that threat
ened 10 result In signal failure. The
Astoran and other city papers have
| persisted IN statements that the acre.
age asked FOR was out of all reason.
considering the magnitude Of the pro-
posed enterprises The papers Of the
city have not been ac:uated In this
matter bv any spirit Of malice. but
have published w1at they and even
members o. the sawm.ll committee BE-
l!eysi 20 b. correct
The spbIoined letter was prepared
yesterday afternoon. II thoroughly
explains the eKten, Of both the sites
asked. and puts an entirely new phase
on the situation. tn" letter follows.
/ ASTORIA. oct. 2l-(Edtor Morning
Notwithstanding The :wo prop'si-
/ lions that have been submitted 10 the
citizens by Mr Hammond and asso-
clates. the committee desires 20 make
the following statement. which has
been prepared after making fair ex-
, animation:
Proposition l. which pertains 10 the
sawmlll site. contains approximately 50
acres Of upland. comprising the neck
Of lanl on Tongue Point through which
7 the railroad passes. The land on the
eastery side of the Tongue. fronting up
pn the property % the Columbia Land &
/ Investment Company. and involved in
[ proposition /. and lying between high
/ tide and mean low tide. the same being
/ the area purchased from the state o,
f Oregon BY she former owners OF the
I Tongue Point tract, approxmates Is
acres The total area Of tide-lani and
/ frontage on the easter,y side. in front
'of ne aforesaid tract. and lying between
the high tide line and the ships chan
mel. Is approximately s. acres. The
channel referred TO IS a channel across
and along the easterly side OF the
Aforesaid tract from Tongue Point 10
John Day river and Is from 800 10 900
feet distant from the shore. On the
eis;erlv side of this particular channel
are &, be found well-kuown sands hat
ar. uncovered. and for which deeds
have passed from the sta.e Of Oregon to
B. Van Dusen.
The land on the westerly side Of the
Tongue. fronting upon the property Of
the Columbia Land & Investmen. Com
pany. and involved in proposition l. and
lying between high tide AMI mean low
tide. the same being the area purchas-
ed from the state OF oregon by the for
mcr owners OF the Tongue Point tract
laaprax'mates u acres. The .otal area
|of tl4e-and and frontage on the wester-
Ily side ~ the Tongue. In front OF the
Aforesaid tract. and lying between the
high tide line and the outer harbor line
now established by the United States
government. amounts approximately to
20 acres after deducting the right Of
way % the railroad company. In fgur-
ing this area. we have taken the south
lllne of the tact of land ownei bv the
government. on which the buoy depot
lis located, as running due west from
the shore. We have taken the dividing
lime between the property Of the Co
umbs Land & Investment Company
and tha. ~ B Van Dus5n as running
due north to the haybor lines, but II
We run line from mean low tide at
the buoy station, and also a line from
mean low tide between the properly OF
] me 1 Olullhl1 AsAAll ~ NV AAA N"aaA
pany and B. Van Dusen. in each in
stance to the harbor line We would
make a total area (the same probably
being the maximum area that could
be clalmedl Of IS acres. after deduct
ing the railroad right Of way. We
would therefore have In this mill site:
Of upland. 80 acres: Of tde-land area
on the easterly side purchased rom the
state. 10 acres: Of tlde-land area on the
westerly side purchased from the state.
10 acres; total, so acres.
or. II we consider the frontage 10
the channel, We would have the fol-
lowing included in proposition /: OF
up.lani, 80 acres; Of ude-land and
frontage extending from the high tide
line to the ships channel on the east
erly side. 55 acres; Of tide-land ana
frontage extending from the high tide
line to the ships channel on the wester-
" side. taking the maximum claim as
aforesaid. IS acres; total, 1870 acres.
The committee does not believe this
to De an excessive tract Of land for the
business to be established. ard, while
the acreage exceeds some sites In some
parts Of the country, It Is far less than
the acreage comprised in sawmill sites
in other parts OF the country The
contour Of Tongue Point embraced In
the above site. the position Of the rail-
road and the character Of the tide
lands are believed to be such as to
make It necessary tina: Hammond and
his associates should obtain the area