The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-11-27
san Francisco, Cal. Nov Il. 1901
Hon. j. Q. A. Bowiby,
Astoria. Oregun.

Hon. ]. Q. A Bowi5y,
Astoria Oregn.
Ny Dear SRI have your letter u
Nov IN, stating that your citizens had
3 proposition t-U the erection u a
sash and door factory al Astoria. and
that po-,Sons OF blocks Il and Is In
Ailerbrook running west from First
strsa- TWO hundred feet and por,h to
ship Channel, were required Tor the
site, and that YOU desire a price on a
portion of this lana that stands IN the
name OF the Astoria Company.
have 10 map of Astoria that enables
me- 10 i1cats the water frontage that
YOU require. All Z my data and maps
covering this question are at our Port
land offita. Tlls Astoria subsidy iHllud-
ei very Httie water frontage in the City
Of Astoria between Tongue Point and
Smith POint, probably nni more than
five or six hundred feet.
There IS Something Ike 900 feet Of
water frontage standing in The name II
the Astoria Company, which lies about
in the location You des. gnate THIS Hand
was taken over from the Portl 4eud saw
ings bank at the request OF Mr.. L B.
Se5lsy and he holds A contract FIR his
interest in the land. The trAnslcti1u
was made 10 save this properly from
passing entirely out OF his possessi n
wf1h)ut his having an opportunity 10
reiean. II this s the property you ra-
fer to the business would have to be
transacted through Mr. Seeiey.
About two years ago the Astoria
Cmpany purchas-i a tract Il Lard
from ths Maclely estate. / d. no+
know exactly where tbs land Is stu
a-=d, but i. is somewhere near the
naghbor1o1d that YOU .ndlclte. Ii was
bought for cash from re almlnlstrat1r
al which was Considered very low
p-.ce. Your committee can have {. at
clst, Plus s aer cent Interest and taxes
I befsv- that AZ this price. Il would D.
less than h rate Offered IN Tayl r
company for the lani .hat was desired
by Mr. Peplow upol Wal n Z buili o
flour mill We have als5 some frent-
age az Smith Point that was lacIui d
.n the Astoria subsidy. II IN. comm e.
Ire can use this land they can have 81
a. the same price as was offered th-
Tylor Company for the -four mill site.
Your letter IS no. very cl-a- a. to
what your committee wish % 10. in
fer tha. il Is y5ur intention = give
free site and $1,000 in casa. 10 bull
a sash and door factory. with a -apao-
i-y u 200 do1Cs in ten hours. although
your letter does not state this cI-lrly.
am much surprised perhaps
houd not be- that the people OF As
tJria should consider TIN proposition
" giving q fire. sic and a cash bonus
% establish a sash and door fac
tory IN town Wh.-re there Is rot
even slwmLl. Why not give
a fre4 ste and cash L1nus
for the construction os cak- ovens?
You nave as much coal To coke as YOU
nave lumher L. manuflc,Ir. int sash
3nd doors. You have the unleyel5p j
cal mines az well az he undevzloped
forests. II you wer. going to develop
the coal lands, would you c1mmence by
building coax ovens?
Doors manufactured a. Astrla wiiI
have to BE- marketed east in comp Il
tin with the white pine dor factories
Il Wisconsin and Michigan. You have
~ better facilities for SHIPPING than
Portland Tacoma or Sattle, where
iargs sawmill interests are alrady lO-
Gated. How Do you expect 10 supply
your factory with lumber Do you in
tend 70 buy your lumber az Portland
ard ship 70 Astoria, or do you propose
70 buy It at Puget Sound and shio It
around by ocean? II you d., then how
d. you expect TO compte With Port
lard and Puget SOUND in manufac-
turing doors, when both these places
have quite a large local market.
For the past year the ClatsOp MIL
Company have been towing the.r logs
from Astoria 10 Rainier to be sawed
into lumber and then shipped back 10
their box factory at Astoria. enclose
you copy of correspondence between
Mr.. ". J. Kinney and myself IN regard
10 this business, which VIII snow the
difficulties Mr.. Kinney labOrs under In