The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-18

gctcd up1n before that time, The In
ysstors. ne continued. we're ready 30
obligale themselves at once to the pro-
ject outlined, ana he urged the people
70 act promptly. This II the first time
the sawmlll proposition has been well
In hand. on account of the extension 0f
common rates 10 Astoria. and the pea
pie must aot at once"
Mr.. GOsslln then spoke briefly ~ the
enterprises In which Mr. Hammond viii
engage IN the West He explained tha.
adyeryity had pursued the a. & e.
president. especially with reference 10
bg attitude towards Astoria, and that
Mr. Hammond hal even gone 10 far
aa 10 bond his entire timber holdings
IN this section. aggrega.lng about @.-
90 asfes. But. whether Or not the sale
~ this land Is made. the status Of the
sawmIll Jr5p)sI;lgn Will not BE- affect
ed # Il the intention Of Hammond
AMI his partners 20 20 Into he trang-
portation business on the coast. oper.
aIng steamers and vessels between
Astoria. Eureka and San Francisco.
Several large barges will be required
ana a shlpyard will follow the building
of the mills. This new enterprise, Mr.,
Gosslln explained. would b. one Of
many which would come after the saw
mill. AMI. as the investors were an1-
lous 10 assist the people In every way
possible. he saw no reason why I'm
mediate action should not be taken.
"Mr Hammond asked me to speak
10 the people of Astoria about the
Northern Pacific extension into the Ne
halem country" said Mr Gossi!n. Mr..
Hammond has encountered many OBJ
stlcles in this part of the state and
has been unable 10 DO wha, he and the
people wished and expected II Is EVIL
dent that the Northern Is going in
20 the Sehalem Tor the timber that Is
there. and. once that road begins haul
ing out that timber, the people Of this
city will have a hard time diyertIng Il
In their direction. The Northern IN
tends 20 take the timber 10 Portland.
and z; Is % Astoria's highest inter-
est 10 combat that effort The mill
which We expect 10 build al Tongue
Po.n; must depend sooner or later on
Sehalem timber. and extension Of the
Astoria railroad will be necessary. In
deed. the people who will build the mill
will undoubtedly Insist upon the exten-
sion o, the road"
Then Mr. Gosslin made a remarkable
statement. which. coming from other
sources. has been rld,culed. He said:
NO doubt the Astoria & Column
biA River Railroad Company will
soon b. absorbed by one Of the
transconiinentaI systems. and Asto-
ria given every advantage enjoyed
by other seaports."
General discussion OF the proposal
followed. and Il was the opinion that
the demand Of the investors was
reasonable one. Samuel Elmore said
he knew positively that this was the
first time Mr.. Hammond had been in
Position 20 go ahead with development
work here. and added that Il was now
up 10 the people OF Astoria. Personally,
he was willing to lend financial assist
ance. and believed that az other Asto-
rams entertained a similar view.
Mr. Gossln said Michigan parties
were desIrous Of starting a starch and
glucose factory. which would be a
large Institution. and pointed out that
this way oaly one OF the concerns which
would follow the Touring mill. Mr..
p, 7low explained that the 1900 feet
frontage wouli be required, as a 1000
barrel mill Is a big institution. and also
because cars are not always available
70 take away the output.
Dr. J. A. Fulton believed a commit
see should be named 10 formulate plans
FOR getting the concessions asked by
Mr. Gossliu, and moved that the work
I've LEI. to The slwmin committee. con-
s.sang OF W. W. Whipple. B. Van Du-
sen, ]. 7. Ross. Martin Foard, ]. Q.
4. BoWlby F. A. Fisher and {. W,
Fulton. The motion prevailed. The
committee me; last night and Will hold
another meeting today. The PROPOSE
ton will be carefully considered and
the committee will meet Messrs. Goss-
lin and Peplow this evening at the
Chamber Os Commerce.
An Astor.an representative called
upon several leading Astor.ans last
evening. and found that sentiment was
heartily in favor OF the proposal sub
m,tted by Mr.. Gosslin. Every man ap-
preached said. however. that immediate
construction Of the mills would be In
sisted upon, and unless this Is agreed
to the negotiations will probably come
to naugh,. Mr.. Gosslin's statement
leaves no doubt as to the sincerity Of
the investors to commence work at
once. however, and no trouble IS ex-
pected on this score.
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