The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-02
Year Just Closed Has Seen a Great
| Increase In Our Leading
industries.
POPULATION MUCH GREATER
Estimates Of increase In The City Hun
From 1900 TO 2ooo-- Lumber and
Salmon interests IN Excel
len. shnps.

the folioWing cxseient afNcle ueailhg
with the resources and trade conditions
of clatsop county:
For Astoria and clatsop county 1903
has been year Of substantial prog
.ress. The population Of the city has
Increased from 1900 to 1000 over that
OF 1902. Mayor Suprenant and other
careful observers estimate the increase
at nearer 1900 than 1900. The regis
tration OF electors for the recent muni-
&! yaI election held on December .. 1903,
exceeded that for the election in De-
sember. 1902, by 373. and there was
about the same difference in the
v.pte cast. The school census shows
about 400 more children in the public
schools than there were In 1909. On
the basis Of fiye In population for ev-
cry eiector or child in school. this
makes the increase close to 1000. and
there seems TO have been a proportion
ate increase throughout the county.
Many New Saw Mills
The Increase in the volume Of busi-
ness has also been most encouraging.
as shown by the lumber industry. The
following sawmiIls have been built in
clatsop county within the last three
years:
Blinn-waido Company. wesport.
built three years ago, and capacity In
creased 10000 feet per day tof ten
hcurs) With nthe last year; present
capacity. 10000 feet per day.
Universal Sash 4 Door Company. at
Smiths Point in Astoria, completed
about is months ago; capacity, 10000
feet, with sash and door factory OF
about the same capacity.
clatsop NH Company, Astoria. ca
pacity. $1,000 feet per day; completed
year ago.
Tongue Point Lumber Company tthe
Hume mild. Astoria; capacity, 10000
feet per day. which began operations
about six months ago. This is said to
be the most modern and best equipped
mill on the Columbia river. and to rep
resent an investment Of s350.oo0.
warrenton Lumber Company. War
renton, now nearing completion; ca
pacity $4,000 feet per day.
Astoria Box Company's mill (Mc-
gregor's mill). in Astoria: capacity
doubled to $4,000 feet per day; box fac
tory's capacity. $4,000 feet per day in
box shocks.
Sacs.de Spruce Lumber Company,
Seaside Capacity increased 10000 feet
per day, and completed a sash and door
factory which win afford employment
to about 20 men.
The American Lumber Company. re-
Gently incorporated, with capitaliza-
ton OF $l5O,000, for the purpose OF
building and operating sawmill Of a
capacity OF 75.OlO feet per day, has not
yet commenced the construction OF the
min, although it has acquired one Of
the largest and best sites in Astiria
for the purpose.
The reeently organized Astoria Lum-
iber Company has acquired a suitable
site for its proposed sawmill and
shingle min and erection was COM
mencsd on December Is.
Regiment Added to Payroll.
Three new logging railroads have
been constructed in clatsop county
within the last year. They are the
| road OF the Bremner Logging Com
pany, on Young's river; the road OF
Kelly Bros. near Knappa- and the
Montgomery & Mann road. near Bugby
The Root logging railroad on the Lewis
and Clark river was constructed last
year.
Within the last 10 or Is months the
aggregate daily capacity Of the saw
mills of Clatsop county (not including
the Warrenton mills) has been in
creased 100000 feet. AS the average
price of lumber in Astoria is about
sl2 so per 1000 feet, we have, accord
ingly, an increased capacity to the
value of $4,000 per day. and more than
81, $4,000 per year, This increase
means employment for about 72o ad-
dititnal men,
But the work on the extension and
Improvement Of the Columbia river
jetty. clatsop county has been given
within the last two years new payrolls
lone for $50 men, tearing the rock
from the mountain side at Bugby ana
the other for ls5 men. working 1t into