The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-09-25


Astoria 4 Columbia River railroad left
Astoria for his recent trip east and
south, be made the statement, In the
Office Of the Astorian that, "the Astoria
4 Columbia would be she first road into
Tillamook City" He made the state.
ment quite voluntarily and only deprec.
ated its reiteration in print until such
time as would justify it, publication In
connection with further information Of
like tendency. II was made as a coun-
ter declaration 10 the statement made
by the gentleman present that "it look.
ed as though Reid was going into Tilla'
nook with his Hillsboro road"
Almost at the same time one OF the
leading timber men Of this state told
representative OF this paper that "the
fIillsboro, Nehalem and Tilamook road
would reach Astoria long before 1t went
into Tillamook."
And again, well known and respon'
siblc citizen Of Astoria, deeply interest.
ed in its commercial development, ad'
dressed letter 10 4. +. Lytle, enlarg-
ing upon the expediency Of opening up
the Nehalem. Tillamook county by the
construction Of a railroad with the city
Of Astoria as it, northern terminal:
Three days after this letter was sent
out, land which by the way has not yet
been answered., to.wit: on the 10Th day
Of the present month, J.. 4. Lytle regis.
tered here at the Hotel 0ccident, and be.
fore anyone could get 10 him for an in
tcrview, he had disappeared and no news
was had OF him for ~ hours, when II
was known for certainty that he had
been in, and through the Nehalem coun'
Try, and practically, alone.
And now comes the news, via the
Morning Oregonian, Of yesterday, that
|"E. Il. Lytle announces he will build the
Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook rail
road II is not known who is behind
Mr.. Lytle in this matter, but assuming
il to be the Hartman interest, there is
a conjunctive value in the fret two para.
graphs of this article, which is not miti.
gated by the facts disclosed in the third.
The Orcgonian continues, in this rela-
t1ion;
"The announcement Of Mr.. Lytle's
connection with the Portland, Nehalem
Tillamook was not made as a public
utteranee, but IN the course OF a meet.
ing OF the transportation committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, called to con.
slider the feasibility OF providing for
further river transportation by the Open
River association. Several leading brsi.
ness men were present nt the meeting,
among them being MIR. Lytle who, while
discussing the question before the meet
ing. said that IL would be inconvenient
for him to become active In the plans
under discussion, owing TO his other in.
tercsts, the chief of which was the Port.
land 4 Nehalem road, which It was his
intention 10 construct"
"The Atlas Construction company be.
gan the construction of 20 miles of the
new line, extending from Hillsboro, some
time ago, but was unable, or did not,
pay its men ut the end of the month,
with the result that the work is now
tied up.
1T is expected that by the middle or
the end of the week the affairs of the
company will have been Strengthened
out and until then no official statement
can be made, revealing the purpose of Mr.
lytle definitely, and telling who it is
that is associated with him in the work.
Edward Records, of the Atlas Con.
struction company, Is at the Portland,
recovering from an operation, and has
not been able to attend TO business for
some time. II is expected, however,
that Mr.. Lytle and his associates will
call upon Mr.. Records tomorrow and
enter into negotiations by which the
control Of the road will be transferred
to the new interests"
The Nehalem. Tillamook territory with
its 10000, 100000 feet of timber, win
never be trayersed by railroad that
noes not make Astoria terminal, or
route point, for the reason, paramount
with all builders of railroads, that II is
easily accessible from the south with but
one low mountain summit TO surmount,
and is a deep water port of entry, with
ample export facilities, and the further
reason, that Mr.. Hammond has said that
the A. 4 G. would be the first road to
enter Tillamook City. DIR. Hammond
generally speaks by the card, and so
doaa Mr. vita Tharafora ,,,;li tha