The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-16
las TO TILLAMOOK EXTENSION

With view Of authcnticating the re-.
cent Portland dispatches In relation 70
the proposed extension Of the Astoria x
Columbia River Railroad from Seaside
TO TiIlamook City. reporter Of the
Morning Astorian Yesterday called upon
General Manager q. w. Talbot, Of that
road, ut his office In this city, and askei
for as full statement as was In his
power to give, In order that all ambigi~
ties and misconceptions might be laid
aside and the people Of this city and sec
ton correctly informed Of the real pur-
poses Of the company.
with ready courtesy Mr.. Talbot com
piled with declaration to the follow
Ing effect;
As newspaper man you will UNDER
stand what mean when say that Y
frequently happens that the people and
the papers Of a given section are dis.
posed TO make much more of a mooted
railway project than Ii contemplated at
headquarters. from desire to make the
most OF something that has large
meaning for the community interested !:
and while this has been the case In this
instance. to certain extent. there has
not been an unduly wide departure from
the facts. as might have occurred; and
| I am glad to be able to info.m the peo.
pie OF Astoria that II IL the intention
Of the company 10 take immediate In
itial steps toward the work you al
4. lude TO.
"The chief engineer Of the road, Mr..
J. w. +. Taylor, will be here tomorrow,
with his assistants, and they will de.
vote some eight or ter days to a care
ful review OF the plats and maps In the
local Office, after which they will take
the field for full and complete survey
Of the territory TO be traversed, and will
DE so engaged for not less than three
months.
"of course there viii be two routes
thoroughly investigated and reported
upon in this official survey, and the
prohles win be returned to headquarters
for careful scrutiny. and from the
findings there and then made. will the
final issue Of building. or not building
be determined. The lines to be covered
embrace course along the coast, and
another in the interior, and / may say
that II an operative grade, feasible in
all the details demanded in behalf Of
such project is attained to, there can
be no reason for doubling that the ex.
tension will follow Immediately and the
work pushed to the earliest possible con.
clusion. In default OF such favorable
returns from the field, II is needless TO
say that the construction will be aban-
doned; and as to whether the probabil-
ities lie with either conclusion suggest
ed, am not sufficiently informed to rem
der reliable opinion. but so far as |
can say. there is nothing to disparage
the idea Of obtaining serTT!eeable route
through the country in which our inter.
ests prevail"
Asked about the significance of the
grade-stakes dotting the country imme.
diately south of Seaside, Mr.. Talbot said
the company was in need of additional
terminal facilities at Seaside, which
place was growing very perceptibly and
that In this behalf, suburban lines had
been run there in the interest of such
Improvements as the company finds it
necessary to install, and that they have
nothing to do with the larger matter of
the southern survey.