The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-07

the whole city. This means new cen
tral office, new equipment and new tele'
phones for each subscriber"
Mr., Brunold also states that his COM
pany now has on hand fully $4,000
worth of materials for the rebuilding OF
their entire line throughout the city as
, well as their long distance line between
this city and Portland and other places.
! told him that the Chamber of Com.
merce could probably not be persuaded
that 50 simple an improvement as the
placing of an extra wire on the poles
J already up between here and Portland.
should be delayed on account OF any
future building operations that his com.
pany might expect to DO. / also stated
to him that the Chamber OF Commerce
felt that this promise to build a new
ieentral office here including a new elec.
tric switchboard, was one OF rather long
standing and that the reiteration OF
this promise would in all likelihood fail
to satisfy the Astoria citizens unless
they saw that the work was actually be-
gun and then carried forward with rea.
sonable dispatch. further pointed out
that the new equipment which the 500
cdd subscribers of the local telephone
service wanted. would not be detail of
great expense, probably not more than
5000 maximum. He agreed with me in
this matter
Mr.. Brunold stated that the com.
pany's division chief operator has visit.
ed this city since the letter received by
this chamber dated August Tth from
Mr.. ]. H. Thatcher. and had thoroughly
revised the local force in the central
cfiiee with the result that the service so
far as the local central office is con-
for long time.
A deferred matter that should be
brought up at this meeting from the one
held on August 10Th is that of whether
or not this chamber wishes to become
member OF the International Rivers
and Harbors Congress in Washington.
the yearly dues being S25. Mr.. E. T.
Ferguson, chairman OF the committee
which investigated the matter, recon-
mends that such membership would be |
desirable. This congress probably has |
tie greatest influence on appropriations |
! for river and harbor improvement of any |
Organization in the country today out
side Of the rivers and harbors committee |
Of congress itself.
We have here in the city at this time
a man who is very much interested in
locating brick making plant On
Thursday afternoon | took him to see
the clay deposits on the Bartoldus place
and today he is visiting other localities.
Should he find suitable location with |
the proper kind Of clay he states that
brick making plant will be started |
here Immediately with a making capa-
city Of $1,000 brick per day. We shall
hear more of this mans plans before he
leaves the city which win not be for
several days yet.
We have now received the report of
the analysis OF the samples of clay sent |
to Prof. John Fulton, at Corvallis, Or |
This report in substance says:
Either of three samples will make
good brick. They viii also make good
drain pipe. We are weathering the
material to determine whether or not it |
will make good earthenware. We mixed
the clay with limestone and found that
it could be turned into good cement"
Three three kinds of clay that Prof
Fulton reported as being the most valu-
able for brick making purposes came
from the farms OF Fred Bartoldus on
loung's River; OF William Matheral on
Youngs River; and from that of John
I.undberg on Upper Blind Slough.
/ have received letter from Richard |
]. Grace, the Portland civil engineer in
which he states he will be in Astoria in |
q few days now to arrange for an early |
date on which he will deliver his lecture
on the seawall or revetment proposition.
General Manager Mutt of the A. & G.
r. R., has written me stating that he |
will be in the city with an engineer to
look over the proposition with view
of cooperating with this city in the
filling in of the river front as soon as
Mr.. Grace has delivered his lecture. Mr.. |
Mutt is anxious TO have an opportunity |
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