The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-03

adjacent waters 10 take the place ut the
Grant which was, some time ago. placed
out OF commission and disposed Of,
When tho new vessel Is ready for scry'
leo the matter OF an assignment to As.
toria win he considered, and should u
cutter ba available for that district he'
fore then tho subject viii receive earlier
attention.
At the suggestion Of the president,
this letter has been forwarded to the
Oregon delegation in Washington
through senator Fulton, together with
an editorial from today's owgoniau
which says that three revenue cutters
are now lying In the San Francisco har'
hor
"Dcar Sir,--rhe crippllng Of several
different vessels Off the coast during tho
fall storms. and the more recent reported
loss Of the Alliance which IL only now
being towed into port, shows tho urgent
necessity Tor having q revenue cutter
stationed ut the mouth Of the Columbia
River. The mouth Of tho Columbia be-
ing central to navigation, there IA more
use for cutter here than at many other
ports along the Pacific Coast where cut
ters are now stationed.
"'rhe inclosed editorial from today's
oregonian In u measure sets forth the
local feeling on this important subject,
"'The Chamber OF Commerce thanks
you for past fayors and anything you
can do in this matter win be appreciated.
On Friday afternoon OF last week
number Of our members met with Engi
neer q. Il, llegardt, Of Portland, and
talked over a plan for a seawall and
dlling.in OF this city, At the request OF
General Manager Mutt otthe Northern
Pacific at Tacoma, | have sent them the
blue print. This II for the purpose Of
trying to arrange a plan Or cooperation
with the Northern Pacific in this import
ant matter
Il wish to call your attention to the
announcement made by President z, NJ.
leyey OF the Portland 4 Seattle Rail
road Co., as published In yesterday
'orcgonian' to the effect that Y, +.
Forest had been made general superln'
CHAM OF CoM-~TiIREE .,.S.+
tendent; II. NJ, Adams. general freight
and passenger agent; and Il. d. keatt'
ucr. auditor. with headquarters In Port
land. aud with jurisdiction over the As'
toria & Columbia River Railroad. This
seems to carry out the Astoria conten'
tion that we are TO become the real
terminus OF the North Bank road and
that the Astoria l. Columbia River road
was originally bought for that purpose.
This announcement also sets forth that
the North Bank will be ready to receive
freight within 80 days.
This announcement Il oi very great
interest to Astoria. as the completion
OF the North Bank road is believed By
many to mean a revolution in economic
conditions throughout the Columbia Riy,
er Valley ii not throughout the entire
Northwest.
1T has been suggested that We should
have dollar dinner sometime during
he present month 50 that all OF our
members which comprise the leading
business and professional men OF this
city could get together and discuss plans
for the next year. Most bodies have
weekly, monthly or quarterly dinners,
not because they care particularly about
eating, but because they afford a splen-
did opportunity for getting together and
talking over important matters under
favorable circumstances. 1t might be
well to discuss this dinner at this time.
1T ia well to remember that there il
but one more meeting remaining now
until officers OF the Chamber are elected
for the ensuing year. he election OF
officers will take place on the first Mon
day night in January and 1t 10 well ior
every good, loyal member to be pre-.
pared for the lightning to strike him.
The report was adopted as read. un,
der the head OF new business, John A
Montgomery was elected n member
The communication Of Ed. Rosenberg
was referred to the fisheries committee
The proposition Of dollar dinner was
discussed and the members voted IN
favor Of giving the dinner. The chair
was authorized to appoint COMMITTEES
Of five and the following members were
named: James Finlayson, i. A. Fisher
j. Wingate, +. M. Clark and ]. 7. Ross
The committee decided to hold the din
ner on on about the 18th OF this month
but definite date will be announced
later The invitations will be limitet
and those Of the residents who desire tt
attend are requested to send in thcil
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