The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-16
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The Board Of Directors Of the Ore
gon Coast Railway Company. Of this
city, the subsidiary, 81 holding com
pany for the local interests repre-
sented, and to be represented, in the
operations Of the Astoria, Seaside &
Tillamook Railway Company, having
appointed H, G. Van Dusen, Of As
toria, as right-of-way agent, with full
authority to take over. file, and report
upon the accumulations in this im-
portant behalf. and that gentleman
having gone promptly to work in the
matter, it now becomes the urgent
duty Of every progress-loving man in
Astoria and Clatsop county who shall
come within the range Of Mr.. Van
Dusen's quest, TO meet him frankly
ang generously and yield what they
may in furtherance Of the splendid
enterprise
H. G. Van Dusen needs no intro
duction to the people Of this end Of
the Columbia valley; he Is the right
man in the right place, not alone for
the holding company he stands for.
but for those with whom he shall do
business alone its route. He will be
faithful to all interests engaged and
viii fulfil the stewardship honestly
and completely as a trained business
man always does. Not single rood
Of land given him in this relation will
for an instant be jeopardized in any
way; he and the Oregon Coast Rail
way people are serving the especial
purpose of guarding every interest
submitted to them, their organization,
and his appointment, having been
made to this exact end.
The prosecution Of this big and
valuable undertaking is essential to
the real development of this city and
county, and particularly the latter,
since it win be the direct menas Of
opening up restricted territory and
putting every remote community
within commercial, and instant, touch
of the advantages they need and
aspire to; iit is the one line of oper-
alton that shall build and expand and
increase the population, business,
wealth and general importance of the
communities now denied ready and
efieacious relation TO the markets to
which they are naturally allied and
to those beyond.
The situation, as to the project IL
self, the final construction Of the AS
toria, Seaside & TilIamook road, is
excellent. It's general sponsor and
manager Frank L. Evans, has done
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all that he.may III the premises as to
surveys, routing, and all preliminary
work, and has done it to the satis-
faction Of the people who are acting
as trustees for the people whose act
ual interests are to be involved; he
has subjected the whole matter, as
It stands, to the trained scrutiny Of
an expert in such cases, WI T. For
sythe, Of Philadelphia, and the latter
will, in few days, submit the pro-
ject and its possibilities to his syn
dicate in the East, with every chance
Of their accepting the enterprise and
guaranteeing its bonds for construc-
ton There is absolutely nothing to
warrant hesitancy or refusal in re-
gard to the giving Of the rights of
way, and no fear Is felt that Mr.. Van
Dusen's mission will prove futile any
where; and the news Of his success
all anlong the line will be received
here and everywhere in the county
with unqualified pleasure. X
II Is strictly up to our people now.
What they shall to''ip this great and
essential issue, will decide the fate Of
the road and it were well not to for
get that every concession made in
this connection will be guarded to the
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