The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-23
Chamber Of Commerce Endorse
the A. S. & 7. R. R.
OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED
President Evans is Elected Mem
Der Of the Chamber by Acclamation
Large Gathering Present at the
Meeting.

The Chamber Of Commerce meet
ing last night proved to be an affair
Of exceptional interest and the cleo
trio railway proposition was thor
oughIy explained by Mr.. Evans, the
president Of the new Astoria Seaside
Tillamook Railway. by Mr.. H. G.
Van Dusen, its secretary, and by Mr..
Bufum, one Of the active incorpo-
| rators.
The details given by these three
gentlemen showed that two corpora
tions arc being formed, one which
! will hold the surveys and right-of-
way which will be composed entire
ily Of local citizens and which will
have a ten thousand dollar capital;
and another which will be the As
toria Seaside -Tillamook Railway Co.
with two million dollar capital and
which will receive the right-of-way
from the lesser or subsidiary COM
pany as the construction progresses.
| In case the larger company in this
! intance shall not be able through
some unforeseen difficulty to finance
and construct the electric line pro-
posed, then the subsidiary company
will continue to hold the franchise
and right of way until the line is sue
cessfully financed and constructed.
In this way the local people are TAX
ling no chances whatever because the
proposed line is one of the best cleo
trio propositions in the Northwest
and can be easily financed in any one
of the score of different places.
) At the conclusion of the explana-
. tory remarks concerning the electric
5 line the Chamber went on record as
endorsing the Astoria-Seaside- -Tilla-
: mok Railway Co. and pledging il
most hearty moral support and other
: wise. President Evans was then
3 elected member of the Chamber oi
Commerce by acclamation.
e Chairman F. ]. Taylor of the jude
$ airy committee of the Chamber made
a report on the proposed promotion
q bill, which in effect stated that he be
3 lieved the measure to be equitable
whereupon motion was made and
: duly carried instructing the secretary
$ to communicate with the variou:
0 commercial bodies throughout th'
: state and the various members o
the next Legislature, asking theil
! opinion of the proposed measure, anC
o in word instructing the secretary
n further to do all he could towards
n putting this tentative bill in shape t.
be acted upon by the coming session
t. of the Legislature.
A communication was read iron
Chairman J. N. Teal of the Portland
II Chamber of Commerce committee t
Samuel Elmore of this city asking
u that he do what he could toward
raising $3.50 subscription in Astori
. to be turned over to the Rivers
Harbors Congress, Congressmai
: Ramsdell of Louisiana, president
Mr.. Elmore was upon motion ap
'e pointed chairman of committee Q
three to see what could be done to
= wards raising this subscription an
was authorized to appoint two othe
= members of the Chamber of Com
= merce as he might see fit to serv
with him in this work.
Secretary Whyte stated in all lit
!, lihood the oil and gas propositio
would be financed and able to tax
care of itself within very shot
e time. when he would then be free I
:. give all Of his time to the electri
q railway enterprise. A number c
1, other matters we're considered in tn
4 meeting, most of which were touche