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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1881)
a6o THE WEST SHORE. October, 1881. Tim Fvri'tR or Pouti-ami. (Concluded from page J57.) mutagen it we did IM avail ourtrlvct of I be dif. fefcor liy tending our thipt to Tacoma in prcf " ending Mem here. The Not! hern I'acific linn will I puttied for ward wilh llic utmost energy during Ihe coming year. The gap between (lie two ends, lint it, between Ihe Ycllowtl.mc valley and tlie Claik't folk of llic Columbia river. it ln.dnv rnliii-r.1 in ktat than 800 miles. We are very tonlilen( of vine i miiiii jiw nine 110m 111 11 txic nil ward, and almul die tame mileage fiotn the other aide westward during llie coming year, to that there will lie a can of nri much over 170 niilrt left. AilauM. Whether we thall U able to hiii luruier reiluce thi gap in the next year will , . ... ... MI... iillW. IIWW making In lo (he practicability of winking at the ..1 iiiiiicmii lunneit, one mroiign Ihe main Kxly mountain tange and the other through Ihe ao-called llelt range, lhal we ihall have lo oveirome. If we can wmk at these tun Belt from different poinlt neil year, we may do Mill belter. Ilul, at any rale, you can aU.liilely ..f ln, me nun completion 01 itie main line of Ihe Northern I'arilic in Ihe couie of iSHj. Applause. A I have already ttaled, in a more a, wiiii way, 1 ne meant 10 cairy on all our enter print are in hand. Thit i cxi,illy Hue of I lie Northern I'trilic. Thi eomiiaiiy hat guaranteed m ll all Ik. ... ;..i 1. ... ....... uii.iiai 11 limits ini it, an llic capital required lo build it at a main line lo Aintworth. ll.. hJ.l .J I.. - I . 1.. .. . . . " " juiMinm wnn uic tyticm 01 the Ure pm Railway and Navigation coin inn v. lie lore ditmttting lliit pail of the tulijecl, It might Intent! you lo hear that IbeOiegon & Cal ifornia railroad will 1 elei,,led eventually toulh in fwiu4 ..i.k a..- --I.l . t . . ' .........,., ,c vanioiiiia a utegon roan. Kverylhing it yet, however, in an unictilcd con dition. V have looted a line fiotn kiwhiirc town to Lanyonvdle, and conliatlt for the heavier part of the wmk will toon l given out. Surveys ahow that we will have mm h diflirulty In getting over Ihe Cow rreek lulls touth of anyonvnie, out ihe f1 ,uj, HKmn moary and men ran aoromplith it. The engineer m charge erf I lie line touihward hat gone lo meet the engineer In chaige of ihe line northward fiom California. They will haw conference and de cide on a permanent route. I uum thai I am light in awumlng that you re all familiar wilh Ihe contett thai v. at waged Ual winter helween the intcrrtti rrptetentcl hy me awl (hot represented l.y the then mtnace- meal of the .Northern I'm ihe for ihe contiol of ina. company. , 1 Itilith. I am fully juttilicd in tay ln that the long, wraiy and dangerout Utile lhal I then fought I have fought U vour licneht at much at lhal of the cumiamet I rrpirtcnl (Aradauae. The,, wat a determined cllort re", solved Hi. ljr the forme management of Ihe Sortbeti, IVihc lu diurganl Ihe Columbia liver. H ditiTgard ihe great pom metre of thit eily, and lo make dirnl for I'ugrt S.mnd, in imitu.t ( Ihe old anaucreWul Hxy of Uild.ng up a citv Ihere, rival lo lml.n,. fcm nt L , m,; ment believed that aut h a Urt w.id v linc. Ilealde, I do nut UUeve iha. .,, tdt lo kill I'ortUnd, to lo afwak, and build up ,j, t I mean thai I'm! land w, alway. remain the com! metcial emporium of Ihennrthwett. Theie mav . IV' ,UBI NwmC "P nd glow to c'. etderalde lmnanr. Ilul y,H, have turn a errai atail, laking Ml., rtuuunl jruu, cvvraidikal uni. tK and acotrrd advalaget ih.t, . are Uwnd lo be Ihe ceniei. ihe f.u, of an im menw railnwd ay tln. 1( J,,, lllr4lly pfn cromplithrd ran never ! ijnd.ete t v an. I,--... power. Ap4aut. U 1! ,jj ' j,, ine op ana iU a1otu H Ail...., wmprte with V, Voik City fcMn Ihe New Inland cuatt at a nval to the cily of ilotltm. And, where lltrte it th a ememtra lloa lU lOlctligrooe, enlnpiU and cawtaL and aocumulalion .4 etal-ithe.l tmmeii intermit at there are here to-day. there It Umnd ! he, Virally. a romltali,m of ihe trantp,. Wkm lUce-s and ll lw,N tliriigthet. rah orhci a M4tt., ai Kwml to M.a a rVwidaikti that cannot be thaken, t I uid, by any human power, in taymg inai inc oamc 1 luugm winirr Cnii.hi larfelv for vour interests. I do not claim of vou anv lhanks for my effort. Of court, our main motives were lo protect our in vestments in the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company lo protect and make them more lu- .Mil... Al ll. Bnm tin... Ufh-lt fliH lllt winter and what we are doing now, bring lo your a .1 . a .1 ...Ml I 1 t... uofjri me great DUMncs inai win k cicaicu uy 1 . at. . f .1 1 ai.:. . inc raiiroad ivsicms inai i ucjn.ru c, uu un ui an exiiene of tent of millioni of dollars without .1 . ..r - : i .. i .u:. ... iiic tim ui tiiiiii; iu uu. jiii tins is- ijcct you ate more favored than almost any other iwrunianr ucruiccfi to secure aucn iransnonanon i;uiiira viu win k.uic wiuiuui uiijr aiiiuica All ll.t. I It'll hat Ihun i-l.ta lio amit An. I in tiiia iiiNa aiita, uuiit. iui jvtt aim 10 tve- inrl Aim f.tr unii mntilltt mav nt la-nct tn your attention to certain thiniji that you ought to .! ... U1....1 ...n ... :H ....... a j H'l III "UI IllltlCSl H WCII eU III JUUl UWII. hrri I mini In nn i( lit twiinfc thfif Mnvnr 1 nompwtn was good enough to suggest to me, 7 - . ... ... pw.WHH.IHO, I am nit vrrv thornufhlv rwitl rH nn llm ri-nnir-. . 1 miwflttl in lllflt rtlterl I in nnl nr. ton I In li.... ...... ...... i.pti a iiui lt,ivill IW IIUVC - .1 i l l ;.. i . .1 111 1 iiCT Hicu lungmcni at 10 wnai snouiu oe done, but I shall I glad for whatever effort may be I. I 1 a . 11 . .. .. mmic. 1 mn iwrcu uom an quarters thai the WOlk Which Olll'lll til 1m? (Innr ran Ivn urrnm. nlikhrd at rnmmriilivflv mimll vtuntua 1 therefore, let it 1 done, and I can assure you of .1. I . t .. tr i .. . . 4 me rrmuinru fii n vu am n nil ihAl..i1.n;n. ... u. v... uiv .imiiwii;b that I rrnrrtrnt In An nil in nur iuiujr i effort that may I instituted by you as a loard of ..mic, ui iiutiimt men oi i iiruami generally. We shall affmd you every kind of assistance, and .Mii go to inr io tay mm we ihall he In vou wilh monev. if necesurv. I wnnl.l .,..,... :i ...... ii i. 7T v ii conmiillee from among the members most lamiliar with Ihe subject, to co-ociale with Ihe officials oi our consumes in ilcvising some practical plan thai can lie carried into rlv .iri r atkeil nur fliend, Captain (ioirince, to attend thit efinfrrrnn fur ll.. ........... r J!..: M-I1.I t.l fh inuMlln.!..... I.. I I ' .. subject. At I tee he it present, he will, perhans. lavor ut with hit views. ' 'lliere are two aililitinn.1 ivilm. ...i - i , .... miwii wiucn I pr.innse.1 10 give you tome information. In ...e in piace, in regard lo the terminal facilities we promise lo create in the cily; and, in the fcjtfi till I ltlrt a.ih,u '. . I. .i . ,i"t v...n:i K me giner industrial enteinritrt we hirt irnj.. M,. ,., have a very difliru Ii nrnl.lrm t.. .i'.i .. -.L .. . it. of un.lmg. if practicable, the lines of three nitlcrent coniiwniri. mm in if f.n... u i t - h iiwiii uiicc u inc rent direction., al one lerm.nus. We have not come , . V...IV.IIIH.JHI al yel, )Ut feel quite tuie that we shall eomln,.-. im prove the proiwrly in Souih I'..nl..l ..j eventually make It .ir terminal pa.stenger and freichl slat ml Wheil.,. ,. .. :. h a nvw inc iiich inrai hu i- lention of placinir il an, k. . ... .Jk"y ,n- TV' V.v i 'n're are .,.......,. , lK cwntuiered: as, fr in. ...o.t, me i.Ki.n of the bridge over which all these cwiiiiuh ;n i. .. 7""-nii Tk.i ... -a . ,u n Ine" trama. Ihee.?. ',1WW- . n,.er I'attenger and fre cht tla. KM may be erected, w. propose to mate it an omamen, ,0 your C11 .JJ " h.d. cuunlry, regauflea 0f App ause 1 r.,r... ' J, 'e enoai'lcraWe time to ln rue on cir ,tal ,h .1" Tl Viled ireting a drTLrfi. .1 ? ,houf M -orkt, I am hari7 t0 My ul ,hJ erection of a dry-dock is decided upon. An. plause. I have looked into the matter, and I think in our own interest as owners of 10 many steamships on this coast, it will be an advan tageouj investment. We do not expect at first to get much business from the general sailing trade but it will come in due course of time. We think by having a dry-dock here we can save to our.' selves the exorbitant charges we are obliged to pay in San Francisco. The iron works I feel sure will be established, f A rml .... 1 tu. j. - , . . L..n-.u.j Allc ac. tails of the project are not yet fully matured. But 11 nanus 10 reason mat wun we enormous trans portation interests that we are developing here we need our own facilities in this country for rollintr rails, for mnmirnrtiirinn ....... ! - ' 7 -6 iuu 01 iron that we may require as railroad, steamship and .tuiiivai luiiigmmc.. c musi nave laciutiet in addition to build cars, and alen )r,.n,l:. ... ' ' , '""ivuill IB due course of time. In other words, with a vl. to economy, we must render ourselves as inde pendent as nossible of f.ntf.rn nmniifani.. tj 1 HiiuinviuiCi Ana we mean to do so as early as practicable. Of course the establishment of iron works such as we contemplate will be a great benefit to your city. It will bring a large additional laboring popula- lion here. I hnn nf th .or k.D. 1.: 1 Vi plause. And I hope the establishment of these industrial entornriu.. uiill k. K..I lU. V : ; p : j..... uv mm. me ucgiuning 01 the establishment of others. , REMARKS OF CAPTAIN II. II. OrjRRINOE. There are six bars in Ihr rivr Kiu.r. k... . j , . , " v..nwiimciliU Astoria, which need to lie deepened. It is easy 10 compute now many cubic yards of earth must be removed In irivi. th cn r.. . rt.n. l. .... ,l. . f wj..ll UII.I me 1 1 TCI bars that Ihere is over the sea bar at the mouth of the Columbia. The cost of removing the requi site amount to secure a channel 100 feet wide and 25 leei in acptn, is also easy arrived at. I esti mate the amount In Iw. nm.v .nn..nll.. .. iu. than 100,080 cubic yards ; and to do this woik .or...:. ..1.. r ...!! . . ciicuvciy, 1 iiuiiK an immediate expenditure or $200,000 for drednert nnrt on anmml .vn..t...M of $50,000 is a liberal estimate. It is only for lourmontnsol the year that it would be neces sary to maintain the renitiiita nth in ik. channels by artificial means. In order to do this 1 iiiinic mat two dredgers would be needed and I have estimated for t one powerful sea dredger, capable of being used on the sea bar in ordinary weather. I do not be lieve in contracting river channels in order to deepen them by the scouring of the current. This svstem hat been lriH nmiL I . ... j'..v.v. 1 j iiu iia itc.j. faded in the end to attain the results aimed at. every nver onngs down a certain amount of silt and deoosits it nmtsv Tf ik. ,i - ...-".v.e ai uu pi event, ill deposit by artificial meant where natural condi- ....... .,..c , i,,c , wm accumulate elsewhere,' generally where it i nnt ...ii .i;.ri nr and thus make matters worse. The inevitable result is the demand for more contraction of the natural water-way at an ultimate cost out of all nmrwivin.t a . . 1. . . . i-.i..iUii tu rctuiis, ana generally wnn disat-' trous ConsenueneM. Mn. k.. been so contracted, and we read of destructive Jj j recurring at Irequent intervals. These floods never orrur in ri ik.i k.... k. J .k. ... 111a. ti. . uui iuui .if natural water ways artificially contracted. Not ble instancei of the failure of this system are the mouths of the Rhnn mnA k. i:..:..:i AA .. w aiiu . Itk ,.ti....l.. ... V spending many millions in constructing jetties to confine the current to a narrow channefand cause It to scour nut Ik k.. -. ... .l e .1 131 . , , ww. a. .i.c niuuin 01 inc rnuiir, the I rench government abandoned the system and cut a ship canal from the gulf of For to the river tKve the mouth. As near as I can remember. the mouth of the river was artificially prolonged seaward neirlv ik. :t ..... .l. 1 l 1 . i ....wv linen, uui llic UI itcp. forming just outside of the jetties, and within a lew months, after each prolongation, there was another bar as bad as Ihe last - .k ?.m!ltr Procel going on at the mouth of he Mississippi, where the Eads' jetties have been built. If il.. . 1 4 ... .v. .v 1 oredged, the depth ol water will wry soon be just what it was before the jetties were construct-w- The Mediterranean entrance of the Suet canal is an illustration of what can be done with dredgers. The silt brought down by the Nile nd swept ea.twa,d by ihe coast current is ar