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THE WEST SHORE.
to build such a line, and that portion of
it between Astoria and Seaside will, no
doubt, hi built at an early day.
Centering in Astoria, is a large lum
bering industry. There are three mills
in tho city, and a number at points on
Ix.fb sid s of tho river, which are tribu
tary to this place, such as Knappton,
Wf bt jHjrt and Skamokawa. The supply
of log is abundant and of tho best qual
ity. I sides receiving logs cut along the
river and brought down in rafts, the
mill have tho opportunity of tapping
the huge forests to tho south and south
east. On tho Nehalem are many squaro
miles of tho choicest timber, which
would bo opened up by tho proposed
road from Forest (J rove, and by the lino
down the coast There is already a
logging railway constructed into the tini
Imt by J. C. TrulliL'ger, proprietor of
the Went Shore mills. Tho road is
standard gauge, two miles in length, and
jx'netrateH a magnificent body of timber.
Tho mills are turning out fifty thousand
feet jht day, ami aro now engaged on a
cargo for Ilio, consisting of nine hun
dred thousand feet Tho mills are pro
vide! with electric lights for night
work. Tho capacity of tho road is two
hundred thousand feet of logs daily. In
tho camp aro ox teams and a steam log
ger. Tho mills have largo wharfing fa
cilities, and can dock a vessel drawing
twenty-two feet of water. Mr. Trullin
gcr has a steamer for towing logs and
delivering lumber. Attached to the mill
is a largo box factory, with a daily capac
ity of four thousand salmon cases or six
thousand Ux shoaka. Ho also makes
thousands of pickets and laths. This is
one of the tast equipped mills on tho
coast There aro two other mills and a
planing mill and sash factory in tho
city, lesides the outside mills previously
mentioned. Closely connected with tho
lumlriug industry, is that of ship build
ing. Abtoria has a singularly favorable
location for that industry. With an
abundance of the best material at hand,
with splendid locations for ship yards,
and with complete exemption from the
voracious toredo, which creates such
havoc with wooden piling on Puget
sound, her advantages are great A
largo number of river steamers, tug
boats, schooners and barges have been
constructed here, and from two hundred
to three hundred fishing boats aro con
structed annually. When the American
merchant marine begins again to be seen
on the ocean, this city will contribute
her share in tho work of construction.
Astoria is built partly on a founda
tion of piling, partly on a narrow bench
near tho water, and partly on the bills
rising up to the southward. It is divid
ed into two towns by a high ridgo which
comes down to tho edge of the water,
tho two divisions being connected by a
long plank roadway built on piling.
Tho chief business houses, public build
ings and residences are located in the
lower town, but Upper Astoria is ex
panding rapidly along the river, and
back upon tho hill, a number of the
largest canneries being located in that
portion of tho city. The population of
the two towns was given by the census
of 1830 as five thousand eight hundred
and forty, including two thousand Chi
nese, It approximates ten thousand
now during the fishing season. Many
of tho fishermen depart for other places
at tho end of tho season, while a largo
number of them have families and are
permanent residents and property own
ers. Tho city has a complete system of
water works, costing nearly $100,000.00.
The reservoir has a capacity of three
million gallons, and gives a pressure of
two hundred and forty feet at tidewater,
through a large iron pipo eleven miles
in length. Gas works, costing 75,000,
and having a capacity of twenty thou
sand cubic feet, were built afewyjars