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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1914)
THE STJXDAT OKEGOmX, FOKTLA5D, OCTOBER 18,-1914. rrr I GK EAT NEW SEAFOR r.-; , j I I f I 1 1 1 "' 1 J 4 at the mouth of the COLUMBIA RIVER is destined to be one of the most important Cities and Seaports on the Pacific Coast. Nature in the beginning decreed it so, and the BIG TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES ARE NOWf PREPARING TO MAKE IT SO. With over 1,200,000 square miles of the most productive territory in the world, all of which is tributary and down grade to FLAVEL, it must be evident to the most skepti cal mind that a big percentage of shipments of the Northwest, that will be transferred from rail to ship, must ultimately be made from this point. Can You Wonder That "Flavel" Is Being Utilized Read: "FLAVEL" is at the terminus of the only down-grade haul both by water and rail on the Pacific Coast. "FLAVEL" is at the terminus of a water competitor (the Columbia River) that is forcing the railroads to use the gravity route to the sea. , "FLAVEL" is on one of the finest fresh water, ocean side, land-locked harbors in the world and the only one on the Pacific Coast. "FLAVEL" is nearer the Orient by 294 miles on the round trip than is Seattle. "FLAVEL" is nearest the Orient by 846 miles on the round trip than is San Francisco. "FLAVEL" is nearer New York or Liver pool on a round trijJ by 600 miles than any point on Puget Sound. " "FLAVEL" is the point where" two ships of the same speed leaving New York or a European port arriving at the mouth of Columbia River at the same time, the one landing at "FLAVEL" can discharge and load her cargo and be on its way to its destination before the ship bound for Puget Sound reaches the Seattle Harbor. "FLAVEL" is that interchange where two passengers leaving Seattle on the Shasta Limited bound for San Francisco, the one routed via FLAVEL on the Hill steamers will arrive in San Francisco be fore the through passenger arrives on the Shasta Limited. "NO OTHER CITY IN THESE UNITED STATES HAS SUCH ADVANTAGES." WHEN GOING TO OUR CITY STOP AT THE FLAVEL HOTEL C. T. BELCHER, Mngr. One of the Finest Hotels in the Northwest THE READING MATTER ON OUR TRADEMARK Sets the Stamp of Approval Upon AND I r " jOFTHElj Flavel Will Make These Statements Come True Louis V. Hill, president of the Great Northern, stand ing on the ground at Flavel, where the Hill terminals are now being built, said: "This is undcmbtedly the place from which the grain shipments of the great Columbia River Basin will be made; you have the situation here, unquestionably." Collis P. Huvitington, late president of the Southern Pacific, said that the mouth of the Columbia River Was the only natural outlet to the Pacific Ocean. C. S. Mellen, former president of the Northern Pacific, stated that the Columbia Harbor had every advantage and must become a great city. A. A. Schenck, assistant chief engineer of the New York Central, said whoever controlled the line to the mouth of the Columbia would forever control the transportation problem of the Pacific Northwest. James J. Hill has ratified his predictions by building one of the finest gravity route railroads from Spokane to the sea and is now building his .mammoth terminals at FLAVEL to dock his $5,000,000 steamships that will ply from FLAVEL to San Francisco. William P. Clough, chairman of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific, made the statement that train schedules of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and allied lines will be rearranged throughout the Northwest so that passengers leaving Puget Sound, Spokane, the interior or Eugene in the morning will be able to reach FLAVEL by evening, there to embark on the great steamers of the Hill interests, when they are put into operation, and reach San Francisco the next evening. We decided that this district merited recognition and a quick and easy way . to travel between here and San Francisco. ' E. J. M. Nash, special representative for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, one of the largest steamship com panies in the world, in substance said: "Low cost "and quick dispatch w-ilj become more than ever the guiding factor in routing steamships when the Panama Canal route is opened. The faster ships carrying passengers, including emigrants, 6hould be able to load and unload in the Colum bia Harbor, for they will not go up the river to Portland. There would be no objections to ships coming to the Colum bia Harbor to debark emigrants, as they would save two days' time as compared with Puget Sound. Such freight as apples should be shipped very largely from Oregonto Europe, and this class of cargo requires fast steamers and could only be shipped from the Columbia Harbor." It Behooves the Investor to Heed These Statements. FREE FACTORY SITES ADJOINING THE HILL DOCKS and TERMINAL YARDS SEE US ABOUT TH EM $250 to $500 Lots $S50 Lots PRICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS $50 Down and $ 1 0 Per Month f 1 0lo Discount for Cash $150 Down and $20 Per Month 10 Discount if You Build in GO Days FLAVEL STREETS REQUIRE VERY LITTLE GRADING, AS THEY UE PERFECTLY LEVEL. THE VIEW IS MAGNIFICENT AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HEALTHFUL LOCATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. A GREAT STRETCH OF TERMINAL YARDS, WHICH IS TO BE USED BY THE HILL SYSTEM, EXTENDS ALONG THE WATER FRONT AT FLAVEL, AFFORDING ABUNDANT ROOM FOR ALL NEEDS OF COMMERCE BETWEEN RAIL AND SHIP. THE CHANNEL IN FRONT OF FLAVEL NEEDS NO DREDGING, AS WE HAVE AMPLE DEPTHS OF WATER FOR THE LARGEST SHIPS AFLOAT. THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR FREE FACTORY SITES LIE ADJOINING THE WATERFRONT, GIVING THE VERY FINEST FACILITIES BOTH FROM A WATER AND. RAIL STANDPOINT, AS THE HILL TRACKAGE YARDS AND DOCKS ARE DIRECTLY IN FRONT AND ADJOINING THESE PROPERTIES. CONSIDERING THE LOCATION AND ITS ADVANTAGES, FLAVEL IS PROBABLY UNEQUALED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF A GREAT MARITIME CITY. BY WRITING US WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND YOU LITERATURE WITH PLAT, PRICES AND ORDER BLANK, SO THAT YOU CAN ORDER YOUR LOTS BY LOT NUMBER AND BLOCK NUMBER, AS LOTS AND BLOCKS IN FLAVEL ARE ALL NUMBERED, SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANCE FOR MAKING A MISTAKE WHEN ORDERING FROM ORDER BLANK. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT AN ADDITION TO FLAVEL IT IS THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE, A STUDY OF THE PLAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT ANY LOT IN FLAVEL IS CONSIDERED CLOSE IN PROPERTY. W ARRENTON-ASTORIA TOWNSITE CO. (Inc.) Exclusive - Agents for the properties of the Flavel Land and Development Company, the largest holders of properties at mouth of Columbia ASTORIA OFFICE 422 COMMERCIAL ST. PHONE MAIN 583 CHAS. DODGE ASTORIA, OREGON PORTLAND, OREGON MAIN OFFICE . 201 Northwest Building, Sixth and Washington PHONE MAIN 2575 DAVID DODGE FLAVEL OFFICE FLAVEL HOTEL C. M. HEMPHILL FLAVEL, OREGON 17 Ml' ""7 3 .'