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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1
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FIRST STEPS TOWARD CONSTRUCTION
... OF SEA WALL ARE TAKEN AT MEETING
; OF CITYS LEADING PROPERTY OWNERS
Second Meeting Is to Be Held Tuesday
Night for Formulating More Com- .
plete Plan of Procedure.
Paesident of Seattle Company Tells of Results Accomplished on the
Sound and Discusses With Business Men the Local Situa
tion, With Reference to Requirements and
Probable Cost of Work. .v
, All property owners who have
4 the Interests of tto city of As-
toria at heart are urged to at-
tend the meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce on Tuesday
night at 7: JO.
4 At this meeting the matter of
e) the construction of a sea wall
along the city front will be dis-
cussed.
The property owners, espec-
4 ially those owning land In Mc-
Clure's and Shlvely's Astoria,
are directly Interested, and all
should turn out
At this meeting steps will be
taken to determine whether or
not the undertaking shall be at-
tempted. .
The very great Importance of
the matter demands the presence
of every person owning property
in the city. . . - "
a Tf vnn Are a loyal Astorian,
e be on hand promptly at 7:30.
A mass meeting of property owners
was held at the city hall last night for
the purpose of consulting ex-Governor
Semple. of Washington, relative to the
construction of a sea wall along the
Astoria water front. About 75 repre
y$;ta.Uve business men and property
Wt vr frttiSah $S meeting
vaa presided pter by President Jamiss
,W. Welch, of the Chamber of Com
merce": Mr. yrelcli Dresk.tea Colonel
'John Adair, who Interested Mr. Semple
In" thT AstoVlA pToposition. Colonel
Adair stated that his Interest In the
matter of a "sea wail had been aroused
' during a nctntjmj? Plti.
Mr. Semple' company Is nxrtv engaged
in monster engineering feat. The
company Is not only reclaiming much
of the tide land along the Seattle water
front but is as well digging a ship
canal to Tke Washington.
) "The land thus reclaimed Is unsur
passed for building purposes," Colonel
Adair said, "and great manufacturing
concerns are being erected on It. As
toria's situation is Identical with that
of Seattle, and I believe the solution of
the problem of our commercial great
ness rests with imDrovement of the
water front. I discussed the project
with Mr. Semple. and he is here to
night as a result of our conference."
Mr. Sample's Address.
Eugen Semple is president of the
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway
Company. He was governor of Wash
ington territory in the early 'SOs, but
of late years has devoted his energies
to the li.terests of hi company. The
work which it is doing at Seattle is
gigantic and Involves the expenditure
of several millions of dollars. Five
hundred thousand dollars was contri
buted voluntarily by the people of the
sound city as partial payment for the
work and the property reclaimed, was
bonded to "guarantee the remainder of
the obligation.
Mr. Semple told of the work which
was now under way at Seattle, among
other things saying a ship canal was
being cut through a hill as lofty as
Astoria's Coxcomb hill. The earth re
moved by excavation Is used to fill in
the tide lands, which have risen In
value from J3000 an acre to 135,000.
Seattle, he explained, was a city of no
level land, and the people thete soon
came to the conclusion a commercial
tlty could not be built on hills. They
undertook the engineering accomplish
ment which the company l now en-
, m nd will add 13 miles of
frontage t4 ttielr commercial district
tw.ld Idling off thtir lai and i-
Similar Conditions Here. ,
For fully 40 years I have been fa
miliar with conditions at Astoria . Mr
Semple said, "and they are WenUcaJ
u those Seattleam here for
not the public men of this cuy
tertain a proposal for the commercial
aKPrandl,ementof their city. My com
pany would undertake to carrv out
Lh engineering Plans as the people of
vour city might decide upon if a prop
er arrangement could be made with the
. whors. Considerable pre-
Uminarr espenae would be attached to
the undertaking, and oerore
curred that expense it would be neces
sary to thoroughly sound sentiment."
General discussion of the matter fol-
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SPECIAL PRICES
on odds and ends of various
brands of Cigars in box and lest
than box lots. Many 6f these are
high priced cigars.
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Capital and Surplus , $100,000
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lowed. Replying to a question pro
pounded by F. R. Stokes, Mr. Semple
Bald he believed the cost of a sea wall
at Astoria would be much less than the
cost at Seattle, because the distances
here were not so great and condition
were more favorable generally.
general scheme, he said, replying
question put by J. N. Griffin, would be
to build a sea wall and All In behind
It, using the deposit taken from the
river bottom outside as well as the
earth from the hills, which would be
sluiced down to a gentle slope. A stone
bulkhead would cost many thousands
of dollar, he said, and he thought the
only feasible scheme, at present would
be a less permanent wall, of piling and
brush. "The wall built at Seattle has
stood the test," Mr. Semple stated
"Here Rt Astoria you do not have to
contend with the teredo, and you could
build a much better wall at a much
lower cost than has been built at Se
attle." .. ( '
Answering K. I Parker's query, Mr.
Semple explained that there was a very
swift current at Seattle, running much
more swiftly than the June freshet of
the Columbia, and causing much an
noyance and entailing much additional
expense. The fill above high water
mark at Seattle la two feet . The deep
est fill made at Seattle was 19 feet.
How' To Start The Ball.
O. ' A. ?oolldge asked Mr. Semple
what plan he would suggest to get
matters started. Mri Semple replied
that he believed a committee should be
appointed to wait upon the property
owners and determine whether or hot
they would be favorable to the scheme.
It was his idea that the property should
be bonded to pay for the improvement.
At Seattle the land owners had been
given 10 years In which to make pay
ment, and the value of their holdings
had been so greatly Increased that they
were clamosing for the opportunity to
make immediate settlement. If the
business interests of Astoria were fav
orable to the plan, the company could
formulate its scheme for the better
ment of the Jownslte and submit It to
jn Chamber jQuwwrf. or UCH
otier prgnlf.lo as Jbe p itfcena might
designate. -.- -a L. .
, The Meat or tne Nut. i
Mr. Elmore went back to first prln-
cipTes. He wanted to know how all the
.wik-tin Interests of the city coulU
be got together. "I'm i dinner Wart,
and I want to know how yu will con
vince me that a A wall will be a good
thing for me., when it will mean that
I will have to go over to Washington
for net rack room.- I'm in the coal
buslneM. and I want to know where 1
can land my ships when they come
here from AuBtralla. Every one else
has lnt irests which he will Beck to pro
tect or advance, and it seems to me
we should first take up the matter of
bringing our business Interests
together. The cost of the Im
provement is a secondary con
ideratlon. I am atlsfled the commer
cial future of Astoria depends upon
Just such a scheme as has been .pro
posed here tonight,-and I want to see
the different Interests reconciled so
there will be no obstacle in the way of
the undertaking."
Mr. Semple said Ju&t such difflcultlc-n
had been encountered at Seattle, but
that when patriotic appeal had been
made to the citizens they agreed to
tenmorarv sacrifices -for the greater
benefit of future permanency in com
mercial matter. As to dockage facil
ities, he said the platting here would
doubtless require revision, so as to pro
vide such slips as may be necessary
to the accommodation of shipping. He
suggested that he believed Astoria was
anxious to emerge from its previous
historical position and enter upon Its
commercial' life, and that, if this was
really the case, It would be necessary
to tret together and discount the future.
Mr. Elmore said he believed most
Astorians were progressive. He re
called that the utmost enthusiasm had
been shown at the time of the building
of the railroad, when a large subsidy
was raised, and yet the building of the
railroad was hardly , as Important a
matter ns the construction of the eea
wall. Ho expressed, the confidence
that the people of the ctty would carry
the proposal to a successful Issue If
they were properly enthused, and that
there would be no lack of enthusiasm
when the matter was fully explained
and understood.
Mr. Elmore moved that adjournment
be taken until Tuesday night to meet
with th Chamber of Commerce, He
stipulated that the chairman should
cause personal notice to be given to
all property owners to attend the meet
tng, and offered to donate the services
of a clerical assistant.' Mr. Parker
and. Mr. CoUldge made similar dona
tions, and; President -Welch will have
at least three clerk to assist him in
ending out his notices. Mr. . JDlmore's
motion prevailed. ; s ;
During the dtcusslon which followed
Chairman Welch said U was his Idea
that a wall should be built from the
foot of Ninth street to the Clataop
mills. Such wall, he explained, would
not Interfere with any of the manufac
turing concerns of the city. This
prompted Mr. Pyer, of the Clatsop Mill
Company, to say that when the wall
pot as fur as the mill he would be In
cluded In the Improvement district.
"Tin Just looking for a chance to
move," he said. .
A voto of thanks was tendered Mr.
Semple for his presence and the meet
ing adjourned. Much deep interest
was manifested, and lit Is the belief
that good results will come of the meet-in.
Commission Is
Out of Business
Sailor Boarding House Has Lost
Its Authority and Will '
Give It Up.
S. M. Mears, one of the two remain
Ing members of the sailor boarding-
house commission, has tendered his
resignation to Governor Chamberlain.
It has not yet been acted on. Herlwrt
Holman, who Individually reprwents
that body, will resign In about two
weeks. Asked what actuated his de
termination, lo leave the board at this
time, Mr;' ileal said:
"I thought some one could be ap
pointed who had more time and took
more Interest In the affaire of the com
mission than myself,"
Mr. Holman declined to discuss the
new phase of the situation, further
than to Hay he had been unofficially In
formed of the action taken by Mr.
Mears, and he felt there was nothing
for him to do but follow suit.
"We had the sailor boarding house
masters scared for once since the port
attained any commercial prominence,"
was the substance of his remarks.
"They 4greed to conduct their business
as provided by law and promised In a
short time to reduce the price of sea
men from $55 to $40; but the case of
White brothers had to be dragged
through the court, and the result was
we were practically left without powr,(
further than to issai licenses to who
eoevee applied i
v,fe'..me complaint has been made that
the board did not prosecute Sullivan
for alleged Infringements, such as en
ticing sailors from vessels here. The
law plainly. eays that It shall be the
duty of police officers, harbor masters,
constables, Justices of the pence, dis
trict attorneys and like officials to pros
ecute cases of that character and moke
complaint against the offenders, and
after the matter Is decided In the courts
the commission could revoke the li
cense. The Idea of having a commis
sion, as we understood It, was to bet
ter the bonrdinsf houne business .In this
harbor, and every move the board made
of consequence was nfter the prominent
Bhlpperp had been consulted. No li
cense waa'lssvsed to White brothers be
cause of the feeling asnlnst them as
a result of he ul!eiftl attack made on
a seaman not long before the comtnls
slon was created, and Sullivan was the
only other one to apply for the privi
lege." Nothing could be learned regarding
the probable successors' of Messrs.
Mears and Wright, but it Is though
they will be announced shortly. The
power of appointment, according to the
bill, lies with the state boaid. All of
the commissioners have been asked to
hold their places and reconsider their
resignations, but the consensus of opin
ion among them Is that their work is
of no benefit, and that the sailor board
ing house commission has paled Into
Insignificance.,
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Odds and Ends
One. Two and Three Suits of a
V s Lot all go at
HALF PRICE
320.00 odd suit for
18.00 odd suit for
16.60 odd suit for
15.00 odd suit for
13.50 odd suit for
12.00 odd suit for
1 lo.o6 odd suit for
10.00
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8.25
7.50
6.75
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6.00
See our corner window
15 coin on Overcoats and MacHintosh
mO till JdlC es will continue this weett.
Get the Habit, Go To
S. DANZIGER COMPANY
ON THE SQUARE.
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IRISH FLAX
Salmon Twine
LiKe all goods welsell it is THE BEST
Foard SlStoKes Co.
. PERSONAL MENTION.
,Mrs. W. N. Meserve, of Grays river.
Is In the city.
J, J, Hoffman, a Portland cigar
man is In the city.
Mrs. I II. Clark, of Oystervlllei Is
visiting in the city..
B. A. Seaborg came .down from
Eagle Cliff last evening.
H. A. Haseltlne, representing a
Portland cigar firm, Is In the city.
Joseph Massy, representing the Port
land Cracker Company, is In Astoria.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P, Callender are
down from Portland on a visit to
friends. 1
F. R. Stokes has .returned from
Spokane, where he attended a meeting
of lumbermen.
Paul Wesslnger, general manager for
the Weinhard brewery, was down from
Portland yesterday. .1
John F. Kerrigan, the Portland de
tective, came down last night The
object of his visit was not learned.
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about saying that we make and sell as
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