TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1908.
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Mmied until new boiler have been
in-ialletl, the cost of which is esti
mated at present price from S.HO.OOO
to SVO.iXX), An appropriation to equip
the dredge with new boiler in urgent
ly recommended."
It may be said in thi connection
and with a fair degree of certainty,
that omt large warehouse are plan
ned for thi port and that some large
ship are bcinir built to ply aero the
Pacific from (he Columbia. They ore
no Iare that they cannot possibly be
taken to Portland. They arc in fact
no large that they cannot come across
the bar at the present low tide. There
fore it i absolutely necessary that
the bar be deepened within the next
year or two.
On April 30 we wrote asking Jumes
J. Hill, the recognized head and front
of the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroad interest, to co-operate
with u in our efforts to secure the
deepening of the bar in the mouth of
the river and the completion of the
jettic in the shortest possible time.
Thi matter is perhaps of more inter
est to him at this time than to any
other private individual.
A Flour Mill Propaganda.
We have sent out to every manu
facturer of wheat flour in the United
States with the exception of those lo
cated in Oregon and Washington, the
following circular letter, there being
156.1 of such manufacturers all told:
"We wish to call your attention to
the wonderful possibilities existing
for a flour mill, of either small or
rge capacity here in Astoria, the
! it : r tenon
rapidly growing pun m i-v"" ji-imi-at
the mouth of the Columbia River,
on the Pacific Coast of Oregon.
"This flour mill would have unex
celled opportunities for domestic trade
and for export business. There is no
wagon wheat received in Astoria, it
being about 100 miles tip the river
to the beginning of the wheat fields.
Hut with our excellent railroad and
water transportation there is prob
ably no location of greater excellence
f.r the manufacture of all product!
of wheat and grain.
"We can convince any responsible
miller or grain dealer that he can
control the flour and grain business
if the Great Columbia fiiver Basin
which drains one-sixth of the total
area of the United State from As
toria by locating a mill and ware
house here. Leading men in this
line everywhere are invited to make
a personal investigation. All our
local business men are back of this
movement and those who overlook
thi chance to increase business in
their line will probably neglect a very
important opportunity.
"It i. impossible to negotiate so
important a deal a thi by corres
pondence. Therefore, we cordially
invite you to visit Astoria in person,
first making an appointment to that
end o that we shall be prepared to
give you every consideration and at
tention upon your arrival.
"We do not say how large a flour
mill we wish established here but we
will negotiate wth you on the basis
of your establishing either a large or
a small one. Of course, we would
prefer to have one established that
would manufacture from one to two
thousand barrels a day. The export
business of this port would easily jus
tify such a mill.
"While we are depending most
largely upon the excellent advantages
Astoria affords for such manufactur
ing a an inducement to secure the
mill we desire, yet we will give con
sderation to a proposition looking
towards our furnishing a free site,
and if n proposition submitted is of
especial merit, of taking stock.
"The natuKil growth of Astoria as
sures that there will be a city of at
least HK),0(X) here within a few years,
which statement we believe can easily
be verified as a matter of good judg
ment by any one who will come here
and make a personal investigation of
actual conditions.
"We call your attention to a print
ed statement of transportation ad
vantage! for Astoria which is, here
with inclosed and again respectfully
invite your personal visit by appoint
ment. "Hoping this letter may lead to
further correspondence and ultimate
ly to satisfactory business arrange
ment!," Inclosed with this letter was an
argument on the transportation situa
tion especially compiled and printed
for the occasion, copies of which are
before you, In this compilation there
arc many facts, both new and old, but
they arc all valuabc. Should any busi
ness man desire some of these circu
lars b,r use he may have them upon
application at the office.
That there is an anipio justice in
this argument, is well set forth in the
following letter published in the Port
land Journal of issue Friday, May 2nd
by K. McKerchcr, formerly city treas
urer of Portland and county treas
urer of Multnomah county, now sec
retary of the tiquitable Savings &
Loan Association, copies of which
have been sent to the leading news
papers, railroad men and commercial
organizations throughout the North
west: "J dislike to become conspicuous
through communications to the press,
but 1 can but regard your editorial of
this date, in answering the 'Astorian'
as to why grain shipments should not
be made from Astoria, as unfair. I
deem it unfair to Astoria, to Oregon
and to the inland empire farmer, and
so unfair to Portland and the
Journal.
"It is unfair to Astoria in that you
state as your final reason why ships
load at Portland instead of at As
toria, 'because ships prefer a fresh
water harbor.' The more than infer
ence from this is that Astoria has not
a fresh water harbor, and this is in
line with the literature of both our
Chambers of Commerce nd board of
trade, stating that Portland has the
only fresh water harbor on the Pa
cilic Coast.
"Neither your inference nor these
statements square with the facts.
Ship owners and transportation men
recognize Astoria as a fresh water
harbor, and if they do not the
barnacles upon ships' bottoms do,
"But a few years ago the chief
engineer of the Vanderbilt system, in
a published pamphlet, stated that
Astoria was one of the five best har
bors in the United States, and the
finest fresh water harbor on the globe.
It is unfair to Oregon to decry this
fact and to promulgate the reverse of
it. Another reason you gave is that
ships and railroads will always meet
as far inland as possibe.'
"The fact is that no 'skipper' de
sires from choice to ascend the Co-
umbia River with his ship, but rather
May Official Tide Tables
Compiled by the U. S. Government for
Astoria and Vicinity.
MAY, 1908.
High Water.
Data.
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Friday
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MAY,
"Low Water. "
Date.
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that, while the ships meet the rail
road at Astoria, the railroad refuses
to meet the ships there, and he is
compelled to come to Portland for
hi! cargo.
"What docs this signify? Simply
this. The railroads haul wheat from
the inland empire to Tacoma, in miles
as far or farther than to Astoria at a
giceii rate. In doing so, they haul it
up a mountain grade of about 3900
feet and down again, about seven cars
to he engine, but refuse to haul it
tor the same rate to Astoria, the same
or shorter distance in miles, water
level grade and 20 to 60 cars to' the
engine-physical conditions in favor
Astoria which would enable a com
peting line to haul to Astoria at a
rate that would absolutely put their
mountain route out of business. In
other words, railroads insist upon re
ceiving for the shorter, water level
haul to Portland the same rate as for
the longer mountain grade haul to
Tacoma, an injustice to both Portland
and Astoria, in which they are aided
and abetted by Portland organizations
and press.
"Injustice is rather too tender a
word to define this condition ; of
affairs, but I refrain from a stronger
one for the sake of good form, and
the feelings of Mr. Harriman's stock
holders, who are the only ones not
defrauded by the transaction, while
the farmer, whom we all profess to
love, is the principal sufferer.
"We will probably see, upon the
completion of the north bank road,
the anomalous condition of wheat
passing through Portland to Tacoma
(50 miles longer haul than to Astoria)
at the same rate as for the Portland
haul, and Astoria still refused 'com
mon point' advantages.
"Astoria should have her rights
'common point' rates on wheat, and
every man jack in Portland should
insist upon it, for so long as we sup
port unfairness on the part of rail
roads to Astoria, what face have we
for cursing Harriman for not devel
oping other parts of the State?
"No one understands Portland's in
consistency on the Astoria transpor
tation problem better than Mr. Har
riman, and understanding it, no one is
in better shape to administer to her
horse doctor doses of her own medi
cine." Following the circular letter sent
out to all the wheat flour manufac
turers in the United States, one will
immediately be sent out to all the
manufacturers of soft wood products
such as staves, tubs, firkins and buck
ets, clothes pins, door bumpers,
matches and the like. And with
these will also be sent the argument
on transportation.
(To be continued tomorrow)
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