VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1894.
NO. 291
THE CONTRACT SIGNED
Astoria to Be Given Rail
road Connection.
CONNECT WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC
Tk Offer of Stanton, Bonner & Ham
mond Accepted by the City' Rail
road Subsidy Committee.
Astoria, Dec. 1. The Astoria railroad
contract was signed this evening, and
Astorians generally are jubilant tonight.
This morning's boat from Portland
brought A. B. Hammond of Missoula,
accompanied by J. C. Stanton of New
. York, H. I. Kimball of Atlanta, and
Walter C. Smith of Portland. Mr.
Smith has made over a dozen trips across
the continent in connection with the As
toria railroad scheme. When their
presence became known it was whis
pered around that Mr. Hammond would,
in . the course of the day, submit a con
tract to the railroad subsidy committee.
The news was confirmed at a meeting of
the committee in the morning, at which
Mr. Hammond's contract was read and
accepted. All the necessary papers
were in readiness soon after 5 o'clock,
and at 5 :30 a tremendous burst of cheer
ing from the rooms of the chamber of
commerce announced that Mr. Ham
mond had affixed his signature to a con
tract, the provisions of which mean so
much to Astorians. The contract pro
Tides : i .
"For the construction of a standard
gauge single-track road from a point at
or near the east end of the bridge line of
the railroad owned by the Seashore Kail
road Company in Astoria, Clatsop
county, Or., through- the city along the
north water front thereof, thence easter
ly along or near the south bank of the
Columbia river to a point of connection
.with the Northern Pacific railroad, or I
some other railroad constructed and
runniDg cars into the city of Portland at
or near Goble, in Columbia county,
state of Oregon, on or before the 30th
day of October, A. D. 1895."
It is also agreed by Hammond and
Bonner that they shall expend at least
$50,000 each month in the carrying on
of the work, or in furnishing materials
to be used in construction until the
road in completed.
During the afternoon Mr. Hammond
had a meeting with the Seashore road I
directors, and made them a proposition
to purchase the line.' In this connec
tion Mr. Hammond made the following
statement :
"I made a proposition to the only two
directors of the Seashore road who are
in the city, and they are satisfied with
the terms. The directors who are ab
sent from the city, I have been given to
understand, will agree to any arrange
ment these gentlemen might make, so
you see the matter is virtually settled.
The affair will not be closed up until
my return from New York. It is the
intention to place the road-bed in first
class condition and equip it with as good
rolling stock as can be found on any
railroad in the West.
"Does the purchase of the Southcoast
mean that line is' to be extended into
the Nehalem country?"
"That scheme will be thoroughly gone
over in due time. I am favorably dis
posed toward the Nehalem country, and
have great faith in its future. Further
than this I cannot say anything definite
regarding that branch of the road. Yes,
the road is a certain fact, and I hope it
' will be considerably less than the time
' allowed by the contract before we can
commence active operations. I go from
( here direct to New York city, where the
final arrangements will be made.''
Regarding the Oregon Pacific, which
is to be sold this month, and over which
. he has recently made a thorough in
spection trip, Mr. Hammond said:
'I do not wish to say anything re
garding my intentions in that , matter.
I consider it a good speculation, and
whoever purchases will secure a first
class property that has cost several milr
lions. The last time it was sold, it
went for $200,000, but it is hard to say
just what price it will bring at this sale."
Mr. Stanton was besieged by people,
who wished to shake hands with him,
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and he was promised a royal reception
if he would remain over night. But his
presence being required in New York at
an early date, prevented him from par
taking of their hospitality, Mr. Stanton,
like Walter C. Smith, has worked long
and persistently in , endeavoring to in
terest men of capital in the Astoria rail
road project, and while his name does
not appear in the contract, it is under
stood that he figures with Mr. Ham
mond and Mr. Bonner In the deal. All
of the visiting railroad men left for Port
land on the Telephone this evening.
The land subsidy given by the people
of Astoria is valued at over $2,000,000.
The Nicaragua!! Canal Will Be Taken
Up Daring; the Short Session.
, Washington, Dec. 1. There is a strong
undercurrent of belief among members
of congress that the Nicaragua canal will
receive very earnest consideration dur
ing the session of congress which begins
Monday. The feeling is especially pro
nounced in the house, and prevails par
ticularly among the Southern.! members.
Even those who, like Bailey of Texas,
oppose the bill on constitutional and
economic grounds, concede the question
will receive early attention, and most of
them are of the opinion that the pros
pects of its success are good. Mr. Cooper
of Florida, says nothing could restore
the popularity of the democratic party
as authorizing the construction of the
canal. He said : "The democratic
party is the party which added the Miss
issippi valley and Pacific coast to the
national map, and it is the party which
should provide for this great enterprise.
If it will do this during the short session
and provide for a more elastic currency I
infer it will not be long out of pewer,"
Representative Livingstone, of Georgia
says : "If the democrats do not act on
the bill, the republicans will surely take
it up when they come in and get all the
credit. It is evident foreigners want to
control the canal." He says there was a
tacit understanding during the last ses
sion of the house that the bills should
come up before the short session.
The Demurrers of the Indicted Sugar
Trnst Officials.
Washington, Dec. 1. The demurrers
in the indictments of President Have
meyer and Secretary Searles, of the
American - Refining Company, and
Broker Allen Seymour, for refusal to tes
tify before the senate sugar trust invest
igating committee, were filed with the
supreme court today. They are based
mainly on constitutional grounds, hold
ing that the indictments do not show
that the request for the information or
the data sought within the jurisdiction
or authority of the senate'.- It is claimed
the indictment of Secretary Searles is
bad, because it fails to show, that the
questions which are quoted as unanswer
able were as by the committee, or with
its authority, and that the indictments
failed to show that the questions asked
came within the authority of the senate
or the senate committee; that the
power to punish for refusal to answer
cannot be delegated to a court, nor that
determination of the facts be committed
to a jury ; that the indictments do not
charge the defendants with having the
knowledge or the information necessary
to answer the questions or the right or
authority to obtain information from the
books of the sugar trust. President
Havemeyer asserts that his indictment
does not show that the request was made
by the committee, or with its authority,
In Broker Seymour's demurrer it is
claimed that congress has no power to
make the refusal of such witnesses to
testify a crime, nor (he right to delegate
to the con'rts the power to punish for
contempt. ..
Trouble Caused by Cowboys and Rene
gade Utes.
Dukango, Colo., Dec. 1. Agent Dave
Day, of the Southern Utes, and Brigham
Young, jr., the oldest son "of the late
Brigham Young, of the Mormon church,
were passengers on the incoming train
tonight. Previous to leaving the agency
Day mailed reports to the; Indian com
missioner and a short report to General
McCook." Mr. Young was in Monticello,
Utah, the centerpf the reported troubles
this week, and says all of the trouble
there is caused by hot and impetuous
cowboys on one side and the Pah Utes,
or renegade Indians, on the other. He
says the Southern Utes, with the excep
tion of Chief Mariani, who is surly and
impudent at times, are well behaved,
and do not desire trouble of any kind,
Mr. Young stated, however, that the
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conservative element, settlers who have
a right in San Juan county, Utah, are
doing all in their power to suppress the
element so bent upon a collision, and he
believes they can hold them down until
reports signed by reputable citizens of
the county in question as to the condi
tions existing can be forwarded to Wash
ington. Mr. ' Young leaves for Bluff
City, Utah, tomorrow, and .the reports
will be forwarded to Agent Day, who
will refer . them to the department.
Aside from the Utes and Pah Utes, the .
latter being fugitives from the tribe and
justice, quite a number of Navajoes are
across the San Juan river, .pasturing
their herds as far north as Dry valley
and west of Bluff City, at the Cero Tunk
lakes. Mr. Day says there are between
300 and-400 Utes in Utah, mostly mem
bers of the Winnemucca tribe, although
Chief Ignacio is with them.
New York's Living Pictures.
New Yoek, Dec. 1. Superintendent
Byrnes admitted today that he had re
ceived the reports - of the policeman who
had viewed the living-pictures at the
theatres. He said he had not the slight
est intention of giving the result of the
investigation to the public. He inti
mated, however, that the officers had
found nothing immoral in the pictures.
It is understood the superintendent has
conferred with, a 'committee of the
Woman's Christian. Temperance Union
and they -expressed themselves as satis
fied with the action taken by the police.
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