COMMERCIAL.
A YEAR'S RECORD.
Valne or Coluraia Klier Exports Auirnst 1st, IVS to July 31, ISsJ.
Foreign
Kurope G-!l?-2.,,2
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South America... ............ .. . ... "I .':
STATISTICS OF THE PORT.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
TTvHeat, Salmcn and. Xsuxxi'bar.
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Andes .
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Ariadne ......
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Queen of Cambria
Clarences Hemeut
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M K Wat.son
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Fainenoth
Adele
ainoa .
I'S Hulbert
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Hornby Castle
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Hruish India.....
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Martha Fisher..
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Vaiuiuani
IJnindon ...
Itoiruxx-riule ......
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DESTI NATION
WHEAT.
CTLS.
Rouen
Malpas
Liveipooi
Dunkirk
Liverpool ...
Queenstown .
Liverpool ..
Dunkirk . ..
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FREIGHT
RATE.
2210 lbs.
Hull
Liverpool .
Queenstown ..
Havre.
Queenstown .,
liouen ....
Queenstown ..
Havre ..
Dublin
Queenstown ..
Liverpool
Queenstown
Dublin
Queenstown
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Queenstown ,
Falmouth ..
Queenstown .
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Dublin
Queensiown ...
Falmouth
Valparaiso .
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yueensiown .
Liverpool
Queenstown ..
Liverpool .
Cork
72,459
3l.21 ,
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30.79J
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35.310
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51.33(1,
31,704 1
33,251
:JC.55
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12,130
21,711
31,27
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41,757
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49.403
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72.000
52,000
02,000
47,400
59,800
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37,120
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43,000
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78,150
55,000
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Private.
FVn Act,
l 17s
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T l7fl
lis
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1 15s
2 OS
2 lus
1 19
2 0s
1 17S
1 17s
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2 10s
2 5s
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1 17S
1 15s
1 10s
1 154
2 0s
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2 OS
2 Os
2 is
2 10S
1 17s
2 10S
2 10S
2 OS
2 OS
2 OS
2 10s
Private
2 8s Od
2 SM
2 5S
2 US
Other Countries.-
Total
Domestic-
Coastwise .......
Hy Kail to Sound.
By Itall East
Total
Grand Total ,
Season lfW-SS ... .
Season lbi-7 .....
Seasou ISSj-SO .
5rt,3l,0S3
$1,5.SJS2
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3,s'23.7ir.i
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ll,7.sO,S77
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fonparatlTe .Statfiarnt ofSalmnn Kxports for the Past Kiclit Seasons.
SHASONS
HndiiiK -lu'y :
1st.
Seiii ot 11-82
-eason ol lR2-8:i
Seas, n or 1&S3.84......
Sesnii of 184-M
Se.tson it lNsri-80
aeaMiu of luSO 87......
Season of 187-8
Season of l8s-89......
FOItF.lC.V.
ase. I V.-ilur
Dt)MFSTIC.
tVyr.. Value
TOTALS.
Cases. Value.
:tiis.S2t .;. 1M
3i7l
I.Sl.i 41
lSj2S."ij
iftiRt;1
159.7071
77,754
ll.71o'
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lA,lMi
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I.30S.OI 51S.III
l.PIL'i Uii).13s
1.7tt."Oi!M 577.197
1 ,y.'.V 531I9
2,21I.:Kl 101.331
1.90Wai 377.775!
1 23Jtl2l
3.i0l.l'.2
2.W.2.1I8
2.757.750
2,521.402
2 742.297
2.707H2
2.C3t;;Si
Dextlnatlon of Wheat and Flour Shipments Past Season.
2s
10s
2 10s
Od
Od
01
ad
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F'uii Act
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2 7s Od
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Oil
Od
Od
Cd
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3d
Od
Od
0d
Od
Od
Od
Od
Od
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3d
Od
Od
Foreign
To Europe
To Valparaiso........... .............
To BiitiMi Columbia
Total Foreign
Domestic
To San Franpisco ......
To Sound Ports.. . . ....
Total Domestic
Total Domestic and F0M511
Foreign--
To Kurope . .
To China ;
To Brit sh Columbia.......... .......
Total Foreign
Domestic t
I'oastwI-e
Sound Ports
Kail East
Total Domestic.
Total Foreign and Domestic..........
WHEAT.
tVntaK
2ImVJU
I0.02S
3.214
2,19 r,ii
5 1.07s
Va'.ue.
53.730.759
:a.o0o
3
3.779.011
733.
S.1C0
Astoria's Railroads.
Three Great Transcon
tinental Lines.
3,2i'Mtri
Fi.ewi:
Barrels.
:iV22:!
!i:.75
1S.s'i7
75.
97,s
111.11
OV. 0 21
711,012
?I.12I2$6
Value.
StJ-lr'W
374,-ai
77.3i
2,(is7,72
ait 171
27I.SSJ
5si,is;
52.0JI2UI
SII.MHX SIHP.MKXTS.
.Salmon Exports forTwelve Months endiiiK .Inly 31. tsMi:
(asis.
.HJ.17 1
231 301
.. 270.5.T.
1
10S
12s
2 10s
1 10s
1 10s
1 17s
1 15s
Private
Private
1 10s 0.1
l 17.99I bb'.s Flour, x allied at S02,tiO.
U -als . 5,02(1 bbls Flour, value S2J.O00, also
15.'.i2l is almon, value $111,317.
V alsn:;s,o.i; ps Saimon, xalue S2001OO.
Ii -also 7,220 ps Salmon, xalue $30,580.
K-alsn tin 1 Mils Flour, x'aiue $2,400. and
I2,s0"i ps ;ilini!!i, xalue $oo,os:.
V -2n.7:ai bbls Flour, xalue 94,920.
' 15.4H4 bbls Flour, xalue $01,010.
II 14.22 bbls Flour, value S592XW.
l-2s,457 bids Flour, xalue $113 S3U.
J ls,:K". btils Flour, xalue $72,910.
K 2H.isT, bbls Flour, xalue $s0.740.
I.- 11,740 bbls Hour, xalue $43,9si.
311.1 818 bbls Flour, x-alue $55,275.
' 14;CW bids Flour, value $07,334.
0-21.140 bbls Flour, value S81.584.
P 13,718 bbls Flour, value $54,872,
i 19,-ISS bbls Flour, value $77,030.
IC-142C8 bbls Flour, value SOO.000.
S -23 435 nbls Flour, value $92,740.
T 152M5 bbls Flour, x-alue $00,820.
U 28,570 bbls Flour, value $ll4.oo0.
V 10,351 bbls Flour value $58,000.
W-32,000 bbls Flour, value $128,000.
X 17,480 bbls Fiour, x-alue $69,920.
Y 11.428 bbls Flour, value S10.000.
Domestic
To Sau Francisco
East by rail.-
Total Domestic
Foreign
To Europe
To China
Total Foreign......
Total Foreign and Domestic
Salmon Shipments from April 1st to .lu'y
Domestic
To San Francisco . ...
East by Bail-
Foreign .
Total Domestic.
Totals
170.2i
20
Ir.Vl.
... 9.119
.... 100,009
... M9.1K3
.... 33.125
. 112.013
1SSS
21.392
159 ,i 5
I. '3. 125
1s3.I2i
Value.
$ 2V!25'
I .ml:.5!i:;
7:r2,Hs.-,
120
73ir.
$2.f2Ji; s
1SS7.
i2.s:o
111.719
U.5s!
199,1.-
I'er WVtland Auc. II, ISS'J, for Liverpool.
(Cargo not included in foregoing tables.)
Per WanlitrL, Aiur. (5. 1M', fur London.
(Cargo not included in fon'gomg tables.)
Total wheat. rtls.,2.O80.472. value $2,775,759.
'total Flour; bbls.. :w8.223, x-alue $1,585,501.
Total Salmon, es , 107.220. fc7:e.CR5.
lterelpts and Sltipnipnts of Wheat and Flour August 1, 1SSS, to July 31, 18$0.
iBi'Peints
Valley ,
Walla alia ...
Total
Since AiigUM Ist.lSSS...
jMason ls7 s
Jvasm ls,;.7
Season issr.-i; .......
Shipments
Foreign.
Domestic.-
Total
Season lss7-.
Season 1nsc,-7
S"is,ni issT, ;.
Wheat, ctls.
995.470
.2,857,010
2,852,492
......3.240.547
5.080,095
, 4 410,551
0,253,109
....2.089.C8C
.... 559.953
....3,249,039
....4,542,371
...-3,754.188
.JiStiljrm
Flour, bbls.
359 449
110,322
294.459
38,200
318.703
352.710
Short Tons.
100.097
159,135
510.875
144,181
C55.059
744.471
521.091
511.532
2922
203.251
326,493
205.1 G4
302.U34
200.00C
48,185
251.188
313.341
2C0.C44
34105
Wheat shipment from Tacoina, August 1st. 18S8. to July 31, 1889 :
Short Tuns
..GC.512.
Table Stum Inir Exports of Wheat and Flour to European Porta for tfce Put 10 Season.
SEASON.
WHEAT.
CENTALS.
VALUE.
FLOUR.
msLs.
VALUE.
Season IS!I Nl ,
Season 18MI.S1
Season isSl-K! . ...
S-ason lssj-sl
Season I.Svl-hl
Se:isiii issi-sl
Season l-8r mj
Season lssi;.7
Season ISs7-kS
Season 1svs.i
2 0t;t18
1.401.187
3.7572W?
11CIXi9
22270.809
3.147.902
3.971.850
3042.3IG
32703.198
2.059,844
$4,032,907
2.024.751
G, 067.970
3,200.499
3,712.253
3,720,378
4.979,841
3,889,499
3,783,208
3,730.759
15C.R25
319.003
492,720
352,137
3X4,534
198,207
353.8C9
383,773
480,450
399,223
$ tff.i.095
1.355,214
2.248,4:17
1.076.791
1.550.6M
790,8;CI
1323.877
1.412,208
1,703.936
1.5H5.505
.1 A Devlin .V- Co""
Eureka Packiug Co
Ceo Hume
Cutting Backing Co
Fishermen's Packing Co.
Aberdeen Packing Co. ..
BadolIet&Co
Thistie Brand
JGMegier&Co
JO Hanthorn
A Booth PaekingCo
Klmore. Sanborn & Co...
JW&VCook
Astoria Packing Co
George & Barker
P.I McCowan & Sons....
Total
Cases-.
. .. 4 S5I
0,000
... 2,000
3,0'jo
3.000
2.500
o,7:is
1,000
.... 4.500
2.1m. S
2jOU
2 0MJ
.. 101
7o
r.ooo
2,000
. . 47,130
I). Moroni
Hear Brand .. ..
Cocktail
Culling P.ickrtigCo.
A. Booth & Co ....
.1. W. Hume
.1.0. Hanthorn
I.O.Megler
While Star..... ,
MaKuolia
Occident
Astoria Packing Co..
Astona(Kinnex )......
Total
Caes.
.. 1.50(1
. 1 .500
.- 1 ,000
.. r)
... 3.5u
.. 2.5 HI
... 2.75()
... 2.105
2.0'i0
... 1.501
. 500
- 7.75'i
. 50J
..-.20,035
Astoria, for some years, Iias.beon the
largest city in the United States xvitlt
out a railroad. This unprogressivc dis
tinction has been due to a variety of
causes, the most prominent of which
was lite dependence upon the Columbia
ri-er. The necessity and value of a
railroad had been conceded by the most
prosreasix-e of the citizens, and in the
ran of 1SS7, 111 response to a quasi pro
position from Oakland, Cal., a bonus of
$150,000 was quickly raised by the Asto
ria citizens. Tin matter, however, did
not materialize, and for a few months
xvas in abeyance: about a year agon
company of Astoi ia citizens xvas formed
into a corporation bearing the name ct
'The Astoria and .South Coast Kaihvjy
Company." with a capital of 5150,000.
The original intention xvas to build a
road to the Seaside, a !mi!nifieunt ocean
beach. the anniiil resort of thousands
of people seeking health and comfort
in its vicinity, but as the project pro
gressed, and work btrgan, negotiations
xvere opened by prominent railroad men
possessed of unlimited capital and un
equalled resources, and the original in
tent xvas merged into a broader under
taking: the building of a railroad that
would constitute a transcontinental con
nection for at least one of the great
railroad systems of the country.
Active work was begun, material of
all kinds purchased, contracts let, and
dining this .summer a thousand men
have been busy on the construction of
Astoria's hrst mi I road.
This railroad runs in a southerly and
southeasterly direction a distance of
about one hundred miles, where it con
nects with the Southern Pacific railroad
eompaiix's lines, branch lines running
to the Seaside, and elsewhere.
Ilonds to the amount of S.1,000,000 have
been Nsued, and placed bv prominent
New York eapitalis's. Three million
dollars will build and equip the road in
a lirst-elavs manner, and by the time
that is linishi'd inure will be in readiness
for further extension.
In addition to this transcontinental
line txvo other trreat railroad systems,
the Tnion 1'aeilie, and the Northern
Pacific companies, are making extended
preliminary preparation to make this
eitx their actual terminus.
While this statement miy be ques
tioned, the fart docs not admit of suc
cessful rout radict'on. It is ascertain
as anything as yet uncompleted can be
that insult' of eighteen months, there
will be three traiiM'ontiir'iital railroad
systems with their deep water termini
in Astoria.
The reasons for this are purely geo
graphical. A glance at the map of Ore
gon and Washington is sufficient to
show xvh these railroads come here.
Like all organized capital, railroads
are without sxmp.itiiy. and without pre
judiee. All places are alike to them;
and they go where they see it is for
their best interests. 'To secure and
maintain the most favorable conditions
for siic-essful tralhV. thej realize that
termini at a deep water ocean1 port must
ciMiri ii.aiin 10 secure such necessary
in enabling it to supply all the cities of
the Willamette valley mid western Ore
gon, both standard and narrow gauge
lines, with the nearest and cheapest
possible cedar, fir and maple lumber,
including cedar shingles: in carrying
such to and for building operations in
the city of Portland, on an average
haul of 52 miles, divided between the
two lines, at a price cheaper including
freight, limn can possibly reach Port
land elsexvhere: 111 shipping cedai ami
fir lumber to the eastern states, and
finally enabling the Southern Pacili
and narrow gauge lines to deliver their
valley grain and produce on a shorter
haul for ocean slnpmsnt at Astoria to
the point of the Southern Pacific's con
hcclion near Hillsboro with the Asto
ria and South Coast road at the same
rates of freight they now receix'e to
Portland, giving this company an ad
ditional dollar per ten: large iron and
steel works as now proposed are to be
erected at a ponit 011 the Astoria road
loin the Southern or Northern Pacific
lines near which are th- coal and non
IipiIs. Both coal and iron will find do
mestic market, in the city of Portland
and the Willamette x'alley toxvns.
cheaper than are imported to those
places from other sources, and thus mu
tually divide freights.
It is admitted, hoxvex'er, that the larg
est foreign shipments of coal xvhere de
xvloned, will be made to ocean ships
and steamers at Astoria direct over the
Astoria and South Coast road, because
only an ax'erage haul to Astoria of 150
miles. For the like reason will be
shipped from Astoria equally, to the
same extent, the. foreign cargoes of ce
dar and fir lumber coming from our
road to Australia. China, South Amer
ica and various California seaports.
The through passenger traffic between
the Astoria and South Coast road and
its own seaside resorts, whether parried
via Mirtiiern or aoutnern racmc lines,
to and from Por land, (which is large
to-day) must develop considerably with
the future increased population of Port
land and Astoria, and from immigra
tion now beingjlocated in xvestern Or
egon, while the seaside ccal traffic be-
txveeu Astoria and lite uiatsop sea
bathing resorts, practically suburban
tor 1( miles, will be powerful feeders
to the local passenger trade.
Cnistotn llonke Statistics for 1SS9.
EXPIKTS rilOU TI1K COLLJIIUA RIVI'.n.
Article. Quantity. And.
Wheat, bushels 2.172.072 1, 775.CJ3
Flour, bbls 312.849 1. '.05,309
Lumber, feet 4 ?oo,5t7 01.3S.S
Salmon. cs......... ia.,014 .S99.9.J.V
Miscellaneous ..... 22S.310
THE ASTOKIA PUSTOt-TICK.
Considerable Increase in The Amount
Huslnrss.
of
S4.130.5s2
IMPORTS PIRECT AT ASTORIA.
Article.
Coal
Tin plate.
Salt
Miscellaneous .
Totals
Value.
112253
10S.C09
5S8
121,749
Daly.
2.531 tH)
37.785 07
27(5 IS
.V0 59
$2 12,749 $11,199 II
Salmon In transit to Great Britain via S.in
Francisco, Sl75,0oo.
SHIPPING roRKins trade.
Vessels engaged in foreign trade arrived in
Columbia river
Jan.l,1889toDec.l,'8D. No.ves. Tons.
Arrived ... 89 12.I71
Vessels engaged in foreign trade cleared
Jan. 1, 1889, to Dec. 1 ,'89. No.ves. Tons.
Cleaied... .. 105 7,osi
DOMESTIC TRAIlK.
Vessels entered at Astoria, coast wise
Jan. 1. 'S3, to Dec 1, V9. No.ves. Tons.
Arrived ..... 219 320.I5
Vessels cleared at Astoria, coastwise
Jan.l,1889,toDecl,$9. No.x-es. Tons.
Cleared 247 317,7
The above Is for eleven months of last
year.
The following is an official statement
of the amount of business in the Astoria
postofiicc, for the eleven months ending
November CJ0, 18S1I, and shows a material
increase ox-er tho business of the entire
years of Vfi, S7, or 6S.
It will Ikj seen that the iuone3' order
business for the first eleven months of
the year, is over f S0.000.
It is coufidentlv expected that in the
present year Astoria will lie given the de
liverv of letters from house to house, the
same as other cities of the union, doing
the same amount of jxistotlice business.
kkcwits ami iixPKNiirroitis or the as-
TOIUA, OKKOO.V, l. O. VOIt 11 MONTHS
KNIHNG NOV. .'Ml, 1SS..
Debits
Stamps, envelopes, postal cards, etc..
Sold ?02C0 15
Waste paper sold ........ 1 10
1Jii rent eolleeleil....... ...... 1.920 25
Ik
Total. 11 mouths is9
CrediLs-
Postmastcr's salary ..... ..
Clerk Hire ..
Sieeial delivery lee. -
Print iii. ..
Deposit-, in K. s. 'i rcasiiry at S
Total. II months iss;i
Total for 12 months isss ..
Total for 12 months 1ks7...,....,
Total for 11 mouths t.ssi; ..
jioxrv eiriui: i:i'.si.kss.
From October 1. Isss. to Seplpmbpr.'M. Iss9.
inclusive.
$11.57 OS
3Til us
IZ " 43 S3
.. 21.0-K 07
'Si) 70
:.s2l SO
..SI.7SJ 33
.. :k: xi
It 52
- si;
. 0,012 oo
$.S2I SO
..SS.35JJ A'l
. 7.MI 91
.. 0.7SS 01
Ioni"sie money orders issued..
Fees ou th' s:iuic .
Pot d notes issued... , .
International orders issued ....
Total $GS.529 29
Domestic iupiiv orders paid ....$ 12.720 3!
Postal notes paid . sraj 10
International iiioucv unlets p;iui... 1 775 21
Total $14
Total tnuis:tctions ,..
51 (K
SsTt.100 97
termini, thev are building to Astoria.
Without disparagement to other sec
tions, it can truthfully be said that As
toria possesses unrivaled and unequalled
advantages over any other competitive
poiu . T. e Northern Pacific litis for
soul years been engaged in a costly
quarrel with the Almighty, hauling
wheat over its Tacoina line, to load at
that city, for Kurope. At the same time,
so natural is the grade, and so easy the
way. that a train of loaded cars at any
point in the Inland empire suided soleiv
by the brake, to regulate the. rate of
speed, would roll down to Astoria.
The difference in cost, per ton, per
mile in trundling wheat across hun
dreds of mites of country, and ox-er
steep grades, and across mountain
peaks: and rolling it down the natural
patli pointed out by the hand of the
Creator, is sufficiently apparent to any
railroad man, to make further parallel
comment unnecessary.
It need but be further stated, that
when the xvheat thus carried at so enor
mous an expense, does arrie on the
Sound, it is still 40J miles from the
ocean, and that distance out of the direct
line of oceanic traffic: while the xvheat
rolled into the Astoria wharves is six
miles from the ocean, at a port xvhere
deep seagoing vessels can safely enter,
load to their fullest capacity, and as
sately depart. Astoria is the only point
north or San Francisco, of which all
this, with truth, can be said.
In addition to the three lines men
tioned, there is a fourth the Chicago
and Northwestern, which is now reacli
ing out for suitable terminal facilities
at or on this northwest Pacific coast. It
is already within 75 miles of Astoria,
and cannot much longer delay its ulti
mate and evident intention of securing
such facilities in that direction as none
but this point can furnish or atford.
There is no halt nor hesitation about
these railroad enterprises. They are
going ahead as fast as men and money
eau push them. No section of the union
can. to-day. show greater railroad actir
ity than is displayed in the 100 miles
around Astoria.
Of course this arousrs corresponding
activity in real estate.
Next spring other and more enduring
forms of industry will spring up.
Astoria is admirably situated for
manufactures of variotia kinds. We at
present iminirt a great deal that under
more favorable conditions we could
.manufacture, and export at a profit. Our
lumber is capable of being xvorked up
into a variety or forms, building mate
rial, ami pottery clay are in abundance,
and on the line of the Astoria and
South Coast Kailroad are beds of coal
and iron.
(Kxtract from President iteed's rejiort.)
The interchange of freight traffic be
tween the Astoria and South Coast road
and the Southern Pacific xvill be recip
rocal, particularly benefiting the latter
Trie logging camps being located, not
oiuy in one vicinity, out an along up
line of the Astoria and South Coast
road tor over GO miles continuous! v.
xvill make, considerable local passenger
traffic to and from the cities of Portland
and Astoria, while the interchange ot
carrying of feed, supplies, hay. oats.
etc., for horses, xvith the flour from the
Willamette x'alley to such camps xvill
generate a valuable traffic
The Astoria and South Coast railway
company, also contemplate placing one
steamer carrying 4,000 tons to run eco
nomically from Astoria to Victoria and
all Puget sound port--, the time em
ployed being only 24 hours.
It is beliex'ed to be 50 years before
the finest of the. cedar and fir timber.
tributary to the Astoria and South Coast
road can be exhausted, it must be par
ticularly borne in mind that such timber
lands are composed of the nicest soils in
xvestern Oregon, free of rock, and after
an experience of 12 years thereon, have
been proved, ou account of certainty of
sea rains, the most productive hay and
dairy lands (when the hay is cut off)
on the northwest coast, consequently
permanently yielding to the. Astoria
and South Coast road a large local pro
duce and dairy trarhc, alter timber re-mox-ed
to supply the two growing cities
of Portland and Astoria and the seaside
resorts.
Lumber being the greatest local
traffic, the question arises can the latter
on tne Astoria road compete xvith other
sources of supply. Timber along the
Coiitmbia river is so poor noxx, and so
exhausted that logs cost $G per M feet,
both at Astoria and Portland, (our two
terminal points). The virgin cedar and
fir forests on Astoria road are of a much
superior quality, containing 552.300 acres
in Clatsop county, and in Columbia
county 5tW,000 acres, nine-tenths timber,
so that while timber near Columbia
river is exhausted, logs high in price
and inferior, that along our Astoria line
is superior and practically inexhausti
ble. The facilities for its production
alongside a railroad for so many miles
continuously render the future carry
ing trade in lumber so near Astoria and
Portland a certainty. The only ques
tion remaining is to estimate where to
and what are the demands.
Those of the coal beds on upper Ne-
luleni according to our own mining en
gineers report, xvinch have been taken
up by owners, are estimated to exceed
fifty millions of tons. The quality is
reported to vary, but certain beds are
three to ten feet thick, and similar in
duality to theKoslvn coal of Washing
ton. An analysis of this upper Nelia-
lein coat shows 4. per cent, ot fixed car
bon. These .mines have not yet been
sufficiently opened up to demonstrate
the quality for steam purposes or to
what extent the carrying trade will be
for same, but there is no question that
the quantities are unlimited. So xvith
the iron ore, a company to operate
which and to erect works upon a large
scale contiguous to the Astoria and
South Coast railway is noxv being or
ganized, the assay having demonstrated
the ore to yield 52 per cent, of ore iron.
These coal beds have been found near
!ln head waters or rather beyond the
outh foric of the Lewis and Clarke's
and adjacent to main line of ratlxvay
now being constructed, extending from
thence to the Nehalem river ore of first
class quality, and their distance, 38 to
40 miles from Astoria, renders this ore
-al liable, for cheap shipment to San
Francisco. An analysis of the coal has
been made, not only by the assayers of
the U- S. Smithsonian Institution, at
Washington. D. C , and by them is re
ported excellent, yielding 48 per cent,
of fixed carbon, but the following report
of analysis made by Henry C. Hanks,
of'San Francisco, indicate that these
veins of lower Nehalem coal xvill event
ually be of more value to Astoria, when
developed than all the grain trade of
Oregon.
BKPORT OF AX ANALYSIS OF THE COAL.
1 find this lower Nehalem ccal to be
remarkably good. It has a black streak
of powder in which it differs from the
common lignites of the Pacific coast.
It cokes finely and has but small ash.
Its only objection is 13 per cent, of xva
ter, which xvill be less as you go down
the vein. There are peculiarities about
this coal that lead me to believe that it
is true or carboniferous coal. If in
large quantities it cannot fail to be of
great commercial value.
The following is my analysis:
Fixed carbon 48.70
olatile combustible matter 35.00
Water 13.00
Ash 3JK)
Of the thousand square miles of Clat
sop surface, fully txvo-thirds is cox--ered
xvith a luxuriant growth of
valuable timber, mostly of the
con erfious variety. This timber con
sists mainly ot yelloxv and red fir.
spruce, lienuocK, ana cedar, ah
ot these are ot great value, ana are ca
pable of be'tig xvorked into a variety of
beautiful forms. The counrty is cut up
by bays and navigable rivers, so that
logging is easily carried on, there being
no difficulty in'getting logs to tide xva-
ter from any part of the county. In
this connection it may also be said that
no log need ever he tow ed against the
tide to Astoria.
Ail tides and currents lead toxvard
Astoria. It is the natural entrepot for
the lumber of the entire region of the
lower Columbia, and logs can be deliv
ered here for one dollar a thousand less
than at any other point on the Columbia
river.
The yellow fir, and other lumber of
this regiou commands the highest price
wherever offered in competitive sale.
For some purposes it is inva'uable and
xvherex'eiv length, strength, durability
and toughness are leqtiired, it is eagerly
sough:.
In xviiting within bounds or the lum
ber surrounding us, it often seems like
exaggeration to people unfamiliar with
the timber of northxvestern Oregon.
Areas of trees that include miles square
in extent can be found xvhere they run
from eighteen to twenty-six feet in cir
cumference, and standing txvo hundred
feet and r.pxx-ard in height. Many of
these huge trees run up xxith x-ery little
taper, a hundred feet without a limb,
and they will scale axvay up in the thou
sands.
The following from the Xorthuiesterti
Lumberman in this regard is valuable:
"In Mr. Weyerhauser's opinion xve
have in this locality no pine to at all
compare with the Pacific coast fir, when
it conies to the matter of bridge timbers,
and the yelloxv cedar which grows out
on the Pacific coast about the same size
as our pine, he thinks makes ex-en bet
ter finishings than the pine, and is vast
ly belter than the California redwood
because it is harder. This opinion
from Mr. Weyerhauser ought to be val
uable." "1 heard an incident the other day
which is calculated to demonstrate how
the Pacific coast pine is likely to figure
in the bridge building along the xvest
ern railroads in the very near futuie.
wm. luciiuyre, me ruiiroau uunuer,
xvas putting in a piece of road doxvn in
Kansas. lie got prices on 10-foot tim
bers in this market, and from out ou the
coast, and investigated freights enough
to find that there xvas an advantage of
$1 per thousand in favor of the Missis
sippi pine. But it is as easy to furnish
long timbers out on the'Pacific coast
as it is short, and in a happy mo
ment he asked the railroad company if
they xvould give any more for 32-foot
12x12s than for ill-foot of the same size.
He found be could get $4 a thousand
more, paid the $1 disadvantage in
freight and p icketed a profit of S3 a
thousand on all the lumber he ran in."
There are thousands of quarter sec
tions in this county, the lumber on
which xvill go as high as ten million
f"et. and a '-timber claim' is not consid
ered at all desirab'e. if there is not six
million feet of good lumber on it. At
the moderate price of one dollar a thou
sand feet stuinpage, it can easily be
seen what such a timber claim is worth,
and as the supply in the states east of
the Mississippi "gives out. the Pacific
coast timber xvill become correspond
ingly more valuable. A good many
people appear to have realized this, and
in tne last txvo years there has been
such a rush for timber land, that the
land office officials ha-e been unable to
keen up xvitti the tilings. While, many
of these claims hax'e been taken up by
residents, and bona fide purchasers, it
is believed that a large proportion hae
been acquired more xvith a viexv to im
mediate disposition, than xvith any in
tention ot permanent retention.
The annual output of all the logging
camps in this vicinity,is about 100.000,000
feet. At this rate the I ml xvould not be
denuded of its timber in the next hun
dred years: xvith increased facilities for
transportation, however, it is probable
that the aggregate of the annual cut
xvill be greatly increased. Already
large. quantities are being sent east as
far as )ener. Colorado, and as soon as
railroad transit is secured here, the
present tariff, xvhich is practically pro
hibitive, xvill yield to more equable
terms, and competition made possible.
All these billions of feet of line timber
are tributary to Astoria and xvill find a
market at this port.
100.00
Henry C. II axks.
AI5SEXCE OF THE TI- REDO.
Prominent among the advantages of
this port is the absence of the teredo.
This insect is the. dread of all builders
of docks and wharves. It is a small
marine worm xvith a device in its head
that enables it to bore and honeycomb
ship timber, and speedily render it
xvorthless. Millions of dollars" xvorth
of property are annually jeopardized in
other Pacific coast ports by the pres
ence of this pernicious insect. At San
Francisco, Tacoina, Seattle, San Dtego,
and other places, to annuallv renexv
piles, etc., entails a heavy outlay. All
sorts of processes have been tried, but
none have given satisfaction. The in
sidious teredo works its way through
coating and sheathing and in a compar
atively brief space of time the piles
must be renewed, or the entire, struct
ure xvill fall into the xvater. No such
disadvantage exists at Astoria.
IT IS THE ONLY OCEAX II RR0R ON" THE
PACIFIC COAST XVHERE THE
TEREDO CANNOT HE
FOUND.
This is xvorth a million dollars a year
at present, and xrill be xvorth ten mill
ions a year in the future, to this port.
Piles drix-en at the city front twenty
five, j'eats ago, were lately removed, and
upon saxving them through, it xvas
found that, xvith the exception of the
natural abrasion caused by the dash
ing of the xx'atet, the piles xvere as
sound and as strong as when drix'en a
quarter of a century before. Half an
inch in from the surface of the piles,
the xvood xxas perfectly solid, and unaf
fected. This is a most important item, and
one that cannot be too strongly placed
before those contemplating the erection
of docks and xvharves along our eight
miles of deep water frontage. It is n
statement that can xvith truth be made
of no other port on this coast. In this
as in other regards, Astoria is pre-eminent,
and has superior advantages to
adx'entitious or rival claimants to the
natural advantages she possesses.
Deal only in first-class Property, which we buy
and sell on commission. Orders sent us to buy or sell
will be specially guaranteed when so required. We
have for sale choice inside City Lots from $400 up to
$10,000. Suburban property in Hustler & Aiken's
Addition, less than 1 mile from the Postoffice.
Astoria Real Estate Co.,
First Door South of Odd Fellows Building,
Cass Street,
JLstoria, Oregon.
Also, in Warrenton, the location of the ..ma
chine shops and round houses of the Astoria & South
Coast Railroad, and the north half of Clatsop Junc
tion or Clatsop City, which will be one of the finest
seaside resorts on the coast. Also, South Astoria
acreage and farm property.
For choice bargains call at our office.
J. H. D. GRAY
Manager.