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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1890)
8 ASTORIA. CLATSOP COUNTY. POSITION AND IMPORTANCE. Clatsop county lies in the extreme northwestern part of the state; has a frontage on the ocean on its western ami northwestern boundary, and on the bay of the Columbia on its northern beundary: it contains about 1,000 square miles, is indented with navig able rivers and is fast filling up with people attracted hither by our many advantages. Astoria the second city in the state in wealth and population, and the sea port city of the great state of Oregon, is in Lat. 4G Deg. 11 Min. north, and I.on. 12S Dcg. 50 Min. west. It is built on a peninsula, extending westward to the ocean, distant about six miles in a htnight line, and is the business cen ter for northwestern Oregon, and south western Washington. It has about 8,000 inhabitants; itsas- Mietl valuation was S2.00O.O00 in 18S8 and $::.000.000 in 1KSI, and is worth S10, 000,000. It has three daily and four weekly newspapers. Tin: Astokiax being the o!dest,and believed to be the best, it pub lishes a Daily and Weekly edition; it was founded in July, 1873: nine churches, all supplied, two large public schools, one of which cot S.'tf.OOO; has street cars, electric lights, gas, water works, etc.; there are flourishing lodges of all the prominent orders. Its A. O. U. W. lodge (Seaside No. 12) and its 1. O. O. F. lodge (Heaver Vo. :$.") are "the banner lodges'' of their respective orders in the northwest. There are two banks, live large hotels, several fine mercantile establishments, and numerous imposing and costly buildings. Rents are comparatively low and living cheap, when earnings are taken into consideration. A skilled mechanic can earn enough in a day to buy a barrel of bet quality Hour. Ileal estate is in active demand and a man seeking investment can do no bet ter anywheie than by placing money in Astoria property, city or suburban. Lots and tracts that sold at fair prices last June and July have been re-sold since at three ami four times what was then paid for them, and the present owners are well satisfied with the in 'estment. There is no "boom"' about it: it i solid, tangible business. A 4ioonf is a temporary creation of fictitious value. The activity in As toria is a permanent development of actual value. That is the difference, in short meter. The city is efficiently governed; has a full set of ellicials: mayor, councii iimii. and usual city officers. The postoflice is a second-class one. and is the distributing point for:S of lices, which gives a fair idea of its im portance. Thecuhtom hone at this port fur nishes statistics which with the other commercial tables, published elsewhere,, show our importance as an embryo commercial city. It is expected that this wiilbe doubled in volume in l.siK): Kegarding Astoria's commercial pos sition, it may be said, that the time is not far distant when Astoria will bear the same relation to interior cities that New York does to Albany, or San Fran cisco to Sacramento. With the, comple tion of the work of improving the Columbia at The Dalles, Celilo and the Cascades, and the mouth of the river, the grain and other pro ducts of a fertile country where crops never fail, v&v. be brought quickly and encaply to Astoria, there to be loaded in vessels that dr.iw as much water as any ship entering the harbors of New York or San Francisco. With the pop ulation now being attracted here by our climatic and other advantages, a great eitv on the coas , must be built, and without disparagement to other local ities, it is evident that at Astoiia that city will be built. We now have three hundred thousand people in Oregon. There are three bundled thousand more residing in the country topograph ically tributary to Astoiia. In len years time this six hundred thousand will be six million, and long before that the commercial advantages of this Io calitv will be so universally recognized, that the entire peninsula will not suffice in size for the population that will be attracted here. Theie is nothing ex travagant in this statement; the mani fest facts bear it out; and those who recognize the "manifest destiny" ot this citv and make provision accordingly, will reap rich reward. Since the first of last June, about twenty different additions to Astoiia have leen platted, and placed u.ton the market. The rapidity with which the propertv has been taken, is a good indi cation of the vab'e a tached to this de sirable form of holding. In some in stances the property was all sold with in a week after being first offered for sale, a, prices that have since materially advanced. In addition to the street REAL We buy and sell good City We make a specialty large or small, ADDRESS: P. O. Box 424. railway line, now in operation on the principal streets ot the city, there is projected for ISO, a cable line, two electric street railways, and two other suburban lines, affording excellent fa cilities for the easy reach of outlying propertv. The site of the city is admirably fitted and adapted to the growth of a large ' commercial city. On .the Columbia J side, the city skirts a gently rolling slepe: here is now built the principal part of the city. The tides ot the Pa cific roll under the largest uumiu'ss houses in the town, thus affording facil ities in the way of drainage, not, per haps, enjoyed by any other city in the Union. On the southern and western side there is a gentle fall and a succession of beautiful terraces, sloping southward to Young's bay and river, a beautiful sheet of water" on whose shores will be a great part of the future residence por tion of Astoria. Westward, where Young's river meets the Columbia, the railroad bridge crosses to the seaside, and along its line, will spring up sev eral villages. To the east of the city lie several tracts, also in immediate demand for suitable building sites. People who have traveled lar, say that never have they seen a finer Mte for a beautiful citv than the magnificently placed pe ninsula on which Astoria is situated. THE CIIAMUCB OF COMIIKIICK. Astoria has n Chamber of Commerce that is usually alert for the intersts of the city, and has sent out a large amount of descriptive matter regarding our posi tion, advantages and resources. Those desirous of securing accurate information respecting this section of the northwest would do well to write to E. C. llolden, the secretary of the chamber, enclosing a stamp for a rep'j'. A similar request to the state printer, F. C. Baker, whoso ad dress is Salem, Oregon, will insure the receipt of a pamphlet, the "Besonrc.es of Oregon," a work published under the auspices of the state. THE ASTOltU nsi: ukimutmust. Astoria boasts the possession of the finest and most efficient fire department on the Pacific coast. It has proved its superiority' on a number of occasions, and has an unrivalled record. The last annual report of the chief engineer of the Astoria fire department shows that the entire loss by fire in the city of As toria, for the 3-ear ending October 1, 1S89, was but $1IW. The department is com posed of three companies, is wholly vol unteer, and is supported by liberal ap propriations. It costs between .lo.OoO and 12,000 a year. CIIITKCIIKS AXI RCIIOOI.S. In Astoria there are religious congrega tions worshiping in their own commodi ous edifices, as follews: Methodist. Pres byterian, Protestant Episcopal, Bomau Catholic, Baptist, Congregational, Ger man Lutheran. Scandinavian Lutheran, Finnish, Evangelical and Christian. There is also a Young Men's Christian Association, and a number of minor or ganizations, with similar aims and ends. The schools are attended dailj by about 800 young Americans, forming n platoon of the future grand army of the republic, on which fhe perpetuity of our free in stitutions depend. They are taught by fifteen teaciiers who are paid from $M to $100 per month. There are twenty-three sdhool districts in the county, and a good public school is maintained in all of them. Astoria's Salmon Indnstry. The leading industry of Astoria for many years lias been the manufacture of canned salmon. The Columbia river salmon bear.- the same l elation to other salmon, that gold does to copper. It is confessedly superior, and commands the highest prices in the markets of the world. Canned Columbia river salmon is classed as a delicaaey. alike mi the table of a Pars restaurant, ami in the camp of an African explorer. If goes everywhere, and is eagerly sought for its unexcelled delicacy and flavor. The industry annually gives unp!o ment. diiectly and indirectly. to 4.000 men on the lower Columbia. About three million dollars is invested in the business, and the annual output has equalled that am-juut in value. SOME SILXItt SHIPMENTS. Valiinlilr Cursors Are Loaded at Astoria. The most va'uable cargo of the year cleared foreign direct from I hi- Colum tiia river August lOlh, issi), fiiic canned salmon, in the good ship Wrstlainl, Scot land master, to be landed at Livcrimol. England. Following are the shippers, the amount shipped, and the value: Cases. Shipper. Value. 2.J7S I.O. Hanthorn $ 19.957 2.0SO S. Elmore 14.520 4.S51 1. A. Devlin 33:957 2JKK)....Abeideen P.Co 13,750 2,000. ...Geo. W. Hume 13.000 i.000. . . . Eureka P. Co :a,000 3.800. . . . Fisherman's Co 21.700 109 1. W. & V. Cook 7(53 11,708.... Iladollet & Co 45,481 1,000.... Pillar Bock Co v"00 40....J.G.Megler. 29,250 2,500.... A Booth's Sons 1G.2TjO .".030.... George & Barker. 19.500 700. .. . Astoria P. Co 4,900 2.000.... P. J. McGowan 13,00) 3.000. . . . Col. Ill v. Pkg. Co 19,775 47.42r,.... Totals $314,303 The above, with one exception, is the most valuable cargo that ever cleared foreign direct from any Pacific coast poit. by sail. This statement is made with fir I knowledge of the. facts, and does not admit of succeful contradiction. During many y-ars the writer has kept record of all the big cargoes that have cleared from San Francisco aid Astoria. Some very valuable shipments have been made from b iJh ports. The most of fie cargoes that go by sail from tither Astoria or San Fran cisco are valued under $50,000: a small percentage go as high as $75,000, and a still sum ler percentage as high as S100. 00ft. A hundred thousand dollar cargo is not usual, though in the records of shipping from Pacific coast ports will he found several approximating in value that of t lie WestluHtl SOME VAI.UAISI.K CAKCOES. Among valuable cargoes shipped foreign, direct f nun this coast, may be mentioned the Ocean King, which cleared for England from San Francisco, in September. 1S75. with a cargo worth Sl'Itt.GOO; the Three Brothers, the largest merchantman then afloat, from San Francisco to Liverpool in March, 1877, with a 23it,0M) cargo; the Glory of the Seas, from San Francisco, in November of the same year, with a $242,000 carge: the Glenperis from Astoria, in Septem irr. issi, with a $254,000 cargo; the Ed win Heed from Astoria, in July, 1832, with a $227,000 cargo; the Ehcell from Astoria, August 24th. 1SS2, with aS303, 000 cargo, (the most valuable up to that time): the Pintnore in June, 1SS3, from San Francisco with a $244,000 cargo, ami the U'asdale from San Francisco in October of the same year, with a cargo valued at $:U00. Or this $300,900, there was $23;.575 of it Columbia river canned salmon. THE MOT VAI.fAM.K CAKCO. We come now to the mojt valuable cargo ever shipped foreign, direct, ly ail from any Pacific coast port. To As toria U due the honor of loading such vessel. On thc25thoC August, lSs, the Brit ish ship W'allacelown cleared from As toria with the following cargo, loaded at Asteria: To LicerjHHtl ;mt irift(r7oic;i. From Astoria 70,"00 es. salmon.. $373,000 2.250 bbls flour.... 12,112 Tola!. ...$390,112 This is the ino-.t valuable cargo ever cleared foreign, direM. by sail from any Pacific coast pint. The W'allarelown arrived safely at her home port, and the English papers made much reference to her large con signment of salmon, and the unprece dented value of the cargo. The 67. Paul left San Francisco in November. 1878, with a $400,000 cargo for Loudon, but the St. Paul was a steamer and didn't clear for England direct but went first to Panama, and thence to Loudon. The next most valuable cargo clear ing foreign direct by sail from any Pacific coast poit, is the WcMuml, which cleared, as given above, with a cargo worth, f.o. b., in the river. $314. 300. Thcth'ul in value was the Eltcell, which cleared from here in August, 82, with a cargo loaded here, and worth $3O3".0O. The fourth in value is the Wa.sdale. which with $2::;.575 worth of Oregon salmon in her hold, cleared from San Fraiifisco for Liverpool, in October. 1SS5. with a cargo worth 300,900. ANOTHEi: CLAIM. I'OK ASTORIA. It may be further stated that during three days of August, 1882, there was shipped from Astoria, direct foreign, by sail, an aggregate of value of cargoes exceeding that similarly shipped in similar time from any other Pacific or Atlantic coast port. That is to say that neil her from San Francisco or New York, or any oilier American port, was there ever shipped foreign direct by sail in any three days, as much as by value cleared foreign direct sail from Astoria, during three days in August, 1SS2. On August 23r.l, 1882, the Jas. G. Haiti cleared for Queenstovvn. with flour ami salmon, worth according to custom house sworn statistics (from which this is compiled) $134,500; On August 24th, the Elwell cleared for Liv erpool, carrying flouraud salmon worth $:a3.300: on the 25th the Glengarry cleared for Loudon, with flour and salmon, worth $128,995.30; on the same day the M'allaeetown cleared with flour anil salmon, worth $390,112. Here in three days, are clearances ag gregating in value $95(J4K)7-. The West land was the fourth vessel to clear from Astoria this summer with canned salmon for the English market. The Martha Fisher tooK a light cargo early in the season : the Hor. rtnalale cleared for Liverpool with a cargo worth $213,72i"on the 17th of July, ami the Wanled: for Loudon with a cargo worth $1.M,719, on the f.th of August. ROBB ESTATE property and acreage. Our office is headquarters for the business. of Gilt-edged Property. If you want to make an investment, in the city that controls the commerce of the Northwest, we can aid you in doing it. EOBB Sz PABKEE, ASTORIA. OREGON. Lumber Advantages. Why Astoria is the Best Place to Manufacture Lumber. The local advantages at this place for the manufacture of lumber are very great, and it is only because the capital and industrial energy of the. place have been employed in other channels that they have not before now been eagerly grasped. First, Astoria is in the center of the finest body of timber on the Pa cific coast. The tidal currents lead to wards here from all directions and the raft haul to her booms is not only short but invariably down stream. Being near the source of supply, mill men at Astoria are naturally better informed of logging operations than those in remote situa tions, and through the relations of ac quaintances and proximity are able to supply themselves at rates a little better than those paid by Portland and other outside competitors. AS to milling iidu ouum sues, uu muni tion could be more favorable than As toria. At the mills here, logs are taken at one side of the mill while ships load at the other. There are no Hoods here. The tides are moderate and regular and logs in boom are absolutely safe. Loss through storms or from other cause was never known, and with ordinary care would be impossible. The manufactured product at Astoria is on the seaboard, ready for shipment, and since the largest market demand is by ocean, Astoria manufacturers hpve a big advantage over rivals at np river points. Here the water is fresh and logs may lie almost any length of time without de terioration. On Paget sound, where the water is salt, the teredo is an enemy to logs in the water, and they cannot long lie in the water without being damaged. Instances are very common where a raft has been made utterly valueless in a few weeks. At Astoria there is no such dan ger. The teredo is unknown and a log loses nothing bv even n protracted stay in the water. The same is true of piling so necessary for wharves. Mill men at Puget sound are taxed in considerable sums to keep up their wharves, boom lines, etc. At Astoria there are piles in a perfect state of preservation which were driven thirty-five years ago. This advantage is by no means a slight one, as the mill men nt the Sound and in the various salt water bays along the coast will testify. Practical men need not be told the value of a situation at the base of sup plieswhere provisions may be bought daily in open market, where men may bo had on an hour's notice, where tugs and barges are at call and where there are shops for the. prompt supply or repair of machinery. How often it is that a great mill mnst shut down, nt the loss of hun dreds of dollars per day, for the need of a repair which, with machine shops available, might be accomplished m an hour? Mill men alone know the value of n situation like that at Astoria in respect to these items. Another point in favor of a situation nt a point of general commercial impor tance is the convenience of regular mails and of the telegraph. "A telegraph line, from San Francisco to my mill," said a man who operates in a remote bay, "would have made mo $10,000 last year. 1 am compelled sometimes to shut down for a week and to send a tug on a special trip io Astoria to fix up something which I could do in half a day if I were not buried in a hole," In the whole list of practical consider ations there is but one item in which As toria does not excel as a point for lum ber manufacture, namely, with reference to eastern overland shipment. The Portland mills being on the railroad have better freights at present for this business, but this is a very small advan tage when it is considered that logs for the Portland mills must come from the Astoria lumber district. It casts but little more to boat lumber from Astoria than to tow rafts and when the railroad is extended to Astoria, as it must soon be, she will be on an even footing even in this respect. As it is now, she is in a better situation for the eastern market than the mills on Puget sound, since they must boat their lumber to Seattle or Tacomajust as she must to Portland. But this matter is so trifling that it cuts a small figure and is much more than overcome by the advantago for coastwise and foreign shipment which continues to bo the biggest part of the lumber business. Lumber Shipments From Astoria Direct in 1889. The following shipments of lumber were made by the West Shore Mills Co. during 1889: Vessel. Zauipa Norma .. .. Zauipa ... Norma Zauipa !"Z! Norma Jos. lJuss Zampa Norma . ... It. A. Coiimiis.. Z-unpa ..... Norma ....... Zauipa........., Nnnn i . M. K. Huss..... 18 vess2fc-7,o,uon feet The following shipments were made Ves-el. Date. Assel Ian. I American Hoy ...... Mar. S (iarttuorc May 7 Solide .Inner. I-etitia Aug." 14 F. E. Sanders S-pt. J F S Kedlielil Sept . I Vega . .......... . . .......... Dec 5 Ophlr. Dec 23 si Vessels & PARKER BUSINESS MEN ! OF Astoria i In everv community there ft- is in all branches of trade a recognized leader, one who reaches the top of the ladder in spite of all ebstacles: and when we reter to the leading CLOTHING MERCHANT of Astoria our readers will easily recognize HERMAN WISE, the clothier par ex cellence: and it is no dispar agement to his opponents to thus praise him, for there is not a business man in this great State of Oregon who ranks above Herman Wise in executive abilitv in that talent which plans and exe cutes successful business enterprises. Less than four years ago Mr. Wise opened a Clothing store on a very small scale, with very little capital and against a well-established and energetic opposition, under circumstances that I it'milil ilininiiiifiin . lfiii iln mini iiiiiMirui- i m-tj in termined man: but the care ful business training he re ceived while still a lad, his natural pushing methods combined with his peculiar, bnt attractive slyle of ad vertising, stamps him a first classman to deal with: and Astorians were not slow to recognize his merits, as his rapidly growing trade at tests. So that to-dav HER 3LYN WISE is tlie owner of one of the largest Clothing. Establishments in the north-, west, where the most fastidi ous can choose from an ele gant stock and be assured of fair treatment. Date. Jan. 5 Feb. 14 .Mar. c Mar. 11 Apr. 21 -May Ti June 17 July l.i Julyni Au.'.s Sept. 17 hept. Oct. 1"i Nov. ii Dee. C Dec. IS Dec. 'Si Feet M. I'n; 437 -101 4rt0 410 4:X 7AH 4 ViO 4115 l 1J7 48KJ 110 .-00 41 N) 'lti For. .N. F. Value. S 7.JH0 S.000 O.S0O 7.800 nfiio 7.14C S.KW 7.Cl'i ;.:ajo .4i.-i 7,:HU :t,:H7 S.SS0 7.070 SKX) i;.soo 4,7!) S. 1). .S. F. S. F. .S.D S. F. S. F. S. F. S. F. S.D. by the Clatsop Mill Co.: ?130,10 Feel M COS ro WK - .'as iK ;;- r.io 4,85.-. For. Value. Sit, MS I.OOo 11,023 8,97.- l.oor li.COO a.ww l,7o 8,800 Sidney S. F. O. H. Cal. S. F. Sydney Sydney S. F Sydney S74.82S The First National Bank OF ASTORIA.- Capital and Surplus Over OFFICERS: GEO. FLAYEL, JOHN A. DEVLIN, S. S. GORDON, E. G. ROGERS, DIRECTORS: GEO. FLAVEL, Capitalist, Astoria. S. S. GORDON. Cashier. Astoria. W. M. LADD, Banker, Portland. Portland Correspondent, San Francisco Correspondent, New York Correspondent, Chicago Correspondent, The Occident. The Leading Hotel of Astoria ! ME&LER & WRIGHT, Proprietors. Everything Comfortable and Convenient ! -TAKE Occident -Coach Upon " THE ASTOBIAN, DAILY AND JJ.HALLOM&CO., Established Has the Largest Circulation of any Newspaper Published on trie Columbia River. Universally recognized as the Leading Newspaper of North western Oregon and South M western Washington. Daityj by mail, Weekly, by mail, Corner 3rd and Cass Streets, 1 AGENTS. $70,000. President Vice President Cashier Asst. Cashier JOHN A. DEVL1N4 Capitalist. Astoria. JACOB KAMM, Capitalist, Portland. C. E. LADD, Banker, Portland Lidd & Tilton First National Bank National Park Bank Metropolitan National Bank THE- Arriving at Astoria. WEEKLY, PROPRIETORS. in July, 1373. $7.00 2.00 ASTORIA. OREGON.