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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1894)
MK MUX MromAN, ASTOIilA, WEWPiuv MORNJNU, iM Mi-. IWi Seapflfls- of the Northwest (Continued from Yesterday.) If deep draught vessel on open wa ten like th Great Lakes cannot secure oil the business from railways that charge (making allowance for distance) ever three times as much aa the jessela, certainly such vessels In restricted wa ters cannot compete either with the rail ways or with the great tows that are still competing with railways In the Eastern United States and In Europe. Such Inability to compete, on the part of deep draught vessels Inland, where no Immense Inducements nreofercd fa voring tho ocean vessel, Is one reason why the combined tows and railways have driven ocean vessels off every river having at Its mouth a seaport anywhere nearly equal to the up-river port We find the railways from Chicago that parallel the great lakes competing for and securing burlness in the follow - lng amounts and at the following rates In 1890 and 18'J1, as contrasted with lase business: O.ilii Uusliels Hhlppcd by' iJikwi Michigan ( itrul u I.ukoHhi re A .M.Houtlicrn rituburx, l-'urt Wayne ACIiIcuko. l'llUlmrg, Clnil 4Ht. l.ouU Wittiiwti (Jmiid Trunk N. y.,0. 4 HI. I Clilftigo 4 Krle Othur ltullromlK 17,.12,975 H,,i,rii7 l,Mfi ' 4,tMM'H 7,UI',I9 fl,;i7l;U There Is a good deal of hair splitting done by the advocates of Inland sea ports, as to the amount of actual In land penetration towards the heart of the country and towards the producer, In the case of existing seaports. The distance Inland, as measured at right angles to the general coast line, Is In significant In most cases. At Ham burg, for instance, the real coast line of the great masB of land is a line drawn from the mouth of the Elbe nearly eastward to Lubeck bay, and thence northeastward. The Danish iienlnsula counts for nothing, as re gards penetration of land. Now Ham burg is only 25 miles from such a gen oral coast line, which represents all her penetration towardB the general body of producers. To secure this, the vessel runs nearly parallel with this general most line sixty miles, and at the end ot the Journey Inland, Is not much bettei off than whim It begun Its Journey, sc for as nearness to the producer Is con cerned. It Is evident that other rea. sons have operated In such cases, oi purely local ones not related to the great mums of land now reached uy lull, such as locul harbor, shelter, and small areas early developed contiguous to the river. At dlusgow, also, the real coast line runs from Falrlie Head, north by a little west to the muln qoost line of the Isle of Skye. So far as Inland pene t ration goes, the Indented territory west of this muln count line counts for nothing, as the vessel is more cut oft from it In port, than when It has reached Dumbarton, " Hence Glasgow's real Inland penetration Is only 22 miles not much more than any seacoast port might well have; anil Glasgow's post thm counts for little ns an argument for going inland. It is evident that purely local considerations governed here also, namely, the large local tonnuge which before the duys of railways, could not get out at all, unless by water, At London, from the Nore to Albert IHx'ks, tho dlstunce Is only 34 miles, not a very great penetration towards the producer. We tabulate the amount of actual penetration Inland In miles from the general coast line on which advocates of Inland ports base their immutable law. When the grunt areas of our country reached by rail are considered, It will ba seen that the amounts are trilling, and that where very great local advan tage are not offered, the prospect In our new country, well supplied with cheaper rnllwuys than Is Europe,. the prospects of these small amounts of In land penetration receiving great con sideration, are not promising: Antwerp SB miles J lambin g 25 nil.e.i London 31 miles Clusgow 22 miles Gloucester loo miles Montreal 225 miles I'h!ade:phla, 50 mil s Baltimore, 90 miles Charleston miles Savannah 13 miles Jacksonville ,,,,, m miles New Orleans 0 nilles 1'ortland 60 miles Tacoma, m miles To secure Portland's Inland penetra tion, 114 miles of Inland navigation are required. For Taeoma's 85 mile, 160 miles of Inland navigation and 120 miles of waste ocean navigation are required, as compared with a point opposite the mouth of the Columbia. Gloucester, the most Inland port of England, should hold supremacy Re cording to the Inland theory. Glouces ter, besides being from three to fuur times aa far Inland aa any other port In the United Kingdom, has its entrance in the direct line of ocean commerce, With no lost distance. Yet Gloucester Is hut a sixteenth the site of Liverpool, and less than one-hundredth the siie of I-ondon. Of the 36 wheat vessels sent by Portland In 1S91-S to the I'mted Kingdom, only one vessel was con signed to Gloucester. Montreal secured only eight and one-half per cent of the wheut shipments, althouh It Is most distinctively luland of all th American ports and connected with, the Interior by the largest draught water chaiuifl lhat exists. As already noted, the va rious transportation lines In 1H1 took from Chicago to Baltimore, only 251.237 bushels, and to Philadelphia only KJ7.51S, aa anuiiwt 3iS.fl.993- buahvls to New j tain lines of buHlnesa, a la seen by the. Voric and itostuti. Baltimore has the I growth Unit of M. tnui m iu. -m. .... -tffsadvaf.ta .., n regards- ready acre J IK and more lately i-f t i- r nr.d Du-i hi r,-.iiii'i! if faun r;i-iA m foully' only" Wit WIM liil!il fl'Snl Un boast line tliat ignores properly the" eastern peninsula. That peninsula, does nearly all Us business with Philadelphia. by rail. ' As has been noted, the railway com' petlntf with deep: draught vessels on the open lakes, secure a large amount of even Uie lower grades of tonnage, They secure the lion's share of the high grade tonnage which builds up a mart of trade as distinguished from a mere shipping port; and there Is no difficulty whatever, In their reaching to the coast past any ports If the markets of ex change.be established. But for any sort of tonnage, the ocean vessels are still bt a disadvantage Inland on restricted waters. If the open lakes cannot se euro all the tonnage even of cheap grades from the railways, much less will vessels In restricted chnnnela do so. In considering the case of a railway along the Columbia from Portland to Astoria, we find the following rates of cost of transportation that are of In- terest: . Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, 4.6 , mills per ton mile; Delaware, Lackawa- ra and Western, 3.54; Lake Shore and mivmniiv oumueru, .ui; new iorK uen ltrul and Hudson Itlver, 5.1; New York, Corn BimIicIs Wheat Huslicls Klour JliirreU CI'argeH MlllHiier Ton-Miles 40,0.1(1,7 2,I)'I7,(H5 :i,7llltl !!,;II,7I'J : lt"ei,ii'.2 .l,lu,,7.l7 VHU.twi 8,'-'i,ni7 :i,o ,a,;74 si.mz.w KV..0WI HM,17'. 2i;tin HM,0! 3.212.-MI 1,W0,7:I8 K7,!tlH a,7,-i-- (-.'.-.,l()7 iM.K-m m.ViO ll.71l 2nti.uu 183,71)7 i.m f.Oi 621 0.HJ to 7.(10 Lake Erie and Western, 4.19; Pennsyl vania, 3.94; Baltimore and Ohio, eastern division, 5.1. These are average rates for through and local, on all classes. - But the cost of carrying an addi tional short distance, as from Portland to Astoria, is not to be measured by average rates. Van Nordllng, the great European expert, who examined this question In connection with proposed ship canals, reported that the rate for an additional distance on railways, with cars loaded only one way, was leas than half the average cost; or with back loads assured, the cost was still less. But the possible profit to a railway Is not to be measured by rates only. Whatever actual difference exists In market values at the coast and Inlund port, Indicates tho amount the railway may expect to get the b.neflt of, dlrcc ly or Indirectly. In seeking to ascertain this, care must be taken to throw out fictitious rates which any parties may presejit In order to minimize the differ ence between the two rates. The dif ference of values between San. Francis co nnd Portland will measure the possi bilities for Columbia river railway rates, A still more important consideration than one of rates is that of Increased business, "A large, convenient seacoast port at the mouth of the Columbia would .hnnfjc the whole tonnage flow of the Pacific northwest, and concentrate it along the Columbia route In time, ex oept from a limited northerly area. It would draw away from San Francisco most of her northern buyers. The South ern Pacific Comixmy probably realizes this, and havlntr a monopoly In San Francisco and California, prefers to fa- or that port until forced to come to .he Columbia mouth." 'Pcrtlund was located and attained much of Us growth under the primitive pastoral conditions of a water route In in agt (cultural country. The river was the only Important mode of transporta tion, necessarily a slow mode. In such jose, the agricultural and developed areas closelv hug tho streams. The early settlers In Oregon had sought out flint the open valley bottoms of the Wll lametts, comparatively clear of heavy timber.- There was but ono single thread of transportation, tho river, and but ono small area to bo served, the Willamette Valley. It was the natural thing In any .exclusively river route, and before the great towage system had cheaply made steam available for all classes of boats, that ocean vessels should penetrate well inland, If the de veloped region lay there only. A hun dred miles of wilderness, and two day' slow river navigation, separated the In land buyers from any possible coast porU. or mart of trade. Any past at tempt to draw such a mart down to the coast, far away from the buyers of the only developed region, was emtnent.ly foolish. It merely Indicated what would have been best und most desirable for the ocean carriers In a fully developed country well provided with railways and towage systems. There was then no necessity for the mart of trade to consult either convenient radical ar rangements to all of the country, or to pay much attention to tho wilderness between herself nnd tho coast. But railways put buyers at a coast port and mart of trade practically as readily as at a mart a few miles Inland, and all conveniences and advantages can be concentrated at the coast port there fore, without consulting relative dis tances for buyers from Inland houses. !Ve now find all the Paclfio coast de veloping, not merely a small Isolated valley. Therefore the great and con venient mart of trade for all must be sltuuU.nl to accommodate all. This mart of trade must not Ignore the onut, or require It to. go Inland a long distance counter to the movement of products. Philadelphia held commercial supremacy Inland unMt railway lines de- veloped, and her buyers could quickly reach N--w York. Now Philadelphia sends her manufactures thore to be old, to a great extent. The fa,-t that a city has attulned a large growth does nut now long compel Wi failure of others mure naturally situated fir cer- Capital kftlimttiStSij fatiter, U h)i!l'(i frt nd i'HniiiutttliJii.4 are tndtf. readily made1 In favor of the desirable Mention; than In former days. The coming of railways, not as mere crossing points (as Portland will be when Astoria Is reached), but as necessary and final ter minal trans-shipping points. Is what finally decides such growth. That Su perior could thus spring up In defiance of St. Paul and Minneapolis, proves the truth of such a statement. "On examining Portland's location with reference to routes of transporta tion,, we find it remarkably liable to fu ture isolation. Portland attaches great value to a location at the 'head of navi gation, and makes this the test of com mercial superiority. If this be such a test, Portland's loss of supremacy is certain. That city Is not at tho head of Columbia river navigation, but a good 25 miles by water remote from it. The 'head of navigation' of ocean vessels for the great future business of the Colum bia basin must be sought on the Co lumbia Itself, above Vancouver. It is not possible that the great but unwieldy tows from the Columbia will double back on their course and run counter to their coast ward direction, and run up the narrow Willamette (narrowed still more by contracting dikes) and against a swift current (mode still more swift by contracting dikes), to Portland. (To be Continued Tomorrow.) THE! SCHUBERT CLUB. The membership limit of the Schubert Club has now been veryjiearly reached, and its success as a permanent organi zation Is more than assured. On last Saturday evening tho club met at the residence of Mrs. W. B. Adair, in Up- pertown, and the following program riiB delightfully rendered by the mem bers: Part I. Piano duet, ""Finale," adagio, allegro molto, first symphony Beethoven Mrs. Olsen and Miss Laura Fox Soprano solo Mrj. W. B. Adair. "Capricclo" ,. Longard Mrs. Olsen. "Magic Song" Meyer-Helmiilh Mrs. Danziger. Trio Hayden, No. IS Mrs. Olsen, Mr. Laws and Mr. Fred rlckson. Female quartette, "Good-night".... .....Goldberg MrB. Danziger, Mrs. Adair, Miss Gnssle Gray nnd Mrc. H. T. Crosby. Part II. Duet, piano, "Andante and Allegro Siptette" .Beethoven Mrs. Olsen and Mrs. Adair. Tenor solo, "The Blind Boy" Kroell Mrs. H. T. Crosby. Duet, piano and 'cello, theme, and variations, from "Judas Macca- bens of Handel"... Beethoven Mrs. Adair and Mr. Fredrlckson. 'IVnor solo, "Sally In Our Ai;ey"..Curey Mr. Belcher. Piano solo....: Mrs. Adulr. "Rock of Ages" Mrs. Danziger and Mrs. Crosby, Mr. Bel . cher and Mr. A. H. Elmore. ENDORSED BY THE PRESS. Gentlemen: This Is to certlfv th.ir have used Krause's Headache Capsules wiin suusiaciory results. 1 bought box which cost me "3, and one i.ucsv cured me of a dreadful sick hwidueh My wife and myself have both used the medicines manufactured by the Norman Llchty Mf g Co.. nnd we re commend them to the public as being Jjust wnat they are represented. . Respectfully, W. J. HUTCHISON. Ed. Gazette, Pleasant Hill, Mo. Twenty-five cents, for sale by Chas. Rogers, Astoria. Or., sole agents. ATTENTION, FORESTERS! An election of officers to serve for the ensuing term will take place nt Forest- era" Hall on Wednesday evening, June 27th, 1894. All members are requested to be present. By order N. C. JENSEN, C. R THOS. CORBETT, F. S. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. There will be a strawberry festival I every home In Astoria now that the luclous fruit can be hnd at such re;i sonable prices. People should fmembe however, that the season will soon t over. You can have them, and other fruits, all winter by preserving a few crates while they are at their best, (let some of the Pacific Can Co.'s family fruit cans and pack your own fruit. These cans are cheaper and better thu class Jars. They won't break, and wl ist a lifetime. No solder required. M C, Crosby has them at retail. ALCOHOL FOR SALE. ALCOHOL can be purchased nt the White House Corner, In Ilask or bottle quantities. WRIGHT & HARRIS. Proprietors, WORN OUT IN HARNESS. work men and women wear out nremn turely. For some of us It is not easy, for ethers, again. It is Impossible to sret 011 cf harness. It Is the Inflexible yoke, the strongly forged unbreakable shackle o iinpei-aiive servuuue neearul to our- selves and those most dear to us. The weight of It often bows many of us Into the grave before cur time, but It Is un doubtedly true that there is a means of rendering the burthen less onerous, and or muiguung the ailments that unremlt ting toll especially of a sedentary kind has a tendency to produce. Overwork ed clerks in counting houses, mill oi eratlves, bookkeepers, typewriters anil others testify t. the reviving, real. na tive effects or Hiwtetter's Stomach Bit and mental energy when overtasked and on Irm wane. Dyspepsia, falline vianr. rheumatic, bowel nnd kidney complaints yiem o mis oenencent medk-Ine. wh i-h is a preventive of malaria and counter acts the effects of exposure In Inclement weainer. FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS Mr. Wlnslowa Soothing Syrup has been Used for children teethlnv. 11 soothes the child, often the gums. nii-ji n:i pain, cur-a wind cnouc, and l i. boat rented for diarrhoea. Twort-ir-ue ct-ms iKHitn. Suid by ail druc !st throughout the world. 4 fX ' It A. BMI'Hi DENTtST. Rooms 1 and 2. Pythian Building, over C. II. Cooper's store. W. C. LOGAN, D. D. S., DENTAL PARLORS. m Mansell Block, 573 Third street J. E. LaFORCE, D. D. 8. HAS DENTAL PARLORS. In the Flav-ol building, opposite Occident. W. M LAFORCE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 5, 6 and 7, Flavel a Brick Building. SILAS B. SMITH. ATTORNEY V.T LAW. Office In Flavcl's biicb building. FRANK J. TAYLC2, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Astoria, Oregon. . Q. A. BOWLBY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAV. Office on Second SUtet, Astoria, Or. DR. EILIV JANSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. GfTiee over Olsen's drug store. Hours. 10 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sun days, 10 to 11. LIBERTY P. MULLINIX, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, 5&4'i Third st.( Astoria, Ore. DR. O. B. ESTES, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special attention to diseases of wom en and surgery. Office over Danziger'a store, Astoria. JAY TUTTLE, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, AND ACCOUCHEUR. Office, Rooms 5 and 6, Pythian Building. Hours, 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Residence, 639, Cedar street DOCTOR ALFRED KINNEY, OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE. May be found In his office until 10 o'clock mornings, from 12 noon "Until 2 p. 111., and from 5 until 7:30 evenings. MISCELLANEOUS. HOTEL. Remember McGulre's Ho tel at Seaside Is open the year around. CALL ON P. BAKER, 478 Third St., and have your clothes dyed and cleaned. WHEN IN PORTLAND Call on Handley & Haas, 150 First street, nnd get the Dally Astorlan. Visitors need not miss their morning paper while mere. YOUR FRIENDS IN EUROPE. If you have friends in Europe whose pas sage you wish to prepay to Astoria, call at the Northern Pacific otflce, steamer Telephone dock, and make known your wants. Reduced fare via ill the leading steamship lines. ARE YOU GOING EAST? Patron iae the' Northern Pacific railroad If you are Going East. Low rates of fare, through tickets, bigage check ed to destination. AH purchasers of second-clasn tickets can stop over at Portland Rates of fare saino as from Portland. SOCIETY MEETINGS. PILOT COMMISSIONERS Tho reg ular meetings of this board will be held 011 the first Monday of each month at 10 a. m., at the oillce of Robb & Par ker, w. LIiobb. Sec, NOTICE The regular meetings of the Astoria Building and Loan Associa tion uie held at 8 p. m. on the first Wednesday of each month. Oillce on Genevieve street, south of Chenamus. W. L. ROBB, Secretary. OCEAN ENCAMPMENT No. 13, 1. O. O. F. Regular meetings of Ocean En campment No. 13, in the Odd Fellows' Building, at 7 p. m., on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, so journing brethren cordially intted. uy oraer . c. P. COMMON COUNCIL Reinilar mt.. ings ni-si ana tmra Tuesday evenings of each month at 8 o'clock in citv hall. persons desiring u have matters acted upon by the council at any regular mooting must present the same to rh auditor and clerk on or before the Fri day evening prior to the Tuesday on which the council holds its regular meating. K. OSRURN. Auditor and Police Judge. FIRE - ROBB Established 1p (tiftittft safe I will sell at public auc tion commencing At 2:00 and 7:00 H. M.i And continuing each da', the stock ol Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hals, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Corsets, Laces, Embroideries, Silks, Satins, Stationery and Notions, Show cases, Iron Safe, etc. GOO Third street, corner West Ninth. If. A. SMITH, Sheriff, Receiver. You Have Pride In Your Baby Have pride in your Baby Carriage. Get a good one. Get it here, and that in itself is a guarantee that it's the best and handsomest that money wHI buy. And the money will buy more here than anywhere else. HEILBORN & SON. Str. ECMPSE, CAPT. M. SKIBBE, Makes trips to Gray's River Thurs days and Fridays. Parties wishing to charter apply on board, at Ross, Hlg gins & Co.'s Dock, or their office. J. A. FAST ABEND, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, PILE DRIVER, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND WHARF BUILDEH, Address, box 180, Postoflice. ASTORIA, OR Portland and Astoria. .STEAMER TELEPHONE. Leaves Astoria every evening except Sunday at 7 p. m. Arrives at Astoria every day except Sunday at 4 p. m. Leaves Portland every day except Sunday at 7 a. m. C. W. STONE, Agt, Astoria, E. A. Seeley, general agent, Portland. North Paeifie Bremery JOHN KOPP, Prop. Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTED. , All orders promptly attended to FRED SAI2, Manufacturer and Importer of Saddles, Harness, Collars, Whips, Blankets, Robes, i-eainer, etc. GOODS SOLD AT PORTLAND PRICES. P. O. Box iTO. Olney St.. Astoria, Or. AGENTS Satarday Me PARKER INSURANT Tim Astoria flationai Batik TRANSACTS A General Banking Business Account of Firms and Individuals solicited on favorable terms. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Money loaned on personal security. Interest paid on time deposits as fol lows: For 3 months, 4 per cent per annum For 6 months, 5 per cent per annum For 12 months, 6 per cent per annum A Savings Department. Having been established In connection with the above, deposits will be re ceived In sums of one dollar and up ward. Interest will be allowed as follows: On ordinary savings books, 4 per cent per annum; on term savings books, 6 per cent per annum. The Astoria National Bank D. K. WARREN, President. J. E. HIGGINS, Cashier. J. C. DEMENT. Vlce-Prest. D. K. WARREN, J. C. DEMENT, C. S. WRIGHT, JOHN HOBSON, THEO. BRACK ER, Directors. THE flSTOlp SAVINGS BAM Acts as trustee for corporations and individuals. Deposits solicited. Interest will be Allowed on savings deposits as follows: On ordinary savings books, 4 per cent per annum. On term savings books, 6 per cent per annum. On certificates of deposit: For three monthB, 4 per cent per an i.um. For six months, 6 per cent per annum For twelve months, 6 per cent per annum. J. Q. A. BOWLBY President BENJ. YOUNG.... Vice President FRANK PATTON Cashier W. E. DEMENT Secretary DIRECTORS. J. Q. A. Bowlby, G, H. Page, O. A. Nelson, Benj. Young, A. S. Reed. D. P. Thompson, W. E. Dement. ROSS HIGGINS & CO. Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and tipper Astoria. Fine Teas and Coffees. Table Delicacies, Domestic and Tropical Fruits, Veck-Ubles, Sugar Cured Hams, Bacon. Etc. Choice Fresh and - Salt Meats. Proprtetrf of tlie fiiljj Lfl, 8 Corner Second and Benton streets. Corner Third and West Eighth streets Str. OCCIDENT, CAPT. A. E. BEARD. Having leased the steamer Occident, I have her pointed and refitted, nnd am prepared to take Fishing and other par ties at reasonable rates; also Towing of all kinds. Please give' me a call. Or ders left on board or with Mr. Chris.--Johnson, at the Astoria Packing Co., will be promptly attended to. HE music of the trees and wild river waves and all the summer time singers comes sweetest to the housewife when she knows the 6 o'clock meal can be got ready on her double burner oil Btove Instead of the red-hot ccoklng range. There'll not be an even ing from this on till October 1st but she'll be glad she bought one. Have you seen those In our window? $4.50. That old gentleman who said they were ex travagant has changed his mind and 1 has purchased his wife and married daughters each one. NOE & SCULLY. G. CHRISTENSON Is now manager at Geo. McLean's old stand, corner Olney and Astor streets, and Is better prepared to all kinds of work In the line of DLACKSMITHINQ and HORSESHOEING than ever be fore. S. H. WILLETT, PLUMBING, (las and Steam Fitting, Hot Air, Steam and Water Heating. Agent for Champion Hydraulic Beer Pumps. 179 Twelfth street, Astoria, Or. LOAN