 The trolley line has been credited by local officials with being instrumental in bringing about redevelopment of the downtown waterfront area , among them the chairman of the Port of Astoria Commission , the executive director of the chamber of commerce and the chairman of the Clatsop County Commission . Mayor Willis Van Dusen , another of the trolley 's supporters , was quoted in a 2004 Daily <unk> article as saying that the trolley " has become almost a logo for the city , second only to the Astoria Column . " 
