The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-17
THE ICE. BLOCKADE AGAIN.

THE ICE BLOCKADE AGAIN.
For many years the Corvallis GAZETTE has
been laboring with very honorable zeal Tor a
railroad from the upper portion of Wllianf-
cite valley to Yaquina bay. At length there
is some prospect of success, fact we are
glad to note The GAZETTE says: ga COM
paratively small outlay, on the part of gov
ernment, will make Yaquina bay the best
harbor between San Francisco aad Puget
Sound. Facts are stubborn things, and it is
useless for even great paper like the Ore
coniat, to imagine that it's SCOTS will be
sufficient to prevent, for all time to come,
the people from seeing their own best inter
ests" The scoffs" are the product of the
GAZETTE. editor fertile imagination. Moth
ing could more please the Oregonian than to
see Yaqnina bay dug out to proper depth,
made commodious harbor with breakwater
and all, and the terminus of a railway from
Corvallis. The only trouble arises from the
fear that for all these things we must wait
yet good while.
The influence of the Oregoaiara
npon>any enterprise or undertaking
in this State, as we'll as upon the great
political. moral or social questions Of
The day, are TOO potent to be lightly
esteemed and we are glad to- ac-
knowledge from such powerful ally
even quasi friendship toward our
Yaquina railroad, Yaquina harbor, or
Cape Foulweather. breakwater. We
do not ask that the Oyegonia,a should
give blind assent to anything we
may publish on these important mat
ters. 1t may be that we are too SAN
guine, and that facts do not warrant
all our assumptions. These are mat.
ters susceptible of demonstration.
We did not mean, by "scoffs,'' as
used above, that the editor Of the
Orego'aia,s was openly and avowedly
opposed to the Yaquina railroad, or
any Of the advantages to be derived
therefrom;s but we would like to. be
pointed to single leader in that pa
per, directly in favor of any of these
enterprises
Surely Portland would have moth
ing to lose by communication with
California, free from ice-blockades
and sand bars. The commerce of the
State could not lose anything, while
travellers would hail, with delight, a
new line of travel between Portland
and San Francisco from twelve to
twenty-four hours shorter, and free
from dangerous bars, ice-blockades,
hogs'backs and sand bars. Would
it not be we'll for the editor of the
.Oregomsas to~take some pains to see
if these things be not So? AS far
ther reason therefor, we quote the
following extracts from the same is
sue of :he Oregouian::
The Ice GoBGE.-We are informed that
the ice gorgeeextends from Willow bar five
miles below the mouth of the Willamette
to the head of Sauvie's island. 1t is esti-
mated that the Columbia is filled with ice
for about Is miles, extending from Willow
bar up beyond Vancouver.
SURROUNDED BY IcE-Yesterday Pilot
Brown arrived at Vancouver from the steam
er Oregon, which now lies at Willow Bar
MIR. Brown reports that the river is COM
pletely gorged with ice at that place, and
that the Oregon is surrounded by ice. The
ice has been piled up until it is nearly II
feet thick. Willow Bar is some five miles
below the mouth of the Willamette. How
ever, it is thought that the steamer will not
be detained long, as the increased tempera-
ture and the warm rain will soon cause the
ice to give way. We are unable to state
whether or not any of the passengers have
come ashore.
STEAMER DAyToN-F1Rsr BoAT.-Capt.
Chas. Kellogg went down to st. Helens yes
terday with the steamer Dayton and return
ed last evening. He reports the river en-
tirely free from ice from this city to St.
Helens. The Dayton left here in the fore
noon and went by way of the slough. There
was no ice in the slough and none in the Col
umbia as far as could be seen up and down.
The Dayton made the trip in good time and
encountered no difficulty coming or going.
To the Dayton and Capt. Charles Kellogg
belong the credit of making the first trip
through to st. Helens since the river was
closed with lee. The people of that town
hailed with delight the arrival of the Dayton
and gazed at her as if they had not seen a
steamer for long time. The Dayton
brought up the mails.
The BRITISH SHIP ALLEGIANCE GETS
AGROUND AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUM-
BIA-TUGs GONE TO HER ASSISTANCE.
!. STRANDED We are indebted to Col. J.
r. Parish for the following dispatch from
Messrs. Trenchard & Upshur, of Astoria, of
date Jan. 10th
The British ship allegiance, in coming in
with pilot, struck on sands on the Washing
ton territory side, and the three tugs are
working to haul her Off She lies in the
same place that the ship MeNear was short
time ago The bar is breaking heavily and
the wind blowing gale from southeast
weather toggy and now raining.
The Allegiance is of l,lSO tons register,
has double deck, is PIT feet and 5 inches in
length, 26 feet inches in breadth, % feet
depth OF hold built in Liverpool in 1876,
and has best rating to 1889; owned by d.
Morgan and commanded by j. James. She
comes to this port from Java, in ballast, to
Hewett Co., to load wheat to United
Kingdom. Being staunch iron vessel, she
will sustain but little damage if got off soon.
INSANITY DoDGE.-Troy DYE. of
Tullis' murder notoriety, in Sacra-
mento, CAL, is now ON trial. His
council is trying the insanity dodge
but it will scarcely save the neck