The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-04-28
THE INCONSISTENCIES OF MI
FILLARD'S PORTLAND ORE-
CONAN.

After Mr.. Wizards mouthpiece, the
| Portland Oregonian blows hot and cold fol
| a time and exposes a few truths concerning
the future prospects of the OTeyonton
future city, then comes to the front the
Secretary of the Portland board OF trade
or some other person who has become Of
| Tended ut the childlike indiscreetness OF the
Oregoaian and asks some other publication
to ,ubIisb Il lot of faisehoods to refute what
the Oregoa;am has said. The following
taken from the Ne,c York Banker antt
Broker, of April llth, is a fair sample OF all
instance like the one above alluded to, whicN
reads as follows, to wit:
THE PORTLAND, OREGON, BAR.
Mr.. Arnold. Scc'y of the Portland Board
of Trade, writes us, complaining OF our
article of the 10th uit., i'll W iIlch We gave a
short summary from our Oregon exchanges,
showing increasing difficulties of navigating
the Columbia river, specially because OF the
bar at its mouth, and asking us to publish,
a. a refutation, an article, mast personal,
in our esteemed contemporary, the Oregon
i'm, of the 25th ult
The only question to Us is, was our sum
mary true as we 10 not intend to lnis!eaa
for anybody's benefit That We were accu-
rate we submit the following articles from
the same Oregoa;Gn, and simply give them
;or comparison with the article coiilplalned
of in our issue Of the 10th ult., as showing
that instead OF exaggeratirg we have, ac-
cording to the Cregonian, uEderstated the
facts in the premises. We should lie
pleased to publish the ''refutation, If It
w,s nertiuent but our limited space Tor
bids unnecessary words:
CausE FOR ADARM.-The "OregCnian" has urged
deepening OF the ship-chaDnel from the ocean to
Portland, and Improvement OF the Columbia river
oar a, measures of first Importance TO the whole
,ect;on whose product pass out to market through
t olumbia rive. We have shown hy conparati' e
rates OF ship charters and by statements OF lighter
be worth six cents per Genital more than the current
rate but for the dangers and delays of rivers.
This loss which the people of Oregon la"e suffered
with paticncc not above reproach aggregates any
millions of dollars. But greater danger threaten.
Shipping papers announce that four vesSels-.he
Syren and Blue Jacket, from Hong Kong, the Non
antuu from Callao and the Niagara. from Buenos
Ayres-which to have sailed seeking to the
Columbia river have, lowing to the danger and
Lenses of getting in and out over the Columbia BAR
been directed toward other ports. And we hear a
runor that vessels drawing more than nineteen feet
and bringing iron for Orevon railroads. will be li-
rectc;i to unload on Puget Sound. Soon we shall
not be able to get ships even by payn cnt of six
cents per GENITAL extra toll. but shall have to send
wheat across to the sound losing the local bust
ness of the ships which carry our grain to rarket
besides paving the transfer rate to the shipping point
This may be rted by improvement OF the river.
The new tugs, which it IS proposed to put on the bar
will do much but tugs alone will not make the
passage for large ships absolutely safe retrieve
the reputation which repeated disasters have given
the bar Or gGn could stiil ship her own grain and
Portland could still renain the business centre of the
northwest if the Columbia river never again foated
an ocean vessel, but we would sacrifice much In los
ing ollr shipping, and must not lose it. The bar
tr,Ts st h. ipOrOyet and the rivers uSt tie ODened
This matter is not important to Portland than
to other sections OF the State The farmer who pro
duccs wheat is the 10 er by the increased cost of
shipping, not the Portland shipper VINO trims his
sails to suit the breeze, -oresonian. March 5.
TIE CORSICA DIsAsTER.-A naval court consisting
OF Mr.. James Laidlaw, British vice consul, Capt
Edward HALEY, master of the British ship City of
Lucknow, and Capt. Alexander Mills, master OF the
British bark Valparaiso alter taking testimony re
garjng the loss OF the british bark Corsica, wrecked
on the 2lst ult, rendered the following find ng:
l. That the bark Corsica foundcred outside of the
Columbia river from tine efftcts of leak caused by
her striking heavily on the bar while crossing out
under Charge Of properly licensed and experienced
pilot.
That the pilot seems to have exercised all due
precauton in approaching the bar in order to ascer-
tain if it was in fit condition for vessel OF the
Corsicas draft to cross out, and that he could not
nave foreseen the sudder swell which arose and
caught the ship in the act Of CROSSING other vessels
Of even deeper draft having crossed OUT the day be-
lore and later on the same day, without accident
3. That the loss OF the vessel has not been
stoned by negligence or default OF either pilot, has
| ter, mate or crew.
|. 4. That it would have heen impossible to have
turned the vessel round after she first struck
count OF the narrowness Of the channel and there
was no place on the outside where she could have
been beached. Neither could she with any chance
OF success have been brought in again the bal
N account of falling tide, the increasing swell and
| the ship settl ng deeper in the water.
5. That recent surveys seem to prove that the
north and the south channels OF the Columbia river
I are changing and filling up and that cEanne
IS forming the middle sands between tn: two
which would render the enranceof the Columbia riyel
| easier and safer.-Daily Oregoaian