The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-29
Along Ina WharYsa.

Along the Wharves.
The British ship Cumberland. 1898
tons, has been chartered by G. w. Nc
Near to load wheat from San Fran
cisco to Cork, u. X, Havre or Antwerp,
for 25s. The price will be Is. Sd. less
If to a direct point.
Owing to the extreme inactivity in
shipping circles on Puget Sound. the
tug Wanderer has been laid up at Port
Townsend and the crew paid off.
The change in the machinery of the
steamer Fisher vas being made yes
friday. She will be equipped with a new
gasoline engine.
The British bark Birkdale arrived
down yesterday afternoon in tow of
the Emma Hayward.
The steamer Truckee crossed out yes
terday morning for Tillamook, where
she will load lumber for San Fran
cisco.
A pile driver was towed from Illwaco
yesterday by the Sea Foam.
The Polar Bear arrived down from
Portland yesterday morning after be-
ing inspected. After coaling up she will
proceed to Alaska.
The British ship Olmara, Captain
Brown, arrived in from San Francisco
yesterday. She will load wheat at Port
land. j,
The steamer Alliance arrived in from
Gray's Harbor yesterday. Her cargo
consisted principally of freight from
South Bend.
The steamer Gilmore entered at the
custom house yesterday from Tilla-
nook.
United States Engineer Skunk has re-
turned from Gray's Harbor, where he
inspected the dixie in process Of con-
struction there. This dixie, which is
about 5000 feet long extends across the
south channel, and is intended to force
more water into the north channel, so
as to wash it out and improve the nav
igation. There is a gap left in the CEN
ter of this dixie 1000 feet wide, at the
bottom of which is being placed a sill
of brush mattresses, at a.depth of eight
feet below mean low water mark, in or
der to prevent the current through The
gap from washing it any deeper. The
damage caused by the late storm has
been repaired.
The British ship H~yderabad, which
had a terrible passage from Swansea
to San Francisco, would probably
have been lost In some of the numer-
GUS gales which she encountered, had
not the captain made liberal use Of oil.
From the Commercial News 1t Is
learned that on October IS, while the
ship was rolling heavily in a terrific sea
and the cabin was flooded with water,
the captain hung several bags of oil
over the side with good effect, causing
the sea to smooth down while wearing
the ship. In another gale the next day
he repeated the operation with equally
successful results.
During the present week Inspectors
McDermott and Edwards have inspect
ed the steamers Polar Bear, Three
Sisters, Walter Witch and Hassalo.
Next week the officials will proceed to
Bonners Ferry to complete their in
spection of the State of Idaho.
The River Indus, a new 2,OOO tons
ship, is loading at London for this port.
The non-union crew of the schooner
Annie Dee, lying in Gray's Harbor, was
taken off Monday night by union men
and roughly handled, and told to make
themselves scarce, but two OF them
showed up Tuesday covered with bruis-
es from the beating they had received.
There is quite a fleet of schooners in
the harbor, and crews are about evenly
divided between union and %non-unlon
crews, and trouble is expected.
The steamer Columbia arrived from
san Francisco with full cargo of
freight, and a large number of PAS
sengers.
The British bark Ullock, hence for
Queenstown for order, with wheat,
passed Fastnet on the goth inst.
The steamer Oregon sailed for a
Francisco yesterday morning. Box
shocks and pulp constituted the prin-
cipal portion of her cargo from here.
The British bark Rainee, hence for
Queenstown, was spoken in latitude 81
south, longitude 65 west, on February
18th.
FUNERALS.
e. w. Kuykendall, the leading under
taker, having completed arrangements
to purchase goods direct from the rae
tories, regardless of middle men, has
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