The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-06

saved and will run as soon as they can
be put in order. Loss, $500.
seufert Bros. are very heavy losers In
deed, and the full story Of the destruc-
tion wrought among their property is
too long to detail here. Mr.. Geo. Seufert,
head Of the firm, was very glad to put
me In possession Of all the information
he could give. He told me that they
owned ten stationary wheels. the build
ing Of which had cost them SAG, 900. OF
these six are a total loss, having been
swept away without leaving a mark 10
show where they had stood. OF the
four that are left only one is running,
and that Is in bad order. The other
three are still too deep in the water to
run, but will be put in operation In
about three weeks. In answer to my
questions, Mr.. Seufert said: "There are
more fish In the river than 1 have ever
seen in my life. We have forty-five dip
nets going and their average daily catch
for the last ten days has been fourteen
tons. All of 1t consists of bluebacks,
and this is the second run Of that va
riety, with prospects of a third run Mex
week-an occurrence before unheard of.
Our stationary wheel is the only one
now running in this vicinity, and there
are four scow wheels that are turning
on half time. These latter catch a
large number OF fish on ccoun of the
muddy, stirred up state Of the water,
but as soon as the current lessons a
little and the river clears they will not
take 400 pounds daily. The dip net catch
will also be largely affected when the
river gets clearer. After the 10th Of
July, when the blueback run has
our up-river pack is practically over,
and / don't believe that the total num-
Der Of cases put up for the season will
come TO half that Of last year. Ever
ding & Farrell will be In good luck If
they pack $4,000 cases. Last year at
the Cascades Warren packed $4,000 cases
of fish, and MCGOWAN $1,000. Warren
will do well If he gets $4,000 this year.
He has only been running since last
Monday. MCGOWAN will put up about
$4,000. He has had a better chance tol
run than Warren, as the latter's can
merry has been all but under water. The
fish themselves are far more plentiful
than they were last year. If our firm
had all It's wheels in good running or
der we could easily be responsible for
12O tons per day right through the sea-
We are getting the incest run of
bluebacks for size that / ever saw. Lots
of them weigh nine or ten pounds, and
very few that / have seen come under
five pounds"
The Seuferts tried to save n of
their stationaries by cabling 1t to the
shore with chains around five ten-ton
rocks. The crib OF the wheel itself was
Of solid stone AZ feet long and IS feet
wide. The river hook the whole wheel
and crib and carried three of the an
Choir rocks and chain down with it in
enormou heap.
L. IL IailGg Ut SCbiOy bSh iAAACo loi
her up the river, had three stationary
One of them only was demol-
shed, but the others were so badly dam
lged that 1t is doubtful If they can be
placed in good running order this year.
| estimate that thirty-three wheels on
he Upper Columbia have been totally
destroyed, six so badly damaged that
hey will have to be rebuilt, and four
damaged to the extent of $3.50 each. 1t
s within the estimate to place the total
oss represented by hits damage at $17S,-
90, exclusive Of all loss of business
'aused by the destruction of wheels.
This latterds i~ncalculable. On the basis
4 the business done last year by the
apparatus now demolished, 1t would
epresent $47O, 900, ,
Tomorrow l will go farther into the {
done at the Cascade Locks, and ]
ny to give you some idea of the wonder !
ul wool and wheat season that this
icinity is about to experience. :
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