The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-31

Tnere is rumOr tnat new company
will soon he in the field to dispute with
the Pacific Mail the supremacy in the
Spanish-American trade. If the report is
correct Mexican and Central American
ports can be reached from San Francisco
with a minimum freight rate.
More conservative estimates of the
Fraser river salmon pack" says the B.
C. Commercial Journal, despite the few
days heavy run, place 1t at some 100000
cases, the big rush of fish being attribut-
ed by many to the beneficial effects of the
hatchery, otherwise according to the or
dinary calculations this would have been
a lean year."
j. B. Elliott has left Victoria for the
Skeena to superintend the erection OF
the Windsor cannery for Findlay, Dur
ham & Brodie, at Aberdeen, which was
destroyed by fire last year. The new
cannery will be the largest on the Skeena
river, and fitted with every modern con-
trivance for salmon packing. The main
building will be l. shaped, 4OOx4O, and
two stories high and will he finished
early in November.
The Port Stanley left San Diego on the
Sth and the Lady Isabella left San Pedro
on the 24th, both en- route to this city
to load wheat for Europe. There is now
quite a good sized fleet en- route to AS
tora to take part in the grain export
trade. Several other ships are considered
fully due. Among these are the George
Curtis, las days out from New York; In
diana, 146 days out from Philadelphia,
and Frankistan, SO days out from Shang-
hal The number of ships due in this
river in September is quite large. With
six ships already at hand and four more
fully due, a good commencement on the
new years business can be made.
"All your theories about shrimps and
why there are none on the Sound are
knocked in the head now" said Captain
Tom Ludlow, Of the tug Laurel, to
Tacoma News reporter. When asked to
explain he went on to tell how he with
party of friends had made a trip to
Steilacoom and after making sure
enough a shrimp net, how they had
caught shrimps galore, "just hauled them
in until our arms ached," to use his own
words. "Yes," continued the captain,
there's plenty of shrimps for everybody
over there. We caught, all told, probably
500 pounds, and intend making another
trip when we will use a larger and bet
Ser net" AS Captain Tommy" never
changed color when he said the party had
caught 500 pounds, it is doubtless very
near the truth
There is more or less speculation among
interested parties as to whether the
steamship Tacoma or the ship Whittle-
burn will arrive first in port saye a
Tacoma paper. If the reports of the de-
parture of the two vessels are correct,
and they presumably are, it is likely
that the sailing vessel will reach the
Sound before the Tacoma. The Whit
tleburn left Yokohama on August / and
If only an ordinary sailor, should make
the run in 80 days. The Tacoma is re-
ported to have left the Orient on August
90 which, allowing her Is days in which
to make the voyage, will bring her here
on September 4. In any case the vessels
will not be very many days apart in
arriving here, and it may be that the
second vessel will reach port before the
first is discharged.
The season for fishing for sockeyes
in the Fraser river having been extended
to September T. a number of the canner-
shut down, as all the cans provided have
been filled. The bark Van Galen, the
first of the salmon fleet, commenced load
ing at Steveston on Monday, for England
The canneries are all busily engaged pre-
pairing their packs for shipment. The
packs of some of the canneries were
overestimated last week, so that with
the increase reported by others, the es-
timated total for the Fraser river is about
the same as previously noted. Definite
figures are not yet obtainable, but 1t
seems probable that the pack will fall
a little short of last years. The BOOM
ing reports which were sent to the East
and to England during the time of the
big run, have, to a certain extent, un-
settled buyers, who are beginning to real
lie that the pack is only an ordinary
one and that the Gamers are stil quite |
firm in their views.
A Portland fishing firm has established |
4 branch house in Seattle, principally to |
take advantage Of the halibut catches, |
which can be handled to much better ad- |
vantage on the Sound than in Portland. |
The latest reports from the Northern |
fishing feet state that not boat is left |
at Cape Flattery, as the halibut have this |
he banks there wide berth and are |
showing in schools much farther north |
The last schooner to arrive in the |
Sound is the Alcedo, which brought 1900 |
pounds of fish to Seattle. The outlook |
'or a good season is now much better |
than when the run commenced, and |
owners of fishing vessels are all doing |
much better than had been anticipated |
The fish are of an excellent quality this |
year and are bringing fair prices. 1t is |
said the catch of the Alcedo sold for 2 |
cents per pound on board. The st. Law
renee and Doncaster are expected to
reach the Sound with their catches dur
Ing next week.-Tacoma News.
The following notices have been issued |
by the lighthouse board: Oregon-Ya- |
luina Bay-Yaquina North Jetty Range |
Front Beacon Light-Notice is hereby |
given that, on or about August 81, 1895, |
a fixed white tubular lantern light win |
be established, Is feet above mean high |
water. on white gallows frame secured |
TO the north jetty at the entrance to the |
bay. With Middle Ground Beacon Light |
as a rear light, this light will form |
a range to cross the bar and avoid the |
recentiy discovered mid-channea rock. |
Middle Ground orange rear) Beacon Light, |
ME. by N; Flagstaff, Beacon A. e. N; |
Beacon c, Sc. by f. "a z. Middle |
Ground orange rear) Beacon Light-On |
the same date the height Of this fixed |
white tabular lantern light, on a shelf on
a single white pile. on the n. edge Of |
the Middle Ground in the bay, viii be |
from p feet to S2A feet above
mean high water and will be made the |
rear light Of the new range for crossing |
the bar. When up with the south end
Df Reef Buoy No 1. black, bring the |
lights in No. 0. red marking sIid-Cnanne7 |
Rock. then haul over toward the South |