The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-02
WORK Done.
Inspection Made by Major Post
Was Satisfactory.
20 FEET IN THE SHALLOW PLACES
Mendell May Remain Here-Cascades
will be Laid Up in Portland for
the Winter.
20 FEET IN THE SHALLOW PLACES

Major Post came down the river with
THE Cascades yesterday, after a three
days tour of inspection along the va
rious bars and other ahallow spots be-
tween Portland and this city. After
Feashnfng here he took a trip down to
The teUty, though he did not go out TO
The end OF the work. The object Of the
majors trip has been to s1tisfy himself
OF the result of the dredging operations
carried on during the past season and to
obtain reliable data for his office records.
He was visited by an Astorian repre-
sentative last night and expressed him
self as being highly satisfied with the
outcome OF his inspection. He said:
Il arave found on an the bars a good
twenty feet of water and l consider that
ar the dredging work during the present
year hAalS been we'll and faithfully per-
formed. I do not th1ink, however. THAT
the me dredge that the government now
possesses b. able to handle all the neces,
gary work. 1t 10 run on the hydraulic
system. and though It flls the bii sat
isfactorIly. there are certain places on
the river where another system OF dredg-
ing would be more suitable. / have had
the Nfdea Of a second dredge in my mind
for some time, and as soon as sufficient
money Is appropriated we will have one.
It wfit be abe to do its work a good
deal faster than the present dredge. The
Cascades will take me up to Portland
tomorrow morning and will then be laid
up I'm thht city for the winter. 1t has not
yet been decided what disposition win be
made of the Mendell for the winter sea-
son. though l understand that It Is the
desire of q great many Astoria people
to have her kept here.
The Cascades has done most excellent
work. She has carried down to the jetty
during the present year 21S.0N tons OF
rock. The jetty work is now finally COM
p0eted, unless there happens to be q
slight sinkage of the present seasons
balfasting. This. however, l do not think
probable, as we rave been guided by past
experience and laid IN extra amount OF
rock. Outside OF the watchmen, no Ia
borers viii be kept at the jetty. 1t Is
not Thought necessary to place any lights
on the structure. as the expenditure would
DE am unnecessary waste OF money. The
ocean light now on Cape Disappointment
i5 to be placed on the North Head. The
department. thinks that locality a good
deal more suitable than the Cape. We
will place a shore light on Cape Disap-
potntnSent with alternate white and red
flashes, so that the two beacons annot
poxil1tiy be confused. I cannot say any
thing definite on the subject OF approprla-
Itions for river improvements"
"Is your trip a purely official one. Ma
jor?" was asked.
Certainly. All OF my trips are official"
he replied THE data that I nave col
lected VIII. be most vaguatce for Office
record: 1 have been very DESTROYS Of con
Quoting the Investigation before, but the
Cascades has been so busy with her barge
work THAT I have not been able to attend
to IT. / think that without doubt the
river is "a nfur twenty feet deep at the
ehallowest places. with a considerably
greater depth at ail other localities"