The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-19

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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The steamer Oregon left out for Cali
fornia yesterday morning.
The steamer Truckee leaves San Fran
cisco for this city and way ports tomor-
row.
Seven carloads of salmon, conblining
$500 cases. were shipped up the river
last night.
Most of the small steamers were idle
yesterday There was very Ettle towing
on the river.
The Dadd Is Cald up at ParlSer's dock
having one of her engines repaired She
will not continue her dredging for some
days.
The British Ship Cromartyshire Is now
on her way down the river and should
arrive here this morning. She Is wheat
laden, and bound for Liverpool.
The new warehouse of THE oregon I'M
provement company ait Seattle has
novel mechanical contrivance built for
the handing of vessels ait extreme low
tide, known as a submarine slip.
The two big dredgers, the Python and
IL rad N hgapiT
work in Elliott bay. A pipe line 1900 feet
long has been lad to carry off the SOIL
as 1t is pumped from the bottom.
Six boats arrived DOWN from Portland
yesterday-al before p. m. They were
the Potter, Telephone, Thompson, Gut
zert Ocean Wave and LurVdne and all
had fair sprinlding of passengers.
The Ocean Wave came down the river
yesterday afternoon and tied up for few
minutes at Fblvel's dock, leaving acr Jss
for nwaco at about p. m. She brought
down a large number of passengers
bound for Long Beach.
The San Francisco sealing schooner
Jane Gray had up to Nlly 26 taken 1,O4
skins. When she was sighted off Homo
lulu early in June she was thought to
be a filibustering craft and an armed
tug was sent out after her.
Fish continued to run very well yester-
day and the returns showed a continued !
increase. Two canneries received 30
tons each, and several packed 800 cases
by night. 1t is generally believed that
the ruin win continue for several days.
TheBritish bark Arth'es. 1206 tons reg
lister, Captain MCNEIL, arrived IN port |
from Yokohama yesterday after fair |
passage of AZ days. She is in ballast |
and is consigned to the Portland Flour
ing mills. A towIboat will be down the
river this morning to take her to her
destination. Her captain reports an un-
evenltful passage
The steamship Oscar II VII finish |
loading lumber today at the Tacoma
mill, says Wednesdays Ledger She will
have on a cargo of 100000 feet, destined
to Delagoa bay, East Africa. In addi-
tion to the lumber, consignment OF
ten tons of Washington flour will be
taken out, as will also several tons Of
canned fruits, vegetables and salmon
These are intended ais sample shipments,
to introduce the products of this state
on the eastern African seaboard, and 1t |
is expected that from it profitable
trade with that part Of the world may
be the result.
The placing of the Potter on ehe Satur-
day afternoon run from Portland has
called for a slight change in the time
card of the SeasIhore Railway Co. The
correction is made in today's issue Of the
Historian. On Saturday afternoon pas
sengers for Seaside take the Dwyer, Tel
ephone or Harvest Queen at 3:45 p. m.
and the Potter on arrival from Portland
about $50 p. m. The early "trip on Mon
day morning will be abandoned and an
early "trip made on Sunday morning to
connect with steamer Thompson from
Portland. No other changes are made in
the old schedule.
Three sailors of THE American Ship TIL
lie e. Starbuck recently made a bold ait
tempt to steal President Dole's ylcht
Bonnie Dundee, while their vessel was
lying at Honolulu. They stole the craft
without difficulty and they would doubt
less have got away but for m.stalking
the two boilers ol the EVA side Of the
lighthouse for lte buo,7s in the passage.
They steered 1by the f)oilers and as a
result went ON the reef and stuck flst.
In an interview the men stated 1t was
their intention to make for the Mexican
coast, expecting 10 fall in with shippiag |
on the way and secure stores and provis-
ions. Should they fall short of supplies
they were to stop at H.lo and secure
eatables.
A London cable to the Australian press
reads as follows: ''Ductr1g his visit 10
Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Alr. ). G.. Ward, +
colonial treasurer Of New Zealand, lad
an interview with the directors of the !,
Canadian Pacific railway company, who
decided to inaugurlte next summer a fast
NAL service between Montreal alnd Liver
pool Mr.. Ward promised to recommend
his government to grant a subsidy for
a Pacific service connecting with the Az
lantic 1ine on condition that the Cailadian
Pacific railway company ran direct
line of steamers to New Zealand. AS the
result of the interview the company sub
m.tted and advantageous offer in this
direction"
The report of the Plcific Mail Steam
ship company for the fiscal year ending
April 30, 1896, has recently come TO hand.
The gross earnings are considerably |
larger than for the previous year, while
the expenditures were less. The earnings
Of the Atlantic line and transpacffc line
were less, but there wns a gain from the |
Panama line. One steamer was added
to the fleet by purchase. This is the
Aztec, S5OS gross tons, formerly known as
the Canterbury and built on the Clyde /
N 1884, This is really fine steel steam-
er, well equipped with the most modern
and powerful machinery. She is the best
freight boat in the whole fleet, and was
purchased at a cost Of only sl71 ,2S9 She /
could not be duplicated for any such |
money. The subsequent loss Of the Col
ina neutralizes the addition to the fleet
through the above purchase.
The Manzanfta arrived in port late last
night from her trip TO Puget Sound. On
her way odwn she stopped at Cape Fiat
terry to pick up a whis.ling buoy, but the
sea was running 70 high that she was
competed to lay to at anchor for day
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