The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-16
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

The Mendell continued the towing work
yesterday.
The steamer Signal arrived in Vancou-
yer from this city yesterday.
Louis Martin Is busy fixing up the new
spars for the pilot schooner San Jose.
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The Dwyer took a bargeload of lumber
! round to WarrenIton yesterday morning.
The schooner Compeer went up the
river yesterday morning to load lumber
| IN Portland
The Rathdown continued loading salm-
| on all day yesterday. She has now about
ten Thousand cases aboard.
The Wenona made her regular Satur-
day trip from Deep River, carrying a
large number of passengers both ways.
The steamer Harrison left out for TIL
lamook yesterday with 40 tons of gem
eral merchandise and a fair passenger
| list
| The large vessel sighter outside last
right is probably the Gulf Stream, due
from Calcutta, or the Sierra PARMA,
from Liverpool.
The government steamer Lincoln was
surveying all day yesterday between this
city and Fort Stevens, and covered eleven
| miles of channels.
The steamer Oregon came in from San
Francisco last evening, and after dis
| .la dYer rdf Nv nf n
the U. P. dock, proceeded up the river
| to Portland.
The three masted bark Aureola was
| towed in by the Relief yesterday after
noon and taken over to Knappton. She
will load lumber ait the Knappton mills
for Rodondo.
The three masted schooner Allen A.
came in from San Francisco yesterday
afternoon and anchored opposite the
Hume dock. She will load lumber In
Portland for California delivery.
The regular Saturday trading with out
side points and the general traffic of
small boats was slack yesterday, very
few steamers putting in an appearance
from the various farming centres.
The Truckee came down from Portland
at s O'Clock yesterday morning and pass d
out on her southern trip. She VIII call
in at Tlllamook and carry a load of lum-
Der from that port to San Francisco.
The tug Relief did heavy days work
yesterday. She towed in a schooner,
turned round and went after a bark
which she took to Knappton, and then
got away again to catch the ship that was
reported outside the river.
The Alice Blanchard came down the
river from Portland at O'Clock yester
day morning with a very large quantity
of miscellaneous freight for San Fran
CISCO She left out an hour later. Her
passenger list numbered twenty-four.
The Telephone will be out of the ways
tomorrow and will probably put in an
| appearance here in the early part of the
week. She has been entirely refitted and
a considerable amount of money has been
| spent on her interior and exterior dec
| orat.ons.
Yesterday morning the Manzanita took
on forty tons Of Beaver Hill coal. She
| will leave out on her southern supply
| cruise this morning, carrying building
material for several small stations. 1t Is
| probable that she will coal up at Coos
bay for her return.
During the week ended June 1, 1895, the
| bureau of navigation assigned official
numbers to the following Pacific coast
vessels: At Port Townsend, schoon r
Kate, gross tonnage 1888 net 1888, No.
| 161, OH, at San Francisco, steamer Beaver,
| gross tonnage 1851 net 1884, No 36I9.
The Steamship Columbia will resume
| her trips between Astoria and San Fran
cisco on July %, leaving San Francisco on
| that date She has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired from keel to bridge.
| The upper deck has been extended over
all, making promenade of the upper
| portion of the ship back of the bridge
| New beds, bath rooms, etc, have been
| put in, and the ship given the most ex-
tens.ve electric light plant, including
| search light, on any vessel on the Pacific
coast. New boilers and changes in the
machinery will, it is believed, increase
| the speed fully two knots. When the
Columbia is ready for business, the Ore
| gon will be laid off and put in the same
| condition.
Mr.. H. d. Mcclure, the Oregon fish
| commissioner, came down from Portland
| yesterday. He intends to make one final
effort 10 fest the validity of the Oregon