The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-22
SHIPPING NGDAYBYDAY
Marine Matters, Here, There ard
Everywhere.

The Elmore will leave for Tilamool
this morning.
The repairs to the Bedfordshire will be
fully completed in the next ten days.
The steamer Augusta leaves out for
Tillamook for a load of salmon this morn
ing. She will go to the Nehalem after
she returns.
The Harrison leaves out for Alsea to-
day. She will transport all the salmon
from that point to Yaquina, and will then
go to Siuslaw, bringing the balance of
the pack of that locality to this city.
Mail advices received from London
state that on November 18th 20 guneas
per cent had been paid, purely as a fire
risk, on the French bark Duchesse Anne
which left Hull 147 days ago for this
port. Her cargo is what is called Kive-
ton Park coal, the same as was sh pped
in the Norwegian ship Field, Which was
burned at sea some months ago while
bound to San Diego.
The steamer Monticello arrived from
Vallejo this afternoon with seven boats
in tow for the naval battalion. The
boats were presented to the reserve by
the government, and were furnished with
oars, sails and spars. The sum of $1,000
in addition was appropriated for repairs
on the craft, and they are now in first
class shape. They have been overhauled,
calked and repainted.-Call.
Sturgeon fishing is now taking the
place of salmon fishing in Gray's harbor,
and there is every prospect of a large
number of men engaging in the work.
Heretofore the fishermen have not been
inclined to pay much attention to stur-
geon fishing owing to the irregularity of
the demand, but now there is a steady
demand and good price paid for these
fish, and fair to middling wages can be
made in the fishing.
The British ship Grasmere, after lying
here for two months, received orders yes
terday from her agents to proceed to
Port Gamble where lumber charter had
been procured on fair terms for trans
portation to a Chilian port. Captain
Tickle is of course glad to get away for
no ship captain likes to have a prolonged
stay in a port with enforced idleness.
The Grasmere will leave out tomorrow
She takes with her all of her old crew.
The Engineering News says: 1.-THE
Buffalo Niagara Falls Power Company
over a franchise for supply
ing that city with electric power has ap-
parently been settled, the city council of
Buffalo having at last produced a grant
to the Niagara Falls Power
Company. The most important change
from previous proposed grants is the
of 2h per cent for s per cent
as tax upon the company for all power |
sold within the city, and this is not to be |
imposed until after six years. The COM
)any is to be prepared to supply 10000 |
horse power to city consumers by June |
!, 1897. The grant will be for thirty-s'x |
years from date of acceptance and at |
he end of eighteen years the various
conditions imposed by the franchise are
o be subject to revision by board of
consisting of representative
If the company, the mayor of Buffalo,
md third person to be chosen by these
wo. The grant provides against all
possible damage to the property of Buff
alo and its citizens, including corrosion
'f pipes by electrolysis. An important
provision is that no change in price for
'owcr shall be made after having once
,een fixed.
The Python and Anaconda are now cut
ing the south canal further in toward
he trestle of the terminal railroad every
lay, says the P.-I. Both dredgers are
n fine condition, and the only interfer-
nee with the work is occasioned when
he fill in the neighborhood of Foxs saw
1orks approaches grade and 1t is neces-
ary to extend the pipe lines Both lines
re gradually being forced forward from
commercial street. the Python now dis
harging well under the planlsing TO the
orth of the building and the Anaconda
t the eastern edge of the planking. Tho
Material comes forth in a. big black
tream, filling the 1S-inch pipe almost TO
D the topmost arc. and the eard is
CURED forth so rapidly that the M vis-
Dly grows in few hours The I'll Is be-
eing withheld by temporary bulkhead
'ithin a tract 230x300 feet, containing
bout one and six-tenths acres. The
orthern boundary is a line about ten
eet south of the log track of the Oregon
Improvement Company, the eastern
oundary the center line Of South Second
treet, the southern line IT'S feet south of
harles street and the western CONNER
Ial street The fill in this tract will be
omple;ed in about a week, when a lien
pom the property will be perfected
Yesterdays Tacoma Ledger saws: THE ,
)ur-masted schooner Nokomis, Captain .
harles Roas, arrived here at O'Clock
rlday night from San Pedro, coming near
elng wrecked on the Vancouer island {
past last Monday Her trip was rrade Y
irther eventful by the sighting on Tues a
ay of an ocean steamer that Is sup (
osed to be the disabled Strafhnevls The l
Tokomis arrived Off Cape Flattery De- '
ember s, after having experienced heavy Z
rather, and hove to to await a tug. a
Ionday morning the vessel was a little 1
} the north of Clayoquot sound. At 7
oon land was seen four miles dis ]
mt, with reef OF immense rocks ex- I
ending along its front The waves
roke against these rocks, throwing the
-ater up like so many fountains and as
Ugh as the masts Of the shin Tha s~as
'ere tremendous. The vessel continued
rifting closer and closer until nightfall.
he boats we're provisioned and provided
18th water. and all valuables belonging
the captain and crew placed m them
! readiness to put to sea The swell
as so high that II was thought the
awsers would part as soon as the strain
the vessel came upon them. At 81
clock. when the vessel was within haIfI
mile Of the breakers. a scarcely percep-
be wind began blowing on rhore. The
ais filed. and the schooner began 10
and slowly out Within four hours
'e lard had disappeared beneath the
i4tern horizon. Captain Rcas thus de-
;ribes the meeting with the strange
eamship Tuesday morning. just after