The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-09
Tide Table for July, 1896.
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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The steamer Truckee is due from San
Francisco today.
The Lincoln was surveying above
Tongue Point all day yesterday.
1t is reported that divers seine has
turned in 100 tons of fish up to date.
The steamer Signal from Vancouver, B.
| c., was looked for last night. She should
be here this morning.
There was a slight improvement in the
catch of fish yesterday, the average run
ming three to the boat.
The steamer Oregon left out for San
Francisco at noon yesterday with forty
passengers from Portland and this city.
The Potter stayed over in Portland yes
terday to wash boilers. The steamer
Harvest Queen came down In her place.
The tug Mascotte 'towed the hull of the
steamer Anna M Pence which was burn
| ed last week, to Seattle yesterday, leav-
| ing 1t at the ship next to the canal bunk
ers. The boat was burned to the water
line. Captain Benjamin, the owner, may
use the hull for a new steamer.
The lighthouse tender Columbine, with
Admiral Walker and party on board,
left out at noon yesterday for Port Or
ford where she will meet the Madronia
and Commander Nichols, of the Tenth
District. She will return to port in about
a week leaving the admiral aboard the
Madronia to continue his lighthouse in
spection trip down the coast.
There Is a Chinaman engaged day and
night In the house opposite the old Port
land Butcherlng company's stand on Bond
street knitting fish nets with a machine
of his own make. What he does with the
nets when they are completed ne refuses
to say, and speculation cannot hit on
any satisfactory answer.
The ship Rathdown, Captain Morrissey,
left out for Liverpool at 11:3O a. m. yes
terday. Several Of the captains friends
went out ON the tug to bid him good
bye. This vessels stay in port, while
comparatively short, was lengthy enough
to give her captain and officers time TO
become very popular with a large number
of people.
"A French bark of 114S tons has been
chartered to load wheat at San Fran
CISCO for Europe at S7s 6 d. This is the
Pierre Cornielle, which left AMER two
weeks ago in ballast. This is the best
rate yet paid this season for a ship to
arrive at San Francisco, but she Is of
handy size, and therefore quite desirable
to go to some of the smaller ports of Eu-
rope.
The cut iu the oriental -four rates to
81 e ton, Mexican silver, says the West
Coast Trade, Is alleged to be due to a de-
sire to cripple the new line operated by
Samuel Samuels & Co. from Portland
and may lead to a lively war among the
various steamship companies engaged in
the traffic. Mexican silver is not above
60 cents in gold, and even at the old rate
of Sc there was little profit in the flour
trade, while at 81 the various charges for
loading, ETC., absorbed nearly the entire
amount in many cases.
The steamship Progreso, which left San
Francisco last month, carried 1O2, $40 gal
Ions of wine for New Orleans, valued at
$21,52S. This shipment is made by the
wholesale grocers of New orleans, who
have decided to run steamers between
New Orleans and Colon, and Panama and
San Francisco, for the purpose of bring
ing the products of Louisiana to the Cali
fornia market and taking in return Cali
fornia wines, brandies and other products.
The reason given for the movement is
that freight rates by rail are excessive.
The cargo of the British ship Rath-
down, which left out yesterday for Liver
pool, consisted of SS,4S bags, or S9,760
bushels, of wheat, valued at $5385O, and
2S,9l0 cases of salmon, valued at $197, 800,
making total cargo value of over
quarter of million dollars. The salmon
is consigned as follows: From Eureka
& Epicure Packing company, Id flats,
1850 cs lb. ovals, 1850 cs. Cutting Pack
ing Company, Cocktail Brand 1 Id. flats,
2.250 cs.; lb ovals. 1850 cs.; u lb flats
GO cs. Fishermcns Packing company,
l lb flats, 5000 Ca; l liz tails, 5000 cs.; 19
flats, 1000 cs. j. q. A4 Ger, / lb fats
500 cs.; l Ib ovals, 1850 cs.; n Id fats,
200 cs. Astoria Packing Co.. lb flats,
$50 cs.; lb ova.s, 2,l00 cs.; " flats, 500
cs. MCGOWAN * Sons CKeystone brand
1 lb ovals, 100 cs. Pillar Rock Packing
Co., 10 flats, 10 cs., 5. Elmore magnolia
branD Id ovals, 500 cs. Aberdeen Pack
ing Co., Photo Stencil, lb fats, 1850 cs.
Hundreds Of visitors thronged the big
Norwegian ship Oscar ii ~ 80 rae ina
mill wharf yesterday, says tue Ledger.
Many of them were Norwegians who do
not often see the flag of their itive land
in this port, and who feel consl4s:.., ..,t5lle
pride in the huge craft which is now the
queen Of the harbor. Captain Anderson,
despite the fact that he was suffering
from a spradned arm, the result OF a
fall while getting off a street car Sun
day evening, entertained a number OF
visitors. He is well educated gentle
man and one who speaks admirable Eng
lish, as do his officers. In speaking of
the important news brought by him re-
garding the Russian governments move
in concentrating troops at Vladivostock,
Captain Anderson said that he had been
misunderstood regarding the naval forces.
The large Russian Pacific squadron is
not concentrating at Vlad4vostock, but is
scattered along the coast in such a man
ner as to keep the general public in the
dark as to its whereabouts. Some of the
vessels are at Vladivostock, but the
others are so placed as to prevent any
one getting an exact idea Of the point
where the greatest naval force is COM
lbined. The $1,000 Russian troops are
quartered in and about Vladivostock, and
give that town decidedly military ap-
pearance.
Captain Gray, of the Lurline, and Cap
tain Baker, Of the Harvest Queen, ar
rested by Portland Harbor Master Nc
Innis, for speeding their steamers while
passing docks within the city limits, have
entered a demurrer in the municipal court
to the complaint of the harbor master,
raising the question Of the city's right to
regulate the speed Of steam propslled yes
sells in the Willamette. In connection with
sI1is action on the part of the two steam
boat captains, prominent Portland ship