The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-01

Nippon Yissen Kwisha, which Is by far
the largest of the companies, acquired
some thirty vessels, which it Is desired
to put into the carrying trade, and the
general impression was that 1t had set
tled that q trans-Pacifc line would be
put on shortly but whether to the Sound
or the Columbia river has not been de-
termined. 1t would not be to San Fran
cisco, ais the Nippon Yissen Kwisha's
agreement with the Pacific Mail COM
pany forbade this.
A portion OF the wharf just south Of
McKtnnon and Kerr's place on CONNER
cial street, opposite the scene Of the canal
celebration in Seattle, collapsed Tuesday
at D. M, and a large team and wagon,
which was loading boxes, fell into the
water twenty feet below. Hiram Stevens,
the driver, saw the wharf beginning TO
fall and attempted to drive the team
eff from it, but barely saved himself.
One of the horses, which is a large gray,
was caught in such a manner as ITO be
hung up by the strength of the harness,
and Stevens quickly jumped down to
where the struggling animals were, and
cutting the harness, let the suspended
horse loose and it swan away unhurt.
The other one was cut in several places
and was he'd in the water by THE position
of the wagon, and 1t required more time
to extrcate 1T. The tongue of the wagon
caught upon the timbers and hind wheel
hung to the end Of pile, throwing the
fore wheels down with the team. The
horses SWAN to the wharf of the Puget
Sound Saw Works, where by $3.50 p. IN.
some planks were secured and the team
brought out upon dry land.
Acting Shipping Commissioner John J.
Burns, for the purpose of enforcing the
law regarding sailors allotment notes, in
its strictest sense, says the Post-Intelli-
gencer of Seattle, has declined to accept
such notes, in shipping crews, except
where they are issued for actual credi-
tors or relatives of THE sailor This is a
hard blow to the traffic of boording house
masters and is thought to have caused
some of them to seek new fields of use
fulness. 1t was a common thing for notes
to appear of anywhere from S. to $40,
nominally for clothing and other incl
dentals, which, in fact, went into the
pockets Of the boarding house masters for
securing employment to soilors. Owing
to the scarcity of sailors and the absence
of sailors boarding house at this port,
1t Is thought that many of the deep-sea
vessels which would have cleared at the
local customs office will go to Port Town
send to clear, where men are plenty and
the law is said to be not interpreted in
so rigid a manner. Wright & Newman,
who formerly conducted a sailors board
ing house ON Commercial street on the
tide flats, and who have removed to
West Seattle are said to be more stead |
lily engaged at Port Townsend than here |
The Diamond Shoals lighthouse off the |
North Carolina coast of Cape Hatteras, |
is still problem for engineers, says an |
exchange Two ineffectual attempts have |
been made within a few years to con-
suruct a beacon on these shoals, and the |
difficulties encountered are said to- be |
greater than those which were finally |
overcome in. the case of the celebrated |
Eddystone light. 1t is important how |
ever that the Diamond shoals should be |
suitably protected at any cost, for the |
coastwise traffic Is large and the place |
has been The scene of many sad wrecks. |
Some years ago the lighthouse bureau,
obtaining large appropriation from con-
gress, made a contract with an exper-
fenced firm of lighthouse builders to erect
a lighthouse en- these shoals. The plan
Of construction was to sink vast cyclin-
ders of heavy boiler iron down through
the waiter and the shifting sands below |
to bedrock. The contractors took the lob
at their own risk, but after making sew
eral expensive attempts they threw I'D
the work. Last year the lighthouse bur-
eau undertook the work itself on a new
plan. This was based on the use of
heavy iron piles, driven by hydraulic lets
deep into the sands, through which the
seas were to be allowed fun sweep, while
The lighthouse perched far above the
waters on top of the piling. A few weeks
t. put In quadransular pyramid, upon
10 put in quadrangular pyromld, upon
which superstructure was erected. and
vt this point the fall storms came along
and the work was suspended for the year
But when an inspection was made re-
'entiy, preparatory to resuming the work,
t was found that the waves had played
havoc with the structure Nothing re-
NAMED OF the superstructure, and the
bling that stood was twisted into cork
screws. The foundation appeared to be
N sound condition, but the effect of the
waves on the surface work has demon.
'trated the folly of attempting to com
olete the structure on the plans proposed.
WHAT the lighthouse bureau win decide
% undertake next will be watched with
interest