The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-25

was while loading this freight that Cant
Foot heard of heavy run of mackera
ON the coast a few days ago. This h
the first visit of the genuine mackeral I,
the coast of Vancouver Island that ha
yet been heard Of
One Of the fiutters of excitement tha
periodically sweep across the water from
was perceptib.e on Flave,'s dock yester
day afternoon when three wen know
young men had a tom cod race" Tn,
angler who landed the most tom cod II
a given time-two hours and a half-wa,
to be declared the winner. After an Ia
teresting combat the time limit wa,
reached, with the scores at "A. 65. and &,
fish-a very fair afternoons work. Ton
cod fishing, while 1t certainly has Ats
attractions, gets very monotonous. Oh
Isaac Walton would certainly have snud
dered at the idea of calling It "sport, y
but the mechanical function of droppinp
line in the water and drawing up flsh
while wearisome in the extreme, "iNs IN
the time" and therefore, it must be sur.
missed, Is a mild form of recreation.
lho IdcOmd NEWS says: with the
advent of the steamers for carrying lum.
Der from Puget Sound to South Africa,
and The establishment of steamship lines
to the Orient the coal mines of Pierce
county find more demands for their pro.
ducts, Since the Northen Pacific Steam
Ship company started its line, so steam.
ers have left the port of Tacoma CARRYING
away in aggregate, 75,SO4,OOO pounds OF
QOa1 n N from Diarna
means that each steamer took 75S tons
Of coal to last her from this port Il
Yokohama. The new line from Puget
Sound to South Africa has coaled three
of its steamers here and each of them
carried fully as much as did the North.
ern Pacific steamers. Taken in aggre.
gate, the trans-Pacifc steamers which
have left the port of Tacoma since
the establishment of the two lines.
have carried away for their own use
4O,l76 tons Of coal. This means the en-
p.oyment of a large number Of men in
mining. and also in transporting this
product to the vessels"
The Commercial News says "When
the August steamer sailed for Australia
wheat freishts were fl los Cd, orders
Usual options, for approved iron or steel
Ships. The tendency was downward,
however, owing to unfavorabe advices
from the grain consuming countries.
Large arrivals of chartered tonnage,
meanwhile, supplied immediate demands
OF exporters anr rates were for a long
time purely nominal. At the close more
inquiry is developed, although the spot
demand is slender, and for large carriers
fl As orders have been obtained, showing
a decline of 6s Cd in four weeks. Tenn
porarfy it is believed that this is the
end of the decline, and with anything
like fair demand more steadlness and
some Improvement in the volume of spot
business may be looked for. This view
of the case is only tenable on the ground
the demand for California wheat, barley
and general export products Is main
talned. Locally there is nothing that can
be done to make the market, while IL the
vessels chartered on speculation should
be pressed by their charterers 1t would
be easy to offset any Slight Improvement
probable in the next thirty days. Ton
mage is accommodating on the spot and
there is a large fleet due before the 1oli-
days On the whole the position has
little in 1t to encourage vessel owners.
]. w. Harrisons San Francisco coal
circular contains the following Since
the departure Of the steamer MaGiposa
there have been the following arrivals
from Australia, viz: Harvester 2135 tons,
Royal Forth 1858 tons, Marpesla 1862 tons,
Crocodile 1926 tons Brunei 1920 tons. Cric-
ceth Castle 2671 tons, Stanmore 2656 tons,
Scottish Moors 5000 tons, Levenbank 3747
tons, \GlenbreclS 2919 tons, Dominion 212O
tons, Miltiades 1943 tons, total 50, ,7i3 tons.
This is the largest quantity of Newcastle
coal to arrive in thirty days that has
been recorded in some time, but little
Of this will be yarded, as it goes direct
to consumers, hence the market price
Is but little affected. There are about
5000 tons due here in the next thirty
lays from Nelwcastle this with 10000
-ons due from Swansea within the same
lime, win keep our jobbers very busy
handling same. There is still over 12S,-
100 tons carrying capacity engaged in
Australia to transport coal here, so that
here will be full stocks of this grade
or months to come. A further decline
s quoted in outward grain freights this
week, which, of course, means a stiffen-
ng of coal frelghts from all foreign ports.
quotations for future loading have been
marked up; some transactions are report
ID at the advance, and the general be-
ief is the market must be better Four
cen shillings is the last quoted freight
ate from Swansea, and thirteen shll-
ings from Newcastle, N. S. W., with a
itrong outlook that these figures may
,e further marked up.
According to Captain Gi,bert's own ac-
ount of his voyage, 1t was the spelling
If provisions that brought the sealing
schooner Director back to port from the
3ering sea on Wednesday evening. The
upp!y of flour got wet and the fresh
wafer also became more OF, less contain
mated with the "brlny" Owing to this
he sealer returned to port earlier than
he would otherwise have done, for Cap
ain Gilbert believes fine weather was
,keiy to prevail after his departure for
lome. The fleet was operating to the
outheastward of the islands. He re-
'orts the following catches: Triumph,
900; Sapphire, 300; and Florence NJ |
'mbth, 800. These were among the best
atches reported while other schooners
lad had miserable luck. Another seiz- |
ire Is said IN have hean mada hut Gan