The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-17
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

Tile bark Coloma Will be down THE
river tomorrow.
The Cascades took five stone barges up
the river yesterday.
The Manzanlta will be in from Gray &
Harbor this morning.
The tumber schooner Falcon came in
from San Francisco yesterday.
The Harrison left out for sluEaw yes
teriday at noon. She will be back on
Sunday
The Frankistan went QUIT into the
stream yesterday afternoon with $4,000
caseG of salmon aboard.
The Coiumbia left out for San Fran
cisco yesterday morning with 81 tons of
freight and % passengers.
"A coalling station Is TO be established
on the north of the philippine 1scands.
A lighthouse VIII also be built.
The British ship An,lromeda came
down The river from Portland ait noon
yesterday and Immediately took on 15O
tons of coal.
A Japanese seal fishing company has
been organized by Toxic capitalists TO
compete with foreign seaCeFs off the
coast of JAPAN
Tine Signal came in from Vancouver
yesterday with a load of coal and one
passenger. She left up for Portland latte
In the afternoon.
The Coiumbine STARTED out last night
on her Puget Sound cruise. She Is fully
equipped with buoy material and will visit
all the stations in the Sound district,
making a three weeks cruise.
The Cascades familiar toot will not be
heard again for some time ais she brought
down her East tow of rock for the jetty
yesterday, The barges will be beached
and If it Is decided to work next season
they will be overtbauled and repaired.
A gang of men will be employed at the
| jebty for some time cleaning up the
seasons work.
Honors are falling very thicldy upon
Captain Henry Smith, the commander OF
THE White Star Lime steilhner Georgic,
Says the Liverpool Journal of Commerce.
To be a master of a. vessel like the
Georgia, to have carried the biggest car
go, and to have effected a rescue on a
vessels maiden voyage, all at the Same
time, Are experiences which do not fall
to THE lot of every ship master.
| The British bark Timaru, which Is on
her palssage from Melbourne with cargo
of frozen mutton and Australian produce,
salEed on June Sd, and was spoken on
july 11th in Sc south, IA west, but she
is now considerably overdue, and rein
surances have been effected at the rate
of eight gVIineas per cent. She is ves-
sell of 1906 tons net register, buiit at
Greenock in 1874, and owned in London
by Mesrs. Shaw, Saville & Co.
The following wel-known shippers Glave
resigned tlheir commands and retired to
private life: Captain Harry G.. Morse
of THE Oceanic Steamerlip Company's
Alameda; Captain WIrItam Ward, of the
Pacific Mail Company's steamer City of
Peking, and Captain Dam Haskell, of the
big Spreckles tug Fearless. They are
three of the best known and best MlSed
commanders in San Francisco. Their
places will be filed ais foCGows Captain
Won Ottendorf to the Alameda, Captain
G. G. Trask to the City of Peklng, and
Captain Clm Randall to the Fearless.
The Tacoma News of Tuesday says
''T1he British ship Dacgonar began un-
ioading her cargo of teas and other Ori-
entail exports this morning at the ocean
wharf. The entire cargo of the Dalgonar,
which includes 10000 chests of tea, weighs
1885 tens, and is valued at $2,OOO,OOO The
Dalgonar WAS loaded to the matches with
nVlta kal 49, Il.
ably finish unloading Wednesday, which
WIFI be one day before the steamer Victo-
ria will be here with another cargo of
teas, silks and curios from the Orient.
The Victoria will then take the berth now
occupied by the Da1gonar and unload
her cargo and take on an outward cargo.
She WIFI be in port SEVEN days, making
her sailing date October 25 The steamer
Stra thneViS arrived here October 6, and
from the 9Th to The 26th inst the ocean
Wffadf at Tlcoma Shall have been occu-
pted by vessels unloading and taking on
cargo from and for the Orient During
that time, three weeks, fully $50 men lllave
been employed in discharging and load
ing the ships. These men received from
40 Ito 60 cents per hour and night shifts
are often put on"
Is figuring on a unique craft, the idea OF
several New York yachting men. The
pan is to build a craft that can be used
for carrying coal during the greater part
Of the year and serve for pleasure cruls-
ing during the summer months. The hun
above the water line win somewhat re-
sembIe wtl2tcrcaclS Steamer, with a sort
OF cockpit, with s..arp ends such as are
used on the tc2 of "a racing shell to pro-
tect the deck. Between decks the craft
VIII be fitted up like a yacht, handsome
cabins and staterooms, finished in ma
hogany and quartered oak, to occupy this
space. Big headlights and the deck sky
lights Will thoroughly hight these rooms.
Tie lower hold will be deyoted to the
freight business. White the vessel is en-
gagged in freight carrying the Tween
decks" WIFI be kept Closed. The craft
win be 200 feet bong, 10 feet beam, and
| 25 feet deep. Her under water lines some
what suggest those of the o.d clipper
ship, for the craft is designed for yacht
speed, and she Will be ngged as four
naasted schooner. She viii have all the
steaSm appliances OF the ordinary freight
schooner and az the most modern yacht