The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-03

The Cam of Tuesday says: Captain
HuyGSss, Of The Bratnh rrr.p Beacon Rock,
ap%plrently has not an wal reputa-
ton among the s~eafaring men. A few
DAYS after Tie vessel locked the crew
LEFT her in a body. preferrlng TO lose
their hard-earned wages to remaining
aboard on short ratons. The only peo-
pie now on the ship are The captain, first
and second matte N v apprentices.
One of the latter is chief cook and bottle
washer and anotarer is ste ward and cabin
boy. When the Beacon Rock was Tying
at Harrison Btreet wharf Captain Hughes
measured out everything that was used
on the strip. In order to be certain that
nothing went to waste he kept the
pump handle under his bed ard locked
Ule potatoes up In his bathroom. Fresh
,watetr costs money" said the economical
skipper, so all the dishes on the Beacon
Rock were washed in bay water. Cap
tain Hughes is now seeking a crew, as
his Ship Is almost ready for sea, but the
chances are that ne will be at least a
week getting men to sail hts craft. In
direct opposition to the Beacon Rock Is
the Carnarvonshire. On the latter Is an
other Captain Hughes, but for him his
crew has nothing but good 10 say. The
run around the Horn from Swansea occu-
pied 100 days, and ice was encountered
again and again. The running rigging
was frozen and the men had a hard time
of vt yet they never grumbled, and the
chances are that this Captain Hughes
will not have a single deseTtsr."
]. w. Harrison's last San Francisco
coal report contains the following: Dur
ing the week there have been eight ar
rivals from the coast coilieries with 1892
tons of coal-Pegasus, from Swansea,
$3.50 tons, and City Of Benares. from
Australia, 1880 tons. These light ar
riveais should serve to keep the market
steady; besides, our fall trade lis ap-
preaching, when safes are materially in
creased, the demand for domestic pur-
poses being more than double the present
consumption. The sales OF Swansea an
thracite for steam uses are not diminish
fng;f this grade Is "a formidable opponent
of Australian and English bituminous
Goals. The last quoted freight rates
from Swansea shows q hardening tend
ency; 14s is the present asking rates for
coal. From Australia an advance is
also quoted. This branch of trade has
been in a seriously perturbed condition
since my last report, caused, partially by
a receiver being appointed to care for
the interests of our largest jobbing incor-
poration, and partially by one of our
Oldest coal firms retiring from business,
having disposed of their stock, good will,
etc. Those heavily engaged in coal i'm
porting might have been seriously in
volved by the financial embarrassment
of the Oregon Improvement Company,
were 1t not for the timely protection and
personal guarantee of tits local manager.
His prudential promptness warded off
serious complications which q few days
delay would have asElredly led to. The
railroads have about concluded aaIat 1t
will not pay them to wait longer before
placing orders for railroad supplies. This
is the meaning of aggregate orders for
$4,000 tons of steel rails just put out.
This includes 10000 tons for the Penn
sylvania, $1,000 tons for a Southwestern
road, a large block for the Baltimore &
Ohio and some good orders for Western
roads. The rain combine has liked the
price for 1896 at $2S, despite general ex-
pectatfons THAT 1t would be $780,"