The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-05-08
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The Bandorille has not yet put in an
appearance
The Sea Foam came up from Ilwaco
yesterday afternoon.
The British ship Ancona will leave out
today for Queenstown.
The Mayflower made her regular trip
TO Young's river yesterday
The Alice Blanchard leaves out for
Southern Oregon ports tomorrow morn
ing.
Ine queen started for Deep River yes
terday afternoon with big load of
freight.
The c. w. Rich went over to the Lewis
& Clarke yesterday with freight and pas
sengers.
All the weather reports from the mouth
OF the river yesterday indicated rough
weather and heavy seas.
a three-masted schooner passed in and
headed for Knappton yesterday afternoon
in tow Of the tug Relief.
Thirteen sailors We're shipped aboard
the schooner Kate and Ann yesterday by
United States Commissioner =. w.
Weeks.
The pilot schooner San Jose will be in
today for supplies. Pilots Doig and Sta
pies will go out on her when she pro-
ceeds to sea.
Mr. w. Miller, deputy fish commission
er for Washington, was in the city yes
terday on business. He returned to Il
waco last night.
A telegram was received by the local
agent OF the o. r. and N. yesterday
morning stating that the steamer Ore
gon only left San Francisco at date Of
wiring and will not be due here till
Thursday afternoon.
The Ancona yesterday took aboard
three tons of coal for fuel purposes. The
circumstance was voted as being a very
uncommon one in this city. Most vessels
coming here from foreign ports fetch
their own coal with them.
One of the Eureka and Epcure Pkg |
Co.'s boats was capsized on Monday !
night off Sand Island but, though the |
weather was fearfully stormy and the |
waves running high, both men MANAGED |
not only to save themselves but to right |
the boat and recover the net and oars.
Fish sacilened up considerably again |
yesterday and the average fell to from |
four to five per boat with very few
boats reporting. The exceedingly rough |
weather that prevailed all through Mon
dav night kept a good many of the boats
from leaving the Sand Island anchorage.
1t has been found that the engine which
runs the DYNAMO on the Potter is not
laree enough for the work expected of it.
1t can handle the steamers inside lights
as well as ever but 1t is not able to keep
the search light going at the same time.
On Friday much larger engine will be
placed in position, and from then on the
search light will be in operation contin-
uousy.
Captain Wilfred Ditchburn one of the
best known British shipmasters that ever
visited this coast died at his residence
at Egremont England on April 14th.
The deceased who was 6i years of age,
had commanded for 80 years ships be-
longing to Messrs. John Hull, Worthins-
ton e. Co., his last command being the
British ship Cuthona, from which he
retired in June of last year.
The crazy mass of pilings and clothes
pins stuck together with a few dozen
temporary nails and designated by cour-
tesv docks" that abound in the lower
end of town are going one by one. Ma
ture Is gradually doing what men should
long ago have done. and few more
stiff gusts of wind like those of Monday
night may send half a dozen of the
shaky and palsied structures tumbling
into the river.
The manner in which the Colony went
out over the mouth of the river on Mon
day os the talk of the waterfront. Thls
large four-masted bark, deep laden, IN
the face of a gale of wind blowing iS
miles an hour passed out easily ana
safely into the open ocean. II is doupt-
full whether there is another port on the
coastline of North America where under
the same conditions of wind ana weatheI'
such a movement could have been Ell
fected.
Rootb G. Co.'S smart little plunger the
Alice. enioyed another impromptu race
Nth ber rival from the Eureka and Epi-
ovra plro 20 Both boats left their can
neries almost together and STOOD wen up
to the wind, making splendla sait oli
the second tack to the washington shole.
The Alice gradually drew away from net
and when they got out OF sight
il" III, - nile ahead of her. The wind
oo,'Id not have been better for tr1al OF
hor calling powers, and her CAPTAIN was :
o,idantlv disposed to turn her loose
- 500 What she was really capable o.
The wheat freights quoted az present
from Puget Sound are larger tnan they
have been for many years, ana s~eVeiai ~
ola saIts who haunt Astorias WharVes
~ or.aict a European war scare in conse-
1uence They declare that whenever tne
nrices po M so quickly it is safe TO as
s,,roa tbat the condition Of AFFAIRS IN
Fl,rona is a troubled one, and the hlgher
tba n ratas are the nearer the country is
,',ay one well known deyotee OF
Nentune n said yesterday that this guage
s - abeoIutely certain one and that
ns Could M tell by looking into wheat prices
~ ~ othar genuine war scare was at
Hand % or NOT. just as well as could the the
Hsl. halu ,Uforned politician in Europe But
Dest y 81 mi thare NAV be something in this
.nousn .lo.,s1ant the real reason for the present
~ y ratss il undoubtedly the recent COM
nine inc entered into the British snip o"Isrs Owners
9wning the bulk Of the carrying a1na's tonnTs
,vailable to carry the eomlns TbsY
wheat crop of the Pacihe eOas' char,ers
nave succeeded In gettlhs' " ,ls,,cs 60 a ton
rom ~, holding them firmly at tnat
ana are lioN -, q short time ago