The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-23
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

hhONO llLJ1 WAL Eh rhONl'
The lumber schooner Neptune left out
for San Francisco yesterday
The State of California passed down
the river and out to sea early yesterday
morning.
The schooner Lillian A., lumber laden
for San Francisco, came down from Port
land yesterday afternoon.
The steamer Elmore came in from TIL
lamook yesterday morning with a load
of butter and other dairy produce.
The lumber schooner Ruby Cousins ar
rived down from Portland last night
She leaves out today for Redondo, Cal.
The steamer Bawnmore bound for Peru
with a miscellaneous cargo of freight
came down the river from Portland yes
terday morning and LETT ont shortly be-
fore noon. She goes first to Comox, B.
c., for coal.
The British steamer Altmore, from
China ports, came in at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning and anchored in midstream.
She has a 1000 ton cargo of tea mating
and rice for Portland, for which place
she left at p. m
In the account of the Manzanita's trip
to the American ship James Drummond
the fact that Deputy U. S. Marshal Stu
art boarded the vessel in company with
Captain Gregory and an Astorian repre-
sentative was overlooked.
The s.oop Morning Star has arrived
with 5000 pounds of halibut. She reports
that there are practically no tlsh at the
banks and that her whole catch was
made in a very short time, and the
school quickly left The Doncaster, Pilot
and w. II. Tickle had few fish, If any,
When the Morning Star left.-Post-Intel-
ligencer.
The run of jack salmon mas become so
Large that they are being hawked about
town in great numbers at 10 cents each
for fish weighing five or six pounds. This
condition of the market is yearly occur
renee, but it dose not last long. 1t has
the tendency to injure the market in
general, because when the fact reaches
eastern buyers they want to apply the
prices of fortnight to whole season.
Myers cannery is packing nearly 1000
humpback salmon every day. They are
easily distinguished, as the name would
q Indicate, and are excellent fish for can
ming purposes They are not so large as
the silver salmon, which are later by
three weeks in comng.-Post-Intelli
Gencer.
A letter received in this city yesterday
by Mrs. Reed from her husband at the
Clackamas hatchery, states that nearly
a mi.iion and a half OF eggs are already
in process of spawning, and that ovae
are being dealt with at the rate of
$4,000 per day. Everything is working
spendidly and the operations are being
attended with much more success than
had been thought possible. The quality
of the fish is excellent. Some delay has
been caused for want of additional wire
for the trays, the wait being brought
about by the difficulty of getting freight
transported to the Upper Clackamas. An
item referring to the number of eggs in
the hatchery, in last Sundays Astorian
should have read 100000 and not 600
The British four-masted steel bark
Queen Margaret, which is now discharg-
ing a cargo from Hong Kong at Har-
rison street wharf, San Francisco, is one
of the finest looking vessels in port.
She is a comparatively new vessel, hav-
ing been built at Dumbarton in 1898. Her
net tonnage is 1899 1t is generally diff
cult TO keep new iron or steel vessel
clean, but from her skysail tru Ks b the
water line there is not a spe,6 OF rust
anywhere on the Queen E.. aret. Her
appearance allow and a.oft IS evidence
of the conscientious work done and care
bestowed on her By the mate and those
under him and she looks every inch a
queen. She has been laid on the berth
for Liverpool direct and viii have quick
dispatch.
An emp,oye of the stevedores unloading
the cargo of the Straits of Dover named
Christ Pasquam had mis- right leg broken
While working in the he, Of the vessel
about 10 o'clock last night, says the Ia
coma Ledger of Tuesday. He was one
OF the gang loading the sings and a
sing-oad had been raised about 80 feet
above the level where Pasquam and his
companions were at work when the rope
10y which it was raised parted and the
II chests of tea fell back into the vessel
Pasquam did not succeed in getting from
under the falling chests and was struck
and knocked down in such a manner
as to break his leg. He was Immediately
conveyed to the Fannie Paddock hospital,
where the broken bones were set, and he
is this afternoon reported to be resting
easily.
The British Columbia Commercial Jour
nal says: The British bark Sardhana
1.119 tons, now due from Cardiff has been
chartered by Robert Ward & Co., Id.
to load salmon at Fraser river for Eng
land. The salmon feet under engagement
this year numbers six vessels aygregat-
ing 6,771 tons as compared with six ves-
ss,s with a total of 1850 tons last year.
The total pack of the British Columbia
canneries on Monday is estimated at
$1,000 cases, viz. s15.e69 cases for the
Fraser river and 1851 cases for north
ern rivers. On page 10 is complete
list Of the canneries. together with their
brands and agents. also the exact pack
OF last year, and the detailed estimate
for this season. According to the regu-
lations sockeye fishing viii discontinue on
the oath, after which more accurate fig
ures can be furnished.
At Clayoquot sound. 3. c.. the cannery
was found 70 have upwards Of 300 cases
of sa,mon packed when the steamer Maud
was there last week For a week or more
the operations had been all but at a
standstiil. though just before the Maud
left O,lavoouot a second run OF salmon