The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-05-04
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.

The steamer State of California saib
for San Francisco this morning.
1t is expected that the Cupica, fully
laden will reach here next Wednesday.
The Cascades came down the river
last evening with two barge loads of
stone.
Phil Weeks came down the river to
say goodbye to his old friend Captain
Ellis, OF the Ancona.
The Kirkhill was towed up the river
to Portland yesterday by the Ockla-
hama. Pilot Pease was aboard.
The steamer Harrison leaves out for
Tillamook this morning with a large
cargo, and several passengers.
The launch keystone is on the grid
iron at the Astoria Iron Works hay
ing her rudder and propeller repaired.
The Colony finished loading in Port
hand at noon yesterday and will leave
down for this city tomorrow in tow of
the Emma Hayward.
The Columbia is up at the buoy de-
pot having her engine room and boil
ers cleaned and ov%erhauled. Prepara-
lions will be made next, week for her
annual Alaska trip.
Yesterday afternoon the Signal came
down from Portland with a full cargo
of flour for China via Vancouver. She
will take back the Celestials who have
1aop ,aftrcA1 a 10 ndinU on tnlS side,
The s~tevedore's office has caught the
spirit of the times and carpenters were
busy yesterday in Scott ~Johnson's
sanctum putting in a new door n
otherwise embellishing the front of the
establishment. Spring is coming.
The Ancona. with 1000 tons of cargo,
was brought down the river yesterday
morning by the tugs Ocklahama
Emma Hayward, with Pilot Pease In
command. She lightered Ills bags or
wheat as soon as she reached her an
chorage. Captain Ellis expects to
leave out tomorrow.
One of the most precious sea log
books eNtant was recently eXhlplteu
at the Merchants Exchange, sydney,
It was CapItain Cooks official log of
the cruise of his majesty's ship Endea-
YOUR, and covers the period from May
oath, 1853, to October 23d, ITO The
book was purchased by F. H. Dan
gar and presented to the Sydney Mu-
scum.
The British bark Mozambique, 900
tons, Captain McCrone, arrived IN yes
terday. Is days from Santa Rosalia,
in ballast. The captain reports that ne
was off the bar seven days ago, put
beat I'D to Cape Flattery by reason OF
southeast winds. The trip was a Ialr
one with very little bad weather; Inc
Mozambique is a fine vessel Ljllt by
Russell & Co., of Glasgow, the design
ers of the Anconla. She IS heavily
manned and carries 81 all told
The beginning of an important err
was inaugurated in the history Oh tne
Sandy Hook pilots last week Waren
they petitioned the New YORK flIot
Commissioners to allow them 10 re-
place their twenty-one sailing craIt
with two or more steamers for that
IMPORTANT service. The New York pi-
lots ais requested the privilege OF com
bining with the New Jersey pilots IN
the new departure. The pilots claim
THAT eighty per cent of their NUMBER
favor the change from sail to steam.
IF it is true that this large per eentase
of pilots believe that the time mas ar,
rived to change their old estaollsnea
methods of serving the shipping OF
the port of New York to keep abreast
of the times. there is little doubt that
1t is the correct thing to do.
The bark Sonora sailed for Nanaimo
on Monday from San Francisco 10 ioau
coal for nhe whaling fleet in the arc,
tic ocean. She had a crew apOaru
that signed for the voyage az SSu d
morish, and she was scheduleu 10
leave early. They were all
men, but some OF the pickets OF Ihe
union appeared among them ana m
duced them to demand S35 per montn'
The captain would not listen to tnem,
and when they refused to work PC
ordered them ashore. once on Iahu
no boarding house master would g-Ve
them shelter. Some of them went PACK
to the vessel and endeavored TO regaln
their berths, only to be told that wages
had fallen to SIS since they len. q
couple Of the men accepted the reduces
wages, and the crew was hAed Dy
japanese and negroes.
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