The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-27

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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The Cascades came down the river yes
terday morning with two barge loads of
stone.
The schooner Allen A., lumber laden for
San Francisco passed out over the mouth
Of the river yesterday afternoon.
The Rathdown's cargo rates for salmon
are ranging at 40 shillings all round. This
is a much better price than has been OBJ
tainable for some time.
The salt for the schooner Surprise ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday. She
will put 1t aboard and leave out on her
Alaskan fishing cruise tomorrow.
The Manzanita returned yesterday
afternoon from Tillamook rock. She will
remain in port for another two days
before starting on her cruise for Puget
sound,
The main mast of the pilot schooner
San Jose will be put in the vessel this
morning and 1t is expected that she will
be completely refitted and ready for sea
by the end of the month.
The steamer Oregon came up from San
Francisco early yesterday morning and,
after discharglng several tons of miscel-
laneous freight, left up the river for
Portland.
A stick of yellow fir ninety feet long
and as straight as an arrow, without a
knot in it from one end to the other is
lying down opposite the Dalgety Iron
Works. 1t will be trimmed into a spar
and sold to any vessel that needs it.
Captain Gregory, Of the Manzanita, ran
his steamer alongside the Rathdown yes
terday afternoon and placed the bowsprit
in position for the captain of the ship.
The courtesy of the popular captain of
the lighthouse tender was highly appre-
ciated by all connected with the Rath-
down.
There has been considerable trouble
with Kaboth's seining outfit lately, re-
ers of the new seine sent from Boston
early in the month. 1t was not nearly
deep enough and has had to be enlaged
considerably. Kaboth put in 700 pounds
of shad among his catch from the old
seine on Tuesday.
The bowsprit of the Rathdown was
completed at the Astoria Iron Works yes
terday morning and hauled up to the o.
r. & N. dock where the vessel lies The
work of Strengthening out this boom has
been completed to the entire satisfaction
of everybody and only goes to show how
we'll equipped the Astoria Iron Works is
to handle any kind of marine business.
The Northern Pacific Steamship COM
pany's new vessel, Strathneirs, now en-
route to Tacoma, and due July 8, left
Yokohama on her first voyage to Tacoma
last Wednesday, She carries a full cargo,
composed of $500 tons of tea, for over
land points; 1,40O tons of general freight
for Tacoma and Sound points, 100 tons
for San Francisco, and $50 bales Of silk.
The North Pacific made her maiden trip
to Ilwaco yesterday morning with con-
siderable amount Of freight and a fair
number of passengers. 1t is not yet
definitely settled whether she will make
double trip every day or not, and much
will depend on the condition Of the chan
nels on the north side of the river.
Soundings are now being made with a
view to determine whether she can make
the two round trips.
The steamboat men who are attempting
to form some sort of a pool in the Bell
ingham bay freight business, have not
yet come to an agreement. There was an
other meeting at Seattle Saturday with
out any decision being reached. 1t Is an
nounced that the meeting adjourned with
out action to meet later in the month
because of the absence Of p. p. Shelby
in the east Mr.. Shelby has charge of
the Great Northern traffic department
on the Sound and has been in all the
meetings before the one held Saturday.
Mr.. Benjamin j. Berry, one of the in
corporators of the Cape Cod Ship Canal
bill, which became law June 4, and who
has been for ten years endeavoring to
secure the passage of such bill, said
in an interview that the corporators, all
of whom are Massachusetts men, are pre-
pared to begin at once the work of con-
struction at Bass river, between the
towns of Yarmouth and Dennis. They
feel sure of success, and say that in
two years ships will be passing through
the canal The work Is expected to cost
from $5,OOO,0OO to $S00O,OOO.
Bluebacks were running a little better
yesterday, though all varieties Of fish
were still very slack. The very low stage
of the water Is extremely favorable for
seining and the returns from this branch
of the industry are fair. Yesterday three
seines put in 1900 pounds each, one-half
of this catch being bluebacks and steel
heads and the other half chinooks. This
is about the average catch of the various
kinds Of salmon from seines. Traps are
Catching about one-third steelheads and
bluebacks, and the other two-thirds chi
hooks, but are making very poor hauls.
The P. l. says editorially: From the
Mississippi river days with "nigger on
the safety valve" steamboat racing has
been exciting and enjoyed even by those
on board The explosion on the whale
back Christopher Columbus only proves
what has been proven hundreds Of times,
that these aquatic performances are
always attended with more or less danger,
The steamboat captains Of the Sound de-
light in testing the speed of their crafts,
and the recent catastrophe on Lake
Michigan gives US an idea Of what we
may expect II this racing folly is coun-
tenanced."
The British snip Chittagong arrived In
the river at O'Clock Yesterday morning
and anchored in mid-stream opposite the
Parker dock. A large number Of people