The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-15
ride Table for june. 1895.

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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The State sof California Will reach San
Francisco today.
The schooner Compeer Us dlsclarglng
ballast at Parker's dock.
Three carloads of salmon were shipped
east on the Potter last night.
The steamer Oregon is due here from
San Francisco this afternoon.
The Cascades came down the river yes
terday with three barge loads Of stone.
The steamer w. H. Harrison leaves out
for Tillamook this morning with 80 tons
of general merchandise.
The steamer Lincoln was busy sounding
inside the jetty all day yesterday and
covered several miles of channel.
Bark Arlpwright, Moore, from New
castle N. s. W., for San Francisco has
arrived at Noumea in leaky condition.
Both the Lurl.ne and the Harvest
Queen will remain unrepaired until after
the investigation into their recent col
lision.
The steamer Pilgrim of Portland, is on
the gridiron at the Astoria Iron Works.
She is having a new wheel placed IN
her, and her stem Is being recapped.
Fish continued slack yesterday, and all
the cannerles were working on easy time
catching up with the deliveries very soon
after they were brought in.
The Ladd left the vicinity of the Sylvia
| de Grace wreck yesterday morning and
began dredging at point In the middle
channel where she will continue opera
tions for some days.
The Queen made the trip from the head
of Coal creek yesterday morning in A
hours, which is exceedingly fast time.
taking INTO consideration the fact that
she had tow Of piles the whole dis
tance.
The old bark Ludlow, which was towed
round here from the sound last year and
aiken up to Portland, s nov bsi AIDED
up the river with spars for San Fran,
cisco. She VIII be ready to come down
| stream next, week.
The British ship Earl Burgess, from
Gutrap Gov, IN,-oo Ie, .
English Bank, Uruguay Assistance has
been sent to the vessel. Captain L. NJ.
Coffell is in command Of the Earl Bur-
CESS. She is an 1921 ton vessel, built in
England in 1856.
The overhauling operations on the Man
zanita were completed yesterday, and TO-
day she comes down to Finlaysons dock
totake on a supply of Beaver Hill coal,
She will leave out on Monday on a sup
ply cruise and will visit Yaquina, Heceta
Head, Umpqua, and Coos Bay.
The Queen yesterday brought down
three long peeled fir sticks for the San
Jose yesterday from Coal creek. Two of
them will be used for masts and one for
new main boom. The schooner may be |
rugged this year with fore and aft sail |
instead of with a mutton leg sail as for |
merly.
The gasoline schooner Moro, which has
made several halibut fishing trips to the |
banks off the coast of Alaska, has gone |
over to the mud banks of Oakland creeR |
opposite San Francisco to lie up for an
indefinite time. There is now more fish |
in cold storage than the market demands
and the trips of the vessel became un.
profitable.
Costello &, McMhhon's salmon cannery
at Stevenson, at the mouth of the
Fraser river, was completely destroyed
by fire Wednesday afternoon. The can
cry. which was the largest in the prov
ince, had only just been completed and
was to be used this season for the first
time The loss is estimated at $4,000 and
insurance $21 900.
A Melbourne dspatch states that the
ship Aberfoyle OBJ, which sailed from
Fredrikstad January "a, for Melbourne,
Newcastle, N. s. W., and San Francisco,
has been towed in there in distress Cap
tain Robertson, who was in command
when the ship sailed, committed suicide,
and the chief mate was drowned during
the early part of the voyage
There has been considerable talk lately
concerning the dumping of sand deposit
by the dredger Ladd, and rumors have
been afloat to the effect that she has
been deposit.ng her loads too near the
channel There is no truth whatever in
the reports, as the greatest care is
taken to drop the loads well on the sands
near the middle channel and long dis
tance away from the inside course.
The steamer Wasco has received per,
mission from the treasury department
through the Tacoma custom office to
change her name to the Bay CITY The
boat heretofore has been unfortunate In
all of her ventures, but now with the
absence Of the hoodoo change of luck
S expected. She has resumed her run
on the Whatcom route and surprise for
the Bellingham Bay cities is anticipated
Regarding tine dilatory action of the
state Of Oregon in regard to suitable gffts
for the battleship that s named after the
state, 1t Is an object lesson to note how
handsomely the new merchant steamer
st. Louis was treated by the citizens of
her birthplace. Besides solid service,
and four musical instruments 0ncuding
two planos) they gave twelve magnificent
staincd glass windows for the saloons.
Yesterday Captains Clerk John W.
Welch took the package Of books sent
by the Grand Harbor Of the N. & P. A. ,
out of the express Office, and during the ,
day was busy distributing them among
members Of the Columbia harbor. The
volumes, which have been before de-
scribed in this column, are handsomely ,,
printed, and the large number of pictures
scattered through the pages are all ex- .
cellent specimens of photo engraving !,
and etching.
The clipper bark Thermopylae, Captain /.
Winchester, which is continually making .
Of fast sailing arrived in VIC
toria Wednesday morning from Shanghai,
just twenty-nine days from port 10 port. :
she was towed In from sea by the little
Port Townsend tug Magic, but having no
cargo was not docked as customary.