The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-04
Tide Table for August, 1895.

Friday .2SI 2 SSlS oil S0sS Gil S 55 90 0 SOLO 8
Saturday 24 30I7 g. 50S 6I 0 35I 0 ISL 10 25I0
SUNDAY. 20 4 25l6 u 4S3lS 6lll0 15I Q IL $50
Monday T.. 26 26I5 81 Isl Is clio 55I 2 8 =. ..l
TREsdSa9S Rsdn g & 81 5Ss sSs
Thursday .2gl0 O65 Ill 822l7 all 3O4l 0 Ill 2 49l3
Friday . 3O IL O95 3OI7 All 4 10 2 1Ol3 7
Saturday. Sill S6 lilo 28L7 6ll 4 66I-O q 5 O7I35
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
The dredger Iadd arrived yes.erGny
from the bogiback, wlD;re she has been
conducting operlttons.
The steamer Manzanita will leave to-
morrlow evening for Tillamook Rock
Work of laying the cable will commence
Tuesday morning.
The Sokoto, which arrived in San Fran
cisco ON Monday encountered q hard
blow in the English channel, which
shifted her cargo of general merchandise
to port, giving the vessel a heavy list,
which unbecoming position she carried
half across the Atlantic. The fierce gales
at Cape Horn threw the load over to
starboard heeiing her in thht position
far off an even keel. 1t took several
weeks hard work after the storm blew
itself out TO Shift the cargo into place
aglin.
A very meat and skillful feat in tug
handling took place Monday, snys the
Call, when Capt Gil Bnokaw of the little
tow boat Alert of the Spreckels Tug
company picked up and brought in two
vessels in one tow. Captain Brokaw
Hret ad fna 1Na rlrs ina ~
Wndec. Then passing with his tow
abreast of the big ship Eudora picked
her up also. With their wheels thrown
over in opposite directions the two YES
sells we're kept apart while the tug hauled
them swiftly up the hay.
In a letter Capt. Claud Troup, well
known in Astoria, says the new steamer
Nakusp, on the Upper Columbia, ito take
the place Of the steamer Columbia, which
was burned last fall was launched at
Nelson, b. c., last "Wednesday. She is
the only three-deck steamer in the north>
wess, and is one of the finest stern wheel
boats in the world. The new boat to take
the place of the burned steamer Spokane,
on Kooltenai lake. has commenced build
ing and will be after the model of the
Puget sound Greyhound in many respects.
Capt. Hartman, of the Bowers dredge
Python, which has just begun work on
the Lake Washington canal at Seattle,
was here Sunday looking over the scows,
left here by the dredger Anaconda. He
found them in good condition He is in
need Of a boat for towing purposes and
examined the steamer City of Astoria,
which he said would be well adapted for
his purpose. If an agreement can be
reached as to price, the CITY will prob
ably leave us and tow THE scows with her
around to Puget sound.-South Bend
Journal.
The establishment of a steamship line
between Puget Sound and Central Amer
lea means a great deal for the Pacific
Northwest. We have a good many things,
says a Seattle paper editorlally, to sell
the Spanish republics and can use a
large number of their products. A good
trade might be worked up and the mer-
chants and manufacturers of Seattle
should lose no time in making thor
ough Investigation of the matter. With
a regular steamship line our people ought
to be able to make satisfactory arrange
menas for sending representatives down
to see what can be done in the way of
supplying the Central Americans with
Puget sound products.
News has been received on the Sound
by the Northern Pacific Steamship com>
pany to the effect that the steamship
Hanloow, recently added to the line, was
mixed up with THE recent typhoon on the
China coast and hence will be delayed
in reaching Tacoma. Ais to.d in the press
dispatches published in thu Historian, the
typhloon was a severe one and many
wrecks resulted. The Hankow weathered
the storm weh but suffered some in
jurlas that will necessltat her being laid
up for repairs for some time. 1t was
intended to dispatch her about August
q from Yokohama until October 10, ow,
ing to complete revision of THE steam
ship time card necessitated by the acci-
dent to her.
At an early hour yesterday morning,
says Tuesdays Post-Intelligen the
suction pipe Of the dredger Anaconda was
broken and consequently no sand was
torn from the bottom of THE bay during
;he day. The accident was a peculiar
one and resulted from the cutter lodg-
ing against pile buried under the water
and THE dredger at the same thine settling
back against the spud timber on which
she turns. The tide was running out
rapidly and the boat bore so heavily
against the spu1 that 1t could not be
aised The dredger therefore was
wedged i'm at both ends. To release 1t
the suction pipe was raised by putting on
a good head of steam, but it had to be
broken to set the dredger free. If the
men had waited for the tide to run out
the weight of tine Anaconda would have
been thrown on the pipe and would have
broken II nearer to the boat But little,
IL any delay, will result from THE acci-
dent, as a force Of men will be busy
extending the pipe line to point within
the bulkhead beyond Charles street,
where the company Is now putting down
brush fascines. Repairs to the suction
pipe can be made Monday and the Ana
conda will be ready TO discharge mater
al behind the bulbhead proper on Tues
day.
Lord Brassey, an acknowledged author
ty upon the subject of war ships, sends
to the London Times some of his impress
sions upon the feet of war ships assem-
lied at the Kiel. After praising the latest
English batleships he remarks: "As ex-
4mpleS OF the DattleSnlp class, OF reia-
lively moderate dimensions, the latest
vessels are decided success.
Within the limit of 10000 tons the design
srs have obtained equality with our own
ships Of 1900 tons in speed, in coal en-
iurance and, some may think, in neavy
The German ships Of the Sa-
,hsen type, 7,4O0 tons, fern an efficient
squadron for coast defense. AS speci-
mems of a small but effective coast de-
tense vsssel, the Thule and Gotta, Of 5000
IONS, sent to the Kiel by Sweden, are well
worthy OF careful study. Turning to
the Russian Rurik, the New
York and Columbia Of the United Stat 5
navy, the German Kaiserin Augusta, the
French Dupuy de LONE and our own
Blenheim and Endymoin are among the
most recent creations undsr their respec-
i've flags. The Rurik has an overwhel-
ming advantage in the broadside arma-
ment. Ia bow and stern fire and gun pro-
lection the British cruisers are the more
Iormid able. Recent experiences seem to
show that II is better 10 carry fewer guns
sith protection than more guns without
protection. II this view be accepted the
Neuy York and Blenheim may be regarded