The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-11
ALONG THE wHARvEs.

The Signal will probably be down from
Portland tomorrow.
The Truckee should reach here today
from San Francisco.
Bluebacks began to appear in small
quantities in the river yesterday
The schooner Hueneme sailed for Re-
dondo yesterday with $4,000 feet of lum-
ber.
The steamer Potter took up 140O cases
of salmon last night, consigned in three
carloads.
1t is reported that the Rathdown has
secured part of her salmon cargo here
at 40 shillings.
The schooner Webfoot was towed up
the river to Portland by the Emma Hay
ward yesterday.
The Electric went over to Gray's river
yesterday after a large raft for the AS
toria Box Factory.
The o. X. was below Fort Stevens for
some time yesterday trying to pick up
an anchor, but she had her work for
nothing.
The anchor and a small quantity OF
chain lost from the British ship Cromar-
tyshire on Sunday were recovered by
the tug Relief the same evening.
The dredger w. S. Ladd will be down
hA ~ix tpr 4 ha tn,
mediately set to work between the Clat>
sop Mill and Hanthorn's cannery.
The steamer Queen is on the ways at
the Astoria Iron Works having a New
brace attached to her rudder. She is
also receiving a new coat of paint.
The State Of California came in from
San Francisco yesterday morning and af-
ter discharging 6S tons of miscellaneous
freight here left up the river for Port
land.
Captain Jordan, of the steamer Queen,
leaves for his Nehalem Eanch this week
on a two-months' visit. His command
will be taken temporarily by Captain
Haslam.
The Mendell did not go on with her
sounding work yesterday at the mouth
of the river, but attended to the barge
towing. The Lincoln was surveying on
Desdemona Sands all day.
The Alice Blanchard is anxiously look
ed for every day. Her present wherea.
bouts seem to be unknown, and nothing
definite has been heard of her since she
left Eureka after being bar-bound there
for four days.
Fish were running we'll yesterday and
averaged fully sixteen to the boat. All
the canneries were running along we'll
into the night in order to get away with
the salmon received, and have clear floors
for today's CATCH
The British ship Rathdown came down
from Portland yesterday laden with 3S,50O
sacks of wheat, about half a cargo. She
will take on about $1,000 cases of salmon
here (about 1000 tons) and will probably
leave about the 25th Of the month FOR
Liverpool
During the month ended May 25. 1895,
the bureau of navigation assigned Off
cial numbers to two Pacific Coast YES
seis, sloop Jack and Jim, gross tonnage
Lbs, net 921, number T,1SO, and steamer
Naiad, Of Portland, gross tonnage 1124,
net S.0i, number 13O,691
Captain Pickernell, of the Mayfower,
had his hands full again yesterday. In
the morning he brought a raft of logs
down from Blind Slough for the Astoria
Box Factory. and on his return took a
big load of charcoal down to B. A. Sea-
borg's cannery at Iwaco.
Captain Rehfeld has placed his favorIte
little steamer in readiness for the sum,
mer travel, and has had her decorated
very tastefully both inside and out. The
interior fittings particularly have been
completed in a very thorough manner,
and no expense has been spared to make
the Dwyer more comfortable than ever.
AT the meeting of Columbia Harbor No.
" on Saturday night John w. Welcn
was appointed committee to investigate
and report on the shoaling up of VA
rious parts of the channel where the
Harbor desires that buoys shall be plac.
ed. He will also ankle a recommends
ton concerning the buoying of the Blind
Channel.
The piling for the government work,
says the Tillamook Headlight, has been
ouilt for about 600 feet, an extension
OF the work on Junction bar. The stone
work and timber work is not yet fin.
ished, but the construction is progressing
very favorably, considering the time
which the Improvements have been in
progress
Mr.. Geo. Stinson was called on yester-
day to repair slight damages sustained by
the schooner Hueneme, owing to collis-
ion with her towboat, the Emma Hay
ward, on the way down the river on Sum
day. Her jibboom was badly split ana
some cleats were torn from her martin
gale. Things were made all taut gefore
she proceeded to sea.
James McKenna has Just cleared the
brig w. H. Mayer, from San Francisco,
for a whaling voyage via st. Lawrence
Island, Point Clarence, and Cape Prince
Of Wales. This is the last vessel to go
out this year on that kind of business.
She carries up some supplies for Mr..
McKenna's fleet. Upward of thirty ves-
sells are now after whales in tine Arctic.
Capt Rathbone, OF the o. r. and n
steamers. returned this morning from Ri
paria, on the Snake river. He reports
the steamer Norma, owned by Jacob
Kamm, and which lately run the rapids
Of the Upper Snake, as being hauled out
on the o. r. and N. Co.'S ways at Ripa.
ria. undergoing repairs after the severe
knocking about she received during the
perilous trip.
The three-masted British ship Cromar-
tyshire, 142 tons, Capt. o. H. Hender-
son, arrived IN from Lfvsrpooi on Sun