The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-11
MATTERS MARINE.
Notes risLrd Up Along the Mater front
Yesterday.

NOTES. INAed W AlonH the water front
Yesterday.
The Columblnp h still In port
The schooner Annie dec arrived az San
Francisco Thursday from this port
steamer South Coast arrived from Port
land yesterday morning. and II taking On
lumber at the cintsap Mills,
The phip ractoius uallrd yesterday for
HouOlulu. Whcrv ahc will load sugar for
Now York city,
Tho steamer Harrison arrived In Yes.
trrdRy and dotkod at Ftavcl'A wharf.
Nhtrv she DISCHARGED d tons OF coal
The schooner Rurprlze yesterday dis.
charged tho remainder Of her cargo ot
salmon. ncmo 10 barrels, nj tlaVvl'a
dock.
Tho United States tender Lincoln ar
rived from Portland yesterday Hho will
make surveys al tho mouth OF the river
and near tho Jvtty. regarding tho bone.
nJa derived from tho 'ntonewall into tho
sea"
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Tho Oriental steamer Mount Lebanon
arrived down tho river from Portland
yesterday and will probably aall today
Rha has = cargo valued at 81. IN for
merchants In Honolulu. Yokohama n
chinese eortn.
Tho steamer Queen arrived yesterday
from Han Francisco with a very large
passenger list. Rhe brought up so fisher
mon. who aru anNiouAiy awaiting n set
tiomsnt Of the differences between can
uVrp aud fishers.
The ship Title v. ataFbuck left up the
river yesterday In tow OF tho Ockiaha-
ma, While rounding Tongue Point she
ran aground IA tho wind was coming
from the right direotlon.w cht nor'Wcat-
nho ttho ship bent a few yards OF can.
vaas. and, with tho steamer Juggling
away at the hawacr. tho vessel got ON.
Have TO send the drodBcr iadd down this
way before Ions,
II may not DO generally known. says
the Marine Journal that every French
vranri Is required 10 carry a eat aa ono
OF the crpN This refusal Of a towago
surveyor To grant 4 clean certificate In
the case ~ bags Of grain holed by rats.
ON the plea that the owners had failed 20
include a cat IN the ships company. may
aocm remarkable, THIS refusal. however,
II strictly In accordance with French law.
and practice. and IN Instance Of the
kin occurred In a French port u few
days since.
MIR J q Hanthorn'H now gasoline
launch, tho Claude H. i~iantohrn. arrived
..aH.at.N fTua, Seattle In HhRVHN nf II
r EnEichrrcht. manager or the Seattle
iioat and Launch building Company, at
whose yard the little aunch was built.
under the supervision OF Mr.. Enslchrrcht
The launch made the run from Ncnh
hay 10 this port In seventeen hours, de-
velopInE a speed OF about eight knots In
rough water, which IN excellent time for
u gasoline yacht II II confidently cS.
pcctcd ahc viii make twelve miles on tho
river, Tho HRntohrn'H dimensions are;
IerRth. On feet. beam. u feet 8 inches;
depth OF hold. . feet Sho In supplied with
a l,horse power Union gta engine. ana
IL built on lines which give her an ex-
cellcnt carrying capacity, as well nH
speed. Her frame Is OF oak, and she
cost tl,bpl. Rho viii he used aa u can
merry tender, but has passenger accommo-
dRtinnH. Mr, Claude Hunthorn, IN whose
honor the launch wnH named. viii COM
mand her, and no doubt will have some
thing to Hny In the nanhthn launch race
In tho August regatta
The steamship city OF Para. which has
been transferred from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific Meet Of the Pacific Mall Steam
ship Company. II due here tomorrow.
and she viii be followed In u few weeks
by the steamship Columbia, which iS
also to come through the straits OF Ma
gcllun to Join tho compnny's squadron
on this HeaboArd, They are both TO 10
on the Panama route, ono TO replace tho
Xrnlnndia, chartered u few months ago
from the Oceanic steamship Company,
md the other M an additional vessel To
the line, aimed to improve the service,
They viii be- the largest vessels on the
line. and their advent marks nm epoch
IN tho history OF their service, Their
coming TO the Pacific Il u sort OF Murine
family reunion, for the Para is u sister
ship OF the Rio de Jnneiro md the Co
lunlhia, a twin OF the Peru, The city
OF Para H. bringing u general 'nrgo OF
freight from the East, nnd LETT Newport
News on January 2htr, She came through
the Struts Of Magellan and the next
heard OF her was at Panama, from which
rort she sailed for san Francisco on
March eth. No hdviccs as to her ex-
pericncea at sea I'm the two oceans have
been received. Tut II II presumed that
she came through In perfect safety, as
she IH Il strong sen boat, Making due
allowance for the run to Panama, she
should arrive here tomorrow, Prepara-
lions are already being made by the
local representatives or the hrm to dis
patch her for Panama again on Satur-
day, April Is. after which time she VIII