The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-20
SHIPPING GDAYBYDAY
MaTlne Matters, Here, There ard
EVeryuhsre.

Yesterday was tho quletcst day OF the
season on The waterfront
llopaim are hcinR made TO the pilot
hchoonCrs san Jose and Josaie.
The steamer Truckec sailed yesterday
morning for San Francisco and way
ports,
Tho rtamer Columbia. havInE finished
repairs VIII be down the river from
Portland Friday.
No ships arr due for flfteen days. The
lnycrncss'shire. which was here last year
ga tho next vessel due.
Steamer George W. Elder arrived down
tho river yesterday morning und rallied
at noon Tor San Francisco
The ManEanlta landed ntte,n tons of
coal and other supplies at the llghnhlp
yesterday and Capt. Gregory reports that
the weather was simply perfect
Tho Alaskn Commercial Co.'S Bertha
has arrived IN san Francisco from Alas
ka. Captain Hayes Is almost cripple,
an he fell and spralnod both his ankles
at unalaska. Among the passengers
were crew Of dlshoartcned miners. who
have very little to say about the result
of their ldbora on the Yukon. The se-
verify ~ the climate. they say. WAS the
cause of all their trouble The gold
was there all right, but the ice and snow
made work almost impossible The Ber-
tha brought very large shipment of gold
dust consigned TO Louis Sloas a Co,
There was trouble at broadway wharf
when the steamer city OF Puebla was
dockcd yesterday. says San Francisco
paper, The law says that runners shall
not approach within ten feet OF the edge
OF wharf at which vessel Is docking.
and the men overstcppod the bounds In
consequence John Buckley. A. II. Darlcy.
T w Brooks and Thomas whalen Were
arrested by Sergeant Fitzgibbon ana
charged at the harbor police station. The
night is a continuation OF the old one be-
tween the Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
pany and the runners employed by Nor
tons Special Delivery. on this occasion
Il appears as though the runners would
So, the worst OF H.
Captain Charles H. Foley who goes out
IN command OF the whaler Grayhead has
received the best lay" OF any officer
Who has Yet shipped Tor ths next cruise
TO the Arctic lie s one OF the best
known masters on the water 'front.', and
during tie last cruise OF the old Bound
ing Billow he took eleven whales ana
thus established record for a wind
jammer" since then he has on several
occasions been offered the command OF
a steam whalcr. but has Invariably re.
fused on the ground that his luck was
better In sailing vessel - win take
my wife and boy with me-" said Captain
Foley yesterday. "'fhe lad is now
years old. and, as his mother Is going 20
Keep school aboard every day. he win not
lose anything IN the shape Of education.
Before our trip TO the Arctic Is com.
pletod think the hoy will know as much
about whaling rs | do, From San Fran
cisco We will 20 to Kodiak. and from
there to Bristol bay Al the latter point
We viii take In our new supply OF stores.
and then We win not be heard from again
except by an occasional letter. as we will
remain In the ice for two years, When
the Grayhcad returns TO San Francisco
In 1855, think you viii lind chat have
made q letter catch than | did on the
Rounding hllGw" Cali,
The steamer an cles, Captain Rama.
we'll, arrived In po,t this morning after
a most dangerous passage OF the Straits
with u large consignment of dynamite
aboard for Rossland, Il. c., via racon,
from the Hamilton Powder Works. of
Nanaimo, II, c, Captain Ramsw4n said
to News reporter today: THAT was
Just about as uncertain q position as I
was ever In when we ran the gauntlet
Of heavy seas and high winds between
Smiths island and San Juan island. The
boat rocked a great deal In the water and
labored hard. She did not strain any.
but 1t took no little tact to keep her right.
aGd the anxiety OF all on board was
heightened 10 no unfounded fear less the
dynamite might explode Hal such oc
Cured we might never have been heard
OF, The boat would have been blown TO
spllnters and nothing but the waves
would know the secret of our disapp mr.
ance, AS It was. We kept cool and bore
away toward Deception pass, which we
reached and soon left behind. All anxi-
'ty was then over, and we passed up on
the Sound In smooth water" The An
geles had 400 cases of dynamite and 40
tons OF coal aboard, all of which was
entered this morning at the local custom
house. The coal is for Port Townsend
and the dynamite win go through 10
Rossiand In bond via tuln,-Tacoma
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