Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-04-29
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There f. q corresponding depression
Il in bzsnsss zloug the riTer frout ss 10
. ofbsr hHsinsss enterpTfses- Instead
. an improvement ths-e ts every iodi-
fcstioa q sboE that less business j.
ldoos esch t1c.esdinx week Eery
little freight j. moving az the present
ftiue but passenger traE5e i o0mpsra-
lively god Salem residents have
a splendid steamboat servioe DOE BE-
itWseu salem and POrtizD6 as well as
Salem AID Corvallis acd the ressC IA
be rates advanced by the steamboat
companies are being literally patron
lied by the travelling public The
river maintains al eIoellsnt batting
sage and Do difculty is experienced
b. the boat in operating On the river
bstEeen Corvallis and Portland.
There is every reason TO believe that
the river viii furnish good b0ating
throughout the summer from the
fat that a great deal Of snow remains
iu the mountains. the melting q
which. Oh the arrival Of warn weather
will tend 70 increase the volume q
water in the Willamette. The :guage
a. The 0. r y. Cos dock this morn
ing registered : feet above low water
mark
There is 10 question bat what the
officers 10 charge Of the Steamboats,
plTing On the Willamette river are a
most courteous and accommodating
class o. men. Especially when a
handsome representative Of the fair
sex prevails upon the patience Of the
officers Of the boat, their power Of en-
durance is quite remarkable. Last
evening the captain Of the Steamer
Albany held the boat at Salem for
about % minutes, awaiting the arrival
Of young lady, who wished To 90 up
the river. Finally the gang plank
was hauled 10, and the boat started.
She had hardly reached the middle Of
the stream, when the prospective pas
ssoger put 10 an appearance. The at
tentiOn Of the captain was attracted
and he again landed his boat and took
on his precious cargo. The accOmmO- !
dating Ofhoer felt amply rewarded for
his kindness in a sweet smile from
the delinquent passenger.
Steamer Altoona makes tri-weekly
trips TO Portland, leaving this city at
7:45 a. ~, on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, returning on the follow
ing day. She has discontinued her
Sunday trips TO Portland.
Steamer Ramona continues to oper-
ate between Oregon City and Portland |
in competition with the street car
that operates between those tive
points.
The o. c. & E. company has re-
Gently constructed a serviceable wharf |
and established an agency in this
city. r. W. Holman is the agent.
The cOmpauy's bJat, the Steamer Al
bany, arrived down from Corvallis,
this morning, aud passed on TO Port
land.
Steamers Ruth and Elmore con-
tinue TO make daily trips to Portland.
leaving Salem on alternate days al
6:45 a. m. and 10 a. M. respectively.
The United States government snag-
boat Mathloma is on the upper river
removing snags and other distractions
from the river he'd between Corvallis
aud Harrisburg. 1t seems most i'm
practical for this boat to spend the
geater part Of the season removing a
few snags from that portion OF the
river which is only nayigsble during
the winter season, during which Pc
riOd one boat makes a weekly tripI
from Corvallis TO Harrisburg and re-
turn, while the remainder OF the river .
that is navigable throughout the year
should be so sadly neglected. Even
though every snag and other obstruc-
tion should be removed from the river
bet Ween these two Objectionable
points. successful steamboat nayiga-
tiOn on that part OF the river would
be impossible from the fact that there
is not a sufficient volume Of water
during the summer season 10 permit
Of the operation Of the lightest
iraught crafts that ply on the river.
IL seems as though more profitable
work could be done on tile lower river
where navigation is continually going
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