The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-10
GOOD ANCHORAGE
GROUND Is HERE
notwithstanding thc KaiIings Of Jeal-
Ous NeighbOrs % the Other End.
n IS SAID TRUTH WILL OFT
Attsuafs 10 Coycf D. 90 ty -uig and
untruths Don't Wofa What ne
rDp'airs Say

That Short .tt -i ana NaIvlz. ID
policy of on ~ ih- large Portland
ne@rpEp.r. h,uid eouale. d Rlse a.
/ opnTthnuy cry down the h4rb.r og As.
'oria. H. ua .ily as b la unreasonable
IThe fua iliAi accidents happen ln this
harbor, as they d. ln every harior In
! the world. and as a.ey do in Portland
doses not max It az the lrss safe
and commoli0ua haTDor. better than
the average ~ the P-s4ac or any other
coast The papers daily contain ac.
counts ~ the grounding of vessels on
the mudhatA Or rocks In the harbOr OF
san franclsc0, similar accidents Ia the
prbors Of Puget Sound and Victoria.
ana many mishaps ~ like nature are
recorded ln the hGrbors. Of the Atlantic
coast as we'll as IN London. Liverpool.
Melbourne. Yokohama, Hongkong and
other forolgn ports II needs only a
glance at tho government charts and
study Of the latest soundlngs made by
the engineers IN the Astoria harbor 10
show that there Ia a large and deep
channel WIKI natural anchorage
grounds for uhc largest vessels. All this
sort of talk between ncighbOrs is rot.
pure and simple Portland may as wen
recognize the situation one dine as an
other and be- friends Ntih the port that
In The future = destined 10 bring about
any further growth the metropolis may
have. \ city situated 10 miles inland
which - obliged 70 spend S5yO.oc0 "a
year o. drciEe oui and maintain a mar
row and crpokel channel. little better
tnau canal. 50 flras deep sea vessels
are Concerned, had lit,le occasion TO
throw stones Al It's nelghbors
The British aiip Grown oi India lies
az ancaor In the 9wer harbor within
"a feS, hdndred yards 6f whcfr the
stouDsr Chlttagong touched on the
sands "a week ago The captain of the
India says that he has been master OF
g de,n se.t vessel for fifteen years. and
has visited every port Of any import
Hnoe in the world Never. tn all OF
my voyages. have | found better an
ohorGee ground or safer harbor than
Astoria. arrived here Christmas eve.
and during all of the tremendously
heavy weather since that time my ship
has not moved two feet from her an
chorage. She is a rour-masted bark.
200 feet long. and about the size OF
the ChittaEyuug,
A group OF sea captains and pilots
interspeTSed with water front men were
yesterday discussing the attack upon
Astoria harbor by Portland papers. and
the unwarranted interference with the
MaohTahanisfh. An were unanimous in
the opinion that both attacks were un-
called for and unfounded in fact Speak
ing Of his own ship. Captain Corkhin.
Of tho Grown n India, said, II do not
pretend To own my vessel. or charter
her fre4ghts; but l do know that my
owners have predzvNsi TO spend large
sum OF money 10 ut her for loading
lumber In British Columbia, rather than
send her up the Columbia at heavy ex-
pense To Load wheat at Portland at
lSs Cd. or course III take my ship
whore the owners order her, II it's
South Africa or the North Pole. But
| think II will be found 6fter this voy-
age that our people will have cleared
better money than II they had taken
tho cheap wheat rates of Portland
What | have had to say about this
port was the truth 80 far as have
found Il In my experience IN travelling
the world over"
Other captains and pilots standing
by strongly supported the statements
made by Captain Corkhill