The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-22
THE PERRY NOT
HERE FOR FUN
Has Inspected the Steam Craft on the
Lower Columbia.
WILL SOON 60 TO PORTLAND
Inspection On Upper River 10 Order As
toriu Needs 0ne OF More Public
Landing Docks.
WILL SOON 60 TO PORTLAND

Tbs revenue cutter. Commodore Perry,
has not bc,,n an idle ornament 10 the
harDor since taking her station here. In
an interview with Captain Phillips yes
,crlay that genial nmandcr said.
We have Inspected nearly a., OF the
steam craft on the lower Columbia river.
founi only Two boats which We're not
complying wrh the laws and rcgu.a-
lions Of tho department. one Of them.
the Sea Foam. WINS compelled to pay a
anc. The other bon: escaped by making
tining changes. Much TO my surprise
found thA; tho capuLns were wei
popt,i in the iuw. which IS being gcncr-
Ally observed,
Within a fcw days We shall go up 90
Portland. There / wi. inspect the boats
on tho upper Columl.a and willamette
rivers.
This IL my nrui Visit 20 Astoria har-
nor. B, 81 grand harbor but could be
aundcrmry improved by the building Of
a broakwatcr. az or b,iow For . r"ns.
tor which rhcrc is already ne foun t-
;lou which would protect sells ly *
herr At anchor IN the stream from tnc
nasty west winds AMI seas There Is
another thing needed here which would
cost but lflile and which would form a
tremendous attraction Tor vessels TO
coma here. and that IL a puhlic landing
dock In fact you need Two or three OF
them My boats have the greatest aim
cu.iy IN making landings at the Fishers
wharf The most Of tho uimo the va
riour slips ar, tfllcd with small boats
and It Is Impossible TO get in. There are
several guod sights FOR thp'r or four
such docks. They should be floating
docks. with movable. se.f-adjus;ing
They should be stationed In
the slips IN not less than Ave feet OF
water az low tide. one or two such pub
lie docks would be a good thing FOR this
harbor. Government ships do not like
TO say In a port where shyre are no
proper landings for their boats. The
presence Of a government vessel In
harbor Akc this means the spending OF
lots % money IN the town.
"on my return from Portland think
We will anchor further up stream and
make our landings at the foot Of Four
iccnth street. II seems to be a bottcr
landing ptaco than the other.
How did We make the ship so c.oan?
Wen, 1T tell you. when We came into
port on our long voyage, the shin was
very dirty. The masts and rigging were
bcgrmed with smoke ana SCOT, from the
soft coal We burned, The first thing we
nd was TO set the sailors AT work with
scrubhng brushes Every piece or rope,
yard arm and masts, from the trucks
down were cleaned by hard work. The
first day We were here We sent a man
ashore with an axe to cut a small ever
green ON the hRcs and bring 1t aboard.
This we used us a brush to clean the
SCOT out of the big smokestack. After
wo get painted up We Will be in fairy
condition"
Il see by recent patent papers that
your son in Portland, Maine, has invented
a new electrical holstlng engine for ham
ding ships cargoes."
Yes. James, who commenced business
six years ago, ut the age OF twenty-three.
is now at the head OF an electrical. man
ufacmrng company in Portland. His
hoisting engine Is one OF the best con-
trvances of the kind | have ever seen.
1t can be used on any wharf by simply
attaching wire to a common city cir
cult wire II does the work Of an orui-
nary donkey engine twice as quickly, at
half the expense, and win llft two or
three times the coad. believe the boy
has a good thing"