The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-01
a DISTINGUISHED
VISITOR TO ASTORIA
Sir James Poo,e. One Of the Worlds
Great Captains OF Industry. Has
Good Words for Astoria

/
Astoria yesterday had the honor OF
entertaining Sir james Poole OF LIVER
| pool England. who Is known as one OF
| the largest ship owners In the world ana
( his ships are TO be seen in every
port. He Is member OF the Mersey
/ dock and harbor board. which controls
| eight miles OF docks in Liverpool harDOr.
| He IS also a director Of the Thames q
/ Mersey Marine Insurance Company and
has served term as lord mayor OF
Liverpool He Is on his way home from
trip around the world. He left England
In February last, and went by way Of
/ the SueZ canal 10 India. and has visited
all the principal shipping ports 0, the
/ Orient, going from Ceylon to Singapore
HongkOng to Japan and thence by way
! gl HonoluIr 10 San Francisco and As
/ torla
During the forenoon Sir James was
sh.wn abou; the city taking great In.
terest In the dock and harbor facilities
Of this place and asking many questions
az to the trade and commerce OF Astoria
! At 2 o'clock he was taken aboard OF the
bar tug Wailula. which had been placed
at his service by the courtesy OF the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company,
and a run was made down to the bar.
Accompanying Sir James on the Walula
were. @. W. Lounsberry, general agent
for the o. K. & y. Co. in Astoria; l..
y. seeley. Of the p. s. e. c. r. y. co.
and Col J. @. Day, the canal and dock
contractor and G. Rosenbatt general
agent for this state Of the insurance
company in which Sir James Poole is a
director. all Of Portland and whD had
accompanied that gentleman from that
city. The other members Of the party.
and who were from this city. were.
Rrenha Van Dusen. presId-r
Astoria chamber o. commerce; ]. g. Nc
CURE, general superintendent Of the A.
toria & Columbia River Railroad J. o.
Hanhorn. second yice-presldent Columbia
River Packers Association; Dr. VI. NJ
Walker and representative Of the A..
torlan. Captain f. johnson, in command
Of the Wallula, and Captain Wood the
bar pilot aboard, were very courteous
and attentive to show their distinguished
passenger all the points Of interest along
the lover bay. Sir James took particular
note OF the harbor and the mouth Of the
Columbia. the Flavel coal bunkers and
docks, the Hight houses. llfesavng sta
lions ana the forts were the principal
points that interested him most, togeth'r
with the channel across the bar and up
the bay. The bar reached the WaluIa was
headed back for Astoria and stop made
at Samuel Elmore's cannery. This cam
merry is one of the largest and best equip
ped on the Columbia river and its oper-
atlons was critically examined by Sir
James. W. W. Rldehalkh. the guperin-
tenden', escorted the party through all
the departments Of the cannery and exc
palned all the various operations to Sir
James from the time the salmon is re-
ceiyed from the fish boat 10 the closing !
process when the cans are handsomely |
labeled and boxed ready for shipment. |
Sir James declared the Columbia river |
salmon the finest he had yet SEEN the
method Of canning the fish he observed
was as scrupulously clean and as care-
FULLY done as the most exacting house
wife could desire. On the way down
the bay, when going to the bar the Wal
ula passed close to a FISH boat Just as :