The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
PINE MAST FOR COLUMBIA.
1HE O.!EGON S7ICh REMOGFD A
UELh iGO BiCK ~ ITS PLACE

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Not II!.b rim, the New Bont VIII sniI IN
I"ur.Cul,",rd Race To-Day on New.
par ! "a a. ,nnt"st Expected Between
tit" b''"nIUt, HIsilhnt aud NRVahos.
Iuts..l. Nuy e. Oliver IsslIn stntsd TO-
dA, that IA, could not understand how the
.tory ,ho, I'm, Columbia would participate I'm
the raro Tomorrow could have original tad. AZ
at mo- limo hnd n. con siJsrod suoh thing NJ a
posslhinlv lie alap stated that II had not yet
been drrltrd whether to asnin step the top-
mast in ,elusroplc fashlon or to fnston It in The
ordinary way This matter he said, was s,ill
under consideration.
I'm. rig wooden mainmast that was taken
out II tho Columbia over a weok o 70 to make
wny for tho stool one was stepped again In tho
cur dr'nrIor tnis morning between ~ ard III
ociuch There was some delay ia getting It
sluuy pn the Archor's derrick The rigging
nuI spr.tlsrs were all adjusted upon It. whom
AZ $3.50 o'clock. tho ropo sling beIuK fastened,
the purchase was tightsnod and the srar was
hrl7.rd aiowy aioft. When the big mast was
b. ,,.d 'hror-qudr,crs ot the distance an OK
animation wa. mudo by ItIggor BlIlmnn. IT
wa. 'JYuI ,Ia, whon the spar would lee hoIstod
a. q. lu brIu. both blocks VI the purchase to-
GO. ..I the ncoI Of tho mast would nt clear tho
WHAT ora pie Il lulU bor there. 1t Was uoees-
the wharf again to Jake u d reroYt turn with
to-" u.pr trap about ths mast. The boom OF
TIN, hu'nrr'o derrick was also lowered aud
r,ai:uu PEI. that It would 70 b. cher up.
shortly alter 10 O'clock tho second attempt
wa made. and then tho zig mast vas taken pp
on III" iurcha5e. The Archer began to move
slowly out to tho Columbia oil shore. The der
rigN ~.o% was s'rn'rod with chains to the out
81" "' ,n' Nt'ho'' 70 maze an even o"'anSe'
an III tbs war Tia" procession moved slowly to
$50, .,.I,',',.n, T,,,.,-,. a. .I.,',., I i.
port 9'"' "' III" "'"H'n'a' N'tkHlVA anu t'e
gers hau,rd tho stop u tho mot uvor the hole
at tln. ulrtu,r, In 4, ,,y minutes thu bty stink
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WA "N'''' ''n"Y '''ouS" ''' n''"oo'
Th"iu wa, NOR" liking and Inspecting the stop
underneath Then the purchase was again
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s'A'.'"'' II was ''u"a ""''"'a'' " cant 'he
mast par',y around before 1t could ho further
loW,rri ALL o'r.op. the SOAR WAS .tsppai
"' .'' ''I%n7' on '''' n'o"o' uorr''k was
s.'"rn"L The r.gE"rs then began wcd.irg
tn u..4, at the lAt,nurs. In TIE meantime
we .'h't 700" '''' "'Pa'tufo' ne ere" sur
ro.G1o,i,ho main boom soon at,or the mast
W. A.. r,..l
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WV Wv. ~ ''h'i '"'9 "'o' u'"s u!S-
connecting IA" Broken mainmaat ON the north
N',,',', '' '..o" II ""' ue', ",'o,S anu 'no
u''"'E'l r"'n' were being removed IT VIII
''H' "''' - " WIN ~ iHtHh H. Nv Hlast 10
sTrCl! ihruri inside with five StrnEcrS of
aL,;,, IRON, that uNtrnd all the way from the
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i''li' h''". As'do iron! 'l"-' hraclhSS the
mast Ia, Also GROSS braces of circular plates
~, i , >, $500 -, =,
lh"ie are "iS Ip"r vi '"'9c pi"cc7' anu
thi""gh e"h oI thelh fo"hH noe Is cut TO
admit u the lowering and raising u the top
mast II * rotated Ly rrliaue AUTHORITY
iInI there IS hot much risy room for III,
ii',n,t'.t thruIVh th.sr holes M. lsttsr nts
LIIiIsi Down or ,t,r;,tei thrnuRn ti."ir"uIar
IRA ,iI,u- Ey A heel rDlo prutrViJinx throunh
III" hoe, Of In" uaiuuItst below decks There
Ara. yl,iI,s n., Tor the unsi TO slide fsIr ~.