The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-19
NOTHING MALICIOUS ABOUT IT,

mixed, Evidently the Portland journa
Is rattlei In spasm eatiuea. "A Cas-
of Malicious Mischief" it undertake
TO create the impression tina, The As
tor!an otherwise characterized as tn
''Knocker'O has been advocating th'
idea tina; the Sound offers some ad
vantage over Portland as a seaport
Quite 10 the contrary. the As;oriaa has
always insisted that the Sound Is a.
badly of as Portland. Or nearly 50
Heavy Srades lead into Tacoma ant
Seattle and the cost Of railway trans'
portation is very great The Sound has
however. he advantage q plenty Of
water. Portland. on the other hand.
has easy grs3es--i water-.evel route
from the lnterior-brt an .nsutic!ency
Of water Both are m the same plane
both are recognized and utilized by
the railroads because q wrongful con-
ei.ion Of affairs exists lie, it 5e un-
ders;oOd. then, ;Aat The As;orian has
no interest in Puget Sound; the des-
t'cy OF that section OF the Northwes;
IS matter OF Ntle concern 10 the oe'-
pie of this city.
Now for the truth abou, :he Glen
turret and St. DonatIen. The OREGON
san says that the Glenturget was ex-
tremely fortunate in making ber grip
across the ocean. and that she arrived
some days ahead Of time From this
the conclusion is deducted that the
owners viii not lose anything by the
delay to the vessel here because they
did not expect that she would get away
before the actual time Of her depart
ure.
This must be a joke The Glentur-
ret IS worth about $50 a day to her
owners when uormlI conditions prevail
when she makes sair ocean passages
and receives fair dispatch at ports
Suppose that she meets With extraor-
Iinar.ly favorable conditions and makes
tas: passages; are not the own
ers entitled To greater earnings? II
sour days were savei by the Glentur-
ret on the trip across the Pacific.
should not that saving rebound to the
financial gain OF the owners? suppose
the owners Of the Oregonian figure dai-
" receipts Of 1880, bur. on account Of
favorable business conditions. the re-
ceipys aggregate 5000; would the own
ers feel that they were getting all that
vas coming to them II some enterpr.s-
ing business manager spen. $500 day
for peanuts? The earning capacity Of -he
Glenuuet is not limited 10 any scale,
and. IL fortune favors her, the owners
expect to derive some benefit there
by.
II Astoria were the shipping point Of
this basin. the Glenturret would have
about eight days less time
in taking her present cargo The river
trip to AMI frm Portland occupied |
three days, while the steamer was de- f.
layed here five days. This time means /
money to the owners, though It is graf /
flying 10 note the Oregonian's admls- !
sion that the owners were reimbursed.
Presumably this was done by the Port |
Of Portland commission. which has al
ready squandered nearly I85O,OOO Of the
peoples money in an effort to add to .
the wealth Of the gentlemen interested.
The Oregonian refers to The Astorian
as la, but neglects 10 point out
This paper has prevarlcated. Il
is to be presumed, however, that Th-
Astorian's statements zb1ut the acc.-
den; to the 81. Donatien call forth this
unkinily sentiment. But will the ore
g7nian's character bear inspection? Let
US see: The Oregoai3n says the St.
Donatlen and sam1ena came down the
river together. The DOnaten'5 comFan-
lon on the occasion in question was
the lumber schooner Lena sweasy. the
iraf, Of which Is Derahps. about ten
,ee.. The Oregonian says the DJnatien
swung out Of the channel. striking
log and dentlng one Of her plates. a
eak resulting that let in three plnts Of
water in eight hours. The DOnati-n /,
lid not swing out Of the channel. bu:
was run into a sunken rock (or logl
which has been In the channel for
years. When she was examined it was