The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-07

tonnage consists mostly OF dairy, fam
and lumber products, also miscellaneous
machinery aud mercentlle supplies,
The total commerce handed during
the calendar year, 1906 amounted II
S,aSs,0oi tons, the estimated value cI
which mas $0o.7sa.0Sl,
4 comparative table complied by
Colonel RoeSslef shows that the tom
mage exceeds that OF any prc,iou. sea-
son, In 1905 the tonnage was 5.sap hasl
lpOi, sdOsaiIp. and In mos. s4ss,40l
The operation Of placing rock In The
lefty under the special act OF April 80
1900, was begun in May and stopped
August 20, lpnd, when the funds were
exhausted When operations were re.
suned the present season under the last
appropriation, the end OF the tfestle
was at u point s5,Tll feet from Fort
Stevens, or ba,lA feet from the outer end
ot tho cntoekinent There are two
methods, and two methods only. by
which operations OF extending the letty
work could be continued, one Il to 70.
place the DESTROYED trestla By parallel
one on either The channel side or on the
sea side Of the eprockment, and to
carry this trestle out aud curve II in on
the line OF the present enrockment al
the outer end and 10 continue the jetty
extension from that point.
The second possible method Of con.
tinuing the work was TO restore the
trcstle along the line Of the present en-.
srockment, adding enough stone TO the
present enrockment to give the trstle.
Of which many piles might have only
limited penetration, the necessary sup.
port to resist wave action,
The work OF last year included the
building Of about s0as ieet OF trestle
along the line Of portion Of the old
Ictty of 1928 which had been tlattened
out BY the action oi the sea. aud while
the progress Of the pilcdrIving was very
slow, Il was found possible By sloping
and staggering the piles whore neees.
sary to find penetration between the
large rock OF the standing jetty, to erect
a trestlc over the existing cnrockment
The enrockmept In this case was raised
to the level OF about four feet above
mid tide, to give good support 10 some
OF The piles which aid not have much
penetration Into the rocks The tram
way so built along the line Of the old
eurockment and supported 10 the level
Of mid tide by rock has withstood the
storms OF the past winter, while over
5000 feet OF treste was destroyed be
yond that point where the earocknent
has been raised up only to the level Of
low tide,
1t IA true, however that the destroyed
portion Of the trestle had been very
much weakened by the rayages oi the
teredo, but i is believed that ever In
its weakened condition II would have
stood up during the winter, II II had had
great support at and above low water.
After consideration OF these methods
by the distsic. offices, the chief Of en-
gineers approved plan for restoring the
trestle along the line OF the present en-
rockmcut and OF raising the enrockment
to the level, OF mid tide over the entire
width of the trestlc instead OF limiting
the width to only $ feet as In the or
iginal plan. this latter width being
found insufficient.
This work Of extension under the next
appropriation was begun in May and
has been intermittently carried on by
the purchase OF stone, in open market
until formal contract could be made.
The deliveries OF stone have been ir-
regular and very unsatisfactory, despite
the efforts OF the contractor, The din.
Guilty Of obtaining labor, a strike at the
quarry and lack Of floating plant have
been the main reasons for the slowness
and irrgularity Of the deliveries.
Contracts have been let for 100000
tons OF rock at Sl.l2 ton, and for
100000 tons at Sl.l0 a ton, the entire
supply required,
A survey party was held In readiness
at Fort Stevens from October 90 to Jan.
uory Is to survey the bar, in order to
learn something of the changes which
pilots and Others believed TO be going
on Mt the point where from last years
survey there was strong indication Of
the formation OF a new and deeper chan