The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-29

Captain p. J, Werlich, lighthouse In
spector in this district. has issued th'
following notice to mariners,
Willapa Bay-Nema Sands buoy, Q
red second.class nun, heretofore ~
ported ont oi position, was replace,
May "a.
Csray's Harbor--Cray's Harhor out
side bar whistling buoy, red markel
"t'my's Harhor' III block, position YER
flied, May 81, and buoy found In 20 feel
of water Corrected bearings, Point
Brown. lone tree, MI. BY Nj jetty
ENE.; Gray's Harbor lighthouse, y
BY N.
Trustee Spit buoy, 2, a ilrst-class nun
found out of position May 81, was 70
placed the same LAY,
Channel slashoard side buoy, z, red
irst.class spar, found missing May 2s
was replaced the same day,
There are al present two ocean RATS
of piling completed At Estella, each Of
which consists Of six TO seven mil.
lion feet Of lumber There are besides
two more being made up. A iifth raft
is completed on the Oregon side at
Clatskanie and another one II being
started. In August there win be SIX
of these RATS ready Ia 20 u sea bound
for San Francisco. As each one con.
tains upwards Of ak million feet Of
lumber, this means q total shipment Of
between IS and 40 million feet d lum.
ber for Frisco to 90 by way 81 ocean
rafts--a tolerably large item 10 clear
from the port of Astoria.
According to her net registered ton.
mage of 2l78, the British ship jordanhlll
win take out one Ci the largest eargoes
Of lumber ever act anoat In the Colum-
bia River, close to 100000 feet. The
British ship Muskoka, Of 1850 tons net
register took out only 100000 feet Of
lumber.
Her cargo win also be one Of the most
select that ever left here for the West
Coast OF South America, made up Of
he very finest building lumber Tae
hip win not complete her cargo until
we'll along In June.
The steamer Costa Rica tied up at the
}. n. & N. dock at 1925 last night. She
lad an uneventful voyage but was
somewhat delayed by head winds, s,.A
NIL list Of passengers and large
quantity Of freight are going on mp the
liver. She brought 30 or 40 fishermen
or Astoria and fourteen railroad labor.
rs to work across the river. The latter
viii cross over BY the Nahcotta on her
lext trip.
The steamer Lurline, on getting away
1 7.l5 last night, nearly lost one Of
Ter Celestial passengers. The Chinaman
vas late and almost took an inyolun.
ary bath in getting aboard by means
4 the gang.plank which was being
auled in board. He may be thanked
or the laugh he gave the spectators.
Examinations for assistant observers
n the Weather Bureau service will be
eld on june 20 at Portland, Astoria,
,aker City and Eugene. Application
lanks may be secured from the Secre.
airy Of the Civil Service Board, at the
in the respective cities.
Ihe steamer Elder tied up at the
wharf at 0 d. M. yesterday
iorning. She had big bunch Of pas
engers and hold full Of cargo.
Tine steam schooner Excelsior came
j from San Francisco Tuesday in bal.
,st. She will load lumber up the
iyer.
The Lillebonne was towed up The
iyer by the tow boat Harvest Queen
I a. m. Tuesday morning.
There were three vessels at Estella
esterday loading railroad ties. Two
hips and one schooner.
The gasoline schooner Della arrived in
esterday from Nastucca with gen
ral cargo.
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