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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1906)
ilt THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. wrnwiniv. iantjaiy is. ioo. " ' '- ' M. 6HIFBIG6ERSTEBILS . r A WSWESS THAT DEMANDS GREAT SKILL AND COURAGE. Twvatr IV Ce tfc tjirty rIUlu Tfcte Are Mm4 Bwry teor-H.w Te Lrm too DuirMi To. A. es.tlirul ship rimr strikes. Cease od tiuiM or bad. tbe supply of volunteers for tbl wort desperate of ccufMtkMu never falla Mow tbt de TU kblp tiggm are to be tees loot tbe water frouta of all great aorta iwrched high la air. like great patera boated with their stranir srcbt strtart. They work la all aorta of weather, both by day aud nlgbt. No . ether calling demand sut-h a combina tion f skill and courage and th abil Vtj to work Quickly la lb faro often f appalling danger. There hi a eMfferatloa la toe etate Ml that tbt rigging of ships, espe tally thoet requiring repairs after lotf aerrk, ta tbo aaost dabrerous of teeupetleas. According to reliable ststlstlcs. fully JO per cent of all recolsrly employed kip riggers art maimed, often very ttrttasly. trery year. Tbo proportion of riggers aetieajsiy Injnred In a life tiaM at about fO per rent The greater . nnasber of accidents art caused by fells from aloft or by bring truck by tailing objects, tack aa bloi'ks or apart or alee tf heavy rigging, falling freea great height. Perlewe knife wwoads come neit la order. Tb rtc . acda of sach accidents, aa evidenced by tbt books tf any hospital In a great seaport, art long and grewtome. A rigger ut be a steeple climber, a sailor. tight rope walker, something of a trapcaa artist and aa experienced aklpbaUdcr rolled Into one. U must at nterally a jack of all trades and a naster at least of several of them. Tbt Ironworker, vbo balance himself a steel girders on a great bridge or skyscraper, th trapes ,rtl,t In tb circus or tbt "steeplejack" actually works la far less danger of bis Ufa. Tbt danger to tbt latter class of workers Is more familiar snd has been the more widely advertised. But a ship rigger must keep a perfectly cool bead fit the fact of dangers which might stagger a Nelson or a Dewey. Tour -steeplejack" may be perfectly self possessed st high altitudes, but then ' at works with tbt sseuraace that bis support at least Is stable. The struc tural Iron worker feels that be can de pend apoa the solkllty of the steel beams beneath him, while the most daring trapest performer never Ten tons oa ropes which hart not beea thoroughly tested snd rarely without aet beneath him. But the rigger knowa no such safety la his support The fact that bla serv leas srt required slof t means, of course, that the complicated rigging Is faulty. Tbt matt or spars may be rotten tt ttM breaking point, the ropes may part at any Instant It 1 Just this uncer tainty wall renders the rigger's life extra hazardous. Re most mount with (be agility of a rat and work quickly la a network of rigging which may part at any Instant It would be dif ferent If be coukl era choose his owa time and weather, bnt the rush Insep arable from each work allows him at choice. Haln or snow or let greatly kxreases tbe danger by rendering the spars tr ropes treacherous to tbe band and foot Then, again, when tbe work goes forward by nlgbt the blinding raya of tbe searchlight to a man deli cately balanced on Icy ropes make It extremely difficult to Judge distances and positions. Tbe most experienced sailor, no mat ter bow much at home be may feel In tbe rigging in any weather, will often balk at the work of the richer. The sailor is at leant reasonably sure of tbe atreugtb of his rleelng If his ship be seaworthy. Then, apiln. If a sailor slips or falls the rolling of his sblp Is likely to throw blra overboard Into the water, where bis fall Is partly broken. It Is different with the rlg(t-r. who If be falls must come down on the bare boards. The ship rlfwer must, besides, ften work with tbe masts and spars practically denuded of their rigging without the safety which a fall rigged ship lends to an experienced sailor. The wagrt of tbe skilled ship rlxger may seem high lu comparison with those of the ordinary sailor or even a ship's officer. Considering the acci dents which every rigger meets In his dally life, the work is of course one for which no amount of money can really compensate. A first class rigger commonly receives ft for a day's work. For sll extra time the rate Is doable. Sfucb of the work Is of course done under tbe usual pressure of time. HThcn an accident occurs to a mer chant ship, for example, which Is doe perhaps with a perishable cargo at tome distant port, every hour econo mized In making repairs counts agulbst serious kiss. A great part of the work tf rigging la therefore done at flight the gangs of riggers relieving one an other continuously until tbe ship Is gsln ready for set. Tbt ship rigger wbost experience or skill does not enable him to do the most important work earns from 13 to S3.50 a day, with the same agree ment for overtime. During tbe busy season In the great seaport towns It la not uncommon fur tbe riggers to work continuously for from fourteen to sixteen hours a day. Aa a result It ft not unusual for them to receive for months st a time as much ss S50 a week. Ia nearly all great seaport towns, aotably la New York city, tbe riggers art strongly organised. Their onion It jrobabiy tbt eldest of Its klcd In tbt raa. Rot oojy hart ttej piayed an uT7rtnr part throughout rut history f A merles a shipping, but their guild as an effective out m Loudon whet) the ships www rigged which tailed against tbt Spanish armada. 11m laws which govern tbt riggers in America today bad tbtdr origlu la this anckut guild. A revolution baa occurred luesu wulle lu the shlpplug of tbt work! by the iuirmluctlou of ateaai and the tts ut Iron and steel la shipbuilding, but the dangers of the ship rigger's lift, like the demand for bis services, have somehow remained unchanged. 9a yoa may bear tbt riggers talk today ttiiR-b the same aa they did two ceuturiee luce-of the beuvCt societies which support theut wheu they lie injured, or the premiums of tbe lodges which bury (bem aud car for thctr families when they are LKIed. A curious thing about tbe accidents to riggers, sa auy ou oa tbt water trout of our seaports who knows will tell you. Is that the moat dangerous ac cident spectacularly art seldom ry serious. Any oh! salt tr Idler who bauuta tbt dock will be found full of marvelous stories of such hairbreadth escapes. In gau Francisco a sailor re cently waa drotH-ed nearly a hundred feet by th parting of a rotten spar. As bt felt apparently tt certain death, he struck a rope, which caused him to turn. two complete somersaults la his descent sad lauded him tn a put tt loose sails, which considerably brtkt his fall While every out stood aghast ht picked himself up nimbly, shook himself and proceeded to climb back to kit original position. Another rigger In falling from a height which threatened Instant death struck against a alack rope by treat good luck, which broke his fall and swung htm against a mast Instinc tively he clutched Ita smooth skies and slid quite uuhurt to tbt deck below. Tbere h a rigger lu New York today, well known along the docks la 8outh street, who lost almost his eutlrt scalp In aa accident a few years sgo. A rot ten spar falling from a considerable height struck hint fairly on the bead, scraplug the sklu clean from tbe skull, but without lireaklug the bones. To become su expert rigger, qualified to suerlutend aa well aa execute tbt work, the man must undergo a long aud exactlug apprenticeship, lit must begin his apiireuticeshlp with at least two years of actual service before tbt mast; he uiut learn to know tbt ship to the last detail of ber rigging. Be fore be can be trusted with tbt mort technical problem of his trade tbe ap prentice must pass to tbe drawing board, where be learns tbe theory of shipbuilding and ahlp rigging. Thla training Is supplemented ta turn by a course In some shlpysrd. Before a rig ger undertake to repair a ship, for In stance, he must know the nam and use of every rope, must be able to measure distance accurately at a glance and thereafter calculate to a nicety Just what a ship needs. To all that ht must of course bring skill to execute tbt theoretical side of his train ing, Vlth tbt courage tt be gained only by actual lift at ses.-Xew Tork Her ald. Orlla of Walatlea. As tbe train approached a crossing the engineer lifted a tin bora from the sett beside him and blew a king, reso nant blast that waa scarcely audible above tbe rattle of tbe cars. A farmer on bla way to market failed to bear the warning blast. The next Instant be with bis cart, a hundred pounds of but ter and a thousand freb eggs, was mix ed up in a mounter omelette by tbe aide of the track. The farmer was unhurt but very angry, lie brought suit aud recovered full damage from the rail road. Tills happened In England In 1833. Tbe presldeut of tbe road sent for George Stiiihcnson and said angrily: "Our engineer can't blow their horus loud euougu to clear the tracks ahead. You have maile' your steam do so much, why dou't you muke It blow a good loud born for usV" 8tebenon pondered. An Idea came to him. lie visited a musical Instru ment maker and bad constructed a horn that gave a horrible screeeh when blown by steam. From tills horn th locomotive whistle of today descend. Mr. IIart went out and killed a lion to prove that he is qualified for tlu presidency. So there, now! "PaieBohemlan lager Beer" 1 FOR THE HEALTHY WEALTHY AND WISE on d"tught and in bottles rr-vrd - liter aontury coodltkn ss prop S(t4 right ker I AaUicla. North Pacific Brewing Co. ASTORIA, OBEGOIf. 05 of Ot lli IT 111 lid n 11 So Situations Wanted Advertisements Inserted Twice Without Charge. HUP WANTED. WAN'TKIV-Klderly onin to ait In housework, rooking and ahlng; rail aflermm between 1 and & 23 Com mercial stivet. WAXTKIV-LADY WITH W01 RKF erence, to travel for firm of i.Vl.OOO capital; salary HO? pef .vwr ' penei salary paid weekly and e- penea admvd. Address, with stamp. J, A. Alexander, A.toria, (V. 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Phone Black Ml 171 Commercial it, Astoria, Ore. DENTISTS. DR. T. L. BALL, DENTIST. 624 Owamtreial Bt Astoria Oreton. Da. VAUGIIAN, Dentist Fytblan Bnilding, Astoria, Oregoa. Dr. W. C. LOGAN DENTI81 178 OoBBseroal 81 Sbanabaa BulUleg DR. a W. BARR, Dentist, llsnsell Building Ttlepbaot Red 2061 Astoria, Oregon SEASIDE DIRECTORY.! WIHXS AMD LIQUORS. THB OEM An up to dats resort for Geatkmen. Choirs Wines, Liquors snd Cigars. Give us a call snd ws'll do th rest. 0. E. H OUTER, Prop, Seasidt, Or. vMd4y eO VEARSN v? axpanitriba .A Tnsoc Msssta r,lti1 CoovaioMra Aa. Astom Mnt1n s kat'-h m4 Snfflios att tilckir wwi.'ii onr itptuum Itm b.hr mm hlfilloll W ef'l'.l'lf plr.Llw t '"' III? ilk W ef""lf pmlf-imnm ., llMMMnrtlsnmMMiii.!. MS0()0t fUM l'.li.nl. Ikrouah SI mm (wM o'M, VIISiMli lir, M a Li. fcmiim IS Scientific Jlmcrican, VrM( Mr. mm., vi a - . j . . .. ... ..(wuli, li.a.,n&l fBtsSssamsssSSSBssasnsasmsBBs MOBNINO ASTOBIA Ia on Salt la Astoria at J. If, csirruf'S BOOKSTORE. 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