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4. F. HALLOKAX Editor
TCeccnt Ship-Building Data.
One of the most suggestive ar-
tides on American shipping and
ship-building, is contributed by
Henry Hall to the September num
ber of the International Review.
The writer starts out with the dec
laration that ship-owners become
riohMn good tirrfes." Forty years
ago-saysthe Bulletin, in comment,
that'deilaralion was true enough.
o
It is4rue now in a limited sense
The guild of ship-owners was a very
powerful one. That interest was
usually jpuieu to a mercantile
one. . The owner of ships was usu
ally a merchant as well, lie bought
in remote ".markets and sold at
home! Ho'wns able to buy by the
cargo. There was no ocean tele
graph. He obtained the first news
because he had the facilities for
getting it through correspondents,
lie knew the state of the remotest
marKets. Jiis exclusive news en-' ,h:p. me concerned, the .rt.:s dc
abled him to make successful ven-j cayhig' -almost everywhere. Miid,
lures. Tie built ships annually
They were good ships constructed ;
of oak; good ca triers and fair mail
ers. When they were partly worn
out he could always sell them for
whalers, or for some oilier busi
ness' in which he was not inter
ested. The whaling companies of
New London, New Bedford, Nan
tucket and other places were al
ways on the lookout for ships
which had been in the packet ser
vice and "were to be withdrawn ior
new and larger ones. These ships
were sold .at a moderate valuation.
They were bargains for the whale
men. Then came the clipper ships of
'49, most of which went into the
California trade. The writer says
the Sovereign of the eas, built by
Donald McKay, earned 200,000
in eloven months. The clippers in
the California- trade before the war
mado all their owners rich. At the
present day according to this au
thority, good-sized ships in the
wheat trade ftom California to
Liverpool earn from - 0,000 to
$50,000 for outward trips on a
singlo freight. The single-deck
ship Olympus, buiit on Puget
Sound, for $80,000, earned S4S,-
000 in the lumber trade befoie she
was a year old. The Atlantic
steamers are making money rapid
ly. The expenses of a steamer
from New York to Liverpool range
from $20,000 to -$3."i,000, and they
earn from 600,000 to $75,000 in a
single trip. Vet the carrying busi
ness has been for more than
twenty ream slipping away from
American ship-owners. Not over
1 00,000 tons of shipping are now
built annually in the United States,
while -"England -has nearby a mil
lion tons on the blocks. "The
number of trades that (lime by
the building of vessels is abeut:
forty perhaps a dozen more by
the sailing and handling of 'them.
Imagine the many and interesting1
processes " through which from
7,000 to 12,000 worth of crude
materials must go before they have
been transformed into a 90,000
sailing vessel and a 400,000 re- J
sportively. Tin? builders can find
in the fields and mines all that they
need for tho 'construction of their
ships and outfits for those small
sums of money. That which
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changes their original value is the
labor put upon them. And this
labor is mostly performed Ijv arti
sans of the highest grade, who re
ceive the very best of current
prices for their services. Ship-yard
men' are among the most" sober,
steady, upright, intelligent citizens
we have'
Tho wnter goes on to say that
the art of. ship -building for the
trade is dying out. A few years
ago ten thousand men went to
work daily in the shipyards of New
York. Now only a few hundred
in all are seen in the yards. The
industry ha"' now no vigor in anv
of-the large Atlantic cities. But
in some -pf the small coast towns
of Maine there is considerable
activity. But all the timber, or
nearly all, is imported from places
nearly or quite a thousand miles
away. This statement will arrest
attentien:
Yet in no other part of the
j United States can -wooden vessels
j be built so cheaply and so "weli as
i in the enterprising state of Maine.
They arc bright, smart, skillful
ilifui
men in Maine, and their position
in regard to shipping is a credit to
their vigor and ability- Another
region which possesses great natu
ral advantages for carrying on this
industry is that bordering on Pu
get Sound and the north Pacific
coast where the fir forests grow.
The lumber for a large vessel can
be bought in that region at a sav
ing of $20,000 over eastern prices.
The timber is tough, long and
stronir. It make, a good ship,
livery effort has been made to at
tract eastern capital to the ship
yards of that region, yel Maine
still serves the country best, and
builds arid sails the largest, finest
and cheapest wooden vessels built
on any of the coasts of the United
States. It will not do, thcrelr
to say that, with the uatur::! :;l
vantages such as America j
sesses, the art of ship building can
never decay among us. Natural
advantages have nothing tn do
with the matter. .So far as wooden
as far as iron one are concerned
that ait is :tt lea-.t stationery.
Many of the towns nlong lh:
Atlantic coast eastward from New
York, including the north shore of
Long Island sound, depended
largely for their prosperity on the
ship-building industry.- Thev are
now in decadence. The yards are
deserted, and the expeit mechan
ics have gone into other business.
Iron ship-building is the only
branch of the business which is
not in decadence. 13ut .as yet it
has made very little progress in
this eountiy, especially in relation
to iron sailing vessels.
The ships which take business
away from those of the Americans
are the iron clippers of England.
Yet it is not on account of their
cheaper cost, for, while first-clas
vessels of oak and pine have been
built in the United States for
3'ears from 645 to $30 a ton, the
cost of iron vessels in England has
ranged from 80 to 100 a ton,
and still is as high as 70 and 7o.
It cannot possibly be an advant
age in first cost, therefore, which
enables Englishmen to put 1,95
sailing vessels into" tho Aineticau
trade, when Americans can emplov
only 840.
It was once tho custom to build
wooden biiips of live oak, on the
theory that tho best ships put
afloat was constructed of that
material. But when it was found
that a spruce ship would carry V?0
tons more cargo than one of the
same dimension built of live oak,
the latter .material lost favor.
Tiie iron ship is :i still bet let
carrier for the tonnage, and the
steel ship has been found to be
better still.
Is it? a difference in the material
of which the ships are built? Does
Norwegian fir, or Canadian spruce,
or English iron,, or anything,
make a better sailing vessel than
American oak and pine? In re
ply, it may be stated, in the first
place, that the iron does rank the
highest with the insurance com
panies. It is held that the cargoes
of one hundred iron ships will be
delivered with less damage from
sea-water and oilier elements than
the cargoes of one hundred wood
en vessels. The ships arc tight
and strong. They are also proof
against fire, and to that extent are
safer risks than wooden vessels
The cargo of an; iron sailer, oil
laden, has been known to bum
eleven months at sea, -and the ship
afterward to be towed into port,
repaired and put into the trade
again sound and tight as ever.
The iron ship requires a smaller
annual expenditure for mainten
ance and repairs, an advantage so
obvious as to require no comment.
These are all points in favor of
iron tonnage, and they do aid the
owners of it greatly in bidding for
business. The facts should bo
frankly conceded,although A meiica
does not build iron sailing ships.
In tho year 1SS0-81, the wood
en vessels' engaged in 'the wheat
carrying trade between this coast
and European ports, carried a lit
tle more "for each registered ton
than did the iron vessel. All these
facts fall a little short of a perfect
demonstration that the wooden
ship will immediately give way " to
the iron one. Americans invented,
so to speak, tho clipper ship. The
English invented a class of steaui-
crs and iron sailing vessels which
thrust the nl inner nlim into tho
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background. In what way willj
our countrymen 'recover the carry- !
ing trade which they have lost?
Not long ago an inquiry was di- j
rccted by ceitain men to a member j
of congre from this coast who is
chairman of thu committee on
commerce, as lo what congress has
done for the shipping interest. It
might be answered, in a general
way, that it has made a substantial
forward movement. It has modi
fied the tonnage tax by a new
system of measurement which con
forms neatly to 'the I,nri:-h sys
tem, ll has also set o:t foot in
quiries as to the condition of the
shipping itit crest and the catt-si; of
its decline. Such inquiries must
always precede any great advance
in the way of restoration. Data
must be collected which must he
the foundation of any forward
movement. 1 u shot L congress has
proceeded in the matter precisely
as the British parliament is wont
to proceed when it has to deal with
any great question of this kind.
The M ground will be lovly re-
eovod, although the paiticular
nn-aiis t oc empioyeu ate not yet
settled hevnml a doubt. The shin
of the uiiutc will have auxiliaty
Meatn, whethei of wood, si eel or
iron, ll ir not so oettaiu that it
will be the full powered steamer,
except for the shorter work. The
carrying trade of the Pacific coast
is still in its infancy. That is the
trade which will do more than any
other to stimulate a ship-building
interest rm the Pacific coast.
What would be now in the line of
future success is the invention of
an Anvricah ship belter suited to
the demands of modern commerce
than any which hah yet been put
afloat.
NEW TO-DAY.
To Whom It May Concern,
nmus is to oive notice that my
A wife, bavin; Mt my bed and board, I
will not Ito rosi-onslWc for anv debts that she
may contact. 1. WAEKEN.
Staiiks Point. W. T.. Sept. 29th, 1S5J. l v.-
Keep Your
FEET DRY!
CrO To
I. J. Arvold's
(.' early and ehoose from his
Fine, New, Large and Carefully
Selected Stock of
ALL KINDS OF
oots and
ron
Ladies & Gentlemen
Now is tho time to get vour
Hoots and Shoes
NO MORE TROUBLE!
Eteryone knows the lotIierwitlt or
dinary buttons ott .shoe. We furnish
patent buttons In all our customers for
linKnncri lioe. They don't onine off
and won't icaront.
ttccoliect 1 have a large slock
of the vety.best goods, and you
will find my prices as low as anv.
zlz' Close attention paid to cus
tom made Boots and Shoes of all
kinds for Ladies and Gentlemen.
23P Repairing neatly done.
THIS PAPER
way be found on
file at Gfo. 1.
Xerwiansr A.lvertWn,- n, '." 1?
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IstejJ Itur
l Islnjr contracts mav
nhi,uui;tluiH-
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NEWYORK.
bo made for it In
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NEW GOOB
u9l3ST33 ItEJIXJOaEil3 PRX033S !
I am opening a Sir-.: class tock of Xv l'limitim. con-.prismt: ovory thins in tlu hue of "
Chamber Sets,, Parlor Furniture, Carpets, Oil
Cloths, Mattings. Lace Curtains, House
Trimmings, and the latest novel --
v - ties in Interior Decorations.
I would respectfully suggest to parties desirous of seeing really
fine goods to call. The quality of my goods taken in consideration
with their price will commend them try all lover? of fine articles.
lfiitlrn.snPK-anl-llellIiis in Stork, ami .Ifutlc to Ordcr.-
Agent forlloey's patent bet! ofa, of which there are over 10,000 in
use on the Pacific Coast.
Flavel's building, opposite Wells, Fargo & Go's oSce.
IS. W. GALLIOK.
The BossCoffee and Tea Pot
-sJ..jJjf5Bg,'5,,WJ;T Sb. 'ik.'''-'-;
E. Ru H
TWO DOORS EAST OF OCCIDENT,
n. v. sti: kxs. s. nirowx j
CITY ,
BOOK STORE.
Wherovou will find all llso st:un!ar! ik
of tfto day.nnil a constantly eluitiKlifji
tock of novelties and lunry
articles : we keep tin
host assortment of
variety poods
in the
city.
Pocket Books,
Picture Frames.
Steroscopes, Mu
sical Instruments,
Sheet Music, Bijou
terie, & Ceiiuioid
Goods, etc., etc.
K F. STF.VKXS K CO.
W EL BEMSIT,
fi
ASTOKIA, OKKOOX
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
Toilet and Fancy Articles,
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC."":
ES"PreKel-lptlon carefullv oouti-oimdedjat
all Iinttrs.
t2&Homeoatldc Tinctnn-s and Pellets, i
and lliimi!iit'y'.s.S)ecino.-ia!ikf't.
ASK POK-
Union India Rubber Company's
Puie r.iru :uiii
Crack Proof
RUBBER BOOTS.
HEWAISK OF IMITATIONS:
Be sure tho Boots arc Mam-ied CliACK i
IVfOOFonthoheeLs, and have the PUliE
GUM Sl'ItlXGS on tlio foot and instep,
which prevent their rrachhig or hreaking. j
AVe aro now making them with HUlllilZli
AXD ASBESTOS Sole which will make'
them last more than twice a lnmra; any
Kuhuer Boots made.
FOB SAI.F BY ALL DEALERS.
ALL KINDS lU'BBEK BELTINO, PAt'K-'
ING, HOSE. SPRIXnS. CLOTHINO.
BOOTS AND SHOl'-S, ete. ,
;OOIYEAR RIBRFR CO.
It. II. TEASE. Jr.. I L VW1 I
S. M. BUNYON. f B(?l,. 1
"in San Francisco. '
Summons.
JUSTlCE'SCOURT.PItECINCl' OF ASTO
t la, Clatsop county. State of Oregon : j
P. IL Fox, Justice of the Peace.
I.VV. Case, Plaintiff, vs. II. C. Holcomb.i
Defendant.
To II. C. Ilolconib : In the name of the :
State of Oregon, greeting : ss.
Unless yon appear and answer the com
plaint Hied asaiiLst you in the above entitled t
couit and action, on the 3lst day or October, j
18S2, at 0 o'clock A. 3t plaint itl therein will '
take judgment against you for the sum of i
Sir&aj and disbursements. i
This .summons Ls published in-the Daily
Astoriav, hv order of said court, made
this 15th day of September, 18S2.ifox
lustico said Court.
J. O. A. BowLr.v.
Attorney for riaintiff. d-es-ct
Stockholders' Meeting. !
NOTICE IS hrebygiven THATTHE I
annual liieeting ol the stockholders of
the Occident Packing Co. will bo hbhl at
their onico In Astoria. Oregon, October -an.
1SS2, for the purpose of electing a board of
directors for tho ensuing year and transact-1
ing such other bnsincssn may come before
tho board.
By order of the President.
tl2iv ERIK MAUXULA. Sec'y '
iOlDS "WILL BE RECEIVED BY TIIE
JLm undersigned up to noon iept. 30, 1SS2,
ior tne renting oi tne nrst noor oi me uncK
building now In process of erection ; separate-
bitls for each room : and time of lease
thrco years from about January l, 18S3.
Bids to state the kind or business the lessee
proposes to cam- on. For further particu
lars enquire of the Directors. Tho right to
reject any and all bids Is reserved.
A.J.3IEGLEK,
Sec. O. F. L. & B. Association,
td of Astoria, Oregon.
i
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w o
.may 1:1: 11 mi or
STE.RHA'vm
soi.k Atnt.viv
N. Atont for tlir vl-fu:uoJ
I5i:-li"S I'nlcul C'ooti Mmo.
ilKBAliLION RAXGR
mi am nrriNO a si-kciauy.
Voiu' Im: llii hist workmen cn;jlij-il
15 irk gii.tmnlivsl t.r m i-ii-tw.
A W US.
ASTORIA. OREGON
HILL'S nRIBTIEX.
UEp.lIH.l., - - - VKOlMMETOi:
AVAI.TF.K 1'AltKS. - ST,K JlANAOKlt
Engagement -f
Miss MAMIE GOODRICH,
The Queen of Serio Cornier.
J0HNMY STOXES
Thp area-test of All llebrew
I impersonators.
CHAS. BARROW
The CheHterflelil or Minstrelsy.
Together with a new
AH .the Old Favorites Retained.
Ultra all the Year, 1'erfuruinnre Kt.ry
Msltt. Ilutlre Clinuuc or I'ro-
;ri;mnic Ujirc a Week.
Comprising all the latent
SONGS, DANCES AND ACTS.
' We give the Best
Variety Entertainment
In the West.
The theatre is crowded nightly, and all
who have wil ncwd the entertainment pro
nounce It to be equal to any given elsewhere.
Mr. Hill as a caterer for the public's
amusement can not he excelled. Anybody
wishing id .spend a plca.sant evening and
see sparkling wit and heautv without vul
garity, siioniit improve me opportunity aim
come.
The companv couiprlM'N tiie following well
known Artists:
MlSs I'ANXtn "Walton.
Ml.SS MOI.I.TR ClIKISTV.
Mil. ToAI. ClIltlSTV.
. Mi:. "Wai.tki: Fai:ks.
All of whlcli will appear nlghtlv in their dif
ferent specialties.
Open air concert every evening ; pet fonn
ance commencing at 8; cnlramv to theatre
on Benton street ; private hoes on Chena
mus .street.
New Stars in Raiiil Succession 1
A. V. Men,
(Ml'WKtfSOn TO tUOK t VLLH.S'.)
Wholesale and retail detlerl in
Groceries,
PrwIsiBas,
Crockery.
1 Q, pate(J War6j
TP.OP1CAJ. AN'D DOMESTIC.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Together with
WiiftUpR, ToteccoiCigars
l"he largest and most complete stock of
j goods in their line to he found in the city,
'
Comer of Cass and Rquemocqhe Streets,
I ASTORIA. OREGON.
Boat Found.
I-C7E.STERDAY MORNING. A AVII1TE
IX Skift on" Wilson : Fisher's dock.
Owner can have her by applying at Astoria
Brewery saloan, aud paying charges. 3t
tBK9S mm-S BEPARTMENT.
La.vte lot of a-ood serviceable Dress Goods
reduced to 12 cents per yard.
Splendid all Wool Cashmeres, all colors,
Minced to i'O cents per yard.
TREMENDOUS REDUCTION!
All onr SI. 10 Cashmeres, all colors, re
duced to 80 cents per yard.
The GrasiBBt Bmriftoe of its Smal
Calicos, Ifi yds. of all best brands, 1.00
Handsome pieces of Dress Gingham, i0
yards 1.00.
Nottingham Lace Window Curtains at
very low figures.
Call early and secure choice selections.
We still h.ave on fc.and about- 20 Hand
some Xiadies Cloaks,
To be disposed of at a sacrifice.
O UK HOE DEPARTMENT
Being almost closed out of Ladies sizes, we have still on
hand a line of Foxed Cloth Shoes.
Also a few Pebble Side-laced, a handsome Shoe formerly
sold for $2.50 and now at $1,75.
Also Children's Kid Shoes at 40 cts.; a handsome Childs
Kid Slipper at 50 cts.: Buttoned- Kids at 60 cts.
Full line of Misses Kid and Pebble Buttoned-Shoes at less
than S. F. wholesale prices. .- .
A splendid Boys Winter Shoe at $1.75 worth $3.00.
By order of Creditors at
CALIFORNIA STORE
JdMi A, Montgomery,
(hlTCESSOU TO .l.U'KrNS & MONTGOMERY.1)
COItAKIt OF HAIS AXI .JKFFKRSOX STREETS,
ASTOHIil., - - - ORBQOll.
CHAS. HE1LBORN,
rANUFACTOEER OF
FTJTRNITTIRE S5 BEDDING
AND DEALER IN
Carpets, Oil Cloth, Wall Paper, Mirrors,
Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Picture Frames and Mouldinft,
WINDOW CORNICES AND CURTAIN POLES
Complete in every branch.
MARTIN OLSEN,
DEALER IN &
FURNITURE BEDDING.
Corner 3Iniu and Suucmoqua Streets. Astoria. Orcsea.
WIDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; LOOKING GLASSES ETC
A CompIHe .Slork.
PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD.
AM K13m.S OF rURITURE REPAIRED A2SI VARKISnED.
LOEB & CO.,
.lonr.Kus rx
WINES,
LIQUORS,
AND
CIGARS.
ACEXTS fOR THE
Best San Francisco Houses and
Eastern Distilleries.
ErAll j;oods sold at San Francwo I'ri-os.
MAIN STREET,
.,. t, , . .
Opposite Tarker House, Astoria, Oregon.
STOCK
DEA1.EKS IX
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware.
A Geueral Assortment or
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Agents for
Maguft Sfoves and Eanges
The Ilcst in the market.
ruiiiiliini; goods of nil kinds on lmml. Job
work done in :i workmanlike manner.
Lemeweber & Co.,
C. LKIXENWEHKIt. M. BROWIf.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
ASTORIA, OREGON,
TAMES Al CUBBIES,
lManufuctnrcrs and Importers of
A LL KINDS OF
AND FINDINGS
Wholesale Dealers in
OIL AND TALLOW.
Kflrnigliest cash price paid for Hides and
J Tallow.
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