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April, 1916 Astoria Builds New Dock By F. W. Haskell STORIA, Ore., offers its new pub- A lic docks as a substantial argu- ment in favor of a common point rate from eastern points to the mouth of the Columbia river. The docks have 5,500 feet of water front, and are said to possess more berthing capacity than any others on the Pacific coast. Their general plan and cross section are shown in the accompanying illustration. On slip 1 are placed the tracks and sheds for handling and _ storage of freight. By substantial fireproof con- struction, insurance rates on commodi- ties stored on the docks have been re- duced to a minimum. Plans are com- pleted for coal bunkers on slip 2, with a handling capacity of 20,000 tons. Distribute Dock Charts Not content to build docks and then wait lethargically for business, the Astoria port commissioners are widely distributing charts, which show the loca- tion and character of the docks and mention the following advantages: 5,500 feet frontage, handling equipment; on main channel of the Columbia river; only 8 miles from Pacific ocean; masonry walls, slow burning construction; complete fire pro- tection equipment; low insurance rate; efficient freight handling facilities; four acres of enclosed freight shed floor space. When the interstate commerce com- mission was first petitioned to enforce a rate to the ports at the mouth of the Columbia river on a parity with Puget sound, one of the answers was that no freight handling facilities had been pro- vided. The answer is now challenged, not only by the Astoria public docks, but by the Hill steamship docks at Flavel, Ore. It is said that the ruling of the inter- state commerce commission on the re- newed petition for a common point rate will soon be announced and that it will be favorable. Richardson Men Promoted Captain W. C. Richardson in adding six steel steamers to his fleet on the Great Lakes, now has ten first class modern steel boats. Adding the new boats catised some shifts in the masters and engineers in the way of promotion, also in the hiring of an outside man, Capt. Thomas Simmons, who has been master of the steamer E. L. WALLACE for the past two years. Captain Babbitt goes from Howarp Hanna to WILLIAM LivINGSTONE, and Capt. H. S. Lyons from Hussarp to GouLperR, and Capt. Call. from Norton to the Howarp M. Hanna Jr. and Capt. Gentz from JoHN 20,000-ton capacity coal: THE MARINE REVIEW OweEN to the steamer Davin Z. Norton. The names of two of the steamers that Capt. Richardson purchased have been changed, steamer NorMANIA to steamer WILLIAM F. StIFEL, and WaIn- WRIGHT to W. C. RICHARDSON. James Falconer goes with Capt. Bab- bitt as chief engineer of the steamer Witt1AM~ = LIVINGSTONE, and_ Clinton Greenleaf who has been first assistant in the fleet for a number of years has been promoted to chief of the steamer fiction ance race TRSMUDP aT NL. INe mi itt ieee ’ ! Waste BG ee ?Raanesscd i; ’ ' Mas ' ' P iy, ' habe D Best ae ki ‘ ‘ Nr rNer ys of Slip ate pees "i Bist Mt 3 y eel, ’ TD fe & ote tes * : i . op Uy ' . La NeW ' ' CROSS SECTION AND GENERAL PLAN ASTORIA, Howarp M. Hanna Jr. Anthony Ward, who has been chief engineer of Davin Z. Norton will go in Harvey D. GouLpER this season, and Chris. Johnson who: was chief of the steamer SAMUEL MiTcHELL goes in Norton. Chief Engineer Gustin, who has WAINWRIGHT for the past two years has been retained, as have also the chief en- gineers and masters of the steamers SENATOR and COLONEL. been “im: 153 Lock Opened at Seattle With the flooding of the Salmon bay lock of the government Lake Washington canal, at Seattle, vessels now have an ideal channel for en- tering or leaving that inlet of Puget sound. The lock was recently flooded and since then has been used by tugs, freighters, passenger launches and other vessels, the former channel res ised Platform ‘Sood | Bein fil Q inal Ground Line OF NEW PUBLIC DOCKS AT ORE. being closed to navigation so that the United States engineers can begin work on the dam to be built at that end of the bay. The lock will be formally placed in operation on the completion of the dam, July 1. Until then its gates will be kept open to allow vessels to pass through. An appropriation has been includ- ed in the river and harbor bill for the completion ci work on the canal.