The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-12-05
ANY Iy7gLLIGgyCgR.
r.dnesday, Dec. s, 1877.
,...csm,r. - The 7russeript has

o,n,r The 7ruaseript has
:. an interesting scrap Of early
qa relative to the pion' = steam
u.s. :, -. waters Of Puget S,und
~. Amesissn regime. THE arti-
Co. a. .eested BY the arrival st Sat
,ns hrk .Dtine Consultation with
IN, The editor continues: We
hack 70 twenty years ago and re-
1870 her and old times among the
The Constitution was the third
..;e.a steamer plying ou the waters
= pness sound. First came the steam
49, Tompkins, Capts jim. Hunt
Inn scranton. About 1854 she
sd the mails weekly between Vic
-. snd Olympia for about a year.
- wrecked in Victoria hsrbor.
ss.,e her old frame yet hes exposed to
- Ia 1855. the n .jor Tonpkins
=" =. sncceedrd by the steamer Traveller.
.m .udsd by Capt. j. G. Parker. If
=. N.saenyrr. The Traveller run
ssm OLYMPIA to Seattle mostly. but
~ rh-nev.r business demanded went to
D., Townsend, Victoria and B-lling-
~ Rsy. In 1857. HINT snd Scran-
.an returned from California with the
'.s -. Consultation. though they had
= ! vrry rough time Of it bringing her
IN She immediately began running
s ~ thi. port. Beilingham Bay and
r;ceor,s. touching at all ports On the
scnud Isaac Lightner AMI A. Frsdkel.
ss,,uers in the firm IF n. Louisson &
f. we're the steamer. Agents her; &
Y Williams was purscr for tiine' and
.everai Oiympians were more or less
;a,,rrsted in her, If which. we b'-li.ve.
4 q. Owe aud Il. +. Kendall were
among the number. She piled her. for
eeversl years, and she made good deal
# money for her owners. but It took a
...sli fortune to run her. She WAS
l.c;it IN lB5l -52. and was Propeller
n $50 tons register, with two engines
- 9M, horse power each. aud made an
average speed Of about ten miles al
hour. After leaving here she went
below and was changed into sailing
ysasel. and has been III the lumber :rads
pripcipAlly Since that time. This last
summer, however. she was on . cod
asbisQ trip up north. and her presen'
Trim 10 Seattle is for o load Of coal. She
4 now owned by Nicholas Richard.
Of Han Francisco. California. LING
mar the good old vessel fiat
70 which we might add. t. make the
eketch more complete, that after the
Constitution was Withdrawn FROM the
route. We were without ste,m service
for awhile, until the winter Of 1857.
vhen the Wilson g. Hunt came Ola aAd
run for few months; then came the
Julis in the spring If 1855. followed
u came year by the Sea Bird, which
va burned to the waters edge IN Vm-
tofis hsrbvr in the winter ut 1850
Ths Sea Bird was succeeded by the Eliz.
Anderson. which had nearly monopoly
frosa 1859 to 1888. g. A. M-igs' tug
Nat Resolute. which arrived ~ 1855
snd blew mp in 1867, was the pioneer Ia
that line. The Ranger No. z. run BY
Can't, John y. Hill. about tho same daI.
Il The Rssoluts. 1850, was the frat
charter and general jobbing boat on tn.
Sound. Her SUCCESSOR was the Black
Diamond. Other boats Oh the Sound
ioe short time were the Enterprise.
1851, New World and Josie McNear
1875. In 1869 the Oregon Steam Nav
igaeion Company put on the Wilson u
HINT again. To meet this Finch hA'
tbs Olympia built which arrived III
1910. Then the Starr brothers i'ut Oh
he Aida, aud subsequently built tn,
North Pacific aud drove tho Olympia I'll
the route. One Of the Constitution
engines is used to drive the ting Astoria
q tae Columbia river. sDd the other Is
, tw steamer Empire, which VISITED
this pOrt about six weeks ago.