The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-18
DOWN TO THE CAP2.
SEATTLE, July Is, 1878.

SEATTLE, July 10, 1910
ED. INTELLIGENCER: - Tue steam
tug Donald, Capt. Rodgers, with the
italian ship Raveuna Padre, laden with
a million fee. Of lumber, fer Callao, III
tow. >.~r:et from Milton for Cape
Flattvry Oh Friday. July l2th, at II
P. NJ; arriving at Port Townsend on
Saturday at : A. N, where she stopped
for the ship to clear, lay in few more
stores, aid complete h9r arrangements
for the voyage, intending to get under
way again about two o'clock, P. n.
Meanwhile the wind began blowing
very hard from The northwest, and the
prudent Captain of the tug thought 1t
best to lay where he wa, until the wind
abated and the next turn of the tide. it
being useless to undertake to tow SO
heavy a ship against head wind and
tide, and would only be burning wood
for nothing.
All night the wind blew very hard,
and the tug S. L. Mastick, with the
ship War Hawk from Seattle. was
obliged to pct back from Point Wilson
into Port Townsend. Sunday morning
the wind was still blowing. and con-
tinued all day, keeping us in port. The
day was spent very pleasantly, and
Port Townsend presented q very lively
appearance, for besides the Donaldsnd
Mastick there arrived the steamship
Dakota from San Francisco, the Goliah
with the bark Rainier, from the Sand
wich Islands for Port Gamble, aud the
revenue cutter from Seattle; and
anchored in the bay were the ships
Dashing Wave. War Hawk, Ravenna
Padre, barkentinc Modoc, brig Deacon
and the schooners Fauntleroy and one
from San Francisco (the name of which
l did not learn That night the tug
Blakely arrived with tie ship Otago in
tow. About IL o'clock Sunday night
the wind went down. and the denizens
of Port Townsend were awakened from
their peaceful slumbers by the terrible
screeching of all these boats getting
under way. There has always been
considerable rivalry between the differ
ent boats in regard to speed and power,
so they were all in for
A RACE To THE CAPE.
The Mastick was the FIRST to get un
der way, and took the lead followed
by th9 Donald and the 8lakclv The
advantage lay with the o.., ats,
Mastick and Blakeiy, who huu much
the lighter ships in tow, while the
Donald had the heaviest, and green
slabs for fuel, but nevertheless she held
her own with them in smooth water.
After passing Race Rocks she struck
the heavy swells from the ocean, and
was obliged to stop and pay out more
hawser, when the Blakely, which had
just been put in thorough repair, and
received new and larger propeller,
passed her. BY SIX o'clock Monday
night the Blakely passed the.Mastick
also, off Pillar Point, let go h ship
thirty miles inside the straits, and re.
turned, while the other two boats kept
on. arriving off C.pe Flattery at 10
P. NJ; passed the light and continued
some ten miles out to sea. to take the
ships past all danger of drifting on the
rocks, then let z, and turned around
and headed for home. Going down
we sighted the revenue cutter Richard
Rush. bound for Sitka. the barks Ram
ejo, from Nanaimo with coal for San
Francisco and Montana passing up,
bound for Seattle. also two ships head
ing for Victoria
Arriving at Port Townsend again at
half past two, Tuesday, aud stopped
an hour to clean mp the boilers.
Started again for Milton. OFF Ten
mile point we came alongside of the
Otter coming out of Madison and
stepped aboard and came home, while
the Donald went to the assistance of
the Cello. with boom of loggs. We
return many thanks to Capt. E. l..
Marshall for his kind invitation, and
the accommodating Capt. Rogers, for
so pleasant trip to the Cape, but are
sorry to learn that our Sound fleet is
about to lose one of her finest boats
by the departure of the Donald for
San Francisco next Monday.