Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-23

ALONG TuE WAITE Y8oHT.
Businew along the water front has
kept up remaskably veil fer the past
tvo veeks, and . soeae Of hustle and
activity has been constantly presented.
Besides the receipts Of San Francisco
freight BY the regular steamers, 800
tons were received by the schooner Nor
way and an equal amount BY tho steam
ship Empire. The Wilmington also
brought in q quantity Of freight and .
number Of passengers, and. after reload
ing at the coal dock. vent out with 500
tons Of coal, q tons of miscellaneous
merchandise and good list OF passen-
gers The Wilmington. by the way. will
hereafter remain permanently on the
San Francisco Seattle route. having
made arrangements for securing cargo
of coal on each trip. The Wilmington,
however, was the only one OF the three
vessels mentioned which reloaded here.
The Empire went to Nanaimo for coal.
and the Norway to Utsalady for lumber.
At The coal dock business has been
somewhat delayed, the railroad COM
pany using only one locomotive in
bringing coal down from the mines.
This scarcity of motive power was
caused by the accidents to the engines
Denny and Bodie and by the with
drawal of the Alki for use in carrying
forward material for the Green river ak
tension. A new engine is, however, ex-
pected to arrive by the Walla Walla,
now on the way up. and the present
cause for complaint on the part of ship
owners will be removed. The dock Is
at present occupied by the collier Una
tilla and the ship Brown Brothers. The
former will probably sail today with the
usual cargo, and the Willamette, now
lying in the stream, will take her place.
The Brown Brothers took her place at
the dock only yesterday, having dis
charged ballast at the Ocean Dock. The
City of Brooklyn sailed the 18th, taking
out about 1000 tons.
At the City Dock extension repairs
have been made on the warehouse, and
the appearance of that structure has
been materially changed. Doors have
been cut Were none before existed,
and others have been DO irded up. The
old of CO having been found too small,
has given place to larger and more
convenient structure in fact, the gen.
eral convenience of tho building has
been vastly improved, and it is now bet
ter adapted for the strictly local pur-
poses for which, as it's name implies,
| it will in future be used.
Nothing has been done at the Ocean
Dock, except the addition of the few
| finishing touches which complete the
many Improvements there. Tie new
warehouse is a model in every way, and
its management is perfect. The ocean
steamships now land there regularly,
and the old City Dock is left entirely to
the smaller Sound steamers.
At Yesler's wharf receipts of produce
and merchandise have been as brisk AS
ever, and the same may be said of Scott
d Co.'s wharf. The scow which last
week sank at the latter was raised BY
the Whitelaw, and the greater portion
of the coal with which she was laden
recovered.
At Allen & Brasen's ship yard the re.
pairs on the Emma Hayward are being
pushed rapidly forward, but will prob
ably not be completed for some time
yet. Allen l. Brasin are building up 6
good business, and several other steam
beats are waiting their turn to go OF
the ways as soon as the Hayward is of
Schooner Charles Hanson, in the
Wells line of sail packets, arrived al
the Yesler wharf yesterday morning
twelve days from San Francisco, bring
ing freight consigned as follows: tt
the Hotaling Liquor Association PC
packages; s. Baxter & Co., 10; o. G
Shorey d Co., l; 8. Williams. 8; L. Bett
man, Is, and Harrington & Smith, 34N
After discharRinR here she will proceed
to Port Blakely and there load lumbe
for Saa Francisco.
| The schedule adopted last week TO
the tri-Weekly mail service to What
Oom has been found impracticable, an(
after q three trips trial has been dis
continued. Owing to low tide it is i'm
possible to traverse portions of tn
route at all times, and particularly q
night. The schedule adopted last weel
called for all night travelling both way
every trip. Tho new schedule calls TO
all day travelling instead. The Wash
inRton will hereafter leave the Yeele
wharf for Whatoom and landings OF
tho way every Monday, Wednesday an,
Friday morning at O'Clock, which vii
enable her to arrive at the other end o
her route about O'Clock in the evenin
of the same day. She will leave What
com coming this way at O'Clock in tn
morning Of Tuesday, Thursday AM
Saturday.
Forty-one thousand brick for the ne,
building of the Gordon Hardware Com
pany were brought on a barge from
Alki Point yesterday and landed apol
} the Yesler wharf.
1 A high wind prevailed yesterday out
side the harbor, shaking up the boat
coming in here pretty lively, and caus
ing their detention, more or less pro
tracted. In this port the wind was 40
felt.