Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-10
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PaE1 1ow2szxp, Nsy s,h, 1855.
Tie kiritiah ship ChipmAn, Of loss
tons, 70 chartered to load Innbsr on the
SQUAD. shs b nos af Astoria.
Tie tug Masfiisk passed down this
fofssicon With the bark EidorAdc. Capt.
Hnmphrses, With coal from Tacoma
The tue Holyoksb while cd Procession
Isiand, took II tssl the ship Memncn,
Is days from San Fran siseo, bound 20
Seattle. This weasel 10 one. OF q very
fev shoss master displays the ships
nnmbers. Io1x correspondent read
them plainly from the end Of Union
wharf At uuald be . great benefit TO
all ooncerned IN the movement of yes-
sells. IL all followed this practice.as they
VIII be reported By telegraph. whether
bound in o. out.
The Hawaiian bark Kalakaus is the
oaly vessel in the hsrbof today. The
crew that we're shirped at San Francisco
were, AZ thev request discharged, and
meu shipped IN their place for the voy-
aRe to Panama, where she takes 323 600
feet ohlumbeF.
Your correspondent. who ID firm be-
lever IN the future greatness Of this
place. on account Of It's favorable geo
graphical position, and many other ad-
vantaQes too numerous TO mention, has,
like many other of its citizens, often
wondered Why IL 10 that the Office of in
spectors OF hulls hnd boilers II at Se-
attic, 8heil seasiy itli other officers Of
the Government have their hesdquartezs
at the port Of entry. For the purpose
Of becoming informed on this subject.
l called on several officials and put the
question 20 them. They did not seem 10
understand the reason. / called on
some Of the early settlers. One old gsn-
tlemsn said that Seattle always got
ahead Of this town, and be should not
wonder il they didn't get the Custom
House built there. before people here
decided on favorable site. Getting
DO positive information searched the
United States statutes, and find that in
1855 Congress passed an act organizing
the steamboat inspection service. with
power TO appoint q Commissioner 10
visit all seapoFts and harbogs
aloae the coast. and the great
lakes aud rivers. When the
c0mmissi1n arrived in the Puget Sound
district, Seattle vas The only place they
found that had steamers running In
every direction. They we're entertained
there, and made 10 bsliese that 10 vas
the only aity Of the sound. There
were no steemers belonging to Port
Townsend in those days. Il is not %
now; We have foar-the Dispatch, En-
terprise, Virginia and Edna. Section
Alt OF the stsamboat act specifies
where the office of the inspectors shall
be. This could be changed by act Of
Congress, and while Joe Kuhn and Har-
ris were al Washington, they might
have had that done. Port townsend
can afford 70 send them there again; IN
the meantime We shall have 70 allow
Seattle TO keep ii.
Captain Morgan, Of the Dispatch, did
not 70 on thai vessel last trip down the
Straits. On accoant Of the sickness Of
Mrs. Morgan.
The schooner ID. s.. Williams sailed
out Of Pert Discovery yesterday with
10000 feet Of lumber, bound ts San
Francisco. The schooner Ls Giroude
took her birth at the mole and aill load
for San Francisco.
Miss Kate Goodwin, daughter of
Lieut.. Goodwin, stationed here, re-
turned froin q visit ei Vancouver.
The Alki, San Pedro and revenue cut
we WutDott HE1 tuo OuAy btodkuokS tdktu&
coal from the Sound. The Queen Of the
Pacific, wilmington and Empire are all
at Departure Bay. Most Of the GOAL
from Seattie and Tacoma is nov carried
In sailing vessels. This is an advantage
TO the whole Of the SQUAD. as they re
main much longer 10 port. Repairs
must be made here stores for the voy-
age purChaasd. ssAmsr paid Oh and
shiuued. leaving munh mnt,ey hahind
than. The large colli,rs like the Walla
Walla brought rs verF little advantage
Of this kind.