Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-10
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Posr TOWNSEND, Peb. ., lsss.
"a. ma Tacoma brought down from
..ss,ua lhrss large coal and lumber
40 veNsels ~ twelve h'lurs-vz
80 OrisntaL Of 1873 to- 8 ; bark Mo
..rt,,n. Ili9 tons bark Sierra Nevada.
- ,cus the average speed per kour.
~ ku0ss against a stFonR head wind
- sftcniptsd 70 c0ntinue down the
s,r,ts nth the Oriental. bat when of
r.sssctiun islacd the hawser parted
"a bcsh vessels put back for the har-
tm
ostisisn 10 the President, praying
azi JsdRs Grssns may be retained in
- 3 10 circulation. receiving the
.e..snrss Of merchants. lawyers, doc
- shiprnastsFs and al other law
stiding eitizsDs.
fks ahooasr Challenger, with lum-
- from Seattle. which sailed yestef-
~. rnf in for hsrbor.
ne old ship Gnsrdian, owned by her
usrtsr. L. d, Flsteher, arrived, forty
kFs from Valparaiso. She reqaires
xps aiaht repairs, after which she will
xo6Fsd for sale.
Ffsyiens 10 the departure of Captain
csIbozn, of this place, Ia this bark @.
d EhilDOse, we understand he made
ts nfessaary arrangements for the pur
sbsss al the half-interest 10 the ship
NDendn, ths other half to be pur-
Aasad hy Renton, Holmes 4 CO., of
PM ilIaksly Mill price, $1,000. The
D DofAd0 is a. stannoh vessel, com
sssdsd by Captain Huuphries.
Captain Simpson, Of San Francisco.
sskeiFered 10 perehass the ship Ocean
Klnaif Captain MeAllep, Of this place,
vi tkks command Of her. She Is a
larss knerican calling vessel of 25i0
M baiit IN kennebank, Maine. We
k4ss los beard " this tempting offer
eiI b accepted.
1ne crew of she bark Henry Buck
ses paid Oh today. Some received
assf 600. Il will not be more than q
esek before these men will be Obliged
D ship again, aad by that time they
VI be in debt 10 boarding house mas
Ne 10 she amount Of one or two
nsnths' advance wages. There are ON
b average from l5 10 20 vessels aFriv
nc and sailing TO foreign potts during
~ inonth. All American vessels from
! foreign port pay the Grew here, and
hose bound TO foreign porta ship shem
ssrs, In khe presenoo Of the shipping
cemmiaaionaf, and though the advance
rant uf wages il made illegal BY the
Dingisy shipping Law, still there Is
kareely o seaman shipped at this port,
wand on foreign voyage, that does
sos receive tthat 10, the boarding house
nssierl from one 30 two months ad-
rsnee wnges. These amoants figure
saout eB0O0 per month. Each vessel
from $lb00 10 5000 10 steve
3oFes. agents and oustom house brokers
q departure. amounting 20 about $780,
%. Ths revenue ca.ter disburses in
saeea 10 officers and crew about 5000
pss month. Tho custom house, to EN-
ploseea stationed here, about 5000 per
neath. To light keepers about $500
psf month. The hospital service some
BOO pr month. These sums foot up 10
fA.A0 mauthly. which is 1ash, and
nearly al spent here.
fhere arc nov In eur harbor i've load
q vessels, weather bound, and four tugs
s<ltinR at our wharves 10 tew them out.
iteae pesssais all need stores. their offio-
~ and crews clothing, small stores,
aediolnes, etc., for which emily cash IL
baid These facts prove the natural ad-
sAntaslss Of the PORT Of Entry over
eihef towns on the sound. and we ven
tass 70 assert that for the number Of in
eAbiiania there is more ready currency
q sifculation hsrs than elsewhere on
tts Sound.
ne following repairs have been made
y he ssvenue steamer Woleott, soon TO
nii foF the Scund. new b,iler, new
dsoAA new propeller. new sails and 9th
srs5s thorpuRhly rehtted.
fhs Hush Ia undergoing temporary
ispaifs 10 boiler aud machinery, pre-.
psmicxy 10 her trip 10 San Francisco.
fhe Dispatch arrived from below With
~ s0ddef gone. having lost is In Dun
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