Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-08
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The steamer WfizinGfsn- after BstAG
oaf Fsarseen BAYS frun s@H srSn'
sfaea. Arrives sMfglF.


rhe steamer wIininGfsn- after BffAG
Cut Faurseem BAYS frum saR srsn'
sises. Arrives safely.
Yesterday afternoon tie steamer VIII
lninetar steamed very si0viy into tue
aArtar sod made fast AZ Yeslsx's zkzri
While waitiBg fer 81 0pporsaaisY u
in,srvse= Captain Blackburn, ihs ~rissr
,ook stroll thro0ga she ship ana iaGnd
her booking ~ neat and clean - tee
pan.
Altar shaking hands ~fb large
.uutser Of frisnds Who bad n0eksd 70
the wharf to Congratulate hire on his
ssfs arrival, Captain Blackburn said 70
n rsportsr: Well, suPpo@e you zsnt
10 hear souseihine about the snlp. and
sbat ske has been doing siDes ste isfi
here l. 4 Osssbsf. Cons int ElF Tnosn-
and IN tell yoa all about u.
After being seated. the Captain ooo-
tiused: s'Oa November 5,E Se laid tue
Wilmington a, Pacific street vhaFt. san
Francisco, End proceeded 10 give Der
thor Ugh overhAniine.
FoRTT TsOUsASD DoE-LAk-
Were expsudsd by Der owners, MessFs.
Frank Barnard 4 Co., IN psttin2 Der II
fifst-eIass shape. The old boilers we're
rsul.eed bv nee oGes OF greater steam
ing poser. The engines we're taken
apart. nex bsasses pat IN. ana all the
necessary repairs made 20 render her
machinery - good - new. ne" deok
vas laid and = new forecasts bait
Tgo new saloons we're placed On Toe
main deck. after which she vas newly
furnished throughout, and freshly ear
ps,,ed aid aphoists red. The steamer
was then placed in the dry dock, where
seven pisies wers removed from her
bottom aud asS ones put on. she Was
then Inspected by the Iuited states
Government inspectors, hsssrs. Free
man and Holman. and CHASED A for
seven ysars-Ll0yds. Oh January sd
everything vas ia shape, and vhiie she
lay at the wharf taking freight for the
sound, we kept her engines going all
day. and found everything 10 WORK
IN FIRsT CLASS gTTLE.
On the 24th Of January, at : o'eiOok
In the afternoon, We sailed for tistoEla
and Puget sound ports, having about
30 tons of freight and 10 pass Dsers
she steamed along easily. and made
from ten 10 eleven knots al boar
without any erowding. After beng out
two days ths pillar block, large TIM
Der on which the shaft rests, split. al
lowing the
sHGTT TO sETTLE,
Throvine the machinery ont OF line
and breaking two large gear wheels
each q feet in circumference, which
oosneet the engines with the propeller
shaft. At the tiane of the aecidect VI
we're north Of Cape BlancO, on the
coast OF Oregon. Having no adsqnat,
facilities for repairing the damage Il
the machinery, which was now ALSO
lutelv aseless, ! concluded Ia rig tbs
steamer az fallrieRed brig. AL thu
canvas on board was spread, and Al
bands we're set to work making add
tional sails, NO that in two days haC
her looking like veritable sailing YES
sci, At nfst We had light southeas
winds and smooth ses. but no soonei
had rugged her ont with full com
plement of sails than We encountered |
heavy southeast wind. Expecting il Il
change At any time 10 southwest, which
meant destruction to the ship and al
ca board, made all sail and stood Of
shore. For siK days We encounters
some heavy gales OF sontheast anS
southwest winds, and the weather wa
50 thick during that whole time that
could not &c. the san. 81 as to find gu
where We were. NV sole object vas /,
keep the ship we'll ont TO sea until
could make reckoning. OG IT,
seventh day | got the SUI. and found ",
we're in latitude 20 degrees and 81 min
utss north, and longitude l32 degree
and % minute vest. which wonit
ace rs
orr raE coAsr OF ALAsAA.
We were then getting strong south
wsst gales, and headed the ship for th,
| Straits of Inan de Fuca.
GA February 5th. AZ I o'clock II. N
We sighted Cape Fiattsry, and d. NO
think that happier sight ever kreete,
my vision. 1, seemed TO me like Vie re
1 turn of a long host friend. Daring on
| pilgrimage Ia the uoFthern waters thl
engineers had been busy trying &
patch up the disabled portions Of tn
machinery, and weFe 50 far successful
a. to enable us to steam At the rate o
three knots an hoar. On the morning
Of the 9Th, at O'Clock We made fast a
Port Townsend wharf. vas great,
surprised at the sailing qualities of tn
Wilmington. She made nine knots al
hour under canvas without ans tro1bse
We overloaded number Of sailing YES
sells on the coast. and passed one isrgs
ship during the heavy weather.
We steamed from Port Townsend Il
Seattle, where We will remain until To,
damage TO the machinery IL repaired.
THE WASHINGTON IRON wogKs
Have taken the contract. and will push
the work with all possible speed, &
that We will not BE- detained here more
than from sixteen 90 twenty days. /
went 10 Victoria aud there got figures
from the various iron works, but l finC
that Seattle has equal, IL not superior
facilities and can DO the work cheaper
The contract price for the repairs !.
&i5d0, which | consider very reason,
able. The Wilmington Is insured foI
So, 600 As soon "a the repairs are
made, We will proceed 10 NaRaimo. lead
Wellington ooai, and return to Ssstle