, 1886-04-22
The Idaho Snug Cling Case.
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SIX years. FROM S2n francesca,
Portland, Astoria. Seattle. Tacoma.
Port Townsend. Victoria. Nanaimo.
Departure Bay, Metlakatlah, Tongas.
Cape Fox, kassan Bay. Salmon Bav.
Red Bay, Wrangel, Murderer's Cove,
juneau, Douglas Island. Chilcat,
Glacier Bay, killisinoo, Sitka, and
other landings The usual route
depended on where the cargo was for.
The mail contract called for Port
Townsend to Wrangel, Juneau, Xii
lisinoo and Sitka, and return, but we
stopped at Victoria, Nanaimo and
other ports for freight and passen-
gers. In December the Idaho be-
lOnged to the Pacific Steamship Co.
GOodal, Perkins & Co. were general
agents. We arrived at Victoria on
the morning of December s. 1855, at
five minutes past ten o'clock. Dur
ing the day | was around the ship
and up to the office. The dock was a
mile and half from the business
part OF town. We were at the outer
dock. We have landed there for two
years. During the evening I was at
the theatre, alongside the Driard
House, with Captain Irving. Left
the ship between 6 and o'clock.
Before [ went up town l saw lot of
building material going on board.
Saw no barrels taken on board. I
returned to the ship at midnight and
sailed Immediately ON arrival. The
ship bought her supplies of meats
and fresh vegetables at Victoria. We
averaged from nine 10 twelve barrels
of salt meats each month. We get
sausage, sour krout, mackerel and
salmon also IN barrels. In Decem-
Der she purchased her usual supplies
Don't know when they wero brought
aboard. The stores usually came on
board last. The ship was heavily
loaded. We first landed at Nanaimo
and discharged seventy-five tons of
freight, and went to Departure Bay
for 300 tons of coal. At Departure
Bay the first officer said he had all
the coal he could take. 1 said we
must have mere coal, so | went down
in the hold, had some barrels taken
out, and had the freight more snugly
slowed, and took in more coal. Then
had the barrels taken back ons board
The ship was full OF barrels, but
nothing strange to attract my atten-
ton about the freight We then
went to Safety Cove, did not dis
charge or take in cargo. Next stop
ped at Swarron's anchorage; next at
kassan Bay, where we discharged a
small lot of stuff, groceries snd gen
eral merchandise. which was sent on
shore in a small boat. Captain Wat
erbury was on board as inspector of
customs. We stopped at Kassan
Bay 81 minutes. No barrels We're
discharged at that time. We next
went to Wrangel; was there 2 hours
and 10 minutes; then to Juneau on
December 14th. Mr.. Webster was
deputy collector there, and Captain
Waterbury was on the ship as in
spector. Captain Waterbury, had
charge of the freight so far as Gus
toms were concerned We started in
at juneau discharging Immediately
on our arrival. Have q permit to d.
So The custom house is located at
Sitka, the upper end of our route.
have 4 permit to land freight any
where on my route, at any time, with
an inspector on board, from the Act
ing Secretary of the Treasury, H. f.
French. and from Major Morris, late
collector of customs tor Sitka. When
L first started on that route, we only
had two ports to land at, Wrangel
and Sitka. There are officers at both
places. Afterwards other places
started, and l knew [ could not land
at them, so we tried to have a custom
house established at Fort Tongas,
Finally the Collector succeeded in get
ting an inspector appointed for the
ship. Captain Waterbury acted as
such inspector last fall. At Juueau
short time after / arrived n gentle
man came into my room and said he
wanted to send two tons of freight to
the cannery at Cape Fox. told him
it would cost him 500. He thought
that was too much, and / told him
could not make special trip in there
for less, but as l was going to take
on load of salmon ut Kassan Bay.
L could leave his freight there cheap
er. He said all right Told me he
bad Ia barrels and a number of bun
dies of furs. Then went to Douglas
Island. Remained there six hours.
From there we went to Killisinoo.
Remained there II hours, discharged
general merchandise and lots of bar
rels. Then went to Sitka, arriving
there on the 18th. Remained there
364 hours. The up freight was then
all discharged. We took in freight
there. Col. French. the collector
came down with Us. Capt Water
bury came down as far as Juneau
We arrived at Juneau, on our down
ward trip, on the 10Th, and remain
ed there six hours and quarter. We
took on these barrels of furs, bun
dies of skins and AZ OF so salmon bar
rels. On leaving JuReau we went to
Nrangel, arriving there December
2lst. Then went to Kassan Bay ar
irving there at II p. IN. on the night
Of the 2lst. We took on 300 barrels
OF salmon. We discharged the bar
rels we took on at Juneau, and tho
SKINS. Nothing else that / know of.
Colonel French was on board at this
time. The only interest / have in
kassan Bay is that parties doing
'hCoo IiCIS ONH ms SOlne money
Mike Costello and Fred. Lynch bor-
rowed the money. Costello is dead
Lynch is still there, in the fishing
business and trading post. L loaned
this money to them two years ago.
The property belongs to a widow
named Baronovitch. When | let
them have the money, they, they were
to turn the salmon over to me to Sc
cure me. When we landed the
freight there l may have told the
rnen to handle it carefully. 1 never
SAID at the time the barrels contained
furs and that l would bring more.
From there we went to Tongas, then
to Nanaimo and Victoria, on Decem-
Der 18th, at a. II. Remained two
hours. Went from there to Port
Townsend. We arrived there ut 1856.