Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-12
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"a tie vss. .--s -gsn "a l'Tr p
t1.t y .'.run r r%ii~r sh'st ! -
long a. q H. fee, ban. IutJ -bac8 -
rus /. god boiler and al aprleat eng n,
nfs-ieuy % drive a mech larger bos; Il
a good rate ot sped. See ~as named
" Gold Dnss." The man buit her on
.peeq!atiou. and ssnesIns after she
wa -old 10 +. ". Spencer for ki5t1.
Tae ues owner plsced Der o. tbs route
sstw.en Portland Aaj N-ueoCTeE. u
opposition ~ Jacob k-EIn'- .in-- Ar.
Eau3n being wealthy Inz1. couci 1ded
10 ron the little intr0Ce Of, 80 t= made
rate on lis -t-su1efa Of - cents Tor
the trip from Portland - Vancouver
and bsek. Tors figure soon induced
Spencer % withdraw tEs Gold D1st from
that route. At that time. ISL, e Is.
seot. 4 Ce,Vrs engaged IL oaiidIne
the Fleetwood. T. run opposition t. the
%. K & y. Company between fortisEd
.pd Astoria. Speocer sent 20 Mr.. scJtI
and proposed that the Fleetwood Re
placed on the route from Portland 20
the Czssad-s. to run Ia CONNECTION
xith the Gold Dlst. sbios steamer
would be plsced on tie upper
rlver above the Csc 3d-s Is Tie
Dalles. The .. x. & y. Company vas
getting tive dollars ticket over that
route. and tie opposition vas 10
charge the SAM. Scot, thou BIZ favor
abig Of the proposition, and Spencer
had the Gold Dast cot IN two and haul
ei around the Cascades IN sections.
Before being placed IN the waters of
the Upper Columbia. she VAS leuslb>n-
ed thirty feet shieh Increased her SIZE
to her present dimensions: over all, -
feet; beam 10 feet: depth Of hold, 1
feet > inches, af'er wCIea Der l2Kl2 en-
sin.- would drive her al about ii
miles per hour.
As soon as -ns vas ready for b1si-
mss sac opposition line WAS started.
& acord coachss were placed Oh - tue
gas AIDES 10 carry passengers frLm tie
Fltetveod. a distance Of four nitss to
the Gold Dust, AOnvs the Cascades
From the star. the opposition line gCt .
liberal snare OF tse y lsssngers, aud ow
ing TO tbs limited expense of rGnRire
tt cir boats, made money very fast.
Finally the y. 4 Il n. Company COM
meBced eating rates, and after q
while axed the price Os tick Is from
Portland To the DAlles a; 50 cents. Ibis
Was Just tbs amount that the staging
around the Cascades Gust. 1hs owners
Of the two little steamers showed good
pluck for a while. They had agreed TO
stick together, and that one should not
sell out without the consent Of the
other. The o. X. i n. Company offered
Scott $4,000 to draw off t6e rogte. out
he asked $4,000, whic1 wss refused.
The offer OF $1,000 was then made 20
Spencer to withdraw the Gold Dust, and
the offer was accepted. This knocked
the opposition on that route, but the
Fleetwood at once went on the Portland
Astoria route. and made things lively
for the %. X. & y. Conpa1y, up to the
time that U. h. Soott i Co. completed
the Telephone, the fastest sternwheeier
in these northern weters.
After Spencer s1ld out the route to
the D. X. Il n. Co. he iobbed around
with the GoIs Dust for a time, and
finally sold her TO BJtlwiok j Co., who
Kept her until the river raised so that
she could be run over ths cascades and
down to Portland. She was tied up at
Portland for some time until a few
wee hs ago, when %. A. and l.. e. Smith.
two brothers, of Olympia, conceived the
idea Of buying her and placing Der on
the roste between Olympia and SEATTLE.
They brought her around TO the Sound,
| and while she was lying at Olympia the
| steamer Louise struck her With enc of
| her GUARDS and stove In one side Of her
house. Inls Was repaired, and ye-ter-
| day the Gold Dust came to Seattle to
set the necessary papers to carry gas
senseIs on the route named. While
here Captain Sam Hoyt WAS employee
TO take command of her until D. A.
Snaith has become sufficiently aoquaint.
| cd with stean boating 90 take out mas
ter's license. The Gold Dust has &C.
oommodations for about fifty day pas
| sengers, although her papers in the
other district allowed her to carry 10
On one occasion she got special per
init to carry an excursion party of l7(
persons. Her engine Is Pinch cylinder
and l2-iuch stroke, and she is sllowsd
100 pounds Of steam. Five cords Of
wood will run her twelve hours at a high
rate of speed.
A reporter met Mr. %. A. Smith yes
terday, and asked hin what he pro-
posed 20 do with the Gsld Dust, g.
who's he replied; "On Monday mex
she will enter upon the Olympia Seattle
route, shaking the round trip between
the two points every day. We will leave
Olympia at ] a. N. every morning. touch
AZ Tacoma. and arrive at Seattle about
| O'0lo,k. After remaining here for an
hour We will start on cor return, tanch-
ing at Tacoma, aud arriving at Olympus
between ] and o'clock In the even
ing"
In appearance the Gold Dust is differ
ent from anything elss on the Sound
She has but one house. which extends
from stem 10 stern, on ~ OF which i,
a pilot house, resembling somewhat a
viaeair cruet, and jus. large enough FOL
one. The peculiar feature in the Colo
Dust IA her extreme leI9th-s5 feet ovei
all, and hsr marrow beam, only 10 feet
She looks like racer. aud her own ers
expect 60 crowd II miles an boar out OF
/ Der Ia fair weather.