Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-12


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~ ranse1s4aioH YESTERDAYS. eanf1s
man vel pasted il Narthsrn Psesas
ksilroad Aaaifa. aaid ne Norsterr
PAsiee Rsiir6ad Conpsny commeasss
.. fsei yssy stvsgsly - Enreaas hesns
made into IL tersssory b shs Cauaa.an
Pneiho Railway Company. which "a.
taking : inras shass 81 lss trads. aad
1ndine tat ths CanaHian eoranaav
uould uas rel. ~ N1rthsrn Pscifr
delefmired g laiaiiata II kiad. and II.
F1oe s. muah a. po88ole che aerrstnrv
and lKaas % ths Canadsnn Panfas sra.
win that end Id vieW tia Naftharn pa
enc CoEF4n E11 eHezxed ialo neeqfir.-
lions uish tie o. - az. Conranv fol
ne purchase Of ii8 Soand steamers. uilh
9 vien - eonifollinR aud holdine the
tictoxi1s British CBlambia ard Paasi
sound trade. which vas rapfdiv aoEne
over % the Canadian Paaiao. II yea
@iIl wait fer 3 ca1pie 81 weeks Fsu vii
80 thai wtst tell yea 4 8 laet.s
MOI eeinn Satisfied With this msaaEe
stAlemanA t1s rspertsx hnnsed 40 IT
Y. y. Holland master builder 81 ne 81
:. q y. C1apanYs and sought an later
gieW wish him. M. Holland sid
Aau neeo net b szEpfised y ess a.
impoflanf change ID ne s4eanboat snsi-
ness On the 60und Ii fks ooufse o. fWo
o. three weeks. am not &c liberty ta
cay anything further 81 shat regard IS
8 What 4 yoar mlsaion hare p saksd
TIE reporter.
Mr. Holisnd-J chm Eek, Eaperinfand-
ent 81 the Astoria fram WoFka. and
James L0taH, Aso1ai Inspector ~ Boilers
Tor The district Of Oregon, and /. we're
sent over g the Soaud - make 9 care
ful examination 81 she VaFiras steamers
bslouRing % the o. &. a n. Co. and
make . report of car hndinQs. We
havs examined ihe Nerth Pacific, Geo.
=. starr and Emma Hayward, and eame
20 Seattle % inspeet the Idaho. WhiIe
a Iaooaaa We vent doun % GIG HaEboF
and examined M L. bel, Weleome,
Alloa and Utter. The Isabel u n ran
nAnG condition, but Is 3 very expensive
noat on fuel and Improbable 10 ran on
that nce0unt. TIE Welaome. Aida Ar
Otief are not IN running conditin
here are several good reaeo1s Tor BE-
lievinR that the U. h. d n. 90. Il likely
10 aeli cut is transportation buaimesa
on Fnaet Sound. One Il that since that
company cot coatroi Of the Pnaet Sound
Steamers instead Of giving The man
aqement % Captain Clancy OF asme
ether oompetent steamboat man on the
Sound, tie business haa been managed
BIZ men 10 the Portland ofiso, Who
know no more about the MANAGE
meut Of steamboats, than = hoe
knows about going - var. Another
straw which shows the direction
Of The wind IL the fact that She q. B. q
n. Co. recently made oyeFtures 20 she
Washington Steamboat Company Of
Seattle 20 sell its boats, and that neeo-
tiations we're actually oom meneed look-
ing 20 that end, and only fell thKough
By the 0. r. 4 n. %. asking too much
for the North Pacife. Another fact
will suffice. II - known that since the
Washington Company secured the mail
contract between Tacoma and Port
Townsend and pms on q line Of opposi-
ton steamers. that the o. h. 4 N. Co.'s
boats have failed 30 pay expenses, 20
say nothing Of dividends on she large
blocks Of Stock represented By the An
nio Stewart (lonQ 4ince sunk, Isabel,
Welcome. Aida and Otter, winch beats
long since vent out Of service, but are
atili represented on the stock books Of
the COMPANY. II the Northern Paoido
Company secures the o r. a N. Co.,
steamers, oaF people viii not be alto
getheF at the mercy Of thAt souiless cor
Doration, from She fast that Seattle has
regular lines Of boats Roaming to all
points on the Sound touched By thosa
stea ueFa, and Ia a Short time will have
line 10 Port Moody, connecting With
the Canadian Pacific RailWay.