The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-12
sEATTLES OWN BOATS
Merchants Organizing q Steam
boat Company.
THE sTock GOING RAPIDLy.
Two fsig steaners 90 BE EuIst At Once
10 WORK In seaasIe's Trade In
teresss-espEtaI se5e.ooo.

The business men Of Seattle have at last
been aroused 20 the necessity OF having
line OF steamboats,, to be operated on the
sound in their own interests and yester-
day . movement Was started that will
probably result IN the necessary boats being
built Al once
Three weeks ago the P0sT-IgTgLIIERxcSg
revived the agitation il had started once
before. wheia the conditions proved unfayoF-
able. of providing sEeanlboaf lire IN the
interests OF seattle and the promotion of
her trade with all points on the Sound.
Many oil the leading business men were
seen, including the members of the Board
OF Trade The business men said they had
not gwen the subject any thought, bat
thought such an enterprise might be made
successful. G. B. Adair, president OF the
Board OF Trade. said that body had been
doing something in that line in small
way. but purely in the interests OF the
members OF the board. He believed that
agitation and consideration OF the subject
might bring about something practical.
The PosT-iNTELLIsxScER did agifate the
matter and secured the views OF business
men, who unanimously favored the idea of
having q line OF Seattle boats that would be
sustained by the commerce of this city,
and put II on an even footing with Tacoma,
which city's steamers are discriminating
against Seattle.
The agitation was productive OF prompt
results. Business men discussed the pro-
ieet with one another and yesterday lie
cidesl to take action. q. Morris Haller,
Bailey Gatzert. q. b. Adair and others de-
cided to circulate petitions during the
present week for the subscription of stock
toward the formation of Seattle steam-
ship company, having a capital og $3.50. 900,
in shares OF 500. OF this 10 per cent. Is to
lie paid this year. The object u doing this,
was 20 get every business man Interested
in the seheme and not make il so any ono
need he prevented from coming into the
company and assisting in the good work.
The idea is to build two steamers this year
about the size OF the Henry Eaiiey. Al
cost of about $l4. 900 each. Next year more
steamers wilikc added.
The men who have taken the first steps
in the matter hope TO have the whole
amount subscribed and an outline OF the
prospective work for the boats prepared
this week. The next thing will he to hold
public meeting next week to combine all
the subscriptions in a regular stock sheet,
and proceed thereafter in formal manner
and upon definite plans, as shall be sugges-
ted and adopted by the meeting.
A large number have already signitied
their desire TO subscribe stock and form
the proposed steamship company. Among
these are the following:
G. Morris Halter. Thomas Burke Bailey Cat
cert, 81. r. Affair. j. h. MeDougall. W. +. Bailey,
George Kinnear, f. F. wittser C.. II. KittineeF,
Thomas Ewing, Lyons & Dempsey, W. r Boyd.
] d. Lowman, Jacob Furth, Dr. r. 7. Minor. q.
~. Hall, s. Baxter. g. B. Kittenger, Moran Bros.
f. o. Graves. ]. r. Hoyt, Crawford 4 Conoyer,
Angus Mcintosh. w. K Forrest j. II. Lewis. J.
NJ. Colraan. w G. Squire, Fred Ward. G. b.
Bagey, L. K. Ballard. J. NJ. +. Atkinson, Captain
J. A. Hatfield. Joseph Green, H. Chaplin, A. A.
Denny, Amos Brown, John Leary, Griffith
Davies. James Campbell and w. T. ThoFnell-
Several Of these gentlemen have sub
scribed 5000 each, and the lowest amount
on the lists is $500. Already over $4,000
have been subscribed and today will prob
ably find the total stock nearly ii not all
taken up.
Secretary Kittinger, of the Board CT
Trade, said yesterday afternoon that every
body seemed alive 10 the advantages to
Seattle to be derived from line of steam
ers such as is proposed, and as the shares
were only 800 and the per centage on call
so low that all hands could come in and
assure the operation OF the line in the
shortest possible time.
The subscribers Of stock believe that their
investment will be paving oae outside Of
the benelciA effects to be derived in the
way OF advancing the commercial interests
of Seattle. as well as preventing other
cities sending in steamers 10 pick up the
trade along the Sound which properly be-
longs TO and was built up by Seattle. The
result OF such line will be to make Seattle
merchants loyal TO Seattle heats and do
their shipping by home steamers.
The success OF the Seattle Steamship
Company is assured, and next summer
will doubtless see two or more fast boats in
operation between Seattle aud all points on
the Sound.