The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-15
TRIP TO COOKS INLET.
More Salmon Caught Than a
Cannery Could Use.
CHINESE coRpsEs SEALED UP.
Best Anthracite Coal IN the worad.-Big
Bears ard Myriad Mosquisoes-ysg-
ssaAIex Grow Wen.



had the pleasure OF running across William
Arnold, Of Humes' cannery. who gave Is q
very interesting account OF what he saw,
heard and did on his trip to Alaska, from
which be has just returned. Mr. Arae!a
said:
I'VE left San Francisco March Is. and
after an uneyentfui voyage we arrived in
Cooks inlet shout q month later. Our
cannery, belonging to the Cutting Packing
ing Company. was the only one Ia the
Inlet and packed $500 cases of salmon.
besides sailing some 200 barres of
bellies We had splendid run OF 6sh
and could have put up many more cases,
had not the vessel that was bringing US
our tin got disabled, which compelled us
tociose down after running just two months
and half. The Alaskan salmon viii aver
age lager than those Of the Columbia river,
bat are not as far and viii not weigh as
much. We had crew OF I07 Cinnamon in
the cannery.
We left Cooks inlet August on our re-
turn journey home. The schooner tAat
we were in got disabled soon after leaving
Kodiak and in order TO get at the leak, so
cases of salmon and 200 sacks Of coal that
was being taken to San Francisco for
analysis, were thrown overheard 70 the
fishes. After an immense deal Of labor the
leak was partially stopped and by Keeping
the pumps constantly going We we're able
TO Keep her afioat. After q very exciting
experience of thlrty-three days, we arrived
safely in san Francisco.
AT one time we thought we must surely
60 down, with the waves breaking over us
every minute and the water gaining in the
hold, inch by inch. Alter getting. the leak
partially stopped the captain called the
passengers together and asked whether he
should make for Port Townsend or keep
on their course. The latter motion pre-
vailed as before shown.
ION the passage down six Cinnamon died
from the effects of opium As one alter
the other died. they were placed in large
box, made Of heavy tin. and hermstically
sealed up like so many salmon in a case
The company would have forfeited 81 600
a head, ii they had thrown them overheard,
as the company undertook to bring them
back. dead or ali re.
There is large deposit of anthracite coal
near the cannery, which is pronounced by
experts to be equal TO any in the world.
One vein was found 10 be twelve feet in
width and the supply seems utterly ex-
haustiess. Ii is only a question OF time
when capital viii develop these coal mines
and supply our cities with the best coal
extant At present these coal lands are
uusurveyed.
This is one of the best countrie IN the
world for sportsmen. Bear, moose and
reindeer abound. While there I killed
seven bears, one of which weighed 200
pounds.
The weather, where we were, varied very
much. One day il would be warm and
bright and the next day cold and disagree
able. and to make matters worse, mosqui-
toes by the million. During the time We
were there it was light all the time, but in
the winter it gets dark very early. The
coidest weather they have Is in December,
when the thermometer reaches 50 TO 60 de-
grees below zero and the winter lasts for
half the year
THE timber around Cooks inlet is small
and scrnhy and would average, say two
feet in circumference and about forty feet
in height. and is not OF much value.
''The ground Is rich and will grow veget-
ahles of all kinds. The planting being done
in April and May and by August the crops
are matured. / saw cabbsges, potatoes
and other vegetables growing nicely.
Alaska is one of Americas richest pos
sessions and only needs the touch of capt.
tai TO unfold It's manifold riches. expect
to return again in March. =