, 1889-12-12
ACES.
lent Ships ComiI g
From the East.
"a tiiy OF s<iasston NOM on it, way,
and the City of Seattle on
the Stpck~.

Captain d. Il. Jackson, manager of
ship Compnny, returned To Seattle
We lnc~day from New York. Captain
Jackson has been absent III the Ea>t
since August l., making purchases
and arranging contracts for several fast
steamships for his company, to ply on
Puget Sound between Seattle, Tacoma,
Port Townsend, Victoria and Alaska,
and any other points on the Sound
where the Northern Pacific railroad
has any business connections.
Captain jackson bought the steamer
City of Kingston in September and
took possession of her on October l;
that he had let a contract for the build
ing OF fast steel steamship, to he cali
ed the City of Seattle, which would he
completed July /, 1890, and that an
engagements had been made for another
fast steamship for the Alaska trade, t"
he commenced at least a soon as the
City of seattle Is finished.
TIE CITY OF KINGSTON
The magnificent passenger stcam-
ship City of Kingston, which Captain
jackson purchased, was built touTyca
ago hy the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company, of Wilmington, Del, to
carry passengers and freight for the
Cornell Steamboat Company, between
Rundoubt and New York city. She
measures 257 feet on the water line, has
10 feet beam, and u feet depth Of hold,
vita a gross tonnage of III. She iS
built of iron and is Il propeller, there
being no boat on the coast like her
the sidewhecl boat Olympian coming
nearest to her in appearance. The his
tory of the City of Kingston during
her service on the Hudson river, \. y,
has established the fact that her record
has been beaten by only one passenger
boat on her route, and that none Was Il
greater iavorite with its patrons. Her
speed has been recorded as four hours
and twenty minutes for the run OF
ninety miles between New York and
Rondoubt, while the famous flyer Mary
Powell, only exceeded that time on
trial by eight minutes.
The City OF Kingston left Kingston,
=. Y, at o'clock on the morning of
Saturday, November 23, on her long
voyage of 900 miles around the two
eontinentS to Seattle, on the Pacific,
cHd IS expected to arrive here in
twenty-five days or about February 10,
1850. She viii then be put on the
:oute LetVeen Victoria, Port Townsend,
fsGtG.e and Tacoma, and will make
tie round trip daily until the arrival of
.he City % Seattle, which is row under
co--tr-c-ic2.
Tt = - lZilgstcr was finished
II -. --e--ii1g s. collin ussW0rth Com
s-sny O, . vsa~ Ter hey launched the
sss~c-s- C;v-1gia72. The ior1ner is a
eEss~.r beat &c rrn, vii use less fuel
ar --r-y -rcre .2eza2ngsrs than the
Cy1~-;aG. 5he g finished IL the high
es5 So. acC her cabin is q marvel of
.,eaUss = a. ccrfcrl fer the accommO-
EeGc,. o - coe rcsseE gers, who can
ba cav~ie6 1oah tri2 f necessary.
2oe@E;u.r o mis- beat, the New IoIk
'EI.,ii3Elrs .ay@:
'iEhe <zu5-cr rf-e~ steamboat City
c. Zi-retor. -r-icl Ieet seasoH was
v:ctcy.c-C II several cen 5astg with the
ge&5 O. North liver bc2is. ztarted from
TIE Fyes52r-'-ar ccat 5ooks at 8 a. NJ.
CT Eat.-day .. E-2t'!5, Wash. 1t has
b2s1 so!d C @G2 F-Est Go1nd & Alaska
G.sslzhi2 Co--s-y. Eeafe, Levy &
Co.. cfz41'l-.-e .-----. G-e buildicg {, new
s.s.s.@c. Ia ne same coz any. The
City O. -Zt-zaf2za Vii probably put into
ls:2 gaigclro i-- -Cs- aI.a EasE through
. Us Jl-s,ls = L..-g-L2I - valparaiso
1oI coaI. i WI GAea T.ocooa to Port
IOTnsenC. = carries - Cre;S Of thirty |
two persons, lDoluding Captain Mel
vile Stone. First Chicer Thomas Coffin,
Chief Engineer William Green and a |
stewardess. It was tho.o1ghIvi
strengthened for the trip, and carries a
ANAL miscellaneous cargo. besides pro-
visions for 100 daSs. It will ply on
Puget Sound, between Tacoma, Port
Townsend, Seattle aud Victoria"
THE STEAMER CITY OF SEATTLE.
While in the East Captain Jackson
contracted for another fast steamship
the cabin Of which vi aye flushed the
same as the City Of Kingston, of which
abe is 20 be mate, and run on the
same route. Tie new boat IS being
built by Nei-e & :ysV.y, OF Philadelphia,
and viii be completed July l, 1880,
when she viii he sent around the
coasts TO Seattle. The dimensions of
this steamship, which will be built of
steel, are 259 feet keel, 10 feet breadth
OF beam and Il feet depth of hold. She )
Will hc l propeller, and is guaranteed )
To make eighteen knots per hour. ! p
work WAS begun on the new boat two
Weeks ago. I. +. Oakc=, president of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Conn
puny, has given the new boat the name
Of City of Seattle.
Captain Jackson SAYS that the conn
nany i going to have another boat
Quilt in the East, and will call her the
'ny of Tacoma. If work i not began
III the last-namcd boat before the City o
# Seattle Is finished, she will be put on il
thereafter. The City of 5
'acoma will bc put on the run fram i
'acpm1 10 Alaska, and viii bc :, first
iass ocean boat, that viii give the best %
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