The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-21
THE WATER FRONT.
4 New Steam Barge to Be
BuiIf BY 4 Z. Game.


E.E. cains a Co. owners Of the steamer
j. e. Britain and the tag Usspstch. are
having plans drawn for nsw steam barge.
Her Issses bsvs nos yet been definitely de-
essIed apoB. bat she viii be of steat the
came model o. the J. e. Britsasn and
faYrsY. the VII BE- . twin screw
propeller. about Is feet long
viii bsvs width 81 beam Of thirty-twa
feet. and viii draw about eight fees nj
water. Two high pressure engines. I@xii
riches. with combined boyse-power Of
80. viii BE- placed in her. She vii be
built Big contract, ard bids viii he called
for Just a. soon ~ the plans are completed
whith win be shortly. This cost OF the
vessel IL e~tinated ~ SIs.n0
rHg eUfcxsTKr CHARTERED.
The tug Quiekstep has bern chartered
from Charles johnson By tro Tacsma
PARTIES. She il 70 be taken TO Tacoma and
ron between there and Gig Hssbos ~ .
passenger boat. She VIII make . trip
daily. che rEii undergo . few small re-
pairs and viii BE- put on the route Inn
mediasely.
KINGSTON READY vaE SERVICE.
The steamer City Of Kingston is about
resdy for service. She viii make her first
trip merit sunday Eight. and that on the
whaseom route on which she Is 70 run for
abont thirty DAYS Captain George Roberts,
present master of the 0lyrnpiAn. has re-
signed his position - such, and viii be in
command OF the City Of Kingston. She
viii alternate on the route with the steamer
Washington. which has been thoroughly
ovsrhsnIsd and renovated throughout.
USfos rAcfsfc cBsxsz.
The resignation OF CAPTAIN Roberts, of
The steamer Oiympian. has brought about .
number Of changes with the officers of the
Union Pacific steamers. Captain o. s. An
dersosl, present master OF the North Pacific,
viii take Captain Roberts place, Captain
II. n. McAipiue, Of the George E. starr.
will command the North Pacific. and First
Mate John Jordison, of the George K.
Etarr. viii become master Of the same.
WaTyR rsoxr MOTIFS
The Geo. w. Elder sails for ALASKA next
Monday.
The steamer Fanny Lake has returned
down Sound.
The ]. II. Mcdonald Is still ct Almond
A Phillips wharf.
The bark Detroit viii not be ready for
80 for several days jet.
The tug j. y Boyden has gone 70 Utsaiady
after q boom OF logs for Tacoma
The tug Virginia WAS tied up at stetson
4 Posts wharf all day yesterday.
The tug Wasp was tied up 81 the Hat
fieid Cosman wharf about NIL OF YESTERDAY.
The L. j. Perry LEFT yesterday morning
for suiiivan's slough. after load of hay
and feed.
The steamship City OF Puel,la finished
discharging yesterday morning and went
10 Tacoma
The steamer Fanny Lake left for STAN
wood yesterday after . load of hay for An
dcrson 4 Fagre-
The tags Wasp and Mascotts towed .
boom IT logs from the buoy 10 the Oregon
Improvement Company.
The steam schooner Angeles Is still In
the harbor. She wiil probably 60 TO
Chueksnut after load of stone.
The J.. @. Britain left for Chuckanut
last evening after the last load OF stone for
the foundation Of the burke block.
william Howe's new boat house. q the
foot Of spring street. has heen completed
II IL two stories high and sox50 fest in size.
The steamship Hsytien Republic arrived
here yesterday from Departure bay and
viii saii for san Francisco at 10 O'Clock
this morning.
The collier Wiiiametse, Captain Hansen,
arrived here yesterday from Portland. She
went Immediately to the coal bunkers. and
viii take another cargo.
The tug Mascotts Is TO be put upon the
beach within . few days and her bottom
viii be scraped and painted. Her house
and hull viii also be painted.
The steamer Signal arrived here yester-
day from Portland. She brought but light
freight. and dischargsng quickly. left for
Tacoma. she returned today for cargo
OF coal
The ting Dispatch returned from North
bay yesterday morning, and went TO Port
Blskeley in the afternoon after VOID. She
left last night for Fidaigo island with a
scow Of lumber.
The steam schooner Lucy Lowe. Captain
Mcdonald. arrived here yesterday from
the Eimsr river with thirty-five tons of
hay. she discharged al Hstaesds wharf,
and leaves for the islands today for q
cargo III lire for Harrington & smith.