The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-17
DOWN BY THE DOCKS.
Seattle's New Ocean Steamer to
Be Built at Once.
STORM SIGNALS ARE RAISED.


ieeter received yesterday BY n. r. Jackson
nom Manager D. B. Jackson, Of the Puget
FOUND and Alaska 6teAmship Company, who Il
now n New York. stated that al the details Of
the pisna tor the new steamer were completed.
Ine eontract probably will b taken By Neane
Lesy, and the work puaned = rapidly - pos-
sibie- The vessel will be propeller $50 feet
sonKs 42-foot beam, aud have triple expansion
enetness -. ~ and u inch, with four boilers, "a
feet long and Is ieet in diameter. She win BE-
staunch aud ntted In every way for ocean voy-
eees. - sho viii run 70 Alaska. Her name has
not ossn decided upon yet.
The following dispatch was received yester-
dsy By Captain J. 4. Hatfield, from the signal
service ofheer, Lieutenant Finley:
san FhANcIsCos OA Is. 8 p m-Hoist infor-
nation stsnal 1t once. Storm center at sea,
vest OF Vancouver island. moving southeast,
eoutherly, shifting to westerly. Winds station
ary. followed BY lower temperature. rain am
thick weather, with dangerous gales along the
NORTH Pacific coast for the next forty-eight
hours.
The sea outside :she harbor was rough yeetsr-
DAY, and tugs refused to take orders for towing
RATS down Sound.
Mra vauderhod, wife of the captain of the
steamer Glide. met with an accident ct Bakers
wharf Tuesday night that might have resulted
ser1ousy. In attempting to 60 on board the yes
eel In the darkness she mi sed her footing and
fell into the water Fortunately help was at
hand and she was rescued at once and received
no injuries, although the sudden plunge into
cold salt water was mot pleasant
The City Of Kingston came in Tuesday night
with heavy cargo. her FIRST trip since being on
the ways 1t ESquimalt Her repairs and i'm
provements have added to her appearance and
speed. She made the return trip IRON Tacoma
IN one hour and shirty-eight minutea
The steam schooner Angeles came in from
Dungeness last evening with Loo sacks Of po-
tatoes and 200 sacks Of wheat for Harrington &
smith She was not aground Monday nor AZ
any time this season.
The Wasco brought In l45 bales Of hops from
6ehOme and C0upevile. the Henry Bailey
nxfy-one bales from down Sound ports, and the
W. <. Aerwin ninety five bales from NOoksack.
The Fred :. Sander is ready for sea with q
cargo Of 100000 feet of lumber for Valparaiso
from the Huron Lumber Company's mill ct
Smiths cove. She will clear PROBABLY today.
The Mary L Bnrreil was taken up to the dock
OF the Terminal Rail~ay and Elevator Company
yesterday by the Corliss, and will begin loading
wheat tomorrow.
The barks General Fairchild and Rufus 4.
Wood, loaded with coal for San Francisco, were
towed TO sea last nigh.
The new steamer City Of Seattle, which left
New York September 19, was reported at Rio
Janeiro October Is
The J. G. Britain is 1t Telegraph slough load
ing grain for the Terminal Railway and Ele-
vator Company.
The tug Tacoma. which has been repairing at
the dry docks for two weeks. took fuel yesterday
and prepared for work.
The Enterprise brought in scow loaded with
1900 sacks Of oafs and 80 SACKS OF wheat from
Oak hartor
The City OF Pueblo discharged 100 tons Of ero-
ceries at 6chwabacher Bros dock and went to
Tacoma. -
The Premier goes out this morning on her
own route. the City Of Kingston having resumed
business.
Dumping of garbage has begun again near
the dry docks. although the police stopped it
for time.
The Idaho came In several hours late yester.
day, delayed by heavy sea and tide.
The Wasp came OF the reach and took party
Of railroad oficials across the Sound
The Lucy Lowe came in safely yesterday with
her load OF lime ana went to Tacoma
The Willamette and Manuel Iaguno are load.
ing coal at the buukerA
The Biz towed boom of logs from samish to
Gig Harbor.
The Dispatch went to West passage for boom