The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-23
THE WATER FRONT.
Prospects Of the Alaska Excur-
sion Business.
THE MouNTAlNEER's NEW CARD
She Drops Several Of Her PoiDts 81 Call
View Steamboat Company Probable
Shipping Notes.

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w. j. Bryant and George Buliene, the local
inspectors of hulls and boilers, went to Ia
coma yesterday and inspected her. Every
thing was found to be satisfactory Traffic
on the Alaska route has been very light
this winter and is so now, but it is expected
that il viii begin to pick up shortly. The
excursion season begins June 1. Trans
porration companies are confident that
more people viii visit Alaska this year
than ever before. and are making prepare
tons TO accommodate the increased traffic.
1t Is more than likely that the Puget Sound
and Alaska Steamship Company win place
steamer on the Alaska route to handle
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company's
business.
NEW SCHEDULE MAPPED OUT.
A new schedule has been mapped out
for the steamer Mountaineer on the Port
Orchard route. 1t will go into effect May
/. After that date the steamer win not
touch at Tracyton, Chico or Silverdale.
The points ut which she viii touch are as
follows: Colby. Brooklyn, Brickyards,
Mitchell. Sidney and Port Orchard.
TO INVEST II STEAMBOATS,.
Capt. Marshall Thompson, a capitalist of
Oswego. n. Y, is in the city. He comes to
Seattle to locate. and intends to invest con-
siderable money in the steamboat, and
transportation business. He has not as
yet decided upon his plans for the future.
but may organize . new steamboat COM
pany. In case this il done, Seattle viii be
the headquarters of the company. Capt.
Thompson is stopping at the Ph0nix hotel.
WATER FRONT NOTES.
The ship L. Schepp will probably 60 to the
coal bunkers today.
The steamship Umatilla Is due here to-
day from San Francisco.
The bark Germanis win finish loading
coal the last Of the week.
The tug Wasp was tied up at the Hatfield
Colman wharf yesterday afternoon.
The steamship Wilmington is due here
from San Francisco tonight.
The tug Violet was moored at Bakers
wharf yesterday afternoon.
The steam barge J. K. Mcdonald is to
be run on trial trip today.
The steamship Al-Ki is loading coal ut
Departure bay for San Francisco.
The steamship City of Puebla sails for
San Francisco at 6 o'clock this evening.
The sealing schooner George R. White
sailed for Behring sea yesterday afternoon.
The steamship Haytien Republic is
scheduled to leave San Francisco tomor-
row.
The steamer Jeanne, sailing in the Wells
line. is scheduled to leave San Francisco
Friday for the Sound.
The steamer Skagit Chief took ten tons
of hay and ten tons OF feed for Sehome at
Badere's wharf yesterday morning.
The steam barge J. G. Britain is due
here from Chuckanut with q cargo of stone
for the new Harrington & Smith building.
The steamer Premier brought in twenty
tons of general merchandise and q good
list of passengers from Victoria yesterday
morning.
The steamer Henry Bailey left for the
Skagit river last night with fifty tons of
general merchandise and . COED list of
passengers.
The steamer Sehome makes the run on
the Whatcom route Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays instead of Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Sundays as stated.
The ship Bluejacket arrived here yes
terday from San Francisco. She brought
up fifty tons Of machinery for the Black
Diamond mine, which is being discharged
at the Ocean dock. She loads cargo of
coal for San Francisco.
The steamer Point Arena left for the
lower Sound yesterday evening. She had
aboard four new fat cars for the Seattle
and Northern Railroad. She brings back
. cargo of lime this trip.
The three masted schooner Glide, Cap
tain Johnson, arrived here yesterday from
San Francisco with cargo of fire brick and
sewer pipe amounting to about 300 tons.
She Is now discharging at Smiths wharf.