The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-25
WATER FRONT NOTES.

Baxter & Co.'s wharf is about to be replied
and otherwise improved.
Weather forecast till p. m Wednesday for
Washington: Threatening weather and rain;
cooler.
Steamer Sarah N. Renton laid off yesterday to
clean boilers, and the tug Mystic made the run
for her.
lug Wasp went to Port Gardner to take O
Doom oil logs to Edmonds. She then goes to
squamlsh bay after a tow for Port Blakeley.
Captain Nichols, Of the steamer City OF Seat
tie, is spending few days vacation on his
ranch near Union City, pending the decision of
the board of inspectors In the Victorian-City of
Seattle case.
Steamship Haytian Republic arrived in port
from san Francisco yesterday with $50 tons of
freight for Seattle and twenty-seven passengers
Tor sound ports She will load wheat at Tacoma
for the return trip.
Steamer Bailey Gatzert has been laid I'D in
definitely for general overhauling on her
machinery and TO have her bottom coppered.
While she is off her run on the Olympia route
will be abandoned.
Steamship Umatilla arrived in port from San
francisco yesterday with light cargo of freight
ana corrsspondingly light list of passengers.
She had only $50 tons OF Seattle freight A
pleasant trip up was reported.
steamer Nooksack came in from Vashon ISL
and with another load of wood yesterday-forty
cords. In attempting 10 run into the city slip,
at the foot OF Washington street, her bow got
stuck on the gridiron, but the Mystic pulled her
OF without any trouble.
Signal Officer Kerkam, who succeeded Lieu
tenant Finley at San Francisco, has at length
awakened and last evening sent the following
dispatch TO Captain Hatfield, local signal officer:
Hoist cautionary southwest signal Storm
center on ocean, evidently approaching British
Columbia" At the same time Signal Officer
Cagne, OF Portland, sent the following prog
nostications of the weather in Western Washing
ton Tor the succeeding twenty-four hours:
Threatening, with rain; cooler"
Captain Bryant. local inspector OF hulls, was
called to Esquimait yesterday to examine the
steamer City OF Topeka, now in the dry dock
there, as some of her plates are sprung and will
have 10 be removed. Captain Buleue, inspec-
tor OF steam boilers, went to Port Townsend last
night, where he will be met by Captain Bryant
today TO inspect two or three boats This will
defer the decision in the Victorian-City OF Seat
tie case until Friday at least. There is one more
witness to be examined in the Eyangel explo-
sion case and as he Is now able to leave the
hospital, the decision will be forthcoming in
fewdays.
Steamship Walla W ALA sailed for San Francisco
last evening al clock with l150 tons of coal and
eighty tons OF general freight. Her passenger list
was fair, and contained the following names
from seattle: William 1Aeben +. Lane and vile,
c. Codding. J. Franklin, II. Witt, r. A. Meyer
and wife, Mrs. w. E. stevens and child, Miss
Ella McMsnn, Miss Mary X. Beam, Mrs A. ].
Vinson, J. E. Clark, j. :. Palmer, d. J. smith,
Father Thoma, A. II. Roberts, Mrs l. Miller.
Thomas Prize, Charles Lstimer, Mrs. A. ].
Holmes, W. Z. Post, C. stoneman and
Grant Vaughan. There We're about thirty-tive
passengers in the steerage
Steamer Premier brought in fifty tons of Cana
dian Pacific freight from Whatcom-a car load
each OF beer, lard and syrup; the Mattel had
thirty-Gve tons for Snohomish and way points;
the Bailey Gatzert brought in twelve and took
out twenty nine on the Olympia route; the
WaSco had eighteen tons for Whatcom and way
points: the Glide had ten tons Tor Vashon island
and Tacoma; the State OF Washington took If
teen tons the Whstcom route; the Henry
Bailey brought in sixty tons of oats for Lilly,
Bogardus IL Co and took out twenty tons of
general freight for skagit river POINTS; the
Multnomah came in with ten and took out
twelve tons on the Olympia route; the Mary T.
Perlcy came in from La Conner with fifty tons
Of hay for IIlly BOgardus K Co