The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-04
WATER FRONT NOTES.

Tug Mystic doeked the ship Yosemite at the
coal bunkers yesterday.
Tug Sea Lion towed the ship Alaska to sea
yesterday, coal laden for San Francisco.
Tug Cyrus Walker was passed near Utsalady
yesterday afternoon with boom of logs in tow.
The inspectors went out to Lake Washington
yesterday afternoon TO inspect the steamer
Edith L.
Tug BIZ is bringing in a boom of logs for the
Hart Lumber Company. She was in Burrard's
bay yesterday morning
Bark Majestic completed her cargo of lumber
at Stetson & Post Mill Company's mill yesterday
and sailed for San Francisco.
Today the steamship Umatilla will return
from Vancouver and take on fuel. She sails for
San Francisco at o'clock tomorrow evening.
The warfare between the steamers May Queen
and Cascade, running between Everett and
Snohomish is at an end, the former "giving up
the ghost"
The steamship Mackinaw, en- route from New
York to the Sound, will leave San Francisco
Feb. IS. She will load additional freight at that
port for the Sound. II. W. Baker d Co. will
handle her cargo here.
Captain f. n. Price has bought a new hull,
which is nearing completion at Olympia 1t
will be launched in few days and brought TO
Seattle Immediately to have the machinery
from thu Virgil Price put in. The new hull is
make a finer boat IN every aspect.
Steamer Henry Bailey came in from skagi:
river with thirty tons OF hay for Lilly. Bogardus
d Co; the L. J. Perry had thirty tons OF hay in
from Browns slough; the w. +. Munroe had
twenty-five tons of hay in and twenty-one tons
of general freight out on the Skagit river route
and the Clara Brown took out nineteen tons on
the Olympia route.
The old steamer Marguy caught on snag
near East Everett Tuesday, and when the tide
ran out she careened, and filed with water
when the tide came in again. There was not
sufficient weight in her machinery and house to
sink her, however, and yesterday the May
Queen took her in tow and landed her on the
tide flats so that the water could be bailed out.
Captain John Irving, manager of the Canadian
Pacific Navigation Company, was In the city
yesterday. endeavoring to make arrangements
for repairing the damage on the steamer Pre-
mier. caused By her collision with the Norwe.
gisn bark Tristad few nights ago. Several of
plates damaged, and 1t will probably cost
from s., 900 TO 800 10 repair her.
The taking OF testimony in the Bailey Gstzert.
State OF Washington collision case before the
board of local inspectors was completed yester-
day morning. stenographic report OF the tes-
timony was taken aud transcript will have to
made SO the board can review it before giving
decision. Captain Barlow is in command of the
Bailey Gatzert in place of Captain struvs, pend
ing decision in the case.
Yesterday morning the following dispatch
was received from the weather bureau at san
Francisco: "Hoist information signal; storm
of decided severity approaching Washington
coast" Captain Hatfield said last evening the
glass was falling rapidly. and he looked for
heavy storm. Last nights dispatch for Oregon
and Washington predicted: scattering rains
in Washington and rain in Oregon warmer"