The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-01
THE COMBINE MADE.
Steamboat Companies Agree to
Divide Business.
THE UNION PACIFIC RETiREs.
Puget sound and Alaska, Canadian ana
Hastings Company VIII Inter
change Business.

darioD of the steamboat business Oh TIC
four largest TRANSPORTATION companies on
the Sound were completed last night ana
the agreements signed. The scheme Is
not essentially different from the outline
given in Wednesday PosT-ISTELLTG ENcER-
The Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship
Company takes the Union Pacific COM
pany's business. honoring Union Pacific
passenger tickets; the Canadian. PACING
steamer Premier continues on the WHAT
com route, honoring the Puget Sound and
Alaska Steamship Company's tickets, and
the Hastings Steamboat Company gets
exclusive control of the Port Angeles,
Neah bay and WILDLY island business,
but sends none Of her boats south OF Port
Townsend, making connections there
with the Puget Sound and Alaska Steam
ship Company's boats. The object of hav-
ing the companies honor one another's
tickets is to give each railroad its share OF
through business.
1t is undoubtedly one of the most far
reaching combinations in the history of
steamboating on the Pacific coast 1t en-
braces the business of nineteen steam
boats and lessons the numbef of boats on
the Sound by four, the Union Pacific
steamers Victorian. Sehome, George E.
Starr and Hassalo going around to Port
land in consequence.
Captain D. B. Jackson, manager of the
Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Com
pany, speaking OF the final consumma-
ton of the scheme and the changes it
would necessitate in the running of the
boats, SAID:
This consolidation OF the business was q
boating on the Sound for some time past. There
were too many boats on the various routes.
Now our company will be able to reach every
point on the Sound, either directly or by max
ing connections with other lines, and no super
fiuous boats will be run. We simply take the
Union Pacific business, paying them a consid-
Grafton for it, and agree TO honor their tickets.
The Premier will be run on the Whatcom route,
handling our business and honoring our tick
cts. The Union Pacific Company takes the
George E. Starr off the Port Townsend and Port
Angeles route, leaving the Hastings Steamboat
Company without competition out on the
straits, and the latter gives US all its business
between here and Port Townsend.
After tomorrow the steamers Hernoss and
Angeles, belonging to that company, will not
be run in here any more unless the business ir-
creases that we cannot handle ii orjhem.
The Hermosa will make daily trips between
Port Townsend and Port Angeles and Neah bay,
carrying the mail in place of the George E.
Starr. The Wildwood, another one of the Hast
ings Companys boats, will make connections
with US at Port Townsend for WILDLY island;
the Garland will conuec. a. Port Townsend for
the island, and the Surprise for local points
around Port Townsend. The Angeles will be
used as a sort OF tramp freighter Our boats will
make some changes, but 1 cannot tell
exactly what they will b, yet We will put
a boat on the La Conner route in place
of the Hassalo. Wednesday the Kingston will
be ready for service again and will be returned
to the Victoria route. Then when the Seattle is
fixed up she will be extra in case we want to
use her. and we get the steamer North Pacific
from the Union Pacific Company as another
extra We frequently have TO send an extra
boat out in place of one which gets crippled
and, as We propose to make our regular runs,
always leaving and arriving on time, We will
need one or two extra boats for such emergen-
cies.
No change will be made in freight or passen-
ger rates and We do not contemplate making
any fight on what has been known as the opposi-
ton boats. As matter of fact their opposition
amounts to opposition among themselves. 1t
cuts but little figure with us.
Captain B. X. Pegram, superintendent
of the Union Pacific water lines, said:
Well, guess we have finally completed our
arrangements-at least it looks that way One
agreement remains to be signed by our officials
at Omaha, but we have memorandum signed
which practically answers the purpose. We
sold all our routes to the Puget Sound and
Alaska Steamship Company, except that of the
George E. Starr. whish we sold to the Hastings
Steamboat Company. The Starr was a
mail boat, but the Hermosa takes her
place. We also disposed OF our wharves
at Port Angeles to the same company. 1t has
been terrible task to perfect all the arrange
ments and arrive at a final understandings The
interests were so great and ideas so conflicting
that it was very hard to agree on every-
thing. II was very important move from an
economic point Of view. We will continue our
ticket offices at Seattle. Tacoma. Olympia Port
Townsend. Victoria and whatcom, the Puget
Sound and Alaska agreeing to honor our tickets.
All our boats Will be taken around 10 Portland
except the Idaho, which we sold, and the North
Pacific, which We leave with the Puget Sound
and Alaska Company. We do not contemplate
using any of them on the Columbia river except
the Sehome, which We will probably use
in the excursion trade during the summer. The
Others will all be tied up aud may be sold after
time. l am = little afraid 10 start them around
at present, as the weather is too threatening
| They viii all be tied up tonight except the
George E. Starr, and have telegraphe,: for her
TO come in tomorrow. The Hassalo will 90 to
Tacoma in the morning and bring over the Vie
torian, and will get everything ready to take
them all around together.
The cofferdam which the Union Pacific
Company had built for the steamer Vic
torian last summer was pulled to pieces
yesterday at the foot of Jackson street and
the material will probably be used for
! wharf timbers and lumber.
Captain F. Biondi. Lloyds' surveyor. came I'D