The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-19
PHRANANG'SFREIGHT
Much Of 1t Was for Seattle,
Very Little for Tacoma.
YET SHE DIDN'T STOP HERE.
Northern Pacific Omcials Notified That
the New Line, to Get Patronage, Must
Be Run on Business Principles.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 1s.-George B.
Bodwell, representing the Northern Pa
clilc Steamship Company, and Alexander
stewart, who has many years experience
In the steamship business, arrived In the
city yesterday. Bodwell is member OF
the English company running the steam
ers. and expresses himself as thoroughly
satisfied with the Phra-Nang's trip.
She is, he said. but temporary boat,
to do the work until permanent ones are
ready, which is expected to be about Sep
TENDER or October. The steamer Parthia
is being overhauled, and will be made
comfortable and commodious. The other
boats are as good, if not superior, to the
Parthia. The object of Bodwell's trip is
TO establish agencies in this city and at
Tacoma. Stewart takes charge Of the COM
pany's business at Victoria.
The cargo OF the Phra Nang. according to the
manifest, was as follows:
Por'land-I,15) bales hemp, is packages OF
hTecrackers, 800 mats rice, 60 packages nsh IN
OIL, 10 bales trecracSers. III boxes curios.
10 boxes preserves, etc. $50 bags refined sugar,
loo bags rice, kegs misc, 80 shogu.
MoHtreal-6l0 half chests tea.
New York-750 half chests tea, lao bales raw
silk, 49o half chests tea l75 cases curios, S43 half
chests tea GO curios. 1874 half chests tea, IL
eases curlos, ITO cases curios, 1,235 half chests
tea, l ,09i half chests tea.
Chicago--705 half chests tea, 100 half chests
tea 56s half chests tea, 1877 hall chests tea, 107
half chests tea.
San Francisco-l5S cases curios, 65 cases
curios.
Minneapolis-os7 half chests tea
Iacona-5o0 bags refined sugar.
ST. Paul-530 half chests tea
Port Iownsend-50 bags rice, boxes white
nuts.
Duluth-250 half chests tea
Spokane-2.Oo0 bags refined sugar.
This shows that though the steamer Is dis
charging all her cargo at Tacoma, less of it in
bulk is destined for that port than for any other
point except Port Townsend, Duluth, Mime
apolis and san Francisco. More is destined Tor
Seattle than for any point except New York and
Chicago, the manifest shows, yet the con-
slgnees in this city must wait for their goods to
be brought from Tacoma by rail-
The failure OF the steamer to come to this port
to discharge that portion of her cargo consigned
here has caused several of the consignees to give
notice to the Northern Pacific officials that I'M
less the steamers of this line discharge freight
consigned to Seattle at this port they will not
hereafter patronize the Northern Pacific
steamers.
The following paragraph appeared in yester-
days Tacoma Ledger:
One of the officers confirms in part story to
the eHect tnaI seattle nad uleu 10 steal laco-
mas thunder by sending a steamer out to meet
the Phra-Nang. He said that he noticed a small
steamer, after steering somewhat strangely,
turn and go back to seattle. He says that he
paid no especial attention TO the occurrence, but
that in view of the reception given the ship at
Tacoma 1t is quite supposable that the steamer
had been sent out to meet the
steamship. The steamer was hope
lessly behind and gave up the
chase the Phrs-Naug's commander, not hav-
ing had any intmation that public reception
would be rendered him anywhere on the Sound,
steamed on regardless OF the evolutions OF the
Seattle boat
In view of the Ledger's reputation for truth
and veracity, it is very doubtful if any officer
made such statement. If he did, he was
grievously mistaken. No Seattle steamer fol-
lowed the PhraNang up the Sound, for all the
boats plying to this port have too much BUSH
ness to waste time and steam in such an up.
profitable undertaking.