The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-11

congress and - taxing n ta1s part OF TIE
Coast. where he has important business
interests IS 3 member Of the firm OF
tfoodau. Perkins * Co, general agents OF
the Pacific Coas: Steamship Company.
Senator Perkins is one Of the best known
men, commercially and politically, on
she Pacific coast He Is o native of
Kennebunkport, Ne, and 81 years OF age.
When IL years old be sscreted himself
on a ship until away from port, when be
was accepted as cabin boz. Four years
afterward he found himself in San Fran
cisco and has been q resident OF Californ:s
ever since. He worked for some time Is
miner, drove . mule team. became porter
in . country store. then clerk and after
ward one of the proprieto-s. He prospered
in business. and when he sold out TO his
brother in 1875 was doing 500. 900 Of BUSH
ness . year. While 9 member of the legis-
lafare IN 1888 he met Representative
Goodaii, OF San Francisco. and their
acquaintance resulted in the formation of
the firm Of Goodan, Nelson & Perkins.
and Goodali. Perkins & Co. since 1876.
when Mr.. Nelson sold out. The growth
Of the business of this firm Is well known
TO every man on the Pacific coast. Sena-
tor Perkins cast his first vote for Lincoln
and has always been Republican. He
was 8 member OF the legislature in lS6s
and Of the state senate in 1869, being re-
elected in 1873 He was elected governor
Of California in $50, running against DR..
Hugh Glenn. the Democratic nominee.
Since that time his position has always
been prominent one in politics, having
for many years been q member OF the Re-
publican state central committee. He has
also held a number of appointiye positions
in the state, and upon the death Of the
late Leland Stanford he was appointed
United States senator. He Is interested
in a large number Of business enterprises,
including mines. and is president of the
Pacific Steam Whaling Company, which
has built seven steam whalers for work in
the Arctic ocean.
James A. Wright. jr., second vice presi-
dent of the International Navigation COM
paEy, of New York. and g. Falck, general
agent Of the same company, have been
guests at the Rainier and left yesterday
for San Francisco. They are out here on a
tour, visiting the various railway agents
who are also agents for their line of boats
Their company owns the Red Star line of
steamships, running between New York
Hstu anu Antwerp, ana Is
general agent for the American line of
steamships which ply between New York
and Southampton, England. The Ameri-
can line Is the successor OF the old Inman
line, and is the Only transatlantic line
under the American flag. The register OF
its boats. the City of Paris and City of
New York. was recently changed by act
OF congress, so as to make them American
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carry the United States mails across the
Atlantic, and is now building five new
steamers at Cramps ship yards in Phila-
delphia, all of them larger and
finer than the City Of Paris. The
former European terminus of the
Inman line has been changed from Liver
pool to Southampton, where direct con-
nection is made for South African ports.
THE transatlantic travel this year." said
Mr.. Wright, ''was not as large as the
steamship companies were led TO expect
by the great attractions of the Worlds
fair. OF course this was due 10 the world
wide financial depression. However, even
without special attractions on either side
of the ocean, transatlantic travelling for
pleasure IS constantly on the increase.
New people are making the trip every
year and those who have done so once are
going oftener. This is partly due to the
wonderful development in the line of
shipbuilding. 1t now takes no longer to
cross the ocean than it does to cross this
country, an3 the comfort and luxury of
steamship travel have been immensely
improved"
John 7. banning. who was correspond
ent OF the Associated Press at Apia.
Samoa, aud wrote the graphic story of the
wreck OF the warships, and afterward. as
correspondent IN Chile, sent the irst news
Of the United States ultimatum TO that
country, and who is now Pacific coast
manager Of the Associated Press, was in
the city several days this week ana left
last night for Tacoma.