The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-15
NEW REVENUE BOAT.
The Launch Scout Has Been
Accepted by Government
FORT To~NsEso-s BARRACKS.
Around the worla rrem Barrard In
Ies-A Great Race Fren
San Fran<fseo-

Pert Toxzsez3. Jzze .a-SzecEsl--Ae
rewly ezllE revenue launch Sceux has
ee>z scce2Es1 BY The government T14
sF@e1 lest @xz@e5e9 t2s -eszlzIr=rsS1ts rzsz-
tsc-ze1 II the co1-ract- Ire Specifications
requires 30 revolutions PEI Eiazts All 81
TIE trsza s=st ne azznca attained = speed
rate a. Ia 1I.@s per asG< an6 * rrvs-
EZI0ls Per minute The ornS- aAz-cn. re
G12r1. made 80 rsv9lzr30nS a inmate ard
1T Ez11es per hour TIE machinery II
both vessels operated 70 the entire salts
facz1cE of the board Q. -evrzue nsscs~s.
Eno unanimously ron<grre1 Il TIRE ansz81r
that TIE contractor. J. T Eere-1an. -
this city. lad butt rxo - ire sassxEess
ard mcSz 1urze5s launches 81 TIE revenue
service. To prevent smuggling across re
straits u snail. swift steamers Or ss0ops
TIE Scout and Guard vii - q great as
ssstazcs
TIE rs-oecgpstsor % TIE military POST a.
Fort To~rsea3 a. an early date ~ three
Or four companies q soldiers is assured
The Army and Navy Gazette n 4 late IS
sue published the order as srnzazEf-g from
the department. and since thea CO.. Lzz-
6es has from WASHINGTON City received
atvsee. ccn1--t-g the news Il ts 1ropos-
e1 . repair al OF The old buildings. erect
nsw barracks and provide aecc-m0da-
tfo1s far - Esen- During the cons e~aczsoa
H1i-alry and Ri-ggol6. the headquarters
vii se maintained az Far Townsend An
advance detachment from Vancouver l.
expected here n jay 20 take charge ~ the
pest preliminary 20 the arrival % the
traps
The Hawaiian schooner Americana =
back from = voyage around the world
Last August the vessel arrived here frcr
the OT1sat and loaded cargo OF lGnber on
IA
she u1aSs the voyage via Cape Horn. ard
eonri1Uans % the eastward returned By X.
wa9 % Cape OF Good HOPE Al Fas.
London owing to The TrazsvxaI trouble
the work of alsehz-g1nx was DELAYED ever
ere nontk- In vovagsuE around n. wsob.
TIE Americana has gained dzv. or. IL
other NoT1s- the vessel has ex2ersezese
che more Cay than have the people Of the
Unzte1 States Although a Schooner the
Americana carries yards % the foremost
ard nzainnast
The British steamship Olympia. whl-a
succeeded the Stra1hnevis On TIE Puget
sound ard Oriental route is due 70 arrive
ssre teSnorrow On her initial voyage from
Yokohama The Olympia Is zs5s %
eclipse al other vessels q the same lire
n points Q, elegance. comfort ane speed.
She las 10 tnns q freight for victo-!a
and fun cargo for transportation % East
gage viii be landed ~ Diamond pant fer
quarantine inspection and szrnigafson
The race between tire bark Dzs1fng Wave.
earke-tEns Retriever ard schooner " p
5swett from San Francisco 90 PUGET sound
S exciting much interest n marine circles.
Most ot the shipping usa believe TIE
barksEtine VII Win the lso~els Her
master. Capt Began. possesses one cf the
hroadFst Irish hrogEss IN existence s
natural vic ant when Il comes 70 MAKING
quick Passages is considered mzs-a. IS
he was leaving San Francisco he told TIE
other captains he wo155 meet them O. his
way pit 70 sea. loaded and ready for an
ether voyage.
The ship Sterling has been Sold ~ Tohn
Rose5<el5's Sons 70 the Alaska Packers
Association and the vessel VIII soon sal
from San Francisco FOR the Alaska car
ner.ss. Capt DAVIS viii relieve TIE FORM
e. comma nier H-zieIson-
Capt s. B Petersen % Szn Far1cisco.
has purchased ths ship Sarszrfz fer 81 DO
and sent her % Puget sound for cargo
Of lumber. g command % Capt Basch.
late a. the barksatsne Nctoc. Which vas
wrecked 81 the Mexican coast recently.
TIE British ing Hope has lowed several
large RATS os .cxs lately fran 5eftvs-
burg below Po-- Angeles. % Victoria
where the logs are manufactured tnto
Timber and shipped - Australia