The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-25

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Trlp-B1Poe Schooner - Return.
TIE schooner Ella Johnson. enc Of the
drss calling vessels to leave this port for
Cook inlet with gold hunters, arrived IN
port et midnight Saturday. having made
the round trip 70 TurnAgn1n Arm, Cook
inlet. IN nfty-one dayR. The Johnspn
sailed out Of port on the svsHing q April
I with sixty-oue passenger. . few hours
behind the W. }. Bryant Together the
two raced and arrived ct Kodiak, the nrst
stopping place. within twenty-four hours
Of each other. They also arrived close
together IT Coal bay. but from there to
Turnaxa:n arm the johnson sailed away
from the Bryant and unloaded her pas
sengers and got sway for home before
the latter reached the arm The trip Was
IN unusually successful enes and stamps
tho johnson - one ct the best aIl-around
saIIers on Puget Sound, she having made
the trip from the arm TO this port to four
teen days. the quickest passass Jet ~.
corded.
Cant. Smith was not sboard the scheea-
or when POST lntelligencer reporter went
aboard last evening It sunset. but the
steward. A. Can, one of the best known
marine caterers afloat IN the Northwest.
threw the rope ladder over the side Of the
boat and said: Come up. end IN give
you the whole story" and he dsA "You
-. We left Seattle ON April IN . kind
Of . mean wind. which kept up an the
way to Kodiak. which place We reached on
April II. We Laid here Tor . couple Of days
to give the passengers . chance to rest
themselves . little and have some amuse-
ment. which they had. - the natives gave
two dances and did other things that
amused the boys. The Bryant GOT IN here
twenty-four ahead Of IN. Her crew was
compelled to buy provisions. - the stores
had run short. She left Kodak 3 few
hours ahead OF us. some fellow On her
playing on . eornet The Girl Left Be-
hind Me- Well. that was al right, and
We didn't mind II very much. and the boys
just said. Wen get them before We get
back They beat us into Coal bag all
right
Eat Coal hay I talked 70 several psssen-
eenrs Of the Lakns ana Utopia. and
Just tel y6u there b . whole lot Of suffer-
ing there. ~ some Of those poor devils
haven't any money to speak Of and hard
lysenough covering to shelter them. There
are couple of fellows there with small
grocery stores. and may be you think
they don't charge They make those poor
suckers pay $50 gallon for syrup and
Is cents q pound for sugar and 90 on
They intend to start a store on the inlet
but ono OF the prospectors told me that
they Wouldn't sell much II they kept up
those prices. Say. ! want to tell you
about the coal at that place. You can
see veins sticking out running from two
feet 10 eighteen feet and running along
the shore for seventy or eighty miles
You can break II out almost like cord
wood and II hurns pretty fair
after staying mt Coal bay for . couple
Of days. We started for Turnagain arm, on
Cook inlet, and after . hard tussis with
the tides and with the aid Of our pilot
Jack the Pirate one Of the best pilots
I'm Alaska. We reached the arm At high tide
May 7. and In few hours were high ana
dry on the bank. We were on our side.
and had TO make fast with ropes. but in q
short time We got all our passengers and
their baggage OF. and were fioated again
at htgh tide. We left them IN good spirits
and with hrst-class prospects In fact
one OF the party. Erickson by name. rock
ed out $40 In enc weeks time. The only
vessel tn ahead of US was the little schoon-
miles outside the entrance TO the inlet. try
ing to get In We didn't have any cornes
aboard. bn; We yelled out: How about
the girl you left behsnd7"' We came right
On to this port. and made the trip in
fourteen days
Everybody about Coal bay and the in,e,
Is talking about the Lincoln and they all
think she has gone down all right On the
trip Up the only thing we ran short Of was
mix and butter and fresh meat. hut al
Kodak We shot two moose and caught
plenty of salmon. 50 we were all right"
Beside the captain and the steward
there was Dave Bedford. second cook: c.
Carlson. first mate. and s. Carlson and b
Jones. sailors The schooner will lie Al
anchor until the arrival from Victoria o.
Capt HATFIELD. her manager