The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-07
TOENTER At SEATTLE
Capt. Carroll. Of the Queen,
Gets His Mad Up.
THE MAReLE HEART FOR TACOMA
Customs omcers There Keep Els
steamer waiting While They
Daily sf the Dinner Table.

The cslIsope OF the big excursion steamer
Queen was scresching ulsrriiy yesterday
morning as the vessel. with Its crowd q
tourists Ca the decks. steamed out Of the
harbor. The music Of the steam organ did
not run smoothly in places. and one old
salt on the water front .ss heard 10
lament the old days on the Mississippi
river when the music OF the river boats
was seductive enough TO draw negro
away from a watermelon patch
When the caIisope sounded In htful gusts
IL but reflected the mood OF the chief of8-
Ger Of the Steamer. Capt Carroll does nor
think very highly OF Tacoma. and viii n
future enter his steamer at the Seattle
customs house instead OF at the City OF
Destiny, as heretofore. This Is all owing
10 the appetite OF the collector Of customs
al Tacoma. who calmly ate his dinner last
Wednesday afternoon while the steamer
Queen with its hundred or more passen-
gers aboard. lay out In the hareor await
ing that dig1itzry's appearance 10 enter,
discharge passengers and get away for Sc
attic. The sun was hot: captain. officers,
passengers and crew impatient, and dur
ting the tedious wait OF almost an hour Tor
the appearance of a customs officer, the
captain decided that Seattle should be his
port Of entry IN the future. The reason
given for the delay Is that the regular
hours on which collectors are on duty Is
from . 10 4 O'Clock. Capt. Carroll mad tele-
grapfed TO Tacoma from Victoria that ne
would arrive at $50 o'clock, and was on
time 10 the minute, but no customs officer
was on hand. When the Queen ar
rived IN Seattle United States Deputy Col
lector OF Customs r. A. Mcdonald was
seen. and he expressed the utmost willing
ness TO enter the Queen at any time OF cay
or night. and Capt. Carroll said that on
the next down trip he would enter here m
stead of Tacoma II the time OF his arrivai
fell outside the regular ONCE hours. This
means much TO the City of Destiny, as
where the entry Is made the passengers
are discharged. The people carried py the
Queen are for the most part Eastern TOUR
lists of means. They occupy the best rooms
IN the best hotels and spend many nun
dreds OF dollars about the city In signt-
seeing and in ordinary purchases
The supplies for the steamer Itself are
purchased in Tacoma, according 10 con-
tract, the Queen being the only steamer
OF the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
northern feet of which that is true Inc
ras, huv supplies in Seattle, and all take
fuel here.
In an interview published in the Tacoma
Ledger, Capt. Carroll says:
II DO moi want to seem unreasonable.
but | do not intend 20 be blamed oy over
a hundred passengers for what some one
else has done OF not DONE VIC dic Auh-
ming a tourist boat. and try In every pos
slbe way TO accommodate them. ana IL
certainly Is not right 10 compel them TO
walt nearly an hour while customs ofh-
Ger eats his dir ner. The collector told me
that he went up town to eat at S:l5 and did
not think that the Queen would be here on
time, although had telegraphed him that
l would he in port at $50
Perhaps they are not compelled TO
work more than seven hours day, but
I do not intend TO suffer on that account.
and intend TO enter at Seattle the next
trip down and simply cali here incident
ally 90 accommodate the passengers who
may desire TO land at Tacoma. The Seat
tie customs men have wired me that they
will be glad to enter the Queen at any
hour I may arrive. whether day or night.
and the hotel men In that city have been
after me a long time TO make Seattle the
headquarters. instead of Tacoma
Steamers wiliapa and Ai-ki VIII san for
Alaska al o'clock this evening. The OPP
position between these steamers is grow
ing hotter all the time. and while the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company officials
think the Willapa's existence on the Alas
ka route Is bat short lived, the wnlapa
seems 10 he stil in the ring and not par
ticularly disfigured.