The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-20
DAISY SOLD.
ua. row BOOMs FOR CHINOOK
cOMPANY AT sKyKOMIsH.
s.>a~er with an Interesting HIS
.~vv-GenePal Railroad and Wa
-. Front Notes.-The Great North
ems View Foider-The Faarhavea-
..,..A Belle CoIlisiOa Investiga-
ss>~-Personal and Impersonal
rnformafiOn.

-. Of how have the mighty fallen
80 express.on yesterday in the sale
- ~. steamer Daisy by the Puget Sound
~..sr,sroat Con- pany TO 8. y. Moore. OF
.-TsSy and Robert AIrey, Of Seattle.
- usi1 nut her In shape and send her
- the SkykornEsa. where she viii De
W~.snred by the Chinook Boom Company
ewing logs.
p.eeors.ng 70 the language OF steamboat
=, the Daisy has not turned wheel
=, dix years She was built in this city
. sssD for the Puget Sound Transfer Com
and put into the freight and pas
80, business between this port and
800. river. She Is what is called by
s.-.s stsanaboat people fan-taii. and by
sss.yx = yheelbarrow boat. She is eighty
-. lang. beam twenty feet and depth
-, feet. Her tonnage Is as and horse
sossr forty.
rss Daisy has furnished several chap.
.s-s ~ maritime history on Puget sound.
- before the years 1883 and 1872 was con-
.ss.-sd valuable adjunct TO the efficiency
= the fee, OF the Puget Sound Transfer
Company.
wien the Washington Steamboat Com
..ny with y. e. Jackson as iSs president.
Is organized al Utsalady. May q. 1ss4.
~ Daisy was transferred 20 and cop
annAd In the service Of that company.
Sarnux NJ tho waters OF the sound and
.s.tlnr M fler heels al opposition until
- examination OF the Puget Sound and
s.ss.s Steamship Company in less. when
~ AGAIN shifted her registry as to own.
srvh,o. and became part of the property
= ,hr new Incorporation. Then com.
rsueed such an era or prosperity In
,,sauboatlng on Puget sound that tina
| smale. ol6-fashioned boats were set out
a, freightsrs. and among them was the
| rn,sy As long an the big feet of new
.ssarners OF the Puget Sound and Alaska
e,arnship Company and the opposition
mss kept working the old boats were con-
sIrned to profane work In the way OF
| miscellaneous business. freightfng hay and
,sst When things commenced 10 let up
r. 4 business way. the Daisy. with otnef
"a timber. was sent up the river 10 the
.soneyard" Her sale yesterday means
,hat she will be even more Inundated by
| seInr made tow boat Of, TO drag booms
u logs around the Skykomish river.
During the days OF her decaGence the
! nalsy was at one time used 10 bring bricks
!, ,ha CITY and at Yesler wharf. prob.
shv revolving at the indIgnity. she kick
A no her heels higher than usual AMI
! aank. bricks and all. George 8. Jacobs
vas her manager and a, the same time
DOC. Grinwaid was the engineer. Not
kslnr In the passenger business Grinwald
sodk the after cabin and converted II into
| sta,eroom that was the envy and dis
CAR Of every other engineer on the sound.
neInx something Of an artist Grinwald
soon converted the place into a palatial
touior.
Nothing like Il had ever been heard OF.
Instead of a narrow bunk Grinwald put
40 A bed that was gorgeous In It's APP
continents Carpets and rugs covered the
| coor. t.raperies OF oriental design and tap
estr.es and rare fabrics hung In graceful
! sssis from the frieze OF the one-time cabin.
| Al az the spaces OF the walls were filed
S,,h paintings In oil and water colors.
strhings and engravings. and soft pas
tile found room here and there among the
at treasures OF the chief engineers apart
nsnts on the brick boat.
When the Daisy took her dive TO the
bottom OF the sound she took all OF
Grnwalds treasures with her and every
/ fsiag MAS ruined. The fishes swan around
/ ana looked al the works OF art, and the
crabs made free with the big. wide bed
| ssi the carpets and rugs. All sorts or
impertinences were committed BY the
l strange things that live In the bottom or
TIE sound, and since then IL Is told that
l Grnwald has not had the heart 10 fuss
| ssh nice stateroom. He just puts up
with what the company has 10 furnish
bin, and tries 10 be content with modest
l Surroundings.