The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-07
THE FLEET
THAT SAILS
FOR COLD
Local Expeditions Will Clear
Rapidly for the North
for a Week.
NATIONAL CITY SAILS TO-DAY.
Hundreds More for the Crush Of
Three Thousand Men and a
Thousand Mules.
TWENTY VESSELS ENGAGED HERE.
The Old Ferry-Boat Mare Island to
Be Towed to st. Michaels-0pen-
ing the Stickeen Route.
TWENTY VESSELS ENGAGED HERE.
The Old Ferry-Boat Mare Island to
Be Towed to st. Michaels-0pen-
ing the Stickeen Route.

The height of the present rush from
San Francisco to the Yukon country was
reached with the sailing of the Walls
Walla and the Noyo day before yester-
day. The 200 or so who left in these YES
sells brought the number going from here
since the rush began up TO nearly if not
quite 1000.
There were no departures yesterday ex-
cept stray ones by rail to Seattle. but the
National City will leave to-day, and
twelve or fifteen special vessels will get
away with parties and outfits for the
Yukon within the next ten days. The
Uma.illa, one of the regular steamers to
the sound, will leave on Monday, and yes
terday fifty of the large mum Der booked
for passage are going to Juneau. Between
500 and $50 will probably leave to join the
invasion within the next two weeks, most
OF them getting away next week.
The cam schooner National City is
expected to be ready to leave this after
noon Tor st. Michaels, and is the first of
the special expeditions for which the
Yukon River route has been chosen.
This is quite pretentious expedition,
and has an interesting if not a perilous
IT D ahead. as have all the expeditions
which are going to brave the dangers and
take the chances on the Yukon River this
laie in the season. The capacious coast
ing steamer is heavily loaded with outfits
and supplies, tank holding several hun
dred gallons of water is on the deck and
coal is piled in bins on the deck. The
steam launch Hattie B was hoisted on
board last evening and two large barges,
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ara to be taken along. Nearly hundred
plan to go on the National City.
The little gasoline schooner Chetco.
with which an effort will be made to
make the entire trip up the river, will
leave to-day or o-morrow. The steamer
Hum boldt will carry TO st. Michaels a
large and brave expedition UP the Yukon,
stopping at Seattle for the biggest part of
her load. She will probably leave here
Oh Monday and will take between sixty
and seventyfve from San Francisco.
The steamer South Coast is also ex.
pected to get away to-day for St. Michaels.
taking along the tug Governor Stoneman
and a steam launch to tow barges up the
river.
The steamer North Fork is booked to
sail on the 18th inst. for st. Michaels, and
eighty-three are now enrolled for the trip.
An effort is being made to secure $50 pas
sengers. Yesterday kilograms were re-
ceived from many points asking that
berths be reserved. From Fresno came
requests to hold three berths, from Liver
more. seven, from San Jose one, from Med
ford. Or, one. and a telegram from North
Yakima stated that if the vessel would
stop there forty passengers could be
secured. The steamer arrived from
Eureka yesterday, and will be at once
fitted out. According to arrangements
perfected yesterday the old ferry boat
Mare Island which once was familiar at
Vallejo and which later ran between San
Francisco and Berkeley, will be towed
from here to ST. Michaels by the North
Fork. and there she is to ship up the river.
Not many waterfront wise heads think