The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-12
THE PASSING THR0NG.

james Noorelard. os Michigan. said 81
the Butler lssf night that ne looked Tor
1900 people % go 70 AIaSEa IN the spring
fion the Middle West. and OF that number
he believes - per cent viii OUTFIT in this
city
They cannot take the trade from Seat
tie said Mr. Moc-s.an3. We al reccg-
RE the fact that IL is as natural % come
70 Seattle before going 10 Alaska as II =
20 buy 3 ticket on the steamer. The ef-
forts OF the ost-Inteifgencer 70 adyeT-
ttse Seattle have been successful 50 sar
as the Middle West Is concerned. / real
NY first news about Alaska in your paTer.
arr / know OF hundreds Of Iowa people
y no got their information from the Post
Tntslligencer. They are as familiar vita
&c back there as they are with the Big
New York newspapers"
Mr. Meoreland believes that ma ny people
os the Middle West win come 70 the city
in organized parties. They VIII organize
into parties Of forty or fifty and ask the
railroad companies for reduced fares Al
ter they reach the city they viii OUTFIT n
bodies, believing that by so doing they
viii be able 10 get reduced prices. Al
ready several such parties have been or
sanized. and all winter long others VIII
be at work getting ready 10 join IN the
mad rush.
Those people down in California are
Just beginning 10 realize that they do ..ot
exist IN connection with the Alaska
trade" said julius Redelshsimer. He IS
tGst home from a trip 10 California Most
Of his time was spent in san Francesca
Wherever went said Mr.. Redelsheiner'
IT was pes.ered by business men Who
wanted 10 know Il It were an actual fact
that Seattle was doing much business
with Alaska I asked them il Sen Fran
cisco was doing II. and they said that
city was not getting much or II.
They admitted that some city must be
doing IT, and hen I suggested that they
name a city other than Seattle that was
getting the trade, they were puzzled.
''But II is a fact that San Francisco
merchants are just beginning 10 under
stand the enormous trade that Seattle Is
doing as a result Of the Alaska BOOM
They know that they will never be able
to get the trade. that Seattle is the ma
tural point for IT, and all they can do is
to talk about what 8 fine thing IL would
have been for San Francisco IL the Alas
ka harvest had come 10 its doors"
Rev. E. NJ. Randall and Mr.. Efaw left
last night for the Olympics on hunting
trip. They viii leave the boat at Crescent
City and go TO Lake Crescent by stage,
and thence on to the headwaters OF the
turn to Seattle the latter part of next
week, provided they are not freed by bears.
Charles Cotton. jr., son of Capt Cotton,
L. s N. arrived In the city Sunday from
Alaska. and during the next few days his
marriage TO Miss Wade will take place.
He will stay on the coast for about one
month and viii then return TO Alaska.
where he holds a responsible position.
Robert w Gait, chief engineer Of the
United States navy. is among the guests
OF the Rainier-Grand, having arrived in
the city Sunday from Washington
Personal.
DR.. f. A sizer. of Illinois. is at the Ste
vens.
Mr. ana Mrs. w. F. Coon. of Burlington.
are at the Diller.
c. ]. Cleary. OF Juneau. was registered
at tsa-Butler yesterday.
R. l. Lellie. Of Honolulu, is among those
registered at the Butler.
United States Marshal Ide. OF Spokane
is spending few days in the city.
]. B. Yakey. prosecuting attorney of Kit
sap county. was at the Butler last night
Alfred McLain. of the Diller. left yester-
day mornrrs for Hood canal ON hunting
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs, P, ]. Smith. Of Issaquah.
accompanied by Mrs. p. Paul. are at the
Diller.
Mrs. F. W. Wise and daughter. of Vic
toria. r. c.. are among those registered at
the Stevens.
F. A. Wilson, of the United States navy.
arrived in the city yesterday. and is reg
istered at the Rainier-Grand.
Melville Stoltz. tourist from New South
Wales is in the city. and Is making the
Rainier-Grand his headquarters.