The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

Creams q ths hs1 Of tbs Arrora Horeslsz.
Tzs itscyy tsgers ~ssat 0z AZ follows:
The details IN the osxxnzxat1cn cz tna
H<v company have ncs c-er ccapasss6-
II. = shczxAt nT sorns that tsse rsw
corngsuv pro.absy OWLS mEd eonsrcss tns
ssss sser Hoezls< vhsck Jeff Tseo0za ssv-
erzf seyx ara ger ALASKA Ths announce
meat was nssAe that Capt George Roo
sYts. Cnarsss Peabody Ard Esglassr Gscsxs
xssns LAD EossxAx xhs Resale. When askssd
II ID. company Fad good naeksax. Mr.. Pea
bcay sasds We have xsrpnx hacking. ffss-
class backing. The steamer Edith. here
scfore saxagec IN h2sissf sshlax % tiss
eoTgherx banks fer xAs PU<etae Eslie1t
Conpany, % Tacoma vDs announced IS
essarfsssd by ths fomtxny ccnsrossing The
Resale. ard ase was sexs 20 sxzglay Win
horses besonging 10 men wAo "sat up On
fns Rosaite.'
Tne uaixe1 truth es the rnasisr h that
ire details OF tho organization had bern
completed and Seattle had ss@en chosen a.
sne cnsHpAay's heaGC sarfers- Following
the Ledger arsacss Some systswScas psr-
soa In Tacoma suggested sssst the steamer
CRY Of Seattle BE- renamed the CITY OF
T&c0mA. a. - AaveTstsed Seattle In IS
ranse Ths Tacoma Chamber of Com
MERGE worked itself up into frsnxy OF
excitement over the new lire ane was
roan6sd up by Mr.. Dodwesl who asked
fFssaen 10 conduct his own h1stn~ss a.
he SAW A.
Seattle Me1-
Yesterday Charles e. Peabody. Of this
city, the general manager OF the lire. was
seen ~ the oese-e OF Gilmore a Thursson.
or Cherry street. where the business was
being temporarily carried on. and stated
snat the operations OF The new company.
wistch BY the way II named the Wash
inxsor-Aiaska Steamship Company, would
be without any prejudice TO phases wh-re
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organised by 6eoyEe 4. Dodwsli and oshsr
capitalists sEsw York man and the
Alaska steamship Company, 10 transact
business between Puget sound ports and
points sa Southeast Alaska. Mr.. Peabody,
OF Seattle IL general manager. Frank 4.
Barns. OK Seattle, is general agent OF the
Alaska end OF the line, with headquarters
~ Juneau: Carl III. j. Stoftenee-gs OF se-
attic. II general passenger and ticket
agent. and rezixns his position with the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company to ae-
cept one OF large possibilities with the
rev company. Capt. George Roberts and
Chief Engineer George Lent, who viii so
ia the CITY OF Seattle. are both members
Of the ALASKA Steamship Company. which
always had It's Offices in Seattle. and apt
Melville Nichols. OF the RossIie. Is a Sc
attic man. The other officers snd men
who are engaged or who viii be engaged
ara Seattle men, and the peculiar niche
that the Tacoma people occupy in relation
10 their exclusive Hfe has not yet been
located
Located Here.
The general operating Offices and the
head ticket Offices OF the Washington
Alaska line are already located In SEATTLE.
ard quarters have been engaged In the
fine basement under the Northepl iacific
offices Tn Pioneer place. Tacoma viii sell
tickets. and - viii Port Townsend and
Victoria. but the business will be dcre In
Seattle. As shrew6 business nses, the Of
ficiais would naturally locate their off1ces
whsre their competitors car bs watched.
and the great bulk az trasI northward
be- participated In. Instead OF Seattle be-
Ing the way port. It vii; he Tacoma.
While the officers say that there will be
no prejudice. and that the HE was organ
lied for business wherever business can
be found. the location 81 the offices here
establishes what their opiglion Is In reia-
ton TO the place where the largest amount
OF business exists.
The railroads and steamboat lines are
all for Seattle.