The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-22
Ocean and River Boats Being
Built for Spring Traffic.
HEAD OFFICES IN THIS CITY.
Steruwheeiers for the Yukon In
Course of Construction st Ballard
-ocean-Goinx vessel to BE Con-
trarted For-Capt. Richard Chill
colt and John Bsrneson Interest,"
ed in the New Organization.

4 steamship company which viii be an
important factor in Alaska Transports
ton next spring has been organized. with
Capt. Richard Chilcott as president:
vice president, h II. Sfarkey. Of New
York. treasurer. Charles T. Battele, OF
Portland. Steamers for the Yukon river
are now in process Of construction and
the contract for an ocean vessel TO run
20 81. Michael viii be let during this
month.
The name Of the new association is the
North American Steamship Company.
The boats Will run from Seattle and the
headofices Of the company viii be in this
city. The company is capitalized ~
$50 coo. This VIII be only a starter, il
the plans Of the transportation men are
carried out in full Business will be
transacted by the following officers:
General agent, c. T. Battelle; traffic and
passage manager. h II. Starkey; marine
superintendent Capt. Richard Chiicott:
manager on the Yukon. John Barneson.
For several months Capt. Chilcott has
had five-year lease on the wharf OF the
Centennial MIL Company, and that Will
be the landing Of the ocean steamers.
The mill site has jetty Of 745 feet The
lease takes sos feet. On the leased por-
ton viii be built warehouse Slx2oo feet
TO accommodate 600 tons OF freight.
The company viii have two steamers
on the Yukon river. they are being con-
structed at Ballard by Thomas Reed.
One is 80 feet long. 80 feet breadth Of
beam and feet deep. The other is i25
feet long. q feet breadth of beam and
5 feet deep. They viii draw twenty-five
inches light and three feet loaded. Two
barges viii be attached one rs feet long
capable of carrying seventy passengers
and another loo feet long. fitted for nifty
passengers. The entire river feet will
take 400 passengers. with their outfits,
100 tons of fuel and 800 tons Of freight.
The steamers are stern wheelers. and the
contract calls for their completion April
%
Plans and specifications have been
drawn for the ocean steamer. and ship
building firms on the coast are figuring
on the contract. II will be ESQ feet long,
% feet breadth Of beam and IS feet deep.
There will be a hurricane deck for the
accommodation Of passengers in the
Alaska trade. and the company pur-
poses when the excitement is over to
cut of the hurricane deck and convert
the vessel into a steam schooner. The
company will build it's own passenger
accommodations. leaving the shipbuild-
ers 10 inquire only on oulcerS' ana crews
quarters, galley and pantry. There will
be two eight-foot matches, one ON each
end No fancy work is desired. The
vessel must be finished by February %
1888. The propelling power will be fur
nished by triple expansion engines of
about COO indicated horse power with
two Scotch marine boilers.
The steamer will have a speed OF H.
knots an hour, with capacity for carry
Ing 400 passengers. 600 tons Of freight and
400 tons Of fuel. She will be constructed
especially for the south channel of the
Yukon, which Capt Chilcott firmly be-
heFes TO be the coming route of entrance
TO the YUKON. Other ocean steamers will
be acquired by charter. The little six
ty-foot steamer Alert formerly used by
Barneson & Chilcott as a dispatch boat.
VIII so North as a pilot boat The Alert
mas been prospecting In Alaska under
command Of Capt Clemens, formerly OF
the steamer City of Kingston
III Is proposed to have the ocean steam
er finished in time TO make four round
trips between Seattle and Skaguay. Ieav-
Ing here for the first time March /. 1898.
Id. H. Starkey. vice president of the
new company. has been for the last fifteen
years manager Of James F. Scholes' truck
ing concern, the largest company of the
Kind In New York and Brooklyn. He rA-
signed to come West, and win locate per-
manently In Seattle with his family.
Char!es I. Battelle. formerly OF New
YORK, has for the last ten years been
merchandise broker in Portland Ore.
gon. he also has brought his family here
TO live.