The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-22

One Passenger Who Did Not Like
Him Gives Him Credit for Hand
ling His Expedition Well.

% al the expeditions which have left
Seattle with tss sold fields q the KIoa-
dixie as an objective point. none has at
trscted greater attention thar that headed
BY Mayor Wood. The trouble IN thi- city
concerning freight attracted w.desrrlad
attention. ard many reports have bssa
received since, some % hem berg seusa-
tionsl r. the extreme. u view q iris con-
dfi7n - Affairs the following extracrs
from letter written by J. II Clark. a
member % The sxpedl ion. % Coronrr Van-
Gel vii bs Of general interest WAT MI
Clark says can he fererted upon as b.
irg an impartial statement. 80 fsr az any
Interest n Mayer WSod Is concerned Mr.
Clark does not have much Use fer The
mayer bscauss. as he says. he believes
h.m 20 ~ a church craak" vet he tails
Dr. Nantei that 30 mus Say lr justice %
tae mar that - las handled TIRE ex0e-
dltlcr better thar ~ thought u posslhi.
frr u o. 60 Mr Clark e. Weii known 81
Sfafte ard Tacrma havl1z servei - the
police ani Gre departments in both cites
Ur6sr date q August e. on board ne
steamer Humboldt IA Bsrlng sea. NJ
Clark says
There is a Fres- deal % dIssstlsfa ton
among TIRE passengers az 20 mesls ct
Thsy promise 70 roast SIR Wooa and the
hoats crew IN re papers Il good shape
ana I suppose tt VII - eVs Egeratsd a
good deal too. 90 dent believe all you
resd uust say that 7 an IA a way
satisfied although the grub and other
thlnEs lave nor been as they should be
But I a. rot expect they would be 50 Z
am rot disappointed. one great trouble
f. We have many passengers who % n9t
krow what = trip o. THIS kind means.
They thirk thi1gs should b ~ they frd
.hsn On a palace car. and that would be
impossible
I tbirk I have forgotten 20 cay any
thing about prices AZ Dutch Earhn~. We'll
we could purchase ANYTHING Ne wsnted
tasre a. reasonable p-ices-about = per
re~t advance or Seattle prices on sore
thiaEs ard others 5ust - cheap. lumber
ard coal g. great advance bat ether
things very cheap
we arrived AZ 81 Michael today 81 8
w All sell We bar great reuorts
from the gold fel1s. They say grub ;
~ovth rs weight 81 gold tasre. Ard taat
r,ea ara not allowed 60 w.thost e. II q
rlan Foes u wlth grub hey take 4 away
from hs-- Provisions cs1 be purchased
he-e IN plenty. There are Thousands OF
tins 80 IL Piled up .0 hIr warehouses
Further on Nr. Clark SAYS. We were
originally divides lnfo Eanxs - work on
trs largo ard hosr bar they 6i5 1at work
welt Thsc We were - work slxat hours
&sy en- senr-s11r SHIFTS from a. n.
untIf ss II thaz Alternately uat1 an
SO 2 II hut - course soma did not
w-rE a. al sn6 seue ~oal6 be coAx@d or
forced as - osse ~ gst Be . - dew
20 Were tse boa- vas Being h1Ift be-
w14la a1t wark Many % re Passenger
worked vsry hsr5- ! znew I'D worked
zs Asrt ar c.gi5 ard put = ,o.s g over
t,rae. by tat mean AT worked raurs
tha- slEhs hours a 1Ay or w1ich Z ar
PROMISED a. cestE A. aoGr. we launched
re go. se7ssnhs- e. and rox re -ork
@ lezairx bsSirs"
At sAs enhance 90 80 yukc- r.ve- Seq
re-rh er - NJ C28-k says. a. ne tts-~
c. thl. writing Ne are Asr4 a-d FAST Fl
fNs md e. Ise IaEtH % ths Yukon -.ver
ahcut Hftv -lss f-oE s. ~ chaeL
~%aw &c % ne g afsuent receive
ka-rz leaving Seattle. ] esn ozly say tnss
Y has beea 81 7 expected % .otzrse
-s-v hsvs t~est - conscl. Themselves by
kieklrx sa3 fzssrE Ths~e has he@1 lots
- F~ewt}nE c-- mostly ~ respe W.
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As-4 wt.s re resi- - IS aid - yea -oul
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