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


Twenty-one steamer. three sailing ves-
SEES and two scows will be Flowing the
waters Of the North Pacific ocean. bound
for Alaskan pores from Puget sound. be-
tween this date and September L
The list OF steamers includes the reeu-
lar Alaska boats Of the Pacific ,1oass
Steamship Company New charters are
made almost daily, and new vessels ars
being constantly pressed into the servfce
OF transporting gold hunters 70 the new
EIdorado OF tie north. whittier they ars
lured by the wonderful discoveries OF vtr-
sin gold IN the Ciondyke ptace.s.
Yesterday the rush WAS al ITS height
TIE city was filled with hundreds Of gold
hunters. Every hotel in town was chock-
a-biock, and the lodging house keepers
have not done such q business since the
halcyon days OF the boom Restaurants
are oversaxed, while in every lire OF com
merctal pursuit the merchants are rushed
TO almost Q standstiil with orders.
The big crowd In the city las. night was
partly due 10 the sailing Of the iron steam
ship Willamette. which carries the largest
load OF human freight that ever left any
port on the Sound. The WiIlamette's pas
senger list IL Almost 500. while all the room
in the hold not made into Storage accom-
modanons was filled to overlooking with
freight.
/, is astonishing 10 what ends the gold
hunters will go In their mad rush for .
fortune Deep down in the hold OF the
Willamette. where for the past four years
only coal has been carried. are ranged tier
upon tier Of rough wooden hunks. hastily
constructed for the hundreds OF prospec-
tors and fortune hunters bound for the
frigid north. while everything possible
has been done by the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company to make the three or fou
days on the biliowy as comfortable as pos
sible. In spite of this many will find the
voyage. cooped up in narrow and lily
ventilated quarters, not all the fun in the
world
At the company's dock last night the
scene was almost a Jam of struggling hu-
mainly. with horses and tons upon tons
of freight which filed the big warehouse
almost TO overlooking. II required a
double gang of longshoremen to handle
the freight, of which there were upwards
Of 1, 500 tons. The work OF loading the big
iron ship began at $50 o'clock and con-
tsnued TIL long past midnight
In their mad rush 10 the north people
are taking advantage of every kind OF
navigas ton that is offered. The latest en-
terprise is the chartering Of a sailing ship
by Tacoma parties, which will be towed
TO Dyea and Skaguay bay by an ocean
:
the Coast seem to have been pressed into
service. and yet the demand is for more.
Hutchinson's scheme.
One OF the latest enterprises to come
TO the front Is to be exploited by w. l.
Hutchinson. son OF 'Plunger'' Hutehfn-
son. Of the Chicago stock exchange, who
sailed with six other Chicago men on the
Cleveland for St. Michaels Thursday. The
party included Harold Slurgis. repre-
al Tvs nj aS-IJ
| The others were: n. p. r. Hatch. of the
Rookery building. Chicago, an attorney
for the Erie railroad: William Bncking-
ham. +. j. Franlssn and e. b. Elliott.
Hutchinson's mission Is 20 investigate
as to the cost and practlcability OF devel-
oping the big coal mines owned by him.
self and associates on the Yukon river,
, not far from Circle City. The scheme. Il
Is understood. includes the establishment
OF a coaling station al st. Michaels and
al various points on the Yukon for the
steamers of the North American Trans
portation and Trading Company. II Is be-
iieved that a market viii be found for
large amount OF coal The North Agaeri-
can Transportation and Trading Company
alone will have twelve river steamers on
the Yukon next season 20 consume coal.
At present steamships plying between
Seattle and ST. Mchaels coal at Wrangel.
They naturally have to carry a large
voyage. With proper facilities for coal
ing al ct Michaels, not little OF the room
now taken up with fuel could be utilized
for freight.
The other men In the Chicago party
have plenty of money with which TO spec
ulate in claims or 10 engage in other bust
ness enterprises in the north. It Ia under
stood. however. that each intends TO look
out for promising quartz and placer mines
, In the Clondyke.
Provisions for Daw son City.
AZ schwabackers dock the schooners
Nnve'ty and Sailor Boy are loading pro-
visions and supplies for Alaska. They
are under charter 70 the North American
Transportation and Trading Company.
The Sailor Boy recently arrived from
Port Clarence, Alaska. The Novelty
sailed from San Francisco for Gray's
harbor a month ago but on her arrival
at The harbor she was ordered here. Both
viii SAT- in week for ST. Michaeis. load
al with provisions Of all kinds and min
ers' supplies. The stores will he loaded
on the river steamers Of the company and
taken up the river to Dawson City.
The schooner Eueneme is loading lurn-
Der AT kerry's mill FOR the North Aneri-
can Transportation and Trading Com
pany. She will sail IN about ten days.
The Willamette at Tacoma
T.
TACOMA. Aug "a man wi hour a SOM
brerc. WOODEN shirt. ccr3uroy trousers and
heavy shoes attracted TO attention what
ever az Ocean dock today from the igu-
u,enss crowds that cong-egatad 20 witness
the loading q the big iron steamer VILLAIN
cite. which arrived In port ar O'Clock this
morning from Seattle. II is estimated thar
fully ,51a people visited the wharf during
the day, the crowd that gathered during
the evening being 50 dense as 10 almost
cause suIocatlon. II Is the first real oppor-
tl8G,ty the people OF the city have had 10
ccrgTeEate during the day time and esrly
evening Tor the purpose OF wishing the
ArEoaaatS 20 tbs far north Godspeed or
their Journey 10 tire land Of gold.
Wives. children. parents and friends
weadcd their footsteps down Pacific ave-
rre 20 the dock 20 watch the fHai preuars-
lions for The start. and by their words OF
cheer encourage the prosrSciors on the f1rs.
and easiest part Of their long Journey When
the whistle og warning was blown AZ se.S9
announcing tha. the vessel wotid leave 81
bali q hour. the -gl parting vas wit
messed. Weeping wives and children chung
20 TIA nsckS o. husbands and fathers until
the last minute while friends and sweet
hearts Haunted handk=rchiefs and cried
o.. words oE cheer as ire big black hulk
moved slowly away from tae deck and gu,
tnto the dark.
Standing well hack IN the crowd was the
form % a coIely young woman with
tear~st aired face and wissful look She
was watching the fading form OF her
ai3aaced. who had 5ourreyed from the
sold flel6s several weeks ago with enough
dust 70 send for her and her brother and
sister. wEo 81 that time were living in
Illinois They arrived several days age,