The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-04
LETTER FROM THE MAYOR.
Further Particulars About the New
Steamship and the Company's
Business.

4. l.. Hawley. of this city. who Is asso-
clated in several enterprises with Mayor
w II. Wood. and who has been attending
to the local business in relation TO the
steamship humboldt. has received letter
from San Francisco. under date of July 81.
IN which the mayor commissions Mr..
Hawley 10 attend 10 the placing of the
ticket and freight work connected with
the new steamship line. The letter. which
contains some general information on the
subject OF the steamships capacity and
equipment and the harges for the river
service Is as follows:
! have just been wiring you about the
establishment Of an agency al Seattle for
the sale ~ tickets ia the Dawson City ex-
petition and an sending YOU printed tick
els by tonlght's express So as 10 make
them available as seen as possible. / hope
by Monday evening To send the agent who
may have been selected a packaee Of ex-
planatory circulars. such as we VIII he
using here. II he should b I'm a hurry ne
can get oae up himself from the terms OF
TIE ticket and from The following general
data. to-w:t:
The Humboldt has q gross TONNAGE Of
over ios tons length about 2z5 fee. and
draws loaded lisa feet. She IS eanahle ~
Ntteen-fniie speed or about an eleven
knot speed Cor q long ocean run. She IS
new and was built for Hr=i-clsss passen-
ger service Most Of the passengers can ~,
assigned - cerths in statern.rns -rhs
vessel Is lighted ny e-trlcisv ard IS strict
ly trst-class. Her captain has made seven
voyages 10 s. Michaels and knows "a
route well. For the trip up the river we
ara having huIit 7rst-ciasS BARR af,.,;,.
10 feet long w.th @s-foot baam, - ba
equipped with powerful machinery a.
stesnwheei boat. ThS barge yr{ff ~ an,
other barge somewhat smaller shs w.
cainery 10 he unusually heavy ami STRONG
so that our steam barge shalt - n
good strong towboat. cana a1- AZ ,a.v.7re-
a. ieas; three moderate ha~res Thee
b2rTes are being framed here ans -
parts with the machinery vii Do p La~
IN she steamer and put together az 8
M'chaels, In addition - those vino VIII
he members ~ our crew md - the OK
petition ws wi take from here r number
~ Hrst-ciass ship carpenters ard ma-hin-
lists wno VIII return from - Nfehae1s
There ie : foreman In one % the sA.rs-
yards here who has gone - the Yukon
before and put boats together fcr tna
whaling companies Of This chaYacte-. and
who knows tust what viii b r4agl-4E
This man has been promised Us for = fore
man The first ticket issued here wzs ~
an experienced physician. who goes IN
Dawson CStv We Will rot he without
medical assistance 4 r - required Tra
asreeS are 70 ~ housed over ard made
comfortable With herths as dining ara
SleegirS rooms. We wiii take along extra
steam pire- 80 as - warn the main barge
" necessary.
Please arrange wlth .he ;icke, broker
IN deposit The proceeds % sales daily n
the PuGet Sound National hank - TIA
credit q the Seattle & Yukon Commercial
Company II YOU come away please ar
range wiEh sQv3e one - 20 daily and ex-
anime the ticket stubs sa9 he pssslsoox
A"a see teR' tafs Is being Done. no not
give the 'irS@t broker more than ore book
~ i.ekefs 2. 3 t'fGe, 7 ara. 90 course very
H2l$Ns At;t TsT arrangements ara proceed Is
r a very satisfactory manner a-ti-i-
Tsate 10 disl oelrv 81 sailing all our space
I am eNpect'rS - Sand one .ss - New
York one 70 Ch5-a - ore - Portland --v9
- SEATTLE R-s a -Q-TSe- He-@ m no.
promise - take mare tSait 80 pounds -
e1'rs weight <er arr passenger wfthors.
insulting Js~ ~ ~irs he;'e. WHERE na~-
essS desire - render service as members
- ogg c-ew on he -sr y, .he river IL.
tAsEu ~-tre a. their owr exnsnSz II
any realty eyr~-t ~Afr cargreuse-s ar r~a-
chinsSts sna{v for passage we would rs sys
them rse&,s On account cs kae.r service