The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-09

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Rst - agsSaet She story. Is Is stated that
ths steamer Sadensl City. vnieA arrived
a. rssreks. connected with the RIVER
.-a,-~s- Heal a. 81 NsehH.i This 81 net
likely. TIE National City - tramp
steamer. sacked BY a company thas hAs
ua rsve~ Steamers or the Yukon TIE
Fxealv il rhe property - the %sEta Araer-
Eear T~snsx1rtzticn * Trading Ce-zTr any
When IRE EeaIy arrived al ST. Eicnael
tie steamer Portland. belonging 20 his
eo-rparv. was waiting FOR her. WY
should the National City eonnect VIII ne
Healye Taers IS only one s1sver-sl1e
a.a ra0s TIE Eureka story proves that
there x-as nor verv Eaea connection.
when in me same paragraph ! states thaf
the National CITY broughi down Only three
passenger SAYS the Eureka argsele:
When she National City 1efs St Michael
the steamer Cleveland was taking n BAL
last zn6 expected % sail FOR tEe Sound
ports Aueus. p Many q The passengers
wao asa tlckces for tire Cleveland took
passage o. TIE Exeslsio-."
Tickets for Seattle Direct
That statement Is believed % he inaccu-
rate. WHY shoalf passengers who came
down TIE river ea tina North American
Transportation & Trading Compauy's
steamer take passage on the Excelsior
when they had tickets On the ClevslanGs
Compared - the Excelsior. Lhe Cleveland
would resemble a palace IRE Cleveland
was about ready % sail and oaEht 70 AZ
rive iu Seattle not later than a day a4tsr
the Excelsior 81 san Francisco II the
passengers for some unexplained reason
did take passage on the Excelsior. they
must have plenty Of money and an insane
desire 20 spend x. The North American
Transportation & Trading Company in
nine cases ollt % every ten sells its pas
sengers tickets reading from Dawson Cfty
70 Seattle. NOw and then man gets one
from Dawson 20 -. Michael. but that is
when he does not desire 70 travel further
The question suggests itself. WY should
8 miner who has a ticket fer Seattle on a
first-ciass steamer spend another sleo in
order 20 set passage on second-class
steamer watch VII land him In San Fran
cisco. p-obsbly several hundred miles out
ot his proposed course after reaching the
statesT
The Eureka story states that on the way
down the river the HeAly met the Weare
hard and fast or a bar. that the Weare's
passengers and freight were transferred 10
the HeaIy, ard that the Healy then pro-
eee3ed towards St Michael. leaving the
unfortunate boat hard am fast /round.
Ri-h small chance Of getting OF before the
river closes"
The Neare - Not Abandoned.
Charles II Hamilton. secretary OF the
North American Transportation & Trad
ing Company who is responsible for the
foregoing defense made as 10 the oIaeF
statements Of she Eureka story. said as
20 tHis stateEnsnt.
4 don't believe that story. 1t may be al
right. but Il is not reasonable and any
a b &~rf fa.H FRz
oS affairs Up there must realize Il. The
Healy Is one of our steamers. She IS good
sized and strong. According to the Eureka
item she encountered the Wsare that had
been aground for some days Ths only
thlng she did we are 10 Infer. was -
transfer her passengers and freight. Tne
WeaTe had no freight. River steamers on
the Yukon do NOT have freight when
bound for the mouth. They carry plenty
cf & Up the river. but not 10 ST Michael
Ii Is very strange 10 ne that the Healy
should not have az least made an effort
10 get the Weare from her position on the
bar. AS a matter of fact. she could have
dragged her of without any great amount
Of trouble. and I believe she would have
done * the first thing IL would require
no great work 10 rescue the Weare. no
master how hard she was aground or what
her condition might be. Certainly the
Healy did not 90 away and leave the
Weare ;here for the winter.
What Became Of the Others.
The more ! read over the Eureka
stcry the more mistakes I find. The dis
patch states that with the exception ot
tho three passengers an the National City
ell the passengers brought down by the
EeeIy took passage on the Excelsior.
II further states that the Weare. when
net by the Healy. had aboard $50 passen-
gers. AL of whom were transferred 10
the Healv The Heaiy must have had
scme passengers. Say she rad sfty Tile
Wesre's passengers increased her list 10
80 II all the passengers or the Healy.
with the exception CT the three that ar
rived az Eureka. took passage or the
Excelsior then we msy expect the Cleve-
lard 20 arrive here without any passsn-
gers. But the Eureka item after making
this statement hobs up with TIE state
uent that the Excelsior left s.. Michael
on the night 81 August = with eighty
passengers. II they are al the passen-
gers of the Healy. What became Of those
other 80 souls we have been res ding
about ard ths Eureka story has been
talking about7
'FsUt TIE point / csnnct understand ~
this. Why sfould any Of the passengers
that &c rue down oB our steamer connect
Vifh the Excelsior when thes haa through
tickets - Seattle. and a rrst class steam
er vas waiting for them7 Or course. the
story is so Inaccurate that Il is hard 10
make anything out ~ = 4 statement
Is made In one parasrsp ph ana contra
dlctel II the next Il IS certain, as
E1vs already tried 20 rake clear. thar z
the Hoaiy di5 bring down TO passengers
fron the Weare and the Excelsior left
St Michael with bat eighty she did not
have sll the passengers brought down oy
the Healy.
Plenty of Passengers and Gold.
Here IL smother matter not explained
i0 tho Eureka iten. TIE Excelsior q
owned hy the Alaska Commercial COM
pany- she went north. rot to connect
with our river steamers but with the
Bella ap9 Alice rfve- steamers o. he
Alaska Commercial Company Thase
steamers were expected IN arrive az -
Michael ard bring F'9sseng gers Tor tne
EXre]Stor. But The E}Ire-,s story has
nothing "a say about the arrival q fhoss
steamers. Tne tteu Is toa much fo~ ne.
= Az fte FEesly's passenger went 70 San
Francisco o. fhe Excelsior then the
Cleveland won't hsvs any passengers.
ard sAe won't have aoy gold dust. bat
tne Eureka story does aos change ny
mind TIE Cleveland VIII carna 70 this
pert vita pI sntE - passengers and plenty
ef gold
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