The San Francisco call., 1897-10-14
the steamer E iza Anderson's passengers
have been landed at St. Michael.

the steamer E liza Anderson's passengers
have been landed at St. Michael.
She brings The story that Father Bar
mum, who has conducted a mission for
many years past at St. Michael, is author
iiy for the statement that a channel not
yet known to navigators exists at the
mouth of the Yukon River. He sta es
that it is close TO the south side and will
permit ocean steamers TO enter and pro-
ceed up the river for distance of 500
miles. The difficulty has always been 10
cross the bar. the water beyond that being
OF sufficient depth for considerable dis
tance 10 allow large vessels 10 steam
throush. This winter Col ector of Gus
toms Anders and Captain Peterson, mas
ter OF one of the Alaska Com mercial Com
pany's river boats, will explore and ELL
deavor to establish the new channel
In view of the great Inconvenience and
loss OF time in transferring from large
vessels which anchor two or three miles
out in the stream, the discovery of a new
channel would prove OF in cacula bic bene.
tit. 1t is the opinion of the prospectors
and commercial company employees now
at ST. Michael that the Government should
survey the mouth Of the Yukon.
There were on board 102 long-enduring &
rospectors, who were transferred .here
lTOm the WHICH ltJG OedIIie
early in August For a second time their
lives were placed in jeopardy. The
schooner started north on Septem ber z
and when but twenty mics out had the
unusual and dangerous experience of al
encounter with whale about eighty feet
long.
She came up to spout and was so close
to the schooner that the end of her tail
which struck the side. nearly overturned
the vessel Captain Johnson states that
this was ihe narrowest from going to the
bottom of the sea that either he or his
schooner ever had.
The BaranofT reached St. Michael on
the II b and sail d again four DAYS later.
Two days prevloGs the schooners Bering
Sea and Fisher Bros. had sailed for Puget
Sound and the Sailor Boy for Grays HaT-
Dor to lake on lum Der for San Francisco
The schooners Novelty and Garfield, both
OF San francisco, were still in port
Captain Johnson says that the day after
he reached st. Michael the forty or fifty
passengers who went north on the
Holyoke and who were of the Eliza An
derson party, launched a newly con-
structed lighter. 1t is 24x60 feet, upon
which house 10 contain sixty hunks is
being erected as is also frame covered
with sails.
The steamer Merwine is 10 take the
balance OF the Anderson party. 1t is
W " -.
But difficulty has arisen in that the
entire facilities of both steamer and llg hter
are not sufficient to accommodate the
freight requirement. Considerable dis
satisfaction exists among the passengers
each one Of whom insists that he be gwen
the best bunk and that all his supplies be
taken on board. However, it is not pre-
sumed that much progress can be made
up the river, as the steamer draws four
feet OF water. The passengers have taken
charge OF all arrangements, and their
leaders are Will Moody of Evansville
(Ind.) and Thomas g. Culver of St. Louis.
Tie Holy yoke will be used this ialI as a
lighter by the North American CONNER
cial Company. Captain Peterson does n OF
have any idea that the Hum boldt party
on the Seattle No. will get very far up
the river.
The Mare Island, which has on board
the North Fork passengers, made three
attempts to get ND the river, but in each
instance had to put back She coulun' /
+ keep up stream, as something is wrong
with her condenser. The last time she
started with thirty pounds, but ran down
TO sixteen.
The engineer of the Corwin rendered as
slstance, and it was thought that she
might pre- ceed on her way. The passen-
gers entered into negotiations with Cap
tain Johnson 10 carry fifty of them to the
Copper River. He consented to charter
tue Baranoff for $4,000, but would only
consent 10 take them to the cannery,
about twenty miles from the mouth of thu
river. AT the canne-y there are fats and
shallow water; but the men couldn't raise
the required sum, SO determined TO Try
to ascend the Yukon. w. A. STEEL