The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-06
FLOCKING FROM
THE COUNTRY
Scores. Assembling Here for
the Various Yukon
Expeditions.
Three Vessels Leave To-Day and
Others Are Rushing to
Readiness.

They are Aocking in from the country
all parts OF the State have come to the
City by the score, sinely and in parties,
10 sail to the land Of gold, and many more
will be here within two or three days
A grea. many from outside the City
have gone with the crowds from here that
are now on their way, but the several
special expeditions that are baing made
mp to leave within the next few days con-
tain majority of Californians from the
interior. Many are ola miners from the
mountains and many just propose to be.
The coasting passenger steamer Far
alton Will not sail tomorrow as planned,
but on the following day, to give some
Eastern passengers booked time to get
here. She will go crowded, as all the pre-
ced1pg s eamers have gone. The Farallon
will not be crowded in the same way as
the 9th ers, however, as she has no steer
age accommodations, and all OF her
seyenty-hVe passengers Will pay SIS apiece
for cabin passage in a regular passenger
steamer that has just been taken off the
run between San Francisco and Yaquina
Bay. The Farallon is the boat that first
cut rates between here and the sound
three years ago, and she is speedy and
handsome little craft. Charles Conklin,
her agent, says that the Farallon will
probably make a trip from the sound on
her return from Dyea, and that she will
go regularly into the service to Alaska
next spring. Among those who are
booked for the trip by the Farallon are
Mr.. and MRS. G.. Alvin Plummer, of this
City. Mr.. Plummer is well known in the
Masonic fraternity as the editor OF the
Trestle Board.
Twenty-Five Of the passengers booked to
sail in the Pitcairn on Monday were yes
terday transf 'rred in a bunch to the Far
allon and NJ. F. Cochrane, manager, re-
tired from the Pitcairn enterprise.
There is a wonderful difference in the
terms of the many EXPEDITIONS being got
together, ranging from $75 to $500, and
with and without ton or so o. provisions,
with or without the privilege of taking a
big outfit free and with or without pack
ing over the pass thrown in. The Pit
cairn gives transportation to Dyea and
over the top OF the pass for $3.50, it being
planned to take along thirty mules for
packing.
The Pitcairn is sailing schooner
famous for her servic, in the South Seas
as a missionary vessel Her expedition is
now in direct charge of W. R. Ruffain,
her owner, who Is going to Tulare and
Fresno to bring up quite a party from
there for the expedition. The Pitcairn
has cabin room for lbs and will probably
take that mum Der.
Tn steamer South Coast is to leave to-
morrow for ST. Michaels with the tu
Governor Stoneman and steam launch
for the in up tho Yukon and Captain E..
V. Ride will carry a large party. One
party OF tive Is composed of old miners
from he Cvmst lck-J. ]. McKennon, j..
NJ. Meehan, I. NJ McCade, P. Sullivan
and John Crowley. all CT Virginia City.
Meehan was foreman in the Sutro tunnel
for great many years.
Another party OF six. from San Luis
Obispo. is as follows: E. Shaser, L. II.
Peterson, G. Van Gordon, f. Barnaporg,
Frank Joaquin ana A. G. Scow.
Among the others are H. Reichstrath of