The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31

at is believed by the people who are :
interesting themselves. in the Peruvian -
gold-mining enterprises that the chances.
of securing fortune are equally: goou:In
the land TO the south and without taking =
any OF the risks that the. Klondykers. are
running. ..:: -.
'The ship would be Eept"on the. coast
to serve as rallyina point for all who go !:
into the interior. Should any of them be.
unsuccessful they WOULD have a. comfort;
able home for year at least on boIrd. OF
the vessel, and would be sure OF being,
brought back in comfort and safety. :: i. L: p.
Il expect to have the vessel .Tnloaded
and ready for the. trip. should 1T: be de: :
cided upon. within four weeks. 1t will i.
take about ten days.to get the. cargo out OF
her. and another two weeks TO refft herso
as to accom- mo odate passengers: She can
be made ready in that time to carry 1000
people, but there will probably be only
half that number taken. Wecould carry
about 1900 tons of fresh water"
as ballast, and this would be silf-
ficient to. last the entire com pany
about year. If it became necessary we:
could condense enough water. With The aD-
paratus aboard the strip to more than sup:
ply our needs. Oar condensing: facilities
will give about 5000 gallons. a: .aay+---
enough, according: to the Government reg:
uiations, for 200o people. ~ =.
''How about the danger from fe eyer=in
that country2'' was ask ed. ::
"There is no fever in the mountain dis
tricts. The soil is sandy and dry: Fever
prevails only in damp, 'narshy, lands, as :
al Panama, but we shall not go any where
near Panama. We shall keep we'll: l:outt to
sea and there will not be the slightest
danger from that source" ~. :. .<:.'
The Lansing is a handsome and COM
modious vessel OF 26O0 tons. ca pacity.: She
is 400. feet long and has beam of As feet. =
Her lines are extremely graceful and she ::
has the appearance of being,a vessel .capa-.
bic of great speed under. 3any thing like;
favorable circumstances. :: =. -. -, II.
Whoever travels with Captain Hatfield
will find him gentleman of:great. genial
ity and one who not only takes a:deep in
terest in his ship: but. in all who may
make their temporary home. aboard Of.
her. .:...,>
In further conversation the captain de-:
cared that he did not know anything in.
detail OF the proposed plans of the gentle
men who intended to charter the vessel.
He could not say whether it was their:
purpose TO form a sort of joint stock com
pany to go in search of.:the .long-hidden
golden treasure; or whether the intending.
argonauts would simply. be- taken as. pas
sengers and be left free to seek their for
tunes in whatever way they. might think
best. - -. - - :.
The first proposition made to him was:
to take his vessel north. This however, !.
he did not care TO do. owing to the dam
ger of being frozen in and having his ship
damaged. The vessel. had originally been
built as a Observation-Disclosures: She was
bought few years ago by the: captain; ::
and converted into as fine a. sailing. craft !:
as ever entered the harDor OF San Fran
cisco. :: =
Giving his Individual opinion the: en-
terprise, Captain Hatfield said he believed
that it offered better. chances. of bringing.
fortunes to those who took part in it. than
the Klondyke goldfelds, and without any
of the attendant. dangers of. that bleak
and almost unknown country. -. =. =