The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-25
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
R~goSt veeeol Eve0 En4evea Fpea
the Orient - The Regular Laner.
Tacoma, Alss AFvfves-ssosh Have
Heavy Cargoes ~ Tea asA Mating
-They DeaAe the Leng yoyass
Close Tsgethes, Ao4 DsA Not sight
Each other ~ All - Inspector
Palmer a0A Hls Assistants 1T
work

Special Dispatch to the Pess-Ia.ssIlgsacer.
TACOMA. June N-srhe AoguI - In
pw.- At O'Clock this morning she pSkei
her long nose around Brown point and
steamed slowly down tbs, hay for the first
time. tying MP 10 the Northern Pacific
dock few minutes later. Because of TIE
early hour but few people were present TO
witness the arrival Of the biggest Steamer
that ever called into port from tins Orient.
Slowed away Ia her capaelous bowels were
s.so0 tons OF freight. OF which the larger
portion constsfsd 81 new crop tea from
Japan The next largest consignment was
mating. which ix being shipped in in large
quantities because of The impending duty
On that CLASS OF imports, casscs and SILK
made up the balance os the cargo. The
tea VIII foot np 400 tons. the rest OF the
cargo making up the remaining ESQ tons.
A portion OF the cargo h consigned 20 San
Francisco, going via the Pacific Coast
Stesmship Company's boats from THIS
port.
The arrival OF the Mogal quite eclpsed
the arrival OF the regular liner. Tacoma.
which got In IT $50 this afternoon. These
Two Steamers raced across the Pacific
from Yokohama. leaving that port p fe~
hours apart and arriving Al victoria
within = few hours Of each other. Al
though travelling the same route. they
were never IN sight Of each other, owing
to the dense fog that prevailed all III. way
across. The Tacoma has aooai 1850 tons.
OF which two-fnirds Is tea, the balance bsf
ing mating. clrios. etc. tn. presence ~
the dock Of theac two vessels al the same
time. both with all the freight they ean
carry. makes most busy scene. Their
combined cargoeH not only tax tae htg
warehouse. but take about all the avail
able lonsshorcman labor in the city. Tca
Inspector Palmer. with his corps OF 49,
sisfants. are In for siege OF work. but
they are tackiiag IL with viii. ard hope
TO keep pace with the ste.edoEes- In
cases such an these s1ae magnificent lacili-
ties for handling freight are made ap-
parent. emphasizing the remark that has
often been made thss Tacoma II unex-
ceiied In this regard. 1t IL expected that
both steamers viii be unioadcd by Satur-
day.
This In the first trip OF the MoguI TO
. Pacific coast port. her previous runs
being from London TO the Orient and
from the Orient TO New York. carrying
tea and merchandise She Ii > new steam
err, receiving her finishing touches IN 1875
She war built nj Middlesboro on Tee by
the Str Boylfon Dixon Company for Gel
lattley, Hankey 4 Company. ard cost
about 3csD.000 Che IL an iron ship and
fitted with the latest appliances for hand
ling freight Her dimensions are: Length.
SIS feet beam. AZ feet; depth 81 feet
There arc four holds. two forward and
two aft. each one fitted with a donkey
and crane. Her speed + about Il knots.
Capt. Wright IL master. the other officers
being First Officer. Butler. SECOND officer.
Almen; third officer Gtll: chief engineer.
Wells: assistants, Welton. Wood and
Barker-
The Tacoma brought the following sa-
loon passengers; Miss Ella J. Newton,
Miss c. Hostet,sr. Mrs. M Warden. Rev.
Alfred Street and wifs j. s. Waite, Capt.
Il. w. Tfsdaie. John Brough FSga X T..
Orihhie. q. A. Jenkinson. She also had
thirty seven Chinese Storage for Victoria
and lt3 for Tacoma.