The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-19
FOR DAWSON CITY DIRECT.
The BristoI Preparing tn Make n
Record-Breaking Trip Into
Sha Nal


Since the Humboldt has departed thss
last opportunity for any person to reaeh
the Klondike mines this season BY waa
Of St Mlehaeis and the river steamers. Id
afforded By the Bristol. which leaves ylcl
toria August 2sth. The Bristol win havs
IN tow the stern wheel steamer Eugene.
which left the Columbia river Tuesday,
en- route for Victoria. The Bristol does
not propose 20 ne sparing OF her fuel and
will make an effort 20 beat the record bel
tween Victoria and So. Miehssls, evea
taking into consideration the fact OF her
tow.
While the Bristol has aceommodatiors
for nearly $40 her passenger list for thi&
voyage viii be limited 10 "a. that being
the total number that can be accommo-
dated By the Eugene on the trip up the
river. aud the comparatively limited ac-
cemmodatians of the latter vessel neeeS-
sariiy determines the number OF tickets
to be sold, as al passage Is 10 Dawson
City and not alone TO 81. Michaels
The portlandAlaska Transportation
and Trading Company. chsFterers Of the
Bristol. opened their Seattle Offices on
Tuesday. al $40 First avenue. in the same
efflee already occupied by thu Southern
Pacific Railway Company. G. w Gould
was yesterday installed as resident agent
There will be no apparent difficulty IN fiji
ing out the fnil quota % passengers. for
already kilograms are pouring in from all
parts OF the United States asking thar paz-
sage be reserved on her for parties Of from
two 20 six or isrgvr Reservations hsve
already heen made for several ladies' who
propose % gct into Dawson city before
the winter sets In.
Each PASSENGER by this route is allowed
three-auartevs Of a con az personal outAt
and IN view OF the experiences OF sofne
other vessels, the company has decided TO
refuse 70 handle ans freight Tor outside
parties until e "a definitely determined
precisely how much freight the passen.
gers propose 80 take.
The Brlktoi LETT Victoria Tor nvsa ana
skaEeay on SUNDAY last, she T. probably
AT orr or the other of those ports az pres
eat dsxeharging her carwo but she Viii
certainly return 81 time 20 take her de-
nsrsnFe Tor 81. Michaels ~ the ,iuo set
August Stth.
IL n expected that the voyage from
Victoria io tho mouth OF the Yukon utli
he mate IN ten 80 twelve DAYS. end froFa
thence up the river Ga ten DAYS This
Is calculated frem the basis that the
Eugene which has run ga she Columbia
and Willamette rivers az q sueed OF u
miles per hour ear make fhe san1e tffae
On the Yukon, hat reckoning the distance
1T ! 80 usl - frosn ths mouth to pawscy3
CITY, ard averaging miles an hour for
the steamboat this would hriax the I'm
ser. into Dawson city IN Tess than ten
DAYS AadsaE the ttane of reaching The
mouth O. the N}iken by the Bristol raakea
Twenty-Five 8svs Leaving August -
fysarn Victoria tho IN Esensess ard freiEht
win seacn bSNse1 CITY On September ~
Tlfis Is fufiy two week before tke ttaae
when the river hiss teev knewn - c1oaa
With ice sxen 90 WufAwega BE seasons TIE
usual time for the cs0s4nk ~ the river 20
navigation Is after CsetcteT 3 LAST ves-
Ser example, NJ. OEilvse. fhe Canadian
boundary survey as uot useke his prep.
aratlcns fer leaving Ehe cewwtry unt1 bare
IN Scatemhcr. The rsvVr has been known
% remain crea until Cscioher s. ana cvea
later
Secretary W w Mcclure and Resident
Agent Gani3. % Rhc company. were atssslt
sha fsssisss uaen IN Seattle Yesterday. az
.ending - she wants 81 passengers ard
ieaking after row arrivals whe are hook
ea Tor Massage On the EriSts8 = pa~ty
eg Hve arrived ever Ehe NeTthern parlf Z,
while others came fresn Portland and
California. and the tzscks ~ the ccross
even showed arTkvsls freU1 the oran.e
groves 80 E'tortGA. 4 cFnw8 from GAS
,sax, reached Seattle last evanluE 1soaaa
far nav Son city hx waN ~ 81 II aasss
Mr. r - naxtase wired iafe last eveu4
inx from NlcscFsA tasf abe ssrsHner Esf.s-
also received dls5szfsh last eTHtsaE fazt
thirty had hesn eeokea a. Portland yvs-
tsrStas'.