The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-03

Ire contract so- carrying mail into ne
Yukon Wiz be awarded in Washington to-
day or early zext week ard on this DE-
ponds the action OF ire local combination
which VII put = STEAMER line On the iskes
and rivers leading 70 the Yukon. spoken ~
In a sgecal dispatch from Washington.
published IN yesterday mornings Post-In-
tellsencer.
There are four men tn this combination
One is John q. Pacey. secretary Of the
MacDougaa & Soa,hwAck Company, and
another is Robert Moran. % Moran Bros.
THE name 90 the two others cannon 10
learned. No company has vet been eor-
maliy organized. Mr.. Moran IS now IN
Chicago negotiating with the heSsd officials
of the North American Ira nspsor tAtioa &
Trading Company.
IT we get the rnafi contract" said John
G. Pacey yesterday. 1--WE stall start az
once on the construction Of steamers. IL
not. we viii wait until next fail We real
ly do not expect the contract There are
Number 81 bidders in the field. many
az whom have not the means TO falhH thu
contract should they succeed Ia obtaining
IL IL they get IL they viii PROBABLY be
ready 20 quit by next year. and we shall
be able TO take I. for a four years term.
81 have worked on this ses Of establish
Ing short tine q steamers Tor two years.
but the tine has nos seemed ripe until
now. I 90 not feel at liberty Co iivulge
the names OF others who are interested IN
this matter until our plans are more set
tied"
On ocean dock yesterday the boiler and
machinery OF rhe old Florence Henry was
packed up. These have been separag ell
into as many small pieces as possible and
VII be shipped 20 Alaska by the commits
sion men. r. c. Richardson and w. r..
Williams. They propose 70 put the iron
parts together on the other side OF Chill
koot pass and construct a hull and pilot
house from lumber TO be obtained at a
small mill recently established there
In the wiiIapa'E Place.
The efforts Of the Alaska Steamship
Company 20 secure q new vessel TO re-
pace the Wiliapa are being watched with
much interest by steamooatmen. That "
win be very difficult to secure a steamer
Willapa Is conceded by all The chief DIFF
fsculty with the majority Of available craft
Is the expense OF their running. The
steamer City of Seattle would cost $40 n
day. The steamship Portland costs about
half that amount. The cost of the Villa pa
seldom ran over SO day and averaged
even less than that In order % stand the
opposition OF such q powerful organixa-
ton as the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany. II 10 necessary to have a boat CON-
bining cheapDecs with carrying capacity.
This IS combination difficult to iind. and
II will probably be some time before a
boat viii be secured 20 take the Juneau
and Dyea route
A Juneau merchant. who does not care
10 have his name mentioned. said yester-
day: In the wreck of the Willapa Seat
tie and Puget sound experienced ioss
which is but partially realized. venture
TO say that the Wiilapa was responsible
for seven-eighths Of the Alaskan business
which came 10 Seattle. Before the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company had the oppo-
sition OF tbs small steamer TO contend
against. majority OF the business went
20 San Francisco. Passenger fare was so
first class and the price OF freight rang ed
from SIS to so tom