The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25
ANOTHER COMPANY.
The N0@alfe to Ran to Dyeo and
skaGaway-The Edith 90 Carry

The activity IN transportation lines,
stimulated by the unparalleled gold dis
ceFeries in the Cioadyke. Alaska. has not
beea eoualed in Seattle since the time she
rose. new city. from the ashes that
covered her entire business district.
Another transportation proposition has
made its appearance in the Held. and
with the enterprise OF Frank +. Burns.
formerly coal agent OF the Oregon I'm
provemenr Company, and identified with
several ventures Of like nature. 20 direct
IL success IS assured. Mr. Burns has
chartered the steamer Resale Tor TWO
trips To Dyea and Skagaway, leaving
here for the drst time July 81. and again
about twelve days later Fare will be
the same as charged by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. He has also char
tered the steamer Edith. OF Tacoma 20
run to the same points Is stock car
rier.
The Rosalie has been running on the
SeStsle-Victoria route for several years
and Is well known by the travelling public.
She Is owned by the Northwest Steam
ship Company, President n H Lalmer-
The charter is subject TO an option OF
further trips should business warrant
She will make her last run today On the
Victoria route. and will be laid up for
alterations which will enlarge her pas
sehger accommodations. dining room
viii ke constructed on the main deck. the
present hall being divided into state
rooms. The saloon fixtures forward Will
be removed. and that space used Tor
freight Nothing will be carried but first
class passengers and their freight
The Rosalie. propeller iss feet long.
q feet beam and 10 feet hold, was built in
Alameda in 1898, and In that year made
Il few trips on the Puget sound and Alas
ka route. She was soon placed on the
Victoria route, with c. w Ames as cap
tain, and has continued on the run since.
The services of Capt. George Roberts have
been secured as pilot of the Rosalie on
the Alaska run. A pilot understanding
the Alaska inside route has been able TO
demand almost his OWN figures since tho
Clondyke fever struck the town Capt.
Roberts was formerly on the steamer
Wi!lapa, which was operated for so hong
in opposition to the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company, and was wrecked early
last spring.
The Edith was chartered from Mr. La
zier. OF Tacoma. She has been running 70
the halibut banks as fishing steamer.
She Is a propeller 10 feet long. "a feet
beam and feet inches hold. AT one
time she carried mail from Tacoma TO
Port Townsend at the rate Of S2a. $50 per
year. Originally she was built In San
Francisco as a private yacht for ". c.
Ralston- Capt. Harry Gillespie win pilot
the Edith on the Alaska run.
It Is expected that the United States
steamboat inspectors Will permit the
Rosalie TO carry between 80 and 30 pas
sengers. The Edith will be able to accom-
nodate - or 100 horses
Frank f. Burns has associates. In this
venture who can put up any amount OF
capital necessary TO carry It along
smoothly. The charter however, appears
solely in his name and the MANAGEMENT
VIII devolye altogether upon him 1t may
De stated with some confidence that the
advent OF the Roselie on the Dyea route
will not mean cutting Of rates. With
the present rush there Is room for ali the
sfss ners that can be put on the run and
the transportation companies will not cut
their threats when so much rich blood
would be lost.