The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-11
The Farallon Starts for Dyea
With Thirty-Siz More
Gold-Seekers.
WELLS, FARGO G co. WAITING.
Will Establish No Express Service
Before Next Years Develop
ments-Another Syndicate.

The steamer Humboldt, which is to bear
northward the star yukon River expedi-
ton of the season, failed to get away yes
terday afternoon, and then she failed to
get away in the evening and her departure
was set for 10 A. NJ. to-day.
The smart steamer Farallon left for the
north Oh time at II A. NJ. however, proceed
ing TO Seattle and Dyea with thirty-six
passengers and fair amount OF ire ght,
which will be added to at Seattle. The
gold-seekers who left on the Farallon for
the Dyea route were all of a well-to-do
class and were provided with frst-class
outfits About forty horses, mules and
burros we're slowed in the hold and they
will be soon added to the struggling mass
of livestock which is now making lie in
teresting in the region of the passes. Not
more than half dozen OF the passengers
were of San Francisco, the great majority
coming from all over the State, while a
few were from the East. One man was
from New York, one was from West Vir-
gina, one was from Salt Lake and two
were from Chicago. The passenger list is
as follows:
A. C. Andrews A. c. Armstrong
II. J. JosewsSi w. Plummer
George Bremen G. H. Mack
Emil Free Fred Trenchses
William Foster Z. F. Merrill
81. c. Clark a. G. Brown
George Hogquist Antonio Schrippio
Thomas Fitzgibbon A. ]. Elter
Z. /. Glass e. II. Leadbetter
J. B. Logan n. H. adwalader
Fred Dawson c. Il de witt
A. schwab A. {. Kreutersen
r. T. Lathrop G. II. Wocd
a. Reed NJ. Ii. Terrence
1t is reported that the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company is nego-
tiating for charter of the Farallon or
a traffic arrangement with her which will
enable that company to sell through
tickets from Chicago to Dyea, not only
next spring when the anticipated rush
begins but during the present season.
Captain Roberts of the vessel will make a
trip from Seattle as soon as he can return
from Dyea in any event, and the service
may be esta blished in connection with the
road mentioned.
There was an enormous crush OF freight
for the Humboldt on Washington-street
dock all day yesterday, and this alone
would have delayed the steamer until
very late at night, but the chief delay was
on account of the big steam barge which
has been put together and knocked down
at a shipyard in Alameda. Most of it was
brought over on lighters in the afternoon,
but altogether the job was too much, and
early in the evening the dock was cleared
and all work was stopped until morning.
a big crowd watched the hustle all day
on and about the wharf, though the
novelty of Yukon expeditions has pretty
we'll worn of. Many passengers fiocked
aboard with their baggage during the
afternoon and the elegant cabin OF the
steamer became quite conservatory with
the dozens of bouquets and baskets of f1ow-
ers that came for departing ones.
The Seattle and Yukon Commercial
COMPANY which is sencing out the expe.
dition under the management OF Mayor
Wood of Seattle, is shipping an immense
quantity of merchandise of all sorts for
the stores it will establish in competition
with the two big commercial companies
Besides living supplies of all sorts there
are paints, brooms, saws, axes, stoves,
nails and tools and mining supplies of all
kinds. The ship is announced to sail for
Seattle and st. Michaels this forenoon,
but she will proba bly, not get away until
later in the day.
The steam schooner Caspar. which was
engaged to sail from here to Dyea by c,
II. Lead better, who failed in the enter
prise, has gone TO Los Angeles, where she
has been chartered for similar expedi-
ton from there to Dyea by A. B. Smith