The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03
SMALL CREWS
AND BRAVE.
The Local Fleet That Will
Bear Small Parties
NorthWard.
A Score of Vessels Will De-
part Within a Few
Days.
r. G. .. q. Walfa Walla.
H. G. q. q. UInafiiia.
Steamer Hum ID OIdf.


Steam schooner National City
Steam schooner North Fork.
Steamer PrOgresO.
Steam schooner Caspar.
Gasoline schooner ChetcO.
Schooner la Nimfa.
Schooner Sailor Boy.
Schooner Novelty.
Schooner Scotia.
Steam launch Hottie B.
There is an almost hyslerical scramble
at this port for vessels of any sort that
can be fitted up to carry few passengers
and sons mules and other freight.
Those named above are the principal
vessels of this port that are booked to
weeks for the north. All but the regular
steamers Walla Walla and Umatilla will
carry special expeditions. and they will.
in the aggregate. take some hundreds
more from here part OF the way to the
gold fields.
More charters are being sought and the
list will be added to during the week.
Such a scramb Bile for sea-going craft was
never known be fore at this port. Even
smart steamers ike the Hum boldt and
Il
and lucrative runs and being pressed into
the Alaskan service. A great number of
enterprisiug people have conceived the
idea of chartering a vessel for the trip to
Dyea or st. Michael and filling her at so
N UGH per passedger and mum Der of them
have succeeded in launching their enter
prises. In several instances the vessel
owners themselves have grasped at the
opportunity.
upII ho
the steam schooner Noyo, which is being
made ready at Mission street wharf by the
j. 5. Kimball Company, her owners, and
d. J. Grammar. She was to have saind
yesterday, but Will not get away till to-
morrow. Twelve women are among the
Ito passengers that are booked tor the
trip. They are all relatives OF miners
who are going on the steamer or who are
in the country now. Captain b. Levin
son will command the steamer and an Ell
fort will be made to make another trip
after the Noyo returns, twenty or twenty
five days hence. Among the passengers
will be A. G. Scott, late Mayor of Spring
field, ILL.,, and his son. About thirty
m ules and burros will be taken along for
packing outfits over the range.
The Pitcairn will not leave on Friday
because the passengers, especially the
women, entered mighty protest against
sailing on that unlucky day. So next
Saturday. the 9Th inst, will see this old.
missionary craft off with party of ninety
or hundred. The former number is
now booked for passage, AS all the
other expeditions from here it is largely
made up from the interior of the State.
Six from Eureka engaged passage yester-
day. -Four are from Inyo County; five,
including three women, are from Fruit
vale; George SCHNEIDER and a party of
four are from MERGED. two are expert
f-~
RADIO man engaged passage by wire yester-
day. Two blacksmiths, two boat.builders,
one photographer and one dentist, DR.
Mouir of this City, are on the list. James
VuriDk OF San Rafael, who knows a lot
about mules and donkeys, goes along to
boss the packing.
Sixty mules. shipped from Kern County
for the purpose, will be taken along, and
when the party is transferred 10 the lakes
the mules will be put into the general
packing business.
The Pitcairn will be attended by the
schooner Greyhound of 115 tons burden.
IN which the mules and a large part of the
supplies will be shipped. The party will
go to Skagaway and take the new White
Pass trail. which is said to be lower and
| easier, though a trif1e longer.
| The steamer Farallon will also sail on
| Saturday. Her passenger-list is not vet
| large but three women are among those
who have engaged passage. The Farallon
is completely fitted for the passenger
trade and can accom- modate seventy-fiye.
! She has been running for some time be-
tween here and Yaquina Bay and was
| taken off this run on her arrival yester-
day. She will go direct to Dyea and al
| ready has a large amount OF freight to
carry.
| The Caspar>is booked to sail tomorrow.
She has yet small passenger-list.
| The new and fast steamer Humboldt