The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
A RUSH TO THE KlOND|KE.
Their Preparations = Bn.y Scenes
Among Them In New York--s,reas
Number 81 Ways Of GOinw-Ousss.
Colorado at the Head OF the Last.

The rush TO the Klondike at the begin
hlns or next spring is likely 10 rival the
one which followed the discovery of geld
N Sanfornia in rs. II not to exceed il
THOUSANDS OF adventurous spirits. all over
the country. are making preparations Tor
sne long journey. Steamship lines TO ply
between Northern ST. Michael and Dyx.s
the mouth of The Yukon river. and other
ports, are oeing organized Almost every
sniptaru on the Atlantic coast Is building
vessels Tor service in the Alaska trade, or
fensting old steamships or schooners for
me cong trip around Cape Horn and I'D
the Pacific coast. More than a score or
large steamships that have made records
IN the service across the Atlantic are being
reouil. 10 accommodate the rush that IL
expected from San Francisco.
seven vessels OF various sizes ana shapss
nave left this port, and more than ATTY
are being prepared to ge. Dispatches from
session and other New England ports.
from Fhiiadeiphia- Baltimore and Norfolk
ten OF other expeditions that are being or
CANNED IN those places. From all parts
Oh europe and from Australia come re-
ports that throngs of persons are prenar-
ing TO start for the kIondiks
"A large expedition Is To leave here next
riaay on the steamship Columbia. The
Nessei Is large one and fl is expected that
she Is 10 carry between 500 aud COO passen-
gers. A superintendent named Machen
mas been placed In charge OF the vxpesii-
ton by Hilary A. Herbert the former seq
reiaTs OF The navy. who. 1T is said is with
several capitalists, financing the enter
prise. The vessel is being rebuilt. Two
hundred persons have engaged accommo-
cations already. Some of them. I, IL
said, have paid $40 for the trip. Among
,Re passengers who will leave in the Cos
iumbia are nifty women under the leader
ship of Mrs. Gould. They intend To start
various businesses at the gold fields A
heaVy cargo of freight is TO be carried ny
the steamship also. Capt T. c. Baker
VINO commanded the Steamship America
IN tho expedition to Brazil during the rev.
oiution there. is TO take the vessel To 81
Michael
Following closely in the wake Of thar>ttv
OF Columbia is 10 be the steamship valen-
cia. formerly Of the Red 3D. line. that has
neen bought by the Old Dominion Steam
snip Company for an Alaskan company.
she is to take part in the trade between
san Francisco and ST. Michael and sha
Is expected TO leave here ahou; December
~ TIE number of passengers she IS 10
take is not yet known. Her cargo is to
consist or mining machinery and proyis-
IONS. The Cottage City, formerly owned
by the Maine Steamship Company, and re-
Gently purchased for the Oregon Improve
inent Company by the Manhattan Trust
Company. sailed for San Francisco on
Monday with sixty passengers and light
cargo. She Is to ply between Portland
Ore. and Alaskan ports. The fruit steam
ship Brixham. now at a shIpyard Ia Perth
Amooy. is expected to be ready to sail for
Alaska by next Thursday She has been
purchased by the Boston & Alaska Trans
portation Company to ply between Seattle
and Alaskan ports
The vessels mentioned. however cannot
be compared In size to those of the fleet
that is being fitted out for the company
recently organized by a party OF capital
lists. most of whom are residents OF Phil
adeiphia. The company has purchased tina
steamships Ohio, Indiana and four other
vessels from the International Navigation
Company and will send them TO San
Francisco for the trade between San Fran
cisco and Alaska. The vessels register
from 1000 to $500 tons each. The Ohio IL
at the yards OF the Cramp Ship Buildsng
Company in Philadelphia. II is expected
that she can be made ready to start on
her long voyage by January 5. The Indi-
ana is to follow her few days later The
company which has purchased the vessels
has capital of E.0oo.o00. and it expects
10 transact an extensive business. feet
of shallow boats is being constructed to
navigate the Yukon river and 10 connect
with the steamships at the mouth of the
river.
The South Portland. another steamship
that has been In the fruit trade has been
purchased by Il company known "a tho
Cook Inlet Mining 4 Transportation Conn
pany. and is being refitted in Erie Basin.
George Seeiey, captain nf experience is
to navigate her around Cape Horn, ard
her owners say she Is to leave here on
Christmas day with sixty passengers and
cargo. In shipping circles II was said
yesterday that negotiations are pending
for the purchase of about a half dozen
other steamships. including the famous I'LL
ibuster Iaurada, and that before the week
is over the prospective purchasers may be
fitting them out for the expected rush.
This brings the number OF steamships that
range from 600 10 500 tons each that are
to sail from this port in the next few
weeks for San Francisco mp To fifteen. II
Is expected that more than twenty vessels
are 10 leave here before the season ia
closed. The vessels are TO make weekly
trips between San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle and Alaskan ports.
Shipping men estimate that nearly &c.
oa.90 has been invested In the steamships
This estimate does not include the schocn-
ers, old pilot boats and other small sail
ing vessels that are getting ready 10 sail
from various ports. Dispatches say that
two steamships are to sail from Boston
within the next three weeks. two from
Philadelphia. one from Baltimore and an
other from Norfolk, Va. The same dis
patches tell Of a number of small sailing
vessels too large 10 mention Individually
that are 10 depart from New England sea-
ports. Tire largest of those expeditions Ia
TO leave Portsmouth n. H.. In week or
two tn the schooner Concord. The Con-
cord was built az Gloucester for the Green
land haiibut trade. Ninety-s!x men me-
chanics and miners, under the leadership
CT = captain named III. :. Hubiey, are to
he passengers. Each man has paid s4s
for the trip SIX dories and a steam
launch are To be carried on board. Two
expeditions in schoonera are TO leave New
Bedford. Others are advertised 20 aaiI
from various ports in Massachusetts, and
Maine.
IL the steamships that are 10 leave this
port carry the number Of passengers the
owners say they viii. no iess than go
people will t.e on their way aroand Cape
Horn from New York alone by New Years
day. Seventeen hundred are said 10 b..
ready TO leave from New England ports.
from Philadelphia. Baltimore and South
ern ports.
Details concerning expeditions from Eu-
rope are mea gre. but In eabiegraus refer
enees have been made 70 three or fofr
regularly organized expeditions that are
TO sail from England. Denmark and sew
sral Of the other northern countries The
steamship lines are making preparations
for the expected rush.--New York Com
mercial.
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