The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-17

street company ana - Wilson con-
c2oior; have resigned and bought tickets
Tor the AK. i party - I'VE men from
i1e same EEe, inel4dsn- L. e rahbe.t.
: gong with H 4. Fre,sertck zad hair
a aoze1 otae~ ren are sat8 - - getting
" sT11stake for ne trip 4 -. carr
ala1 > y Tyler have deserted shslr car
on ne Green laks line. ard several mn
or TIE Third street Uue propose 10 +8Ilas
their example.
Among others are I ] Green wood ne
Western Jnion telegraph operator II.
Wills carr. William JoIley. Thomas M
ff~aln Richard Woad j II Young.
JuAn Il Hughes. z \ Barton. y. pep
peru + C1rFrsttv r Il Holden. = 1
Slfseth. Z voa DIefz = Alien Nj
snd AIRS Robert Nelson. who nave al
ready taken passage on iaa AI-Ni- Thorn
a keenan, H. &. Ludsi1ssn. II II ro-
man y. l.. Shanks AMI Lester Nar-rat,
ooJs employees q sac Pacific Ccas, Steam
ship Company and = l. Warsan. waa
Is torItsS a party of three or four men.
TIE grocery hardware clotn.ag and
tent stores Were All busy preparing out-
Fiis i9r th< argonauts
oni, Begiuniug
That the exodus IS only beginning =
shown BY The fact that numerous n
Qulr.es as 20 the COS. II an outfit are
made Tor every one which IS actually
purchased In addition many persons
ask the supply men 70 furnish them a
gTubstske Tor q half interest IN their
prospective claims. bat a deaf ear IS
turned n such proposition Many IN
qulries are received at mining offices for
men Of capital VINO Nil furnish grub
stakes.
Outftting.
Some difficulty IS encountered rs miners
IN outftung because they ara not Al
lowed by the Yukon river steamer c.n-
panles u carry provisions with them
These transportation companies own all
the stores 0u the Yuk 3n. and naturally
protect their monopoly which : extr, nv
~ profitable. They take thiS means Of
Tefeating any person from taking in a
stock o. provisions ana opening store
IA competition with them. Thus the men
who go IN via St Mchaels viii have 10
buy their supplies in he country. ana
only those who so IN oy way of Dyea
can take them with them.
On the Water Front.
Perhaps the fever struck no locality
harder than the water front There are
70 he found men used 10 hardship rs "a
and land. travellers for whom a strange
country holds no terrors. The steamboa;
men were all talking Of the kIoEdlke and
II half the number who declared them
selves carry ous their intentions the Wa
ter 'front.' viii be deserted within TWO
weeks
Among others, Capt Ed Darlington. Of
the steamer Fairhaven and Parser C,eorge
NoonaE. OF the steamer State of Wash
ington, have resigned their good paying
positions 10 go. They VIII 20 across the
summit instead OF around by the mouth of
the Yukon.
The Offices of the North American
Transportation and Trading Company and
OF the Alaska Commercial Company were
crowded yesterday with intending passen-
gers Already all the berths Of the steam
er Portland save Two or three have been
filled and beds viii be made on the floor
to accommodate the crowd. There was
also much inquiry At the Office OF Agent
Stolteuherg regarding the steamer Excel
s!cr scheduled To sail from san Francisco
for ST Michaels July =.
An important change has been made in
the local representation OF The North
American Transportation and Trading
Company. c. II. Hamilton. secretary of
The company. Will go north on the Port
land making his headquarters at Dawson
CITY during the summer. though his
duties will leave him little time at any
one place Succeeding Mr.. Hamilton as
local representative OF the company Is
George X Fischer formerly assistant
cashier Of the First National bank The
position accepted by afr. Fischer is per
manent
Peter Sutherland. Of Ballard. has re-
ceivcd a letter from his partner. George
Guy. al Circle city. who had Just re-
turned from Dawson city FOR his nife and
child and household furniture. He ure i
Mr. Sutherland 20 lease or dispose II his
business ut ballard and 20 10 the Klon-
dixie with a large stock Of goods adapted
20 that country. Mr.. Guy had secured a
claim on the klondike. but stated il Was
not very rich Mr.. Sutherland has not
fully decided about going.