The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05
franc for wfseh she ia 50 badly ned
AZ present
MA sot sfxat the Cleveland.

MD sight the &fS$c&daos
One of tne reasons WY the Portland
&C re. GET away from g silcfaael - :. :,
rhe following Monday morning - szsd %
have t,@en this storm G h ZsDy. ofss
Of the passengers on the Portland sa4a
last night u.
Larry friday morning. August is. vile
We vsfe al y. saefssA 80 -, 49,
. ass6 for three days trere Was nar1ly 49,
Isg an Tnfs keeps GS back fhffE @st1s 49,
Il was not unta Monday fsoon a. y { a9 -.
archer ard started for Seattle ~ fescn-
81 ps1tcn haFbor 81 3 n tne rlozElnA -
the foglowing Friday. and mere ls41he
sfst the Cleveland had left t3at poins IL IL.
81 Michael the pgevt01s SATURDAY. LTx1sag
4 week SIZE was suppossd 20 ra1 ths
same course a. We I'd between me -
sfaces. bgs somehow or other we missed
.it ia SO miles from Dutch harbor 20 81,
Michael. ard IL the storm az st AlcAaS .
was only local Il would not nave Fe-ag,isa
the Cleveland. but Il u was genera :.
Eerlng ga the Cleveland, nAxsI1 -
Tntfre harbor on Saturday. while re
ssa~su commenced ca FRIDAY mo- hli-s,
void have been out In Il one oay ~. =
half. This Elay account II 90. 81 AYE
10 meet the Cleveland. as sac HA~sAA ga
Fesr b.ossn cur Of her course.
while We were coa1pg p - p-A Sai
hartor the North AHneFical Iesl.ll.s- 80 -
ss-.T.x,ausfs steamer Del Norte came "a
fron ne prs5slcf Islands. slncs ma Ills
So has made the run 70 san Fai.e.s -
srnras dzys cut from Dutch nAIsof
Tlassed the steamer Humboldt 90 80
80, sr,tsfstux ghe water, and undoubtedly
yngae q very fast tr1p. AZ the rals Ss.e
vs. gofng zhe ought 20 have irso= =.
Michael il eight days ana a. nA' I'D ser
v5h give her the record " 9 heia -
- - qhf1t an hour and sxcasAtke G
Feelings SO FAR As we coale So -
ling vas harmonious aUcafq sAS -.
100 I1esgsi-e her fast run, 90 h-S Sc
- The passengers are going 20 ks1 ~
- river thls fan II they do MAKE ne
sI.srasy successfully, / viii be STea.ly sur
THE The nexr boar we met was one Of me
Tarsrssxe liners from Seattle. she salue.N
- I'D We responded. No stop vs. LisA 49,
From that time on unil We - IA ,oI
49, V,anaerer and Sea Lion We CID hoi
see any boats.
Tfaisgs OF the Yukon Fleet.
Ths anlv complete report ever obtained
about the Yukon river steamers ana w"eI
they were Ia the latter part OF July
g3ven in the Post-Intelligencer this Horn
iag. and was obtained from Mr. any II
IL a. follows.
II left Dawson city July 4 or The river liver
steamer Joan O. Healy. Ihe nrst ooas
" met was the kalyan. which Win ie nseu
On the run from Dawson Cay 70 80
F4agers. about 20 miles above LANson
city The kaiyah Is a zfnaA Doss anu It's -
ovned b. Mr. Beetles. the Alaska s>o8i-
Inercil COmpany's agent az one o. t44e
trading posts down the river. Sne Us
been engaged as ua'ei Oh ''''
sssse Kaiyah had only the men that
brought her up. The engineer was a nian
named Strayen. We were a9o4 i Ia.s..,, ~.
Ietween Dawson and k'orty-Siile When We
sEigai miles above Forty-M We met
the Bella. She was pushing barge W ~ ~
err She had some passenseFs from ths r., IL
eeIsior At Eorty-AIile We met the Alice.
She also had passengers. the remaining
portion OF the Excelsior passengers.
The Meare and the Heaiy.
about 80 miles below FortyMile We
met the r. b. Weare. She had a fun cargo
OF passengers and freight She was gong
up with about 100 passengers inst started
Ga the Portland before the gold excitement
spread. When We met her she was ted up
along the shore. We stopped about an
hour. The intention was TO have the pas
sengers Of the Healy Transferred 70 .ne
Weare and the Weare's passengers 10 the
leaiy. Then the Weare was to 20 back 10
ST. Michael and the Healy was TO 80 BACK
10 Dawson city. When We met they con-
cluded 10 let things remain as they were.
The Weare went on up the river and the
Heaiy kept on down the river Win us. 90
far "a / knew. there was no serious troa-
bic with the Weare although Tor TWO
years her machinery has been said 10 DC IL
1--WE did not strike any more boats I'M
III we reached St. Michael. July -. The
four rnasted schooner Alice Cook, schooner
Fred = Sander and the schooner j. NJ. Col
man were all there. About an hour after
our arrival the steamer Alice came IN lt.ih
the Yukon. and two hours later the Bella
arrived Ia port. A few days later the
schooner Courtney Ford. from San Fran
cisco. put in her appearance. A few days
after this in came the schooner Bering ssa,
from Seattle. Capt. Frank Worth. The
Iering Sea had aboard the lumber and
machinery for Cowley and Prof. Richard
sons new river steamer Cowiey IS the
man who used 90 run the cfockery and
glassware store In the basement OF the
Hinckley block, corner OF Second avenue
and Columbia street. The Boring Sea also
sad seventy kegs OF whisky for Dawson
Gay saloon man
'srhe Alaska Commercial Company's
steam barge. Margaret was nearing COM
UGefion when we reached Sc Michael She
ssaftgd up the river before We left with a
fun cargo OF ltduor for the starving min
crs The Alaska Commercial Company -
rebuilding the steamer Beaver az 81. Mi
rEaet She was completed originally two
Years AGO but her machinery was too
heavy and powerful for her huh.
There s. 4 little stern wheel steamer.
the ranlc Of which / DO not remember.
ilat IS used on the ran from ST Michael TO
the Russian iaission. several hundred miles
t.ncferA we eft S. Michael. the North
suericaU rsnHportation < Trading Com
peaF'n steamer Hamilton Vas launched,
aud woel- YVES commenced IN a big barge"