The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18
GOING TO KLoNDlKE.
Portland Men Identified With Parry Or
ganszed at Hath.

In few weeks another expedition for
the klondike will sail from Portland.
This one Will be made up of about Is or
is Portland men of we'll known standing
in the business world, as well as few
gentlemen from Bath and others from
other parts of the state A few DAYS ago
Captain Hatch of Bath closed the deal for
the purchase of four masted schooner
which will be brought to this city shortly
to fit out for the long voyage around Cane
Horn to the mouth Of the Yukon. When
the vessel reaches Portland she will be
thoroughly overheuled and will load. three
or four hundred tons of coal as ballast
Her quarters will be fixed up so as to ac-
commodate many more men than the yes
sci usually carries and many articles of
use to miners in the Alaska country will
also be purchased here.
Among other things to be taken on this
vessel are six or seven large sized dories
for navigating the smaller rivers which
flow into the Yukon and a big steam
launch GO feet long, capable of steaming
ten knots an hour. This launch will be
used to carry tie party up the Yukon and
for operations on the other streams when
1T is found practicable TO uso it. The
schooner which will be commanded by
Captain Hatch will take part of the COM
pany around the Horn and on arriving at
San Francisco part of the coal will be sold
and load of provisions, clothing and
other articles of this kind will be pur-
chased and taken to the Yukon. Those
members of the company who DO not take
the long voyage around the Horn will
join the schooner at San Francisco and
proceed to the Yukon in her. The schoon-
er will be sold at San Francisco if
possible in order to get her off the hands
of these who intend to put in several
years in the region of the Klondike in
gold hunting.
When the vessel arrives at tho Yukon
tho provisions will be landed and taken
up to the river to Dawson city by the
launch and seows which will be built for
the purpose. AT Dawson City the COM
pany propose to divide, but it's interests
will be combined. Some of the mon are
to go prospecting, others will run the
launch and do towing business Oh the
Yukon while others will run the store
whichSis to be established at Dawson city.
If good mine is located all of the COM
pany will work it and tho profits in all of
these enterprises will lie divided at the
end of the year.
Each member of the company has put
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one owns an equal share in the venture.
Captain Hatch will command the schoon-
or and IL now engaged in fitting her out
at Bath.
The entire party numbers about twenty
five. Among them are many well known
Portland men who are engaged in bust
ness here.
E. o. Stephenson who owns and run
the grocery store at the corner of Park
and Congress streets where he is doing a
magnificent business and has all the trade
he can handle is one of tho men who will
go overland ip the spring to join Captain
Hatch S expedition at San francisco. Mr..
Stephenson has built up fine business
in little while and is leaving behind
him comfortable income to try his luck
in the gold mines of the Klondike. His
brother, J. l.. 4. Stephenson, is also an
other member Of the party. George l..
Hatch, formerly member of the Portland
Beef company is also reckenud as one of
those who will join the schooner at San
Francisco. Mr.. Stewart of the Nelson
Morris company is also spoken of and
there are fifteen or more other men who
have been identified for many years with
some Of the most prosperous business
houses in this city. This party is well
organized and mean business. II they
don't make fortune at the klondike
they will give the people at Dawson City
an idea of what Yankee enterprise can
accomplish ut any rate.