The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-05

Seattle people genera.iy. ana Seattle bus
mess circles parsicuiarly. were stirred up
to a considerable exten, lass Monday
morning when the Poss-1nselllgencer an
nounced that Charles II. Hamilton. secr@-
tary and trsffsc manager OF the North
American Transportation and Trading
Company, had let contracts 70 Moran
Bros. of this city. for the construction Of
four steafners-two large passenger steam
srs on the same lines as the ChaS III.
Hamilton. river steam barge and 3 tug
boat for use around 81. Michaeis. The
importance of the company in It's relation
10 Seattle has only commenced 10 be fels.
and It's increasing business with the upper
Yukon Is distinct advantage TO this city.
which is now recognized throughout the
world as the threshold TO the Eldorado ana
tho best point for Quitting these goin. 10
the gold fields.
Yesterday Mr.. Hamilton let contracts 70
Moran Bros. for the construction OF four
additional steamers for river passenger
and freight business. making the work
placed for the fleet within two weeks a
total OF six first-elass passenger ana
freight steamers, one steam barge and a
towboat. The contracts placed yesterday
will reach nearly a quarter of a million
dollars. and Seattle snip-builders. lumber
dealers. hardware dealers and material
men will benefit 10 that extent, besides the
large number OF skilled mechanics who
Will be employed In their construction.
The framing OF the steamers. orders for
which were placed yesterday. win be car
r!ed on during the coming winter, and they
viii be sent UP in the early spring. The
contracts which were let a couple OF weeks
ago for the Cudahy. Power and
Ciondyke are well along. the framework
on the first named being nearly comnlet-
ed. and the Power partially SO. Ths
hull Of the Get There. the tugboat for
use at St. Michaeis. is finished. and the
machinery Will be placed In II complete
and the boat loaded on tse Hueneme so
as 10 sail on the 10th inst. In letting ,hs
tugbcat contract Mr.. Hamilton limited the
time to fourteen days. and Morans ara
going to deliver the work in that time.
1t is a record-breaking contract for both
construction and delivery. The tugboat
Get There is twin screw propeller.
Tho engines were In stock at Morans'. and
that tact made poxssbiA the building OF tha
tug In the limited time.
The schooner Novel1y arrived in port
Tuesday. and is now loading general mer-
chandise at Schwabacher's wharf for ST.
Michaeis. The Sailor Boy Is due 70 ar
rive today. and will also load for ST.
Michaels Both the Novelty and Salor
Boy are under charter 20 the North Amer
lean Transportation and Trading Com
pany and with the Hueneme and Fred r.
Sander constitute a formidable sailing
feet Of cargo vessels.
II Is now believed that the North Ameri-
can Transportation and Trading Company
will build two 2,0oo-son steamships for It's
going business. and II the present
plans OF the company are carried out they
will equal anything In the coast line busl-
ness on the Pacific. Seattle has reason 10
congratulate itself on the local interests
and operations OF the company which has
chosen this city as tts headquarters. The
amour. OF its contracts placed az Morans
alone within two weeks amount TO mors
than 1880.