The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27

Largest Fleet for n Thres-Ihousand
Mile ocean Trip.

The largest feet Of river STezEess that
eyer lett d port 70. S.ss@-IGle OCEAN trip
Y.l .esvs s@attle early neIt gsek .o- TIE
sng3t1 Il tl4s TBE3E river. Ar even doZsn
sisa-rsFE are r :ae feet. and are idsGt.czl
sreaa SEN 70 stern ln eqE3pEnent. machinery
aa9 decking. Trey are tie boats recently
cg-nS 3sts3 ~ SIcy4S EFox- Company oci ne
tide GAS. TIE powerful CREAM tugs Re4O-
lite ard Eoiyoks 1!A co2goy the feet ard
soE Ass hag 1lTeE 6a-ge1 Il is possIb.s
TIA. a4GltIoaAJ tggx all - sent CIT With
tha sea agers.
TIE Stern aeel hats vii hare 20 cover
a. Esa-s; 80 saGes 20 sss 70 81. Michael.
They all not put CIT % sea but follow
c.oss 70 re saore lire. They viii even &C IA
ard out OF the deeper bays Ike Prince
william scaa4. TIE 1sass are due a. &.
MscHsel the latter part os June. ard No
rsa Bros. think me rip car ne made n
twenty-five days. The E.outa % June -
tire pAsssantesr II northern waters ard
they anticipate 10 trcI5.e whatever -
xtean1ing ire beats 20 81 MscaaeI. In case
AZ an emergency ;ae tugs VII - bic 70
hands any az the sta rners 1ssat may 20
essaAls9-
Several q the vessels left tasir bersh OF
the tide rA;g yesterday afternoon and
steamed aro4n1 20 ths Oh Kerry mill
wharf. Others wect over 20 Port Blake
ley % load cord wooa for ire trip north.
F1li crews Tor the open s%4xsoa o.: tbs W
ken were shipped On Csost OF the vessels
yesr er32y. This work vii b. completed
TO-DAY TIE vessels VII 70 rather heavily
Ioade9 with cord wood al the start. but the
fires VII soon tighten taeu up. Tne Are
men have received Instructions 20 be very
careful of fuel and water
The only special preparation for the iore
ocean trip e Tire closing up 81 the deck
house az the bow. "a !ch presents a solid
house 20 the wsvee. The ve@seis are ali ft-
Ted with electric lights and the crew has
comfortable QGarters. Special preczut5on.
against fires have ueen taken and a code
of ggnsis arranged.
The steamers composing The eset are the
]. =. Light r. X Custin ard y r Camp
bell, belonging - the Seattle & Yukon
Transportation Company: the s., Michael
Victoria. Tacoma ard Seattle. belonging 20
he Empire Transportation Company. ~.
Western star belonging 70 the Esue Scar
Navigation Company. the Robert Kerr. be
longing 20 the Frank Wateraotss.s Company.
Limited. thu Oii Clty. belonging 70 the
STANDARD Oh Company. the Mary r Graz
and Pilgrim, whose owners have net yet
5eeu made public.
Al - the vessels are rs feet ~ length. -
-; beam and s feet inches depth %
reit, Inspectors Bryant and Cherry gave
t1e steamers t2e3r official inspection few
deus zo They say that the river steam
ees aT@ rs fire as could possibly he 5Glit
k2S~Ft Moran. prs%.deu: Of Moran Bros
E4tupaGy. expects 10 20 aoTth On one % he
.-ver - Gamers. Tie will probably be a PAS
=srSeC or the Pilgrim. The feet viii not
touch sc DGtca Haroo-. SO some 20 niles
s-c 4@ saved by going through another
Naas NJ. Moran said yesterday to u Pos
Ir,s4.sEencer reporter that he believed thar
f-a 1873 Gould ~ made With entire xas@*. A ?
ffAs s.t~cu ~ he year The boats are 5arf
is ths strongest Esoss3o.e manner ard the
weather conditions TON prevailing are most
favorable