The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20
THE PASSING THR0NG.

John II. Craig. presiden. OF the Craig
Salpbuilding Company. and OF the Teieao
Dry Dock Company. OF Toledo. o.. is In
Seattle for the purpose Of completing the
construction Of steel tug for the Nor.n
American Transportation and Trading
Company. TIE vessel was built in Toledo
and then taken to pieces and shipped TO
Seattle. After examining the facilities for
shipbunding in Seattle and In Tacoma. MI.
Craig determined to come here 10 finish
the tug.
The tug d intended for ocean towing ~
well as harbor work. She Is fitted with
water bottom so that her draft. which.
when ilght viii be three and one-half feet.
can be increased to seven feet In short or.
der. She win be propelled by twin screws
and her engines will have about GOO indi-
Gated horse power. Her engines Will be
fore and aft compound, surface concerns
ing; the high cylinder twelve inches In d.
ameter and the low pressure cylinder
twenty-four inches. Built of steel through
out, the tug viii be staunch and seaworthy.
The deck will be of native wood.
The Craig Shiphuiiding Company owns
one OF the eight large establishments on
the Great Lakes. Mr.. Craig himself enter
tains optimistic views concerning Seattle
and the Pacific coast He has seen the lake
craft grow from vessels of 800 tons capac-
ity in 1850 until the present time. when
only metal steamships OF 500 and 600 tons
capacity are the rule. He is thorough
pyotectionist.
ut appears to me-" said Mr.. Craig yes
terday, that one OF the institutions OF
which Seattle stands in need is a good fur
mace concentration and rolling MILL 10 utilize
your vast leads of iron ore. Last year the
consumption of iron ore on Lake Superior
was a little over 1905. 90 tons. while the
outlook for the ensuing year is l5ooO,o0
The benefits Of the iron making industry
are Illustrated in Cleveland. O., which In
1860 was a small hamlet and has now grown
to ne a city of over 10000 inhabitants.
believe that Seattle is the place to make
beginning in the direction of establishing
iron and steel manufactures.
Accompanying Mr. Craig are his wife and
daughter. They viii remain in Seattle for
several weeks.
A letter has just been received from ].
Potter Whittren, well-known Seattle
man, by Winfield r. Smith. The ep-stie
was sent from Dawson and bears the date
OF November So In the letter Mr.. Whit
rem says: The latest find which has
come TO light is Henderson creek, OF the
Henderson mining district. 1t leads into
the same mountains as the Eldorado, OF
the kiondike district. but reaches the Iu-
kon river about sixty miles above the
Kiondike. Many OF the new corners could
not get to Dawson OH account OF the ice
in the river and went to prospecting in
Henderson. To the surprise OF all Hender-
son turned out to be another E!doraoo.
had half Of q calm on Henderson but
traded It a few days ago for some other
property. l tried hard to buy 1t back
shortly afterward and was willing 10 give
$500 for half interest. but failed. all
OF the claims in that country are worth
from 10000 to $50.00o Henderson is
similar creek to Bonanza and l would not
be surprised If 1t excelled it In richness.
One man alone is taking out 5000 every
Gay: $40 TO $50 nuggets are common. II
you have any property on that creek hold
onto il and don't sell for less than $4,000.
The other creeks and gulches which are
turning out TO be OF great value are Vic
roria. French and Skookum. and l expect
th"t many men who are prospecting them
viii be heard from before spring.
Mr.. Whittren states that Alaska Is a
country "for gold, cold and starvation and
q place where none but hard workers need
come, as the hardships one is obliged to
unsergo are something terrible" The
writer. being an old colegian. has not for
gotten the game of football and in his
letter says: II take much interest in the
game. as / have been elected captain of
the American team, and we are soon to
have game with the Canadians. Our
eleven will be mostly college men. and
Harvard. Yale. University Of Pennsyl-
yan.a. University of Virginia and the Uni
versity Of Chicago will he represented.
Old glory will come out OF the game with
the stars and stripes floating over the
Canadian flag.
The Klondike and Copper river districts
are having their innings, and now q party
is going to sail for the kotzebue Sound
district. j. l.. Minehan, an old-time
Northern Pacific conductor. of Spokane,
has organized the party of twenty men.
They have bought the schooner Helen, of
Sitka. Il craft OF 81 tons capacity. and will
leave next "Wednesday from the Vulcan
Iron Works wharf. The party has pur-
chased a splendid outfit, 10 last eighteen
months. James Kelley. an old miner. who
has been i'll the kotzehue Sound country
for several years. will be the guide After
reaching their destination the schooner
will be left at Norton's bay for The return
trip of the prospeetors. The crew is COM
posed Of the following; Capt Nick Brown
N. Wolf. =. Nagle and J. Kelley. Those
in the party are: James l.. Onderdonk. a
prominent attorney OF Chicago, T. c.
Martin. Old captain OF Chicago: w II.
SpTout. Of Hammond. La; ID. l.. Filiey.