The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-10
nONDIKE TREASURE BOAT.
~ Il Leading All Competitors In
the Race Id the yukon. SD -
Her Return May Tar. Over . Rich
C.r~o 10 Some Oceao Vessel.

In figuring on the K.ontExe gold boats.
And nearly every one tn Seattle has done
more or less figuring. the little river steam
or May West nlrNt be taken into considera-
tsor, as the deiivere. OF . gold cargo TO one
of the outside steamers. The May West IL
owned by p. c. Richardson. o. this city,
and has no connection with either OF the
Two old companies. consequently her pas
senrers and their treasure viii probably go
70 some outside steamer.
The May West was seen by the passerl-
gers who came down on the New England,
so niles below Dawson. Capt. Frank
Worth reported that he Eas making TWEEN
4y-f1vs miles every twenty-sour hours
against the food of muddy waters rushing
down the Yukon channel toward Bering
SEA. She was seen on June and should
have reached Dawson four days later. That
she would have 10 trouble in getting full
load Of r.ch passengers Il evidenced by the
fact that the North American Transporta-
ton and Trading Company and the Alaska
Commercial Company disposed OF all the
room on the first trips OF their steamers
ers who came into Dawson after the clean
NJ and desired TO go out were waiting Tor
some outside boat 70 arrive.
The MAY West can carry about 10 pas
opngers. and has an good chances a. any
Of the other river steamers 10 get down
the Yukon in safety. Capt. Worth mas
several experienced Alaskan pilota aboard.
and dlssanced all other boats on the trip
up river. Che was built at Dutch harbor
- - frs- he
had San Francisco party on board. She
failed, az did the other steamers. In max
ting tho trip. ard was frozen In alongside
the steamer Seattle No. j, about 100 miles
down river from Munook. The place was
called Woodwork, from Capt. Worth. OF
Che May West and ex-Mayor Wood, OF
the Seattle No. 1 expedition. The Seattle
No. and the May West started UP river
together as soon as the ice was out. but
the latter went high and dry aground
abort distance above Circle City through
tho poor work of her pilot.
1t In not certain just what ocean boat
viii get tho May Vests passengers at
Dawson. There were probably four outside
steamers there by the time the May West
arrived. These were the Brixham, Rival.
Iakme and Alliance. The Brixham II ope-
rated By the Boston and Alaska Trans
portatton Company. and the local officers
of the company believe that she will get
the MAY Vests passengers The Rival
and Lakme ara operated by Barneson &
Chilcott and either one Or the other OF
these steamers may get the passengers.
Capt. Chiicott ordered the Rival to remain
vi 81. Michael until the river steamer
Monarch returned. He believes that owing
TO the great delay the Rival will return
with the FIRST ioed Of passengers and leave
tbs Lakmc TO look after those brought
down on the Monarch The Alliance IL TO
wait for tho return Of ehe Seattle No.
from Dawson.
Any Of these steamers. as are tho Roam
oks and schooner Hattie I. Phillips, may
be considered duo AT this port from today
on. The May West should have made the
trip down the river In about ten days The
uncertainty of river travel howeve- makes
n impossible to accurately gauge the time
OF arrival OF the oce1n boats.