The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-03
!iIINyHIP LINES COMING.
,..,. If Secretary Ling's Visit
East.
r.xF is WIDESPREAD.
f. Alaska irsnsrertnffon
.avy Has Already Essab-
..s~d Hs headquarters here
..,,e Company Il Negotiating
s.r Deegase-fs""drea thousand
..~ Coming Through Seattle.

tt Gaming Through seattle
Ernest z. T-sas, secretary OF fhe c'''''i'-
4 ~ s~ornarce. returned yesterday al
s-a-n a six weeks visit IN the East.
80 II. Ling's first expressions were
=, ratification "a getting back home
-. saa snother u pleasure at The signs
.,.press snd improvement that hid
= usse Or al ssIes during his absence,
80 aooearance @ genuine thrift and
awsnze volume If business or the
/ sggsts
~ sr,,,rse. said 3fr. Ling last nIght, IL
...,ss ssg that ti4ese Indications Of In
....ss prosperity in the city are surpris-
ne Ia the least. for besides my own
-.-xsesgous. based or information which
- pefsre having Seattle. 1 found this
40 yeil advertised Throughout the
r. ard 50 universally recognized IS lhe
.s.-sl base Of supplies ard departure for
!. Ylonalke and Alaska trade that l
,.<x lazsness Ia al departments 1ngst be
s.<rsaslng still. The magnitude Of this
ssrsase. after al came upon me some
sess Ii the nature Of 4 surprise. OF
sssse. the people .sho have been here IN
sz.fle have noticed the same thing. ba.
) them the increase has been a gradual
ss.ng. aud as il has occurred day by day
4 has been hardly peaeeptibie 20 them. ex-
OK when. perhaps. they would stop and
4 sagak back over what Seattle was SIX
zeuths ago Bat 10 one WHO has been
sssay. even for the brief period of ak
ssess. .hc change Is the more impressive
y, : Ike ones return home after a long
sssepee. when he ands the children OF the
family grown and changed IN way that
saase ~ho have been with them all the
tine have hardly observed.
New steamship Line.
~on leaving Seattle said Mr.. ling.
synst before Christmas, went straight 10
Nv Yerk as rapidly as possible. and
nsrhed that city On Christmas eve Inn
asdiately after Christmas went and saw
NJ j. H. Hoadley. who was r. presenting
i be- Cramps. whe. ii Vas thought at that
faEe, Koad make SEATTLE the headquar-
stsrs q a liee Of steamships running so St
! AsAsel. Col Janass Mcknight. Of New
Tesk. Kindly assisted me IN an ondeavor
= r., this line 10 Seattle Mr. Hoaaloy's
sAas were not then completed. aad an In
;efsssw was arranged with Mr.. Cramp.
Subsequently We learned that the Cramps
seali cot So into tie proposed plan. but
aat Il WAS taken up by the International
gssxsiien Company. aud that this com
nss had formed new corporation under
~ sane OF ihe Empire Company. Col
ksssaghi and I at once arranged an IN
ssrSS With NJ 6. IL. fiigbee, manager
- ~ International Navigation Company.
j ssf III FAhenstoek. the Pacific coast
nasaseF Ne discovered tina, there was
a. Estimation 20 estntllsh tire heaaquar-
hrs AZ san Francisco. ba; sfter we had
Maoaghly represented 20 them the posi-
ata. Which seatlln eo.ds ia the klendlke
std Alaska business. and had demonstrate
q 70 iasm thar q vast majority Of the
.I'slseiors going North wsre already
fe@sed Tor Seattle. then they took up the
aziter Of dofkase facilities at Seattle.
NssF teiegra g''aies Il the Chamber OF
sSmnsfee al Seattle they finally decided
= ssnd agen's 70 secure "a dock. They VIII
ssd re exclusive use OF dock SIS feet
90 And it IA practically certain that II
saty can secars tts they win locate here.
ihs manager Informed ;ne that they would
Fs'eaase all their supplies IN Seattle in
sa's They heated here. They havo aye
vessels svorsEfns ssoa tons each. which
asea % g sao~u as she State uns.
Ana >siu mother.
'a asi''icn Ia sals company. the one II
a'ai infNtAnce 3 tae Boston * Alaska
1 transportation Company. with ;hrce ocean
80 aHd an adequate river feet. Col
Asaash' A himself largely Interested
s company. They have actually es-
- iheir arssqu .sters az Sonuie.
- This sa15'loaa1 ooeaa and river trsss-
''''t'a eapaes, ssatrls viii he able to
esuy "''
he pega'iston~ wtt, taesa ,ransoor,a.
- S''"saa'a- ker, me ,mos, gaol,v oe-
'as'1.ss 'r.rs ar,Ne Sew Yosk