The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-20
fare 70 ALASKA ADVANCED.
Passenger Rate to Dyea and
Gkaguay Is $50 and $50.
FROM ALL PUGET SOUND PORTS.


A reimbursement % passenger and ifeisat
rntee on the Alaska route, raising Il -
70 cal points srom s. 70 SO. wen inia Il
feet yesterday afternoon. Tie aavan7e SIC
fects ali steamship companies of@Fat =
from Puget sssnd parts. SEATTLE Aseoiss +
Victoria and Vancouver. being Tie FSz-4t
of : conference bsswemu leading tFanSa -
sation men Of these four cities. Pas 60
xsr rates are now a. follows
From Puget sound ports 20 Dyea E"
Hka 80 frat class, - second 90 .
neaa. ~ and 81. 10 EoFt HFaHgei' ~ 's
81
the ssrn,os rate TO pyea sHd sAag
wa. SO and 81: 10 Jpness, ~ ana "a =
Fort Eraass.. - and 81,
Tne rew scheaalG far freight Offers -
sevsrxI Instances . reduction. ofdifAst5
freight vllI be sl5 per ton. increased s.ls.'
go ara special figures are insae on Gag
az &c. dogs. SfsA and burToS. slt,au "a
setiue freight contracts are. oi coHfre.
maintained auyioIsnle.
Tl.e g,.sw schsaule ~ the result % an 49,
derstandng reached between asens7 q
several OF tire leading steamship ea9f
Laaies now operating between Puget s2a'7'
aad Lynn canal p0fts They fsEei Sestf
auer G. ]. s1aiih, Of the Faclfie Cost
Steamship Company. committee y
Ave was appointed 10 prepars nsw Ecassf'~
tlic and SIS report submitted ia tne ailsf-
noon. was adopted There Is nothing q
me nature OF 8 binding agreement. at
the maintenance of the req rates is IN
darstood
Az the meeting the Pacific Coast seeain-
ship COMPANY was represented ~ 9 =
~ ea.ar fta.rHf "a arf
Pacific railroad by =. j Goyls and AnkNs
Cameron, EarneNon & Chilcott Dg - Z
Richard fhileott. the Alaska ~ aafl1sgsp
Company by G. E. Peabody; the Washing
ton a. Alaska Steamship Company uF
Hugh G. Wallace: the Esquimalt 4 NaFs5s-
no Steamship Company by y, G. D1Etdge
aaa j c, Harvey. the Canadian Pacific
Navigation Company by John Irving.
The committee. whose suggestions Tor
s.hanpea rates are now tn effect. Sss made
IN Of Waiiace. Irving. Davtdge. Cameron
and Truabsidge. No sooner had f4F
sssaasshlp niaG sigallied their satisfaction
with the new schedule than all t.eket az
fees were notified. As everything Is sold
ut, 10 the end Of this month the chairga
will no, he noticed until The iista ase open
I'd for February bookings. Tl3e advance "a
rates Will cause iIttle surprise. AS Il ts
known so have been in contemplation for
some tirne.
II IL n significant fact that the rates DoS
In effect when thr greatest bonn ever * .
Ia COAT transportation business T. VII
under say. are decidedly lower than Tres
wsfe three years age At that rfae tae
Pacific Coast Steamship Company Rad jan
field to itself. and charged what IL pleased.
Passengers ran6 either so al their prizes
or stay al haEne. Early In 1888 II cast 80
firSg Glars and IS second 10 80 only 10 -.
naaii. Ilyea and skaEuay were then nFs
or the maps The fare now. To Juneau -
81 ilrat class and 81 second. or si7 - less
Tran Isl lsS When the Alaska Stsamshs .
Company entered The arena. In March. las
tissfN began Immediately the nsmofa6le
lste wae on the Alaska route. The Alaska
s. snssfsp Company pgt the fare at ~
Il Il class anG 81 second Not 20 lee oat-
sS,Ss, f1s Pacific Coast Steamship Coi1-
IaaS ealue back with 4 rate Of g. ard 5. a.
Il vas cheaper ia travel On the Compau<ea
boats than To stay at home 94e
Niaiapa carried steadily ~ 81
assl =. and the old established eompau
gradually advanced Is SIC and g. and tt
lst 10 SIS and sl.s0. Freight by the Pa
cite Coast Steamship Company vas S reF
Tor. less - per cent
This Hag the condition OF affairs when.
on ASieh =. 1876 the steamer Wiliapa wss
lost. II was bur few weeks later that
rates We're advanced according tn tat
seheduis that has been maintained Tor nuAs
almost a year.