The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-26
Eight Steamers for Dyea and
Skaguay in Seven Days.
KEEPING PACE WITH THE RUSH.
rhe steamer Excelsior Sails for Alas
In With 200 PasseDgcrs-Ibr~e
Boats Scheduled to Leave Today,
the Clara Nevada. City of Seattle
and Utopia Intending Mon
Aikers Experience 10 Delay.


the steamer service from Seattle 70 Alas
ka Is inadequate TO the task Of handling
the rush With boats having for the
North almost daily. ana sometimes TWO
or three in swensy-foHr hours. the crowds
arriving here from the East and South
ATE Kept moving without delay. Parties
are no SOONER turned out by the outfit
tess than they are carried away BY steam
Gr.
ssear.er Excelsior sailed last night for
Dyea and skaguay and Copper river
ports. with go passengers, and today are
scheduled TO sail the Utopia with l5e pas
sengers: the City of Seattle with CO. and
the Clara Nevada with 10. Tomorrow
the Topeka Will sail with go passengers.
and before the close OF the week the Ma
varro will saiI with 10 ard the Protsc-
tion with 80. Last Meneay the Noyo
carried out 80. The total for the week
Ia eight steamers. carrying an aggregate
OF 1900 passengers The development II
the Alaska steamship business IL keeping
pace with the necessities Oh the trade,
and where 800 people can nossaoe carra~i
north in a week. there will be facilities
Ia another month to meet the demands
OF the rush.
Iir f<AGt4eiUf was Wei ft31tr3 tBSI
when she sailed last night. a majority OF
her passengers. nineteen first class and
los second class, were booked for Lynn
canal ports. while the balance. fourteen
first and forty-three second cias7. We're
for the Copper river. But few of the
Excelsior's passengers were not supplied
with outfits TO go into Dawson early
SIS possible. There were fully 200 sleds
In the yesasl's hold and twenty five horses
and loo dogs. The rest OF the cargo was
made mp Of seycaty-iive tons Of hay, fifty
tons Of oats and 400 tons of general mer-
chandise.
The Excelsforss Passengers.
Following Fl list Of the passengers.
nearly all or whom Quilted In this city,
not even excepting the seventy-five who
came up In the Excelsior from San Fran
cisco:
For Dyea and skaguay-J. r. Nichols.
G. +. Parsons J. II. Abrams John Own
ing. NJ. r. King. A. A. McCandless,
George Warmboid. Henry Rosenwinkle,
J. Mordt. Miss Gates. Miss Ida Brown.
ii. ]. Hatch. +. e. Kilgore. +. II. Sankey.
Mrs. Susan Alien. ]. ID. Pope. James
Brice Walter Aud. W. w. cheeseman.
Nat Cayeness.
Second clasp. Delaney. IL keemfk,
r. w. Walpolc. y. G. bunker T.. Juzix
r. y, Woods, +. w Parks. H. MARCEL.
q. II. Eerlsin. III. ii. Edlin. Sig. Weis-
hiergg. w. Beck. s. Berlsin :. Freedman,
&. charon. James Fulton. A. NeshlIt s.
Aurchison. James Poe. G. II. Smith. Rob-
er, Jones. Thomas Neshlt, Charles Bloom,
Roy Larock. u. Mckinay. w. Nichols,
John Hogan. Joseph Baderston II. =.
Gsdd:ngs. Otto Gregory. Harry White
head. William Trigx. Frank Price. s. L.
powier. George Thomas. o. r. CLARK
John J. Hannah y. a Nelson X. Lar
ten. J. J. Tyete, Louis fodal. Gus Wigen,
Ed DIlsard. Peter Gregg. \. Koeln. A. j.
Lloyd. Fred Dahl. X. III. Abrams. X. w.
Abrams. @. II. Ward. Jacob Swanson. H.
Braithwaite John Miller. {. r Klaus.
II. q. Dawson. T. IL. Cole, s IL. star
George McManaman. Charles Day. Peter
Quinn. j. H Bohh. =. Z banning. 8 r
Stewart Harvey Van Hook r.. II An
orews. Judd Rose, Mr.. and Mrs. w l..
Adams. John Reed Alex NcKfllup J. r.
Rea. q. n. Winter. II. Gantois II. l..
Fennsr. Emil TuTmyal. William ~ Nurn-
berger. X. Fiingson. James Pankey NJ.
seigfrled William Stevenson sam og-
der. {. Schultz. PAN srowy X q Guy.
William Crihbs. Gilbert Harris John sIur-
ply. r. $. Meeker. J, J.. Could. r Ste
sens. i. ]. Fries. W. r. Butt. Y 4.
Paine W. u Taylor G. ". Taylor II.
Clark. Robert Ireland. Charles Tice. VIII
liam Stenger. Frank bradbury. .. s.
Smith F. r.. Clark. J. Is Lynch
For Copper river porfs-E. r. Rhodes
Mrs. John Owning. =. Ruftler. J. Donald
son. II. Hansen, q III. patchett. Charis $
Denbam. w. O. AcHaFdy. w. J.. Roser.
MIR and Mrs. Alex Haas
Second ciass--John Tobbler. p. Krum-
reeneher, T. Nexser. r. Gilman & =
whitman. +. L. Lasater. c. :. Coodven,
Robert Maddox. Ralph Murphy. Holmes
wiusiow. Thomas Rahhiee. i. Delaney.
J. q. s. KIimer. &. Bauer. \. L. johnson,
Fred Anderson. q. l.. MatSon. liver UlSoth.
Andrew johnson. William Bennett. +.
Johnson. Adolph Nliander ". \ Thorne
J.. q. Ross. c. l. Eigerton. = r. Spatx
+. l.. Graham. Edward cash. John Guard.
J.. c. Saunders. :. NJ. TAYLOR. {. W. Chris
Hanson J. Y. Morrison. r. r Wood +
uatton. J. :. Hamilton. Z. Mctsreror q.
II. Myer. r. [. YounN, John Lawrence
Thomas Lawrence. Louis Relney. q. "
Owens. c. II. Hsrkel. r. Rltchse.
Utopia Delayed fer Repairs.
Steamer Utopia. which was scheduled q
sail yesterday afternoon fer nysA and
skaguay, did not gct away. because ~.
pairs and alterations were not com
riesed. sha VIII sal this morning AZ
o'cepck. Esriy yesterday morning TIRE
steamer was launched from the Moran
ways and brought Ip u the Coiman dock
where she is lying az present. \ larRs
crowd Of people were on the wharf DURING
the entire dav. watching the force or neu
az work on the vessel.
In addition 10 providing the Itopia wffh
u new propeller. the vessel VIII he thor,
cachly ovevhau5es. 4 force 0f machfn
isis was yesterday Rt work on the steam.
rrss engine, and carpenters were cugax,S
IN putting up busks along tfte sides ol
the vessel between decks" and knock
Ing cut bulkhsadS and stRRchtoas 10 snfr
all the spaee possible. Ia the state rooms
ona or gwe heTths have been added {,
those already there. sua touches arc oeiul
arranged IN Ehe social haN scr the a.
COMMUNICATION ~ Passengers who Aayi
failed 20 sgtgTe lerths.
A pair III stout baggage hccms ars heiHs
fitted ~ on the mast. These wilt ~
worked in connection wtsa tne stem
winch. ana wll3 ErAtsv ighsen tee wcrs
81 heading ant unloading freight
The passenger list - the steamer Ttanls
Is IA follows ". +. MRckay. J. =. Med
iev. Frank Petalln. Charles Green G. Z.
Long George Howard. l.. g. Parker NJ
w Parker. ti0gh Msvl}f. George Martin
J. l.. rattersaa. y. y IL EsgiL Pat Mo
ffuxh E0gcue Pjper. ,. faife III Cox
Fred Re<issron. john llotsS. \ ThafGorf