Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-12
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iaE l'.= zfH-HtIs -HIlN iIi iitA Hl thai -f.sudId steamer la=tt. sbut ue arc eo. u- up as isfas the boundary line II passitIe Je.u our ltts. futy. for hay. invited Il ftw Friends tp along.
 Fits sni invitation included tht uIf ud uhs ,t tho W-.trr anl ou flar- las rVHaiue0etooa rosse@si'uo ot oet ut tGo.s ae1utllul -t1trraams an th. Ca-ea iaf thc nisht. and tbe uc<t ueruiue tr,1ht md early thr boat vas making god tiur toward thc mouth If the majestic sii,.eeu lhe Uasea isa fast traveller ard though heavily load ed .euo,ei through Che water at lively gat. tEeh hteahfast tible ruye u- Il chance ta mteicr our crowd. At the heal oi the table of course. sat Cap# tam Gray. lis looks. hy thc WY. are se4 deetiving lie has been com. maajiuz boat, So bong that to one not acquainted with him he appears stern and uuapproaehutle, hut he k the very opposite. Kind. oIlieiHe. full of fan and so thoroughly tull of music that a gool jolly song i, liable to break out of him at the most unexpected moment. He has q guitar with him on the boat aEd it will he long time before We for get Captain Gray and his guitar. Man aser Hickey. who i- also cb!cf engineer. of the boat, is all old timer in Alaskan waters. His "reminiscences of twenty. iiva years ago are Very interesting. He has "aae a number ot trips to London a3,d 1t is enjoyable To hear him tell of that wonderful place. PGrser Hickey. sennt the manager. is a youngman with a good record for lusiies, and looks aitor the financial matters of the boat ia d satisfactory manner. T. \. Grant l> the Captain, mate and will no doubt be q commander before long. Steward McNeil is a quiet uua>s umiug fellow who knows his business. and would sat isty any crew or Passenger. who en. ioycd good eating, and, especially, good coffee. There are stewards and stew ards. but few that will compare with McNeil. He will never have trouble ill looking for job. for the boat owners always want men of his make and pat tern.
 There is strong and his charming wife, of the Alaska Hardware O., Mrs. Hamilton and daughter, Mrs. Romer and daughter, the writer, Mrs. Mcbride and Miss May Mcbride Hello! There comes Chips" Cole and Alr. Hunter. who are going to the boundary town on business for the Hudson's Bay Go. We never could find out why Cole was called Chips" There is no resemblance between the two. These two helped to make the time pass swiftly along.
 Mr. Richards. the deputy collector at the boundary, was also a passenger on the up trip. lie has been up there all summer. His office was in a tent and only few steps from the Canadian port. where the mounted police stayed Mr, Richards was formerly from What com, Wash. and is a No l man. No doubt when Collector lvey returns, Mir. Richards will get better station. He deserves it.
 By the time we reached Cottonwood island, at the mouth of the Stikeen everybody had partakon of a good breakfast and the best coffee we ever got on board of q boat, and then sight seeing Was the program until we reach ed our place of destination. The water was low, very low, and it was only with the greatest care that Capt. Gray was able to take his boat, loaded with hun dreds of tons of freight. up the river A feW times the boat ran onto a sand Lar, but the delay caused thereby was but for few minutes. Once the boat ran onto a snag and the force of the re ver5ad wheel failed to float the boat, but by little manipulation kind of q sleight of hand performance by Capt. Gray, the boat was soon out in the channel, steadily pulling up the stream.
 The sight of the beautiful glaciers on either side of the river, was what de lighted the women passengers. The handsome blue color of the glaciers was by the female passengers discussed and finally resulted in agreeing that some one might have poured some blueing over it.