The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
WILL CARRY. . PASSENGERS ]. II 11kJkJ1 Y:O A1EkC - =. .,f:.. D. ----+---------- - :; %.;.. The Wrecker Whitelaw to to. Be. B Placed I \ on: the :.
 KIondike. Run.
Sailing of the Humboldt and : Scotia for the skaguay I
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Henry Peterson, the *oarsraar, Had. a
 :: Narrow Escape From; Drown. -..:..*. K.
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.-' So :. 1.. = -E .-.-:: E: The demand for vessels to carry min .ers to Copper River. Dyea and Ska gliay is as great as ever. The old bark Theobaldl which. was not considered good enough. for a:coal hulk, sailed yes terday for the Sound. On her arrival at Seattle. she will be fitted out as a passenger boat and will be lowed to and from: Dyea and Skaguay.s: The ship. Yosemite left Monday for the same place. as the TheobaId, i, and She %also*will be fitted up :to#carry passengers and freight. =..=*. .=.. <. >. r. @
 The latest additions to the chartered 9list are he Wrecker Whiteiaw and the steam scllooners Del Norte and Scotia. The latter was to have got away early yesterday. afternoon. but:5the rush Of freight at the last minute delayed her. The. Del Norte is>to be built up after the manner. of the Excelsior, and she should prove to be a serviceable boat, but just what is to be made out of the @WhitelaW: is a mystery <.
 There wa S not a great rush of people to see the Humboldt depart yesterday. In fact there were almost as many dogs as there we're passengers From here the Humboldt WilI oSto Seattle to take. 3on: the rest of her passengers for gDyea: and sSkaguay Thereafter her@charter- CTS should have no difficulty in making. hree round >tri ips month as she is one: of he fastest vessels on the coast. .EH The snlar gasoline SC hooner Bessie @Kets: to go back ii nto the klondike trade Last year she was placed on the St. Michael route. Her engines are now. being oNerhauled, and when the repairs are completed she will go on the Dyea - Skaguay: route. A gasoline engineer. will@ have. charge of the machinery on this: occasion.
 Henry Petersen, the oarsman, had a narrow escape from drowning yester- day. While getting the launch Amy away fer the British ship Pepgwern he lost his balance and fell backward into the bay. The backwash from the Amy carried him under the float, and it was with considerable difficulty that Jack Healy and Harry Johnson got him out of his awkward predicament. Henry escaped with ducking and the loss of his hat.
 The sailing of the Oceanic Steamship COmpany,s Alameda has been post poned until Friday at 10 D. m. The late arrival of. the English mail in New York and snow on the. Rocky Noun: tains are responsible for the delay.
 The new steamer Maui, built for the Wilder Steamship Company of Hono- lulu by the Union Iron Works, had her trial trip on the bay yesterday. The vessel came up to ali the requirements, and sine will prove to be a valuable ad- dition to the interisland fleet.
 The British gunboat Egeria arrived from San Diego yesterday en route for Esqufmalt. Her stay will be a short one, as she sails again to-day for the north.
 An opposition transfer line sprang' into existence on the water front yes terday. and there is now going to be some lively hustlfng for business and consequent cutting of rates whenever a steamer gets in.