The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21
SEATTLE -ALASKA FLEET.
Seventy Five Sea, Eighty Three
River and Six SfiGkeen River
Steamers Ensure Abund ant
Facilities and Ample Supplies
for Argonauts.

TIE fears xh-c,s existed las. winter .ba:
she tsea IS - 1-af-sao~s4aE r7su and sup
raes 10 sl1aE-. w9lit - iastfy cseat 70 ac-
cor.-,.:s ge t-e taasssan-4s w..o would GO
has r - O. e.l4e - TIE Tro~ssio. o. 3
greet feet 3 as never before beer
sxTEer o. .ss Es7-td' eeeaa. Isls. sec
srsfG 5y f.e- - F.,er steamers FOR the
yxk1a t-e f,-<--slt.on of aerial tram
vtFs o.er tie tGoc- pass and around
80 !avtts Z fA- EukGa. vita wagon ,ss44z
a. sEs.rve Hea 30 ITEM Rr1 almost 70 tAe
sgHg.!t 81 81" ~ ate pass. the beginning
81 railroad tsn trssat5cn over that route
ard tie 81. e - a fiest 0f small stea m
.gs e. ~ Faxes ara iGe upper Yukon, mas
PIT a. 80 -a.g rev corn pEex30a on az
sstrs TIE rs ttsas FOR vster tran sporta-
toa a. 1yH srapse Tor ali needs. antii the
frs arrivals - gold this summer gives the
vg-.1 ftesA evidence OF the wealth hidden
md tie lce- -paa{ earth
Tae.e af. a"# H. operation between So
49, ard TIE ssTs0us ports 81 Alaska sev-
ezfy-ave OCEAN steamers and sailing YES
ss.s. 1BF51F aETr- safe O. E,acity OK 1892
.pass,.- x q s and = Ois tons IT freight Those
s..se.s watcg ply to RI. Michael are opes-
sss8 Ia eonaes ton with elsnfy-tnre river
steamer, oa tne Yukon capable ~ carry
lhs total ~ i45zZ passengers and -. -
tors q freight. Most Of these vessels were
s4t "a fF-7satftf anu f%<iiEAEis ana
have gwen complete sa sisfactIou. Seattle
s,so furnished for operation on the
sfFkeea river six steamers caua BILE OF
eadylag lsio passengers and ]. lpJ tons Of
he.sAt
IAs ocean steamers make one round trip
rlsuia u ST. Michael Cook inlet or Val
De- ard from two 70 three round trips a
month 10 the LINN canal ports. The W.
hon liver steamers viii make from taree
ar. i@ws0n during the season ~ nayiga-
lion, T!4e Stlckeen river steamers make
toluG trip between Wfangel aud Glenora
ia nifty to sixty hours.
IN f1c suojo.ne3 table IL has been found
lmp1s .a4e ~ segrek8te tte vessels plying
to the different ports. as some of those
rganIug t. Lynn canal may be transferred
q ths ~. Michael route and some OF the
COPPER river and Cook inlet craft take the
INSIDE passage and call al Juneau and
Lyan canal ports Tn. figures would.
therefore. overlap 10 such an extent az 10
be worthless. The grand aggregate. how
ever. ~ sufficient to show tho adequacy Of
tse ferf "a handle all the business which
offers this summer and 10 prove beyond
cavil That Seattle IS the headquarters and
startling point for aine-tenths of the Alaak,
trade
The facilities have been no much i'm
proved that the journey from Seattle 10
DAWSON can be made w.ibiu twenty-five
days via 81 Michael. ard the sam, over
TIE passes a0d down the lakes aud river
has been reduced 10 about eighteen days.
The time from Seattle 10 UrAngei Is four
days thence 80 Glenora, two Days. theace
70 the head 81 Lake Teslln four or FIVE
days thence by boat TO Dawson. ten ar
Twelve days.
The tragedies caused by srowslides on
tee rhukoot pass were mainly due Ia TX
rorH1e - sUch danger. Thcy have
tended 20 iae education % the people ae 70
m best means 90 avoiding Sarh disaster
aat thls with the improvements IN the
NeAnk - transportation. may be expected
= prevent their repetition
The accom- anytUE tables give names d.
vF!ptiog. capacity AMI owners or charter
- ~ al the vessels running from Seattle
/. Alaskan ports from 81 Michael up the
Yukon 80 Dawson. and from Wgaugei up
The Stickee0 "a Glruora The dates given
are subject T. sach delays a* frequently
occur on suca long Voyage a. that t. ~
Michael. ard ,v.th such iifl Jitic- As are
necessarily Incident ia transfer 81 freight
a. mat point and At Wranxel and Lynn
canal p0ftz f4Gs a vessel fusy not actU-
ally salt uptA Two CT Three days after her
published sailing date Yet II would not Re
81 e. 90 presume on such delay. bat simply
III Ia psepafs3 rar such possibility after
arrival ~ Seattle.