Stikeen River journal., 1898-05-07
THE RAMON \.

THE RAMONA.
 Monday evening the Ramona. Cap tain F. r. Wilson. was the first steani- boat to start for Glenora. She left the t. r. R. wharf about 9 o'clock. anlld the tootiny of whistles. and the cheers of the crowd on the dock. She went that evening to Cottonwood island, and loaded from Mackenzie. Mann Co $ big warehouse the first supplies for the ,,oycrnmeut, Yukon X Iesin Lake railrca l. and went on her way up the river.
 MONTE CR1SrO
 The. river steamer Monte tristo left W rdntedaN morning at I'll Ec tlttk TOT G,enura, stopping At Cottonwood Island tn take ou part ol the Mackenzie, Mann Nto, outfit stored there. lhe steamer took ti .yht ton, of freight from WranEcl.
 THE CouRSER.
 The river steamer tourscr. Captain II. B. Bah!ngton: D. Mct ulloch, puracr; and II. Lee. natlng owner. left Wranpcl at i o'clock N cdncsday morn iur for Glenora with 19 passengers and d large amount of freight. The steamer has heretofore been navigating the Fraser river and is considered in Brit ish Columbia. one of the fastest SWlft water boats on the coast. having re- cord on that river of 100 miles and re- turn in Fl hours.
 The Courser will return if possible Sun lay night.
 THE HAMLIN.
 The ncw (. r. R. freight steamer Hamlin. recently built at Vancouver, b. t. for the sStikecn river trade. left Nrungcl for Glenora. Thursday at o'clock p. m. She was heavily loaded at Cottonwood island and left there Friday at o'clock in the morning and at noon had passed the boundary. The Halnlin is l4U feet long by 30 feet beam. ha, d carrying capacity of between lo' and l>O tons and. when loaded, draw: about tWenty-SiX inches. Two more boats of the same kind and three pas Ssnrur steamers are no" nearly com plet"d in Vancouver. and will be sen' here as soon a. accepted.
 THE OGILyIE.
 One of the finely equipped passenger river steamers of the C F. lt. com pany's fleet. the Ogilvie. is expected tt arrive today from Vancouver. and wil leave as soon afterwards as possible fol Glenora. This steamer is fully equip ped with all the modern Improvement, which 20 to make an Al passenger steamer and is lighted by electricity throughout She has about 10 first cabin berths and accommodations for q large number of second class paSsen gers and freight Accommodation ear be reserved at the (. r. l.. office Parties wishing to go on this steamer would do we'll to make reservations al once, aS space will be limited
 THE WRANGEL.
 The steamer Wrangel, for the Sti- keen river. Was spoken t few days lgc on her way up.
 RATES TO GLENORA,
 A coordination of Stikeen river trans portation companies has been formed for the purpose of keeping up the rates for freight and passage, and the agree mcnt was yesterday signed by all the representatives. with one exception The following rates will be adhered tC until further notice:
 Freight measurement or weight
 at the option of the steamer,
 per ton . $40 O( Horses. mules. burros and cattle 25 Ot Dogs. sheep and goats, per head D 0t Passengers .-... --...., .....= 2oU Berths .... .-........-.... ....-.-....- 2.o' Meals ... . -... -......,............. u In addition, l50 pounds of wearing apparel will be transported free. and the minimum rate for any package will be five dollars.
 W. R. Galloway, general passeng CT agent for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad, with headquarters at Minneapolis, is quoted by an exchange, as saying that from his observation, fully 100000 people will go into Alaska, by the way of the Stikeen river this summer
 Captain Lake, of the Gipsy Queen party, paid Wrangel visit yesterday. The launching of their steam scow will take'place Monday next, and the party will proceed up the river as rapidly as possible. The capacity of the boat is fifty tons, and it will require two and possibly three trips to transport their