The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-03

made h4r way around the Horn atrut NJ
time the Great Ktohdtiss rueh ~ III. It
was the Exceisior which carried the FIRST
consisnment Of Klondiks gold from g..
Michael arriving az san Francisco Ju1y 16s
1871. and the Portland. roAchiug this city
two days later with sim trsAter virgin
Qold cargo. that Gnve IL n4ws calling
tsict.
SAN FRANCISCO COMPANtEs.
NJ ITCHELL 3 GRAY. q strong San
IVA Francisco shipping concern, have
been competing for Yukon business
from Seattle. running two or three Vessels
- q. MtchAet Tor several Years. doing also
crsditabIe Cape Nome trade last sea-
tion to the new district next year. OBJ
Grating three, and possibly four. steam
ers. Two Of these are the Alliance and
DHpatch, and a third Is now building
IN California waters The Alliance was
the first steamer to leave Seattle for tho
mouth Of the Yukon last season, making
three round trips. and she could easily
nave done the fourth had her owners con-
Guided another voyage advisable. The
Alliance, Dispatch. and the steamer the
firm has under construction will, when
fttted for the Cape Nome triffic, carry an
average OF perhaps $50 passengers and
1000 tons of freight each, aside from fuel.
They are all splendid vessels.
Tho J. 8. Kimball Company. another
0an Francisco concern, announces that
II will have i've steamers and steam
schooners In the Cape Nome trafic. pos
sfbly all in operation from Seattle. They
are the Albion, Aloha. Noyo, National
City, and the fifth q steam schooner
building at Ev6fstt Kimbd1f & ca. did
a vast amounte4f Cxps Noshe business
~ -
their transportation business . large sup
ply store at Nome Cfty.
The pro6Gb1li1ies are thAt the Seattle
Steamship Company will operate three
steamers between this city and Cape
Nome. One Of these, the steamship Or
egon, h q powerful CARRIER. Her passen.
ger capdetty Is tdrge. and she could prob
ably carry ZOO ar 5000 tons of general
cargo. Besides the Oregon. II n the COM
pany's intention to secure another vessel
to take the place Of tho wrecked Lau-
rada, and In all likelihood q third craft.
In conjunction with these, the little pass
enger steamer Discovery, also the prop
erty OF the company, will be operated.
as last season. between o. Michael and
Cape Nome.
some 81 the best known Seattle bus
mess men. including s. q. Simpson. r.
A. Bell, Lester Turner, James d. Hose,
jr., J. M. e. Atkinson and Others are
stockholders IN the Seattle Steamship
Company.
! The Alaslsa Steamship Company ex-
'pexks TO compete for Cape Nome traffic
nexS season. IN aadition 10 lzafntaining
It's Lynn canaI connections Charles Il.
Peabody. general manager Of the COM
lpany, recently returned from the East,
whese he contracted for Two vessels for
the Seattle-Cape Nome run. They were
secured with special reference to cargo
carrying. though each will have splen-
did passenger accommodations.
The British American Zine ID already
booking passengers fer its British steam
er Garonos one OF the largest freight and
passenger carriers on the Pacific. And Il
is not Improbable that this line Will have
at least one other vessel on the Nome
run.
The Alaska & Pacific Steamship Com
rpany announces its intention Of placing