The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01
Northern Pacific Oriental Liners
10 Touch Herr.
eaANcH OFFICE ESTABLISHED.
D~nweu q Co HHd.D, Whe Control
the LSn~, WITH C~ap~ts for the
Eonsnese~ ~ This pSrs-Ne~ i1fae
% ehe orient Assneed n business
Sssstnes ss-The Ctsyss Css@es-
.esaI Imp@rtaaee KecsE atsea-

Another steamship line from Seattle TO
"a. Orient u praeta@iiy aS assured fact.
II business 5uSsft4ea. within q f~s we%fS
fse Oriental haers ~ the Northern Pa
cissc Steamship Company. wszsesa nos fsas
1x terminus a. Tacoma. witt be running
also from Seasrle Ds4Aasil Il Gu tl~<a-i,
Srbo are tbs agents for saes company. viii
enter sle composition for the trade VI Sss-
atsIe wsfh the tar E,ars.
Heretofore ssss nsskwestA have os,~rasss1
from Tacoma. Victoria and Vancouver. aud
their s.ssssnY 10 seattle MEATS that saas
ys~t wsli SIS tfss fssare D. given the same
Teecsnssien as the sfaf.e others nsss.-
t5cIssa
lt3aweE e. TO ara she agssnts for several
az sfse largest steamship tines Ia the world.
and from their head ufTiaes ii London s.x~
exeiee q very large control upon the Qsrs-
eusss trade. They have branch Offices In
Yokohama and Eos~. Japap. Hsugkeng,
SHANGHAI. Hsnkos asad Foocsow. China,
ard telouino. Esyson, and by tAest new ar
ENGAGEMENT sIli Trims Seattle Into tie mum
ben % their Pacific cusaat Issrss.
Bessaas the Northern Paeifle Steamship
Company, me Dcdweiss control tse bust
ness 81 the SaInasis ssesssnsslsp hne. run
nsfss from Portland. Or. 10 the Orient.
generally known az the Oregon Railroad
8 Navigation Cssnpanys iine
The announcement ~ he establishment
q tEs 6cassis office U shs I,odwsiis IL
made In circular issued frslsn the TIA
eossla ofsice n states shat Charles Stew
ar. wslo has for ssse y4ars bse.a the TIA
cea.a manager Of the eonsppny will be
sesapilaaeG la sas pssatsSn for Seat
tie ais q. r. TEIornarAs nov Seattle
aEens Of fhe Seattle a AsBas.a Steamship
Company. vii De made sab-nsansEsr.
An. rodweiis have for some time been
shc asseslss 81 the Washington Il Alaska
company, asa wsli continue 70 marriage iss
business In seattle afsa 20 esisarge II by
tbs aisiasien 81 otner eteamsrs to tss feet
~ present the company IL operating outy
the steamer City 81 Seattle, bat lnds the
demands % tns traffic increasing 30 fast
that other steamers ar. necessary. The
Injwoils will nass handsome Offices in
lone ~ the Uptown business blocks. and
their business ADD the business Of ths
Washington d ALASKA company viii bs
fIsasaetsd.
ineas 81 the i,adweii company h the fact
that they have obtained eoGtsui 81 tha
Tacoma Y lctuyia sssafner line. heretofore
operated by the Northern Pacific aud will
al once praers-d TO buy or build - steamer
equally guoa az the recently wrecked
City % Kingston 10 replace her Ola the
route. When tlals is done the new steamer
will run from Tacoma 80 Victoria. as was
the case befars tne iass OF ia. Kingston
In this nn.antlme the steamer George f..
Starr will remain on the route. running
from Seattle 10 Victoria only.
II has bs-n suggested tAas the Victorian.
1saw on the Columbia river might s,.s select
90 tai saaeesa the Kingston. she is alsnos.
u sister stip 20 the city IF Seattl. but
O mistake Nas made In her construction
by building too heavy aid pow .rfail sn-
GlDsa for tha size or her hut she can
he shade bawavvf. az exceedingly fast
steamer.
The podwei company owns or controls
81 tse nsssaborAeod % ainety steamships
bes.ia.s a fleet of sss ships plying bet wses
sfas Draeas aud tine Pacific s.sssss The
steamers Of tse Northsra Pacific line.
wtsleh the i,adwells Will probably ran srusn
Seattle lss well az Tacoma. are shp Ia
s0aas. Victoria. Olympia and tslenags. Civ
fsaS q sisree weaks service tst ween Puget
sound aid the Orient