The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-26
Kintuck, Equipped in Seattle, the
Acme Of Perfection.
MASTERPIECE OF THE MoRAns.
Fitted Up in Less Than n Fortnight
With Every Device for the Conn
+ fort and safety of Her Equine
PsssepEers-rnnovnf in Com
sfruetfon and venfiIatIon-Tbe
Magnitude of the Great Task.


hitting out and loading Of animal trans
ports for the United States war depart
fuent has been reached in Seattle is a
fact not now disputed by high officials
OF the government who have investigated
the matter. and one that will soon be
realized by authorities on the subject
throughout the nation.
IL ~ not yet n year since the war
department sent out from this port to
the Orient, purely as an experiment the
nrst animal transport ever fitted up and
loaded north OF Gan Francisco. The sue
cess OF that experiment has resulted in
the building up OF business which has
now attained stupendous proportions
and brings about the expenditure OF
thousands OF dollars weekly TN this city
by the local branch OF the quartermas-
ter's department.
To no one fact IL the success OF the
governments shipments Of troops cav
airy horses and army mules from this
port more due than TO the fact that
Seattle can boast of one of the most
complete. and by no means one OF the
smallest shlp-buildng and repairing
plants in the United States. at the head
OF which are men who possess in the
highest degree the knowledge and ex-
perience requisite for this work and an
ambition TO fuihil their contracts with
the war department satisfactorily and
beyond the slightest criticism.
The Moran Brothers Company, the cor
poration which has successfully com.
peted for the work OF preparing the
great majority OF the governments trans
PORTS sailing from Puget sound for voy-
ages across the Pacific. and has from the
FIRST striven to make improvements In
the manner OF fitting the huge merchant
steamships for the service OF the war
department makes the statement that
n. fer nf In
his i,na !. ~ on,,naI ,vars,'nr, r,n,,c,
which win sail for China from this
port today with cargo of 900 army
mules and 500 tons Of forage and mis-
celia neous aupntic. for tb kmarica, mn
,,arv ,ora.. 80, .,...,,,s, a.. - ~ s,.
N"'s ,"'N'e ny" "p'ra"hs ~ IN" Flow
cry hihsnom'
IL " stated without qualification or
reservation by the officers OF the com
parv that The Ktn,,,rk Ia the made, ant.
r,a1 ,rarsnnr, .bi,, 4, ,ha sa.,,,ca =, ~.
49,, 800. sp =, VIZ se,F'.. % we
,. s,asss and oeyond question we
mos nus, s"hpte,eiy anu SUBSTANTIALLY
suippcn vessel ever outhtten Tor IKE
service IN any country.
work on the Kintuck.
A a.,au.a s.a..t,,,trx. "a -, , 49,.
has been done ~ iba l,n hu wot hv ' ,se
Morans viii give ths avarara rsadsr ~, au
arcnrata ,aaa ~ auaase rs"us. W
sInaitar ..arL ,ha. ha go, ILL ~ ~, ~
sa,,,n .r,,nan 't "ah "ssn ""i's NY wv
serve 10 sxniai. ,ha raai,ra, ,rnnre aso
s.xfffa a
snh,"h t uru" n,sns,,u app,"nea p,ans
s wnn na.s maus .ne vessel me nlghest
Srs " nnamai uanspora pertecuon.
ne h'nIuck ~ an f.ngisn cargo carrier
ot tns mos, modern Design ana com
~ rsr"o, ,, shs VAS pun IN Beliast IN
iNn, Tor the oriental trade, and IL a
veritaoie ocean tramp. but not a marine
Nakrnn, on any low class. on the com
Inry' tne kintuek 10 steamship OF blue
poou, VI that term can De tolerated AS
Applied 70 great leviathan constructed
,ntoukhvu, ustn the nnest steel hy the
best snip builders OF the old world.
Tramp sue ~ only IN name. Her
rsxister ~ 400 tons net and i4n tons
Ehoss anu hsr cargo carrying capacity
aih"st eeyoh1 conception. she y speedy
VOC ana as she Hes at her dock I'm Sc
attire, ne, Maes fteaihhH snow white with
irrsh palht. even the most critical man
muse aunAt that sne IN not without her
p,ttchstohs 70 D.auty
IN the case OF the klntuek, however
.ho beauty " Only SKIN deep, and she.
" must be admitted BY her candid ad-
nters BEARS striking similarity 10 the
Wnit.a sepulcher OF inc New Testament
All iar without ana rocking With cor
iuPuon within To realize the. truth OF
tnis statement personal visit 90 the
quarters OF the mules IN her hold Is
necessary
fhe maknitude % the alterations the