The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-04-30
DOODLE CROWDS
THE FLYER OUT
Cuts Fare Between East Sound and Bell
ingham to 10 cents to Force Flyer to
Oujt--Other Launches Involved

| 27 saws: GA launch war involving the
entire moso uito passenger fleet opeT
ating in north Puget Sound was start
ed yesterday morning at East Sound
by the launch Yankee Doodle. whlcn
is plying between Friday Harbor, Bel
bingham and way points. Ihe Yam
| kee Doodle in Ter attempt to force the
! Island Fly yer from the East Sound =
| Bellingham run cut the rate from this
city to East Sound 10 ten cents. This
bad immediate results. Taking ad
vantage of the cheap rates, the island
ers iocked to the Yankee .toodle and
that craft came into port this morning
with heavy list Of passengers, while
the Island Flyer had but few.
CAPTAIN Kasch. of the Yankee
| Doodle states that he reduced the
fare to prevent the Island Flyer from
cutting the heart ont of his run. Ihe
Island Flyer formerly took the same
route as the Yankee Doodle. but AS
the latter launch was much faster she
was forced to cut down her run in Or
der to reach way points between East
Sound and this city ahead of the Yam
kee Doodle. The Island Flyer does
not go farther than East Sound and is
therefore capable of making better
time on this run than the Yankee
Doodle. which makes the long run be-
tween Friday Harbor and Beliingham.
between the island capital and this
city and the fare still remains at
81. %. However. with ten cent rate
between East Sound and BelIinghem
the Island Flyer will not be able to
make expenses and will either have
to quit the run or take the same route
at East Sound over night the Island
Flyer is able to land passengers in
this city about an hour earlier in the
morning than the Yankee Doodle and
as she does not have the distance to
go, she leaves Bellingham IN the after
noon for the islands about four o clock
which gives better trade advantages
to the islanders living between here
and East Sound. In order to make
her regular run the Yankee Doodle is
forced to leave Bellingham earlier in
the afternoon and she does not arrive
as early ir the morning.
Captain Blackwood. owner of the
Island Flyer, states that he will not
cut the rate between here and East
Sound to agree with the schedule
posted by the Yankee Doodle. He
states that he is on the run to stay
and can afford to lose money with the
other fellow.
Captain Andrew Newhall. owner OF
the Buckeye and Islander, will also
| join in the war. He intends TO place
the Buckeye on the Friday Harbor-
Bellingham run Saturday. The Buck
eye cannot enter into competition
with the gasoline launches. as she
lacks the speed, but Captain Newhall
intends to put on launch to run be-
tween East and West Sound, Lopez
| and Port Stanley to make connections
| at Olga with the Buckeye coming to
| Bellingham. The new launch will
proceed to Anacortes and will have a
separate run, calling at Decatur and
Blakeley Island before reaching the
Fidalgo island city. Raturning to
the islands the Buckeye will again
meet the launch coming from Anacor
tes at Olga, and after the passengers
are transferred, the launch will pro-
ceed to East and West Sound, and the
Buckeye to Friday Harbor.
| Captain Newhall and Captain Kasch
were unable to reach an agreement as
to the route of the new launch. ard
more trouble is expected later. Cap
tain Newhall insists that the Yankee
Doodle change her present run and
ply between Anacortes and the islands,
making connections with the Buckeye
at Olga. Captain Kasch will not
agree to this proposition, as he be-
lieves the Friday Harbor- Bellingham
run to be the best.
The new launch. the name of which
has not yet. been learned, on the Ana
cortes island run will invade the
territory of the launch Concordia. ply
ing between Anacortes and Friday
Harbor. which will prompt more rate
cutting.
Another country was heard from
this morning when the N. & s. Boat
Building Company, of Seattle, an
nuunced that they will invade the
Anacortes- Bellingham run in compel
ition with the launch Falcon, owned