The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1897, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY HUNDREDS CROWD THE STEAMERS Even a Collier Is Now Being Pressed Into the Service. THE CLEVELAND HUSTLES OFF OVERLOADED. Transportation Utterly Inadequate to the Rush—A Digest of the Dominion Mining Laws — Rein- deer Too. So great is the rush from here to the 3 loaded colliers are being ed on their way that they may be i in time to help carry the” hord that has oven every available means of | transportati that coast, to see how they are adapted to the needs of the minin - population. e RUSH FORK JUNEAU. “Pll give you §25 advance on your youngsters take our chances. No, father. 1 won’t take $500 for my chance of having to beat my way back to San Francisco. Ou ber rezular trips between San Fran- cisco and Puget Sound ports the Cleve- land bas accommodation for from sixty to eighty passen-ers, These figures in- clude both cabin and steerage passengers. On this occasion the steamer went out with 52 miners from: this port and 150 more are ta join her at Seattie. The in- formation that this big crowd was wait- ing transportation was received by the agents here late in the afternoon, and it was found necessary to delay the de- parture of the vessel to lay in extra sup- plies and extra bedding. Wagon-load after wagon-load of mat- | tresses were sent down from the California Furniture Company, and wagon-load aiter | wagon-load of fresh and dried fruits, { canned goods and fresh meat kept pour- ing down until darkness teil on the scene, Some of the room intended for passen- gers was absorbed, and on the starboard side of the ve-sel two cold-storage boxes were built. In these meats and vegetables were packed and 1n consequence some of the 150 booked from Seattle will nave to sleep against the smokestack. The fortunate who have secared cabin accemmodations will fare all right. In fact, as fur as the commissariat part of the vessel is concerned everybody will fare well, as the larder 1s fully supblied and everything is of the best. Still the Cleveland is a very narrow ship and the sleeping accommodations are boand to be | skimped. Atmost everything has been removed | from the main deck and woersver pos- | | sible a berth or hammock has been placed | and so long as the miners can get a_place | to lay their heads they don’t care as long i as the steamer is headed for Dawson City. The Umatilla, the crack boat of the Fa- Coast Sieamship Company’s line, | 1eaves this morning for the sound. She conneets at Port Townsend with the same company’s City of Toveka, and witl hav | on board when she leaves tne dock fully 300 passengers for Juneau. Every be on the City of Topeka has been sold, neither love, money norinfiuence can pe suade Goodall, Perkins & Co. to is another tic Many miners have bou { tickets by tne Umatilla for Port Town- send on the off chance of etting a pass- age on the Topeka, but nothing but an iron-ciad order from the agents here will | ° | allow an y aboard that vessel at any | | of the sound ports. Failing to secure passage on the Uma- | the cr: crowd turned their a | tion leave Astoriain a to tie George W. E few d passage W minutes every The hegira irom San Francisco can now be measured, in spite of the universal ad- vice to wait until spring. A great ma- jority of those who really intend to gzo | have decided to be wise after this manner, e who are going anyway from this nd from Seattle have filled every r and special steamer on the ocean highway to the northern coast, and the surplus of passengers is causing aimost hysterical efforts to secure and provide transportation. £ The uttermost limit of passenger trans- portation via St. Michaels and the. Yukon | River having been quickly reachied days ago the Juneau route absoris attentipn. | The steamer Cleveland, especially char- tered for the Northwestern Transporia- tion Compuny to make a trip to St.-Mi- |- chaels, left last night with 52 passengers from here, and “many. were refused pas- sage, as 150 are waiting/at Seattle for the stean The passenger s will have, to | sleep any way, pagked like sardines, but nobody cares-—not vet. . The Pacitic Coast, Stea mship Company, finding its regular steamer and its special one from san Franciscoand Portland ut- terly inudequate, has arranged 1o send 1o Juneau the steamer Willamette, en route here with coal. Two stea m schooners are about ready to go, and all sorts of vessels are being looked up for possible special engagement for parties to Juneau. There was a great trade rush in Alaskan outfits and a band of pack mules is being shipred to Juneau. One of the interesting develo pments is that Sheldon Jackson is sending a lot of reindeer into the Yukon country from the Government reindeer stations on the — NEW TO-DAY. COPPER RIVETED OVERALLS SPRING BOTTOM PANTS ' SAN FRANCISCO, Every Garment Guaranteed. carry 500 passengers, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company having chartered her to make a trip from here to Alaskan ports, If the rush continues the Willamette will make another trip to Dyea with miners who will tempt their fortune in the spring. Captain Ho!mes is one of the most_careful and exverienced masters on the Pacific Coast, and what he does not know apbout the Sound and its tribu- tavies is not worth knowine. He is a genial, whole-souled old salt, and any- body who makes a trip with him will al- ways long to make another. After discharging her cargo the Pacific Coast Steamship Company will put the bix vessel on the berth, and will dispatch her on or about the 30th inst. Private partles are now tue order of the day. “Teidy’’ Osborne of the Ferry sa- loon and restaurant; Geores Birdsell, his chief sassistant; George Knox Jr. and “Harry” Lang have formed a ¢iose corpo- ratl:ou and will start at once for the Kion- dyke. The side-wheeler Tiger, that for years did good service for the North Pacific Coast Railroad on the freight route, 1s a stanch sea boat, and more seaworthy than the H. C. Grady, now on her way here from Astoria. The chances are that she will be purchased and tnat a band of Sau- salito boys, headed by those named, will put her in commission and start for Daw- son City. The steam schooner Noyo is to stari for Dyea via Juneau next Sunday. She has accominodations for 200 passengers, and so far 150 have ‘booked. In the event of the rush keeping up, the Bessie K wail be put on the route to follow the Noyo. _Herriman & Mills, the stevedores, are’ fieuring on sen.ing a schouner to Si. Michaels. Should they decide upon the venture, a small steamer to carry the vassengers direct to Dawson City wil be taken as part of the deckload of the schooner. The gasoline schooner Chetco is being got ready for her trip to the north. Capiain Swan, who will go in command of her, says that they will haveno difficulty in reaching Dawson City, and that the chances are that on the retura trip she will bring the first news from the new El Dorado. Great indignation is felt over the action of the Secretary of the Treasury in mak- ing Dyea a cub-port of entry. - Thisaction means hat Biitish vessels are now on an | equal footing with American vessels in American waters. Tue Canadian Puacific Navigation Company, through its man- a Captain Jj. Irvi asked permission arry a United States customs in- spector from Victoria, B. C., to Dyea. Tuis privilege was asked for to facilitate the transportation of passengers and mer- chandise from British to American soil. The reguest was more than_granted. Dvea is now a sub-port of entry®and now British vessels have all the facilities and all the protection accordet an American ship in the bay of San Francisco. As#a resuit of this ruling the steamer Islander will leave Victoria, B. C., on the 28ih inst., for Dyea wiih 500 miners who wouid under any other circumsianeces have taken an American steamer from either Seaitle, Tacoma or Port Townsend. The s'eamer Cleveland left last night at half-past 10. Among the passengers on board bound for t e goldfields were: George Puiver,; W. Westlake, R. J. Nick- son, C. F. Jensen, H. Jensen, L. Jensen, E. P. Harrison, L. Lampart, H. Williams, EXTRA PROVISIONS BEING PUT ABOARD Sailing of the Steamer Cleveland for the Yukon. She Is the First of the Fleet to Get Away From This Port for the New El Dorado. ticket,”” was the proposition made again and again to passengers who Lad been fortunate enough to s-cure passage to Dawson City, via St. Michaels, on the steamer Cleveland yesterday. The steamer has been chartered by Schwabacher & Co. of Seattle and will con- nect with the steamers of the North American Transportation Company at St. Michael. Everyinch of space on the ves- sel has been'sold and the changes are that onjy the officers will come back oa the vessel, as the deckhands, cabin-boys and | Btemen will make a bee line for Klonkyke |as soon as the Cleveland reaches the | mouth of the Yukon. : “I say, mister; I'il give you $100 over .and above your exvenses and buy your | Kit if you £ivé me your' ticket to’ Dawson was !heflexp_fllring wail of what |- City,"” looked 10 be a "49sr, as' he pulled out-a small cotton bag from his hip pocket aud | counted out the shining twenties. “No, no, father,” said the yoang man to whom the offer was made, Y‘Youg stay at bome. You've done your share of the work, Now stay at home and let us | and “the cry is, ‘Still they come! ' said Agent Waters. Late 10 the afternoon the agents of the steamer (Goodall, Perkins & Co.) applied to tte inspectors of nulls and boilers for permission to put in bunks and provide extrd’ accommodation. The chances are that the request wiil be granted, as the Eider is a thoroughly seaworthy boat, and in -that event st least 100 more for- tune-seekers will be able to get as far as Dyea on their way to the new EI Dorado. Tiie agents of the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company have srown weary of ad- vising people not to try the “'divide’” until early mext spring. All and sundry laugh at them, and think it is a biuff oa the part of ‘the company to get hig¢her-rai tes. The masses will go, and that is ail there is toit.' If they cannot go by the regular route they will charter small boats and ‘take their chances. . . The overflow irom the Umatilla, George W. Eider and Cleveland will have a chance to reach Juneau on the big steamer Willamette. The latter i« now on her way here from Seattle with a cargo of coal, and on her arrival she will he worked night and day until everything has been dis- charged. Then shg will be fitted out to J. Goslair, A. W. Latle, W. Gill, J. Gold- ing, M. jacobs, J. Jensen, W. Faulkes, A. M. Strangher,” J. M. Fairchild, William Ready, P. Girarde, J. Walch, B. A. Erick- sen, E. Andersen, H. Ostorn, H. Regan. —_— How Are You Standing the heated season? Do you find yourself easily exhausted, lacking vital- ity, strength and endurance? Hood’s Sar- saparillais what vou need. It will tone and strengthen your system wonderfully. It makes the blood rich and pure, creates an appetite, invigorates the nerves, gives sweet, refreshing sleep, overcomes that tired feeling, nervousness, and comnletely cures boils, pimples, eruptions and all symptoms of impure blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills curesick headache. 25c. THE DASH TO DAWSON. People May Go if They WIill but Wait for Theilr Turn ata Steamer. July 25 July 27 ..July 28 Umatilla. State of California. City of Puebla.... All connecting for Juneau. The demand for passage to the Klon- dyke has not abated in the least, and ihe transportation companies are delug:d with inquiries as to the time boats leave, when tney are expected to reach Alaska, the fare, and innumerable other ques- tions more difficult to answer, such as: *Do you think it advisable to go?” *Will it pay ?”’ “With my constitution will I be able to stand it?’ All this when every berth in every boat booked to leaveis taken, and there is absoiutelv no chance to get a passaga on any of them. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company has three boats which will leave for the North within the next week. This morn- ing the U illa sails for Port Townsend, where she { connect with the City of Topeka, which leaves for Juneau July 28. She carries 250 passengers and is taxed to her utmost capacity. On the 27th the State of California takes 250 passengers to Portlana for the specal Alaska steamer George W. Elder. The City of Puebla, leaving here July 30 for the Sound, meets the Al-Ki, whicndeparts for Juneau and Dyea zbout August 2. She is built for 220 passengers and the list 1s full already. he company has several boats i dock which are being overhauled v intention of putting them in s make the trip to Ala ka. Itisnotknown | when they will be in condition to start. Every mail b letters from all over | the country asking for particulars. Tele- grams have been received from Tennessee, | Texas, New York and Arizona. A New York man wired the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company to save him a berth. A woman writes to know the eievation and population of Juneau ana if it 1s advisable fora healthy woman to make the trip. Here is a letter received from a doctor: Can you tell me what the chances are fora first-cluss physician and _surgeon in the in- terior of Alaske? Also, how many doctors | there are in Juneau? | When wiil the next steamer leave and what | 15 the fare? One man is negotiating with the com- | pany to take ten goals with Lim, while | quite a number are going to take dogs to | draw sleds, though it is claimed that dogs not used to the climate would be useless | in the north. At the offices of the Alaska Commercial Company inquiries for passage have al- most ceased, as it is now gencrally under- stood that there are no more tickets to be sold for the Exceisior. The company will Dot give out the exact number of people to go in its boat, but there will be in the ueighborhood of one hundred, exclusive of newspaper correspondents. The Ex- celsior is being loaded now with the pro- visions to be taken up to the company’s stores, and they will be all on board. by Tuesday. Thisis the only boat the Alaska Company | will send up this season that will carry passengers. The Bertha will probably start for St. Michael next.Saturday, but will take passengers only as far as Una- laska. The reason for not taking them throngh (o St. Michael is that it is feared connections could not be made witn the boats for up the river. The unfortunate ones who have the gold fever but were too late to secure passage on the boats are offering those who se- cured passage a great deal more for their tickets than they originally cost the cwner. None of the lucky ones, however, | seem disposed to give up iheir berthseven | at the large premiums offered. They bave their minds made up to go to Alsska, and are goine. In case one of them should desire to make a transfer of his ticket it wouid not be permitted by the companies. e THE WHITE PASS TRAIL. Work on a New Rcad Over the Range Is A ready Well Under Way. The horrors of Chilkoot Pass will pass away soon because other paths over the coast range to the navigable waters of the | interior will be opened. The Stikeem River route up that stream and then by rail 150 miles or so to Tesiin Lake may possibly be developed next year. Various enterprises to ease the way to the Yukon are p'anned and one of them is already well under way. This is the White Pass route. A com- pany is building a trail that is a toll road over this pass alittle south of Chilkoot Pass and the progress was recently thus reported by the Aluska Mining Record: George Rice returnea Monday from an ex- tended exploration trip on the White Pass. Be reports eighteen men at work on the trail snd making good progress, the ira:l bein completed_tor about heif the distance to th summit. When completed it will be possible | toride a horse with ease, without dismount- | ing, over the entire distance from Skagua wharf to the Iukes. Mr. Rice is of the opinion that practical.y the entire travel to the Yukon next year will be over this pass, as from per- | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK. Intending purchasers of new and stylish Dress Goods will find it very profitable to visit our Dress Goods Department this week, as the following and many other equally desirable lines are offered at extraordinary low prices. $3.50 et colorings. At $450 DRESS G P designs. $7.50 | A Suit. Extra fine $5.25 A Suit. $7.50 Suit. NEW SCOTCH CHEVIOTS, plain mix- tures and all wool, in the early fall ALL-WOOL BLACK SATIN ROVAL OODS, in fifteen different Extra value at $6.00. ALL-WOOIL, DRAP DE VENISE DRESS GOODS, in all the new fall colorings. quality. Good value for $10.50 a Suit. SILK AND WOOL OTTOMAN DRESS GOODS, in beautiful two-toned effects. This season’s movelty. Regular \'alue\ “EXTRA SPECIAL.” | 100 pieces of Heavy Quality CHANGE- B65¢ vara At At 150 Yard ABLE TAFFETA SILKS, in all the newest shades. cases GERMAN EIDERDOWN, all the very newest colorings, suit- able for wrappers. in LIVINGSTON BROS., 123 to 129 POST STREET sonal “observation it seems to be the oaly | natural outlet from the Yukon Valley. - i From information gained through Mr. Rice’s labors the company now operating on that route has changed its course in some Tespects from that originally selected. £, E. Billinghurst, who came down a few da; ago from Skagua, says that when this trail is completed the Yukoner may sleigh his outfit over every foot of the way with very littie doubling on the route. It is expected that the work wiil be completed by the 1st of September. THESE HAVE GOT IT. The Gold Fever Has Seizzd a Num- ber of People Across the Bay. OAKLAND, Cavn, July 24—J. D. Gar- field and W. E Knowles will leave for Seattle to-morrow and will go from there to Juneau by vessel, taking the overland routé to ithe Klondyke. The family of the former remain at their home in East | Oakland. Mr, Knowles is an old associate | of Clarence Berry and lived at Selma. | Quite a party from that place and Fresno will go up, with instructions from Mr. | Berry as to points and locations. Lisle McKee of this city will go with this J. M. Shancon had made up his | mind to go and had made all his arrange- } ments to transfer his practice, but Mrs. | Snannon protested, and the doctor has | decided that he will stay at home. At West Oakland there is considerable talk among tne ratlroad men and it is an- | nounced that Envineer Sloman Small, son | of the late Hank Small, intends to go to Alaska. ‘W. M. Rank, iate superintendent of the Alameda electric 1o d, is going up to laska next week as tue agent of a local | syndicate which will _inv st in that re- | gion. Itis said that Mr. Rank is to re- main a year at least and that he will de- velop mines and be prepared to engage in commercial enterprises in which there may be a prospect ot profit=. A number of local capitabists are said to be inter- NEW TO-DAY. | THEY PASSED “TARIFF BILL” IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE YESTERDAY. This is the consummation of the great moral force that found expression Novem- ber 3,1896. The .American people can always be trusted to correct mistakes. not likely that the question of a protective tariff will ever again enter largely into Na. The experiment of low prices and low wages has been tried. impression on every mind. HE tional politics. signal failure has made a lastin« gardless of party politics, rejoices that the of the people. - Nothing now remains but to put energy into every business and reap the harvest of good times which awaits all willing workers. | NEW GOODS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. COMFORTS - 50c 30 cases of Heavy Colored Comforts direct from he makers. We start them at 50 cents for a gond common ariicle; 7c gets a better one; then $1, $1 25, §1 50, $1 75, $2 get fine values that will plesse in anv home. Finest Quilis for special use #2 50, $3, $8 75. BLANKETS. ‘We have put In stock the test assortment ever known and at low prices, contracted for be- fore the rise in rew ma.eriai—as low as 60c a air for good size couon. FKvery price to $12 50 for Heavy Alaskain Ca ifornia wool. BED LOUNGES - - $5.75 It would be our pleasure to show you our stock of farnitore. You are going to buy something surelv, and we have it. Price will please, 50 wili the g0uds. Alaska outfitting is a big feature of our Shivping to far-away or near places is an every-day occurrence. Selecting and packing goods for safe carriage is always a strong point. Many men of many MINES should be sure of provisions along with them. Free delivery to boats and trains, as well as in town and to near places. 25-27 MARKET STREET, SAN 'CASH STORE THE STORE THAT BELONGS TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE COAST FOR TRADING PURPOSES. Itis Its Almost every one, re- yoke has been thrown from tue shoulders HOME-MADE JELLIES - - 15¢ These are the 2-bit size in glass jars, both preservésiand mnfl: Jpriceis 15 to 18 cents: nighly. recommended by physic o sick and delicate. A L RASPBERRY NECTAR - - 25¢/| Fine bottles, pure aice of the fruit, a-ientifi- cally prepa akes the nicest Qrink in use. S STARCH IN BARRELS 3c We are pushing sales of choice Starch fn bar- re! lots at 3 cents & pound—(o the & ¢ laundries. St ROYAL POLISH - - 5¢ This s the 10-cent size, but we have alarge overstock bought below manufacturer's cost d will be giud L0 meet acove price. business at the present time. i ) FRANCISCO, CAL., Near Ferry. Ho! for Alaska, YUKON AND KLONDYKE GOLDFIELDS. STEAM Wil ail About Augast 1 AN Proviswr SRR TSSO Only. 1. pa-sengers, taken. 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