Steamer Al-Ki
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The steamer Al-Ki met with two slight
. accidents on her last trip from the Sound.
While steaming from Tacoma to Seattle
sh$ broke her crosshead in some unac
countable way. She steamed on to Seattle
but Captain Patterson found it necessary
to call for the assistance of the tug Sarah
M. Benton in tying up alongside the Ocean
dock. The damage was, however, quickly
repaired and the Al-Ki once more steamed
northward ; but when about half way be
tween Seattle and. Port Townsend tht
second accident occurred, resulting in los
ing one of the steamers propeller blades.
The supposition is that the blade struck
a log that had floated in under the stern of
'the vessel. The Al-Ki continued on het
trip to Alaska and discharged her freight
at Juneau, Douglas, Sumdum and Berners
bay, after which she again returned to
Douglas and was beached alongside of the
Treadwell wharf and a new blade was put
into the damaged propeller. The Al-Ki
during the past year has had quite a list of
small accidents, but beyond causing delays
of a number of hours they have caused no
inconvenience to the traveling public. Pat
terson is regarded by the head officers of
the Pacific Coast Steamship company as
one of their ablest officers, and the acci
dents that have happened to his vessel art
for the most part of the unavoidable kind,
and they have nearly all occurred while
one ofthe other officers have been upon
the bridge. _
SHIPPING NEWS
The following vessels arrived and de
parted during the past week .from this
port:
Steamer Al-Ki, Captain Patterson, ar
rived Sunday at u p. m., landing forty
nine passengers and 165 tons of freight at
Pacific Coast wharf; departed for Sound
ports Thursday 11 p. m., carrying 104 pas
sengers and light cargo of freight.
Steamer Wiliapa, Captain Gillispie, ar
rived Monday, 11 a. m., bringing fifteen
passengers and full cargo of freight; sailed
for Sitka Tuesday evening, returning again
Wednesday evening and sailing for Sound
ports Thursday at 4 a. m-, carrying ninety
passengers and a light freight.
Steamer Topeka arrived from the Sound
Tuesday evening with fair passenger list
and heavy cargo of freight; departed for
Sitka Wednesday p. m., returning Friday
4 p. m., and sailing for the Sound Satur
day at 3 a. m., carrying passengers and
light freight.
Professor David Star Jorden of the
Stanford Uuiversity will arrive in Seattle
from the Bering sea about October ist.
He says that the Bering Seal Commission
believes that its work will settle the
question of the cause of the destruction
of the seal herd and lead to steps that
will restore the sealing industry to its
former importance.
SITKA NOTES
Percy Hope has gone to Silver bay. We
understand that he lias the contract to
drive and do assessment work on Mrs.
Turner’s in that locality.
A report is afloat that the Lucky Chance
mine has closed down. This is not the
case. The facts are that the majority of
laborers have been discharged because the
company had no further employment for
them just at present as the amount of ore
on the dumps is sufficent to feed the mill,
which will probably start up early next
week, for a considerable period.
The Excelsior arrived here from below
with ioo tons of coal on board, 50 of
which were discharged here and the bal
ance carried to the westward. She will go
toTyoonuk, Cook inlet, to convey al Ipas
sengers wishing to leave there, to the
Sound. She will probably return in
.about ten days. G. W. Thomas, deputy
collector of customs took passage on her to
Kodiak, his home.
Some verv rich looking rock has come
from Bauer, Hope and Meydenbauer’s
mines in Silver bay. The ledge has been
sunk about nine feet and the deeper it goes
the richer becomes the rock. Free gold
is plainly visiable throughout the quartz
and quantities mixed with the galena.
The specimens are not picked but justtak
en haphazard. It is the finest gold bear
ing quartz that we have ever seen coming
from this district.—The Alaskan.
FOREIGN NEWS
Pugilist Robert Fitzimmons is anxious
to tight Corbett and has posted a $5000
forfeit as a guarantee of his sincerity.
The great trans-continental Examiner
Journal relay race is over. The start was
made from the office of the San Francisco
Examiner on August 25th at 12 m. and
ended on September 7th at 3:29:04 1-5 p.
m. Exact time 13 days 29 hours 4 min
utes and 1-5 seconds.
Glens Falls (N. Y.), Sept. 10,—John R.
Gentry, the great pacing stallion, made a
new world’s racing record to-day in the
second heat of a match race with Star
Pointer, going the mile in 2:01 Yz. This
lowers the race record of Robert J. at Terre
Haute. Ind., September 14, 1894.
Pocatella (Idaho), Sept. 9.—At 2:30
o’clock this morning the Board of Trade
saloon and gambling house on Railroad
avenue was held up and the faro game
robbed of $736. The robbery was com
mitted by two men. There were twenty
men in the saloon at the time. The rob
bers wore no masks and the robbery is con
sidered one of the most daring ever com
mitted in Idaho.
The steamer Golden Gate, a tender for
the cannery of the Pacific Steam Whaling
Co. at Prince William sound, arrived in
port Thursday morning en route to San
Francisco.
•$+ How to Reach Alaska
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Scliedule
LEAVE GOING NORTH LEAVE GOING SOUTH
• Due n
Connecting at Tacoma Juneau Victoria,B.c; Pue
San Francisco, Port Townsend and 4 a. m. and _... Port Aan
Broardway Wharf, Pier Victoria, B. C , with Seattle Douglas S,tka' JuneaUl Townsend, I F.ran'
No. 9, at 9 a. in. steamers leaving as 9 a. m. Island. Seattle and I *:lsco’
_follows.___I Tacoma. | A‘
Umatilla Aug 12 City of Topeka Aug 15 Aug 15 Aug 19 Aug 22(Aug 2} Aug 27Sept 2
Umatilla “ 27 City of Topeka “ 30 “ 30 Sept 3 Sept 6'Sept 7 Sept n “ 17
Umatilla Sept n City of Topeka Sept 14 Sept 14 “ 18 “ 21I “ 22 “ 260ct 2
City of Puebla " 26'City of Topeka_29_“__3 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct_ni “ 17
Freight for Alaska from Portland should be shipped from Portland to Tacoma via Northern Pacific Railway
at least two days before the sailing of the steamer from Tacoma.
Passengers intending to take the steamer at Tacoma should arrive there early enough to go on board the
evening previous to the sailing, as the steamer leaves Tacoma at 4 a. m.
These dates, as far as they relate to ports in Alaska, are purely approximate. In case of steamers calling
at other ports, which they are liable to. or in case of fogs or other unfavorable weather, tides, ete. these dates
cannot be relied on. It is not unlikely that ports for some reason, may be stopped at going south instead of
going north, as scheduled. This schedule is made to give an approx mate idea of dates wnen steamers should
be at the different ports providing all the conditions are favorable. The company reserves right to change
steamers and sailing dates.
Note—Those desiring more extended and interesting information regarding Southeastern Alaska are ad
vised to procure one of this Company’s pamphlets: “Howto Reach ne Gold Fields of Alaska,” postage one
cent: "North and South,” nicely illustrated, postage five cents: “Alaska Excursions,” postage one cent;
Folder and Map, postage one cent; which will be forwarded on receipt of cost of postage. These can generally
be obtained at Railroad and other Ticket Offices, or at the General Office of the Company, No. 10 Market street,
San Francisco.
TICKET OFFICE:—Palace Hotel, No, 4 New Montgomery St., San Francisco.
J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Puget Sound Supt., Ocean Dock, Seattle, Wash.
FRANK A. BROOKS, GOODAUL, PERKINS «fc CO.,
Alaska Supt.. Juneau. Alaska. General Atrents. San Franelaco. Cal.