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Once more the speedy two-mast
schooner Allie I, Algor, famous as a
member of Seattle’ sealing fleet back
in the early 90’s.when "Jock” McLean
the ‘Sea Wolf,” held forth on the local
water front, is to spread her great
stretch of canvas to the winds.
And she will sail out of Seattle as
her home port, as in the old days, the
great days, of the sealing fleet. Then
the Allie I. Alger used to swoop across
the Pacific to Japan reeling off thir
teen knots, or nearly fifteen miles an
hour day after day.
Now, having been purchased by A.
It. Todd and J. Todd, brothers, with of
fices in the Port Commissioner’s ferry
building, she is to operate in the Be
ing sea.freight trade out of Seattle.
The Todds have $100 in cold cash
that the Alger can beat anything un
der sails on the 1,727-mile run from
Seattle to Unalaska. So far there are
no takers. The flying phantom of the
gale set records in the old days that
tend to chill any prospective chal
lenger.
Laid Up Many Years.
The Todds recently purchased the
schooner from the Marvin Ship Chand
lery, of Victoria, B. (’., which acquired
possession of a large number of the
famous sealing schooners after the
United Stales prohibited sealing. That
was more than twenty years ago.
Nearly ten years ago Great Britain
followed suit and thereby sounded
the knell of the sealing fleets. The
rovers of the North Pacific, the fleet
winged vessels that cored neither for
storm nor gale nor raging seas, that
hung on the trail of the seal like a
cat stalking its prey, since them have
lain in forlorn idleness in various ports,
chiefly in Victoria.
Details of the purchase of the
schooner Alger and of their plans for
the Alaska freight trade were obtained
from the Todd Brothers today. Since
they acquired possession they have
gone quietly about the work of restor
ing the speed queen to her original
condition.
The Alger was laid up in Victoria
for years and then in 1913 was called
out of retirement by Capt. J. H. Mc
Nichol, now agent at the port commis
sion’s Salmon bay terminal, who took
her north on a mild-cure fish proposi
tion. She was chartered by McNlchol.
He brought the speed queen back to
Seattle where ho outfitted her. Then
In' set sail for Cook inlet, his destina
tion.
Accompanied by Tug.
As a precaution the Alger was ac
companied by a gasoline powered tug.
The tug was to be used in towing the
schooner, in the event of calms or ad
verse winds.
After the two vessels passed out at
Cape Flattery, the Alger began to show
the tug things in the line of speed.
The tug did her best to keep up but
in a few days the Alger disappeared
■ m the northern horion, reeling off
twelve miles tin hour. She kept up that
pace most of the way to Cook inlet
and when she dropped anchor in those
waters, the tug was somewhere out in
the North Pacific—days behind. On
the voyage north the Alger a number
of times speeded up to fifteen miles an
hour, according to the old timers.
On her return the Alger was laid
up in Salmon bay where she remained
until recently. When the Todd broth
ers purchased the famous schooner,
they sent her to the yards of A. J.
Ktucky in Dockton, Quartermaster’s
harbor, where her hull received a
thorough overhaul and repairing.
When workmen were tearing away her
old cabin aft, they discovered three
high j¥)wcy rifles hidden behind a
bulkhead, all rusty and worn with
age. In the gala days of the sealing
fleet, the hunters of the various ves
sels used ten-gauge shotguns and then
a regulation was promulgated prohibit
ing fire arms in the industry. After
that spears were used, but the North
Pacific is a big place and it is said that
rifles found their way into the fleet,
as shown by the discovery behind the
cabin bulkhead.
Mainmast Still Sound.
The Alger still has her original
mainmast. It is sound as of yore, but
the present foremast was obtained in
Japan. In the sealing days, the schoon
ers sailed from Seattle to Japan and
then worked their way back across the
ocean. They left in the early part of
the year and came home in the fall.
Once the Alger lay off the Japanese
coast July 4. The crew decided to cele
brate with real eclat. In some way
they persuaded the Japanese to let
them have a big cast Iron cannon that
was mounted near the shore.
The crew took the cannon aboard
and set it on the hatch. Then the
sailors loaded it to the limit. The can
non exploded and blew’ the foremast
to pieces.
In those days the Alger repeatedly
showed her heels to pursuing Russian
warships. There was excitement for
all hands.
To Sunde & d’Evers, of Seattle, has
been awarded the contract for rerig
ging the famous sealer, and the firm's
workmen are now busy cutting the
canvas for the sails. When the Alger
was first placed in commission as a
brand new vessel she was rigged by
d’Evers, who was then pioneering in
the ship chandlery and rigging busi
ness in Seattle. At that time Settle
regarded the joh as a big one. Now
Sunde X- d’Evers handle is as an or
dinary contract presenting no difficul
ties. In fact, it has become one of the
smaller waterfront propositions, but to
Sunde there is a world of sentiment
in the return of the vessel. He person
ally is seeing to it that the work of
rerigging is being carried out with the
greatest care and efficiency.
Alger a Seattleite.
The Alger is essentially a Seattleite.
She was huilt here by Thomas J. King
long before he organized the firm now
known as King * Winge. Ilis yard
in those days was at the foot of Hike
street and it was there that the speed
queen took her initial plunge into the
briny deep.
The rerigging work is being carried
on at Hier A, where the Alger moored
several days ago on her arrival from
Dockton. She is to tie ready to go to
sea the latter part of next week. She
is a 9fi-foot vessel, over all, with a
cargo capacity of approximately 300
tons. Twelve hundred yards of canvas
is being cut for her sails. She will
have a flying jib, a jib, staysail, fore
sail, mainsail, topsail and storm tri
sail. Her main boom is sixty feet long.
Capt. H. P. Rapp, veteran master
mariner, will command the Alger in
the northern trade.
When the Alger sailed in the Seattle
sealing fleet, one of her sister vessels
was the Jennie Thieland,, owned and
commanded by “Jock” McLean, the
original of the “Sea Wolf” in Jack
London's novel of that name. McLean
died two years ago in British Colum
bia.— Seattle Times.
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will cover every form of mining and
depict by means of illustrations evcrv
thing of interest on Seward peninsula.
YUKON MARINE.
September 4, 1916.
Alaska up Rampart 7:45 p. m. 3rd.
Benchley at Gibbon.
Davis tit St. Michael.
Dawson down Circle daylight 3rd.
Delta at St. Michael.
Hazelhurst at Gibbon.
Jacobs at Fairbanks.
Julia B. with four barges up Kot
lik 2nd.
Minnesota at Chena.
Reliance up Koyukuk river 28tli.
Sarah with three barges up Koyukuk
1 a. m.
Schwatka at St. Michael.
Seattle with three barges up ^lotliik
2nd.
Susie down Nulato 2nd.
I muna with three barges up Chena
4 a. m.
Yukon at Chena. No report from
Dawf-on.
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Albert Matson will leave Tuesday
morning for the fishing camp on Pil
grim river. Will leave every Tuesday
jiid Friday for the camp. Information
can be secured at Streeten's office.
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