The quarters and condition of steam-boats on the Yukon river, January 1 are given as follows by men who arrived from the North last night. From Doll river to Lake Bennett there is but one vessel that will probably be lost. That is the Seattle, built by the Moran Bros., for the Empire line, which is on a sand bar in the west channel twelve miles below Circle City.
On Doll river - Steamers Monarch, Capt. Sprague; W. H. Evans, Capt. C. H. Lewis; Mary Graffe, a Moran boat, Capt. Richardson; Rideout, Capt. Fredericks; Reindeer, Capt. Fulton; Etsuno, Capt. Coffee; and St. Michaels, a Moran boat, Capt. Carter; all in good condition.
At Fort Yukon - Steamers Victorian, Capts. Fred Lewis and McEwin, and John J. Healy, Capt. LaBallister, both in safe quarters.
Forty-five miles down the Yukon from Circe City - Steamers Robert Kerr, a
Moran boat, Capt. William Newhall, on a sand bar.
Ten miles down the Yukon from Circle City - Steamer Seattle, Capt. McFarland, a Moran boat, on a sand bar.
At Circle City - Steamers Sovereign, Capt. Story; and Victoria, a Moran boat, Capt. E. S. Pigott; both in good condition.
Thirty-two miles above Circie City - Steamer Tacoma, one of the Moran boats, Capt. J. F. Drisko, on a sand bar.
Twenty miles above Eagle City - Steamer Jonn C. Barr, Capt. Gillam; in good condition.
Thirty miles above Eagle City - Steamer Arnold, Capt. McNoble, in fair quarters.
At Fort Cudahy - Steamer Rock Island No. 1; her safety is doubted.
At Steamboat slough, 100 miles above Dawson - Steamers Gov. Pingree; Low, Capt. Bailey; Seattle No. 1, Capt. Elroid; Tyrrell and Light, Chief Engineer Biackwood in charge. and barge Seattle No. 4; all in good quarters.
At Fort Selkirk - Steamers Lightning, Columbia, Pelly and Angelican; all in good condition.
At Hootalinqua - Steamers Merwin and Columbian, in safe condition.
At the head of Sixty-Mile river and White Horse rapids - Steamers James
Domville, Joseph Clossett, Florence S., Golden Star, Ora, Clara and Goddard; all in safe quarters.
The upper lakes steamers and all below the Doll river are reported to be in safe quarters, waiting for the ice to break in the spring to resume their runs.
Shubert Nichols, who arrived from the Koyukuk on the Seattle last night, gives the following locations of the boats on that stream:
"There are about thirty stern wheelers on the Koyukuk river, mostly prospect boats. The Lavelie Young, Capt. Robert Young, owned by the Pilots of Portland, is in winter quarters at Peavy, the North American Transportation and Trading Company's
headquarters. The James Deitrick, Capt. Kennedy, is in winter quarters at Peavy. The Wiibur Crimmins, Capt. A. L. Ritchie, is in winter quarters a few miles above Peavy. Peavy is situated in latitude 67:10 north, longitude 150:30 west. These are the only steamers on the middie fork, and are about 100 miles up the Koyukuk, from the old site of Arctic City. All are well and content, with prospects in view.
"On the south fork, Koyukuk river, is the steamer Alaska Union, Capt. J. L. Crowell, owned by a Chicago company; steamer Katie Hemrich, Capt. Henry Carter, of Seattle, and steamer Messenger, owned by Sioux City people. The crew of the Katie Hemrich have split up and are at outs over the management.
"At Bergman, where the Alaska Commercial Company have a store, 100 miles below Peavy, there are twelve steamers wintering, which could not make it to the
mining section. There are eight steamers on the Allenkackit river in winter quarters, and four on the Kiokochatna river. Some of the steamers below Peavy may be lost in the ice, as they did not reach safe places for the break-up in the spring."
