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e Arrival of : First Steamer al E | Head of Lakes. ew NORTINERN NAVIGATION AND) i CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMERS is ARK TILLERE. i) «To the racous tootitgs of sirens, 1, the shrill blasts of whistles and the |, deeper notes of welcome from factory yn and industrial steam horns, the Ia- it monic, Fagship o: tne Nortnerns.vavi- it _xasion Caspany, tied up at the C. N, w R. docks, Port Arthur, on Wednesday fe morning, 26th, at live minutes belore v, theron, r ftehind her far away, with slender "oamasts tapering on the herizon like toone straight stick, could be seen the GPL Re steamer Athabasca, leaded tor Port Arthur. She arrived at 12.50, ry Et owas just like coming up the Jakes in July,' was what Capt. Foote iToof the Tamonic had to say about the T trip, "We saw hardly any ice and it "owas quite calm." ") The Hamome had a passenger list of alout qo, and 2,00 tons of package ifreight. After landing her passengers here she went over to Westfort, where im, the bige boat toade a suecessful test of = eee new ToL, dock, aa also untbocd- dl el OOTP. freight. Lat in the after- hhoon the Iamonic will berth again fat the C. N. R. docks here, where the ry bare cargo of package freight for the C, ON. R. local and west is to be un- loaded. ig) The Hlamonic left Sarnia at 3.45 re Monday afternoon and arrived after an otuneventful trip at Sault Ste, Ma- ric yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock. She was delayed at the Soo by the Stadacona running aground in the river and having to back out before she could be locked through 'safely. This mishap kept the big passenger "Fs steamer at the Soo until six o'clock " ast evening, when she cleared for Port Arthur, She broke all records tor a first trip up the lakes, covering the 274 miles between Port Arthur and the fy Seo im 17 hours aml 55 minutes. -- | She easily outdistanced the . FR. j Steamer Athabasca which left the Soo 1 ut 1.40 yesterday afternoon and was « an hour behind the Hamonic docking at Port Arthur. «Chief Engincer 8. Jirishin stated that i) the engines and all the machinery worked staoethiy. Ile had not driven ip them at all hard on this the first trip * of the season, as he wanted all the '¢ bearings to get down into working » order and run smoothly before froc- e« ing the speed of the hoat. Still he con- sidcred that excellent time had been r made, is! The Athabasca, under the com- » mand of Capt. McCannell, has 1,500 tons of freight, four first-class and 62 o second-class passengers. No pass¢t- , gets disemmharke? here and there was | thor little freight taken off.--Port Ar- i hd \¢ T ~~ thur News. : Ta ul to ot ta tr; R, Va ol Te iil {ra 1n| Caden a? we ()r ta th Ce Se Mi Ir la co alt: ith | ab pe he tw y™ lel thi we an ari the thu ITti)