The Steamship Cricket Finds a New Owner
A local steamer has been sold for $7,000 to serve the route between Seattle and Everett.
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The steamer Cricket, which came around from the Columbia river last summer and has been laid up in Duwamish river, was sold yesterday by Capt. R. W. Spencer to G. S. Neff. It is understood that the price was $7,000, although the papers in the custom house give the consideration as $10,000. Although Mr. Neff says he does not know on what route he will run the Cricket, it is pretty well understood that it will be between Seattle and Everett.
“It is understood that the price was $7,000, although the papers in the custom house give the consideration as $10,000.”
Small passenger steamers were the transit arteries of the Puget Sound before the prevalence of road infrastructure. The transition of the Cricket to the Seattle-Everett route highlights how regional connectivity was built on the backs of small, privately-owned boats.
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