The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-29


Mr.. Okill Stuart, distinguished Ca
madam engineer. has outlined the fol-
lowing plan for discovering the North
Pole:
l would Che says) have constructed
Immediately two hundred sled huts on an
improved plan and have them delivered
by steamer at the northwest angle OF
Hudson's Bay, latitude "a degrees north,
longitude "a degrees west, at point
known as Chesterfield Inlet, not later
than August. This point is distant from
the pole 1865 miles.
Now, from Chesterfield Inlet to the
north end of Lake Winnipeg, where
supplies could be delivered by boat, Is
but six hundred miles. This distance l
would overcome permanently by build
ing a system of relay stations twenty
miles apart and connected by q through
telegraph line to Winnepeg City, at .
cost of $780, 0O This work would be
carried out by Government, and would
eventually pay, connecting, as it would,
Churchill Harbor, mouth OF Nelson
river, and the west coast of Hudson
Bay, where, in the future, will be the
great emporium of the North, thus neu-
tralizing this expenditure by the great
advantage of a telegraph system for
the purposes of emigration and trade.
These relay stations OF block huts would
be stored with all necessary supplies for
the undertaking, together with sleighs.
dogs, and men in charge, for purposes OF
transportation from Lake Winnepeg to
Chesterfield Inlet, which latter place
would be the headquarters OF the expe-
dition, in daily communication with the
outer world. These sled huts would be
constructed of paper board, of the light
est design and frost proof; each
sled would be about six feet wide
and ten feet long, neatly rounded at the
top and about five feet high, with q hole
down through the center for signal pole
or anchor, to avoid drifting while rest
ing in gale. Each sled would be steel
shod. shaped somewhat like q toboggaa,
rounded up ut either end. Each sled
would contain . kerosene stove, oil-tank
and lamps, as well as complete supply
of preserved food, medicine, axes and
ice shovels. sufficient for six men for six
months, together with fur trappings and
other clothing. When complete each
sled hut would weigh LOGO pounds, or a
little more than $50 pounds per man.
Thus equipped we would commence the
forward march by moving ten sleds at q
time, manned in the following order: To
each sled one practical engineer, one
doctor and four able-bodied men, all
thoroughbred Canadians; thus ten sleds
would Comprise sixty men. These would
| advance in order at intervals, all keeping
the due north course, and any deviation
would he reported by a halt from the adj
vance sled. All the sleds would be ad-
vanced in this order until q complete
chain of communication was established.
wou,d commence tb;s movement
about the a. ~ Dacen,ter or a. soon a.
the loo formed IN the mora sonthern
rivers Onr ronte wopld lie bv the west
cosst If the Gnlf of Roothis r. Harrow
Strait thence n North Devon and NORTH
lincoln hv Jones, Sound having land
tha wh-,. d;st.rcs avca,,t RorroT Str.;,
md Io,ss, Sand yvh;ch tvo,,Sd h. src-sr
A. North T;rcolr NC wn,,,d 10 d;zton,
fror, 1h.sta-f;eld Irlst 1oe niles srd
from, tha ,,ola 7an niles r. Moth Tn.
colr We World n,,sh al tho slaJs excer,,
sevantv-o G ph ;J ne wo,lJ lave T.
re,svs ~ tsn niles Il, = snchored with s;c'
nj. ~ 80 =, so,-,,, -. : oo,s,r,1ate ohs;r 2,
raf,, ' Z; - 80, ,.aa- ~ = fo,rd racos
ssrv would establish : system, ~ teIs.
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poias This wo"ld S ~;vs - Ss;ly com mn, IN.
picat;on with W;nn;nec and GOV
ern onr doc transnor7st;on trains
which would be n constsnt attend
ance throughout the whole line. Wher
this was done we would commences
orr advance along the third or nolar III.
vision in the same order as before. onl,
by shorter RELAYS. ne we would have 10:
sied hints n station over 78O miles. q,
about ak miles anart. so that each hu
could be seen or reached with safety. 4
MIGHT be necessary to have some Of these
sleds CONSTRUCTED upon a boat principle
in case omen water was reached. and
could be used for towing others. as they
would all he water-tipht ard capable o
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