The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-30
THE PASSING THRONG.

THE PASSING THRONG.
Nj. and MA J. D. NOVEL; ana family, Of Ju-
nsau. Aiaaka. ere as the Rainier on their way
home from California, where they have bsen
spsndins the winter. Mr.. NOVEL; 10 the general
manager OF the NOVEL; Gold Mining Company
and the Bsrnsr's Bay Mining and Milling Com
pany, OF which his father, Who lives In Boston,
10 president I'VE have been operating In
Alsaks now DIX years." said he, "and We are en-
larging our holdings and extending our opera
lions al the time. We have great faith In the
future Of Alaska - . mineral country, and I re-
gard the mining industry there - in not more
than an embryo stage OF development Tho
country has hardly begun TO y prospscted, and
there are vast afess Of tie accessible portion
which have never even bseu seen BY civilized
eyes. 1t 10 very difhcult country to prospect
In a. the mountain sides are clothed with
forest growth similar TO that In the
Puget sound basin. Quite . number OF
good properties have been discovered already
and are being slowly developed. don't know
why more capital does not seek Investment up
there. We get all the backing we need and
really have more than We need. We intend, the
coming season, 70 do more than We have hith-
erto done in the way OF examining tho merits OF
properties for sale and II they are good we shall
bond or buy them. The two companies OF which
I am manager are composed of nearly the same
stockholderA The NOVEL; Gold Mining Com
pany Il hydraulickiug deep placer about three
and half miles from juneau and clearing
&l25.000 year. According TO our calculations
1t will take twenty-five years to work this de-
posit out Near by We have quite number OF
good free milling gold quarts claims, to work
the ore from which We have erected twenty.
stamp mill. and - soon ~ tie weather will
allow We shall connect It with the mines
BY tramway. The Bernsr's Bay Company's
properties are located about sixtv-fve miles
north of juneau and during the last two years
We have expended about $4,000 in developing
our twenty.three claims there. We are now
putting twenty stamp mill to work these ores,
which are free milling and average about $50
per ton. We shall at once construct two and
. half miles OF railway and ono mile of tram
way to connect the mines and mill, and Nellie d
Englebrecht, OF this city, are now building .
sixty-6vs-foot launch for the company to run
between Berner's bay and juneau. We have
also engaged L w. Gstchell. Of this city, q our
in Boston and New York, and they are very we'll
satisfied with the work we have done''
Dr.. &. c. Kilbourne returned on Tuesday
from visit to the East extending over several
months, which ended with his attendance at the
annual convention OF the national electric
light convention ct g. Louis on February %
and March and 2, where 800 delegates were
present ~ gave the convention an invitation
to come to Seattle for its next convention about
this time next year, said the doctor. "and there
was very hearty disposition among most Of
the members to come. The matter was lett In
the hands OF the executive committee, with q
very encouraging prospect Of its being accepted.
The chief subject of discussion of general inter-
est In the convention was the decision of the
United States supreme court in regard to the In
candescsnt lamp patents, which practically
gives . monopoly to the General Electric Com.
pany, which is the successor of the Edison
Company. This company has closed by injunc-
ton almost every incanoescent lamp factory in
the United States. but has not raised the price Of
lamps The Westinghouse Company Is making
what 10 called the stopper lamp, which will not
infringe the Edison patent, but 1t has not yet
been perfected, so it has not been placed sale.
There 10 more electric light In use in Seattle in
proportion to it, size than in New York,
Chicago. st. Paul or St. Louis and the city looks
livslisr than any city OF its Size, even than
st. Paul We shall have q big demand for our
fir and cedar lumber in Chicago aud every place
west OF that city. found thousands of people
who want Information about Washington in
general and Seattle in particular, but cannot get
it The city ought to spend some money in this
direction during the Worlds fair: It ought to
spend $4,000 on . properly Cotton mp book OF
information. They are having horrible weather
all over the East: the Northern Pacific train on
which I came West stuck In . snow bank at
Winnipeg junction, twelve miles east Of Fargo,
for twenty.seven hours on Friday and Saturday.
but We kept warm aud had . well-supplied
dining car, SO that we were quite comfortable
and W had lots Of fun aboard"
Capt p. B. Johnson, editor Of the Walla
walla Union Journal and one of the regents Of
the state university, came over from Olympia
yesterday, on his way home and is stopping at
HHA 1T o. 49,
about freight rates, I have been gathering
few figures on the matter and think I shall
make little kick myself on behalf of Walla
Walla The ruling Of the interstate commerce
commission was that the Spokane rate should
be cut down Is per cent and that the Union
Pacific should give US lower rate than Spo-
kama Instead OF that the Union Pacific now
lands goods through our city to Spokane for
less than 1t charges to Walla Walla.
Ten years ago was In Mr. Cakes ONCE In
New York when q wealthy bushes man said
he desired to establish . large warehouse ut
Walla Waila II that city would be made . dis.
tributing point Mr.. Cakes told the man to put
up his building and . rate would b given
making that place . distributing point The
building was erected. but we have waited in
vain for the rata. The real trouble with Spo-
kane IL the fact that under the new rates her
merchants have to compete not only with the
sleepy towns Of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma,
but also the live drummers from Chicago. St
Paul aud Omaha houseA"
Hon. John McReavey, OF Union City. who was
candidate for secretary OF state on the Demo-
cratic ticket last fall, 10 stopping at the Airing
ton. ''since I was escorted up Salt river last
fall" said he. "this is the drst time have come
down stream Notwithstanding the fact that
King county cut me the worst OF any one on the
ticket, was the rear guard going up the saline
stream. I could never find out why I was
jumped on in this county. unless it was on &C.
count OF q statement attributed to me that the
Lake Washington canal would cost five times
$5,000,000 never said it however. have
sometimes wished that I had accepted
the nomination for governor when IL was
offered me, especially If the campaign was
to Be fought on past records, because / have
been . good man If am not one now. Iu fact,
the further back ono would 90 In searching my
record the better be would find ma Business
10 very dull over on the canal, but the clans arc
good. You know am supposed to DO very fond
OF clans since the boys got out the joke on me
that when the whites 1rst discovered this coun-
try they found me on the beach eating c,ama
William Callow, Of Kamilchie, one OF the
commissioners of Mason county. and Thomas
Bordeaux, OF shelton, are guests OF the Diller.
al understand that Jefferson county lays claim