The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-24
THE BoCND4RrOF hLishA'
=, ue,ort That the England i h'''"s :"
s,rvey Made Not Credited

.-rp,>c1sCO. August 23.-ln an III
-. rather Barnham. s. j. VINO nae
,,.., r.,prrel from Alaska, said res''',',s
too boundary between British 0o''''''
and Alaska: ......,,e, marty up there
i..i-.. .,t,,t,,a, a new line 10 SUIT hsi
49, ,rrineers are not OF JUN .,,
,,. IN amusc bhems Ives ne se.ert
,,,nritinp hard. Thy nave I,"6 'l..r,-
c1ninmeut. and have lii ."u' ,,e have
.1isha1 a. great deal lil''a - .ifoo
ili,,,,.,,ti,n ne shall lose an lmmthr' 'ni
80 Southeastern Alaska. NY ~
Ut..i GLACIER Bay and some EIan' .',,
bcrs We have not paid th1u5" mill a
lion to this question Aia sell "sev.
e s'o" lars ago. used 90 b. calleH sew,
arI.s tccchest." Little or hotHi". ',.ie
I,ov.n about the country. emu a.,
har. did not take interest tno"N" ''
il 10 think about ID. c.,,,,al COM
We are cut of by tne ''II' ..i. -,
,.rnes we have no right OF rePi es'll,a
a., and what Is needed now Is Il uidn
,lbn vim rise NJ and bring THIS pu.S .loii
w +be full magnitude Of its importahce
iefore tine people Arbitration we a.
wavs lose in arbitration. We iost .n ,iio
limit i'm The Bering Sea was mons 5 So
SVe lost there. too. ! suppose the EnS
lgsb ,ciu decide ON boundary OF nilrl
own between Alaska and CanaHa, ~
,re will howl Canada VIII ho"l tuo'
ana there must be arbitration. OF couis,.
S-nr. Why 90 the English make TINS
move al this late day. after 40 NeaiS
since 1S41 the boundary was setiet
fact Ii was never disputed Wheh Wy
territory belonged 20 Russia any WI
known as Russian America. i. ~ tist
On All the English maps. which snow llae
A. was accepted by England thfoulh
AIN these years and 10 ask for arp, ia .
finn uow ON "A new line IS nothing Dun
impertinence. ..o,s mover
has teen trouble of any kind whatever "
etatcf.mtntof Tanatiau police VIZ =, 80
tione1 quite recently. ana tathtI %
ham said he expected serious trouble We
coming winter between tae
miners and the Canadian oihceISss q, 80,
NGHTNGTDN u. g.. August % Nc';
Tufioid SUPERINTENDENT OF the 'od9. di''i
,ieodctic Survey. said that ne p'atte
hut little credence IN the I'po.. n
England had a surveying parry tui, ni,,-, "
line of her own 90 determine tne poullu-
ary between Alaska ana nr'''S" ''''''
'' cit was only a few days asorAn .sI,,
1oth ~ be exact'-said Gen. Duiheil'
That / met Mr.. King, the canadian
boundary Commissioner. hy aplo 't'.','
~ Pochester for the purpose or confer
f,o, about this boundary survey, ana ar
ran,.ine our plans for the future. know
that Mr.. King has not been IN Alaska
during the present year; anu ne nllofi II,
FL me that none Of his party was IN
tha Geld For that reason. ] am con-
ddent no surveyors are now at work on
Inc line but even IL they were II would
make little difference
"The boundary line is fixed by treaties
between this country and Great Britain,
and between Russia and Great Britain.
The work Of the surveyors il definitely
10 mark the lines laid down.by those trea-
lies We have an engin serns party
engaged in that labor. ana so have the
English and the surveys are being maze
as rapidly as the appropriations ana the
seasons will permit. When the Work
Is completed. a report will be male 10 the
respective Governments. Mr.. King ana
myself will visit the scene or the work
ia October. but when the survey viii
be completed is "A question that cannot
now be answered.