The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-14
OPENING THE GATES.
seattle 70 Be the Headquarters
Tor AlaSkaS Trade.
TO CIRCLE CITY IN TWELVE DAYS
The Whole 81 H., S,4
Territory to BE Made
tary To This City.


uss % gh prices on the Yukon is a
ttH-. C % S st. The Yukon Transporta-
s.rt Is the name chosen by an
"- 49, III Eastern capitalists who VIII
-, - ana passenger boats on the
80 . 4 its tributary streams and
80 =. - re run extending from Sc
- o.a,.ix City. The company is al
S 4. an ocean steamer char
- ~ launches for use on Lakes
- --'-.-. Bennett and the Yukon are
--7 ed. The head office of the
n,' eo-Ili "Hs yill be opened in Seattle on
- - n :. and its establishment Will
60 Alaskan trade that now
Sr c3ty's gates into its proper
20 -. 2 merchants will be brought
49,. go u nunication with the richest
70 - Is in the world, enabling
-, - not only the bulk Of Ala
- also a good portion OF the
-. W Northwest territory. Cook
- - e trading posts along the
80, = u z Alaska from Juneau west
t 80 ~ oL az II ew line Of traffic, and their
S 19 ~ o go TO swell the Golfers OF
ING ~ san of the Yukon Transporta-
e-o-A are men of means, and of
e@i9,r-1, - various enterprises. from
S' - n, and Chicago. y. NJ.
=" a-n, y ot water, who is prominent
- ,' - sctors OF the enterprise, has
80 = - experience in building and
~ 's.-''9 S',a ers or the Mississippi river
@i11 40 - les
iHs -Al@sA@ headquarters of the COM
Pa-iS ~ De Circle City, which since its
80 '.o - mining camp in 1884, has
Deo.. INC '9. uting point for the vast re-
' IIX nG Birch creek.
d, probably one of the best
F 80 AZ III Alaska, who owns and Cp-
.-.o',--- Z ERE, said in an interview
~ I.AeS VI II be put in operation the
So"ie oe"Sl of 1896. The first line, to
- ~ - ent principally for pass9n-
- - te from Juneau, Via Linn
ea'ii' nc loot pass and upper lakes
- ~. ~, 80 T, over the route usually
t'ls.,rte1 to Circle City, the Alaska
-. ...a the company.
i run from Juneau to the
49, "a s@i' er navigation. From the
- - Tin5J er navigation TO the head
- -, IN - IN. over the divide (Chl-
80 Pas9I' q II istance of twenty-eght
- It and lodging stations viii
-. nct ID intervals of five to six
~ -. tons VIII greatly relieve
,,9ea..--f this part of the trip, which
i-IapSo I'm much dread. Steam
- - - put on Lake Lindeman,
IL -r,..,-~lo miles long. to the half
- - ~ 80 he head of Lake Bennett.
-. 1rt1aa, &c to the three-miIe port
lt,,l'-' ~, yon. about ninety miles,
S,t,l-, ~ axe daily trips. From
I.5. 80 "a rtoge to Sixty-NIle post
$3.50 - - and Circle City two light
- 'l"7 80 Will run. The consruc-
- - - - - -, III Is is now under contract
a. 80 raaa'oV finished ana in place on
80 .,.t'. u For business, on the OPEN
Nav. az "i'Oi " H9'iS -
Lr1- 10. ways been a scarcity OF
aulSi ~. o. "'.y price in the Yukon coun-
~ 80 - ding the contrary state
$50, ted trading companies.
men came out at the
- season on account of this
ii he ice does not clear the
800 - ~, ~ yer until about July l.
P!, il mot reach the gold fields
mouth until late in July,
~, a.. , season IS well advanced.
- - 20, 80 arriving by the river
$500 "ii ii been sold in advance by
r in the country. There
- 80 - III entering the country must
, IN " -" - n upplies and outfit to see
mn III 80 season. so that when he
= a - stination he will be ready
80 - iggings at once, with as
%. az % 80 n TO keep him until he is
o1S sy - - Z in the fall. or, If be in
,t the country, until win
- -. 80 60. re by the mouth OF the
ne uiiIe Seattle to Circle City
VIZ T De no1 no than twelve days; from
49,. -, Us. After the first trip
80. -. - reduced. II now requires
-. ~ - ~ " DAYS TO make the trip,
az ..p "a. -. of great exposure.
s, ne 10 enter the country
~ u.pl"u - 10 that the line viii be in
- . - s lately on opening Of
-. $3.50 rill land them in the gold
49, o. 90. 90 N they can possibly get