Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08
OVER CH|LKOOT BY RAIL
Company Formed to Put in
an Electric Line.
WILL REDUCE COST OF TRIP
IL Portland j uneau Emf fprise--wilI
BE Able to Carry TIT Outfits Of
10000 Miners Month.

BE Able to Carry thb Outfits Of
10000 Miners Month.
Portland Or, Oct. Ample fa-
cilities for the transportation Of freight
and passengers over Chilkoot pass will
be provided by Portland-Juneau
company, in time for the rush to the
Yukon next season.
Articles Incorporating the Dyea-Klon-
dixie Transportation Company were
filed here. The objects of the corpora
ton are announced as follows:
ITO conduct general transportation
business from the headwaters Of Lynn
canal, Alaska, too all points in Alaska.
and in British North America, and 10
carry freight and passengers.
ITO acquire, build, locate and oper-
ate tramways, bridges, wagon roads.
sawmills, etc; to navigate the Yukon
river and it's tributaries from st Mi
chaels to Dawson City, and to purchase,
build and operate all manner Of vessels
between Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Ju-
neau, Dyea, Skaguay and st. Michaels.
Capital stock, $3.50, 900.
Although the announcement Of OBJ
jects is made to cover wide field, the
company's present attention is directed
solely to providing means for the trans
fer OF Klondikers and their outfits over
the most difficult portion OF their jour
ney, which is from the steamer at
Dyea, over the pass to Lake Linde-
mann. Construction is already begun,
wharf being we'll under way at Dyea,
and the work Of putting up 5,00O-foot
cable tramway at the pass itself being
started. The company announces that
it will be ready for business by Feb
ruary /, by which time it will be in
shape to handle. if necessary, the out
fits of 10000 people month, doing
the work at reasonable figure.
Members of the company make the
following statement:
"The trip from Dyea to Lake Linde.
mann has been made by man with an
/ ordinary outfit, amply provided with
packers. We do not propose to lessen
/ this tine very much, but we do pro
pose to take over very much larger
/ tonnage than could otherwise be taken
/ in the same time. When finished, our
cable tramway, which will be quite
/ similar to those used at some of the
/ big mines on mountain sides, will ex.
| tend from Sheep Camp to the summit,
\ cutting off q distance of four miles az
at present travelled. Our immediate
attention, however, will be directed to
the most difficult part of the ascent, 9
stretch 81 about 5000 feet, over which
we shall be ready to operate by Feb
ruary /. We shall use the water fall
/ OF the Dyea river to convey electric
power TO our plant.
"Though the short period that is al
lowed our company for preparation
gives us time only to overcome the
worst difficulty OF the trip, yet we have
ample means to do more as may bt
justified by the progress of business
When this route is open it will be pos
sible for any number of people to g
from here to Dawson with their outfits
at less than half the cost OF the trip viz
st. Michaels, without an outfit, at th'
same time saving 30 DAYS.
From Portland to Dawson via Chill
koot Pass the distance is only 100
miles; via St. Michaels it is $40,
miles. 1t takes five weeks at least t,
make the trip via st. Michaels. ant
not over Is days is required by the pas
when the lakes and rivers are open
Another important saving OF time !
in the fact that one can get over tn
Chilkoot and land supplies at Dawson
two months before the first steamer get
up the Yukon from st. Michaels, whicl
is usually not before the middle o
July. The st. Michaels route is opel
but four months of the year, while tn
, Chilkoot will practically be open al
the year around when our line is com
pleted. We do not advise the trip be
i, ing made before February, however.
Zone of the delays heretofore encoun
tered in the overland trip is the neces
sity of building boats at the lake. Te
days is usually required for this
though it was much longer this year
owing to the rush, and the price wa
, prohibitive to great number of travel
! ers. This company will be able eithe
! to furnish boats, or lumber for them, G
it will transport to the summit an
:, 'knocked-down' boats included in tn
,, miners outfits. 1t has never been pos
sible heretofore to take boat over tn
pass, except by piecemeal, which don
h pay.
"A most important part of the wor
we are doing is the construction OF
a wharf at Dyea. 1t will have 200 lei
frontage and the approach will be l,7O
feet in length. Any steamer will
able to dock at this wharf, thereby SAY
o ing the heavy expense and great loss
: time to both passengers and steamshi
II people, OF lighterage, as at presen
d Had it not been for work already dor
# by Juneau people it would have bee
d almost impossible to have complete
l. this work in time for the early trav
n next season"
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