New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
AN AERIAL TRAMWAY
IT'S PROJECTORS THINK 1T WILL hE"o' T.
THE DIFFICULTY IN CROSSING The
CHuCOOT PASS.
From The San Francisco Chronicle.

From The San Francisco Chrohicie'
An aerial tramway is now IN tne co gu - a.
construction over Chilcoot Pass anu W ~ 80 a.
die of January the greater por'io'' eroirht and
readiness for the transportation Oh Hc 81 ar.
nassengers and by March the icy GINS al'a
freacherous depths may nave peei Del, 10 aase
and the gold-seeker Will pass ons' characterize a
IL not the comfort th''
trip across the Day. . .,a ,vara turned
When the eyes Of the worid were eu 1919
.ouard the Arctic gold fields and tales OF IhiseIy
Iowa. ' ~, on tbe road to the new FL DORADO
were Told daily in the newspapers d man ~, -,
far-off China conceived the iaea Va trawe,,ed
the Typographical condition o. .a1 i;raata George
route and of the severity OF the SII'l na cI;u r.
" Doddweu of the firm of Dodd"eii: Ca s, %
70 of Hong Kong. noting the poSoiuriI.' - %
<,,rrisbinq a means of transportation ioi 'iooo
" ird their lives to make the trip, DIS
Uatcbed agents to Alaska to look over tne
ground and to report on the let9'oii'sS ~, 90
oariaI tramway. 1t could be uohe "a" nc
AeriaI - 49, and preparations to do it were
~ once commenced. Doddwell ailed WIN nm
solf Hugh c. Wallace. of Tacoma vice ie' Io
II the Washington and Alaska rtea , o,,id
-. nd several others whose experience Wouiu
tend to assure the success or the pr0Ject 49,
tiations were commenced WIN the ..o IL i .bn
ComDanv of Trenton. y. j., resulting a.. ~
Nonp" aant Newton NJ Bell, sending corps or
snrvevors TO the Chilcoot TO make coi.piesss
survey of the pass and 10 luri'isl .nrotd -
the cost What they had uohs wa 49, Ioter
pau TWO weeks ago. and few DAYS later
contrar, was signed between the Chlcoot Ian
road and Transportation COMPANY an LII, ~ in
works Men at once sem ~ "
structions to begin the WORK vi IN. IN, 1870 10
The expense of constructing the uaihway 40
80, made known by it's promoters ana IL Is
;,an ont nv them that the actual cost - uh
Known AT present even to them IL w,'' oe O. 80
Snwoyer az all the work VIII be OF SLOW onu
iahorious character The length OF the Ianway
viii no a trine over seven miles. bes,i'iiiis
the shore of Crater Lake the roao VIII 1919 10
In almost a straight line over tne SUNNI ~
Chilcoot down upon the other sue uut ~. " - 80
dangerous districts. Three ana oiie-haii io~A"
iii no consumed in a trip over the ROAD.
The svstem of tramways which Will De useu
"a ono that Is used in all parts OF the Wo,iu
-rhore necessity calls for transportation Oh 'ilS
sharacter IL is known as the Bleichert sy s'eih'
Towers of varying height are statiohcu at uis
tarcea from each other Of several hundred rect
cd from one to the other are strung the capvS
Srom which hang the cars In the Chiicoot nall-
nov the highest grade OF material is hecessa ,.
plough steel will serve for the towers anu .n1
IaHies will also be Of the best or their kno,
c..oo ,h"v may not be affected by the intense
INA INA hat nreyails At almost every place where
So s.ar 10 to be erected blasting will be neces-
- 70 establish firm foundation force OF
& will be procured from Skagway by tne
t,,iIaers and divisions will be sent out dany 10
rn,are the way for the following members vi
- 'comnanies The work undertaken py ,hose
rho ore to construct the towers is aonitteo ~ y,
- ~ tbe most perilous nature lhese men WIN
10 comoeled to work on the CHI SUES ~" .,
footholds seem impossible, ana pesloes .no
danger of their positions. VIII De h'IloeIeo M
tinually by the fearful cold OF the pass. ia
iives NAV be lost in preparing a sale passa as
wov for the god-hunters Is adtIl'leo Wy TIC
huIders of the rOao-