The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-20

Seaftle's growing Importance "a the OUT
tfting center for the Alaskan trade and
the supply 6apot FOR that large area 81 ter
risory lying Sest q - degrees longitude
f. almost daily emphasized. Incidents 81
IestfAtiBg the breadth Of her commercial
ties ard The stability % her business con-
quests are being constantly brought 10 the
front. sc ,hat t9 ehronlcie fresh acquiss-
ton In the LIE Of trade Is almost Of daily
occurrence.
A DEAL Of no little Importance has Just
been eoRs2mmatsd by Seattle merchants
ard manufacturing houses. ~ a result q
which merchandise 20 the value OF g. 30
was disposed Of 70 British Columbia par
ties 7 be enterprise in which these arfl-
clsa are % be used is az the beginning Of
iJs career and It Is safe % say that IN rs
future opera tons much Of IT'S trade
VIII De directed 70 this city. The company
Is called the Tesiln e. Yukon Transpovta-
ton Company. and includes ss its pFinci-
PAL stockholders James Dunsnuir, Hor-
ace Davie and F. NJ Yorke. Of Victoria
They propose TO establish lire Of steam
ers on Teslin lake and the Ho0tallnqua
and Yukon rivers The route viii include
tfe Stickeen river 70 telegraph creek.
Here a tTail Of rs miles will BE- taken 10
TesIgn lake. where the route 20 the new
placsrs % the Klondlke begins.
Mr. Yorke has been in the city engaged
81 buying machinery fer saw mill plant.
aH electric light plant and the engines.
boilers and machinery for a steamer to
be built this winter on Tealin lake. lie
has secured the necessary materials. and
these are being shipped 20 Victoria by
steamer every day. For the entire out
~ he has paid In cash something Ike
$500
It Is the intention % the company 10
take the saw mill plant to Telegraph
creek this winter b. Indian pack trains
and sleds over the trail. The mill viii
have a capacity Of GOO feet per day.
From the timber OF the surrounding
country lumber for the steamer and two
bargea viii be constructed. and Il is ex-
peeted that when navigation opens In the
spring the steamer and barges VIII be In
reaainess 90 carry ingoing gold hunters
through 70 the Kiondike
a steamer line VIII pat In operation be-
tween this city and Telegraph creek. on
the StickeGn river. The company will
operate a pack train over the trail, and
VIII undertake 10 deliver a miner in the
Kiondike country for 800 and 20 cents
per pound FOR his supplies.
The electric light plant viii be used TO
light the steamer. The craft viii be
built especially for navigating the upper
waters os the Yukon basin She will be
rs feet long. and will have a carrying
capacity Of 20 tons She viii be fiat-hot-
toned, drawing oniy two feet Of water.
The Organization of the Victoria COM
pany. with ample capital back OF 1t. and
the opening Of new route TO the klon-
dixie. are features Of the rapid develop
merit Of the new gold-producing district.
The provincial government has already
expended about Sa.u3 on the trail from
Telegraph creek 60 Teslin lake. IL has
authorized the expenditure OF 5000 addi-
tioHai THIS fall and a further appropria-
ton is expected By the legislature OF Brit
ish Columbia this winter. Evidently the
British Columbians arc determined 20 he
pioneers in the development OF the new
sold fields. with the intention Of reaping
all the advantages incident thereto.
The provincial government already had
two men engaged IN sounding the waters
of the Hootalnaua and Lewis rivers
with a view to ascertaining what. II any,
dangers 90 navigation exist. IL IL believed
tst the river II susceptible 10 navigation
~ light draft steamers "a far up as Tes-
lin lake II is part OF the plan OF the
Brttiab-Yukon Development Company 20
operate line Of steamers on the lake
ard thence 10 the Yukon BY the Hoota-
tnqua diver.
ar. yorke was seen at the Hotel North
cfn last night lie SAID:
4 wish YOU would be careful not TO say
anything that would induce a rush Of peo-
PIE 60 THAI country this fall. Several men
ore going iato the Yukon by that route, as
they escape climbing she mountain range
to the north via the Chiiko0t and White
a. sses. Al present the pack trains from
Telegraph creek arc not large enough 10
carry the outfits 81 very many men. when
the sran r. opened and the government
wagon road r. finished the route viii be
tha most feasible one on the map. Tho
uaNimum elevation on the trail 20 Teslin
81 ke Is Jess thaH $50 feet Besides. 10 Is
good grass country. and there IS good
( mheF. Whom the ro8d ~ finished We viii
Or able 70 take urep over the trail Icy
Stage line. ana in a hurry. I believe We
will BE ahic 10 deliver miners 20 the Yukon
as S3a and - cents per pound for freight
AZ present. packing over the trail Is -
cents per pound
Mr Yorke purchased Two engines and
the sawuili plant from Mitchell Lewis &
ssayer From the Northwestern Fixture
Company ne secured the eiectric plant. and
from the Vulcan Iron Works ordered the
engines an3 boilers for the steamers. lie
said last ulcht that De had been most
rourteously treated by every one iu Scat
tle with whom Die had had dealings.