The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-19
cllrnrn ,rlmen. lIefald.

Chicago TimvH'lictald'
ltaold tiausit 10 tho lNondiko country
n a certainty By February a syH'h'
az modern equipped snow trains WIN
have boon established ana put into prA''
loai operation bvlwoan Fort Wru's''
aI.i Dawson cry. wtth weekly nch'd"''
services.
When this project was irst made pub
H. spvvrii weeks ago u wss g"h'f"'y
looked upon aH Utopian-ah idan dr"'"'
a. a eth more liio dreamer but. bhchoh
by tho approval ot AMI suggestions gi'''
by Secretary OF War Agcr. who lW-
tns.iiaicly paw iA feasibility and pra'-
tioablity. tho promoter went to WORK
lhiustriuunly. cn.bling tho Interest OF
cs.plt.aaista Ia Chicago and elsewhere. ana
nnuIly so developed tho enterprise tha'
n. rsaiisation IL only few weeks on
qNo initial lraln viii I"ave Fort
Nrangv, on Jana,ry 10 II WIS be
known az tho "Klondikc Pioneer Train
apa wiil consist Of ak OF tho Glover Hhow
pasaongvr and freight cars. al sci on
runners. The train Will bo divided into
si1 ao,tiona ut four cars and ono loco.
motive 1arh. These sections viii follow
sash oti,sr at lptcr,piH oC ton minutes,
lust az 10 done today on thp railroads
The nrsy and nccund sections viii carry
100 tons Of tuoi and a fun outnI uf picks,
axes. aruyt,ars. dynamite aud auxiliary
n,arhinery,..in nact. ovofythlng Thai viii
DO required Ia blazing permanent VIM
Ger rxsaiiway through ithu lcc. HnoN anu
foruAiA os that high latitude
on tho pcXt two sections acComm"da.
xiona for 800 passengers viii bo provided
aN.ory passenger viii l'o required TO pay
a fare OF $50 from Seattle AMI ohlEato
himself 20 work al all times when noe.
osaary Co cacAr tho way.
Tho NTH and sixth sections will carry
30 tons of freight and supplies, Each
section will 10 Illuminated by dasEins
light from inoandrHcent lamps. generated
by a dynamo on tho locomotives.
This six .portionod train la scheduled
90 arrtvo at Dawson CITY twelve days
after iiH departure from Fort wrangol
Tho route IN all lie details has bcon care
f,iiiy studied and mapped out by cxp~r.
icno~d engineers and by prpnp-ctoru VINO
have bcen over tho ground rutciiy
and Na,o Rrs familiar with the conditions
that obtain Ia that country during the
wiutrr with rrAf-ct To tho streams. lakes
ana climate Forarm-d with such data
an To- tho route. the promoters ~ ms
iis enterprise will be f,hly rauiprvd 70
uurmount any ana ail obstacles that may
arise to impede the progress ~ the rao.
ncor train.
whno tho principal ohicct or the frsi
train VII hr to trunHpnr, food supplies
10 the thousands ~ suffering miners who
mahly rushed Jo this tadorsdo last sum
mcr ~ qtrEl ~ fortunes In guld 10 will
alna establish prr,mnoW communication
with lh~re otherwise and heretofore i'm
pcn''rthc rcgtora IN the winter months
II wln also shorten l,y four months tho
trlpn of lhusc Nfla were bu, on going
90 tho kloudikc In Tho spring hu, delayed
until Navigation oprna down the Yukon
river 10 Dawson city thereby giving
them hmpi" time to prospect and stake
out claims and hc rt,ly for work ~
vnon nr he woatiSr begins Ia moderate
During tho latter part Of the summer
reports from thu Kiondikc country began
10 Indicate probable suffering this win.
ter on tho farT of tho American miners
who had lo 'lSc,i thcro by the thousands
'rhcsr reports became more serious rs
The wcrkr passed on and attracted the
attention Of tho United stptcs govern
mont In order 10 ascertain thc condl-
tion nf affairs thoro and tho probable
contingency that might make II necessary
for the government to send In supplies
20 avert n crlsla Captain Ray. T. 8 A..
was dispatched to thr Klondlkc IN August
60 investigate the situation IN an ~ lts
present ana possible future aspects and
30 report 10 tho wur department Mean
time the government was con ron cd with
the grave problem Of how to get aupplcs
to IN" Klondlkc this winter should IL
ho found necessary to do so. II such a
contingency shou,h urls' rcgirf must be
ana there wnR then no possible way Of
doing this since the only means NJ COM
municatlon with Dawson city via the
Yukon river would be closed for seven
months, and the extremely low temper
Uturc, heavy snow and rough country
would not permit Of other means Of pen
ctrnnng thc country by man or benst.
George T. Glover Of Chicago studied
the situation carefully, II occurred to
him that his snow locomotive. which
has been In successful operation for two
years In plnercs Of Michigan, might
solve the problem Of communication with
the Klondlee lIe collected all thu lnfor-
mntIon possible bearing on the topo-
graphy ana conditions Of the country
along the Dalton trail and Fort Wrangel
routes. He talked with proapcctors who
had been over Them and was finally con-
Vinced that his snow trNi was the only
feasible means Of reaching Dawson Clty
In the winter He then declared that he
could traverse the country In twelve days
on tho first trip, distance of about 800
miles. md in lcss than Ave days after
n permanent roadway has been cut out
Acting upon tho advice and suggestion
Of Secretary Alger, Mr.. Glover imme-
'dlately set TO work. Tie oganized com
as nInnNNH