The record-union., 1897-09-05


on Monday last, arriving here to-day,
state that when the trail was opened
Monday morning 1000 men and horses
were striving to get over. Soon the
path was in as bad condition as before
it was repaired Where the road had
been corduroyed over the mirey places
the logs slipped out, and horses went
f1oundering into the mire, many of
them never to emerge.
These statements were made to-day
by Harry Fredericks, well known in
this city, who spent some weeks at
Skaguay, returning to-day He says
that hundreds of those at Skaguay
have given up all hope of get
ting through this winter, and will stay
till February at the foot of the pass.
Hundreds are coming back from the
trails and stopping at Juneau for the
winter A few of the more adventur-
Gus will try to go over when the first
freeze covers the bogs with ice.
OPENING OF THE TRAIL.
SKAGUAY (Alaska), Aug. 80, per S.
S. Rosalie, via Seattle, Sept. 1.-THE
miners on Skaguay trail put in two
days work on the trail, blasting out
the rocks and corduroying the wet
places, and last night decided to throw
the trail open.
The work already done has made a
wonderful Improvement fully 100 per
cent. for the first fifteen miles. but lit
tie work was done on the third HILL the
worst one on the whole trail, and last
night at the meeting it was proposed
to levy a toll of s. per head on each
man going over for the purpose of hir-
ing men to open a cut off, where con-
siderable blasting has to be done, but
which would save three and half
miles and dodge the worst part of the
entire trail.
The proposition met with favor un-
til the correspondent of another New
York paper. much opposed to the
World" or anything favored by it. got
up and in a violent harangue question
ed the motive and honesty of the
Worlds" correspondent and threw
cold water on the whole proposition.
The result was that the meeting
broke up in a row and nothing was ac
complished.
The former proposition to throw the
trail open this morning carried by de-
fault, and long before daylight the
trail was crowded from the beach to
the foot of the first hill with swearing
miners anxious to be the first to get
over the hill.
I predict that by tomorrow night
there will be 5000 men and horses at
the foot of the first hill, unable to get
over, and after they have had a day
to consider they will go to work on
the cut off and put it through.
Mr.. Scovel has stored the remainder
of the blasting powder and tools in a
tent at the foot of the hill, where they
they can get it as soon as they are
ready to use it.
The first robbery of any amount oc-
CURED yesterday morning at the foot
of the first hill, W. H. Davidson of Sc
attic losing 81, 400 in gold taken from
his tent while he was temporarily alb
sent taking care Of a sick horse.
No clew could be obtained of the
thief. and he has had to send home for
more money.
PAYMENT OF DUTIES EVADED.
SEATTLE CWash), Sept. 4.-The
steamer Rosalie arrived in port this
morning. A letter from Skaguay, Alas
ka, to the Seattle Times" from John
W. Troy at Skaguay tells how the Yam
KEGS on the steamer Bristol cheated
Uncle Sam of duty on their horses.
When the steamer Bristol arrived
those of its passengers who owned for
eign horses We're startled by the an
nouncement that a duty of $50 a head
would be levied. \ manifest of the Of
fcers of the Kingston, on which steam
er the horses had been shipped to Vic
toria had been turned over to the Bris-
tol and was in possession of the purser
It was an easy matter for the Amer
lean managers of the Bristol expedition
to fit out these horses of foreign birth
with Seattle shipping receipts and
American clearance papers. Passen-
gers were more than willing to pay the
Bristol people so for each horse. when
by so doing they avoided paying $50 to
their own Government.
A WOMAN BOUND FOR KLONDIKE
PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 4.-The
terrors of Dyea and Skaguay Passes
have caused many strong hearts TO
quail. but it remains for Quilliute,
which is located on the west coast Of
Washington and the United States. at
the point of the bleak Pacific shore
south of Cape Flattery, the most desc
late nook between Valparaiso and Sit
ka, to furnish a heroine. She arrived
to-day on q mail boat from down the
straits. in the person of Mrs. Dan Pull
Ion. who with three children was de-
serted by Pullon several months ago.
Mrs. Pullon continued to sow and
reap and care for her family, and sue
cess crowned her efforts. Two weeks
ago the KIondike fever pervaded her
isolated home The result was that
she gathered together her grit, three
children and six horses. and started
for Neah Bay, where she shipped the
outfit to this place TO await the sailing
of the next ship for Alaska.
Mrs. Pullon proposes to utilize her six
horses to carry her children and outfit
over the divide. Mrs. Pullon says she
expects to get over the pass this fall.
The largest item in her outfit is clear
cut grit.
NEW RIVER STEAMER
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-The
Alaska Commercial Company has
ready for shipment to St. Michaels a
new river steamer, which will be ready
for service on the Yukon when naviga-
ton opens next summer. The COM
pany has also decided to have ready
next spring two more ocean steamers