The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-13

Ere. Eogsrs. general agent % IRE
Nashizztoa Columbia River railroad.
vita headquarters al Wsl2 Walla. was
IL town yesterday.
r. y kauorz. Pael6c coast agent q
the Pennsylvania Uses, with Aezdquar-
tsrs ~ PoFtlan1. was among the railroad
visitors 20 Seattle yesterday
Tee Alaska Trea8SeI. Aiming Company
reports Eas cleanup Tor the month q
January as followH. Period since LAST re-
turn. = days, bullion shipment, Is.f-Z
ere mulse. 20 tons. suipEarsts treated,
AZ tons. OF the bullion tnsTe came from
ssiDngFets 8. ~. TIE expenses Tor ne
mouth are not made up s. yet I1e
srOss return for rhe raonth showed an
average o. sz-~ Per tsn-
The Northern Pacific hzs Issued q rev
folder o. the Koosenal cguGtry, with is
connections from Spokane 70 NnEThpoEl.
Ross.ana. BOUNDARY Greek. Nelson. kaz-
d. S4gcan. Nasusps Reservation and
okan0zaa- The fielder shows nns work
o. the part Of the draushtsn4n and j
printed ard Illuminated. Al the top o.
tho cover the roads emblem appears
win TIE days q the United States and
Great Britain.
Reports from Esvelstoks. q. G.. state
THAI the clearing OF the Ftght-of-Vay has
coDGnls uced GA the St0e0u extension or
ne road. This branch leaves the maIn
lire near the mouth Of tRe Siouan riFer
end runs nOrrE tutrty-tN0 miles 80 the
south end uk SLOGAN Ike superintendent
Aarp0le states that the contract Tor con-
structf9E viii be lek Within 4 few Gays.
u II not likely tnat actual work viii %
commenced upon the same before spring
g. r. Perry. with a corps Of surveyors
has established q camp az the mouth OF
DUCK river. Manitoba near where the
EoOtersy river empttes fnyo kcoteEl4y
LAKE. The party s. surveying fer road
from Uuck creek 20 4 point opposite BAL
four This D. ths second section selected
Oh the line = the proposed crows Nest
Pass road. the first section being along
the south shore OF the outlet from Mel
aon 20 a point opposite Belfour The
tnird section viii be from Duck creek to
The divide wnicn separates East and West
kO0tenay.
J. \. Nadeau. general agent OF the
Northern Pacitlc. yesterday received no.
OF the Puget Sound * Alaska steamship
line, OF a change IN schedule ia the run
ming time OF the City Of Kingston, which
goes into effect the 18th Inst. The new
card SHOWS her leaving Tacoma at 9:l5
y. m, Seattle at $50 p. IA. and PORT
Townsend ar 1880 d. m. Returning, the
Kingston viii leave Victoria al S L. m.
Port Townsend Il a. m. arriving al Seat
tie az ? =. r.. Sne viii lay over at Ts-
coma from sunday night until Monday
evening al 1.l5.
Il is doubtful IL any railroad ever issued
printed matter TO advertise Itself that
equals the last issue OF maps Of the Great
Northern. they are IN the shape OF
large. handsomely bound volume. and tn
clude aliases Of the world. the United
states and the different states through
which the rp8d passes. The work also
contains exhaustive information OF the
resources % the various states adjacent
10 the system and cousidera BILE pictorial
work giving views OF the mining districts
tapped by the Great Northern and It's
connections. IL ls a valuable work not
only for It's purposes. but TO users OF
maps.
General Passenger Agent scun. OF the
Baltimore q Ohio railroad. recently an
nounced that he had secured the coucss-
sion fgom the Joint Tranic Association
which makes it possible 10 give a stop
over IN Washington on all nrst-class tick
cts sold over the Baltimore & Ohio
through that point The fight over this
concession was quito a bitter one and
lasted for long time. IL order 20 sue
cvsstaiiy handle the great crowds that
inauguration Of Mckinley. the Baltimore
y ohlo has arranged TO lay about ten
miles Of additional side track 70 store
sleeping cars and special trains on. The
facilities this year vii be very much
greater than ever before.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
says that there are signs that a boom
T. being carefully worked up for Alaska
chiefly ~ The transportation companies
which are interested IN getting all the
work possible n the spring Alaska.
showed a considerable increase IN gold
production last year, and a part ~ this
gain came from the Yukon region. though
- II difficult 90 ascertain exactly what
the yield Of thar district was. There seems
20 be no doubt thai good placer ground
has been found az Forty-Mile Creek ana
other localities on the Upper Yukon, and
that some parties have secured good r.
turns. word 81 caution is nceIel how
ever ard prospectprs should consider The
matter carefully before starting for tba
FAR North. The journey is an -expeusfya
and difficult one; q fun outdt Is needed
and II must be remembered that che
working season Is very short While fha
winter Is long and severe and the cast
% the bare necessities - NE g. very him
No one ought 20 undertake the trim fir-
less he Is prepared 90 live through Tho
Arctic winter and support meslf throrrh
the long idle season. 4 rush ~ unnra-
pared and poorly supplied miners 10 me
Yukon country VIII he inevitably followed
~ much trouble and suffering next win
ter.